Treatise on Roudabush

This is a treatise on “THE RAUDENBUSCH FAMILY” originally by John Robert Swank with annotations and additions as I have found more information. As with my other pages, the number preceding the name is the generation removed from the original researched ancestor; so for example I am the 11th generation removed from Johann Raudenbusch:

The original settlers of the Raudenbusch family:

1. Johann Raudenbusch was among the Palatines who went to England in June of 1709. At that time, his age was listed as 30 (so born c. 1679); he was a Lutheran; and his occupation was husbandman or vine-dresser. His wife and a daughter, age three, accompanied him to England. By the time his wife had settled along the Hudson river in New York in 1710, Johann had died. nothing more is known about this family.

2. Hans George Raudenbusch, generally referred to simply as “George”, was born May 27, 1699 and died August 17, 1783. It would appear that he was from the County of Sinsheim in Germany which lies southeast of Heidelberg. Very often those Palatines who arrived on the same ship came from the same area. Among the passengers on the William and Mary with George was the Rev. George Michael Weiss, V.D.M., who was from Eppingen, which is situated ten miles from the County of Sinsheim. It is known that the party he headed aboard the William and Mary contained at least a few that were from that county. Among these were Hans Ernst Rudi, Johann Dietrich Rudi and Hans George Hertzel. The Rev. Weiss was the founding pastor of the New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church in what is now East Greenville, Penns. George Raudenbusch was a member of that church.

By 1734, George was the owner of 150 acres in Hanover Township in Philadelphia County. This land was warranted to him in 1740, and George lived out the remainder of his days there. This farm is now in Upper Hanover Township of Montgomery County. George was naturalized on September 22, l764.

George had been accompanied on the ship William and Mary by his wife, Margaretha ( her maiden name is unknown). She was born September 28, 1702 and died November 24, 1776, both are buried in the New Goshenhoppen cemetery in East Greenville, Pennsylvania.

3. Peter Raudenbusch arrived in Philadelphia on September 30, 1732 aboard the Ship Dragon. He was warranted 100 acres in Bucks County in 1738. It appears possible that his wife was the Eve Roudebush who was warranted 50 acres in Bucks County in 1744, that Peter died before 1744, and that he died without issue. These land warrants were from William Penn. It is also possible that he is the Peter Raudenbush whose death on October 13, 1759 is recorded in the Journal of David Schultze, although this reference has not been seen personally. There would appear to be a close relationship between Peter and George (#2), since a Peter Raudenbusch was the witness to the baptism of George’s son, Peter, at the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge in 1733.

4. Heinrich Raudenbusch: (my relative) There would also appear to be a close relationship between Peter and Heinrich (or Henry), since both arrived on the Ship Dragon in 1732. Henry, however, settled in the southern part of Pennsylvania which was then Lancaster County, but the farm on which he settled later was in York County, and is now in Adams County. A warranty was issued to Henry for 150 acres along the Great Conawago Creek in 1743, and a patent for 200 acres in 1750.

It would appear that part of Henry’s reasons for settling where he did were religious in nature. Henry was a member of the Church of the Brethren (German Baptist or Dunkard), and one of the first churches of that denomination in America was established around 1741, also near the Great Conawago Creek,. Henry was one of the founding members. This congregation still exists and is known today (1970) as “Mummert’s Meeting House.” All of the records of this congregation prior to
the 1880s were burned in a fire in the home of the then secretary of the congregation. It is possible that Henry and other members of his family are buried in the church yard there, but a trip through the church yard did not reveal any Raudenbusch head stones. There is an area that I believe is where Henry is buried, but there are no records of location- just other stones nearby such as Peter Deardorff who were contemporaries of Henry. The meeting house is within walking distance of Henry’s farm, and both farm and meeting house are three or four miles from East Berlin, Penna.

Henry was active in that area of Pennsylvania being Constable in 1757, Supervisor of Highways in 1761, and Overseer of the Poor in 1768. He was naturalized July 20, 1765. Probably because of the dictates of conscience, being a member of the Church of the Brethren which held against oaths and war, Henry would not take the Oath of Fidelity to the new American government during the War of the Revolution (around 1780). Neither would his sons Jacob, Michael, and Henry, although it will be noted later that both Michael and Henry, and possibly Jacob, were members of either the militia or Continental Line after Henry’s death. In his will, Henry gave only one sterling shilling to each of his sons, John, Solomon, and Daniel because, in his words, they “always (were) Disobedient (children) and hurt me greatly.” It is known that Daniel was an Associator who took the oath of fidelity and support to the new government before Henry died, that John became a member of the Reformed Church before Henry’s death, at least for a time, and it is interesting to speculate whether it was John’s, Solomon’s, and Daniel’s active support of the Constitutional government and disregard for Henry’s religious views which caused him to disinherit them.

