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Capt Nicholas BITTINGER

Capt Nicholas BITTINGER

Male 1725 - 1804  (78 years)

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  • Name Nicholas BITTINGER  [2] 
    • Various spellngs for surname BUDINGER/BEDINGER/BITTINGER/BITTENGER
      Born in "Dorschel" near Strasburg
      He arrived with his parents in Philadelphia PA August 30, 1737 from Rotterdam on the ship "Samuel"
      Nicholas raised a company of York County Pennsylvania Militia at his own expense to fight British.
      Served as a Captain in the Pennsylvania Flying Camp. Captured at the head of his troops in Battle of Fort Washington in New York City. While a POW he survived by making shoes. He was so dibiltated upon his release that although he requested a return to the Patriot Army, he was refused. Nicholas also served on the York County Committee of Observation (1774)
      He has many descendants who are/were members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution, including the submitter who placed the bronze VA marker for him.

      [1]
    Prefix Capt 
    Birth 11 Jun 1725  Durstel, Alsace, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 May 1804  Berwick Township, York Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I104093  Main Tree
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2022 

    Father Hans Adam BUDINGER,   b. 3 Nov 1698, Ottwiller, Alsace, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1769, Berwick Township, York Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Anna Margarette HANKSKNECHT,   b. 30 Dec 1690, Durstel, Alsace, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1750, Berwick Township, York Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 28 Dec 1724  Durstel, Alsace, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F43547  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Christina REINHOLDT,   b. 10 Jun 1728, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1812, Berwick Township, York Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jun 1747  Berwick Township, York Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Anna-Maria BITTINGER,   b. Abt 1761, Berwick Township, York Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1849, Abbottstown, Adams Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F43546  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2022 

  • Headstones
    Capt. Nicholas Bittinger Headstone    		Capt. Nicholas Bittinger Headstone
    Nicholas Bittinger
    CPT 2nd BN PA FLYING CAMP
    REVOLUTIONARY WAR
    JUN 26 1725
    MAY 2 1804

    Photo added by: Star Kline
    Nicholas Bittinger Headstone    		Nicholas Bittinger Headstone
    Nicholas, son of Hans Adam Bedinger and Anna Margretha Hansknecht, is the husband of Maria Christina Reinbolt. He is buried in the Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery in Abbottstown, Adams Co., Pennsylvania.

    Created by: texmexfla
    Photo added by: pat callahan

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S13031] James Earles, The HARMAN Ancestors of Permelia HARMAN.


  

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