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      24. Wilhelm3 Rex (Bernard Jacob2, George1)795,796,797 was born February 12, 1756 in Germantown, Heidelberg Twp., PA798,799, and died February 04, 1837800,801. He married Margaretha802,803. She died Unknown.

Notes for Wilhelm Rex:
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Wilhelm Rex, second son of Bernard Jacob and Anna Elisabeth (Orner) Rex, was born 12 February 1756 and baptized by Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg at Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe. He died 4 February 1837. It is not know when his wife
Margaretha ___ died or where they are buried.



The place of Wilhelm's birth is uncertain because at the time (1755-1756) the greater part of the inhabitants of Heidelberg had fled south after the Indian attack on Gnadenhuetten (Lehighton). It appears that his parents found safety in the
Germantown area. Wilhelm served in the Revoluation in Georg Shea's company. In 1777 he went from his residence to Germantown where he was under General Lacy and Colonel Henry Geiger. He was there "some time" when a battle was fought on 4
October (The Battle of Germantown). He, Michael Hoppis, John Miller, and John Repsommer were taken prisoners to Philadelphia where they were confined in the "new Gaol" until the British were "obliged" to leave the city. They dug a hole by
which a number escaped, including Wilhelm, but he was caught. The British took him to New York by ship and he was confined in an old sugar house for three months until he was exchanged for British prisoners.



After the War, Wilhelm moved to Lynn Township, and by 1788 had purchased unoccupied land in Penn Township, north of the Blue Mountain. He was still in Lynn in the 1790 Federal Census, but moved over the mountain soon thereafter. On 3 October
1830 Wilhelm "personally" delivered his will, written in German to the Registrar.

Feb. 20, 1837 issue of the Mauch Chunk Courier notes his death on Feb. 4, 1837, but his age is given as 90 years old. His Revolutionary War veteran status is mentioned as well as his escape from the British prison in Philadelphia.

Updated: 6 Aug 2005.

More About Wilhelm Rex:
Baptism: Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, PA
Fact 5: Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe803
Fact 6: December 01, 1996803
Record Change: October 15, 1999804

More About Margaretha:
Fact 6: November 22, 1996805
     
Children of Wilhelm Rex and Margaretha are:
  105 i.   Jacob4 Rex806,807, died 1822808,809. He married Eva Elisabeth Haldeman810,811; died Unknown.
  More About Jacob Rex:
Fact 6: November 22, 1996811

  More About Eva Elisabeth Haldeman:
Fact 6: November 22, 1996811
  106 ii.   Johan Wilhelm Rex812, born September 24, 1781813; died March 30, 1856814,815. He married Mary Magdalena815; died Unknown.
  More About Johan Wilhelm Rex:
Fact 6: November 29, 1996815

  More About Mary Magdalena:
Fact 6: November 22, 1996815
+ 107 iii.   Phillip Rex, born Abt. 1800 in PA; died 1861.


      25. Elisabeth3 Rex (Bernard Jacob2, George1)816,817,818 was born January 05, 1757 in Pennsylvania819, and died February 05, 1826 in Siegersville, Pennsylvania820. She married Samuel Sieger821,822,823 in Pennsylvania824. He was born in Pennsylvania824, and died Unknown.

Notes for Elisabeth Rex:
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Marriage was not recorded in this source, but record of son, George Peter, being baptized was recorded. Sponsors were Peter and Sabina Hoffman.


More About Elisabeth Rex:
Fact 6: November 29, 1996825
Record Change: October 15, 1999826

More About Samuel Sieger:
Fact 6: November 29, 1996827
Record Change: October 15, 1999828
     
Children of Elisabeth Rex and Samuel Sieger are:
  108 i.   Michael4 Sieger829, died Unknown.
  109 ii.   John George Sieger829, died Unknown.
  110 iii.   Eva Sieger829, born April 17, 1777830; died April 01, 1867831.
  111 iv.   George Peter Sieger832, born November 01, 1785832; died Unknown.
  More About George Peter Sieger:
Fact 5: November 13, 1785832
Fact 6: November 29, 1996832
  112 v.   Hannah Sieger833, born March 17, 1795834; died March 09, 1890835.


      26. Christopher (Stoffel)3 Rex (Bernard Jacob2, George1)836,837 was born Abt. 1758 in Heidelberg Twp., PA838,839, and died Abt. 1823 in Heidelberg Twp., PA840. He married Hannah Holder841,842 Bet. 1781 - 1785843,844,845. She was born WFT Est. 1747-1774846,847, and died WFT Est. 1801-1861848,849.

Notes for Christopher (Stoffel) Rex:
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Christopher (Stoffel) Rex, third son of Bernard Jacob and Anna Elisabeth (Orner) Rex, was born circa 1758 in Heidelberg Township and dies there shortly before 9 May 1823, the date of probate of his will. He married Hannah Holder, an English
member of the Moravian Church at Allemengel between 1781 and 1785. Hannah's date of death is not knnown and they may have been buried in the family burial ground of the homestead.



Christopher enlisted with his brother William and served in Georg Shea's company, so it could be assumed that he fought at the Battle of Germantown in 1777, but was not captured. He remained on the militia rolls through the Revolution and, in
1780, was a Sergeant on active duty as a ranger on the frontier in Captain Conrad Roeder's company. In 1785, his father, Bernard Jacob, deeded roughly half of his land to two of his sons, Christopher and Abraham. Stoffel is listed there on
the printed 1790 Federal Census as Christopher Rea. He continued the tradition by giving the land to his two sons before writing his German will.


More About Christopher (Stoffel) Rex:
Fact 6: December 01, 1996850
Record Change: October 15, 1999851

More About Hannah Holder:
Fact 6: November 22, 1996852
     
Children of Christopher Rex and Hannah Holder are:
+ 113 i.   Capt. Johannes4 Rex, born July 24, 1786 in Heidelberg Twp., PA; died 1868.
+ 114 ii.   George Rex, born January 08, 1789 in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh Co., PA; died March 12, 1873.
+ 115 iii.   Elisabeth Rex, born December 04, 1790 in Heidelberg Twp., PA; died May 04, 1856.
  116 iv.   Hannah Rex853,854, born March 23, 1793855; died January 28, 1852856,857. She married John Freidrick858,859,860; died Unknown.
  More About Hannah Rex:
Fact 6: November 22, 1996860

  More About John Freidrick:
Fact 6: November 22, 1996860
  117 v.   Maria Barbara Rex861,862,863, born February 19, 1799 in Heidelberg Twp., PA864,865; died WFT Est. 1800-1893866,867. She married John Kuchner868,869,870; died Unknown.
  More About Maria Barbara Rex:
Fact 6: November 29, 1996870

  More About John Kuchner:
Fact 6: November 22, 1996870
+ 118 vi.   Mary Rex, born November 10, 1807 in Pennsylvania; died October 11, 1889.

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