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Descendants of Mathias Ambrose

Generation No. 2

2. CATHERINE² AMBROSE (MATHIAS¹)²² was born Abt. 1725 in Germany(?)²³, and died 1804 in Bardstown, Nelson Co., Ky²⁴. She married JOHANNES JOHN WELLER²⁵ 1745²⁶, son of JOHN DANIEL WELLER.

Child of CATHERINE AMBROSE and JOHANNES WELLER is:

PHILLIP³ WELLER, b. 1754, THURMONT, FREDERICK CO, MD; d. January 03, 1830, BARDSTOWN, NELSON CO, KY.

3. JOHN PHILIP² AMBROSE (MATHIAS¹)²⁷ was born February 06, 1733/34²⁸, and died March 1776²⁹. He married EVA CATHERINE UNKNOWN³⁰.

Notes for JOHN PHILIP AMBROSE:
He was the first of Mathias' children to be baptized at Muddy Creek, Lancaster Co., PA. Philip was not given any land by his father, but in 1771 he purchased part of "Arnold's Delight" from his brother, Henry. He also purchased from Casper Lockman in 1773 three tracts of land totaling 125 acres on the headwaters or branches of Kittachton Creek. When Philip sold his part of "Arnold's Delight" in 1776, he died before he could give clear title to it. This was cleared up by his son, Henry, in 1785 when he became of age.

Children of JOHN AMBROSE and EVA UNKNOWN are:

7.	i.		HENRY³ AMBROSE, b. August 20, 1763; d. March 08, 1845.
	ii.		MARIA BARBARA AMBROSE.

4. JOHN FREDERICK² AMBROSE (MATHIAS¹)³¹ was born June 20, 1741³², and died July 29, 1821³³. He married MARIA MARGARETHA UNKNOWN.

Notes for JOHN FREDERICK AMBROSE:
NOTE: The following is quoted from Mary Ambrose's work.

There is no proof that our Frederick Ambrose is indeed the Son of Mathias Ambrose, but most circumstantial evidence suggests that he was. Mathias' son, Joh. Friederich, b. 20 Jun 1741, was baptized by Pastor Johann Casper Stover at the Monocacy church. However, the birth date on Fredrick's tombstone in Brant Cemetery is 4 May 1738. This discrepancy is probably an error on the tombstone.

Frederick married Maria Margaretha, b. 1 Jan 1742, whose maiden name is unknown. One researcher [Irma Ruth Anderson] believes that she was a Countryman because the famines were friends-which they were years later in Somerset Co., PA. There is no mention of the Countryman family in the Monocacy area in the two very definitive books by Tracey and Dern [Pioneers of the Old Monocacy] and Schildknecht [Monocacy and Catocin]. The earliest known Countryman record in the area is the marriage of Ceorge Countryman and Rachel Milhaus in Frederick, MD, in 1745.

A descendant of Frederick's son Henry, said that Frederick was not a farmer but a hunter. This may be true, as he never settled down until late in his life. Family tradition reinforced by two printed biographies, [see references in "Facts"] states that Frederick was a farmer in Fulton Co., and that his oldest son was born there in 1762. But he was not there for long, as in 1764 he purchased two parcels of land on Little Pipe Creek, known as "Truro," not far from "Arnold's Chance" which was purchased by Mathias for three of his children. Frederick sold this land in 1768, and unfortunately, in the record of the sale there is a blank where the name of his wife should have been. During this time his second son was baptized by Pastor Lischy, an itinerant pastor based in York, PA.

About 1770 there was a migration of families from the Monocacy-Frederick area, first to
the Conocheague Valley beyond Hagarstown, and from there up to Brothers Valley township,
Bedford Co., PA. At that time, Brothers Valley township included all of the area known as
Somerset Co. Along with Frederick Ambrose, those moving included the MilIhouse,
Walker, Weller, and Mathews famlies. Frederick may not have stopped in the
Conocheague Valley, as by 1772 he appeared on the first tax list for Bedford Co., PA.
where he was listed as the owner of 200 acres, 8 acres cleared.

Confusing land records exist in which Henry Ambrose and Frederick Ambrose each obtained warrants for 300 acres of land. [see reference in "Facts"] However, when they had adjacent tracts of land situated "on the waters of Castleman River" in Brothers Valley township surveyed on 17 Feb 1785, Henry's tract contained [approximately] 171 acres and Frederick's [approximately] 236 acres. Then in 1789 an error occurred. According to the land record Henry divided his 236 acres between his sons, John and Henry. But the size of the tract indicates that it was Frederick whose land was divided. If we assume that a mistake was made in the name of the man whose land was divided, no problem exists. Both John and Henry, sons of Fredrick, were old enough at that time to be landowners, and the Henry who had the warrant next to Frederick must have been his son.