Henry resided in Berwick Township (now Hamilton Township) in York (Adams) County for the rest of his life. What appears to be the foundation of his homestead stands near a pond at the rear of the two farm houses now owned (1970) by Lloyd Swope and his son- although with the advent of satellite photography and Henry’s original land deed, his original farm may be further west than originally thought.

Henry died in 1784, and his wife, Anna Mary (maiden name unknown), lived with their son, Michael, on his original plantation after Henry’s death. Anna Mary died in 1786.

5. Isaac Raudenbusch arrived in Philadelphia on the Ship Pleasant on October 11, 1732. He was listed as 27 years of age then, so he was born c. 1705. In 1738, he was warranted 200 acres in Lancaster County, about 2 miles from the Little Conawago creek in Dover Township.

On April 18, 1740, he married Magdalene Frey at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church on the Codorus Crock at the site of York, Penna. His wife’s maiden name had been Maria Magdalena Willheut, and she had been first married to Martin Frey (or Fry) at Christ Church in April of l735. Isaac was a member of the Reformed Church, his name appearing among the signers of a resolution passed by the members of the First Reformed Church of York on March 17, 1745.

Isaac died before July 6, 1759 without issue. By that date, his widow had married again to Henry Julius, and these two deeded Issac’s land to Godfrey, an apparent relative of Mary Magdalene, at least through her first marriage. Godfrey had purchased the land from Isaac himself.

6. Maria Drusiana Raudenbusch: It is not known when this person came to America, or if she was indeed an immigrant. She may have been the widow or daughter of Ulrich (#7) below. On March 27, 1759 shc married Joseph David Triessler at Lancaster, the Rev. John Casper Stoever officiating. Those two had issue and were members of Trinity Lutheran church in Lancaster.

7. Ulrich Raudenbusch arrived at Philadelphia on October 30,1738 aboard the Ship Elizabeth when
he was 24 years old (so born c. 1714). His wife’s name was either Anna Catherine (nee Ehrlich) or Anna

Drusilla (nee Cass). The records confuse the name. They settled in Lancaster County, but nothing more is known of this couple.

8. Johann Adam Raudenbusch arrived in Philadelphia aboard the ship Friendship on November 2, 1744. It is possible that he is the “Adam Roudenbush” who bought property in Augusta County, Virginia on March 24, 1764, but nothing more is known about him.

9. Engel Raudenbusch arrived November 15, 1803 aboard the ship Favorite. Nothing more is known about him.

Han Heinrich Raudenbusch’s Will

Immigrant’s surname: RAUDENBUSCH
Immigrant’s given name(s): Hans Heinrich (Henry)
Ship name: Dragon
U.S. arrival date: 30 SEP 1732
Port: Philadelphia, PA
Place of origin: Steinsfurt, Germany
Source: German passport
Notes: Born 6 JAN 1712, Steinsfurt, Germany. Bapt. Steinsfurt Reformed KB, Germany.
Confirmed 1729. Lived in York County, PA, died 1784, York County, PA
Married Anna Mary ?, b. ?, d. 1786
Child: Michael Roudebush, b. 21 NOV 1753, York County, PA, moved to Bedford County, PA
d. circa 1833, m. (1) Juliana (Bigler?), m. (2) Margaret (Kenney?)

(Spellings as in the original)
Henry’s Will

In the Name of God Amen. I, Henry Rautenbush of Barwick Township in the County of York in Pennsylvania. Farmer being weak in Body do of sound and Disposing Mind Memory and Understanding and considering the many accidents and causelties that attend and will at length and this Mortal life do make and declare this my last Will and Testament first and Principally Recommending my Immortal Spirit into the hands of my great Creator trusting threw the Merits of my Blessed Savior for Pardon and Remission of all by Sins and happy admission into the Region of Bless and Immortality and as to such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me I give and dispose of the same in manner following.

