Husband Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg 1 2 3 4 5 6
Born: 6 Sep 1711 - Eimbeck, Hanover, Germany 3 7
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Died: 7 Oct 1787 - Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA 3 7
Buried: - Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA
Marriage: 22 Apr or 30 Apr 1745 3 6 8
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Wife Anna Maria Weiser 1 9
Born: 24 Jun 1727 - Schoharie, Schoharie Co, NY 9
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Died: 23 Aug 1802
Buried: - Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA
Father: Conrad Weiser (1696-1760) 10
Mother: Ann Eve [Unk] ( - ) 9
Children
1 M Maj.-Gen. John Peter Muhlenberg 5 6
AKA: John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg,11 Gen. Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg 12
Born: 1 Oct 1746 - Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA 6 12
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Died: 1 Oct 1807 - Grays Ferry (Philadelphia), PA 6 12
Buried: - Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA
Spouse: Anna Barbara Meyer ( - ) 6
Marr: 6 Nov 1770 6
2 F Eva Elizabeth Muhlenberg 14
AKA: Eve Elizabeth Muhlenberg 13
Born:
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Spouse: Rev. Christopher Emanuel Schulze ( -1809) 14
3 M Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg 2 5 12 14
Born: 2 Jan 1750 - Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA 14
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Died: 4 Jun 1801 15 16
Buried: - Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA
Spouse: Catharine Schaeffer ( - ) 16
Marr: 15 Oct 1771 16
4 F Margaretta Henrietta Muhlenberg 17
Born: 1751 17
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Died: 1831 17
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Spouse: Rev. John Christopher Kunze, D.D. ( - ) 17
5 M Rev. Gottlieb Henry Ernst Muhlenberg 12
AKA: Rev. Gotthilf Henry Ernst Muhlenberg,1 17 18 Rev. Henry Ernestus Muhlenberg 11
Born: 17 Nov 1753 - Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA 1 12
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Died: 23 May 1815 19
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Spouse: Mary Catharine Hall ( - ) 17
Marr: 26 Jul 1774 17
6 F Mary Catharine Muhlenberg 20
Born: 1755 - Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA 20
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Died: 1812 20
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Spouse: Gen. Francis Swain ( - ) 20
7 F Maria Salome Muhlenberg 20
Born: 1766 20
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Died: 1827 20
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Spouse: Matthias Richards ( - ) 20
General Notes: Husband - Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
Entering the University of Gottingen in 1735, he passed to the theological school in 1737, and after graduating there went to the famous University of Halle; after perfecting himself in his studies there he was ordained to preach the gospel, and soon after started for America, where the want of a regularly educated Lutheran ministry was greatly felt. Accordingly, he set sail and landed in this country in 1742; came to Philadelphia and found a congregation gathered there, one at Trappe, and another at Swamp or New Hanover. He pushed into the country, and soon found it necessary to build churches for the small congregations already gathered. The Swamp people had a small log house of worship, but the Trappe congregation had none, but one was built the next year, 1743, which still [1879] stands as a monument of the liberality of that rude age. Here, and at New Hanover, and Philadelphia, Muhlenberg gathered the scattered German emigrants, who had begun to throng into eastern Pennsylvania about that time, and he broke to them the bread of life in their mother tongue.
The Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, distinguished for his learning, piety, soundness of doctrine, purity of character, and active zeal for the welfare of the church, arrived in America in 1742. He was often styled and was revered as the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America. He visited Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in December, 1743, and contributed much by his preaching and influence to give confidence and courage to the members of the congregation. [HLC 1883, 438]
He was thoroughly educated in the school of Franke, at Halle, and qualified to preach in different languages-German, Dutch, Swedish, English, French and Latin. He left his native country early in the year 1742, and arrived at Philadelphia in November following. The Lutheran Churches were then in a deplorable condition, and few in number.* He was stationed at the Trappe, whence he visited different Lutherans as far north as the Blue Mountain. "He preached in season and out of season, in churches, barns and the open air, until at last that Divine Master, whom he so faithfully served, received him into the company of apostles and prophets at His right hand. He died at the Trappe, October 7, 1787, where his remains lie buried. During his ministerial journeys he made the acquaintance of Conrad Weiser, and shortly afterward, 1743, married his daughter, Maria."
He was called by the British, when encamped round his residence, in the neighborhood of Valley Forge, and occupying Philadelphia, "an arch rebel."
Seven of his eleven children lived to maturity, married and reared families.