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State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service
Birth: 09 Sep 1749 / Lancaster / PA Death: 27 Sep 1804 Lovettsville / Loudoun / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
SIGNED OATH OF FIDELITY AND SUPPORT, 1778
He is also listed on an undated muster roll for the Washington County militia, in Capt Peter Swingle's Co, No. 3, Second Battalion
He moved to Loudoun County, Va. around 1781
Additional References:
S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright: The Maryland Militia in the Rev War, pg 248-249
Washington County, Maryland, Records, Oaths of Allegiance, 1778 and Balance Books on Estates (Distributions), 1778-1801, pg 4
Spouse: (1) Catharine Bechtel; (2) Susannah Rickard; Children: Adam; Daniel; Eve; Susannah; Gideon; Solomon;
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Gravestone photos with permission of Craig Batten, GW Chapter, VASSAR
Inscription: "In Memory of Adam Housholter who departed this Life September 27th, 1804 Aged 55 Years. Farewell my spouse & children dear. As you must-yet remain. The Lord of host be your life."
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Author: Edward Wise Spannaus
Adam Householder was born 16 September 1746 at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a son of Johan Adam Householder and Maria Elizabetha Weidman. He was baptized at the Warwick Lutheran Church at Brickerville, Pennsylvania, 22 September 1746.
Adam Householder, his parents, and siblings, moved to Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the 1750s. About 1770, Householder married Catharine Bechtel. They were the parents of Adam, Daniel and Eve.
Householder was listed on the 1773 tax list of Cumru Township, Berks County. He was listed as a farmer holding 100 acres of land, 50 acres of which he cultivated. Ten acres were cornfields.
In 1777, Householder sold his land at Berks County, and soon after, he moved his wife and family to Washington County, Maryland, where he took the Oath of Fidelity and Support.2 He enlisted in Captain Peter Swingle's Company of the Washington County Militia.3
In 1780, Householder and his wife, and Catherine, were listed as baptismal sponsors at the Zion (German) Reformed Church at Hagerstown, Maryland. They moved across the Potomac River to Loudoun County, Virginia, to an area then known as “The German Settlement,” presently known as Lovettsville.
Householder was on the Virginia Taxpayer List from 1782 to 1787.4 He leased land from George William Fairfax by a Deed of Assignment dated 3 January 1781. In 1798, Householder’s son, Daniel, bought this leased land, which remained in the Householder family into the 1900s.5 The house still stands on its original site.
Householder purchased additional land in 1789, on which he grew wheat and raised hogs.
Householder was a member of the German Lutheran Church at the Short Hill, later known as the New Jerusalem Lutheran Church at Lovettsville. This church was established about 1765, on land donated by George William Fairfax. In 1797, Householder was one of five trustees for the church when George William Fairfax’s nephew, Ferdinando Fairfax, conveyed the land to the church.6
Catharine Bechtel Householder died in 1794. The church registers record: “Adam Haushalter’s wife Catharine, buried September 10, 1794, aged 44 years, six months less seven days.”7 She was buried at New Jerusalem. Her headstone was inscribed with: “In memory of Catharine Housholter, the wife of Adam Housholter of Loudoun County, who died Sept. 10, 1794, aged 44 years.”8
In 1796, Adam Householder married Susannah Rickard, widow of Simon Rickard.9 They were the parents of three children: Susannah, Gideon and Solomon. Susannah had three children from her first marriage. Adam Householder died in 1804, and was buried next to his wife, Catharine. The entry in the Parish Register records: “Adam Hauschalter, 55 years.”10 His headstone was inscribed with: “In memory of Adam Housholter, who departed this life September 27, 1804, aged 55 years. Farewell, my spouse and children dear, As you must yet remain. The Lord of Host be your defense, Till we meet again.”11
1. Unless otherwise noted, this biographical material comes from descendant Jane Farrell Burgess: The Householder Genealogy: Householder/Housholder/Haushalter, Vol. 2.
2. Gains Brombaugh and Margaret Hodges: Revolutionary Records of Maryland, Part 1, Pg. 14, 20.
3. S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright: The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War Pg. 248-249.
4. Ronald Vern Jackson: Heads of Families at the First Census of the U.S. taken in 1790 – Enumeration 1782-1785 – Virginia.
5. Deed of sale from Ferdinando Fairfax to Daniel Householder, 20 July 1798, Deed Book Z, Pg. 15.
6. New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, A People of God,1765-1965, Pg. 14.
7. New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Parish Register, 1765-1836, Pg. 231.
9. Johann Simon Rückert was a prisoner-of-war at Frederick, Maryland. He deserted 15 October 1781. He married Susanna Meyer. They had three children baptized at the New Jerusalem Church. He died in 1793 and was buried at the New Jerusalem Church as Simon Rickert. See the list of “Unconfirmed” in the article “Hessian Soldiers in Lovettsville,” http://www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org/index.php/hessian-soldiers-in-lovettsville/
10. New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Parish Register, 1765-1836, Pg. 237.
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