Pvt. Andreas Andrew Stocker, Sr

DAR# A110329

NOTE: Some DAR records give his wife's birth surname as Fox and other DAR records have Watuertsen (or some version of this name)

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Andreas OR Andrew Stocker Pedigree

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Event(s):

Birth:  15 FEB 1736   , , Pennsylvania 

Christening:
Death: 27 JUN 1814
Burial:
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Parents:

 Father:  Michael Stocker  Family 

Mother: Mrs. Anna Margaret Stocker
Andreas Stocker, probably the fifth son of Michael and Margart was "born in Perks Gaunty" according to the inscription on the stone in the Old Forks Cemetery, often called the Old Stocker Burying Ground, at Stockertown, Pa. The tombstone gives his age at the time of his death as being in his eightieth year, which would give his birth date as between 1743-44, but an entry in his old family Bible reads:"I, Andreas Stocker, was born on Ascension day in the year 1746."
Andreas and his four living brothers were enrolled as Soldiers
of the Revolutions. Andreas was a private in Captain Jacob Buss' Company of the First Company in the Second Battalion of Northampton County; PA Archives 5th Series Volume 8 page 143. His brother Adam was in the same company. Of his wife, Juliana Maria, the entry in the German Bible says,"I was united in holy matrimony with Julie Anna a born nee Watuertsen (Watsworth)."
Andreas Stocker's will was exhibited 4 September 1823.
Sources of Information
DAR Index
Pennsylvania Archives 5th Series, Volume 8 Pages 143 and 201
Andreas Stocker's Family Bible
First Reformed Church of Easton, Pennsylvania
Andreas' Stocker's old German Bible
Andreas Stocker's Last Will and Testament

Contributor:
DaveRichardson - dave.richardson@att.net

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