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Descendants of Frederick Iseminger, updated June 7, 1997

Generation No. 1

1. FREDERICK¹ ISEMINGER was born Unknown, and died Bef. April 01, 1775 in Frederick Co., Maryland. He married MARGARET ? Unknown.

Notes for FREDERICK ISEMINGER:
-uncertain of his birth date. Information in files of a George Iseminger of Washington state, dated 1960, suggests Frederick was born in 1727 in Frederick Co. Md. Same source suggests a marriage date of 1747. Source of records or information is unknown. Mary K. Reichmann lists birth date of 1730 and marriage sometime in 1750s

-will written in 1774, original is in the Hall of Records in Annapolis, as is an inventory of his estate. I have copies of each. Apparently died in 1775, possibly in March. Transcriptions of will also in the Probate Records-Will, Frederick County Courthouse, Frederick, MD, A #1,535 as "Isiminger, Frederick, Executor: Margaret Isiminger et al, Probated April 1, 1775. There are a few variations between the original document and that in the courthouse records. The following is the transcript of the original (record 800987-HR8258):
       In the Name of God Amen this twenty Eighth Day of November in the year of our lord Seventeen Hundred and seventy four I Frederick Iseminger of Frederick County and province of Maryland Turner Do make and ordain this my last will & Testament, Herby Revoking and Disalowing all former and other wills by me at any Time Heretofore Made, first of all I give & Recommend my Soul to God that gave it with a Stedfast Hope that thro. the Merits & Intersessions of my Redeemer I shall obtain mercy
       I give and Bequeath unto my two sons Adam & Phillip all my working Tools Belonging to the Turners Trade to By equally Divided on condition that Phillip lives with his Mother and Helps to maintain the smaller children untill he comes of Age And in case he Does not he shall not be Entitled to any more than another Childs part and that part and parcel of Tools Shall Be sold And Equally Divided amongst the Rest of the Children except Adam.
       Item I give and Bequeath unto my Wife Margaret Iseminger all my Real Estat and personal Estate not here tofore willd During her Natureal life if she should Remain a widow, if not she is to have a third of all, and in case of her Marriage or Death the whole is to Be sold both Real & Personal, And after the widows thirds are taking off the Remander is to be Equaly divided amongst my Eleven children, Adam, Elizabeth, Phillip Catharine, Margaret, Mary, Susannah, Christine, George, Eve, Peter.
       And lastly I do make, ordain Constitute And Appoint my Beloved wife Margaret Iseminger and my son Adam Iseminger Executors of this my last will and Testament, hereby Revoking Disallowing And Disannulling all other and former will & wills By me at any Time Before this time made making and confirming This and no other to Be my last will And Testament In Testimony whereof I have Herunto set my Hand and Affisced my Seal the Day & Year Aforesaid.
       Frederick Iseminger
       Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presents of us
       George Stricker Philip Nollert John Stone
At the bottom of the will is the following:
       On the 1st day of April 1775 George Stricker one of the subscribing witnesses to the aforgoing will and made Oath on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God that they did see the Testator Frederick Iseminger sign and seal this and Will and heard him publish pronounce and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament and that at the time of his so doing he as to the best of their apprehensions of a sound disposing Mind and Memory and that they severally subscribed their Names as Witnesses to the said will in the presence of the Testator and in the presence of each other.
              Sworn before ? Bowles ???

Also in the Hall or Records, Annapolis is the original estate inventory of Frederick Iseminger:
       Frederick county, April 13th 1775, In Maryland the List of Frederick Isemingers goods and chattels late deceased which were appraised in Maryland Court by us the Subscribers being first duly Qualified
                     L / S / P (Pounds/Shillings/Pence)
To his Wearing apparel -                      .7 .6
To 2 Cows and a Bell and one Mare              11 .10 -
One Old Sadle one collar one
pair of Trassons & Heames - an old
Bell and three cow chains and a
pare of old Hoples                            1 .6 .6
To a cutters Boar knife Steal and
Screw and Haulter chain                      - .5 .6
To six olf Hoes two old Spades &
old Dung fork and Hook one
Stamping Iron one grubing hoe
and mathook & 2 shoats                     1 .6 -
To two Stoafs four old axes one
wedge and two maul rings                     6 .12 -
To Four old Tubs four old Pails
3 Kegs a Half Barr. & half bushel               .10 -
To three Puter Dishes five Puter
Beasons fifteen puter plates an ole
puter canester and Tankard a
puter poringer nineteen spoons              2 .5 -
To thre Iron Pots an old Ketle
a Baken Iron a Skillett an
Iron gridle a little coper Pot
two Pans a Skimer and a fleshfork              1 .7 .6
To a Box Iron thre Heaters
two old Shovels a grass hook and
Pitchfork a steel trap and an
old Barrel & Beadstead                     - .12 .6
To a Peper Mill and Peper Box
a Grater five EArthen pots                      - .3 -
To two old Beds a Reel a Spinning
wheel and woolwheel                     4 - -
To Nine Bread Baskets a Dough
Draugh Eight old Bags two flower
Caskes two old churns a Bible & Sundry
other Books                            2 - -
To 3 Bottles 3 Jugs four lamps
and an old Dresser with Sundrys               - .6 -
To two old Chests a Pot Hook               - 9 -
To 4 Buter Boxes & a Wooden
Spice Morter                             - 1.6 -
To a Table Cloath Six forks four
knives Cowkomber cuter                      - 7 -

