Listed with father in 1850 census, Forks Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

"Susan" remarried after the death of "Tillman." The Bradford County Historical Society card files on Waymans has a card as follows: David Wayman and Mrs. Susan Rhinbolt (sic), both of New Albany, married September 25, 1906 at Justice John Meredith, as reported in the "Reporter Journal & Bradford Republican" dated Oct. 4, 1906. Also reported in the Sep. 27, 1906 issue of the "Bradford Star."
Another card: Mrs. David Wayman died Dec. 20, 1907 in Forks, age 61. She is survived by husband, 5 sons, 4 daughters, Mrs. C. E. McCracken of Towanda, as reported in Bradford Star dated Dec 26, 1907.
Susan's death certificate, no. 0089942, from New Castle, PA as follows; Cert. of Death file no. 121652, registered no. 80, county of Sullivan, township of Forks, full name Susan Wayman, date of birth: Aug. 1, 1846, age 61 years, 4 months, & 18 days. Birthplace, Sullivan Co., father's name Samuel Hunsinger, born in NY; mother's name Sarah Brobst, born in Columbia Co., PA. Susan's date of death Dec. 20, 1907, with cause of death being appoplexy, attending doctor A.J. Bird from May 3, 1907 to Dec. 18, 1907. Place of burial in Warburton Hill Cemetery, Dec. 22, 1907. All death certificate information was signed by her daughter, Miss Cora Rinebold of Campbellville, PA.

"Tillman", as he was called, lived near Warburton Hill, on the north side of the Warburton Cemetery, where there is now the township building. His family had a serious diptherea epidemic in 1890, and 4 children died. Local legend has it that some of the boards were removed years afterward from their house, and people broke out with the same disease in the house where the boards were used. The children that died so young, probably all from dipthera, are buried in the Warburton Hill Cemetery, not far from where they lived and died. They are John, Samuel, Freddie, Vernie, Elsie, and Edith May Rinebold.

Source: Bradford County Historical Society, Towanda, PA, card file on Rinebolds, as follows: Bradford Argus dated Oct 27, 1905 lists the death of "Truman" Rinebold on Oct 18, 1905 at Warburton Hill, Sullivan County, PA, age 66. He is survived by Mrs. C.E. McCracken of Towanda, PA. The same information was also reported in the Reporter Journal dated Oct 26, 1905. Most of the information on his descendants was contributed by his gr-grandson, Lyle Dean Rockwell of Athens, PA.

Was a blacksmith by trade and by this occupation became a very useful man in the settlement of the county.

Settled in Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA around 1819 - 1820. Moved to McCarty Settlement in Elkland. In 1829, bought 450 acres near Campbellville in Forks Twp., Sullivan Co. Lived there a number of years, than sold to Kelly brothers and built a sawmill at Campbellville. He sold this to a Mr. Frier in 1860 and moved to Clearfield Co., PA (From Streby History of Cherry Township, 1903, page 37). Father lived with him when from the infirmities of age he was unable to provide for himself.

Settled in Bradford County. Census: 1840, Bradford Co., PA. Also 1860 Tioga Co.

Settled in Schuylkill Co. Appears in 1850 census of Union Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA. Lists his wife and 4 children. Census information entered and recorded by Richard Turnbach lists his wife's surname as Applegate.

Located with his brother Samuel on the Kaier farm in Forks Twp., Sullivan Co., PA about 1847. Later he settled on and cleared up the farm now owned by Daniel K. Epler, a native of Germany. (From the Streby History of Cherry Township, 1903, page 37.). The 1889 Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa contains a biographical sketch of Henry Edward Huntsinger [sic], son of Charles and Mary (Epler) Hunsinger:

Peter and his brother George were both living in Hector, Seneca Co., N.Y. (now Schuyler Co.) in 1810. George had a son named Bernard born 1811 who moved to Schuylkill Co. and married a Nancy ?. For this reason, it is felt that Peter had a son named Bernard who is the one listed in the 1880 census as being born in New York. A death certificate for Bernard's son, William, also lists his father as being born in N.Y.