Imprimis I Will order and direct that all my Just debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon as convenient may be after my decease by my Executors herein after named Item I give and devise to my loving Wife Anna Mary the sum of Twenty Pounds my Bed and Bedstead and what is thereto belonging and also the Bed and Bedstead which she brought to me and her Chest and Spining wheel two washing tubs a buckit and bread tray a brass kittle two Iron pots a frying pan and skillit one pewter bason one earthen ditto six pewter plates and twelve spoons one Iron ladle & skamer of coffee can and tea cups two chairs a blble and two hime books a watering pot and all the Flax and Toe yarn and all the flax and toe not spun and two good bags and five yards of hemp linen ten bushels of wheat and five bushels of rice and all the bacon I have and my bees one peck of salt two cows which she shall chuse three sheep and two hogs. further I Will and reserve a yearly reservation for my wife during as long as she is my widow to live along with my Son Michael on the Plantation in Peace but if in case they should not agree to live together that then my son Michael shall bould and erect a good warm dwelling house sufficient for my wife to live in and give to her yearly thirty bushels of good clean wheat fifteen bushels of good clean rice five bushels of Indian corn and five bushels of buckwheat and Soe an half an acre of good ground with flaxseed and the half of the Pardades and cabage patch kept in good repair and made ready for planting and the half of the garden well dunged and firewood cut and hauld ready to the door sufficient for her use and all the apples of the little orchard before the house and also part of the pears while they last and stableing for her cows and sheep sufficient in winter and the fourth part of all the hay which shall grow on the Meadows hauld and put on her stable in drye and straw for her use and her cows and sheep to run along with his in Pasture in Sumer all the said yearly reservation to stand as long as she remains my widow but is she shall marry again then she shall move off and be satisfied with the above device it is my will that the rest of my Estate shall be divided amongst my children as follows, I give and devise to my first born son Jon one shilling sterling for his portion because he always was a disobedient child and hurt me greatly and I also give and devise to my sone Solomon one shilling sterling for the like cause and I also give and devise to my son Daniel on shilling sterling for the like cause I also give and bequesth unto my son Michael and his assigns all my Platation with a wagon and windmill a house clock and kitchen cobard for which my said son shall pay six hundred pounds lawfull money as follows Two years after my decease he shall pay to my son Henry fifty pounds and one year after to my son Jacob fifty pounds and one year after to the six children of my son John Born by Molly Keller in equal share the sum of Fifty pounds to diveded amongst them and one year after to my Daughter Elizbeth the sum of fifty pounds and one year after to my daughter Caty the wife of Christain Grove Fifty pounds and one year after to my daughter Ester Fifty pounds and one year after Caty the wife of Christain Grove Fifty pounds and the year after to my son Henry Fifty pounds and the yea. after to my Son Jacob Fifty pounds and the year after to my daughter Ester fifty pounds, further is my will that all the rest of my personal estate shall be qually divided amongst my three sons Henry Michael and Jacob and my three daughters Caty, Elizabeth and Easter and also one share to euqally divided to the aforesaid six children of my son John and lastly I nominate and appoint my trusty friends Samuel Arnol and Peter Deardorf whle and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revokin and making null and void to all other will or wills by me heretofore made declaring this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.

His Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Henry X Rautenbush(SEal)
Declared by the said Testator as and for Mark
his last Will and Testament in the presents of
us who have subscribed our names as witnesses
thereto in the presence and request of said testator on the fifth day of
February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty
Jonas Wolfe
Henry Deafdorf
His
John George X Ocks
MARK

Additional notes on Henry Raudenbusch:

“About 1745 George Adam Martin was married to Mary Knepper, the daughter of Wilhelm and Veronica Bloom Knepper. He apparently had intentions of settling permanently in the Big Conewago Congregation since he received a land warrant for 100 acres in Berwick Township (January 30, 1749). By Sept, 25, 1750, this land, which had been acquired from Philip Hartman (1725-1809), was transferred to George Hoke. The land adjoined acreages of Henry Jacobs, Henry Raudenbusch and “Fraickes” (Veronica?) Knepper.”

“Early church records do not exist to show who assisted him [George Brown] in his ministry to this growing church. Cemetery and brotherhood records do exist to confirm that Elder George Brown had a number of assistants in his scattered church district. One of these assistants was Henry Raudenbush ( -1784) who lived in Berwick (Hamilton) Township. An early records shows that a Michael ( – ) and Julianna Rautenbush ( – ) received a grant of land from the Penn family in Berwick Township on October 25, 1750. This land was later sold to Anthony Deardorff by the Rautenbush family.

Henry Rautenbush ( -1784), who was married to Anna Mary ( – ), resided in Hamilton Township. On Aug. 4, 1767, he acquired 116 acres of land. According to the will, which was filed on March 25, 1784, the children of this family were: John, Solomon, Daniel, Henry, Jacob, Michael, Elizabeth, who married John Baker, Caty, who married Christian Grove, and Esther. In 1763, Henry Raudenbush was a member of the Special Annual Meeting which convened in the White Oak settlement of the Connestoga Congregation in Lancaster County.”

Membership of the Big Conewago Congregation’s book in 1770 includes- Henry Raudibush and wife Anna Mary.

“Elder Henry Rautenbush died before the Annual Meeting convened along the Big Conewago in 1785. He lived on land which later became the farm of George Brown. Land which had been surveyed to Henry Rautenbush was owned by Samuel Deardorff in 1809 in Berwick Township. The will of Elder Rautenbush was probated on March 25, 1784.”

