NameJohn Fawber160
Birthabt 1760, Germany3
Deathaft 1809173
Spouses
Birthabt 1768, Augusta Co., VA166
Deathaft 1809173
FatherJohn Summers Sr. (1737-1806)
MotherMargaret Elizabeth Ridenour (1742->1812)
Marriageabt 1782, Pennsylvania166
ChildrenElizabeth (ca1811->1870)
 George (ca1806-<1860)
Notes for John Fawber
SV-507 pg 5 spells his surname FAUBER.
Peter Fauber’s Declaration, Sep. 25, 1832:
“Aged severnty-six years and eleven months; was born in Germany; was drafted early in 1776 in the militia of Lancaster county, Penn., and marched under Capt. Baltzer Ott; Curtis Grubb was hs Colonel; General Armstrong was commander of the Brigade; the company assembled at Capt. Ott’s house and marched to Lebanon, where it joined the regiment; thence marched through Reading; Trenton; Princeton, and Brunswick; thence to a village in sight of New York called Woolridge, or Barrne Town, where they remained some weeks; were ordered thence to Paulus Hook, where they worked three months throwing up fortifications; thence back to Barren Town, where they were discharged. Shortly after the above tour, he was again drafted under Capt. Holderbury; marched to Lebanon to guard the Hessian prisoners captured at Trenton; about three or four hundred prisoners were marched to Winchester, Virginia; at Lebanon delcarant was appointed Sergeant, with nine men under him, and guared ammunition from Lebanon to Philadelphia, where he was discharged.” (SV-561)
“In the Fall of 1776 the country was thrown into great alarm by the landing of the British in great force at the head of Elk in Delaware, about forty miles from Lancaster; was drafted in the Regiment of Colonel Elder; joined the main army at Chestnut Hill, where there was a severe engagement, and General Ervine was much injured by a fall from his horse and taken prisoner by the enemy; was within sight and hearing of the battle of Long Island; his brother, John Fauber, marched with him the first tour in the capacity of a fifer; he moved to Augusta forty years ago.” (V-561)
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