His land adjoined that of George Dresher in Sugarloaf Twp., Luzerne Co., PA and his son Paul married Lydia, daughter of George Dresher.

Name appears on tombstone in Colley Twp, Sullivan Co., PA as Rufard. Some census records of her brothers show this spelling. However, the Luzerne Co. Orphans Court records firmly establish the spelling as Rupert. Her father Charles was born abt. 11 Feb. 1770 and died abt. 1 May 1827. He is buried at Mountain Grove Cem. beside Bernard & Margaretha Hunsinger.

1850
April 21. Baptized. "Mary Catherine" daughter of Daniel and Mary Hunsinger, at the house of J. S. Miller, Sullivan County. Sponsors, Mary Green, Edmund Green, and Mrs. Geo. W. Mitchell....Dewitt C. Byllesh,-Rector.

Apparently had a second marriage because in 1860 census he is listed as retired farmer , age 66, with wife Elizabeth age 60.

Lewis Donat claims he also had a son named George. George was married to Anna Maria Derr; while yet of young age, he suffered a stroke and barely made a non-cupative will before he expired. One of his sons was named Mathias. Actually, Lewis was partly right. George did marry Anna Maria Derr, but that was Mathias' father, not his son! The proximity in dates of his third and fourth children is noted with interest. Eva Catharine and Anna Catharine were born only six months apart. Is it possible that they are the same person? Alternatively, it is noted that John Krum married both Anna Catharina and her sister Anna Maria Maricha (Matthias' sixth child); are those two the same person? Is this all just some gross mixup in dates? And how could he have had two Christian Brobsts, one born in 1807 and the other in 1810, both of whom grew to adulthood? Does one of these belong to another set of parents? One record states he wrote his will on Sep 28 1812, but he died in 1811. Is the 1812 date a year off? Philip Wertman was executor of his estate.

He was a blacksmith.
Letter of administration issued on his estate on Feb 18 1802. Administrators were his brother Mathias Brobst and his brother-in-law Johann Daniel Straub (husband of his wife Catharina), also David Frey and Daniel Wertman, all of Lynn Township. Wife Catharina renounced claims on Feb 18 1802. Filed Mar 23 1802.

Rinkenbach and Sally Gordon believe that Martin (1773) married Maria Fosselmann, but most researchers (incl. Hollenbach) disagree.
Martin's will was probated 17 July 1801 in probate court. Dorothea relinquished her right to administer. Samuel Kistler and Dorothea's brother Heinrich were appointed administrators.

In Zion Cemetery, at Old Red Church in Orwigsburg, is a memorial marker to the Revolutionary War soldiers on which is listed a John George Huntzinger (1751-1802).

