Andreas Gerberich

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From memorial for Andreas and Barbara Gerberich in Walmer's Church Cemetery:

GERBERICH FAMILY IN AMERICA

Andreas Gerberich arrived at Port of Philadelphia from the Parish of Michelreith, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, October 1, 1754. Settling near his brothers in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Andreas married Barbara Babb in 1758. They moved here along the Swatara Creek in 1762 when this region was part of Hanover Township, Lancaster County. Lebanon County was organized in 1813. Walmer's Church, founded in 1750, became the family church of Andreas (Andrew) and Barbara. Their immediate descendants are buried within site of this memorial, as are numerous later generations. Andreas is progenitor of the Lebanon County branch of the Gerberich family in America. His brothers Johannes (John) and Peter are progenitors, respectively, of the Dauphin and York County branches of this family. Countless descendants of all three brothers migrated throughout the nation following patterns of settlement from these key counties of The Keystone State.

Andreas "Andrew" Gerberich fought in the Revolutionary War.

Andreas "Andrew" Gerberich is buried in Walmer's Church Cemetery in Annville, PA, Lebanon County.

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Immigrant son of Johannes "Hans" and Christine (Schug) Gerberich, married Barbara Babb, 1758, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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He was born in Altfeld bei Marktheidenfeld, County of Lowenstein-Wertheim, Bavaria, Germany.

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At the very beginning of the Revolution Captain Timothy Green's celebrated Battalion of Hanover Rifles was organized in this section (East Hanover Township, PA), and Andrew enlisted. The Pennsylvania Archives record that he and most of his comrades were captured by the British at the surrender of Fort Washington on the Hudson, Nov. 16, 1776, but were exchanged not long afterward and returned home. During the winter of 1778-1779 he again served in the Revolutionary Army. In the Lancaster County militia rolls occurs the following entry: "Sixth Battalion, Third Company, First Class--Andreas Carvery--served at Middletown." He was in all probability on frontier duty, to guard against possible Indian attacks. An old history of Pennsylvania informs us that a commissary department was established at Middletown during the Revolution, "where the small boats for General Sullivan's army were built, and his troops supplied with provisions and military stores for his expedition against the Six Nations." ____________________________________________________________________________

iii. Andreas (Andrew) GERBERICH (Source: A.H. Gerberich, History of the Gerberich Family in America, (1925), pg 15.), b. 17 Jul 1734, Altfeld bei Marktheidenfeld, Bavaria, DEU (Source: A.H. Gerberich, History of the Gerberich Family in America, (1925), pg 15.); d. 1795, Lickdale, Lebanon Co, PA (Source: A.H. Gerberich, History of the Gerberich Family in America, (1925), pg 17.); m. Barbara BABB (Source: A.H. Gerberich, History of the Gerberich Family in America, (1925), pg 15.), 1758, PA; b. 1733 (Source: A.H. Gerberich, History of the Gerberich Family in America, (1925), pg 15.); d. 1816, Lickdale, Lebanon Co, PA..

