He was the son of Johannes Wilhelm and Catherine Gross. He was born about 1729 in Germany. He married Anna Maria Junker about 1754 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He took the oath of allegiance in 1756.
He may have been one of the 23 men to serve in Captain Hargereder's Independent Guard. The following explains this service: Johannes Herrgeroder, a Palatine, arrived in Philadelphia on the ship Elizabeth in 1733 at the age of 19. He served as Captain of Berks and Northampton County Militia in the War to suppress Indian outrages against settlers in the spring of 1756. "A company of volunteers formed by frontier inhabitants of Berks and Northampton Counties. The Maxatawney and Allemangle Independent Guard. 24 men served for 39 days - April 3 to May 11. Johannes Hergerder was the captain - paid 5 shillings daily. Privates were paid 16 pence. 6 Pence allowed for rations and a gill of rum served daily to each man. A gill is about four ounces. (1914 History of Lehigh Co., PA (Vol 1). Unfortunately, this source does not list the other 23 men who served, but it seems likely that Peter may have been one of them.
Peter Gross later served during the Revolutionary War according to a family letter written in 1937 and Peter is acknowledged as an American Patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution. His D.A.R. Patriot #A209296. Contributed by a direct descendant of Peter Gross through his daughter Sarah (Gross) Reichard.
Some sources cite his death year as 1782, but if that was the case, he would have left at least 4 daughters, instead of the one daughter, Christina, as a minor needing a guardian. In addition, the court estate records start in November 1792 and go through April 1793; Peter did not have a will. Sources cite his death place as Lehigh County, but that wasn't a county until 1813, when it was carved out of Northampton County, which is where the estate & court records were handled.
There is no proof in either a cemetery record or death record that Peter is buried here with his wife, but the following information would indicate that was the case. He is not listed on the Memorial Sign Boards that were erected for the Old Dryland Cemetery in this cemetery; his wife, however, was listed there. Their son, Isaac, was listed on the Armed Forces Memorial Stone in this same cemetery. If anyone has further information as to Peter's actual burial, please contact the manager of his memorial.
"Dryland Union Lutheran Church, Hecktown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1763-1832": Peter Grosz, Description: Husband, Event: Death
Estate of PETER GROSS, Allen Township, request inquest: November 17 1792: Land: 168 acres, part of Dry Land Tract, bounded by Michael Meyer, John Ralston, John Hays, Moses Hemphill, Casper Ritter. Widow: Ann Mary, 9 children: Abraham the eldest son, Isaac, Elizabeth, Catherine wife of John Barthold, Mary Barbara, Sarah, Susanna, Christina. OC 295 - Request in full
Court on 16 January 1793: Estate of Peter Gross, Allen Township, 168 acres, report of inquest by Sheriff Jonas Hartzell, Esq. widow and 9 children. Abraham, eldest son, accepted the land others not named. Sureties where by 12 men. 297-298 Full account of above (named is spelled Peter Grofs)
OC E 311 Petition of John Barthold, April 13, 1793: In the petition of John Barthold, who is intermarried with one of the daughters of Peter Grofs, late of Allen Township, Yeoman deceased, setting forth that the said Peter Grofs died intestate leaving among other children a daughter named Christina, who is yet a minor under the age of 18 years. Praying that the court would be pleased to appoint a guardian for the said Christina to take care of her person and estate whereupon the court does appoint George (name lost in copying), of Allen Township, Butcher, to be the guardian of the said minor to take care of her person and estate and the said George Christ be so appointed accordingly.
He may have been one of the 23 men to serve in Captain Hargereder's Independent Guard. The following explains this service: Johannes Herrgeroder, a Palatine, arrived in Philadelphia on the ship Elizabeth in 1733 at the age of 19. He served as Captain of Berks and Northampton County Militia in the War to suppress Indian outrages against settlers in the spring of 1756. "A company of volunteers formed by frontier inhabitants of Berks and Northampton Counties. The Maxatawney and Allemangle Independent Guard. 24 men served for 39 days - April 3 to May 11. Johannes Hergerder was the captain - paid 5 shillings daily. Privates were paid 16 pence. 6 Pence allowed for rations and a gill of rum served daily to each man. A gill is about four ounces. (1914 History of Lehigh Co., PA (Vol 1). Unfortunately, this source does not list the other 23 men who served, but it seems likely that Peter may have been one of them.
Peter Gross later served during the Revolutionary War according to a family letter written in 1937 and Peter is acknowledged as an American Patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution. His D.A.R. Patriot #A209296. Contributed by a direct descendant of Peter Gross through his daughter Sarah (Gross) Reichard.
