Joseph Hochstetler

1770 - 1841  (71 years)

• Name	Joseph Hochstetler
  Birth	1770	North Heidelberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Dec 1841	New Hamburg, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I53	rrss
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Joseph Hochstetler,   b. 1744, Heidelberg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States d. 24 Aug 1812, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Anna Blank,   b. 1741   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1765	Pennsylvania, United States   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1770 - North Heidelberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States Death - Dec 1841 - New Hamburg, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S149] Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler, the immigrant of 1736. 6526, Joseph Hostetler^, 1, Mifflin, Pa., at death, was b. about Aug., 1742. He resided in Heidelberg Tp., Berks Co., Pa., till about 1806, when his name last appears on the tax lists of this township. In 1810, he bought from Joseph Root fifty acres in Fermanagh Tp., Mifflin Co., Pa., near McAlisterville. This land was part of the farm which William McAlister gave by will, in 1847, to his sons Robert and George Washington McAlister. One of these farms is now owned by Mrs. Sarah Lloyd, Oakland Mills, Pa., a granddaughter of Wil liam McAlister, and the other is owned by Solomon Kauffman. The inventory of Joseph Hostetler's estate was filed Aug. 24, 1812. He m. (1) Anna Blank, dau. of Hans Blank who arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 4, 1751, on ship Queen of Denmark. Hertzler Gen. Fams. 554-5. Amish church. John, 6527; Henry, 7010; Michael, 7173; Magdalena, 7334; Joseph, 7335; Peter, 7543; Anna, 7907.1. He m. (2) Barbara Kauffman, the inventory of whose estate was taken Jan. 13, 1813. [S42] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1306.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DPS. [S149] Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler, the immigrant of 1736. It was by reason of Col. Bouquet's success that Joseph Hochstetler was restored to his folks. Some of the captives accompanied the retiring army to Pittsburg, arriving just before the close of the year 1764, while others, who were too far from the Tuscarawas Valley, could not be brought in and re turned until the following spring. It is not known whether Joseph returned late in the fall of 1764 or the following spring.