Johann Valentine Rust (1729 - 1805)

Born 1729 in Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire

Husband of Catherine (Bowman) Rust — married 1755 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1805 at about age 76 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

JOHANN VALENTINE RUST, (aka Johann Valentine Rost), son of Valentine Rust and Margaret Marburger, was born about 1729 in Palatinate, Germany or perhaps Pennsylvania. ^[1]

Johann Valentine Rost may have been the same person who came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania aboard the ship, "Queen", on 7 October 1751.^{[2] [3]}

Johann Valentine Rust married Catherine Bowman, said daughter of Henry Bowman. Catherine is said to have been born about 1733.

Margaret (Marburger) Rust of Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania died about 1764 when her son, Johann Valentine Rust of Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, was appointed administrator of his mother's estate on 11 February 1764. One Valentine Rost appears on the Berks County, Pennsylvania Tax List of 1764 and 1765. It is believed that soon after his mother's death he removed to Shenandoah County, Virginia, where he was a landowner of 218 acres.

Then in 1789, he was found as a landowner of 140 acres in Rockingham County, Virginia.^[4]

He passed away about 1805 in Berks County, Pennsylvania...another researcher says he died in Rockingham County, Virginia, and yet another says Shenandoah County, Virginia. ^[5]

Johann Valentine Rust, Sr. and Catherine Bowman are given as parents of:

1. Jacob Rust (1757-1817)

2. Johan Valentine Rust, Jr. (1758-1840)

3. Johan Francis Rust (1762-1840)

4. Abraham Rust (1764-1829)

5. Mathias Rust (1767-1836) ^[6]

6. Margaret Rust (1771-1802)

7. Phillip Rust (1772-1829)

8. Catherine Rust (1774-1840)

9. Barbara Rust (1776-1850)

10. David Rust (1781-1863)

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
2. ↑ Griffin, William Lester, "Rust; A History of the Clark County, Ohio, Pioneer Family," Adams Press, Chicago, ©1973
3. ↑ Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, Vol. I
4. ↑ Griffin, William Lester, "Rust; A History of the Clark County, Ohio, Pioneer Family," Adams Press, Chicago, ©1973
5. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
6. ↑ Biographical Sketch of Mathias Rust [1]

Acknowledgements

WikiTree Profile Rust-430 was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import by Mark Lytz of Mark Lytz family tree.ged on 13 October 2013.

WikiTree Profile Rust-761 was created by Suzanne Shaw through the import of Shaw Family Tree (1).ged on 27 March 2015.

Cari (Ebert) Starosta proposed a merge of Rust-761 and Rust-430. on 8 July 2020 and merge was completed on 9 July 2020.