Here is the first installment on my Hostetler family.
First Generation
1. Nicholas Hostetler1–3
was born in 1725 in Switzerland or Germany.4 He died on 19 Dec 1795 at the age
of 70 in McClellandtown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.4 Most of what is known about Nicholas Hostetler comes
from Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler the immigrant of 1736. Nicholas
was not related to Jacob, but the authors included an appendix with details on
other individuals of the same surname.
Nicholas arrived in Philadelphia on 15 September 1749 aboard the Phoenix, John Mason, captain. Mason gave the origins of his passengers as Zweibruecken, Nassau, Wurttenburg and the Palatinate. The ship had sailed from Rotterdam to Cowes, England before arriving in America. On the same ship were Christian and Ulrich Hostetler, believed to be Nicholas' brothers by Ulrich's descendants and natives of Glaurus, Canton Glaurus, Switzerland.
[Researcher Joe Hostetter claims that further research has determined that no variation of the surname exists in Glaurus. . The familial relationship of the three Phoenix passengers has also been brought into question with claims that Ulrich was Lutheran, while Nicholas and Christian were Dunkards. Nicholas and Christian were entered as Hochstatter on the passenger list; Christian as Hostetter.]
All three settled in York Twp., PA. Nicholas remained in York Co. for a time. Exactly how long is uncertain. John Nicholas Hocstatter, son of Nicholas and Magdalena, was baptized in the German Reformed Church, York Co., PA in June of 1760. A deed dated 19 February 1773 granted Nicholas Hostetler 120 acres in Manheim, York, PA.
These two entries probably apply to Nicholas of McClellandtown. There are some conflicting details, however. Son Nicholas Samuel was supposed to have been born in Greene Co. in 1767 and daughter Ann in Westmoreland Co. that same year. Greene borders Fayette to the west and Westmoreland is immediately north of Fayette Co. Fayette was formed from Westmoreland in 1783.
During the Revolutionary War, Nicholas served as a Private First Class in Captain Robert Sweeney's Company, 5th Battalion, Washington Co. Militia
John Nicholas was not listed among Nicholas' children in the Hochstetler book. However, Magdelena was the name of Nicholas' wife. Several sources give her name as Anna, possibly a nickname. A few family trees give her name as Mary Magdelena. This can be supported by the reference to a grave for a Magdalena, mentioned below, and that Nicholas named his wife, Mary, in his will. The Hochstetler book notes that there was a grave on the Hostetler farm marked for a Magdalena Hostetler who died on 21 December 1801, aged 71. This was undoubtedly the wife of Nicholas. Some family trees give her maiden name as Ulrich.
The Hochstetler children were given as Nicholas, Cattey [Riffle], Margaret [Miller], Ann* [Cooperider] and Jacob.
According to the Chronicles of the Families of Cooperider, Cooperrider and Cooprider and their descendants, Nicholas resided in Menellan Twp., Westmoreland Co. in 1783 and German Twp., Fayette Co. in 1785. He acquired 176 acres in Fayette Co. on 12 November 1787.
The Hostetler farm was near McClellandtown. Nicholas died there on 19 December 1795. His will was written on 16 June 1795 and probated 16 February 1796. The will made provisions for his wife, Mary. It also named sons Nicholas and Jacob and daughters Cattey/Cathy Riddle, Margaret Miller and Ann Cooperrider.
Nicholas arrived in Philadelphia on 15 September 1749 aboard the Phoenix, John Mason, captain. Mason gave the origins of his passengers as Zweibruecken, Nassau, Wurttenburg and the Palatinate. The ship had sailed from Rotterdam to Cowes, England before arriving in America. On the same ship were Christian and Ulrich Hostetler, believed to be Nicholas' brothers by Ulrich's descendants and natives of Glaurus, Canton Glaurus, Switzerland.
[Researcher Joe Hostetter claims that further research has determined that no variation of the surname exists in Glaurus. . The familial relationship of the three Phoenix passengers has also been brought into question with claims that Ulrich was Lutheran, while Nicholas and Christian were Dunkards. Nicholas and Christian were entered as Hochstatter on the passenger list; Christian as Hostetter.]
All three settled in York Twp., PA. Nicholas remained in York Co. for a time. Exactly how long is uncertain. John Nicholas Hocstatter, son of Nicholas and Magdalena, was baptized in the German Reformed Church, York Co., PA in June of 1760. A deed dated 19 February 1773 granted Nicholas Hostetler 120 acres in Manheim, York, PA.
These two entries probably apply to Nicholas of McClellandtown. There are some conflicting details, however. Son Nicholas Samuel was supposed to have been born in Greene Co. in 1767 and daughter Ann in Westmoreland Co. that same year. Greene borders Fayette to the west and Westmoreland is immediately north of Fayette Co. Fayette was formed from Westmoreland in 1783.
During the Revolutionary War, Nicholas served as a Private First Class in Captain Robert Sweeney's Company, 5th Battalion, Washington Co. Militia
John Nicholas was not listed among Nicholas' children in the Hochstetler book. However, Magdelena was the name of Nicholas' wife. Several sources give her name as Anna, possibly a nickname. A few family trees give her name as Mary Magdelena. This can be supported by the reference to a grave for a Magdalena, mentioned below, and that Nicholas named his wife, Mary, in his will. The Hochstetler book notes that there was a grave on the Hostetler farm marked for a Magdalena Hostetler who died on 21 December 1801, aged 71. This was undoubtedly the wife of Nicholas. Some family trees give her maiden name as Ulrich.
