HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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Sjarn in 1816, and lived on the old farm 

 until his death, September 10, 1846. He 

 married Hannah Detweiler, born Deceni- 

 iier 17, 1778, clied May 2, 1857. 



Jacob D. Rosenberger, son of Henry 

 and Hannah, was born on the Hilltown 

 homestead, November 28, 1819, and lived 

 there until his death, January 21, 1892. 

 He married, December 23, 1843, Eliza 

 Swartley, daughter of Jacob and Polly 

 (Funk) Swartley, born March 3, 1824, 

 died January 19, 1890, and they were the 

 parents of the following named chil- 

 dren: Henry Franklin, born October 5, 

 1844, married Amanda Kline, and has 

 one son, Robert Fulton, at present a stu- 

 dent at Muhlenberg College. Albert, 

 died an infant. Mary Matilda, born Feb- 

 ruary 6, 1847, living on a farm near Sil- 

 verdale, married first Jacob Snyder, de- 

 ceased, married (second) Jacob Fell- 

 man, also deceased. William F. Johnson, 

 born November 29, 1848, died in Phila- 

 delphia, June, 1900. Sarah Jane, born 

 November 27, 1851, married John M. 

 Kulp, deceased. Hannah Etta, born Feb- 

 ruary 17, 1853. wife of Aaron S. Moyer, 

 of Harleysville. Jacob, born February 

 27, 1855, died at the age of three years. 

 Ann Eliza, born August 4, 1856, wife of 

 Jacob S. Rosenberger, of Hagersville. 

 Isaiah S., born April ir, 1858, married 

 Jemima Rosenberger, daughter of David, 

 deceased, living in Philadelphia. Arte- 

 mus, born May 10, 1863, see forward; 

 Susan R. born May 16, 1866, wife of 

 William D. Kratz. 



Artemus Rosenberger was the seventh 

 son of Jacob D.'and Eliza (Swartley) 

 Rosenberger, and was born and reared 

 on the old homestead in Hilltown, pur- 

 chased by his great-grandfather, Isaac 

 Rosenberger, in 1790, and has spent his 

 whole life there. This farm was part of 

 a plantation patented to William 

 Thomas, and descended to his grandson, 

 William Thomas, who was a tax col- 

 lector for Hilltown, and, defaulting in 

 the payment of the taxes collected, the 

 farm was seized on a writ issued at the 

 instance of Abrahain Chapman, county 

 treasurer, and sold by the sheriff to 

 Isaac Rosenberger, and has descended 

 from father to son for four generations 

 to the present owner, Artemus Rosen- 

 berger, who purchased it of his father, 

 and it is now conducted by his son, J. 

 Wesley of the fifth generation. The 

 family have been Mennonites since their 

 arrival in Pennsylvania; Henry Rosen- 

 berger, son of the emigrant Henry, was 

 the minister of Franconia Meeting for 

 many years, and nearly every generation 

 since have supplied the sect with min- 

 isters and elders in their respective com- 

 munities. Artemas Rosenberger married 

 Mary Ann Hendricks, daughter of Jo- 

 seph G. Hendricks, deceased, and this 

 union has been blessed with seven chil- 

 dren, four of whom survive, three hav- 

 ing died in one week's time in 1898, with 



dyphtheria. Those who survive are: Jo- 

 seph Wesley, born November 5, 1885; 

 Fanny Elizabeth, May i, 1888; Jacob 

 Herman, February 2, 1891; and Amy 

 Eva, November 18, 1901. Mr. Rosen- 

 berger has retired from the active man- 

 agement of his farm, which is now con- 

 ducted by his eldest son J. Wesley, and 

 devotes his time to real estate business 

 and in the settlement of estates. 



THE STACKHOUSE FAMILY OF 

 HORSHAM. John H. Stackhouse, late 

 of Horsham, deceased, was born in Hor- 

 sham township, Alontgomery county, Penn- 

 sylvania, I mo. 24, 1844, and died 4 mo. 14, 

 1899, a son of Charles and Hannah (Hes- 

 ton) Stackhouse. The Stackhouses of Hor- 

 sham are descendants of Thomas Stack- 

 house, who came from Yorkshire, England, 

 in 1682, and settled in Aiiddletown, and an 

 account of whom and his marriages and 

 children is given in this volume. (See 

 sketch of Dr. Asa M. Stackhouse). 



Isaac Stackhouse, youngest son of 

 Thomas Stackhouse, of Middletown, by his 

 second marriage, with Ann Mayos, was born 

 in Middletown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 7 mo. 5, -1720, and died I mo. 17, 1791. He 

 married, 10 mo. 29, 1743, Mary Harding, 

 daughter of Thomas Jr. and Mary (Comly) 

 Harding, who was born 6 mo. 17, 1720, and 

 died 3 mo. 4, 1782. Her mother, Mary 

 Comly, born 12 mo. 12, 1699, was the eldest 

 daughter of Henry and Agnes (Heaton) 

 Comly. She married first Thomas Harding, 

 Jr., who died 7 ino. 12, 1728, and (second) 

 George Randall, in 1731. Isaac and Mary 

 (Harding) Stackhouse were the parents 

 of seven children ; Thomas, born 7 mo. 2y, 

 1744, married Hannah White; Mary, born 

 II mo. 5, 1745, died 9 mo. 21, 1800, married 

 Jesse tleston; Ann, born 6 mo. 2, 1749. 

 married^ohn Gilbert, died i mo. 3, 1839; 

 Jonathan, born 10 mo. 31, 1750, died 4 mo. 

 16, 1806, married Grace Comfort; John, 

 born II mo. 11, 1752, died 9 mo. 12, 1828, 

 married Sarah Kmght ; Martha, born 9 mo. 

 13, 1758, died 3 mo. 4, 1782, married Caleb 

 Gilbert; and Isaac, born 11 mo. 18, 1759, 

 died I mo. 30, 1835, married Elizabeth 

 Townsend. 



Thomas Stackhouse, the eldest of the 

 above children, married Hannah White, 5 

 mo. 8, 1771, and had five children, viz.: 

 Thomas, born 6 mo. 4, 1774, died 4 mo. 

 30, 1848, married Susanna Parry; Isaac, 

 born 1775, died 4 mo. 23, 1824, marriea 

 Margaret Tho-rnton ; Mary, born 4 mo. 4, 

 1783, died 8 mo. 31, 1821, married Jesse 

 Knight; Ann, married William Plumly; 

 Joseph, born 4 mo. 10, 1772, died 10 mo, 10, 

 1806, married first Phebe Parry, and (sec- 

 ond) Mary Walmsley. 



Thomas Stackhouse, Jr., second son of 

 Thomas and Hannah (White) Stackhouse. 

 married in 1798, at Byberry Meeting, Su- 

 sanna Parry, born 4 mo. 23, 1777, died 4 

 mo. 8, 1823, daughter of Jonathan and Re- 