Second Generation Immigrants to America

20A. Maria Margaretha Raudenbusch was born c. 1731, having been baptized at the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge September 21, 1731. She appears to have married Conrad Harpel since the latter was named the executor of her brother, Peter’s will, and Conrad is called Peter’s brother- in-law in the will .

20. Peter Raudenbush, since he was baptized at the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge on May 20, 1733, was born c. 1733. He must have married rather late in life because his wife, Sarah (nee Himmelwright), was born May 29, 1783, fifty years junior to Peter, and died October 28, 1856. After Peter’s death in 1803, she married a second time to the Reverend John George Roeller, a Lutheran minister, on June 18, 1805. This latter person had been widowed on July 31, 1803, having been first married to Magdalena Wembend. Peter and Sarah lived in Springfield Township, Bucks county, where he operated a farm. He died between August 7, 1803 and November 24, 1803. In his will he appointed his father-in-law, Joseph Himmelwright, as guardian of his only child, William, and his brother-in-law, Conrad Harpel, as executor.

21. George M. Roudenbush: I have tentatively placed his birth as c. 1735 since he was confirmed
at Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge between 1748 and 1758. He was warranted 400 acres in Northampton County in 1752, and was taxed in Salisbury Township of Northampton County from at least 1785 to 1788 for 200 acres. In the Revolutionary War, he served as a captain of seventeen men in George Brinigh’s Battalion of Northampton County Militia from May of 1777 to May of 1778. Later, from 1781 to 1783, he served in Jacob Clater’s company of the Third Battalion of Northampton County Militia. After the war, in 1784, he ran for office as Northampton County Coroner, but was defeated. In 1789, George Raudenbush of Salisbury Township, Northampton County, bought land in Lower Saucon Township of Northampton County from John Smith of Springfield Township, Bucks County. A John Smith was a witness to the will of Peter Raudenbush (#20) of Springfield Township book lists a transaction in which he was paid two shillings for mending shoes. Jeremiah’s will, dated April 13, 1797 and proved March 25, 1805, leaves the homestead part of the farm to the south and east of the original, and containing 130 acres, to his son, George. His wife, Margaret, was to live in the homestead with George after Jeremiah’s death. Peter was given the north and western part of the original farm containing 48 acres. Margaret’s will was proved December 11, 1820.

23. Michael Raudenbush was baptized October 17, 1746; but, since his brother, David, and his sister, Johanna, were also baptized on the same date, it is not certain what year he was born. I have estimated the year of his birth to be 1737, since he married Anna Maria Hoffman August 10, 1756. He was admitted to Holy Communion at the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge between the years 1748 and 1758. He worked for David Shultze for five years, 1751 to 1756, and by 1769 he owned a 200 acre farm in Upper Hanover Township, and continued to be taxed there through 1783. He continued to live there all his life since his wills states that he is a yeoman of upper Hanover Township. Although at one point he is listed as a Non-Associator during the Revolutionary War, in 1780 he served in the Upper Hanover Militia. He died in 1799. His will, dated April 20, 1798, was proved February 25, 1799.

23A. Catarina Raudenbush was born August 9, 1741 and died October 15, 1822. She was buried at the Tohicken Reformed church. She was the sponsor for her brother, Michael’s son, Heinrich. She apparently never married because the 1790 Pennsylvania census finds her living alone in Montgomery County, probably in Upper Hanover Township. (The census lists her in “remainder of County.”)

23B. Anna Margretha Raudenbush married Antoni Hamfer between the years 1747 and 1758 (at the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge) Nothing more is known about her, and it is not even certain that she is indeed George’s daughter. I have estimated the year of her birth to be 1742.

23C Johanna Raudenbush was baptized at the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge October 17, 1746. I have estimated the year of her birth to be 1744, but nothing more is known about her.

24. Daniel Raudenbush was baptized October 17, 1746 with Michael and Johanna, but nothing more is known about him. I have estimated his year of birth as 1746.

25. David Raudenbush was admitted to holy Communion at the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge between the year; 1748 and 1758, and it is estimated that his year of birth was 1748. This appears to be the same David, who, around 1779, began farming in Alsace Township of Berks County. He is not listed in the tax returns for Alsace Town ship prior to 1779, but we do find him taxed thereafter through 1785 in that township. The census of 1790 still shows him living there but the 1800 and 1810 census list his residence as Reading.

