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Joseph Hochstetler

Joseph Hochstetler (I28566)

Male 1742 - 1812  (70 years)

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  • Name Joseph Hochstetler  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Relationshipwith Albert Leopold Vitter
    Birth 1 Aug 1742  (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1810  (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Captivity Between 1757 and 1764  [4] 
    In late September, 1757, Joseph was taken captive by Delaware Indians following a raid on his family home in Berks County. His mother, a sister and a brother were massacred. Joseph Hochstetler was among 206 white prisoners who were released by the Indians to Col. Bouquet in 1764 on the banks of the Muskingum River near the present town of Coshocton, Ohio. 
    Event 19 Sep 1757  Northkill Amish Settlement, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Indian raid during the night of 19 Sep 1757 and following morning in which the husband Jacob was captured, his wife and two children were killed and scalped, and some two other sons captured. 
    Hochstetler Attack
    Jacob Hochstedlers Farmstead
    FSID LBDQ-52W 
    Name HS5+ in Amish & Amish Mennonite Genealogies, 1986 
    Name Joe 
    Occupation Farmer 
    Religion Amish Minister + in Amish & Amish Mennonite Genealogies, 1986 
    Residence 1768  North Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1810  (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 24 Aug 1812  (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Burial Hostetler Family Cemetery, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • near Miflin, Pennsylvania
    Siblings 3 brothers and 2 sisters 
     1. John Jacob Hochstetler, Sr.,   b. 1730, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1805, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    ▻Catherine R. Hertzler,   b. 1731, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1800, Elk Lick, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years),  m. 1750, (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     ▻Anna Christner,   b. 1745, Grosshöchstetten, Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1824, Elk Lick, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years),  m. Abt 1800, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     2. Anna Barbara J. Hochstetler,   b. 1732, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1787, Shartlesville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    ▻Christian Stutzman, II,   b. 1732, Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1770, Shartlesville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years),  m. 1753, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     3. Jacob Hochstetler,   b. 1 Sep 1736, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1757, Northkill Amish Settlement, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
     4. Joseph Hochstetler (current person),   b. 1 Aug 1742, (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1812, (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    ▻Anna Blank,   b. 1740, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1806, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years),  m. 2 Mar 1761, (Dauphin County was formed from part of Lancaster County on 4 March 1785), Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     ▻Barbara Kauffman,   b. 19 Apr 1738, (Before 1813 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania was a part of Lancaster and Dauphin Counties), Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1813, (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Mifflin, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years),  m. Abt 1807  
     5. Christian Hochstetler,   b. 13 Feb 1746, (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Upper Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1814, Randolph, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    ▻Barbara Rupp,   b. 13 Feb 1745/46, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1814, Vermillion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years),  m. UNKNOWN  
     6. Veronica Hochstetler,   b. 1748, (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1757, Northkill Amish Settlement, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)
     
    Notes 
    • Joe was capture by the raiding indians who massacred his mother. Together with his father and younger brother, Christian, they were taken captive. They were separated and Joe was held captive for a couple years. There was some report that he learned the indian ways and was attracted to an indian girl. Later Joe resided in Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., PA untill about 1806, when his name last appears on the tax lists of this township. In 1810 he bought from Joseph Root fifty acres in Fermanagh Twp., Mifflin Co.(now Juniata Co.), PA, near McAlisterville.
      Estate inventory filed Aug 24, 1812, Mifflin, PA.
    Person ID I28566  Vitter-Weaver Genealogy | Sharon Vitter's Relative
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

    Father Jacob Hochstetler,   b. 1712, Échery, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1776, (Before 1813 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania was a part of Lancaster and Dauphin Counties), Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Anna Barbara Bürki of Lorentz,   b. 3 Jan 1700/01, Mammern, Thurgau, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1757, Northkill Amish Settlement, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 1729  Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F20675  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anna Blank,   b. 1740, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1806, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 2 Mar 1761  (Dauphin County was formed from part of Lancaster County on 4 March 1785), Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1767  Leacock, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Henry Louis Hochstetler,   b. 23 Aug 1764, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1806, (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Mifflintown, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     2. Magdalena Hochstetler,   b. 1768, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1826, (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     3. John Hochstetler,   b. 1768, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1807, (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Mifflin, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
     4. Joseph Hochstetler,   b. 1770, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1841, New Hamburg, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     5. Peter J. Hochstetler,   b. 13 Mar 1775, North Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1843, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     6. Michael Hochstetler,   b. 1776, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1844, Belleville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     7. Anna Hostetler,   b. 18 Apr 1778, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1813, (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Mifflin, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F20676  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Barbara Kauffman,   b. 19 Apr 1738, (Before 1813 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania was a part of Lancaster and Dauphin Counties), Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1813, (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Mifflin, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1807  [6] 
    Family ID F67434  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Aug 1742 - (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - Indian raid during the night of 19 Sep 1757 and following morning in which the husband Jacob was captured, his wife and two children were killed and scalped, and some two other sons captured. - 19 Sep 1757 - Northkill Amish Settlement, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Mar 1761 - (Dauphin County was formed from part of Lancaster County on 4 March 1785), Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1767 - Leacock, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1768 - North Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 1810 - (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1810 - (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Aug 1812 - (Juniata County, Pennsylvania was formed from part of Mifflin County in March 1831), Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hostetler Family Cemetery, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Headstones
    Hochstetler Joseph Headstone    		Hochstetler Joseph Headstone

