Johannes Jacob Jacob Treisch/Dreisch/Thrush, 6

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Johannes "Jacob" Dreisch Reisch Thrush (Immigrant) was born in 1712 in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, died in 1782 in Cumberland Co, PA at age 70, and was buried in The Old Dutch Graveyard, Shippensburg, PA.

General Notes: . . . Jacob (Dreisch) Thrush, (Immigrant), 1712 - 1782; was a Fifth Great Grandfather of Betty Thrush-Paraday - Source: Some parts of information and notes from Donald Thrush.

• Jacob (Dreisch)Thrush with his family including three sons, Leonard, Peter and Jacob, immigrated from the upper Blue Rhine in Germany, they came from Hassen Darmsdt, Germany to America on the ship Brothers Captain Muir, landing in Philadelphia, PA on Aug 24, 1750 (See Penna. Archives, Series II, Vol. XVII, page 316).

• They sailed from Rotterdam Bavaria Throw Holland, last, making one other stop: Cowes. - • . Information by list 90 - (198 who freight ? - 271 persons aboard ship)

• Jacob (Dreisch) Thrush - and his oldest son Leonard both took the required oath of allegiance to the King of England on the same day, Aug 24, 1750. - Leonard was at least 16 years of age and required to take the oath with his father while the 2 youngest brothers, Peter and Jacob were under 16 and not required to take it.

• Jacob (Dreisch) Thrush was a farmer and later became a land owner, he was granted warrants for 200 acres of Land in Cumbeland County, PA on April 30, 1765

• The number of children in Jacob (Dreisch) Thrush's family in 1750 is not known. At least three of Jacob's 5 sons: Leonard b.1733, Jacob b.1742, and Peter b.1745, were born in Hassen Darmstadt, Germany, it is believed that Jacob's two younger sons: Richard and John were born in Cumberland CO, PA.

• All 5 sons of Jacob Thrush the immigrant saw service in the Revolutionary war from 1776 to 1783. and of the 7 sons of Leonard the son of immigrant Jacob, (Jacob's grandsons), two did service in 1779 and Leonard in 1780. The other 5 sons of Leonard (Jr.) are not recorded as doing military duty during the Revolution. presumably they were too young.

• No attempt has been made to identify the families of immigrant Joh Jacob (Driesch) Thrush's sons, Peter, Richard and John

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Authorities estimate that from 1727 to 1770 approx 30,000 German immigrants entered the province of Pennsylvania, quite a number settled in the Cumberland Valley. - The Thrush families came with this tide of German emigrants.

• The Thrush families of Penn. are descended from immigrants who came in 1750 from the upper Blue Rhine in Germany. - Darmstadt and the lower Palatine are mentioned in traditions of various family lines

• The German settlers who came to the Cumberland Valley in 1750 and later, were by faith, German Lutherans, German Reformed Mennonites and German Baptists, and by 1765 the Reformed and Lutheran faith were of sufficient number in the vicinity of Shippensburg to form a church. Jacob was a member of the original German Lutheran congregation organized at Shippensburg about 1765.

• The land on which the first church building was erected is now known as the "Old Dutch Graveyard" and was donated by Edward Shippen, the founder of the town. It was deeded to the German congregations for church purposes and as a burying ground.

• Leonard Dreisch (Thrush) and family, were members of the original German Lutheran congregation in Shippensburg and ever since, some of his descendants have been members of the Lutheran Congregation in Shippensburg. Leonard's remains lie with his father's in the "Old Dutch Graveyard" in Shippensburg, PA.

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THE THRUSH NAME

• The family name in Germany was Dreisch. the name can be traced into Bavaria where the original spelling was Reisch.

• In the early years of the Reformation, (abt 1517), Southern Germany became a haven of refuge for the persecuted people of all surrounding countries where Papacy held power.

• Protestants came to Southern Germany to escape religious persecution in considerable numbers, from Switzerland, Bavaria, France and other nearby provinces that were dominated by Rome.

• Sometime during this period, members of the Reisch family who had become followers of Luther also left Bavaria and found refuge in Southern Germany. They settled in Darmstadt or in the Lower Palatinate and from there, some of their descendants in 1750, came to America. The Reisch family in Bavaria was a very ancient one and of Patrician rank.

