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Scott Gomez gives his death date as 5 oct 1795.

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DAR Patriot Index pg?? Pvt Pa

Legend says he served as a drummer boy in the Revolutionary Army and was the first of the "Drummer Daves".

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Of Philadelphia, merchant for many years, and now in the saddle and harness trade,

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Deputy sheriff of Dauphin county.

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Flags: Died Single Per=Y

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Alternate date of 1772, Lebanon Co, given by Gail Greary

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Alternate date from Greary of 1806, due to accidental drowning.

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Date given as 7 Nov 1756 by Scott Gomez. Year given as 1765 in Comm Bio Ency Dauphin Co.

Sponsors at her baptism were Simon Brez and Eva Oberlin. Baptised not long after birth at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dauphin Co, Pa.

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now known as St. Paul's Lutheran in the Sand Hills, Pa. Also known as St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

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On Jan 4, 1787 they sold their property to Mordecai Lincoln and shortly thereafter moved to Harrisburg. They had four children, all baptized in Zion Lutheran Church.

Eve Hummel, dau of Frederick Hummel, wife of Peter Friedly appears in Orphan's Court Book I, page 203 (1789)

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Death date is given as 31 oct 1847 by Scott Gomez.

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Alternate date 7 Feb 1789.

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|Alternate date of death: 11 Oct 1867

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On the ship Peggy, James Abercromber Captain, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes.

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Will was probated on July 21, 1779, being entered in Will Book C, Fol 1, page 557. He mentions his widow and the following heirs: Valentine, Frederick, Rosina, David (children to his first wife Rosina Kaufer) and Catharine, christian John and Barbara chiclren of Elizabeth Blessing.

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"History of Dauphin County" gives date of death as 25 June 1775.

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Listed as Lancaster County PA Patriot by "The Sons of the American Revolution". DAR Patriot Index 2Maj Ps Pa

Identified as the founder of Hummelstown, Pa. They left numerous descendants, who have been prominent and influential citizens of their native country, per source 2.

Source one relates that "in 1754, the French and Indian War started and family tradition states that Frederick was an active participant. Whether he helped guard the frontier at one of the old forts like Fort Hunter or whether he freighted supplies to Fort Duquesne as Barbara Hummel said is not known at this time. I am inclined to think that Aunt Barb was probably right because of Frederick's land purchase in 1762, near the end of the war. Freighting would have given him an opportunity to earn the 200 pounds he paid John Campbell in Nov 1762 for the land on which Hummelstown now stands."

While Rosina was sick before her death, Elizabeth Barbara Blessing assisted in the home. According to the Welsh paper "Elizabeth was not a "bound" servant; she did not come to this country with Frederick and his wife and she was not a waif but a member of a respectable family from the Sand Hills....Barbara was probably the daughter of Christian Blessing, an early settler in the Sand Hills. That a strong relationship existed between the Hummel and Blessing families can be proved by the Sand Hill Church records which show that the Hummels and Blessings were baptismal sponsors for each other's children."

"Under the terms of Frederick's will, his children were well provided for. His sons Frederick and David were to have the town real estate and property was left for John and Christian in Armstrong Valley and in Greenwood Township. No mention was made of property for Valentine, but he had apparently been provided for before Frederick's death. Probably Eva had been given a dowry at marriage since no property is specifically left to her, but household goods were left to the 15 year-old Rosina. The properties were to be appraised and adjustments made so that the estate was divided equally among his children with John Wunderlich and son Valentine as executors."

Frederick's name appears in the list of assessment returns for Derry township in 1758 and for Frederick Town, in 1770. Frederick Town later became known as Hummelstown. Frederick laid out the town in 1762. It was not incorporated until 1874 and in 1896, the population was 1486. Info in this paragraph from Comm Biog Ency of Dauphin Co Pa.

Born in Pfalz, Germany, April 14, 1722, emigrated to America in 1738, and subsequently acquired possession of a large tract of land in Dauphin county, including the present thriving town of Hummelstown. In laying out the place, he gave land for the erection of Lutheran and German Reformed churches, erected a school house, in which he stipulated that English branches should be taught, and called the place originally Fredericktown, but the name of the founder could not be obliterated, which seems to have been a case of "survival of the fittest." He was zealous, energetic and patriotic; participated in the French and Indian war; and was chairman of the patriotic meetings of Derry, held at Hummelstown, in June, 1774. His requirement that English be taught at his school was considered quite progressive, since the greater part of the German population was antagonistic to such an innovation.

Was the sponsor of numerous children at baptisms at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dauphin Co, Pa, including: George Fridrich Sesupp, son of Christoph Sesupp, John Phillip Sesupp, son of Christoph Sesupp, Phillip Fridrich Sesupp, son of Christoph Sesupp, Samuel Kustler, Son of Joannes Kustler, Fridrich Kustler, son of Joannes Kustler, George Fridrich Cassel, son of Joannes Cassel, Rosina Bauer, daughter of Georg Bauer and David Hummel, son of Johan Hummel.

The first of the family to settle in Dauphin county was Frederick Hummel, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, who came to this country and took up a tract of Government land, which included the present site of Hummelstown. He was a farmer by occupation, and was the founder of the town which bears his name. He donated the old site of the Lutheran church and the present site of the Reformed church. His church connection was with the Lutherans, and he aided in the foundation of both churches.