Individual Notes

Note for: Sarah Knittle, 4 JUL 1812 - 10 NOV 1884 Index

Individual Note:
The 1850 lists a Frederick Knittle, 67 and family living adjacent to the Henry Dewald family in Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA. Henry's wife Sarah Knittle is believed to be the granddaughter of Frederick Knittle.

Individual Notes

Note for: John "George" DeWald, 18 DEC 1835 - 25 JAN 1921 Index

Individual Note:
Note: Had been living on Sand Hill, Montoursville and then came to
Halls Station to manage one of the Hall farms (Hartley Hall). The farms
comprised 900 acres and were contracted out to several managers.
He paid $300 a quarter rental and a portion of the crops for his
"proprietership".

John George DeWald was a carpenter, known to have built many large barns in the area.

Individual Notes

Note for: Louisa Frederica Kibler, 15 MAY 1840 - 8 SEP 1919 Index

Alias: Louisa Frederica /Kubler/

Individual Notes

Note for: Ellen Helen DeWald, DEC 1841 - BEF 3 FEB 1916 Index

Burial:
Place: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Hughesville, Lycoming Co., PA

Individual Notes

Note for: Jacob DeWald, ABT 1844 - 21 AUG 1877 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Muncy Cemetery, Lycoming Co., PA

Individual Note:
     Buried in the Muncy Cemetery, Lot A 189 (Map section 8).

Individual Notes

Note for: Henry C. DeWald, 18 AUG 1847 - 16 JAN 1928 Index

Individual Note:
The 1900 Federal Census lists Henry Dewald, 50, b. Aug 1849 and his wife, Sarah M., 44 b. July 1855; living in Moreland Twp., Lycoming Co., PA. They have one daughter, Edith, 19, b. Nov 1880. They have been married 20 years, with their only child living. Henry is a farmer and owns his farm. [June 8, 1900, E.D. 62, Sheet 79A]

Individual Notes

Note for: Johann "Frederick" Knittle, 12 SEP 1782 - BET 1850 AND 1860 Index

Baptism:
     Date:   19 JAN 1782
     Place:   Moselem Union Church, Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA

Alias:   Johann Freidrich /Knittle/

Individual Note:


The 1840 census of Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA lists a Frederick Knittle
Males:
1 - 5 years and under = ?
1 - 15-20 years = William
1 - 20-30 years = Jacob
1 - 40-50 years old = Frederick - head
Females:
1 - 5 years and under = ?
1 - 15-20 years = Elizabeth
1 - 40-50 years = Mary - wife

The 1850 census of Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA lists a Frederick Kenittle, 67 and Mary, 56. Others: Jacob, 38, a laborer; William, 20, laborer; and Elizabeth 28. All born in PA.Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 437B; Image: 509.

Individual Notes

Note for: Jacob Knittle, 12 DEC 1814 - Index

Individual Note:
1860 Federal Census of Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA:
Jacob Knittle: 45 Laborer born in PA
Mary Knittle: 67 no occupation, $50. born in PA (presumably his mother)

1880 Federal Census of Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA
Jacob Knittle: 65 Laborer born in PA, living alone (adjacent to Simon Knittle and family)

Individual Notes

Note for: Johann "Friedrich" Knittle, 17 DEC 1757 - AFT 1835 Index

Baptism:
     Date:   3 JAN 1758
     Place:   Zion Lutheran Church, Moselem, Richmond Township, Berks Co., PA

Alias:   Frederick /Knittle/

Religion:
     Place:   Lutheran

Individual Note:
     Franklin Township, Northumberland Co. (now Columbia Co., ) PA
Settlement in this region began at a later period than in the Catawissa valley. In 1783 John Cleaver, a Quaker from Chester county, visited friends who had located there and decided to purchase a tract on the opposite side of the river. He returned with his family in the spring of the following year, but was deterred from completing his purchase by accounts of a flood the previous winter. The river rose to an unprecedented height, overflowing its banks and compelling families living on the "bottoms" to leave their homes. The Cleavers thereupon settled on the hills above Roaring creek. The Claytons, another family of the same religious preferences, followed them from Chester county to their new homes. At a later period German settlers also made their appearance. Frederick Knittle, from Richmond township, Berks county, located on the Esther furnace road. In 1795 Daniel Knittle became owner of an adjoining tract. John and Peter Mensch located north of Roaring creek, near the river. Michael Hoover settled on the hill road to Danville, and Christian Hartley on the site of Pensyl's mill.
[from: History of Columbia and Montour Counties. Battle, J.H., Chicago: A. Warner, 1887 pp. 270-285. Transcribed by Nathan Zipfel]