• The Reisch coat of arms suggests that it's origin must have been in the early years of the Roman Empire. In the "Reitstaps Armorial" Vol. II, which is an authority, the description is given for the Coat of Arms of the Reisch family of Bavaria.

• COAT of ARMS NOTE: Or is gold, Agent is silver, gules is red. This is a grant to the family of Reisch of Bavaria. "Nobles of the Holy Roman Empire" - The imperial crown (on the coat of arms) would only be a heraldic symbol of a noble family, which without doubt is an ancient one.

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• The various changes in the spelling of this family name from the ancient Reisch to Driesch to the more simplified English Thrush, is not uncommon in tracing the origin of German names. • To English Magistrates and other officials of the province of Pennsylvania, the German pronunciation of Dreisch evidently was most perplexing and in their attempt to write the name in English, they obviously spelled the name phonetically and wrote it Trush, Frush, Trash, and it was so written for several generations. - These variations in spelling the name may be found in tax lists in the Militia Rolls for Hopwell and Lugan Townships, Cumberland County, during the period of the Revolutionary War.

• By the year 1790 the descendants of Leonard Thrush (Reisch) had adopted the uniform spelling of Thrush.

• In the first US Census taken in 1790, the name was still spelled in German: Dreisch, Reisch and is so written in German script in the very few records now in existence. - One of these records is in an old Bible that was the property of Leonard Thrush who was a son of Leonard Thrush the Immigrant.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRADITION

There is a tradition in the line of Leonard Thrush that 5 adults of the name (Dreisch) came to America at or about the same time. The exact relationship of these 5 is not well established, but they are supposed to have been brothers and cousins. - Two of these, so it is said, settled in the Cumberland valley.

• Corresponding with this tradition of 5 emigrants, we find in the Penn Archives, Series II, VolXVII, the names of 5 persons who came in 1750 within a period of 6 weeks to America and were qualified at Philadelphia.

J.JO. Dreish - Qualified Aug 15, 1750

• J.Jacob Freish - Qualified Aug 24, 1750
• J.Leon Reisch - Qualified Aug Aug 24, 1750

Joh. Conrad Reisch - Qualified Aug 31, 1750

Jacob Frasch - Qualified Sept. 29, 1750 .

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• There is a another TRADITION That Jacob Thrush was of patrician birth and from a wealthy family in Germany. Jacob (Dreisch) Thrush came to America with 4 sons and settled in the Cumberland Valley and some years later through the death of a relative, presumably the father of Jacob Thrush in Germany, the family in America became heirs to a considerable fortune.

• One of the 5 sons of Jacob the immigrant was sent back to Germany to look after the interests of the family in America and was lost at sea when the ship that he sailed on sank. It is not recorded in this tradition which son was sent back. NOTE: I also heard this tradition from my father: George Scott Thrush. Betty J. Thrush-Paraday

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More TRADITION: - Cousin Eva (Gillum) Jellison gave the story, from her mother, of an immigrant woman whose nursing infant died when the ship was becalmed by no wind until they ran out of food. The woman hid the dead infant to prevent it from being buried at sea. (I also heard this story from my father).

• We can only guess if the woman may have been an ancestress. Fact or lore, I have no idea.

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NOTE: Part of this information is from the website of Donald Thrush, my 6th cousin - Betty Thrush-Paraday

Research Notes: . . .Source: Donald Thrush --------------------------------------------

. THRUSH REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS

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All five sons of immigrant Joh Jacon (Dreisch) Thrush served in the Revolutionary War. I have listed the records of his sons and a grandson here.

• NOTE: my family line comes down through Barnabas (Dreisch) Thrush: a son of Jon Jacob (Driesch) Thrush the Immigrant, I do not have Barnabas's Military record. BJTP.

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1• J. Leon Reisch (Leonard Thrush), (fourth Great Grandfather of Betty Thrush-Paraday), took the required oath of allegiance to the King of England upon his arrival in Philadelphia from Germany in 1750, indicating that he must have been at least 16 years old, his brothers being too young to take the oath. • Leonard and his four brothers all fought in the Revolutionary War.

• Leonard served in the 6th battalion, Cumberland County Militia under Captain Alexander Peebles and Colonel James Dunlop.