The Hochstetler children were given as Nicholas, Cattey [Riffle], Margaret [Miller], Ann* [Cooperider] and Jacob.
According to the Chronicles of the Families of Cooperider, Cooperrider and Cooprider and their descendants, Nicholas resided in Menellan Twp., Westmoreland Co. in 1783 and German Twp., Fayette Co. in 1785. He acquired 176 acres in Fayette Co. on 12 November 1787.
The Hostetler farm was near McClellandtown. Nicholas died there on 19 December 1795. His will was written on 16 June 1795 and probated 16 February 1796. The will made provisions for his wife, Mary. It also named sons Nicholas and Jacob and daughters Cattey/Cathy Riddle, Margaret Miller and Ann Cooperrider.
Nicholas Hostetler and Mary
Magdalena Ulrich?5–7
were married circa 1759 in probably Pennsylvania.6,8 Mary Magdalena Ulrich?3,6 was born circa 1730 in prob Germany.6 She died on 21 Dec 1801 at the
age of 71 in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States.6
The name of the wife of Nicholas Hostetler is open to some debate. Several
sources give her name as Anna. A baptismal record for a John Nicholas Hostetler
in 1760 shows his parents as Nicholas and Magdalena. Nicholas names his wife in
his 1795 will as Mary. There is a headstone on the Hostetler family farm for a
Magdalena Hostetler, died 21 December 1801, aged 71. That would place her birth
about 1730, a reasonable age for the spouse of Nicholas, born in 1725. Several
sources give her maiden name as Ulrich.
Nicholas Hostetler and Mary Magdalena Ulrich? had the
following children:
i. John
Nicholas Hostetler5 was born in Jun
1760 in York Co., Pennsylvania, British America.5
He was baptized in Jun 1760 at German Reformed Church in York Co.,
Pennsylvania, British America.5 There
is no further record of John, he probably died young.
2 ii. Catherine "Cathy" Hostetler,
born 1760–1765, Pennsylvania;
married Mathias Riffle, ca 1782, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States; died
bef 1810, Mason Co., Virginia, United States.
iii. Jacob
Hostetler9 was born in 1761–1766
in Pennsylvania.8
He died in Aug 1839 at the age of 78 in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United
States.9 Jacob Hostetler died in late 1839.
During the June Session of Orphans Court the next year, the executor of his
estate, Jacob Riffle, petitioned for an inquest.
Riffle was probably related by marriage to Jacob. Catherine Hostetler had married Mathias Riffle about 1782, but relocated to western Virginia prior to 1810.
The petition mentioned Jacob's late brother Nicholas, who had died in February 1836. It also named sisters Margaret and Ann, their and children. No mention was made of Catherine, who had died about 1810, or her children. [Leonard, Jonathan, Samuel, Elizabeth and, possibly Solomom and Catherine - who would have been the two eldest.]
Margaret Miller's children: Catherine [Isaac] Clark, Sarah [Benjamin] Enyart, Daniel Miller, Mary [Alexander] Sickles, Isaac Miller, Eliza [Daniel] Griffis, Ann [Israel] Miley and Sally Ann [James] Wesley.
Ann Cooperrider's children: John, Peter, Jacob, Margaret [Benjamin] White and Polly Elliott
Jacob died during the late summer of 1839. His will was probated on 27 August 1839.
Riffle was probably related by marriage to Jacob. Catherine Hostetler had married Mathias Riffle about 1782, but relocated to western Virginia prior to 1810.
The petition mentioned Jacob's late brother Nicholas, who had died in February 1836. It also named sisters Margaret and Ann, their and children. No mention was made of Catherine, who had died about 1810, or her children. [Leonard, Jonathan, Samuel, Elizabeth and, possibly Solomom and Catherine - who would have been the two eldest.]
Margaret Miller's children: Catherine [Isaac] Clark, Sarah [Benjamin] Enyart, Daniel Miller, Mary [Alexander] Sickles, Isaac Miller, Eliza [Daniel] Griffis, Ann [Israel] Miley and Sally Ann [James] Wesley.
Ann Cooperrider's children: John, Peter, Jacob, Margaret [Benjamin] White and Polly Elliott
Jacob died during the late summer of 1839. His will was probated on 27 August 1839.
3 iv. Margaret
Hostetler, born Jan 1764, Pennsylvania; married Nicholas Miller, ca 1786,
Prob. Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States; died 18 Jul 1834, Butler Co.,
Ohio, United States.
v. Nicholas
Hostetler was born in 1765–1767 in Pennsylvania. He
died on 11 Feb 1837 at the age of 72 in Prob Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United
States.
4 vi. Ann Hostetler, born 25 Sep 1767, Westmoreland Co.,
Pennsylvania, British America; married Peter
Cooperider, ca 1787, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States; died 25 Sep 1807,
Hardiin Co., Kentucky, United States
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