Lived in Lynn Twp in 1762. He owned up to 300 acres at various times. He served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier in the Berks County Militia, and later as a captain in the Continental Line, under the command of Lt Col Michael Brobst. There is a story that he and some of his men were camped about 20-30 miles from Philadelphia early in the war. [On July 14, 1777, he took the oath of allegiance to PA in Philadelphia.] As the British were advancing on Philadelphia, in late August of 1777, Mathias and his men, with Jacob Leeser and several others, went there and took the Liberty Bell, weighing over a ton, along with a dozen other bells, with them from Philadelphia, through Bethlehem, and buried it inside of the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown, Lehigh County, on Hamilton Street, between 6th and 7th Streets. In Bethlehem, the Bell was transferred to a wagon belonging to Jacob Mickley for the remainder of the journey. After the war, they returned it to Philadelphia. A bronze tablet commemorating the event was placed on the church in 1908.
The large, heavy Conestoga-type wagon, belonging to Frederick Lieser, was drawn by six black horses. It was the largest and heaviest wagon at the market in Philadelphia. On the way to Bethlehem, Brobst, Leaser, and the accompanying troops stopped overnight at the Red Lion Hotel in Quakertown. But it broke down in a mud-hole in front of the old Sun Inn at Bethlehem, while it was being used to haul the Liberty Bell, and was stored for many years in a barn that stood on the farm of Jesse D. Follweiler, who had inherited the farm from his grandfather, Bernhard Follweiler. The front axle, which had broken, had been repaired, and the wheels removed. The Follweiler children later played on the wagon for decades. In 1855, lightning struck the barn and destroyed it and the wagon. The only part that was preserved was the heavy iron brake handle and ratchet, which was taken to Ohio by a member of the Follweiler family who migrated to Ohio in the late 1850s or early 1860s. (Was that Susanna Follweiler, mother of Obadiah Brobst?). Much of the above information on the bell may be found in History of Lynn Township by Arthur Klingaman, 1974. He is listed on the DAR Patriot Index as a "Captain", and is on the DAR Roll of Honor.
When Rev. Daniel Schumacher died, Matthias became guardian of Rev. Schumacher's son Johannes.
In 1777, after bringing the bell from Philadelphia to Allentown, he was commissioned a Justice of the Peace in Northampton County, and a Judge from 1777 to 1784. For that reason, he is referred to in some records as Matthias Probst, Esq. Matthias bought 325 acres of land in Mecklenburg (now Lincoln) County, North Carolina, on Nov 10, 1765, as speculative property. He never settled there, however. There were Propsts in that same Lincoln/Catawba County area, but not of this family line. Henry Propst was a physician there. Matthias' will (written in German) is dated Dec 12 1792; probated in Easton on Jan 15 1793 (#1541). Michael, Samuel, and Daniel Brobst were executors. Mathias was very literate, and wrote clearly. Will translated by Lewis Donat. He may have actually died some days later than Dec 12. He is buried in the Jerusalem Red Church Cemetery, Stony Run, PA, where he had been a lifelong member. No grave has been found for Anna Maria. Most research records on Mathias are noted with his family name as Probst; however, his gravestone clearly says Brobst. I defer to his family and use Probst rather than Brobst.]

Her given name might have been Magdalene, with Madlene as a nickname. After Philip Jacob died, she married Michael Mosser.

In 1774, shortly after their marriage, Albert and Barbara began a trip to North Carolina. They were held up by a snow storm and stayed the winter with a farmer where Albert helped with the farm work for a shilling and board per day, and Barbara helped the wife. They finally arrived in Lincoln County, North Carolina, where their first child, John, was born April 3 1775. Coming into what is now Caldwell County, NC, they purchased a large acreage on both sides of Lower Creek in the Copenhagen section on the present Calico Road from Christopher Beckman. All of this information is from The Heritage of Burke Co., NC, 1981, pp 149-153. According to Elaine Schwar and Carolyn Price, Barbara apparently was or may have been a daughter of Johann Michael Probst (b. 1701). Some other records do not show her. Other records (Lee Ann Propst) show that she had a brother, Henry, who moved with her and Albert from Pennsylvania to Rowan County, North Carolina, shortly after their marriage. Because of bad weather, they had to lay over in Western Virginia for some time before moving on to NC in 1775. But Johann Michael Probst didn't have a son named Henry. Henry may have been a cousin. It was once thought that she might have been a daughter of Johann Michael Propst (b. 1712), not Probst, and so belongs to the West Virginia Propsts. However, if in fact, she was born in Lynn Township, Northampton (Lehigh) County, PA, then she is probably correctly placed in the family of Johann Michael Probst (b. 1701). Considering the date of her reported birth, 1754, and marriage in PA in 1774, when Johann Michael Propst was already in Pendleton Co., WV (Rockingham Co., VA), she could not have been his daughter. Pending any further evidence, I have shown her as a daughter of Johann Michael Probst (b. 1701) and Anna Maria Kerr (b. abt 1710). Another record shows that she lived as a widow in Somersettown, PA, in 1796, 1804, and 1814, and died in Somerset, PA. But Albert didn't die until 1827. This record appears clearly to be in error; it must have been some other Barbara Probst. Her will was probated in January 1830 in Burke (now Caldwell) Co., NC.

