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Philip/Phillip FAUST Sr
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P-156952
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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Phillip Lebs Faust was born on 22 February 1714 in Langenselbold, Hesse Principality, in what is modern-day Germany. As such, he was a Hessian soldier who served in the American Revolution. He was the son of Johan and Magdelena (Adam) Faust. The family arrived in Pennsylvania Colony in 1735 and took up residence in Berks County.
In 1738, Phillip married Magdalena Albrecht. Over the years, Phillip acquired 400 acres of land in Berks County. He and Magdalena had seven known children, all surviving to adulthood. Four of his five sons served in militia service during the American Revolution. One son, Phillip, was believed to have been among the German-speaking American troops used to block the road between Trenton and Princeton to ensure that their fellow Hessians serving the British Army were unable to escape to British lines.1
Philli's patriotic service included signing the Oath of Allegiance in 1778 and paying the Supply Tax in Berks County in 1779.
The Faust homestead was on the Mohrsville and Shartsville Road, northwest of Centerville, Pennsylvania. The land remained in the family for some 150 years.
Phillip died on 15 April 1786 in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Source:
Foutty, Seth, The Faust Family in America: Generations A-H Johan Peter Faust of Langelsbold, Hesse, and his Descendants, Indiana. Fishers: Privately printed by author, 2017, page 6
Author: Eric Henry Troutman
Philip “Lebs” Faust was born in February 1714 in Langenselbold, Hesse, Germany the son of Johan Peter & Magdalena (Adam) Faust who also were born in Langenslbold. Philip’s mother died when he was born. Philip was baptized on 22 February 1714, in Langenselbold. Of interest is the fact that a number of families that immigrated in the 1700s to Berks County, Pennsylvania, came from the village of Langenslbold; this included the Beck, Eckert, Faust, Gerhart, Kershner, and Lamb, families.
When Philip was nineteen his father and his stepmother Anna Elizabeth Grauel, along with Philip’s step-siblings left Germany for America. They and other Faust families arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 27 August 1733, aboard the ship Elizabeth. By 1736 Philip’s father Johan Peter Faust had settled in Oley Township, Philadelphia County, (now Exeter Township, Berks County), Pennsylvania.
About 9 January 1738, he married Magdalena Albrecht (1716-1789), daughter of Johannes & Anna Barbara (Gossauer) Albrecht. Philip was the father of ten children, the names of only eight are known today:
Elizabeth.
Johannes.
Christina.
Catharine.
Philip.
Catharine Elizabeth.
Jacob.
Ludwig.
Johannes, Philip Jr., and Jacob Faust were all veterans of the Revolutionary War serving in the Berks County Militias. Philip Faust settled in Bern Township, Lancaster County (Berks County), Pennsylvania.
Philip took the Oath of Allegiance to the state of Pennsylvania on 12 June 1778, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. From the many Faust families in Berks County, Pennsylvania there were quite a few men that served in the Berks County Militias during the Revolutionary War. The older men did patriotic acts such as paying the supply tax or taking the Oath of Allegiance so that their descendants could enjoy the freedom of living in the United States of America.
Philip was a farmer his entire life, owning 418 acres of land two miles northeast of Centerport, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Philip died on 19 April 1786 (probably on his plantation), in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He, and his wife, are both buried in the old cemetery at St. Michael’s Church, Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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