Nicholas Custer

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Nicholas Custer was baptized as an adult on the 12 Feb. 1745 by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg. Also served as an Elder and Deacon in his church. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg gave a detailed eulogy of Nicholas. His remains are buried at the Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery beside his wife Susannah in an unmarked grave.

His son Paulus joined the congregation just across the Perkiomen: Saint James Episcopal Church.

It is Nicholas' line that gave rise to the Civil War and Indian Wars figure George Armstrong Custer

~• possibly: ~• Non-Associator (1779) The term Non-Associators was applied to American colonists who refused to support and sign "military association" charters. They were not affiliated with associators, or would choose instead, to pay a fine and suffer possible retaliation. (see pg.24-25 of book w/list; url in in <journals> project

• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via son Johann George Custer by SmartCopy: Jul 10 2015, 3:22:31 UTC

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Biography

"Nicholas Custer

BIRTH 4 Dec 1706 Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

DEATH 10 Dec 1784 (aged 78) Limerick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

BURIAL Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA"... "Son of Arnold Custer and Elizabeth Rebecca Sellen Custer. A deacon and elder of the Augustus Lutheran Church. Husband to Susanna MargarettaSprogel Hoppe."<ref> Find a Grave memorial for Nicholas Custer</ref>

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This person was created through the import of 236-Cathy.ged on 20 October 2010.

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Category:Augustus Lutheran_Church_Cemetery,_Trappe,_Pennsylvania

Biography

Nicholas Kuster was born 06 Dec 1706, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He is a son of Arnold Kuster and Gertrut Rebecca Conrad. <ref name="White"> White, Jean M., Editor; The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania the first four generations; Castor Association ofAmerica, Mennonite Press, Newton, Kansas, 1991; 303 Pages, Indexed; Pages 22, 124-128. </ref> <ref name="KY Roots"> "KY Roots", a GEDCOM import of "Our Roots.ged" by Larry Arnold. </ref> He was a Blacksmith. Living and working in Manatwwny, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. <ref name="White"/> He married Susannah Margaretta Hoppins, 1732 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. <ref name="White"/> <ref name="KY Roots"/> They moved to Limerick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Nicholas andSusannah became members of the Augustus Lutheran Church, in Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Nicholas was baptized as an adult, inthe Lutheran Church on 12 Feb 1745 by Reverend Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg. <ref name="White"/> Nicholas passed away 10 Dec 1784, in his home, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. <ref name="White"/> <ref name="KY Roots"/> He is buried in the Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. <ref name="White"/>

Nicholas was born in 1706. He passed away in 1784.

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Research Notes ==* Kuster-42 created through a GEDCOM import of "Our Roots.ged" on 23 Jul 2011 by Larry Arnold.

• Find a Grave

The German-speaking Mennonite Clemmer/Clymer family settled in Bucks County, PA in the early 1700s.
Note: The maiden name of the mother appears as the middle name of her children. The spelling of surnames has been changed for uniformity.

Custer, Arnold (1669 - 1739)

Descendant Register, Generation No. 1

1.ARNOLD DOORS CUSTER (PAULUS* VON HAREN CUSTER5, Arnold* (Arret Kustors) Walburgin Custer4, Johannes* Custer3, Reiner (Kuster)* Custer2, Ololus* Custer1) was born BEF 9 JUN 1669 in Kaldenkirchen, Germany, and died 1739 in Hanover Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Rebecca (Sellen) Sell ABT 1686 in Probably Krefeld, Germany. She was born ABT 1666 in Near Kaldenkirchen, Germany. He marriedGertrude (Conrad) Conrad\Kunders 24 JUN 1691 in Krefeld, Germany. Shewas born ABT 1671 in Krefeld, and died ABT 1698 in Germany. He married Rebecca (Nuzom)??? Nuysom ABT 1699 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She was born ABT 1670, and died BEF 1739.

Children of ARNOLD DOORS CUSTER and Rebecca (Nuzom)??? Nuysom are::+2 i. Conrad (VA) Custer was born ABT 1695, and died 1 FEB 1772 in Rockingham County, Virginia. :3 ii. Katherine Custer was born ABT 1700. She married John Jenkins. :+4 iii. George Custer was born 1705, and died 1 NOV 1755 in Northampton/Carbon County, Pennsylvania (Killed by Indians while traveling through the Gap). :+5 iv. Nicholas Custer was born 4 DEC 1706 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and died 9 DEC 1784 in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvnaia. :+6 v. Paul Custer was born 1710, and died 10 NOV 1783 in MontgomeryCounty, Pennsylvnia.

:7 vi. Arnold Jr. Custer was born ABT 1720.

:8 vii. Dorothy Custer was born 1724. She married Daniel Tool. Nicolaus Koster mentioned in the record of Susannah Koster Name: Nicolaus Koster Sex: Male Wife: Susannah Margretha Daughter: Susannah Koster Other information in the record of Susannah Koster from Pennsylvania Births and Christenings

Name: Susannah Koster Gender: Female Event Type: Christening Event Date: 04 Feb 1750 Event Place: AUGUSTUS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH,TRAPPE,MONTGOMERY,PENNSYLVANIA Birth Date: 02 Dec 1749 Father's Name: Nicolaus Koster Mother's Name: Susannah Margretha

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 21 2019, 22:59:37 UTC

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Son of Arnold Custer and Elizabeth Rebecca Sellen Custer. A deacon and elder of the Augustus Lutheran Church. Husband to Susanna Margaretta Sprogel Hoppe.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 22 2021, 16:35:00 UTC

(1) In 1776 Nicholas, a Blacksmith, and Susanna (Hoppe) Custer owned land in Providence Twp. near the Church Land, when their son Emanuel is listed 10 Dec. as a Sergeant in the 5th Battalion, Lt. Arnold Francis' Providence Twp. Company. (Phila. Co. Sheriff's Book 2:181; Phila. Co. Deed Book D-1:133-137; PA. AR., Sixth Series, Vol. I, p. 807; St. James Families - Rev War.)

(2) Only one Paul Custer/Custard m. to Sarah appears in the Phila. Co. land records. Tax lists of Worcester Twp. 1779-1780 show a Paul, a blacksmith, not near Paul the grandson and other descendants of Hermanus. This Paul, the blacksmith, buys land in Limerick Twp. in April, 1780, and sells it with his "wife Sarah" in 1793.
(Extant Tax Lists of Worcester, Providence, Skippack/Perkiomen and Limerick Twps.1769-1786, PA. AR., Third Series, Vol. XIV-XVI; Mont. Co. Deed book, 15:92, 15:94.)

(3) Feb. 22nd, 1780 Emanuel Custer was appointed Vestryman for the ensuing year. June 7th, 1780 Paul Custer, who does not appear on Feb. 22nd list, appears as Vestryman. Emanuel removed to Berks Co. in 1780.

(4) Sarah Custer's 1795 tombstone is in Cemetery plot M5 near plot N1-N5, of the family of Nicholas Custer and Christiana (Stahl) Custer. Nicholas m. Christiana, 1792 (SJ), d. April 25, 1840, aged 76 years, 3 mo., 28 days, apparently, son of Christian Custer, whose son Nicholas was b. 1 Jan. 1764, and grandson of Nicholas and Susanne (Hoppe) Custer. Stone N5 is a child of Nicholas and Christiana d. 1795.

(Cemetery Cards, St. James Archives; St. Michael's and Zion Lutheran Church Recs, LDS films, 387891, 387892.)