He arrived with his father at the age of four years at the Port of Philadelphia on September 14, 1751 on the ship Duke of Bedford. In 1774, Albert and Barbara began a trip to North Carolina. They were held up by a snow storm and stayed the winter with a farmer, as per preceding Notes on his wife. They finally arrived in Lincoln County, North Carolina, and so forth as per above. The Registry has a copy of his will, courtesy of Nita Shepard <nita@glasscity.net>. The will was found in the Corpenning Family Papers at Duke University. Will dated 27 Aug 1822, with a codicil signed 18 Jun 1827. Barbary got the use of the plantation and tools, and the use of his "negroe woman Hannah". His son John got the lands which Albert gave him, plus" two negroes Tom & Jack". His son Abraham got other lands, and three negroes: Sally, Cheney, and Allin. Son Jacob got land and four negroes: Perry, James, Hannah (after Barbara dies), and Hannah's child. Son George got lands plus three negroes: Cook Nandy, Henry, and Nancy's child. Son David got the plantation after Barbara dies plus several negroes. Daughter Polly Forney got money and three negroes. Daughters Betsy Summy and Catharine Shuford got money and three negroes each. David was the executor of the estate; his wife Mary Perkins was a witness to the codicil which gave a newly born slave to his son John.

Sponsors Bernhard Kuntz and wife Catharina. After her second marriage to Johan Heinrich, she moved to Perry County in 1806. Carolyn Price states that her second husband was Frederic Miller, whom she married after Mathias died. Another record backs that up.

Sponsors Johannes Kistler and wife Barbara. Moved with his brother Johann Daniel to Sherman's Valley, Elliottsburg, Perry Co., PA in 1788. In 1811, he continued on to Ohio. He and Anna Catharina had 12 children.

Johannes' birth date is not known, but is probably within a month or two before his christening on Oct 25 1690. The LDS records show his birth as "about 1680", but a ten-year delay prior to christening would have been most unusual. The contributor accepts 1690 as the year of his birth. Like his father, Johannes was a master potter in Kandel, Germany, registered as such in 1727. A column by Schuyler Brossman in 1981 claimed that this Johannes came to America in 1733, and later moved to Virginia. That Johannes was actually Johann Michael Propst, who arrived on the ship Samuel with his parents and sister. They did move to western Virginia, now Pendleton Co., WV. Further, an exam of the ship's lists for 1720 revealed no Johannes Probst.

