Peter Hoschauer

Male 1729 - 1801  (72 years)


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  • Name Peter Hoschauer 
    Born 17 Mar 1729  Altweiller, Alsace Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Dec 1801  Cumru Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I39436  South Central Pennsylvania Families
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2020 

    Father Theobald Hoschauer,   b. Abt 1697, Atweiller, Alsace Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 22 Apr 1785, Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna Barbara Wieder,   b. Atweiller, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 12 Oct 1724  Diedendorf, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4201  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Barbara ???,   d. Bef 5 Apr 1824, Brecknock Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1759  of Brecknock Twp., Lancaster County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Wilhelm Hoschauer,   b. 10 Sep 1760, Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1823, Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)  []
     2. Maria Margaretha Hoschauer,   b. Abt 1762, Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1828, Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)  []
     3. Catharina Hoschauer,   b. Abt 1765, Cumru Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  []
     4. Barbara Hoschauer,   b. 16 Feb 1767, Cumru Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1858  (Age 91 years)  []
     5. Anna Hoschauer,   b. 23 Oct 1769, Cumru Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1850, Brecknock Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  []
     6. Peter Hoschauer,   b. 2 Sep 1771, Cumru Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1855, Brecknock Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  []
     7. Elisabeth Hoschauer,   b. Abt 1774, Cumru Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  []
     8. Henrich Hoschauer,   b. Abt 1776, Cumru Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  []
     9. Maria Hoschauer,   b. Abt 1779, Cumru Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 15 Oct 1823, Cumru Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years)  []
     10. James Hoschauer,   b. 25 Jul 1783, Cumru Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  []
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2020 
    Family ID F4203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • Allegheny Reformed Churchyard:
      Hoschaar, John Peter March 17, 1729 Dec 17, 1801 aged 72y,9m; flag

      Johan Peter Hoschaar 1 2 3 4 11 SmartMatches
      Birth: 17 Mar 1728/29 in border of Germany
      Death: 13 Dec 1801 in Alleghenyville Reformed Church,Brecknock Twp.Berks Co.Pa.
      Sex: M
      Father: Johann Theobald Huschaar b. 1697 in Diedendorf, France
      Mother: Anna Barbara Weiders b. 1 Mar 1706/07 in Diedendorf, Alsace Region.Germany

      Fact 1: served in the Revolution Militia. PA
      Fact 2: 15 Dec 1801 buried in Alleghenyville church yard. Berks Co.PA
      Fact 3: Buried;Brecknock twp.Lanc.Co.Pa
      Burial: Dec 1801 Alleghenyville Lutheran Church Cem.Brecknock Twp.Berks Co.Pa
      Burial: Dec 1801 #64 Alleghenyville Trinity Lutheran Cem.Brecknock Twp.Berks Co.PA
      Residence: 1750 Brecknock twp.Lanc.Co.PA Tax records

      Spouses & Children

      Barbara Mintzker (Wife)

      Children:
      Catherine Hoschauer b. in Brecknock twp. Lancaster co.PA
      Elizabeth Hoschauer b. Before. 1755 in Berks Co. PA
      William Hoschauer b. 10 Sep 1760 in Brecknock twp. Lancaster co.PA
      Maria Margaret Hoschauer b. 1762 in Brecknock twp. Lancaster co.PA
      Barbara Hoschauer b. 16 Feb 1767 in Brecknock twp. Lancaster co.PA
      Anna Hoschauer b. 23 Oct 1769 in Brecknock twp. Lancaster co.PA
      Peter Hoschauer b. 2 Sep 1771 in Berks Co. PA
      John Henry Hoschauer b. 3 Jun 1777 in Brecknock twp. Lancaster co.PA
      Mary Hoschauer b. About. 1779 in Pa
      Jacobus James Hoschauer b. 25 Jul 1783 in Berks Co. PA

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      Notes

      Individual:

      Peter Hoshaar; is mentioned in Ludwig Mintzker's Will, as being his son-in-law.
      Ludwig Mintzker, dies; May 5.1776 in service American Rev.
      source; Abstracts of Berks Co.PA. Wills. LCHS

      Estate Records for Peter>Filename: Peter Hoshouer, aka; Peter Hushaar, year;1802 Berks Co. Cumru Twp. pg.14. Letter: To the honorable judges of the Orphans Court of Berks County. The Petition of William Hushaar, eldest son of Peter Hushaar, late of Cumru twp. in the aforsaid county. Humbly showeth, that your petitioners Father died about 2 months since Intestate, leaving a widow named Barbara and 10 children, to which your petitioner, Margaret, the wife of Adam Boehm, Catharine, the wife of John Nicholas Shup, Barbara, the wife of Abraham Ziegler, Peter Hushaar, Anna, the wife of John Bealer, Elizabeth Hushaar, Henry Hushaar, Mary Hushaar, and Jacobus Hushaar, the last named is yet in his minority, and that the said intestate died leaving 2 tracts of land situated in the township of Cumru. one of them containing about 140 acres more or less. Which there is erected a mansion house and other buildings adjoing lands of Wendel Bowman, Andrew Burkhart, and others, The other tract containing about 20 acres more or less. and adjoing the above tract and land of Henry Burkhart and others, your petitioner therefore prays your honor to award an inquest to make partition of the above tracts of land to and among the children and representation of the said intestate. if such partition can be made without prejudice to or spoiling the whole there of, to which the value and appraisel, than agreable to the laws of this Commonwealth.
      signed: 2/13/1802 by his mark, William Hushaar.