Children of Heinrich (Henry)Raudenbusch, #4

40. John Ruebush: It is estimated that John Ruebush (the spelling used by most of his descendants) was born about l735, using his wife’s date of birth as a criterion. In his father’s will, he is called the oldest son. He married Anna Marie Keller, who was known as “Mollie”. Mollie’s father may have been the John Keller who arrived on the Ship Princess Augustis on September 16, 1736, but this has not been verified. John was a farmer and miller. He and his wife settled near Hagerstown, Maryland. In the Proceedings of the Committee of Observation for Elizabeth Town District, Washington County”, he is listed on page 240 as applying for a licensing suit on September 18, 1775. John died in I787. The tradition is that John drowned. On May 27, 1788, Michael, John’s brother, was appointed guardian of three of John’s children: Margaret, Susannah and George. Mollie remained in Maryland for a time. The 1790 Maryland census lists Mary Roudebush living with a male under 16 and another female, probably her children, in Washington County. In 1792, however, she reconveyed her land in Maryland back to Jonathan Hager. She then went to Rockingham County, Virginia, and scttled near Frieden’s Reformed Church, which is about three miles east of Mt. Crawford, Va. Mollie, John and their children had been members of Zion Reformed Church in Maryland. When Mollie arrived in Virginia, Frieden’s Church was a log building built in 1792. It is now a brick structure. Mollie is buried in Frieden’s church yard, and her tombstone states that she was born in March, 1736 and died on July 20, 1815. Mr. Joseph K. Ruebush erected this stone.

40A. Elizabeth (or Eliza) Roudebush is mentioned in her father’s will as the wife of John Baker. A John Baker, who was over 45, is listed in the 1800 Census in Berwick Township of Adams, Co., Pa.) along with his wife, who was also over 45 (So she was born before 1755).

40B. Catharine (or Caty) Roudebush married Christian Grove. On October 1, 1782) Henry sold 116 acres of land along the Great Conawago Creek to Christian Grove for four hundred pounds. A Christian Grove, who was over 45, is listed in the 1800 Census of Berwick Towship of Adams County, Pa., along with his wife who was also ever 45 (born before 1755).

41. Solomon Roudebush was one of the dispossessed sons mentioned in his father’s will, but little more is known about him.

42. Daniel Roudebush was born in 1749, and, in 1774, he married Christina Schnebley or Snively who was born in Pennsylvania in 1759.98 She is said to have been of “Dutch” descent and a niece of Dr. Snively, a well known physician in the Colonies at that time. He and Christina had a farm in Frederick County, Maryland, and he was an Associator in Frederick County during the Revolutionary War. The following story is related about his participation in the events of that period.

In Frederick County three Tories were tried and found guilty of treason to the Colonies by the County Court of Oyer and Terminer, and Mr. Roudebush was one of the jurymen to convict them and the youngest man on the panel, being then only twenty-seven years old. These Tories were sentenced under the old Maryland Colonial Statutes to be hanged, drawn and quartered, but the latter two forms were dispensed with at the execution. As there were rumors of Tories coming to Frederick to release the condemned men, the Court summoned a posse comitatus of three hundred men to be on duty at the jail until the hanging took place and to guard the same. Mr. Roudebush was the tenth man summoned and was on duty sixteen days and witnessed the execution. He was afterward called out for two weeks as a Militiaman to perform guard duty with his battalion at Frederick, Maryland. In 1796 Daniel, with his family, emigrated to Bryant’s Station, Kentucky where they remained until 1799. Then he bought 500 acres fron General James Taylor of Newport, Kentucky in Stark’s survey (No. 2755) in Clermont County, Ohio at two dollars per acre. Today, Goshen, Ohio stands on part of this grant. In December of 1803, Daniel became lost in the woods while searching for his horses. His neighbors became alarmed because of the density of the forest and its wild beasts. Searching parties were sent out in all directions for him but were unsuccessful After wandering for three days without food, on the fourth day he found Ephraim McAdam’s cabin near Williamsburg, Ohio, which was about seventeen miles from his home. After McAdam fed him (it is said that the hot bread he was given affected his mind; perhaps he ate it too voraciously), he lent Daniel a horse and he rode to his home, arriving five days after his original departure. He never completely recovered from the effects of this exposure. He died in the following October (1804). He is buried in Myers Cemetery, Goshen, Ohio, and his grave is marked as a Revolutionary War veteran.