Frederick served in the Revolution as First Lieutenant, Capt. Henry Rhoads Co., recruited in Brothers Valley Township, Bedford Co., Dec 10, 1777. He Was also elected as Assessor of Bedford Co., on 12 Oct 1780.

It is not known just when the Ambrose families moved from Somerset Co. to Westmoreland Co., but it was certainly soon after 1790 when Frederick and John were counted on the census in Somerset Co. Frederick does not appear to have purchased land in Westoreland Co. until 1798, when he bought 247 acres. called "Freedom" from Christian Herr. This land he later sold to his son, George. By 1800 Frederick was living in Donegal township with his wife and son, George, and a girl between 10 and 16. This may have been a second daughter (Mary had died in 1787), or a servant.

Frederick settled south of the town of Ligonier, in what is now Ligonier township, which was formed in 1822 from Donegal and Fairfield townships. Henry and John were also in Westmoreland Co, Henry in East Huntingdon township and John in Donegal township. By 1810 Henry had purchased a Fairfield township farm which is still in the family, but neither he nor Frederick are on the census.

Maria Margaretha died 11 Sep 1809, and Frederick 29 Jul 1821. Both are buried at Brants Cemetery, now in a field a ten miles south of Ligonier, west of Route 711. A small stone marked only "R. A." is next to their stones. Could this have been another child?

More About JOHN FREDERICK AMBROSE:
Fact 1: Frederick; farmer or hunter?³⁴
Fact 2: Frederick; farmer or hunter?³⁵
Fact 3: Land records for Henry and Frederick³⁶
Fact 4: Brothers Valley Township land survey, 17 Feb 1785³⁷

More About MARIA MARGARETHA UNKNOWN:
Fact 1: Maiden name Countryman?³⁸
Fact 2: Countryman?³⁹
Fact 3: Countryman?⁴⁰
Fact 4: Earliest Countryman.⁴¹

Children of JOHN AMBROSE and MARIA UNKNOWN are:

	i.	HENRY³ AMBROSE, b. June 20, 1762; d. January 27, 1833; m. SUSAN WALKER.
8.	ii.	JOHN AMBROSE, b. Bef. August 17, 1765; d. January 09, 1839.
	iii.	MARY AMBROSE, b. May 11, 1770⁴²; d. June 1787⁴³; m. JACOB COUNTRYMAN.
	iv.	JOHN GEORGE AMBROSE, b. May 07, 1778; d. March 11, 1851; m. MARGARET UNKNOWN.

5. MARIA BARBARA² AMBROSE (MATHIAS¹)⁴⁴ was born January 24, 1742/43 in Frederick Co, MARYLAND⁴⁵, and died Aft. 1813 in Westmoreland Co, PENNSYLVANIA⁴⁶. She married JOHN GEORGE MATHEWS⁴⁷ Abt. 1761 in Frederick Co, MARYLAND⁴⁸, son of JOHANN MATHEWS and ANNA JUNG.

Children of MARIA AMBROSE and JOHN MATHEWS are:

	i.	JACOB³ MATHEWS, b. Abt. 1767, Frederick Co, MARYLAND⁴⁹; d. WFT Est. 1768-1857⁵⁰.
	ii.	JOHN MATHEWS, b. 1769, Frederick Co, MARYLAND⁵¹; d. March 16, 1813, Westmoreland Co, PENNSYLVANIA⁵²; m. ELIZABETH G COUNTRYMAN, May 07, 1793, Somerset Co, PENNSYLVANIA⁵³.
	iii.	FREDERICK MATHEWS, b. Abt. 1771, Frederick Co, MARYLAND⁵⁴; d. Abt. 1851⁵⁵; m. MARY UNKNOWN, WFT Est. 1788-1821⁵⁶.
	iv.	GEORGE MATHEWS, b. Abt. 1774, Frederick Co, MARYLAND⁵⁷; d. WFT Est. 1775-1864⁵⁸.
9.	v.	JOSEPH MATHEWS, b. Abt. 1776, Frederick Co, MARYLAND; d. Abt. 1821, Hamilton Co, OHIO.
	vi.	CATHERINE MATHEWS, b. Abt. 1777, Frederick Co, MARYLAND⁵⁹; d. WFT Est. 1778-1871⁶⁰.
	vii.	ELIZABETH MATHEWS, b. Abt. 1781⁶¹; d. WFT Est. 1782-1875⁶².
	viii.	ANNA MARIA MATHEWS, b. September 11, 1783, Brothers Valley, Westmoreland Co, PENNSYLVANIA⁶³; d. WFT Est. 1800-1877⁶⁴; m. PETER BITNER, WFT Est. 1800-1832⁶⁵.

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