Sarah married BERLIN Jacob on 10 Aug 1861 in Richland County, IL. [Group Sheet]

Jesse married SPANGLER Sarah on 10 May 1832 in Ohio. Sarah (daughter of SPANGLER Jonas and RHODEARMEL Hannah) was born on 7 Oct 1810 in Wayne County, Ohio; died on 7 Dec 1858 in Lawrence Co, IL; was buried in Brian Cemetery, Lawrence Co, IL. [Group Sheet]

Samuel married BROBST Susannah on 27 Sep 1805 in Reading, PA. Susannah (daughter of BROBST Michael and EVERETT Magdelena Catharina) was born on 8 Sep 1786 in Reading, Berks Co, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Sep 1858 in Lawrence County, IL; was buried in Brian Cemetery, Lawrence Co, IL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Brobst family history provided by Arthur Holmes on the Brobst web site on Rootsweb.

Jonas married RHODEARMEL Hannah. Hannah was born on 27 Feb 1786; died on 27 Mar 1827 in Wayne Co, Ohio; was buried in Reedsburg Ceme, Wayne Co, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1762 - Bought property from Catherine Wilson which encompassed t he "Landis Farm" and stretched from N. Reading Ave. back to th e hills.
1768 - First taxed in Colebrookdale Twp. on 92 acres.
1801, Feb. 5 - Will recorded in Berks Co. Court House, Reading , Pa. Will Book 4, p. 10. See text in source on file.

George married LATCHAR Marie. Marie (daughter of LATSCHAR Franz) was born in Nov 1741; died on 7 Jul 1787 in Washington, Berks Co, PA; was buried in Hereford Mennonite Cemetery, Berks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Jan Binkley believes his first name was George, thus LtCol George Michael Brobst.

With his brother, Johannes, he operated "Union Forge" in Albany Twp. He owned considerable land in Albany Twp, Berks Co, and 247 acres of woodland in Lynn Twp, Lehigh Co. He owned a valuable flour mill (The Brobst Grist Mill) near the village of Albany where flour was made to be used by the neighbors who built ovens and baked bread to relieve the suffering of Washington's army in the Rev. War. In his will, he gave the Forges and Furnace jointly to his son Michael and to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband James Mitchell.

In the Miller Family history "The Spirit of Evangelical Women", p 128, Michael was described as a "rich iron-master of Albany, Berks County." He disowned his daughter Magdalena because she became an Evangelical, and she suffered bitter persecution from him. He was known for his bad temper (per Jan Binkley).

He was a LT COL, 3rd Battalion, Northhampton County Militia, Rev. War. He is listed in the DAR Patriot Index files, and is on the DAR Roll of Honor. One report that he had served with General Stanwix in the Indian wars on the frontier in 1758-1759 was in error, since Michael wasn't born until 1751. The Michael who served with General Stanwix was Michael Bobst (1739).

Both Andrew and Daniel Straub of Lynn Twp, Lehigh County are listed on the General Muster Roll for June 18, 1777 under Colonel Michael Brobst, as is his uncle, Mathias George Probst 1736.

His will was written in Albany Twp, Berks Co, PA, on Oct 3 1814. He mentioned his sons Johannes (Jacob) and (George) Michael, his daughter Elizabeth and his son-in-law James Mitchell, his daughters Magdalena Miller, Maria Miller, Catherina Merckel, and Susanna Landes; and his friend Jacob Levan (the father-in-law of his Uncle Valentine); no mention of his wife who preceded him in death.

He is buried near the boundary of Berks and Lehigh Counties, but the dates on the stones are obliterated with age.

Courtesy of Peggy Light, Albany County Historical Society: From "A
History of the Evangelical Church", by Raymond W. Albright, 1942:
"A very unudual situation grew out of the regular preaching of (Rev. Jacob)
Albright at the home of Michael Brobst near Miller's home in Albany
Township, Berks County, equalled perhaps only in the Eyer family near
New Berlin where the Rev. John Dreisbach, the Rev. Henry Niebel, and the
Rev. David Shellenberger married daughters of the Eyers. Magdalena and
Maria (Catharina) Brost married George and Solomon Miller and were
convereted with their husbands under Albright's preaching. Mr. Brobst,
formerly a lieutenant in the French and Indian War and a major and
lieutenant-colonel of militia in the Revolution, was a wealthy owner of
the Union Iron Works and had associated with him his two sons John and
Michael Jr. These sons with their wives were also won to the
(Evangelical) church at the Easter meeting at the home of Solomon Miller
in 1803. As a result of these accessions, a class was formed and George
Miller became their leader. Both George and Solomon Miller later became
ministers. Colonel Brobst was very much opposed to having a son-in-law
in the ministry and, it is reported, tried to kill George Miller. Jacob
Albright intervened and succeeded in calming Brobst. Later Brobst was
converted and his home became a regular preaching place."

Michael married EVERETT Magdelena Catharina. Magdelena (daughter of EVERETT Thomas) was born in ABT. 1745 in Lynn Twp, Lehigh Co, PA; died in BEF. 1814 in Albany Twp, Berks Co, PA; was buried in Jerusalem Union Ch, Stoney Run, Berks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Fort Everett, near where the Gerhart Indian attack occurred, was named after her grandfather, per "Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania" , 1916, Vol I, p 152-153.

Her gravestone lies between Berks and Lehigh Co, assumed to be the Jerusalem Church Cmty; markings obliterated.