Johann Georg Brion (1756 - 1801)

Born 12 Apr 1756 in Richmond Township, Berks, Pennsylvania

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Died 10 Oct 1801 at age 45 in Penns, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

George Brion served with 13th Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

George Brion is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 79270
Rank: Private

George Brion is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A016233.

Always known as George.

Baptised 24 Apr 1756 in Moselem Lutheran Church (Zion Lutheran), Richmond Twp., Berks Co. Sponsors were Geo. Kamp & Wife Anna Maria

George's father Jacob died in 1758 and it is presumed that George was rased by his mother and step-father, Melchior Fritz.

Geroge enlisted in the Continental Army on 5 May 1776. In Col. Miles rifle Regiment (13th Pennsylvania Regiment) he served in Captain Lewis' Company at the battle of Long Island and was likely present at Trenton and to have crossed the Deleware with Washington. On June 16, 1780, he enlisted as a private in Captain Richstein's Pennsylvania Volunteers. Both his brothers Daniel Brion and Melchior Fritz Jr. also served in the Continental army marking his family as very strong supporters of the revolution.

After the war, he married [Elizabeth Heinly and they remained in Windsor Twp, where their first children were born. In 1792 George received a warrant for 100 acres of land and the family moved to Northumberland County to clear the land and take up residence. George is listed as Tailor on the Penn Twp tax records. He died on the 10th of October 1801. Elizabeth remained on the farm raising her children at least until 1810.

Sources

• Koch, Vada (Brion). A Brion on Every Mountain. Lexington, KY: Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2012 pp. 5
• 1800 Census Penns, Northumberland, PA
• Anette Kunselman Burget, "Eighteenth Century Emmigrants from the Norhtern Alsace to America". Camden, Maine: Picton Press 1992 pp. 89
• "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NX-VR5 : 11 February 2018), Joh. Georg Brion, 24 Apr 1757; Christening, citing ZIONS MOSELEM CHUR ,RICHMOND TWP,BERKS,PENNSYLVANIA; FHL microfilm 496,551. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG29-7881 : 16 March 2018), George Bryan, 05 May 1776; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 102229253.
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-517D : 16 March 2018), Geo Brion, 16 Jun 1780; citing Military Service, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 102229248.
• "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NQ-7ZC : 11 February 2018), George Broon in entry for Henry Broon, 03 Jan 1795; Birth, citing ROWS OR SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH,PENN TWP,SNYDER,PENNSYLVANIA; FHL microfilm 924,005. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR4-PV3 : accessed 18 October 2019), George Brown, Penns, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 730, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 37; FHL microfilm 363,340.