      Jacobus James Hoshauer was a minor at the time of his fathers death. Therefore, William, being the eldest son petitoned the court to appoint a guardian. James chose his brother; Peter, as guardian.
      The following is a list of inventory in Peter's estate:
      wearing apparel, riding horse, saddle & bridle, a roan horse, a sorral horse, an old roan horse, a bay horse, horse gears, 5 calves, 4 cows, 3 heifers, 1 bull, 7 swines, 8 sheep, 3 geese, a wagon & body, an old wagon, hay ladders, straw, hay, 3 rakes, boards, 5 old axes, post ax, hatchet, a maul, wedges, basket & old iron, plow irons, old iron, hammers, anvil, pinchers, an old saw, square,chizzle, old bells, ropes hemp & yarn, a barrel and 1/2 barrels, 10 planks, an English plow, hooked plows & shears, chains, corn hoes, 4 hay forks, 3 dung forks and cropper, showels and turnip cutter, old apple mill, hemp, 6 old barrels and stand, boards, an old windmill, a cutting box and 2 knifes, 3 pair of stocking and mittens,, a wagon cover, old trousers, shirts, an old blanket, bed cases, sheets, pillow cases, table cloths, hand towels, old wool cards?, a brush and lanterns, knifes and forks, a sheap shear and buttons, spectacles, looking glass, compass, voils, the widows bed and bedstead, 4 chairs, baskets, grind stone, 9 big and 2 small baskets, a small tub, 32 bee hives, a big wheel, fine and coarse tow, dry cherries, dry peaches, dry apples, dry beans, baskets and sundries, a keg of whiskey, a barrel and some vinegar,19 1/2 pounds of flax, a wine pipe and kegs, Krout stand, potatoes, tobacco, earthen pots and jugs, pots of lards, soals and upper leather, old churn, old kitchen dresser, coffee pots, lamps, candle sticks, 23 pewter plates, pewter dishes, spoons, bowls, cups saucers, glasses, tea pots and tin,sundry books, 2 rifles, 2 hatchets, a bag of feathers a reel, an old chest,3 beds & bedstead, 3 pots of honey, 65 bushels of rye, 23 bushels of wheat, 7 1/2 pounds of flax yarn, 8 pounds of tow yarn, a hogs head and about 9 bushels of oats, saddle bags, hemp seed, flax seed, 2 brass kettles, tub of meat, beef, basket of flax seed, basket of peas, 2 baskets of beans, a basket of timothy seeds, 3 old spinning wheels, 2 old oat cradles, poplar boards, 35 bushels of indian corn, barley, old sickles, a tar box, bread baskets, about 3 1/2 acres of wheat in growth, about 12 acres of rye in growth, a table, razors, 2 old chests, plus several persons owed Peter money w/interest.
      I included this list(which is not a full account) to show how Peter came to this country (probably& no doubt) with nothing or very little, and became to live quite comfortable with indeed a well supplied farm.
      source: Estate Records of Berks Co.PA.

      Found record of a land patent dated; 1752 Cumru twp.Berks Co.Pa. near Reading, name on Patent; Peter Haws, could this be Peter Huschaar?

      1750 Lanc.Co.PA. Tax Records-Brecknock Twp.-listed as; Peter Hoshar.

      Berks Co.Patriots who recieved "Depreciation Pay" for services in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War-included on pgs. 254-270 in Vol.IV of the 5th series of the publications of the PA Archives published in 1906.
      listed; Peter Hoshauer & Frederick Hoshauer.
      Source: FTP://Ftp.rootsweb.com/...s/military/deppay01.txt/

      Peter Hoshaur-Berks Co.Pa. name appears as receiving depreciation pay. page 254-270 Vol.IV of the 5th series of PA Archives, published-1906

      The Petition of William Hushaar, Eldest son of Peter Hushaar, Late of Cumru Twp, Berks Co.Pa.
      Hereby showeth, that your petitioner father died about 2 months intestate, leaving a widow named Barbara and 10 children to wit, your petitioner, Margaret, the wife of Adam Boehm, Catharine, the wife of John Nicholas Shup, Barbara, the wife of Abraham Zigler, Peter Hushaar, Anna, the wife of John Bealer, Elizabeth Hushaar, Henry Hushaar, Mary Hushaar, and Jacobus Hushaar, the last named is yet in his minority, and that the said intestate died leaving 2 tracts of land situated in the twp of Cumru. The one of them containing about 140 acres, adjoining lands of Wendel Bowman, Andrew Burkhart, and others. The other tract containing about 20 acres, adjoining the land of Henry Burkhart and others. Your petitioner therefore prays your honors to award an inquest to make partition of the afore tracts of land to and among the children and representatives of the intestate, if such partition can be made without prejedice to or spoiling the whole thereof.
      signed by his mark, William Hushaur, Feb. 13.1802

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      Sources

      Title: Will Books, Abstracts of Berks Co.PA

      Note: Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM."Tree #1306
      Title: Lancaster County Historical Society.Lanc.Co.PA

      Title: Estate Records of Berks Co.PA

  • Sources 
    1. [S273] Schwartzwald Reformed KB, Exeter Twp., Berks County, PA.