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Johann Pieter Straub llBorn- About 8 Nov 1724 At- Freiburg, in Baden, Germany Military Service: Revolutionary War: Pvt., Capt. Charles Moyer's Co. of Militia and Rangers, Northumberland Co., PA Died- 15 Sep 1804 At- Washington Township, Pa Buried- St. Peters Cemetery, Freeburg, Pa
(1) Married- Catharina Elisabetha Armin Marriage Date- Born- 17 Mar 1731/2 Died- 15 Nov 1813 Buried- Greenwood Twp., Mifflin [now Juniata] Co., PA
Below is from my Dad's notes Pieter Jr. and Jacob came from Frieburg, in Baden, Germany. Hence, when Andrew Straub (son of Pieter Jr.) founded a town in Synder County, Pennsylvania he called it "Freeburg", in honor of the birthplace of his father. The town was originally called "Straubstown", but later changed to Freeburg. When the plot of Freeburg was surveyed Andrew gave several acres of ground for a church and cemetery in the center of town. This is today known as St. Peters Lutheran and Reformed Church. Andrew is buried in the cemetery which he donated to the church. In his generosity, Andrew Straub gave freely to all and eventually had to be buried at public expense. A grateful posterity has erected a monument to his memory, which still stands. Pieter
Straub jr “Pieter Straub, Jr, was
the son of Pieter Straub who was born in Germany and embarked for America in the
British Ship “Pennsylvania Merchant,” Captain John Stedman, master, at
Rotterdam, Holland, with his wife and sons Pieter (1724-1804) and Jacob
(1723-1805). The wife was named
Maria. They arrived at the port of
Philadelphia where the older Pieter took the English oath of allegiance on
September 18, 1733. The Pieter of
this sketch was born in Germany on November 8, 1724, came to America with his
parents in 1733, and lived in one of the eastern counties, and prior to 1768
came to what is now Washington Township, where he died on September 15, 1804.
He is buried in the St Peters Cemetery in Freeburg on land donated by his
son, Andrew. In 1770 Pieter Straub,
Andrew Moor and Casper Roysh applied to the proprietors of the Colony for land
for a church and school and in 1774 a tract of 43 acres was granted to them –
about a mile north of the present site of the village of Freeburg.
Soon after they built a combined church and school building, which,
however, was never fully completed, but regular services were held there from
about 1781 on. At least a baptismal
record was kept from that date. Pieter
was overseer of the poor from Pennsylvania Township in the years 1773, 1774,
1775. In 1781 he was taxed with 200
acres of land and personal property. In
1785 he lived about three miles northwest of the present site of Freeburg, where
later Jacob Haines lived. He had a
one story weather boarded house, painted red. It is said that he had many unique characteristics, such as
wearing homemade clothing only. He
made his own straw hats, used strings instead of buttons on his clothes, cooked
before an open fire on the hearth, made his own hickory splint chairs, used
wooden spoons and bowls of his own manufacture, etc. His known sons were Andrew, John, George P., and Peter, Jr.
He served as a Private in Captain Charles Meyer’s (Moyer’s) Company
of Militia and Rangers from Northumberland County.
In 1790, his family consisted of two males over and two under 16 years
and two females, which indicated that one of his sons and wife, with two
children, lived with him.”
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