Some sources cite his death year as 1782, but if that was the case, he would have left at least 4 daughters, instead of the one daughter, Christina, as a minor needing a guardian. In addition, the court estate records start in November 1792 and go through April 1793; Peter did not have a will. Sources cite his death place as Lehigh County, but that wasn't a county until 1813, when it was carved out of Northampton County, which is where the estate & court records were handled.
There is no proof in either a cemetery record or death record that Peter is buried here with his wife, but the following information would indicate that was the case. He is not listed on the Memorial Sign Boards that were erected for the Old Dryland Cemetery in this cemetery; his wife, however, was listed there. Their son, Isaac, was listed on the Armed Forces Memorial Stone in this same cemetery. If anyone has further information as to Peter's actual burial, please contact the manager of his memorial.
"Dryland Union Lutheran Church, Hecktown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1763-1832": Peter Grosz, Description: Husband, Event: Death
Estate of PETER GROSS, Allen Township, request inquest: November 17 1792: Land: 168 acres, part of Dry Land Tract, bounded by Michael Meyer, John Ralston, John Hays, Moses Hemphill, Casper Ritter. Widow: Ann Mary, 9 children: Abraham the eldest son, Isaac, Elizabeth, Catherine wife of John Barthold, Mary Barbara, Sarah, Susanna, Christina. OC 295 - Request in full
Court on 16 January 1793: Estate of Peter Gross, Allen Township, 168 acres, report of inquest by Sheriff Jonas Hartzell, Esq. widow and 9 children. Abraham, eldest son, accepted the land others not named. Sureties where by 12 men. 297-298 Full account of above (named is spelled Peter Grofs)
OC E 311 Petition of John Barthold, April 13, 1793: In the petition of John Barthold, who is intermarried with one of the daughters of Peter Grofs, late of Allen Township, Yeoman deceased, setting forth that the said Peter Grofs died intestate leaving among other children a daughter named Christina, who is yet a minor under the age of 18 years. Praying that the court would be pleased to appoint a guardian for the said Christina to take care of her person and estate whereupon the court does appoint George (name lost in copying), of Allen Township, Butcher, to be the guardian of the said minor to take care of her person and estate and the said George Christ be so appointed accordingly.
He was the son of Johannes Wilhelm and Catherine Gross. He was born about 1729 in Germany. He married Anna Maria Junker about 1754 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He took the oath of allegiance in 1756.
He may have been one of the 23 men to serve in Captain Hargereder's Independent Guard. The following explains this service: Johannes Herrgeroder, a Palatine, arrived in Philadelphia on the ship Elizabeth in 1733 at the age of 19. He served as Captain of Berks and Northampton County Militia in the War to suppress Indian outrages against settlers in the spring of 1756. "A company of volunteers formed by frontier inhabitants of Berks and Northampton Counties. The Maxatawney and Allemangle Independent Guard. 24 men served for 39 days - April 3 to May 11. Johannes Hergerder was the captain - paid 5 shillings daily. Privates were paid 16 pence. 6 Pence allowed for rations and a gill of rum served daily to each man. A gill is about four ounces. (1914 History of Lehigh Co., PA (Vol 1). Unfortunately, this source does not list the other 23 men who served, but it seems likely that Peter may have been one of them.
Peter Gross later served during the Revolutionary War according to a family letter written in 1937 and Peter is acknowledged as an American Patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution. His D.A.R. Patriot #A209296. Contributed by a direct descendant of Peter Gross through his daughter Sarah (Gross) Reichard.
Some sources cite his death year as 1782, but if that was the case, he would have left at least 4 daughters, instead of the one daughter, Christina, as a minor needing a guardian. In addition, the court estate records start in November 1792 and go through April 1793; Peter did not have a will. Sources cite his death place as Lehigh County, but that wasn't a county until 1813, when it was carved out of Northampton County, which is where the estate & court records were handled.
There is no proof in either a cemetery record or death record that Peter is buried here with his wife, but the following information would indicate that was the case. He is not listed on the Memorial Sign Boards that were erected for the Old Dryland Cemetery in this cemetery; his wife, however, was listed there. Their son, Isaac, was listed on the Armed Forces Memorial Stone in this same cemetery. If anyone has further information as to Peter's actual burial, please contact the manager of his memorial.