       appraisers Georg ?
               Martin Keplinger
       Highest Creditors John Stone
                     Jacob Cuntz
       Highest Relation       John Stone
                     Phillip Nolbert [?]
On the 12th day of June 1775 came Margaret and Adam Iseminger Ex's of Frecerick Iseminger late of Frederick Co. Deceased and made oath on this holy Evnangelists of Almight God that the aforegoing Inventory is a just and true inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels which were of the deceased at the time of his death which came to their hands possession or knowledge at the time of the making thereof and that what hath since or shall hereafter come to their hands possession or knowledge they will return it in an Additional Inventory that they know of no concealment of any part or parcel of the deceaseds Estates and that if they shall hereafter discover any concealment or suspect any to be they will [?] this Company General for the time being or his Deputy with such Discovery or cause of Profession that it may be inquired into and that they will will and truly give an account of all and every part of the deceases Estates that shall here after come to their hands possession or knowledge.
              Sworn before ? Bowles ?

-belonged to Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick, MD and several daughters were married there according to church records. Also recorded in Frederick Co. courthouse. Church records use Germanic spelling of variations of Eisenminger, but county records show Iseminger.

-don't know how he got here or his ancestry at this time. There were several Eisenmi(e)ngers that arrived in Philadelphia in 1750s from Palatine region of Germany but do not know of any direct connection or relation to Frederick

-WFT Pedigree #2840 (by Michael Iseminger) lists his birth date as "Abt. 1725," and marriage date "Abt 1749," but don't know the origin of this info; also states that death was "Aft Nov. 28, 1775" when it had to be before April 1, when his will was probated.

-he apparently was a wood turner by trade, as he mentions this in his will.

       Children of FREDERICK ISEMINGER and MARGARET ? are:

ADAM² ISEMINGER, b. 1756, Frederick Co., Maryland; d. Unknown; m. JULIANA BALZELN, August 26, 1776, Middletown, Frederick Co., Maryland.

Marriage Notes for ADAM ISEMINGER and JULIANA BALZELN:
Marriage information from:
Wieser, Fred S., 1972, Records of Mrriages and Burials in the Monocacy Church in Frederick Co., MD and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the City of Frederick, MD 1743-1811
-p. 12 26 Aug 1776, Adam Eisenminger & Juliana Balzeln (by license)
-also on p. 56 of Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish Records, Book I

ii.

PHILIP ISEMINGER, b. 1758, Frederick Co., Maryland; d. Unknown.

iii.

ELIZABETH ISEMINGER, b. 1759, Frederick Co., Maryland; d. Unknown; m. JOHN EVERLY, May 27, 1783, Frederick, Maryland.

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MARGARET ISEMINGER, b. 1759, Frederick Co., Maryland; d. Unknown; m. (1) GEORGE GEBHARDT, October 03, 1784; m. (2) JOHN STAKE, May 02, 1839.

MARY ISEMINGER, b. 1760, Frederick, Maryland; d. Unknown; m. (1) JACOB KEFAUVER, July 22, 1783, Frederick, Maryland; m. (2) PETER MUSGROVE, May 05, 1809.

Notes for JACOB KEFAUVER:
Also may be spelled Keefer, Keever, Keefober, etc.

-Deed abstracts from Somerset County (PA) (BOOK 1, PAGE 62) list an October 05, 1795 deed by a Martin KEEFER of Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset (formerly Bedord) Co., yeoman to Martin Hileman of Baltimore Co, MD, farmer. Keefer sells his right to a warrant dated 15 Feb 1786, to 200 acres in Turkeyfoot Twp laying on both sides of Braddocks old road, adjoining George Turney, Michael Keefer, DANIEL STORMS, GEORGE ISAMINGER, and others. Witnesses include Jacob Hartzel and Peter EBERLY.
There seems to be a connection between these highlighted families through marriages.

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ANNA CATHARINE ISEMINGER, b. 1761, Frederick, Maryland; d. Unknown.

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SUSANNAH ISEMINGER, b. 1761, Frederick Co., Maryland; d. Unknown; m. ELIAS COOPERIDER, March 21, 1780, Frederick, Maryland.

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CHRISTINE ISEMINGER, b. 1762; d. Unknown; m. JACOB SMITH, September 30, 1783, Frederick, Maryland.

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PETER ISEMINGER, b. 1764; d. Unknown; m. REBECKA HENDERSON, February 06, 1794, Allegany Co..

Notes for PETER ISEMINGER:
He was listed as a private in the Revolutionary War in: THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN INTHE SETTLEMENT OF MARYLAND, by Daniel Wunderlich Neal, 1975, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore. P. 230: Captain Henry Fister's Company in the German Battalion, commanded by Colonel Nicholas Haussegger, 1776

Marriage Notes for PETER ISEMINGER and REBECKA HENDERSON:
date for marriage of Peter Isamminger and Rebecca Henderson appeared in "Allegany Co. Marriage Licenses 1791-1796," published in National Genealogical Quarterly XX 52-53

GEORGE ISEMINGER, b. September 23, 1766, Frederick Co., Maryland; d. November 23, 1848, Perry Township, Perry Co., Indiana.

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