Joh. Philip Albert (1800 - 1870)

Born 24 Jan 1800 in Mt Joy Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Died 5 Apr 1870 at age 70 in Lancaster County Prison, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Death

5 April 1870

Lancaster County Prison, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

typhoid fever^[1][2]

Physical Description

Description: 5'9" brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion

• Source: S173 Title: Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Church Records
• Source: S5 Title: obituary

Notes

N1213

National Genealogical Society Quarterly,

Volume 86, No. 1, March 1998

Offprint, Joh, Philip Albert Bible

Irene A. Hardman, Contributor

The birth and marriage of Joh. Philip Albert. Also the birth of his children.

Joh. Philip Albert was born 11 June 1766. His parents were Joh. Philip and Regina Albert.

He was baptized 9 July 1766 and confirmed 17 June 1780 by Rev. Joh. Dn. Schroeder. Joh Philip Albert married Anna Catharina Herschberger in the week of Easter 1794. Toether they had six children.

Rachel was born 20 Oct 1795 and baptized 15 Nov. 1795

Anna Catharina was born 15 Jul 1797 and baptized 20 August 1797

Joh. Philip was born 24 January 1800 and baptized 29 March 1800

Sarah was born 24 June 1803 and baptized 25 July 1803

Solomon was born 30 October 1805 and baptized 29 December 1805

Died A.D. 1875, October 10th. Buried at Cambellstown, Pa.

Leah was born 18 March 1808 and baptized 15 May 1808

Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s

Elizabethtown Lutheran:

Johan Philip of Philip Albert and Catharine, b. January 24, 1800,

bapt. March 29, 1800. Spon: Johannes Gepfert and wife Barbara.

Lancaster County

Administration and Reports

Box 11, #369

John Philip Albert (father of our subject)

According to Michael Auxer's will, Philip Albert was "trusted friend.."

Intelligencer

April 7, 1870

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Death of a Prisoner - A man named Philip Albert, about 65 or 70 years of age, died in the County Prison on Tuesday night. The deceased was tried in 1865 for assault and battery and was acquitted on the plea of insanity, but was subsequently placed in the prison by direction of the Court for safe-keeping, where he has been kept in custody ever since. The deceased has relatives residing in the vicinity of Elizabethtown.

Philip Albert

father:

John Philip ALBERT

mother:

Anna Catharine HERSCHBERGER

grandparents:

John) Philip ALBERT

Maria Regina DOERR

From:

B.T.

http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cuatroake&id=I02988

Name: Philip Albert

Sex: M

Birth: 24 Jan 1800 in Mt. Joy Twp., Lancaster Co., PA

Death: 5 Apr 1870

Note: 1. In 1846 Philip was declared incompetent by a committee. Father: John Philip Albert

b: 11 Jun 1766 in Mt. Joy Twp., Lancaster Co., PA Mother: Anna Catharine Herschberger Marriage 1 Catharine

From: M.C. Monday, September 02, 2002 10:50 PM Subject: Albert

Wanted to get back to you on the Albert before you went to Lancaster Co.. I still don't have the address of Mrs. Hardman but know it is here somewhere. I think she was in Maryland but had gone to Lancaster to do the research using the Albert family bible to guide her. Maybe her work and address are in the Historical Society.

As you know these county lines changed and I don't have any idea as to who has those early records. I'm still wondering how Michael Heichel and Catherine Albert got over into Middleton, Dauphin Co.,

I don't know the location of the Albert land, only what Mrs. Hardman had in her records. I can't find her name mentioned on any of the web sites so she may not be on computer yet.

The tax records are under the name of Albert, Alvert and Albright. I think the line is rather confusing.

First, the Father of this family was Philip, and he stayed in Germany,

Son, Philip, the first one in this country, his name was Johannes Phillip Albert came on the ship Phoenix, from Rotterdam in Nov. 1752.

He first shows up on a tax list in 1758 and had 20 acres of land in Hempfield Twp. Three of them were cleared and 2 of them sown. He had one horse and one cow. By 1773 he was being taxed on 80 acres, 40 cleared and had 4 horses, 3 cows and 4 sheep.

In 1756 he married to Regena Doerr (various spellings) and some of the land seemed to come from her Father through inheritance. Her Father was John George Derr, mother Mary Catrina.

