Stephanus Johann L Ramsburg, Jr

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MARYLAND. DAR Ancestor # A093874

Emmigrated to America in 1729 - unverified

Served in the French & Indian Wars - Unverified

Served as a Captain in the Revolutionary War - Unverified

• -------------------- Born in Buch, Switzerland, where his surname was Riemensperger

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Remsperger was apparently the spelling which he used, others were Rammesberger, Remsburg and Romesburg. In 1732 he went to Fredrick, Maryland to settle on part of a land grant called Tasker's Chance known as Mortality which extended from Harmony Grove to the Monocacy River. It contained 473 acres, Deed dated July 28,1746. Purchased 307 acres called Dear-Bought October 1,1753.

Both Tasker's Chance and Dearbought are now suburban housing developments that still bear those names.

The photograph is of the house in which he lived with his wife, Anna Maria Catherine Brunner in Frederick. Today the house is preserved as a historic site and open to visitors. It was built by Anna Maria's father in 1756. It is the oldest house in Federick and considered an excellent example of German colonial architecture. The family named the house and its lands Schifferstadt, after their home town in Germany.

He was a Captin in French Indian War 1754. Trustee of Frederick Congregation. He owned a few salves--Bill,Jack,Sarah,& Nancy --whom he willed to be free.

He was christened in Frederick County, Maryland, AFT October 11, 1711. Stephen has also been listed as "Johann Stephen Remsberg." According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, "Stephen Remsberg (1711-1789) immigrated from Germany to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania during or before 1719, moving to land near Frederick, Maryland as early as 1732 and married Anna Catherine Brunner. Descendants live in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio and elsewhere." According to Stanley Charles Fruits, 1913, Our Rensberger Ancestors, "Stephen Rensberger was born in 1711 in Germany, probably at Walldorf Baden. He immigrated to America with his family and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by 1719. He settled in Frederick County, Maryland in 1729. He married Catherine Brunner there in 1739. They had seven children, c. 1741-1752. He died in 1789 in Frederick County. Descendants live in Indiana, Wisconsin and elsewhere. The Rensberger name is also spelled Ramsberger, Remsberg and Romesberg. Includes ancestors of Anna Catherine Schaffer(1816-1861), who married Jacob Rensberger in 1839 in Holmes County, Ohio." According to Wilson L. Remsberg, 1848, Genealogy of the Remsberg Family in America, "Stephen Remsberg, the first of the family in this country of whom we have any definite knowledge, was born October 11, 1711, place unknown." According to the Main International Genealogical Index 3.05, North America, Stephen Remsberg was married to Anna Catherine Bruner in 1740 in Pennsylvania. According to the Romesburg Family History,"Johann Stephen Riemensperger was the first Romesburg in America, as listed in records as a resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1719."