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Author: Eric H. Troutman
Johann Conrad Gilbert / aka: Conrad Gilbert was born April 9, 1734 in Hoffenheim, North Kraichgau, Germany, the son of Hans George & Elisabetha (Gruber) Gilbert. Conrad Gilbert came to Pennsylvania with his parents and three siblings. The Gilbert family arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1750 aboard the ship Nancy. Many early Gilberts from Hoffenheim, Germany settled around New Hanover, Douglas Twp., Philadelphia County (now Montgomery County), PA. Today the town of Gilbertsville, PA is in that area.
On April 19, 1757 Conrad Gilbert married Anna Elisabeth Stoltz (records of Augusta Lutheran Church, Trappe, PA, the first German Lutheran Church in America). Anna Elisabeth Stoltz (1738-1817) was the daughter of Christian Stoltz. She and Conrad had a family of twelve children: Maria Magdalena, Catharina, Anna Elisabeth, Andreas, Johann Peter, Maria Barbara, Anna Maria, Maria Salome, Christina, Susanna, and twins Rosina & Margaeth.
On January 27, 1761 Conrad bought land in Douglas Twp., Philadelphia County (now Montgomery County), PA. During the Revolutionary War he was a private in the Continental Navy in the company of Captain Jacob Hanse, on the “Eagle”, June 21 to July 1, 1776 & July 1 to October 1, 1776; and on the “Vulture”, October 1 1776 to January 21, 1777. After his service in the navy he moved to Tulpehocken Twp., in northwestern Berks County, PA.
Conrad Gilbert was a Schoolmaster & Fraktur Artist ( doing the transcribing and artwork on birth / baptism certificates ). He also kept the entries in the records of early churchs in the Tulpehocken area. He made entries in the Altalaha Lutheran Church Records, Rehrersburg, PA from June 1779 to 1783 and Christ Little Tulpehocken Lutheran Church Records near Bernville, PA from 1784 to 1793. By 1800 he was living in Braunschweig/Brunswick Twp. Berks County (now Schuylkill County), PA.
Conrad died on January 26, 1812 in West Brunswick Twp. Schuylkill County, PA. (Schuylkill County was formed out of Berks County in 1812). Conrad and his wife are buried at the Zion “Red Church” Cemetery near Deer Lake, Schuylkill County, PA. The Red Church was the last place he served as a schoolmaster.
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