Philip Jacob Probst was a master potter by trade (as were his father and brothers) in Kandel. He left Kandel and moved across the Lauder (River) about 15 miles to Oberseebach, in Alsace, where he met Catherine (Christ?), his future wife. C'erine was a French Huguenot. They were married probably in Oberseebach, although they may have married in Minfeld before they moved to Alsace. (In 1720, Alsace was controlled by Germany, but soon thereafter reverted back to French control.) He might have also later used the name of Philippe Jacques Probst, reflecting the politics of living in French Alsace! The births of his first four children were recorded there. They were French citizens when they left for America. The first names of the three boys may have been originally intended to be Johan, but had become Jean for political reasons, prior to their departure for America. It is noted in the church records in Oberseebach (Evangelish-Reformierte Kirche) that one Phillippe J. Probst was the godfather on April 15 1724 of Marie Marguerite Anthes, daughter of Henri Anthes and his wife, Eve; the godmother was Maria Margaretha Christin (Christ). That same Maria Margaretha Christin was the godmother of Jean Michael, son of Philipp Jacob and C'erine. It is also noted that the German translation of those baptismal records shows PJ's name to be Philippus Jacobus in one place and Philippi Jacobi in another!! He left Kandel and went to Oberseebach which is now in Alsace, France. He was there in 1727 according to his father's probate papers, and indeed the parish register of Oberseebach shows the births of four of his children. Either he returned to the Kandel-Minfeld area or else met his brother-in-law, Hans Erhardt Fosselman, at another place, for we find them, along with his brother, Johan Michael Probst, on the same ship, John and William, leaving from Rotterdam, Holland, and then Dover, England. The ship arrived in Philadelphia on 17 October 1732 with their children Jean Michael, Jean Valentine, Jean Martin, and perhaps Anne Marie. On arrival there, the passenger lists show that Phillip and Michael were listed as sick so they must have taken the oath of allegiance to England in absentia. Evidently, their illness was not contagious or the ship would never have been allowed to dock. Also, on that boat were (1) an older Hans Michael Probst (1655?), PJ's younger brother Johann Michael (1707), and his younger sister Elisabeth Margaretha Probst Vossellmann. His family stayed in Philadelphia over the winter, and in the spring of 1733 left for Berks County. See The Brobst Chronicles for details of this move and settlement. Since he could not make a living as a potter, he became a farmer as well. By virtue of a warrant dated 1 August 1734 (Book # C-155, page 253, in the Land Office of the Commonwealth) and surveyed 12 November 1735, PJ was granted 200 acres of land situated on Kistler Creek, a branch of Maiden Creek, in eastern Albany Township, Berks County. He soon after acquired 50 acres more. In 1743, he acquired 97 more acres. The northeast corner of his land extended into Lynn Twp, Northampton (now Lehigh) County, per Lewis Donat, a Berks/Lehigh County historian. His farm, adjoining the Donat plantation, was northeast of Kempton, Albany Twp, Berks County, about 7 miles northwest from that of his brother, Johann Michael, whose farm was in Weisenberg Twp, Lehigh County. To the south of this land was the farmland of Jean Valentine Probst, reaching almost to the Jerusalem Church. It is evident that Philip Jacob and Michael Probst; and Erhardt Vosselman moved much more quickly than most to become established in a district that for a time was called "Allemagnel", which today is Albany Township, Berks County, PA. Philip Jacobs’ warrant for two hundred acres of land plus 6% allowance for roads is dated 1 Aug 1734, which is but twenty one months from the time of their arrival in this country. This has been found to be most unusual. The farmsite is located just about a mile northwest of the Jerusalem "Red" Church in Stony Run, in what was back then called Fetherolfsville. It lies just north of Kistler Creek, at the intersection of Kistler Valley Road and Old Philly Pike. The bridge is still called Fetherolfsville Bridge on county maps. The tract, resembling a huge trapezoid, is located east of the village of Kempton, Berks County, PA, along what is locally known as the "Kistlers’ Valley Road". More specifically, Philipp Jacob's house, located just north of the bridge spanning the Kistler Valley Creek in what years ago was regarded as the village of Fetherolfsville, would be near the center of this tract. The tract bordered George Ritter's farm on the west side. All three of them, Philip Jacob, Michael Probst and Erhardt Vosselman, must have been skilled in the trades of masonry and carpentry, although they had been potters in Germany. With all of this work in progress in this time period of the 1730s, this would account for the reason why Erhardt Vosselman did not acquire his own tract of land until 4 Oct 1738. There is a possibility that Hans David Billman was another person to aid in the construction of the Brobst tract; for he had acquired land adjoining Erhardt Vosselman on the north of the warrant, too, dated 4 Oct 1738. Billman arrived in this country on 16 September 1736. Certainly, the sons of Philip Jacob Brobst were of but limited help during this time period for, in 1734, his son Michael was but 13 years old, Valentine was 10, and Martin was 8. It was during this time period that their three daughters were born.