This 1st Albert to come into this country was named Johannes Phillip Albert. He had sons, John Albert, John Philip Albert and John George Albert, plus Peter Albert. They were born between 1759 and 1776.

It looks to me like any of the above could show up in census records or tax lists under the name of John. Very confusing. The first Phillip was born in 1734 and died in `1777,

When this first Johannes Phillip Albert died, 1777, Regena stayed on part of the land and she died in 1812. Oldest son John got the property when he turned 21, in 1780 and paid off the younger children.

In later years Regena seems to have traveled around to other towns to attend special services at churches.

John Philip Albert, the 2nd one in this country, was born in 1766 and died in 1857. He was called Philip also.

He married to Catharine Herschberger Easter week of 1794. She was the daughter of Jacob and Marie Catherine Hershberger . His will has the name spelled Herseberger, One son used the spelling

of Harshbarger and other spellings are Horseberger, Heerburger, Heneburger, Haisbarger, Hertzberger, Herschberger, etc. Jacob was born around 1695 and died Nov. 1762 in Colalico, Lancaster, Pa.

I don't know the location of the land but you may be able to identify the area of the Alberts by the name of Doerr, plus the children married into Rihm, Schaeffer, Heil (Hoyle) Gephart sp?,

and Hershberger. This would be children of Phillip the first.

Philip (1766-1857) (the 2nd in this country) married to Catherine Albert . The farm was in Elizabethtown in Donegal Twp.. Elizabethtown is on the line between Donegal and Mt. Joy townships. Four of their children have their births recorded in the Christ Lutheran Church in Elizabethtown. Solomon's birth records are in Blasser's church, don't know where Leah's is located.

The 3rd Philip in this country is the one that you are searching for. He married a Catharine. It is not always easy to locate people because tax lists weren't taken every year, they were only taxed if they owned a certain amount of acreage or had a certain amount of wealth.

Catharine Hershberger Albert died in 1819 and her husband, Philip Albert, lived on to 1857 and did not remarry.

My understanding was that the 2nd Philip Albert was a minister and that Michael Heichel was an apprentice to him. He then married his daughter. This we haven't been able to prove, the apprenticeship or the fact that Philip Albert was a minister.

The Church records show that Johannes Phillip Albert, 1734-1777 was elected an elder of the Christ Lutheran Church in Elizabethtown in Apr. 1777.

The eldest son of Anna Catharine Albert and Michael Heichel was my ancestor. His name was Joseph Heichel and he left the Luthern Church and became a minister in the Brethren Church.

I have quite a few of the Ashland & Richland County, Ohio, books. I have been going through them and can't find that any Auxer came into those counties at an early date. I think there was only one in Ohio in 1860 and that was Sandusky County, Ohio. The family wasn't settling along with the Albert & Heichel to Ohio.

Lancaster IntelligencerTuesday Evening, January 27, 1865

COURT PROCEEDINGS MONDAY AFTERNOON

Associate Judge Brinton appeared in Court at the opening,this afternoon, and took his seat on the bench, Judge Long withdrawing.Com. vs. Philip Albert, Assault and Battery. The district Attorney stated that the defendant had been declared a lunatic by the Court several years ago, and that the assault was committed upon George Pierce, the person in whose charge he was placed by his committee. He therefore asked that a verdict be taken of not guilty on the ground of insanity. In obedience to instructions from the Court, the jury so found and the defendant was ordered to be placed in the County Hospital to prevent him from again violating the laws

Admission Book, Lancaster County Prison

January Sessions AD 1865

Date of Sentence: January 16th

Number: 70

Name: Philip Albert

Age: 66

Nativity: Lancaster County

Occupation: Weaver

Complexion: fair

Color of eyes: brown

Color of hair: brown

Stature: 5 ft 9

Length of foot: 11 3/4

Marks: married can read and write

Crime: Assault & battery

Not guilty on ground (sic) of insanity

Sentence: to be placed in the custody of the keeper of the Lanc. Co. Prison

No. of convictions: 1

When discharged: April 5, 1870

How discharged: died (added in pencil) of typhoid fever

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S5
2. ↑ Source: #S173 Page: John P. Albert, Feb 21 1800, Apr 5, 1870

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Linda Stienstra for creating WikiTree profile Albert-433 through the import of Linda's.ged on Mar 31, 2013.