"Dryland Union Lutheran Church, Hecktown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1763-1832": Peter Grosz, Description: Husband, Event: Death
Estate of PETER GROSS, Allen Township, request inquest: November 17 1792: Land: 168 acres, part of Dry Land Tract, bounded by Michael Meyer, John Ralston, John Hays, Moses Hemphill, Casper Ritter. Widow: Ann Mary, 9 children: Abraham the eldest son, Isaac, Elizabeth, Catherine wife of John Barthold, Mary Barbara, Sarah, Susanna, Christina. OC 295 - Request in full
Court on 16 January 1793: Estate of Peter Gross, Allen Township, 168 acres, report of inquest by Sheriff Jonas Hartzell, Esq. widow and 9 children. Abraham, eldest son, accepted the land others not named. Sureties where by 12 men. 297-298 Full account of above (named is spelled Peter Grofs)
OC E 311 Petition of John Barthold, April 13, 1793: In the petition of John Barthold, who is intermarried with one of the daughters of Peter Grofs, late of Allen Township, Yeoman deceased, setting forth that the said Peter Grofs died intestate leaving among other children a daughter named Christina, who is yet a minor under the age of 18 years. Praying that the court would be pleased to appoint a guardian for the said Christina to take care of her person and estate whereupon the court does appoint George (name lost in copying), of Allen Township, Butcher, to be the guardian of the said minor to take care of her person and estate and the said George Christ be so appointed accordingly.
He may have been one of the 23 men to serve in Captain Hargereder's Independent Guard. The following explains this service: Johannes Herrgeroder, a Palatine, arrived in Philadelphia on the ship Elizabeth in 1733 at the age of 19. He served as Captain of Berks and Northampton County Militia in the War to suppress Indian outrages against settlers in the spring of 1756. "A company of volunteers formed by frontier inhabitants of Berks and Northampton Counties. The Maxatawney and Allemangle Independent Guard. 24 men served for 39 days - April 3 to May 11. Johannes Hergerder was the captain - paid 5 shillings daily. Privates were paid 16 pence. 6 Pence allowed for rations and a gill of rum served daily to each man. A gill is about four ounces. (1914 History of Lehigh Co., PA (Vol 1). Unfortunately, this source does not list the other 23 men who served, but it seems likely that Peter may have been one of them.
Peter Gross later served during the Revolutionary War according to a family letter written in 1937 and Peter is acknowledged as an American Patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution. His D.A.R. Patriot #A209296. Contributed by a direct descendant of Peter Gross through his daughter Sarah (Gross) Reichard.
Some sources cite his death year as 1782, but if that was the case, he would have left at least 4 daughters, instead of the one daughter, Christina, as a minor needing a guardian. In addition, the court estate records start in November 1792 and go through April 1793; Peter did not have a will. Sources cite his death place as Lehigh County, but that wasn't a county until 1813, when it was carved out of Northampton County, which is where the estate & court records were handled.
There is no proof in either a cemetery record or death record that Peter is buried here with his wife, but the following information would indicate that was the case. He is not listed on the Memorial Sign Boards that were erected for the Old Dryland Cemetery in this cemetery; his wife, however, was listed there. Their son, Isaac, was listed on the Armed Forces Memorial Stone in this same cemetery. If anyone has further information as to Peter's actual burial, please contact the manager of his memorial.
"Dryland Union Lutheran Church, Hecktown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1763-1832": Peter Grosz, Description: Husband, Event: Death
Estate of PETER GROSS, Allen Township, request inquest: November 17 1792: Land: 168 acres, part of Dry Land Tract, bounded by Michael Meyer, John Ralston, John Hays, Moses Hemphill, Casper Ritter. Widow: Ann Mary, 9 children: Abraham the eldest son, Isaac, Elizabeth, Catherine wife of John Barthold, Mary Barbara, Sarah, Susanna, Christina. OC 295 - Request in full
Court on 16 January 1793: Estate of Peter Gross, Allen Township, 168 acres, report of inquest by Sheriff Jonas Hartzell, Esq. widow and 9 children. Abraham, eldest son, accepted the land others not named. Sureties where by 12 men. 297-298 Full account of above (named is spelled Peter Grofs)
OC E 311 Petition of John Barthold, April 13, 1793: In the petition of John Barthold, who is intermarried with one of the daughters of Peter Grofs, late of Allen Township, Yeoman deceased, setting forth that the said Peter Grofs died intestate leaving among other children a daughter named Christina, who is yet a minor under the age of 18 years. Praying that the court would be pleased to appoint a guardian for the said Christina to take care of her person and estate whereupon the court does appoint George (name lost in copying), of Allen Township, Butcher, to be the guardian of the said minor to take care of her person and estate and the said George Christ be so appointed accordingly.
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