Life
- 1729Born · Oberndorf, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Germany
- 1806Died · Zion UCC Stone Church Cemetery, Northhampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
Their story
Simon Dreisbach, Jr., born in Oberndorf and christened on 18 February 1730, died in Northampton County on 17 December 1806. Simon married Maria Dorothea Dies- Does- Toss- Taes in Philadelphia in April 1752. That same year, at age 22, he already appears on the tax list of Alsace Township, Berks Co. However, Simon soon moved to Northampton Co., settling in Allen Township, where he remained until his death. He was probably the most learned of Simon Sr.'s children, and was a member of several Provincial conventions, assemblies and commissions. In 1776 Simon Dreisbach Jr. was a signer of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. He was an elder of Zion Reformed congregation, and as such wrote a long letter in German in January 1773 explaining the situation of the small Reformed congregations in his area, and their need of a minister. This letter, and also the account he wrote of his children's births and his first wife's death, still exist. Most of Simon Jr.'s twelve children remain in Northampton County.
Family
Parents: Maria Katharina Keller, Johann Simon Dreisbach
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