Henry Overholtzer

• OVERHOLTZER, HENRY DAR Ancestor #: A085012
• Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PRIVATE
• Birth: 2-5-1739 PLUMSTEAD TWP BUCKS CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Death: 3-5-1813 WESTMORELAND CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 5, PP 374, 379
• Service Description: 1) CAPT WILLIAM MCHENRY

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Henrich Oberholtzer BIRTH 5 Feb 1739 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 5 Dec 1813 (aged 74) Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Alverton Cemetery Alverton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 14958693 ·

Henrich Oberholtzer or Henry Overholt "Henry Overhold", son of Martin and Agnes (Kolb) Oberholtzer; born in Bucks County, PA died in Westmoreland County, PA; married Anna Beidler January 3, 1765. Migrated west in 1800 and established the Overholt Homestead in West Overton, East Huntington Township, Westmoreland County, PA.

nscription HENRY OVERHOLTZER

Born 2 May 1739 - Died 5 Mar 1813 Married 3 Jan 1765 to Anna Beitler/Beidler, Born 27 Mar 1745 - Died 4 May 1855

Henry Overholtzer, a resident of Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, served the War of Independence as a private in the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Militia. He appears in Class Eight on "A Return to the Company Associators and Others in Their Classes in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, 1780," in the war of the Revolution and in Class Eight on "A Return of all the Classes Belonging to Captain William McHenry's Company in Bedminster township, Bucks County: June the 12th, 1781". (Company of Rangers) REVOLUTIONARY WAR MILITIA ORGANIZATION

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Henry Overholt, son of Martin and Agnes (Kolb) Oberholtzer; born in Bucks County, PA died in Westmoreland County, PA; married Anna Beidler January 3, 1765. Migrated west in 1800 and established the Overholt Homestead in West Overton, East Huntington Township, Westmoreland County, PA.

In 1800, Henry Overholtzer (1739-1813), his family, and many of his friends migrated west from Bucks county, on the eastern edge of the state, and settled in Westmoreland county, near the western edge. Henry's branch of the Oberholtzer family were called Oberhold

They lived (and many of their descendants still do) in Bedminster, Plumsteadville, Deep Run, Blooming Glen, Perkasie, Dublin, and all around our old Hilltown neighborhood. Several had mills and distilleries

Jacob Beidler, who lived with his wife Annie (Lederach) in Hilltown and who died in 1781 named Henry Oberholtzer and Henry Rickert executors of his estate. Rickert Road, about a mile from Linda's family home near Dublin, probably led to Henry Rickert's farm. The Lederachs lived only a few miles west, in Montgomery county.

Henry or Oberholtzer.Moved to Westmoreland Co., PA, where he founded West Overton.He did not want to serve in the Revolutionary War as he was a Mennonite, and was often fined for not attending militia drill.Nevertheless, his descendants are accepted by the DAR. There were 12 children. Served in the Rev. War in Capt. McHenry's Co.of Bedminster Twp., Bucks Co., PA. Was one of the first to join the Bucks County militia upon the outbreak of the revolution?Tombstone Reads: "Hier Ruhen die Gubene von Henrich Oberholtzerward gebohrendedn 5th Feb 1739 Old Stile Er ist gestorben Den 5 ter Maritus 1813 Sein alter war 74 jahr 1 m. und 7 tag".Henry led a group of German Mennonites in covered wagon from Bucks Co., PA to the East Huntingdon Twp., West Overton,Westmoreland Co., PA, where they established a farming community in the year 1800, taking about 30 members of his family. Charles J. Peterson, ancestry.com, Selvage and Peterson Families and More.

Henrich Oberholtzer or Henry Overholt "Henry Overhold", son of Martin and Agnes (Kolb) Oberholtzer; born in Bucks County, PA died in Westmoreland County, PA; married Anna Beidler January 3, 1765. Migrated west in 1800 and established the Overholt Homestead in West Overton, East Huntington Township, Westmoreland County, PA.