Fowler Family

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  • ID: I17156
  • Name: Christopher Newhard 1
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1729 in Rumbach, Pfalz, Germany 2
  • Death: 26 AUG 1776 in Long Island, NY of Killed in the Battle of Long Island.
  • Occupation: Farmer
  • Military Service: 14 APR 1776 Enlisted in Revolutionary War
  • Event: Issue 1 child
  • Note:
    from Charles Rhodes Roberts' "History of Lehigh County":
    ...a farmer who in 1761 lived on the Jennings farm along the Lehigh and 1762, removed to Mount Bethel Township where he had 250 acres of land.

    from Charles Rhodes Roberts' "History of the Newhard Family of PA" 1915, page 2:
    Christopher Newhard, the eldest son, was a farmer, and in 1761 lived on the Jennings Farm along the Lehigh. In 1762 he removed to Mount Bethel township where he secured 250 acres of land. He enlisted in Col. Samuel Miles' Regiment of Riflemen on April 14, 1776, in the Revolution, and was killed at the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776. His estate, amounting to £60, was administered by the court on July 1, 1777. He had one child, Elizabeth, who married George Schick.




    Father: George Frederick Newhard b: 4 JUL 1699 in Zweibruecken, Germany
    Mother: Maria Margaretha Frauhiger b: 4 AUG 1707 in Katzenthal, Alsace, France

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth Hauser b: ABT 1739
    • Married: 2 MAY 1758 in Lehigh Co., PA 2
    • Event: Minister in Rev. John E. Hecker
    Children
    1. Has No Children Elizabeth Newhard b: 1763
    2. Has No Children Salome Newhard b: 14 FEB 1761

    Sources:
    1. Title: Kern's Family Genealogy Database, Mike
      Author: Mike97@enter.net
      Publication: http://www.enter.net/~stenlake/names.html
      Repository:
      Note: Whitehall, PA
      Media: Electronic
    2. Title: Neuhart Chronicle, Volume 4
      Author: Kastens, Dennis Allen
      Publication: R & R Printing, Cahokia, IL, copyright 1988 by Dennis A. Kastens
      Note: www.kastensinc.com/neuhart/index.htm
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: page 19

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