Adam Eckfeldt and Margaretta Bausch

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Husband Adam Eckfeldt ¹

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           Born: 15 Jun 1769 - Philadelphia, PA 1
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           Died: 5 Feb 1852 1
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         Father: John Jacob Eckfeldt (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Maria Magdalena [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Wife Margaretta Bausch ²

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Children

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1 M Jacob R. Eckfeldt ²

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           Born: Mar 1803 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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           Died: 9 Aug 1872 - ? Haverford Twp, Delaware Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Emily M. Levering (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 19 Oct 1835 2

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2 M Adam C. Eckfeldt ²

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General Notes: Husband - Adam Eckfeldt

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He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was taught blacksmithing and machine work by his father, becoming a skilled worker in metal. He was particularly apt with machinery, and quite noted for his skill. When the Mint was established in Philadelphia, he was engaged to construct presses and machinery to be used in coining. His father had made a coining press which was exhibited in New York, but Adam built the first screw coining press, and at the old Seventh Street Mint in Philadelphia that press was long in use. Adam Eckfeldt's official connection began January 1, 1796, when he was appointed assistant coiner by and with the consent of President Washington. On the death of the chief coiner, Henry Voight, in 1814, Adam Eckfeldt was appointed to that position, and so continued until 1839, when he resigned, having reached the age of seventy-two. He lived thirteen years after his resignation, but for many of these years he visited the Mint daily, being an honored guest whose advice was often sought. It is said that there were very few days which did not find him at his desk in the Mint. He was a widely informed man, an authority on some subjects, and an inventive genius who was enabled to be of great service to his country in the introduction of valuable improvements in minting processes. He was singularly industrious and energetic, with a particular fondness for farm and garden. It was this love for the soil which led him to purchase a farm in Haverford township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Upon his death the farm was divided, one hundred and fifty acres on the Westchester road becoming the property of his second son, Adam C. Eckfeldt, who resided upon it several years, finally selling it to William Pritchett. The western half of the farm, one hundred and sixty-five acres, became the property of his son, Jacob R. Eckfeldt, and was still owned in the family name into the twentieth century.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 308.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 309.