Sgt Ludwig Bretz, I

Landed in Pennsylvania August 15, 1750. Sailed on the ship Royal Union out of Rotterdam with brothers Wendel and Henry. Owned farms in Pennsylvania. Sergeant in the company of Captain Albright Deibler's Company of Associators of the Fourth Battalion, commanded by Col. James Burd during the Revolutionary War.

• BRETZ, LUDWIG Ancestor #: A014064
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• Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SERGEANT
• Birth: CIRCA 1737 GERMANY
• Death: 1807 UPPER PAXTON TWP DAUPHIN CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 7, PP 347, 386, 387, 388, 1008, 1009
• Service Description: 1) COURT MARTIAL MAN IN CAPT MARTIN WEAVER'S CO
• 2) ALSO PVT, CAPT DEIBLER, 4TH BATT, LANCASTER CO MILITIA

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Revolutionary War soldier

-Fought in the Battles of Princeton and Trenton, and was wounded in the Battle of Long Island.

-Lived as a farmer after the war.

• http://books.google.com/books?id=6J9eLlVpveIC&printsec=frontcover&d...

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He was the son of Johann Adam Bretz and Otillia Schulthiess. He immigrated with his brothers Wendel and Heinrich to America on August 15th, 1750 on the ship Royal Union. He was a farmer and a sergeant in the Revolutionary War, fighting in the battles of Trenton and Princton. He was wounded in the battle of Long Island April 23, 1781. He was one of the earliest settlers in the Lyken Valley.

He was married to an Elizabeth and had the following children:

• Mary b 1761, married Emmanuel Duey, buried in Shoops Cemetery in Harrisburg, Pa/
• Catherine b. 1763, married Christian Wirt,/
• Elizabeth b. 1765 married Henry Bomgardner/
• Susan b. 1770 married Henry Meck/
• John b. 1771 married Catherine Fox/
• Ludwig b. 1773 married Ann Moyer/
• Magdalena married Robert Dunbar.---

Ludwig Bretz was born in Camberg, Hessen, Braunschweig, GermanyHe was married twice: First wife was Susanna Margaret Bishoff, with whom he had (7)children as noted in memorial manager Christine Rummel Sansome's bio.Second wife was Elizsbeth ______. They had (1) child: Anna Maria Bretz, b. 1788. She later married Abraham Jury. Additional bio. information by Deborah (Hoffman) Weiner

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 16 2018, 2:01:24 UTC

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• Naturalization: Lancaster County, PA - 26 March 1778
• Residence: Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA - 1600/1907
• Residence: Philadelphia County, PA - 1750
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 20 2021, 7:44:52 UTC