Johan Matthias Dreher - I8635 - Individual Information - Wisconsin and Illinois Genealogy

Johan Matthias Dreher (I8635)

Surname: Dreher
Given Names: Johan Matthias

Gender: Male

Birth: 11 December 1730 -- Odernheim, Meisenheim, Zweibrucken, Germany
Death: May 1797 -- West Brunswick, Schuylkill, Pa., USA

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Rev. War

' 'A Class Roll of Captain Wetstone's Company Braunshweig Township 3rd
Battalion, Berks County Militia under the Command of Colonel Lindenmuth
April the 15th 1779' '

1st Class
Godfried DREHER

3rd Class
Peter DREHER

Capt. Henry Christ's company
Fifer
Matthias REHER

The above persons were residents of Brunswick Township, then Berks County
Pa, since split to several townships of what is now Schuylkill County, PA.

Marker on his grave for Rev. War - PA Rootsweb
Committee to care for Soldiers Families 1776 Micheal Deibert, Sr. Jacob Schaeffer, Sr. Placed By Fort Lebanon Chapter D.A.R. 1937

Catholic church record in Meisenheim, Germany ‎(although the baptisms were by Catholic priests, they were definitely not Catholic--the records are clear on that; they lived in the village of Dessloch outside of Meisenheim and each baptism lists that they were of Dessloch. The region was in religious turmoil. Thousands of people had been driven out of Tyrol [Austria]‎ because they decided to convert to Lutheranism. They are called the ' 'Salzburg Exulanten.' '

Johan Matthias Dreyer listed in ' 'History of the Grim Family of Pennsylvania and Associated Families' ' by William Gabriel Long, pp. 142-3: ' 'Johan Matthias DREHER, the son of Johannes DREHER, was born in Germany in the year 1730, as is recorded on his tombstone in the Red Church cemetery near Orwigsburg, Pa. Family tradition says that before 1750 he left Oley and traveled on foot through the forest to a place which is located about one and one-half miles southeast of Zion's ‎(Red)‎ church in West Brunswick township, Schuylkill county, Pa., where he located on what is now the Sharadin farm. Here he built a small log hut and barn, after which he returned to Oley on foot, blazing a trail so that he could again locate the spot selected. The return trip was made on foot with his wife, Barbara, one cow, his rifle and an axe, together with a few household necessities. All of the children were born at the new location in the backwoods of Brunswick township, then Berks county, Pa. He assisted in the erection of the first log building that was used as a church on the spot where now stands what is known as Zion's ‎(Red)‎ church of West Brunswick township, Schuylkill county, Pa. After it was burned down by the Indians, he again assisted in building of a new church house. The family consisted of eight daughters and three sons. The names of all of the children are not known at this time, however, the record of some of them follows, being taken from his will which is recorded in Book B, page 479, and Book 3, page 250, dated November 14, 1792, and probated May 26, 1797, Berks county Register of Wills office, Reading, Pa., and from the records of the Red church.

' 'Johan Matthias DREHER was born in Germany in December, 1730, and died in May 1797, aged sixty-six years, and his wife Barbara DREHER, was born in 1731, and died August 30, 1800, aged sixty-nine years. They are buried in Zion's ‎(Red)‎ church cemetery, in West Brunswick township, Schuylkill county, Pa. The grave marker of the husband is red sandstone and in very poor condition, but the grave marker of his wife, Barbara DREHER, is in excellent condition. A flag and marker stating that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary War has been placed on his grave, however, the only records obtainable are that Matthias REHER was a fifer in the 2d battalion of Berks county militia, Capt. Henry Christ's company, under Col. Samuel Miles, enlisting on April 10, 1776, and continuing in same until late fall of the same year. ‎(Pa. Arch. ser 5, vol 2, page 375, 376, 379, 381-4-6-9)‎. This same record shows the service of his son, Peter DREHER. The name REHER should probably have been DREHER, for the son's name was spelled Peter DRAYER. However, Henry Christ's company was made up of men from this locality. The known children of Johan Matthias and Barbara DREHER were...‎[Barbara, Matthias, Christina, Susanna, Godfried, and Peter]‎' ' ‎[NOTE: the others were Maria Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Maria Catharina]‎

According to ' 'Berks Co. Abstracts of Wills 1752-1798, Mathias DREHER of Brunswisk wrote his will 14 Nov 1792 and it was probated 26 May 1797 ‎(Will B479)‎. He left a wife Barbara; the will mentions having sold his land to his son Mathias. It mentions 8 daughters but doesn't name them. His executor was his son Peter. It mentions his son Godfried. The witnesses are Philip SCHWARTZ and George HUNTZINGER.
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DREHER,Mathias

Berks - Brunswick 1797 WB-479

Made: 14 Nov 1792 Pro:: 1792

Witn: Philip SCHWARTZ, Geo HUNTZINGER

Spouse: Barbara Ch: 8 unnamed daughters; named sons Mathias, Peter,
Godfried


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	Events of close relatives
Birth	11 December 1730 34 Odernheim,Meisenheim,Zweibrucken,Germany
Christening	11 December 1730 Odernheim,Meisenheim,Zweibrucken,Germany
Marriage	1751 (Age 21) Maria Barbara Hill - ‎[View Family ‎(F1705)‎‎] Berks, now Northamton Cty Pa
Death	May 1797 (Age 66) West Brunswick,Schuylkill,Pa.,USA
Universal Identifier	E4E6F623CF89D511973400E02931A95120D5
Burial	Zion's ‎(Red)‎ church cemetery, West Brunswick township, Schuykill Cty Pa
Last Change	30 December 2006 - 13:37:02 Last changed by: dcoplien