Display Patriot - P-181211 - Johannes HILDEBRAND

Johannes HILDEBRAND

SAR Patriot #: P-181211

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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service

DAR #: A055500

Birth: abt 1715 Zurich / / Switzerland
Death: 02 Apr 1783 / York / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

Paid Supply Tax, 1781, 1782

Additional References:

PA Arch., 3rd Series, Vol 21, pg 424-426, 613, 615

Spouse: Barbara Glattfelder
Children: Felix; Dorothea; Johannes; Casper; Henrick; Sarah; Anna Barbara; Maria;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1992-08-21	CA	Unassigned	Charles O Smith (109432)	Dorothea
2022-11-04	TN	103354	John Mark DeNicola (159017)	Felix

Burial:

Bupps Union Cemetery_(C-0372559)

Location:

Seven Valleys / York / PA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1761325

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Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

70749703

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Photo displayed courtesy of J. Mark DeNicola, TNSSAR

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Author: John Mark DeNicola

Johannes Hildebrand was born at Zurich, Switzerland, in 1715. He appears as single and the child of the deceased Hans Jacob Hildebrand in Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies, Volume 1, Page 39. He arrived at the Port of Philadelphia aboard the ship Francis and Elizabeth in August 1743.

In 1746, he joined a company of British Colonial troops under the command of Samuel Perry to fight the French in what was known as “King George’s War.” Most of the military operations were confined to the borders between the English Colonies and Canada. The conflict ended when peace was declared in Europe in 1748.

Hildebrand married Barbara Glattfelder shortly after his return to Pennsylvania. They are the parents of Felix, Dorothea, Johannes , Casper, Henrick, Sarah, Anna, and Maria.

Hildebrand and four of his children answered the call to fight in the American Revolution. Hildebrand answered the call in 1776 with the formation of the Eighth Battalion of Lancaster County Militia. He was a private in Captain John Jone’s Company. He paid the Supply Tax at York County in 1781 and 1782. In 1782, he was a private in Captain George Giselman’s company of the York County Militia.

Johannes died April 2, 1783. Barbara Glattfelder Hildebrand died in 1794. They are buried at Bupps Union Cemetery. Their graves are marked by fieldstones of slate. The following inscription in German appears on his headstone:

1783
Den 2 Abril
Ist Hanes Hildebran
d in Den Hebren End
Schlafen - - Sein
Alder War 68 Iahr

The inscription is translated as:

On April 2, 1783
Johannes Hildebrand
Fell asleep in the
Lord - - His age
was 68 years

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Service Source: Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 21, Pg. 424-426, 613, 615; Series 5, Vol., 7, Pg. 803; Series 6, Vol. 2, Pg. 674.

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