Mathias Fenstermacher

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Mathias Fenstermacher has not yet been linked to my ancestry. He settled early in the Berks/Lehigh area of PA, and has lines of descent that are of research interest.

This family has been noted in our research of Anna Fenstermacher, born 1806, married John Klein born 1801 Lower Macungie Twp., Lehigh Co., PA. No relationship has been documented.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1678	expect Palatinate Germany
Immigration	1728	to Philadelphia, PA
Marriage		expect Germany	To
Death
Burial		expect PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6            Generation 7             Generation 8           Generation 9          Generation 10                  
                                         
                 
                                                                                              +-Mathias Fenstermacher 
                                                                                              | (~1678-????) 
                                                                         +-Jacob Fenstermacher+
                                                                         |  (~1709-????)
                                                  +-William Fenstermacher+
                                                  |   (????-????)
                           +-William Fenstermacher+
                           |   (1775-????)        |
 +-Anna Maria Fenstermacher+                      +-Margaret Elisabeth Unknown
 |  (1806-????)            |                        (????-????)
 |                         +-Magdalena Bloss
 |                            (????-????)
 |
 +-Daniel Peter

Sources:

Children

(mother unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Philip Fenstermacher	M	expect < 1709	expect Germany
Jacob Fenstermacher	M	~ 1709	expect Germany
William Fenstermacher	M	~1713	expect Germany

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
expect Palatinate Germany	~1678
arrived Philadelphia PA	1738
Longswamp Twp. Berks Co. PA	1753

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	A History of the Wapwallopen Region, published by the Wapwallopen Historical Society, n.d. Biographical article on Philip Fenstermacher. Mathias Fenstermacher age 60 & his 2 sons Jacob age 29 and William age 25 arrive on ship "Glasgow" at Philadelphia 9 Sept. 1738. Mathias and son Jacob settle in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co. PA; on tax list of 1753. William son of Jacob settled in Heidelbert Twp., Northampton Co. PA. Wife Margaret Elisabeth Unknown. five children listed include Philip who settled in the Wapwallopen region. Philip married daughter of Martin Harter. "No baptismal records of the Fenstermacher children other than William's have been found. His is from the Nexcopeck Congregation Church Book begun by Rev. Thomas Pomp, V.D. M., Reformed Pastor from Easton.". Extracts will of Philip Fenstermacherr.	(See text) .
2	History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon by I. Daniel Rupp, Pub. G. Hills, 1844, Lancaster, PA. p. 225: Long-swamp township. "The following named persons resided here in 1756, and many of them nearly thirty years earlier: ...Mathias Fenstermacher...Jacob Fenstermacher..."
3	Historical & Biographical Annals of Berks County PA 1909 by Montgomery, p.8 First Taxables, record "believed to have been made in 1752 or shortly afterward..." Longswamp Twp: Jacob Fenstermacher, Philip Fenstermacher.
4	Genealogical History of the Fenstermacher Family by Clarence Eberman Beckel. Bethlehem Public Library, history room, 1991. Extracted by E W Williams Descendants of Mathias Fenstermacher through his son Jacob and grandson William. (This line includes an Anna Maria Fenstermacher born in 1806. Her baptismal record appears in the records of the Heidelberg Church (Reformed), Lehigh Co. PA. She was the daughter of William Fenstermacher and Magdalena Bloss. Our ancestor Anna Fenstermacher, who married John Klein, also was born in 1806. The Anna Fenstermacher who descended from Mathias, Jacob, & William Fenstermacher, however, married a Daniel Peter, had 8 children, and apparently remained in eastern PA. She is not the same person as our ancestor.) There are several Fenstermacher males with lines untraced by these sources, so that the family of Mathias Fenstermacher remains a research interest.	(See text)
5	Personal correspondence from Richard C. Bodey, 1990, Blose family researcher.
5	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Winnifred May Kline.