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APPEARS ON FINES LIST 1777-1780, 1781
State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Author: Bruce Donald Rohrbach
Lorenz Rohrbach was born about 1743 in Colebrookdale Twp., Philadelphia County, PA. He was married to Anna Christina Frey in 1765. They were blessed with eight children: Johannes, Simon, Anna Maria, Johann Henrich, Johann Christopher, Jacob, Johann Georg and Daniel. On June 3, 1778 he took the Oath of Allegiance in Berks County. During the American Revolution he served as a Private in Captain Sebastian Lentz’s Company of Berks County Militia in the 2nd Class, First Battalion under Col. Daniel Hunter. This information can be found in the PA Archives Series 3:VI:296. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oley Hills, Berks County, PA. He died after the 1830 census at age about 105 and is buried in a small private burial ground near Huffs Church in Hereford Twp., Berks County PA. No stones are visible today.
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