In addition to necessary housing and farm buildings that had to be constructed, a grist mill and a saw mill were built across the road from the house of Philip Jacob. This mill has long since disappeared, but the foundation stones still exist at the site, though no longer visible because of later road improvements. For a period of almost eight years, there was no attempt made to acquire more land. The building phase was completed, and the Brobst children were growing up. Suddenly, in 1742, there was a flurry of activity. A fifty-acre tract of land was acquired about a mile distant from the plantation; a twenty-five acre tract of land was acquired which adjoined the plantation on the western boundary; a seventy-five acre tract of land was acquired which adjoined the plantation partially on the northern boundary and all of the eastern boundary. All of these separate tracts were acquired by warrants on the same day, the 23rd of March, 1742. The family farmhouse was on the farmsite of Philipp Jacob Probst. The original log house is gone, but the stone house which replaced it is still there and is being used today as a residence. There is a stone in the foundation clearly engraved "1737". During the French and Indian War, the Ft. Henry Militia stayed over night in the "Brobst Tavern" in Philipp Jacob's house, operated by Valentine Brobst. The bar room was in the cellar, next to the fireplace which is still there. The tavern had a separate entrance around the south side of the house. The house left Brobst hands probably around 1900. Interestingly, the front walkway is made of the millstones from Martin Probst's mill which was across the street. The stone house has been modified and expanded in recent years. In the 1930s, it was occupied by Ralph and Mabel Lutz; they sold it to a Dritski family in the 1950s. It is currently occupied by Joseph and Barbara Freeman. Sarah (Schroeder) Burns, a Brobst descendant, spent some time visiting in that house when she was a child, not knowing it was a Brobst ancestral home!

In 1740, he and his sons helped to build the "New Bethel Corner" Church in Albany Township, west of Kempton, and just north of the Brobst Grist Mill on Pine Creek (per Bill Rutledge). >PJ's son Jean Michael took over management of the farm in the late-1750s; PJ died around 1757-1759, just a short time before his wife, C'erine. Jean Michael died in 1771, and his sons Martin and Johannes F. took over the farm. His saw mill (later, son Martin's grist mill) was just across the street (now Old Philly Pike), also on the north side of Kistler Creek, but is no longer there; it was located in what is now just a depression with some buried stones in a grove of trees. Their children were probably all born on the family farm. His spelling of English was poor, and command of spoken English probably not much better. PJ signed his will on Apr 27, 1747, stating that he was then in good health; his will was not probated until Mar 21, 1860. Jacob Albrecht was a witness to the signing of the will, which was written in very poor English, and signed what appears to be "Philbs Brobs". However, Lewis Donat of Allentown challenges that will. He translated the original will from German to English. On May 20, 1991, Lewis wrote to Paul Gann:

PJ apparently never became a naturalized citizen. His will was witnessed by Johann Jacob Albrecht, father of Marilis Albrecht who married Philipp Jacob's son Jean Michael. His will was probated on March 21 1760; his death date is not recorded. He apparently died 13 years earlier, which was the date of his will. He was, by his own assertion, "I being in good helth and my Naturall Senses" in 1747 when he made his will; it is assumed he lived significantly longer than that. It would have been extremely unusual to take 13 years to probate the will, especially as land-hungry as his sons were. On the other hand, Bill Rutledge's history of the Brobsts notes that he "was not listed among the residents of Albany Township in 1748 or 1752, although his three sons were listed." He was not listed on the tax rolls for Albany Twp, Berks Co., in 1752, so he may have already died by then. Rutledge states ".... the will was not filed until 1760 as the widow died in 1760 and the necessity of settling the estate led to the filing of the Will and the repatenting of the Land."

His children took spelling of the names as "Brobst". Per Irene Konrad, he was buried on 27 Apr 1747, so perhaps he really did die in Apr 1747. Brobst is trying to verify that. Perhaps he is buried w/ C'erine in New Bethel "Corner" Church Cemetery, Albany Twp, Berks Cty, but no marked stones have been found (there are many unmarked ones). It is also possible that both he and C'erine were buried on the family farmsite. It is noted that a Joes Philippus Probst was the sponsor for the baptism of Johannes Philippus Enes, born to Johannes and Elisabeth Enes, Pietists -- in Oberseebach, Alsace, on 14 June 1726, in the Oberseebach Catholic and Lutheran Church! Who was Joes Philippus Probst? Baptismal sponsors were Philipp and Christina Stambach.

