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Personal data Peter Flickinger Rev. 

• He was born on August 13, 1730 in Rorbach, Huttwil, Bern, Switzerland.
• Emigrated in the year 1753, From DEU to PA.
• Occupations:
• Shoemaker.
• Farmer.
• He died on September 10, 1807 in near Sunbury East Buffalo Twp, Northumberland Co, PA, he was 77 years old.
• He is buried in the year 1807 in East Buffalo Twp, Perry Co (now Union Co), PA.
• A child of Hans Ulrich Flickinger and Lucia Reinhart

Household of Peter Flickinger Rev.

He is married to Mary Magdelena Derr (Durr).

They got married in the year 1755 at Berks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten, he was 24 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Christian flickinger  1756-1816 
2. Jacob Derr Flickinger  1758-1820 
3. John Flickinger  1761-1800
4. Peter Philip Flickinger  1762-1853 
5. Maria Magdalena Flickinger  1764-1835
6. Mary Magdalena Flickner FLICKINGER  1764-1835
7. Henry Derr Flickinger  1765-1853 
8. Hannah Feylenger(Flickinger)  1767-1808
9. Hannah Feylenger(Flickinger)  1767-1808
10. Elizabeth Flickinger  1768-????
11. George FLICKINGER  1771-1806 

Notes about Peter Flickinger Rev.

Peter Flickinger, ancestor of the Flickinger Family, immigrant, enrolled at Rotterdam in Holland, coming from the Palatinate in Germany, arrived at the age of 23 years in Philadelphia, PA, on September 14, 1753, on the ship Edinburgh, James Russel, Captain. For a time he was in the valley of the Schuylkill River near Pottstown, PA, but settled on the frontier in the vicinity of Reading, Berks County. There he married Mollie Derr, who died in 1811. Peter became a farmer. Later he moved to East Buffalo Township, near Lewisburg in Northumberland, now Union County.

 

Military Service: 14 MAY 1778 2nd Battallion Militia,Pa. Note: Listed on General Muster Roll of May 14,1778 for 2nd Battallion Militia in the 4th company with his brother George,and Jacob.

 

The following notes are from notes taken by Mary Alice Flickinger Hughes secured from THE FLICKINGER FAMILIES IN AMERICA book published in 1927, Des Moines, Iowa, by the Reverand Robert Elliott Flickinger."Peter Flickinger was in Berk County Militia, Revolutionary War, PA Archives. He was a Palatine from Germany. Took the Oath of Allegiance in Philadelphia 14 September 1753. Came to America on the English Ship Edinsborough, captained by James Russell, 14 September 1753. Peter was enrolled in the Netherlands as a Palatine, a resident of the Rhine, Palatinate in Bavaria between Alsace-Lorraine and the Rhine in the Southwest part of Germany. His ship record in Hucke-Strassburg Ships listed Vol. 2, page 628, Col. 3, 23rd name down.The father of the Wonderly children (see marriages of Peter Phillip and Elizabeth) on the same boat with Peter. There was also a Johann or John Christian Dorr (Derr) on the same boat. Author believes him to be a Mary's (Peter's wife) father but no proof as yet. Peter and Wonderly in boating business between Reading and Philadelphia, but the Revolutionary War put them out of business. "Further Info from internet:

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Name: Peter Flickinger Sex: M Birth: 13 AUG 1730 in Rhine Palatinate, Bavaria (LDS-Switzerland) Death: 10 SEP 1807 in Lewisburg-Sunbury (Buffalo Cross Roads),Union Co., PA Reference Number: 12607 Note: Notes from FTM Vol 24 #0836Tree Name: Flickinger, Ehrlich, LaubhanAccording to the printed archives of the colony of Pennsylvania, he was enrolled at Rotterdam in Holland as a Palatine (a resident of the Rhine Palatinate in Bavaria, between Alsace-Lorraine and the Rhine, this being in the southwest part of Germany). This was one of the localities boldly and vigorously pressed by Luther in the 16th century.Peter sailed on the Edinburg, an English vessel with James Russell as Captain, and it's last stop before the shores of the colonies was Portsmouth, on the south coast of England.Peter arrived at Philadelphia and took the Oath of Allegiance Sept. 4, 1753. This was six years before the French Indian Wars and 23 years before the Declaration of Independence.Peter lived along the Schuylkill River, near Reading or Pottstown. While Peter lived in Berks Co., PA, he engaged in boating between Reading and Philadelphia. John Wonderlich (Wonderly), who came with him to this country was his assistant in this boat traffic business.The public records indicate that in 1768, Peter entered for settlement a tract of land in union Township, Berks Co., PA He was living along the Susquehanna during the winter 1777 when the British army invaded Eastern PA The British army defeated the smaller army of George Washington at Brandywine Creek and Germantown, causing the Continental Congress to withdraw from Philadelphia to Lancaster.Peter's losses from the war proved irreparable. They put an end to his boat business along the Schuylkill River and his investments became worthless as were the bills of credit. Evidently he also lost the tract of land in Berks Co., PAPeter married Mary Derr (Dehr/Dare) and they migrated to the new frontier west of the Susquehanna, then protected from the Indians by the garrison at Ft. Augusta in Northumberland co. (later known as Buffalo Twp., Union co., in the vicinity of Sunbury). They were too advanced in years to regain their lost fortune. It is said that Peter had a habit of looking on the bright side and made the best of any situation. He spent the rest of his days on the new frontier a short distance northwest of Sunbury, in Northumber- land Co. PA until he died at the age of 77 in 1807. He was one of the first settlers in Buffalo Twp. to receive the rite of Christian burial.Cynthia Lynn Chapman Law's DAR application lists Peter (the Immigrant)'s birth place as Alsace-Lorraine. and states that he served as a private in Capt. John Robinson's Co. in October 1781, County of Berks, PA. He is also on the Depreciation Pay List of Berks Co. Militia, 5th series Vol. 4 pg 258 Union Twp, 1779, 3rd series Vol. 18. He came on the ship Edinburg - see Strassburger's Emigrants, page 524. (This would make him 51 years old when he was in the service!)

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