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hood; Martha A., Emma; Caroline; Wil- 

 lielmina, who died in infancy; and H. 

 Amelia, who died June 25, 1901. 



Martha A. married Joshua Maris, and 

 .had three daughters: Bertha H., who 

 died in 1891; Dela H.; and Elma H. 

 Caroline married Samuel W. Throp and 

 had three children: Helen A., who died 

 in infancy; Russel R. and Ethel N. 



Mary E. married Edward N. Ely, and 

 had one son, Howell, who died in in- 

 fancy, and two daughters: Carrie Howell 

 and Harriet Sandoz; Carrie Howell, who 

 married William Stanley r\IacLewee, 

 has one daughter, Dorothy. Harriet 

 Sandoz married George K. Robinson. 



Edward N. Ely died June 13, 1899. 

 The homestead, now known as "Alaple- 

 wolde," is cccupied by Mary E. (Howell) 

 Ely, her daughters, and their families. 



HARRINGTON B. ROSENBERGER, 

 of Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 was born in Hilltown township, Bucks 

 county, October 27, 1869, and is a son of 

 Isaac R. and Harriet (Brunner) Rosen- 

 berger, of Colmar, Montgomery county, 

 Pennsylvania. The pioneer ancestor of the 

 subject of this sketch was Henry Rosen- 

 berger, who came to Pennsylvania from 

 Zweibrucken, Germany, about the end of the 

 first quarter of the eighteenth century, and 

 settled in Indian Creek Valley, Montgom- 

 ery county, then Philadelphia county. He 

 purchased a farm in what is now Fran- 

 conia township in 1729, and died there, 

 date unknown. He was of the Mennonite 

 faith, and without doubt left the father- 

 land i'n search of religious freedom denied 

 him there. The first Mennonite meeting 

 house of Franconia was erected on a part 

 •of his plantation, and his youngest son. Rev. 

 Henry Rosenberger, was a minister there 

 for many years. He married before com- 

 ing to America and most of his children 

 were born in the Fatherland. He had at 

 least four sons, Daniel, Benjamin, John and 

 Henry, all of whom have numerous de- 

 scendants in Bucks county. Daniel, John and 

 Benjamin settled in Hatfield township, 

 near the line 'of Bucks county, at Line Lex- 

 ington. The original plantation of Henry 

 Rosenberger in Franconia still remains in 

 the tenure of his descendants by the name 

 of Swartley, two of the daughters of Rev. 

 Henry, who inherited the homestead, hav- 

 ing married two of the pioneer ancestors of 

 that family. 



Daniel Rosenberger, probably the eldest 

 son of Henry, the pioneer, was born in Ger- 

 many in 1715, and accompanied his parents 

 to Pennsylvania. In 1740 he purchased a 

 farm in Hatfield, and later purchased addi- 

 tional land adjoining. He died there in 

 September, 1771. His wife's name was 

 Fronica, maiden name unknown, and their 

 -children were, David, Isaac, Ann and Mary. 



Isaac Rosenberger, second son of Daniel 



and Fronica, born in Hatfield, November 

 30, 1751,. inherited from his father 160 acres 

 in Hatfield, and subsequently purchased 

 considerable other land there and m Bucks 

 county. In 1790 he purchased 100 acres 

 in Hilltown township, Bucks county, wnicn 

 he conveyed to his son Henry in 1803, and 

 it is still in the tenure of the descendants 

 of the latter. Isaac Rosenberger died July 

 30, 1830. He married Christiana, an adopt- 

 ed daughter of Rev. John Funk, of Hatfield, 

 and their children were: Henry, of Hill- 

 town, born October i, 1775; Jacob, who 

 married Catharine Rickert, and settled in 

 Hilltown; Isaac, Jr.; Ann, who married a 

 Swenk, of Bedminster; and Elizabeth, who 

 married Henry Wireman, of New Britain, 

 Bucks county. 



Isaac Rosenberger, Jr., son of Isaac and 

 Christiana, born 17S2, on his marriage in 

 1806 settled on a farm in Horsham town- 

 ship, where he resided until 1833, when he 

 purchased the old homestead in Hatfield and 

 spent his remaining days there. He died 

 May I, 1853. He married Susan Detweiler, 

 and they were the parents of eight children; 

 Martin, who lived on the Hatfield home- 

 stead until 1833, and then located on a farm 

 on Broad street, Hilltown township; Isaac 

 D., of North Wales; Joseph, see forward; 

 William, who died m Philadelphia; John; 

 Elizabeth, who married (first) John Eckert, 

 and (second) Alichael Snyder; Sarah, wife 

 wife of Jacob Ruth-; and Mary, who mar- 

 ried Michael Snyder. 



Joseph Rosenberger, son of Isaac and 

 Susan (Detweiler) Rosenberger, born in 

 Hatfield, Montgomery county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, September 15, 181 1, settled early in 

 lite in Hilltown where he was a farmer, 

 merchant and lumber dealer, being the pro- 

 prietor of a store and lumber yard at Mt. 

 Pleasant for many years. He was prom- 

 inently identified with the affairs of the 

 community in which he lived, and was one 

 of the well known and popular men always 

 looked up to, loved and respected by all 

 who knew him. He served as justice of the 

 peace, and was one of the directors of the 

 Doylestown National Bank for many years, 

 prior to his death, March 31, 1877. He mar- 

 ried Mary Ruth, born February 4, 1815, 

 daughter of Henry Ruth, of New Britain. 

 She died July i, 1881. They were the pa- 

 rents of ten children, seven of whom lived 

 to maturity, viz. ; Susanna, wife of Henry 

 Alderfer, of Hilltown ; Emeline, married 

 (first) Abraham Hunsberger and (second) 

 William Souder ; Anna Mary, wife of Mah- 

 lon Myers, of Perkasie ; Isaac R., see for- 

 ward ; Joel, who married Sarah Moyer, 

 daughter of Dr. Joseph Moyer, removed to 

 Philadelphia ; Elizabeth, wife of Edwin 

 Jones, of Newtown, Bucks county ; Charles 

 R., of Colmar ; who married Amada Fluck, 

 of Hilltown. 



Isaac R. Rosenberger, the father of the 

 subject of this sketch, was born at Hill- 

 town, July 15, 1846, and acquired his edu- 



