He was the son of Johann Adam Bretz and Otillia Schulthiess. He immigrated with his brothers Wendel and Heinrich to America on August 15th, 1750 on the ship Royal Union. He was a farmer and a sergeant in the Revolutionary War, fighting in the battles of Trenton and Princton. He was wounded in the battle of Long Island April 23, 1781. He was one of the earliest settlers in the Lyken Valley. He was married to an Elizabeth and had the following children: Mary b 1761, married Emmanuel Duey, buried in Shoops Cemetery in Harrisburg, Pa/ Catherine b. 1763, married Christian Wirt,/ Elizabeth b. 1765 married Henry Bomgardner/ Susan b. 1770 married Henry Meck/ John b. 1771 married Catherine Fox/ Ludwig b. 1773 married Ann Moyer/ Magdalena married Robert Dunbar.
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Ludwig Bretz was born in Camberg, Hessen, Braunschweig, Germany
He was married twice:
First wife was Susanna Margaret Bishoff, with whom he had (7)children as noted in memorial manager Christine Rummel Sansome's bio.
Second wife was Elizsbeth ______. They had (1) child: Anna Maria Bretz, b. 1788. She later married Abraham Jury.
Additional bio. information by Deborah (Hoffman) Weiner
Current DAR documentation:
BRETZ, LUDWIGA (Sgt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SERGEANT
Birth: CIRCA 1737 GERMANY
Death: 1807 UPPER PAXTON TWP DAUPHIN CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 7, PP 347, 386, 387, 388, 1008, 1009
Service Description: 1) COURT MARTIAL MAN IN CAPT MARTIN WEAVER'S CO
2) ALSO PVT, CAPT DEIBLER, 4TH BATT, LANCASTER CO MILITIA
RESIDENCE 1) County: LANCASTER CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
SPOUSE
1) SUSAN MARGARET BISHOP
2) ELIZABETH X
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Ludwig Bretz was born in Camberg, Hessen, Braunschweig, Germany
He was married twice:
First wife was Susanna Margaret Bishoff, with whom he had (7)children as noted in memorial manager Christine Rummel Sansome's bio.
Second wife was Elizsbeth ______. They had (1) child: Anna Maria Bretz, b. 1788. She later married Abraham Jury.
Additional bio. information by Deborah (Hoffman) Weiner
Current DAR documentation:
BRETZ, LUDWIGA (Sgt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SERGEANT
Birth: CIRCA 1737 GERMANY
Death: 1807 UPPER PAXTON TWP DAUPHIN CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 7, PP 347, 386, 387, 388, 1008, 1009
Service Description: 1) COURT MARTIAL MAN IN CAPT MARTIN WEAVER'S CO
2) ALSO PVT, CAPT DEIBLER, 4TH BATT, LANCASTER CO MILITIA
RESIDENCE 1) County: LANCASTER CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
SPOUSE
1) SUSAN MARGARET BISHOP
2) ELIZABETH X
He was the son of Johann Adam Bretz and Otillia Schulthiess. He immigrated with his brothers Wendel and Heinrich to America on August 15th, 1750 on the ship Royal Union. He was a farmer and a sergeant in the Revolutionary War, fighting in the battles of Trenton and Princton. He was wounded in the battle of Long Island April 23, 1781. He was one of the earliest settlers in the Lyken Valley. He was married to an Elizabeth and had the following children: Mary b 1761, married Emmanuel Duey, buried in Shoops Cemetery in Harrisburg, Pa/ Catherine b. 1763, married Christian Wirt,/ Elizabeth b. 1765 married Henry Bomgardner/ Susan b. 1770 married Henry Meck/ John b. 1771 married Catherine Fox/ Ludwig b. 1773 married Ann Moyer/ Magdalena married Robert Dunbar.
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Ludwig Bretz was born in Camberg, Hessen, Braunschweig, Germany
He was married twice:
First wife was Susanna Margaret Bishoff, with whom he had (7)children as noted in memorial manager Christine Rummel Sansome's bio.
Second wife was Elizsbeth ______. They had (1) child: Anna Maria Bretz, b. 1788. She later married Abraham Jury.
Additional bio. information by Deborah (Hoffman) Weiner
Current DAR documentation:
BRETZ, LUDWIGA (Sgt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SERGEANT
Birth: CIRCA 1737 GERMANY
Death: 1807 UPPER PAXTON TWP DAUPHIN CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 7, PP 347, 386, 387, 388, 1008, 1009
Service Description: 1) COURT MARTIAL MAN IN CAPT MARTIN WEAVER'S CO
2) ALSO PVT, CAPT DEIBLER, 4TH BATT, LANCASTER CO MILITIA
RESIDENCE 1) County: LANCASTER CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
SPOUSE
1) SUSAN MARGARET BISHOP
2) ELIZABETH X
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Ludwig Bretz was born in Camberg, Hessen, Braunschweig, Germany
He was married twice:
First wife was Susanna Margaret Bishoff, with whom he had (7)children as noted in memorial manager Christine Rummel Sansome's bio.
Second wife was Elizsbeth ______. They had (1) child: Anna Maria Bretz, b. 1788. She later married Abraham Jury.
Additional bio. information by Deborah (Hoffman) Weiner
Current DAR documentation:
BRETZ, LUDWIGA (Sgt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SERGEANT
Birth: CIRCA 1737 GERMANY
Death: 1807 UPPER PAXTON TWP DAUPHIN CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 7, PP 347, 386, 387, 388, 1008, 1009
Service Description: 1) COURT MARTIAL MAN IN CAPT MARTIN WEAVER'S CO
2) ALSO PVT, CAPT DEIBLER, 4TH BATT, LANCASTER CO MILITIA
RESIDENCE 1) County: LANCASTER CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
SPOUSE
1) SUSAN MARGARET BISHOP
2) ELIZABETH X
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