Peter Schlosser (1730 - 1802)

Born 1730 in Neukirchen, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Descendants

Died Aug 1802 at about age 72 in North Whitehall, Northampton, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Private Peter Schlosser served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Peter Schlosser is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A105473.

Peter Schlosser was born in 1735.

" Peter Schlosser II Jr. (Peter ) and Wife Elizabeth Catherine. Peter born 1731 Records of Zionsville German Reformed Church, Northampton Co. Pa. now in present of Lehigh County names of wife of Peter II Also give baptism & birth of Children

5th generation Slusser line.

In order to administer his father's estate, Peter Slusser Jr. must have been 21 years of age in 1752. We then approximate his year of birth at 1731.

Peter Schlosser Jr.II and Elizabeth Catherine. Their children were 1) Phillip Schlosser, born 20 Sept 1760 2) Mary Schlosser Date of birth unknown 3) John Adam Schlosser, baptised 18 June 1769 4) John Nicholas Schlosser, born 4 Dec 1773 5) John Schlosser born 25 Dec 1775 6) Jacob Schlosser 6 April 1778

Dates for the last four children were found in the Records of the old Zionsville German Reformed Church (Northampton Co.) in the early days comprised what is now Lehigh County as well as the present Northampton Co. Territory. This old church I understand is in present Lehigh County These records are in the possession of the pastor of this church (in German script) Philip Slusser's dates secured from Family Bible. Records of this old Church do not begin till 1762. The tax lists of Upper Wilfort Township name Peter Schlosser Jr. in 1772. He then disappers from the Tax & Census lists in the County.

Page 3 of Helen Saxton Danforth's letter.

His name apprears in the 1790 census of Cumberland County Pa. We believe that he migrated to that county when his son Philip Schlosser went there in 1789. No death record was found for him or for his wife.

Revolutionary Record: Peter Schlosser I Jr. (Father of Philip S) 3rd Corproal 4th Company 1st Battalion, Northamption County Militia. 1781-1782. Pennsylvania Archives Vol. 8, page 54. " ^[1]

Note: some charts show Peter as the son of Peter, Leonhardt's brother.

Peter was born in 1730 in Bayern, Germany. He was the son of Leonhardt Schlosser and Anna Barbara (Unknown) Schlosser.^[2]

Event: 1732 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Arrival^[3]

When Peter was about 10 he married in 1740.^[4]

In 1772 Peter (age about 42) was living in Upper Milford Township, Northampton County, PA.^[5]

In the 1800 census Peter (age about 70) was living in Whitehall, Northampton, Pennsylvania.^[6]

Peter died at the age of about 72 on 6 August 1802 in Whitehall, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States.^[7]

There are additional sources with no facts or date. Often these are sources for the baptism or marriage of children that mention the parents or father. This section can just be removed if you will be adding those children and using these sources there.^[8]

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kernsp/slussers/slusser.html
2. ↑ Birth: Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Births Abbreviation: Family Data Collection - Births Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 15 January 2013)
3. ↑ Event: Author: Gale Research Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Abbreviation: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y,
   Page: Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1732; Page Number:.
   Ancestry Record pili354 #3401770 (accessed before 15 January 2013),
   Arrival date: 1732 Arrival place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
4. ↑ Marriage: Title: Family Data Collection - Marriages Abbreviation: Family Data Collection - Marriages Publication: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 15 January 2013)
5. ↑ Residence: Title: Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890 Abbreviation: Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890 Publication: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, U Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 15 January 2013)
6. ↑ 1800 Census: Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1800 United States Federal Census Abbreviation: 1800 United States Federal Census Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data2 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y,
   Page: Year: 1800; Census Place: Whitehall, Northampton, Pennsylvania; Roll: 37; Page:.
7. ↑ Death: Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Abbreviation: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y,
   Page: Birth year: 1735; Birth city: Whitehall; Birth state: PA.
   Ancestry Record genepool #4699977 (accessed before 15 January 2013),
   Birth date: 1735 Birth place: Whitehall, Northampton, PA Death date: 6 August 1802 Death place: Whitehall, Northampton, PA Marriage date: 1754 Marriage place:.
8. ↑ Unclassified: Title: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Church Records Abbreviation: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Church Records Publication: Lineages, Inc., comp.. Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Church Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generation Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 15 January 2013)

See also:

• Title: Ancestry Family Trees Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=29449371&pid=1425
• "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2FC-F89 : accessed 22 May 2016), Peter Schlosser in entry for Conrad Schlosser, 06 Jun 1818; Christening, citing UPPER BERMUDIAN CHURCH,HUNTINGTON TWP,ADAMS,PENNSYLVANIA; FHL microfilm Q974.842 V2H
• When Peter Schlosser was born in 1735 in Pennsylvania, his father, Leonhardt, was 31 and his mother, Anna, was 14. He married Elizabeth Catharine in 1751 in Pennsylvania. They had nine children in 16 years. He died in August 1802 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, at the age of 67, and was buried in Berks County, Pennsylvania
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