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Bernard Hersperger

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Birth	:	13 Nov 1735 Sissach, Bezirk Sissach, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Death	:	22 Sep 1798 Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Burial	:	Jefferson Reformed Cemetery, Jefferson, Frederick County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.3624725, -77.5356369
Inscription	:	In Memory Of BERNARD HERSPERGER 1798 DONOR OF GROUND AND ENTRANCE _____ HENRY HERSPERGER 1760 – 1812 CATHARINE HIS WIFE 1762 – 1824 _____ HERSPERGER
Description	:	Bernard Hersperger was born in Sissach, now in Basel-Landschaft Canton, Switzerland. He married the widow Elizabeth Wurtz (née Nebiger) on 11 December 1759 in Switzerland. The couple, with their six children (plus Elizabeth's daughter from her first marriage) immigrated to Pennsylvania Colony in 1772. Bernard Hersperger later bought and settled on land in Frederick County, Maryland. Bernard Hersperger was a member of Frederick County's Observation Committee, a patriot body that monitored compliance with the boycott of British merchandise. Bernard Hersperger left a will dated 11 June 1798 in Frederick County. He died reportedly on 22... Read More	Bernard Hersperger was born in Sissach, now in Basel-Landschaft Canton, Switzerland. He married the widow Elizabeth Wurtz (née Nebiger) on 11 December 1759 in Switzerland. The couple, with their six children (plus Elizabeth's daughter from her first marriage) immigrated to Pennsylvania Colony in 1772. Bernard Hersperger later bought and settled on land in Frederick County, Maryland. Bernard Hersperger was a member of Frederick County's Observation Committee, a patriot body that monitored compliance with the boycott of British merchandise. Bernard Hersperger left a will dated 11 June 1798 in Frederick County. He died reportedly on 22 September 1798. "BERNARD HERSHBERGER [...] was a native of Germany and brought his wife and family with him when he came to America, but how many children he had and what were their names cannot be ascertained, nor is it known whether they landed at New York or at Baltimore. It is certain, however, that they came in 1798 [sic], and they brought money with them, for it is stated that Bernard, and his little son Henry, had money in their belts. Bernard Hershberger bought 160 acres of land in what is now Frederick County, and on a part of this land the town of Jefferson was laid out by him, and called New Town. By Act of the Legislature, 1832, it was named Jefferson. His whole life was spent in cultivating and improving the land which he had purchased. He owned a large number of slaves, but he could not believe that such a traffic or ownership was right and just; he therefore set all his slaves free some time before the war of 1812. Bernard Hershberger had several sons and four daughters, three of whom married men by the name of Kemp. [...] Bernard Hershberger gave one acre of to be used as a cemetery, and after deeding portion to each of his daughters, he left remainder of his land to his son, Henry." (Thomas J. C. Williams and Folger McKinsey, History of Frederick County, Maryland: From the Earliest Settlements to the Beginning of the War Between the States, vol. 2, ([Frederick, Maryland]: L. R. Titsworth & Co., 1910), p. 1595.) Bernard Hersperger on 26 Jun 1798 transferred (for a nominal fee) lots in Jefferson, Maryland, to his children. Daughters Eve, Mary (May), Elizabeth (Young), Dorothy (Kemp), and Barbary (Kemp) received lots 23 to 27, respectively. Son Henry received lot 29. (Millard Milburn Rice, New Facts and Old Families (Redwood City, California: Monocacy Book Co., 1976), p. 29.) Great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of current custodian. Reviewed 16 May 2020.

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Bernard Hersperger's memorial is located at: Jefferson Reformed Cemetery, Jefferson, Frederick County, USA.
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Bernard Hersperger death on 22 Sep 1798 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA
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Latitude: 39.3624725
Longitude: -77.5356369

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