Display Patriot - P-326652 - Andreas/Andrew ZIEGLER/ZIGLER Sr

Andreas/Andrew ZIEGLER/ZIGLER Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-326652

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State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A210712

Birth: 30 Nov 1744
Death: 28 Feb 1800 Bowers / Berks / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. He served as a Private in the company of Captain Folck, of the Berks County Pennsylvania 1st Battalion
  2. 1779-1781, paid a supply tax in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Additional References:
  1. Martin, David and William H. EglePennsylvania Archives Third Series, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, Vol VI, pg 294-295; Vol XIII, pg 80; Vol XVIII, pg 405, 524
  2. Grave Registry form. National Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR);
  3. PA ARCH, 3RD SER, VOL 18, pg 522, 524

Spouse: Henrietta Sophia Reidig/Neidig
Children: Andreas; John; Peter; George Jacob; Frederick; Abraham; Catharine
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1998-01-26 NE 200200 John Thomas Parsons (149646) Andreas   
2012-08-27 PA 49435 Charles Harris Seibert (184656) John   
Burial:
Union Cemetery of Bowers (C-0372253)
Location:
Bowers / Berks / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2185679
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
38719642
Marker Type:
SAR Stake
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
bef 01 Mar 2011

Comments:
  • An upright stone reset into a concrete base. Stone is contemporary with the death of the Patriot.
  • SAR stake marker.


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

63 Old Bowers Road, Bowers, PA.



Author: Charles Harris Seibert

Andreas Ziegler was born on 30 November 1744, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and would become a blacksmith by trade, and a farmer.

In 1768 in Philadelphia County, he was married to Henrietta Sophia Neidig, who was born on 25 July 1749, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Daniel and Ann Margaretha Neidig, who came to America in 1754 when Henrietta Sophia was five years old.

Around 1772, Andreas purchased 204 acres that sat between Rockland and Longswamp Townships, Berks County, Pennsylvania. This is where he built his home and raised his family, which included his eleven known children.

On 9 June 1777, Andreas took the Oath of Allegiance in Berks County. Throughout the American Revolution, he is in the Berks County Militia, serving in the 1st Battalion under Captain Folock’s company, then Captain Wick’s company. From 1779 to 1781, he is paying a “Supply Tax” to aid the war effort.

After the Revolutionary War, his farm grew to 335 acres, which included a blacksmith shop, eight horses, and wagons.

He died on 28 February 1800 at the age of 55 years. In his Last Will and Testament, his request was that “my dear beloved wife Henrietta Sophia remain in the home and taken care of until her death.”

Henrietta Sophia never remarried and lived the next 29 years on their farm. She died on 5 August 1829 at the grand age of 80 years. On her headstone, it states, “With her marriage to Andreas, they leave 11 children, 86 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren."

 


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