Her name may have been Anne Marie Marguerite, per one record. Her family name is in some question. Unfortunately, the marriage records for Oberseebach, Alsace, France, for the period 1682 through 1755 are missing. We only know that the marriage took place there about 1720. Other records do exist. According to French archives in Strasbourg, France, for the church in Oberseebach, on 4/15/1724, one Phillippe J. Probst was godfather to Marie Marguerite Anthes, daughter of Henri (Heinrich?) Anthes and his wife Eve (Eva) (nee Christ). The godmother, standing with Philipp Jacob, of Marie Marguerite Anthes was Marie Marguerite Christin (Christ). That same Marie Marguerite Christin was the godmother of Jean Michael Probst, first son of Philipp Jacob and C'erine. Philipp Jacob's wife C'erine was the sister of either Henri or Eva. But which one? For some time, it was not known, but only assumed that she was Henri's sister.

(Note: Henry Antes and Christina Dewees were parents of an Elizabeth Antes (b Feb 9 1834) who married Rev. Nicholas Pomp at the New Goshenhoppen Church, Upper Hanover Twp, Montgomery Co., PA, on Apr 23 1772. Elizabeth was the widow of George Philip Dotterer (m. in 1754). Nicholas and Elizabeth lived in Montgomery Co., PA. The relationship of this Antes family to the Alsatian Henri Anthes is not known.)

And the godfather of Philipp Jacob Probst was Valentin Christ. The godparents of Philipp Jacob's second son Jean Valentine were Johann Valentine Christ and Anna Elisabeth Anthes. And the godparents of Philipp Jacob's first daughter, Anne Marie, were Johann Jacobus Christ and Anna Maria Kobel! Clearly, their ties to the Christ family were much stronger than to the Anthes family. Those same records (Evangelish-Reformierte Kirche, Oberseebach) state: "Philippe Jacques Probst and Catharine, his wife, Lutherans, had these children found in the Parish registers of Oberseebach: 28 Aug 1721--Jean Michel; 18 Feb 1724, Jean Valentin; 29 Dec 1726, Jean Martin; 8 Mar 1731, Anne Marie." It is noted that two of her daughters had the first name "Eva", and one of her children was named "Valentin", the same name as her husband's godfather (Valentin Christ). Those same records in the Catholic version listed their names as Philippi Jacobi, Joannes Michael, Joannes Valentinus, and Johannes Martin.) Another coincidence, or possibly more than a coincidence, is that a Johann Heinrich Christ Jr., son of Johann Heinrich Christ Sr., born in Kanton Berne, Switzerland, was living in the village of Hatten (or Hotten), just a few miles southwest of Oberseebach, Alsace, France, where he married, on Jan 8 1715, Anna Goetz, daughter of Johann Jacob Goetz, in the village of nearby Hatten. Johann Heinrich was probably born around 1690-1693, and appears to have been a possible (likely?) brother to C'erine! Johann Heinrich Jr and his family came to America on the Pennsylvania Merchant on Sept 11 1732, just a month before C'erine and Philipp Jacob. Their property in Berks Co. was very close to that of Philipp Jacob and C'erine. Their son, Johann Heinrich, Jr, b 26 Jan 1721, was Recorder of Deeds in Berks County for several years. It is noted that there were other Christs in the Kandel area in the 1600s: Jonas and his daughter Anna Christina (d 1626), Balthasar and his son Adam (d 1626). Note: information provided by Dora Kamalu. C'erine's asserted family name of Anthes had earlier been inferred, rather than proven. In the past, the evidence for that seemed credible, under the (unproven) assumption that Henri Anthes was C'erine's brother, rather than her brother-in-law. However, information that Dora Kamalu has put together indicates that the reverse is more likely; i.e., that C'erine's family name is more likely to have been Christ, not Anthes. At this point, it appears possible, and perhaps even probable, that Eva Anthes' maiden name was Christ, and she may have been a sister to C'erine, in which case C'erine's maiden name would definitely be Christ, not Anthes. It is noted that if C'erine were truly a Christ, she might well have been a sister to Johann Heinrich Christ who came to America in 1732, just a month earlier than C'erine and Philipp Jacob, and whose son was Register of Deeds for Berks County for quite some years. However, W. Robert Gillespie, a noted Christ researcher, has yet (in 1999) to find any certain information on brothers or sisters of Johann Heinrich Christ. There was no mention of Christs in the estate papers of Philipp Jacob Probst. Since the preponderance of evidence now tends to favor Christ rather than Anthes, these records have been changed to reflect Christ, not Anthes, and as a sister to Heinrich Christ, with the understanding that it is not certain. She was illiterate; therefore, Anna Catharine signed her will and other papers with an "X". Some records show her death year as 1759. That is not certain, but she was probably not alive when PJ's will was probated in 1760 since she was not mentioned in any of the probate records. It seem certain then that she died sometime between 1747, when PJ made out his will and March 1760. Other records show she died in 1760; if true, then she must have died Jan, Feb, or early Mar 1760. Jan is most likely, since it probably would have taken a month or two to get PJ's will into probate after C'erine died.

