Individual Details
Peter Hosterman
(27 Sep 1746 - 27 Jan 1805)
Events
| Birth | 27 Sep 1746 | Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Military | Abt 1776 | Penn Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |  | | |
| Marriage | 6 Jan 1803 | Snyder County, Pennsylvania - Elizabetha Markreta Waagener | | | |
| Probate | 1805 | Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Death | 27 Jan 1805 | Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Burial | Old Lutheran Cemetery, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania | | | ||
| Alt name | Col. Peter Hosterman |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabetha Markreta Waagener (1750 - ) |
| Child | George Hosterman ( - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Hosterman (1773 - 1805) |
| Child | Maria Magtalena Hosterman (1774 - 1805) |
| Child | Maris Marketa Hosterman (1776 - 1805) |
| Child | Eva Markreta Hosterman (1778 - 1805) |
| Child | Catherine Hosterman (1779 - 1864) |
| Child | John Peter Hosterman (1784 - 1867) |
| Child | Hosterman (1786 - ) |
| Father | Jacob Hosterman (1719 - 1812) |
| Mother | Mary Barbara Wampfler ( - ) |
| Sibling | Jacob Hosterman (1749 - 1812) |
| Sibling | Christian Hosterman ( - ) |
Notes
Military
DAR record # 315195Marriage
Col Peter Hosterman and Elizabeth --- 6 Jan 1803Probate
Jacob Hostrman, John Fisher administratorsPetition for sale of lands:
Estate petitions that the lands of late Peter Hosterman of Northumberland county by sold to satisfy debt of 842 pounds 3 shillings. monies to be raised also to be used for maintenance and education of minor children of said instate. Names children are Jacob, Catherine, Peter, Elizabeth and George. Adjoining lands belong to Ludwick Hollsworth, David Storm, Simon Snyder, Jacob Hober, and Aaron Levy.
Lands sold in December in Aaronsburg
Mahantango, CHILREN: Jacob, Catherine (Mrs John Fisher), Peter, George, Elizabeth. Last three were minors
Death
Nov 12, 1805Justices, James Potter, John Barbr, John Harpster, esquires
Action: Petition for sale of lands
Petitioners; John Hosterman, and John Fisher acting administrators of all and singular of Peter Hosterman late of Northumberland County Deceased
Abstract:
Court ordered that lands held by late Peter Hosterman of Northumberland County be sold to satisfy debt of 834 pounds 3 shillings. Monies raised to be used for the maintenance and education of minor children of said instate. Children named are Jacob, Catherine, Peter, Elizabeth, and George. Persons owing adjoining land are Ludwick Hollsworth, David Storm, Simon Snyder, Jacob Hober, and Aaron Levy
Burial
Birth: Sep. 27, 1746Death: Jan. 27, 1805
war
Burial: Old Lutheran Cemetery, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA
INSCRIPTION: Hier leben die geben Peter Hosterman gebohren den 27ten September 1746. Ist gestorben den 27ten January 1805. Sein Alters War 58 Jahren 4 Monath."Here lies the type Peter Hosterman born on 27th September 1746. Is died on 27th January 1805. His age was 58 years 4 months." ~ Note interestingly this is written in German, but gestorhen should be gestorben and Monath is old English not German. The German spelling would be Monat. Could be either a typo on the inscribers part or a dialect?
- Lisa Arm Schweiger
Endnotes
1. , (: , ), Nancy Fisher, Charles A Fisher, Snyder County (Pennsylvania) Pioneers, Original Selinsgrove Penna 1938, repub, Gen Pub Co, Baltimore, Md 2009, page 42,43.
2. Amy Cresswell Dunne Lineage Book National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 126 (Washington D.C.: DAR, 1932), Dar Records Vol 1 Page 23 microfish # 6049832 FHL. Hereinafter cited as Dar Lineage Book.
3. Charles Adam Fisher, Central Pennsylvania Marriages 1700-1896 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1974), page 78.
4. Centre County Genealogical Society, "CD 25 years of Newsletters," : Vol 16, no. 2, page 10, Centre County Orphans court Docket A.
5. Charles A Fisher, Probate and Orphan Court Records of Snyder County, Pennsylvania: 1772-1855 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1974), page 54.
6. , (: , ), Nancy Fisher, Charles A Fisher, Snyder County (Pennsylvania) Pioneers, Original Selinsgrove Penna 1938, repub, Gen Pub Co, Baltimore, Md 2009, page 42,43.
7. will (), Wills and Estates: Mary D Watson Abstractor, Centre County Orphans Court Docket A, page 22, Centtre County Genealogical Society, 1991, , . Hereinafter cited as Estates.
8. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : viewed 16 August 2015), Memorial# 99355000.