    Histories
    Mennonite Beginnings    		Mennonite Beginnings
    The history traces Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter's 10th great grandparents of 16th century Switzerland and their Anabaptist/Mennonite/Amish descendants who emigrated to America in the 1700s, as did many others, to escape religious persecution.
    		The Hochstetler Attack: Life on the Frontier
    One of the most well-known anecdotes in Amish and Mennonite history is the story of pacifist Jacob Hochstetler and the tragedy his family underwent at the Northkill Settlement in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

  • Sources 
    1. [S541] Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 Document      		 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 Document


    2. [S1251] Find A Grave, Joseph Hochstetler.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50756906/joseph-hochstetler

    3. [S307] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Mennonite Beginnings.
      The history traces Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter's 10th great grandparents of 16th century Switzerland and their Anabaptist/Mennonite/Amish descendants who emigrated to America in the 1700s, as did many others, to escape religious persecution.
      https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MennoniteBeginnings.php

    4. [S307] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), The Hochstetler Attack: Life on the Frontier.
      One of the most well-known anecdotes in Amish and Mennonite history is the story of pacifist Jacob Hochstetler and the tragedy his family underwent at the Northkill Settlement in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
      https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/HochstetlerAttack.php

    5. [S1037] James C. Hostetler, Family Database of James C. Hostetler, (Name: Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association;), Jacob Hochstetler.
      Name JACOB HOCHSTETLER
      Born 1712 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France
      Gender Male
      Died 1776 Lebanon Co., PA
      Person ID I30 Hostetler Database
      Last Modified 7 Mar 2016

      Children
      1. John Hochstetler, b. 1730, Europe, d. 1805, Somerset Co., PA (Age 75 years)
      2. Barbara Hochstetler, b. 1732
      3. Jacob Hochstetler, d. 21 Sep 1757, Berks Co., PA
      4. _____ Hochstetler, d. 21 Sep 1757, Berks Co., PA
      5. Joseph Hochstetler, b. Abt 1744, Berks Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1812, Juniata Co., PA (Age ~ 68 years)
      6. Christian Hochstetler, b. Abt 1746, Berks Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 01 May 1814, Montgomery Co., OH (Age ~ 68 years)
      Last Modified 7 Mar 2016
      Family ID F28 Group Sheet | Family Chart

      Notes
      Came to the United States Nov 9 1738 on the Charming Nancy. DJH 1, Gingerich-Kreider HS. My American progenitor. Dates from H/H/H Family Newsletter, September 2001; Hermann Guth: Amish Mennonites in Germany, p 184

      This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ©, v. 13.1.2, written by Darrin Lythgoe 2001-2022.
      http://69.197.190.243/getperson.php?personID=I30&tree=Hostetler

    6. [S1074] Charles Fahs Kauffman, with annotations by Jeffrey S. Vitter, A Genealogy and History of the Kauffman-Coffman Families of North America, 1584 to 1937, (Name: Mennonite Publishing House; Location: Scottdale, Pennsylvania; Date: 1940;), page xxii.
      http://www.vitter.org/Genealogy/Documents/A_genealogy_and_history_of_the_Kauffman.pdf

    7. [S541] Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 Document      		 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 Document


    8. [S873] Hugh Gingerich and Rachel Kreider, Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies, (Name: Pequea Bruderschaft Library; Date: 2007;).
      Gingerich and Kreider (2007), Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies

    9. [S1431] Daniel E. Hochstetler, Family Database of Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler, (Name: Jacob Hochstetler Family Association; Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA;), Jacob Hochstetler.
      JacobHochstetlerHistory_Page_2 Document      		 JacobHochstetlerHistory_Page_2 Document
      JacobHochstetlerHistory_Page_1 Document      		 JacobHochstetlerHistory_Page_1 Document


    10. [S1433] Beth H. Marks, Our Flesh and Blood: A Documentary History of the Jacob Hochstetler Family, (Name: Jacob Hochstetler Family Association; Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA; Date: 3rd edition 2009;), Route of Jacob Hochstetler after his capture.
      Jacob Hochstetler Capture Document      		 Jacob Hochstetler Capture Document


    11. [S1432] The Hochstetler Massacre, (Name: Roadside America Miniature Village; Location: Shartlesville, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: Circa 1962;), Story about the September 19–20 attack of the Hochstetler family by the Delaware and Shawnee Indians.
      The Hochstettler Massacre Document      		 The Hochstettler Massacre Document



 


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