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John Nicholas Brosius
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John Nicholas Brosius 2 3
- Born: 23 Dec 1754, Atolhoe, Berks County, Pennsylvania 4
- Marriage (1): Anna Maria Reitz in 1778 1
- Died: 13 Dec 1833, Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania at age 78 4
- Buried: Himmel Church Cemetery, Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 3
General Notes:
This Nicholas Brosius is the head of Chart 7 in Lewis Brosius's book, Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius. His information was from Rev. James A. Brosius and Richard Hilbush. It is possible instead that Nicholas was an uncle of Peter shown as a son in the chart, alongside of whom he is laid in Himmels Cemetery.
Additional Information:
• Military Service: Pvt, Pennsylvania Militia under Capt Benjamin Weiser: the Revolutionary War. 5
• Alt. Birth, 25 Dec 1754. 6
John married Anna Maria Reitz, daughter of Johan George Reitz and Anna Martha, in 1778.1 (Anna Maria Reitz was born on 20 May 1761 in Pennsylvania, died on 7 Oct 1826 in Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and was buried in Himmel Church Cemetery, Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.)
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Sources
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DAR Application #495204 of Sara Jane Williams Plunkett.
2
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150.
3
Herbert Willard Brosius, Brosius Family Tree (Brosius 2009 Gedcom).
4
Lewis Walton Brosius, Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants with other historical matters connected therewith (Wilmington ?, Delaware, 1928), page 423.
5
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Patriot Index (Copyright 1994).
6
Frieda (Hetrick) Ried, compiler, Hetrick Family History of Sandusky County, Ohio (Second Edition; Engler Printing, Fremont, Ohio, May 2004), page 25. Her primary sources were Himmel's Church Baptismal Records, Rebuck, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Himmel's Church Records. Wilma Hetrick Koelling - Hetrick file, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Library. Himmel's Church- List of Members reporting for Confession and Holy Supper by year. Northumberland County Abstracts of Vital Records. LDS Films. Reeds Church, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Compiled in 1745). Alfred Smith, Abstract of Wills and Administration, Berks County, Pennsylvania 1752-1798,