From the parish register of Oberseebach: "On 3 March 1728, there is entered the baptism of Marie Catherine, the illegitimate daughter of Francois Henri Knoll and of Marie Catharina Probst of Langencandel. Protestant."

Arrived in Philadelphia on Oct 17, 1732 on the ship John & William with her husband, Hans Erhardt Vossellmann, and her brother Johann Michael, who was single, and brother Philipp who came with his wife and 3 children. She was born on the St. Peter and Paul holiday. Some records show the birth date as 1709, but the Lineage Succession List from Kandel clearly shows 1703. They had fourteen children, including Eva Elizabeth, Philipp Peter, Maria Dorothea, and Catharina; founding the Fossellman family in America. W. Thomas records state she died in Minfeld, Germany, on 3 Aug 1729. This appears to be in error, since she came to America in October 1732 with her brothers, Philipp Jacob and Johann Michael Probst. A monument in the cemetery of the Jerusalem "Red" Church at Stony Run, Berks Co., PA, mentions her and their son Philipp Peter as being early members of that church which was established in the late 1740s.

In April, 1732, he was in Minfeld selling and signing over his land to his mother and sibling. They probably never lived in Oberseebach. The sale was recorded in the name of Johan Erhardt Vosselmann. Alice-Ann Askew has a document showing him alive in 1773. His youngest daughter probably died at sea.

He was an ancestor of BettyAnn Lockwood Hedegard <lockwood@gotnet.net>

New World Immigrants, Vol 2, p 67: "Baptized at Minfeld, September 25, 1701, son of Ludwig Fosselman in Minfeld and wife Maria Margaretha Scha(:)ffer; Married at Minfeld August 23 1729, to Elisabetha Margaretha Probst, daughter of Christoph Probst; emigrated thirty years ago to the New Land (Document dated 1762). brother-in-law, Johannes Kauffmann."

He was the first Vosselmann immigrant to America, arriving in October 17 1732 on the ship John and William with Johann Michael Probst, single, and Philipp Jacob Probst and his family. His history is documented in Askew's book on Vosselmann history and in The Brobst Chronicles. His sister, Maria Margaretha Vosselmann Ott, came to America in 1752.

He was granted 150 acres of land in Lynn Twp, NorthamptonCo, in 1738. The property lay near the western edge of Lynn Twp, between Ontelaunee Creek and Kistler's Creek, just east of Matthias Probst's and Michael Brobst's property. All three of them, Philip Jacob and Michael Probst and Erhardt Vosselman, must have been skilled in the trades of masonry and carpentry, although they had been potters in Germany. With all of this work in progress in this time period of the 1730s, this would account for the reason why Erhardt Vosselman did not acquire his own tract of land until 4 Oct 1738. There is a possibility that Hans David Bielman was another person to aid in the construction of the Brobst tract; for he had acquired land adjoining Erhardt Vosselman on the north of the warrant, too, dated 4 Oct 1738. Bielman arrived in this country on 16 September 1736 and was naturalized in Philadelphia in 1765.

Per Joanne Fussellman Farrell: "The Fusselmans all stayed Lutheran or Reformed right up to the present."