Notes for Andreas (Andrew) GERBERICH: Andrew or Andreas Gerberich (1) was born at the old home of the family at Altfeld bei Marktheidenfeld, Bavaria, on July 17, 1734, and was brought up on the farm. After his parents and brother and sister had gone to America, he remained two years longer on the farm of one of his relatives until he could secure enough funds to pay his passage, and at last sailed from Rotterdam five days after his twentieth birthday. [July 22, 1754]. We next find him at the age of twenty four as a tenant farmer in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pa., where in 1758, assessments record that Andreas Gerberick was taxed 1 pound and 4 shillings for that year, his landlord paying half that amount. The valuation of his property is set at 16 pounds sterling (about $75.00). The location of this farm is uncertain but it was probably close to the line separating Heidelberg and Tulpehocken Townships, in the upper valley of the Tulpehocken Creek. Both his brothers, Peter and John, were at this time farming in the adjoining township, as was his uncle Michael. Among the neighbors of Andrew Gerberich was Conrad Weisler, the Indian trader who was the interpreter and confidential agent of William Penn. In 1762, eight years after his arrival, Andrew decided to buy a farm of his own in the upper valley of the Swatara in what is now East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, PA. Andrew's name first appears in East Hanover Township in the taxation lists of 1770 as "Andrew Corver" (the tax collector was a Scotch-Irishman who spelled by sound, as Andrew could not write his name in English script), and from 1770 to 1790, his name appears regularly, but in various forms: Andrew Carver, Carvery, Garvery and Garwerick. That Andrew was a hustling farmer is proven by the fact his farm increased in acreage from 100 acres in 1770 to 118 in 1772, to 150 in 1779, to 200 in 1781, and finally to 250 in 1789, at which time it was divided in part.) Pennsylvania Archives record that he and most of his comrades were captured by the British at the surrender of Fort Washington on the Hudson, November 16, 1776, but were exchanged not long afterward and returned home. During the winter of 1778-1779, he again served in the Revolutionary Army. In the Lancaster County militia rolls occurs the following entry: "Sixth Battalion, Third Company, First Class - Andreas Carvery - served at Middletown". He was, in all probability, on frontier duty to guard against possible Indian attacks. . Aside from the assessment lists, in which his name occurs regularly until 1795, only one other notice is preserved after the Revolution - the first national census in 1790, where the name is spelled Carver. He was a large, muscular man, well built to endure the hardships and privations which early pioneers were obliged to encounter; not portly, but well proportioned, and stood over six feet in height. It seems certain that he died in the year 1795 and was buried in the churchyard at Old Walmer's Church, not far from Lickdale, PA. [Footnote: Francis Gerberich insists that he died in 1826 at the advanced age of 92 years but it seems he has confused him with another Andrew, son of brother John. Francis also states, but without giving his authority, that Andrew's wife Barbara died in 1816.] A wooden marker set up over the grave subsequently rotted away and unfortunately, no stone is known to have been erected by his children, so the exact spot in which he is buried is not known. It is more than likely, however, that one of the small weather beaten sandstone markers between his sons' graves and the churchyard gate, just inside the fence which skirts the road, designates the place of his interment. [history of the gerberichs in america] Andrew and Barbara were sponsors of Maria Barbara Baumgartner, dau of Balthasar any Mary Magdalene, at Swatara Reformed Church in Jonestown, Lebanon Co, on 17 Aug 1774. She was born 21 Jul 1774. [ftm #166)

Burial: Union Twp, Lebanon Co, PA Cemetery: Walmers [unmarked] Occupation: Farmer (Source: A.H. Gerberich, History of the Gerberich Family in America, (1925), pg 15.) Religion: Lutheran (Source: A.H. Gerberich, History of the Gerberich Family in America, (1925), pg 15.) Yr Immigrated: 01 Oct 1754, Phildaelphia, PA on the Phoenix

• Your ancestor Andreas Gerberich was born in Altfeld on September 17, 1734. The mistake results from not knowing the former custom of dating. The Pastor wrote 7bris; seven is in Latin language septem, therefore September not July. (Reinhard Hausmann who has seen the record)

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Immigrant son of Johannes "Hans" and Christine (Schug) Gerberich, married Barbara Babb, 1758, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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He was born in Altfeld bei Marktheidenfeld, County of Lowenstein-Wertheim, Bavaria, Germany.

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At the very beginning of the Revolution Captain Timothy Green's celebrated Battalion of Hanover Rifles was organized in this section (East Hanover Township, PA), and Andrew enlisted. The Pennsylvania Archives record that he and most of his comrades were captured by the British at the surrender of Fort Washington on the Hudson, Nov. 16, 1776, but were exchanged not long afterward and returned home. During the winter of 1778-1779 he again served in the Revolutionary Army. In the Lancaster County militia rolls occurs the following entry: "Sixth Battalion, Third Company, First Class--Andreas Carvery--served at Middletown." He was in all probability on frontier duty, to guard against possible Indian attacks. An old history of Pennsylvania informs us that a commissary department was established at Middletown during the Revolution, "where the small boats for General Sullivan's army were built, and his troops supplied with provisions and military stores for his expedition against the Six Nations."