Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg and Catharine Schaeffer
Husband Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg 1 2 3 4
Born: 2 Jan 1750 - Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: 4 Jun 1801 5 6 Buried: - Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, Montgomery Co, PA
Father: Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787) 1 2 7 8 9 10 Mother: Anna Maria Weiser (1727-1802) 7 11
Marriage: 15 Oct 1771 6
Wife Catharine Schaeffer 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
1 M Henry William Muhlenberg 6
Born: 1772 6 Christened: Died: 1805 6 Buried:Spouse: Mary Catharine Sheaff ( - ) 6 Marr: 30 Jul 1795 6
2 F Maria Catharine Muhlenberg 2 6 12
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Sylvester Hiester (1774-1849) 2 6 13
3 F Elizabeth Muhlenberg 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Mifflin Irwin ( - ) 6
4 F Margaret Muhlenberg 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Jacob Sperry ( - ) 6
5 F Anna Catharine Muhlenberg 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: George Sheaff ( - ) 6
6 M Frederick Muhlenberg 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
7 M John Peter David Muhlenberg 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Rachael Evans ( - ) 6
General Notes: Husband - Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg
He was trained in Halle, Germany, for the ministry. Ordained in 1770 and served churches in New Jersey, Lebanon and Lancaster counties, Pennsylvania, (with his home at Schaefferstown), and in New York city to the outbreak of the Revolutionary war, when he relinquished the ministry for political.
He was educated at the University of Halle, Germany, where on account of his scholarship he was presented with a snuff box by Frederick the Great of Prussia.
He came to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, shortly before the Revolution. "Animated by a warm attachment to the Revolution, and by a corresponding zeal for the great Republican institutions of his country, he acquired the confidence of his fellow-citizens. By their suffrages he was repeatedly called to aid in the councils of Independent America, and as further testimonies of their respect for his character he was promoted to stations of great dignity, both in the National Legislature and that of Pennsylvania. A large portion of his life was employed in the public service."
He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1779, and Speaker of the First Congress, 1789, and Third Congress in 1793.
After Rev. Muhlenberg quit his post as pastor in New York city, for the political arena in 1776, he was elected to a seat in Congress from Pennsylvania. He was also elected to the state Legislature in 1780, and chosen its speaker, continuing three terms. Next he filled a place on the board of censors as its president. Then followed the state's ratification of the national constitution, in which Mr. Muhlenberg again was chosen to preside, his brother, Peter, as vice president. It was ratified by Pennsylvania largely through the influence of the two Muhlenbergs. Both the Muhlenbergs were chosen, under its authority to the first United States Congress. Frederick by the Anti-Federal party and Peter on the Federal ticket. He was re-elected to Congress three times. In 1799, Gov. Mifflin appointed him collector general of the Pennsylvania land office and he took up his residence at Lancaster, where the seat of state government was then located.
John Adams had this to say of both Frederick and Peter Muhlenberg; "These two Germans, who had been long in public affairs and in high office, were the great leaders and oracles of the whole German interest in Pennsylvania and the neighboring states. The Muhlenbergs turned the whole body of the Germans, great numbers of the Irish, and many of the English, and in this manner introduced the total change that followed in both houses of the Legislature, and in all the executive departments of the national government. Upon such slender threads did our elections then depend."
He left a wife and six children, who in later years removed from Lancaster.
The Rev. William Augustus Muhlenberg, several years rector of St. James' Episcopal Church, of Lancaster, was a grandson.
General Notes: Wife - Catharine Schaeffer
from Philadelphia, PA
Notes: Marriage
On their wedding trip-via Reading and Womelsdorf to Schaefferstown-he rode on horseback while she rode in the stagecoach, which was too crowded on this trip to accommodate both.
1 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 366.
2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 569.
3 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1884), Pg 1064.
4 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 133.
5 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 367.
6 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 134.
7 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 403.
8 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1884), Pg 1063.
9 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 358, 514.
10 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 132.
11 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 122.
12 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 559.
13
Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 525, 559.
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