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2• Jacob (Dreisch) Thrush was a fourth Great Grand Uncle of Betty Thrush-Paraday.

• Jacob was a son of my fifth great grand Father: Joh Jacob (Dreisch) Thrush the immigrant:. • Jacob the son of Jacob was born 1742 at Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, died 1825 at Shippensburg, PA.

• Jacob (the son of Jacob), enlisted in the militia on Feb 1st 1776, at Shippensburg, PA in Captain William Rippey's Company of the 6th Battalion of Pennsylvania Militia commanded by Col. William Irvine, (S. II, Vol. X, Pa. 189 - S. V, Vol II, P. 239).

• This 6th Battalion was with Gen. Sullivan in the expedition against Quebec. It was present at the disastrous expedition against Three Rivers, where Captain Rippey was captured and escaped and Col. Wm. Irving was captured and remained a British prisoner for more than a year.

• The 6th Battalion reached Charlisle on it's return on March 15, 1777, and was re enlisted in the 7 th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Lines. ( S. 11, Vol. X, P. 167 --S. V, Vol. VII, P. 194 --S. V, Vol.IV, P. 626).

Jacob Thrush Private P.L. was granted a US. pension on May 26, 1823. His age is given as 81 years and his residence Franklin County, PA. - His name is found in the pension list for 1825, after which his name does not appear. No attempt has been made to ascertain his family.

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3• Peter (Dreisch) /Thrush was a Fourth Great Grand Uncle of Betty Thrush-Paraday.

Peter was born 1745 at Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany.

• Peter Thrush was a private 2nd class in Captain Alexander Peeble's Company of the 6th Batt. Cumberland. Co. Militia, during the years 1777 -79-80. • No effort has been made to identify his family.

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4• Richard (Dreisch) Thrush: Betty's fourth great grand uncle, was born in Cumberland County, PA.

• Richard one of the younger brothers, served as a private 6th class in 1781, in Capitan John Hodge' 6th Batt. Cumberland County Militia. No attempt has been made to identify his family.

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5• John (Dreisch) Thrush: Betty's fourth great grand uncle; was born in Cumberland County, PA. He was paying taxes on 212 acres of land in Hamilton Twp Cumberland Co PA in 1780.

• John served as a private 1th class in 1781, in Capitan Patrick Jack's company 6 of the 4th Batt. commanded by Leiut. Samuel Culbertson, Cumberland County Militia. No attempt has been made to identify his family.

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6• Leonard Dreisch) Thrush: Third Great Grand Uncle of Betty Thrush-Paraday, he was a son of Leonard (Dreisch) Thrush: my Fourth Great Grand-father.

• Leonard the son of Leonard was born in 1760 - died 1842

NOTE – I believe it is through the family of Leonard the son of Leonard Thrush that the old German Thrush Family Bible (brought from Germany), has been passed down and reportedly is still in existence. - My father George Scott. Thrush spoke of it when I was a child. - BJTP.

• In 1790, Leonard had a house and barn, 60 X 22 ft log, and 97 acres of land worth $1183.70. • Leonard served in the Cumberland County Militia as a private 8th class in Captain Alexander Peeble's company for the years 1780 and 1781. on March 14 he was called to do a tour of duty on the frontier (S.V, Vol.VI, P.396-406). - • Leonard's name appears as head of a family in the first US Census 1790 also in the Military Roll of the 6th Battalion, Cumberland County Militia in 1793. (S VI-Vol. V - P. 217)

• January 23, 1799, Leonard Thrush was elected an ensign in Company 1, Fifth Regiment, Cumberland County Militia commanded by Captain Robert Peebles. (S. VI, Vol. IV, P. 716. - Betty Thrush-Paraday

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Jacob married Unknown Wife.

Children from this marriage were:

192 i. Leonard (Dreisch) Thrush (born about 1733 in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany - died on an unknown date in Newton Top Cumberland Co, PA)

        ii.  Jacob (Dreisch) Thrush (born in 1742 in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany - died in 1825 in Shippensburg, PA) 

iii. Peter (Dreisch) Thrush (born in 1745 in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany)
iv. Richard (Dreisch) Thrush
v. John (Dreisch) Thrush