43. Jacob Roudebush (my relative) was born in 1752, and married Anna Rickstacker of Pennsylvania. He had a farm of 100 acres in Berwick Township of York County, at least during the years 1779 through 1782. It appears that he bought another farm in Cumberland Township (or did this part of Berwick Township become Cumberland Township?) in 1783 since a Jacob Roudebush was taxed there in that year. He may have been the Jacob Rodpouch who was a member of the York County Militia Company in Dover Township under Captain John Sharp in the years 1787 and 1788 although this has yet to be proven. Sometime between 1793, when his daughter, Susannah, was born in York County, Pennsy1vania, and 1795, when his son, Jesse, was born in Virginia, Jacob and his family moved to Rockingham Country, Virginia. There is a reference to a deposition being taken on December 2, 1806 in the house of Jacob Roudebush “at the sign of the Cross Keys” in Rockingham County. This may refer to the town of Cross Keys, Va.–one of John’s(#40) sons, George is said to have lived near Cross Keys, Va.–or it may mean that Jacob had an inn there. The date doesn’t appear to allow this reference to be applied to Jacob and his “inn”, but it is interesting to note that George Washington, on his way home from the Ohio Valley, spent several days in Rockingham County “at one Rudiborts.”

By 1810, Jacob had moved his family to Strabane Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and, in 1821, he came to what was then Columbiana County (now Carroll County), Ohio. He put up a rude log cabin on his farm in Washington Township. He lived there the rest of his life, dying in 1837. He and his wife are buried in unmarked graves on this farm. He was a member of the Whig Party and the Disciples of Christ Church.

44. Michael Roudebush was born November 21, 1753. His first wife’s name was Juliana, and her maiden name may have been Bigler. Mark Bigler arrived in Pennsylvania in 1733, settling on a farm of 200 acres in Lancaster County. Later he moved to Frederick County, Maryland, and his will, which was proved in 1787, names eleven children, and the eighth listed married a person named “Randabush.” A great-grandson of Michael was named, “W. Bigler Roudebush.”

In the Spring of 1785, Michael is listed on the muster roll of the Eighth Company, Seventh Battalion of the York County Militia. He received depreciation pay as a member of the Continental Line. He was taxed in Berwick Township of York County from 1779 to 1783. According to the terms of his father’s will, which was probated March 25, 1784, Michael was given the plantation that Henry had settled. Later, on May 27, 1788, he was appointed guardian of three of the children of his brother John: Margaret, Susannah and George.

On June 7, 1794, Michael and Juliana sold their farm in Berwick Township to Anthony Deardorff of Reading Township for 1200 pounds. We find references to him in Bedford County in the years 1797 and 1798, and the Pennsylvania census for the years 1800 to 1830 list him in Woodbury Township of Bedford County. In 1804 he was taxed for 300 acres, three horses and three cows in Bedford
County. On June 2, 1807, Michael bought 200 acres of land in what was then Cumberland County, but which became Bedford County, from Daniel Beecher and his wife, Catherine. In 1804 he was patented 200 acres and warranted 100 acres in Bedford County, and in 1811 he was patented another 200 acres there.

By 1816, it appears that he had married a second time. He was warranted 100 acres of land in that year, and his wife is called Margaret in the Deeds Book. She had apparently been married first to a man named Kenney since Michael named his “stepson Alexander W. Kenney of Martinsburg” to be the executor of a conveyance of land to John Kirschman and Nicholas Strayer.

In 1817 he was the lowest bidder for land in Bedford County that had been confiscated from Benjamin J. Newman, but by 1826, Michael appears to have fallen on lean times since 200 acres of his land was sold to satisfy a very small debt of $20.26 to John Teiter.

Michael died about 1733 in Bedford County since a caveat to the land transaction with Kirschman and Strayer mentioned above, dated 1733, says that Michael is deceased.

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Descendants of: Hans Peter Raudenbusch , Sr. displayed as a genealogical tree. The generations from the original record are marked numerically:

1 Peter Raudenbusch b. _____ d. OCT. 17, 1657 Reihen, Germany
m. Anna d. JUL. 12, 1657 Reihen, Germany
One of 19 Steinsfurt residents who lived through the 30 Years War. Aslo court
of the town. The Kurpha government paid homage to him after the war by giving
him the mill.

2 Peter Raudenbusch b. 1614 Reihen, Germany d. APR. 22, 1704 Reihen, Germany
m. Maria Brehm m. JAN. 18, 1659 Reihen, Germany b. 1639 d. JUL. 4, 1711 Reihen, Germany
[daughter of Hans Brehm and Margaretha]

3 Hans Michael Raudenbusch b. JUL. 1, 1666 Reihen, Germany d. MAR. 1, 1748 Steinsfurt, Germany
m. Anna Catherine Vogler m. APR. 12, 1695 Steinsfurt, Germany
[daughter of Hans Martin Vogler and Unknown]
Hans Michael Raudenbusch was the builder of a restaurant called “Kaserne” on
the site of a 1730 stay by Friedrich the Great. Hans and his brother came
from Sinsheim County (GroBschoft) to Philadelphia from Bremen, Germany.

