Daniel Knauss (1726 - 1792)

Born 27 Jul 1726 in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Salome (Muller) Knauss — married 1755 (to 1 Feb 1792) in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1792 at age 65 in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Daniel Knauss was born on 27 July 1726 in Whitemarsh, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, the fifth of nine known children and the fourth of six sons of Johann Ludwig and Anna Margaretha Gerlach Knauss.

In 1755, when he was in his mid-twenties, he married Salome Miller or Mueller in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. She bore him eight known children, three sons and five daughters.

Notes posted by unknown contributor on Family Search profile from: Knouse Genealogy, Lukas Knouse (1633-1713), of Dudelshein,,Germany, and his American Descendents "Daniel Knauss was one of the early settlers of Weisenberg Township, Northampton (now Lehigh) Co., Pa., and was a prominent man of affairs. He was a sickle-maker and a farmer and at the time of his death was the owner of about 650 acres of land in Macungie and Weisenberg Townships. In the latter township he also operated a grist mill as early as 1785. He was one of the signers to a petition presented on 20 Mch. 1753 to the court in Northampton County to establish Weisenberg Township. On 21 Dec 1774 he was elected by the freeholders of his county at a meeting help at Easton, Pa., as a committeeman from his township on the "Committee of Observation and Inspection" for the county with reference to associators as provided by the Contineltal Congress and was again returned as a committeeman 2 Oct 1775. In pursuance of an act of General Assembly passed 13 June 1777, he subscribed to the oath of allegiance before Peter Meyer, Justice of the Peace, 18 Aug. 1777. He enlisted in Capt. Adam Diehl's Company, Northampton County Militia , as a substitute for Christop Sunday, serving from July 15 to Sept. 1781 and in Capt. Adam Stahler's Company as a substitute for Jacob Smether 14 Sept. to 12 Nov. 1781."

He died on 1 February 1792 in Whitehall, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, of unknown causes.

Daniel Knauss performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Daniel Knauss is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-261525
Rank: Patriotic

Oath of Allegiance

As per Revolutionary War Muster Roll, Weisenberg Companies: 8th Company:

1778 Corporal - Daniel Knauss, Jr.

2nd Class - Daniel Knauss

6th Class - Jonathan Knauss

1780 2nd Class - Christian Knauss, Daniel Knauss,Jr.

6th Class - Jonathan Knauss

1782 1st Class - Daniel Knauss, Jr

2nd Class – Christian knauss

6th class – Jonathan Knauss

Data from The Pennsylvania-German: In the year 1734 until 1735, emigrant trains came from Oley and Goshenhoppen to the Kittatinny Valley by the Indian path crossing the Lehigh Mountain through the Rittenhouse gap. The emigrants were attracted by the fine forests and clear water which accounts for the early settlements of Weisenberg and Lynn Valleys. The Ziegel Church stands between the extremes of Longswamp and Lynn Valleys. Many of the emigrants settled on the slopes and dales of the ridge on which the church stands. Emigrants held religious services without a pastor in their log cabins from 1735 to 1745. When they had no schoolmaster, the sermons were read by male members. The congregation was formed in 1745 and was first visited, in 1747, by a pastor, the Rev. Michael Schlatter. Daniel Knauss was among the 50 charter members who founded the church. In 1771, the tract of land, containing 41 acres, was patented to the congregation,

Burial Place as per records of Rev. John Heinrich Helfrich: : Ziegel’s Union Church, Weisenberg Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania

Citations

Sources

• http://www.jaknouse.athens.oh.us/genealogy/knaussdaniel.shtml#a29

• Original data:King, Wilbur Lewis,. Knauss genealogy : Lukas Knauss (1633-1713) of Düdelsheim, Germany, and his American descendants. Bethlehem, Pa.: unknown, 1930. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/10342/images/dvm_GenMono000180-00015-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=21

• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYX-YDNY : 13 January 2021), Daniel Knauss, .

• lghruska, comp., “Daniel Knauss, b1726,” Lawrence Hruska Family Tree, Ancestry.com. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/90769064/person/220027817081/facts Accessed 27 Jan 2020.
• Miller, D.E. , "Jacob Miller of Germantown," 15 Oct 2006.

• lghruska, comp., “Daniel Knauss, b 1726,” Lawrene Hruska Family Tree, Ancestry.com. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/90769064/person/220027817081/facts Accessed 29 Mar 2020.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254954765/johann_daniel-knauss: accessed May 1, 2024), memorial page for Johann Daniel Knauss Sr. (27 Jul 1726–1 Feb 1792), Find A Grave: Memorial #254954765, citing Ziegels Union Cemetery, Breinigsville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Gail Moyer Infanti (contributor 48262454).

Records of Rev. John Heinrich Helfrich: Lehigh County Historical Society library, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania

• Revolutionary War Muster Roll, Weisenburg Companies; Lehigh County Historical Society library, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania

• The Pennsylvanian German; Lehigh County Historical Society library, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania

Acknowledgments

• Patricia Prickett Hickin created Daniel Knauss (1730-). (Imported data from GEDCOM upload #156973, Person I8738) on 29 Mar 2020.