Matthias Fenstermacher

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Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania Vol II

THe Fenstermacher family of Longswamp township, Berks county, has it origins in Matthias Fenstermacher, who was a native of the German Palatinate. He crossed the sea on the good ship "Glasgow" which landed at Philadelphia Sept 9, 1738. On the original list of passengers his is given as sixty years, and he was born in 1678. He was accompanied to America by his two sons: Jacob who was then thwenty-nine years old, and Wilhelm, twenty-five years old. These three were preceded to the New World by a third son Philip (my ancestor), who qualified at Philadelphia Aug 30, 1737. he was then twenty years of age. He Philip settled in Longswamp township, Berks county, and in 1759 he paid a federal tax of 10 pounds in that district.

Matthias married.