4 Hans Heinrich Raudenbusch b. _____ Steinsfurt, Germany d. FEB. 5 1784 York Co., PA
m. Anna Maria m. SEP. 1732 Sinsheim, Germany d. 1786 York Co., PA
Hans Heinrich Raudenbusch

5 John Roudebush b. 1735 York Co., PA d. 1784-1787 Hagerstown, MD

5 Daniel Roudebush b. 1749 PA. d. OCT. 10, 1804 Clermont Co., OH

5 Solomon Roudebush b. _____ PA d. AFTER FEB. 1784

5 Jacob Roudebush (Raudenbusch) b. 1752 York Co., PA d. 1837 Washington Twp, Carroll Co. Ohio
m. Anna Rickstaker m. 1776 PA. b. 1755 PA …Jacob Roudabush of Penn.

6 Tobias Roudebush b. 1776 d. FEB. 15, 1867

6 Christina Roudebush b. 1778 d. MAY 21, 1852

6 Emmanuel Roudebush b. 1780

6 Catherine Roudebush b. 1782 d. <1850

6 Mary or Maria Roudebush b. 1785 d. MAR. 20, 1866

6 Jacob Roudabush b. MAR. 10, 1786 d. JUL. 4, 1848
m. Mary Magdalene Whetzel m. SEP. 3, 1808 b. 1788 d. 1850
[daughter of Peter Whetzel (or Whitzel) and Anna Metz]

7 Lydia Roudabush b. 1809 d. MAY 6, 1873

7 Patsy Roudabush b. JAN. 22, 1810 d. MAY 6, 1873

7 Georgann “Ann” Roudabush b. 1810 d. JUL. 23, 1873
m. Joseph Hess b. 17 Sep 1829

7 William P. Roudabush b. 1814 d. 1900

7 Zachariah Roudabush b. 1815

7 Jacob Roudabush b. NOV. 11, 1819 d. AUG. 21, 1886

7 Sarah “Sally” Roudabush b. 1822

7 Peter William Roudabush b. AUG. 10, 1826 d. SEP. 21, 1885
m. Elizabeth Koontz m. DEC. 12, 1853 b. 1834 d. AUG. 6, 1905
[daughter of John J. Koontz and Mary Baumgardner or Bungerman]

8 William George Roudabush b. OCT. 3, 1854 d. 1916
m. Susan L. Kite

8 Fannie J. Roudabush b. MAY 28, 1855 d. SEP. 30, 1905
m. Rogers

8 John Calvin (Callie) Roudabush b. JUN 13, 1856 d. AUG. 19, 1848
m. Clara A. b. APR. 12, 1867 d. MAR. 16, 1941
m. Mary C. Lucas b. JAN. 20, 1854 d. SEP. 19, 1933

9 Willie S. Roudabush b. 9 Oct 1876 d. 14 Nov 1876

9 Thomas A. Roudabush b. SEP 1878
m. Myrtle Koontz b. 25 Jan 1882 d. DEC 1973

10 Florine Roudabush
m. Ted J. Metzger m. 1973

9 Malcom E. Roudabush b. 11 Jul 1880 d. 13 Jul 1880

9 Mattie Roudabush b. 30 Jun 1881 d. BEF 1948
m. Della Amos Lucas

9 Attie J. Roudabush b. 30 Jun 1881 d. 12 Sep 1961
m. Jacob P. Hockman b. 9 Apr 1876 d. 26 Sep 1942

8 Mary (Maggie) Maydale Roudabush b. JUL. 13, 1859 d. 1911
m. Herbert W. Coffman

8 Major Ashby Roudabush b. AUG. 22, 1861 d. FEB. 16, 1916
m. Virginia Belle McAllister m. 27 Feb 1883 b. 24 Feb 1862 d. 3 May 1935

9 Miller Elbea Roudabush b. 16 Feb 1886 d. NOV 1966
m. Leora Shenk b. 23 Feb 1891

10 Virginia Blanche Roudabush

10 Jesse Anne Roudabush
m. Hubert Hudson Price

10 Jane Lee Roudabush

9 Lula Elizabeth Roudabush b. 1 Oct 1887
m. H. Cecil Stillwell b. 18 May 1894 d. 14 Oct 1959

9 Avis Ashby Roudabush b. 29 Aug 1889 d. 3 Mar 1945
m. Eva Marie Strickler b. 3 Dec 1891 d. 12 Dec 1967
m. Elsie Comer
m. Mary Rogg m. 6 Mar 1913