Revolutionary War Pension File: S.10952
Document states the he was in the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, Battle of Germantown, October 1777

Pennsylvania Pensioners: 1835
County: Lycoming Co.Name: Frederick Knittle
Rank: Private
Annual Allowance: $33 33
Sums Received: $83 32
Description of service: Pennsylvania militia
When placed on the pension roll: July 15, 1833
Commencement of pension: March 4, 1831
Age: 77

Pension application states that Frederick Knittle's father was Michael Knittle and his brother, Adam Knittle. Michael Knittle was drafted, but Frederick took his place. According to the Pension file, he moved to Catawissa in 1791 and lived there 26 years. He then moved to Muncy Township, Lycoming Co., PA in 1817 and had lived there for 15 years at the time of his pension application.

The 1790 Federal Census of Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA:
Number of Free White Males under 16: 4
Number of Free White Males over 16: 1
Number of Free White Females: 1
Number of Household Members total: 6

1794: Moved to Catawissa

The 1810 Federal Census of Catawissa, Northumberland Co., PA: {Research Note: Columbia County formed from Northumberland in 1813}
Frederick Knittle
Number of Household Members under 16:4
Number of Household Members over 25: 4
Number of Household Members total: 10

1820 Federal Census of Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA.
Frederick Knittle
Free White Persons <16: 3
Free White Males 16-25: 1
Free White Females 16-25: 1
Free White Persons over 25: 3
Free White Person in Household: 8

1830 Federal Census of Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA
Adam Canittle
Free White Males 5-9 years: 2
Free White Males 40-49 years: 1
Free White Males 70-79 years: 1
Free White Females under 5: 1
Free White Females 5-9 years: 1
Free White Females 15-19 years: 1
Free White Females 40-49 years: 1
Free White Females 60-69 years: 1

Individual Notes

Note for: Michael Joseph Knittel, 24 NOV 1733 - 13 JUN 1789 Index

Alias:   Michael Joseph /Gnittel/

Immigration:
     Date:   17 SEP 1753
     Place:   Ship: "Patience" landed in Philadelphia

Religion:
     Place:   Lutheran

Will:
     Date:   JUN 1798
     Place:   Berks Co., PA (Probate date)

Will:
     Date:   9 MAY 1789
     Place:   Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA

Burial:
     Place:   Zion Lutheran Church, Moselem Springs, Richmond Township, Berks Co., PA

Individual Note:
     Index of Wills and Administration Records of Berks Co., PA
1789 KNITTLE, Michael....Michael and Daniel Knittle...Will B 245 and 3 89

The 1800 Federal Census of Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA:
Michael Knittle
Number of Household Members under 16: 4
Number of Household Members over 25: 2
Number of Household Members total: 6

Notes for Michael Joseph Knittel/Knittle:
Michael Joseph Knittel's birth is found : Kirchenbuch, 1558-1893, Schmiden, Neckarkreis. Wuerttemberg,
Germany. Evangelische Kirche Schmiden (OA. Cannstatt) #1055976 1027 Page 12-7. The son of Joseph
Knittel and Maria Magdalena Kauffman. His mother died two days after he was born.
"I found an interesting note from the Pennsylvania Dutch center in Kutztown. It comes from Morton
Montgomery who lived the same time as Michael Knittel(2). When Michael moved to Berks county and
got married there was no church building available. So he when he married Anna Schatz they got married
in a meadow on a warm late fall day on the inside bend of the Schuylkill River. Morton recorded that there
was stock-a-plenty. I think they meant lots of meat with their meal." (From Roger Knittle)