Georg Wilhelm (George William) Dreisbach

Life

1. 1733Born · Oberndorf, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany
2. 1806Died · Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ?

Their story

Georg Wilhelm (George William) Dreisbach, born in Oberndorf and christened on 14 June 1733, was ten when he arrived in Philadelphia with his family. He married Sophia Schemelien- Schmielin- Schmidin? [surname unproven], who may have come from the Moravian family, Schmid. A son, Jost, is said to have been born in 1758. George's date and place of death are unknown, and it is not always certain whether later references to George Dreisbach refer to him or to his nephew of the same name, a son of Simon Jr., born 31 January 1756, who also married a woman named Sophia. This younger George certainly remained in Northampton County, and is buried at Zion Stone Church. In a 1773 valuation of real estate in Lehigh Township, Jost and George Dreisbach each had a grist mill, and George had a sawmill as well. A George Dreisbach was one of two men who contracted to do the carpenter work on the new Zion Church in November 1771. It is not known if George's sawmill furnished the lumber for the construction. A George (perhaps the nephew?) appears on a muster roll of 14 May 1778, 4th Battalion of the Northampton County Militia. Nothing is known of the later years of George and his family. [It is believed that George may well be the father of the John Dreisbach whose family settled in Monroe and Lehigh Counties]

Family