MUHLENBERG, Charles Henry

Charles married DUNHAM, Anna 22 Sep 1894. [Group Sheet]

Hiester — HUNTER, Catherine Spang. Catherine (daughter of HUNTER, Nicholas Van Reed and SPANG, Hannah) was born 19 May 1835. [Group Sheet]

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http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/pa+index+80814828482 +F
Vitals: Deaths: 1852-1855: Berks County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dalice Fadden Dalice@ccomm.com
Name - Nicholas V.R. Hunter
Date of birth - 11 Jan 1800
Date of death - 22 Feb 1853
Age - 53 years
Father - Nicholas HUNTER
Mother - Hannah HUNTER
Place of birth - Rockland
Place of burial - Charles Evans Cemetery
Spouse - Hannah HUNTER
Living issue - Frederick, Cyrus I., Nicholas, Daniel, Kate and Carrie

buried at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks, PA
Section M, Lot #22-24

Nicholas married SPANG, Hannah 1820. Hannah (daughter of SPANG, Frederick and SELTZER, Margaret) was born 12 Oct 1798, Oley Township, Berks County, PA; died 1890, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania; was buried 27 Feb 1890, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

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http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/census/pa/berks/1790/indx- h-q.txt
Berks, PA 1790 U.S. Census (INDEX - File 2 of 3)
PG# LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME FILE NAME
22 12 Hunter John pg0001.txt
8 1 Hunter John pg0001.txt
22 13 Hunter Nicholas pg0001.txt

1790 Berks Co Census info
has 4 females, 1 other free person

Nicholas was an ironmaster and twice served as a Berks County Judge. He bought a furnace from Valentine Eckert, who had built it in 1791. Passed furnace on to his son Jacob, who named it Sally Ann Furnace. Nicholas enlisted at 18 to serve as a
private in the First Battalion, 7th Company, commanded by Capt. Daniel Reiff. from 1775 to 1778. After the war, Nicholas became a Major of the Sixth Battalion, PA Militia in 1783. He was elected one of the first Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas, with the adoption to the first constitution of Pennsylvania in 1776. He was reelected to a second term in 1788. Note his head stone uses his original name, Nicolaus Jager from internet, Journal of the BCGS - Summer 1993

Nicholas married VAN REED, Hannah 1778. Hannah (daughter of VAN REED, Heinrich and VANDERSLICE, Agnes) was born 22 Apr 1765, Amity Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania; died 15 Oct 1825, Oley Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Gene Pool Individual Records
Name Birth Date Birth Place Death Date Death Place Marriage Date Marriage Place Spouse Father Mother
Hannah Van Vanreed 22 April 1765 Amity, Berks Co, PA 15 October 1823 , , , 1778 , , Nicholas Hunter Heinrich Henry Van Vanreed Anna Agnes Vanderslice

World Family Tree CD, Vol 23 #1163

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Obtained the Oley Forge in 1794; His son and grandson, Jacob, ran the forge through 1870 when it was abandoned. (Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography; Vol 8; page 65)

Frederick married SELTZER, Margaret 25 Dec 1782, Germany. Margaret (daughter of SELTZER, Jacob and HEISTER, Marie Catherine) was born 25 Dec 1763; died 27 Jul 1822; was buried Oley Cemetery, Spangsville, Oley Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Berks and Schuykill Journal - 8/10/1822
DIED - On the 27 ult. , Mrs. Spang, wife of Col. Frederick Spang, of Oley Township, in the 60th year of her age.