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Peter Schlosser, 6G Grandfather |
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20 Jan 1710, St. Arnaud, Nassau, Saarbruch, Germany |
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8 Jan 1790, Whitehall twp, Northhampton Co., Pennsylvania |
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Sharpsburg, Washington Co., Maryland |
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Jost Schlosser |
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Margaretha Frey |
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Maria Margaretha Weschenbach, 6G Grandmother |
| Birth |
abt 1715, Germany |
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John Slusher, 6G Uncle |
| Birth |
10 Sep 1754, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania |
| Death |
1840, Montgomery Co., Virginia |
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Christopher Schlosser, 5G Grandfather |
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15 Oct 1757, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania |
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11 Dec 1845, Floyd Co., Virginia |
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| Notes for Peter Schlosser |
Peter Schlasser arrived in Philadelphia 30 Sep 1732 on the ship Dragon, accompanied by his brother Leonhardt. He took the oath of allegiance on 30 Sep 1738.
He settled in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Most early data on the family is from old Lutheran Reformed church records in the area. (Probably many of the children who were baptised with two names went by the second of them, as was common in German families of the time.)
Around 1780 the family moved to the Sharpsburg area in Washington Co., Maryland. Peter's grave sits in the old Reformed churchyard just off the main street of Sharpsburg, about a mile from the Antietam Battlefield. The grave marker is of field stone and still legible. The inscription, in German, reads in translation: "Here rests in God Peter Scholsser. He was born 20 January 1710 and died 8 January 1790. His age was 80 years 11 months and 3 days. When you awaken the dead on that day, so also reach out your hand to my grave."
Stan Higgins of Bellville, Ohio, reportedly has traced Peter's forebears in Germany. According to him, Peter's parents were Jost Schlosser and Margaretha Frey, his grandparents were Henrich Schlosser and Anna Maria Schampar, and his great-grandparents Freidrich Schlosser and Christina Schenck. This is a second-hand report. I have not corresponded directly with Mr. Higgins, and do not know the details of his sources, but they are likely to be German church records, and thus probably include many dates.
Some of my data on this family comes from the book "250 Years in the Blue Ridge: The Legacy of the Slushers and Other Settlers in Floyd County", 1993, by Nancy Slusher Hanley and Janet Slusher Keith (daughters of Freeman Slusher and Ruth Gardner.)
Other data is from correspondence with the following researchers:
Nola G. Marquadt, RR 1, Box 82-D, Carlock, IL 61725
Shirley Hylton, 400 6th St. NE, Auburn, WA 98002
Dorothy B. Peterson, 1330 Ephesus Church Rd., #7, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Some researchers (e.g., Elza Cox) also list Susannah, wife of Elijah Hylton, as a dau of Peter Schlosser, citing family tradition. But I have not seen any primary source for this attribution, and I very much doubt it because Elijah Hylton was in Virginia in the period 1760-1770, while the Slusher family was still in Pennsylvania. |
| Notes for Maria Margaretha Weschenbach |
| Margaretha arrived in Philadelphia Sept 1734 |
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