10 Nancy Roudabush

10 Granville McDaniels

10 Betty Lee Roudabush b. 18 Sep 1922 d. 18 May 1936

10 Susan Hortenstine Roudabush
m. Sheetz
m. Birch

9 Kyle Major Roudabush b. 31 Aug 1894 d. 1950
m. Margaret Coles Witherow

9 Pauline Roudabush b. 7 Feb 1902 d. 1968
m. Arthur L. Taylor b. 11 May 1903 d. 7 Aug 1962

8 Virginia (Ginny or Jenny) Roudabush b. JAN. 26, 1863

8 Hiram Eldridge Roudabush b. DEC. 31, 1865 d. OCT. 31, 1955

8 Robert Trenton Roudabush b. SEP. 22, 1867 d. DEC. 5, 1945
m. Lula Ann Suthard b. SEP. 29, 1869 d. APR. 2, 1942
[daughter of Joshua Calvin Suthard and Eliza Jane Parks Suthard]

9 Claude B. Roudabush b. APR. 4, 1894 d. JAN. 31, 1942

9 Maudeline Roudabush b. JAN. 29, 1897 d. FEB. 9,1899

9 Guy Lee Roudabush b. OCT. 29, 1898 d. JAN. 21, 1974
m. Virginia Bushong
[daughter of Virgil Silman Bushong (born William M. Bushong)]

9 Sudie Roudabush

9 Frank Calvin Roudabush b. APRIL 14, 1904 d. SEPTEMBER 1973
m. Margaret Gorecki d. SEP. 22, 1972

10 Phyllis Lea Roudabush
m. LeRoy Christian Habersack
[son of Henry Conrad Habersack and Florence Manns]

11 Michael Alan Habersack, Senior
m. Mrs.  Habersack
12 child

12 child

12 child

11 Brian Gary Habersack
m. Mrs.  Habersack

12 child

12 child

12 child

10 Robert Trenton Roudabush

8 David Fenton Roudabush b. JAN. 22, 1870 d. 1954

8 Dowood F. Roudabush b. 1872

8 Charles E. Roudabush b. AUG. 4, 1874 d. MAR. 18, 1910

7 John Hiram Roudabush b. OCT. 15, 1827 d. MAR. 2, 1904 Civil War 14th VA CAV CO. H

7 Susan Roudabush b. 1833

7 Emily Roudabush b. 1837

6 Anna Roudebush b. 1788

6 Susannah Roudebush b. MAR. 5, 1793 d. APR. 1875

6 Jesse Roudebush b. APR. 7, 1795 d. AUG. 23, 1868

6 Lydia Roudebush b. DEC. 1798 d. APR. 14, 1860

6 Abraham Roudebush b. 1799 d. OCT. 25, 1885

5 Michael Raudenbusch (Roudebush) b. NOV. 21, 1753 d. 1833
m. Julianna Bigler b. Abt 1750 d. 1801
[daughter of Marks Bigler and Catherine (Bigler)]
m. Margaret Kenney d. 1833

6 Samuel S, Raudenbush b. 11 Aug 1774 d. 1851

6 Esther Raudenbusch b. 1779 d. Abt 1869
m. Nicholas George Strayer b. Abt 1776 d. Abt 1844

7 Elizabeth Raudenbusch Strayer

7 Michael Strayer

7 Julian Ann Strayer

7 John Strayer

7 Barbara Strayer Clapper

7 Jacob Strayer

7 Peter Strayer

7 Esther Strayer

7 Joseph Strayer

7 Samuel V. Strayer

6 Susan Raudenbusch b. 1784

6 Michael Raudenbusch , Jr. b. 24 Nov 1786 d. 2 Feb 1869

6 Polly Raudenbusch b. 1790

6 Catherine Raudenbusch b. 1796 d. 1853

6 Jacob Raudenbusch b. 1805 d. 1877

6 Rachel Raudenbusch b. 1810

5 Henry Raudenbusch (Roudebush) , Jr. Jr. b. NOV. 21, 1753 d. OCT. 1829
m. Adeline Adams m. Abt 1776

5 Elizabeth (Eliza) Raudenbusch (Roudebush) b. 1755 d. Abt 1800
m. George Becker m. Abt 1779

5 Catherine (Caty) Roudebush b. 1756 d. Aft 1800
m. Christian Grove m. 1 Oct 1782

5 Esther Roudebush b. 28 May 1761
m. Samuel Bowles

4 Johann Peter Raudenbusch b. 23 Oct 1699 d. 1744

4 Isaac Raudenbusch b. 1705 d. Bef 17 APR 1750

4 Ulrich Raudenbusch b. 1714 d. UNKNOWN

4 David Raudenbusch b. 1720 d. Aft 1790

2 Hans Raudenbusch b. Abt 1627 d. DEC. 16, 1663
m. Anna Stark m. 12 Jun 1655

3 Hans Michael Raudenbusch b. JAN. 13, 1658

2 Eberhardt b. Abt 1635