Peter Humrickhouse, Jr

1783-1839

Peter Humrickhouse Jr was born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 26th August 1773, eight days before the signing of the Treaty of Paris which officially ended the American Revolution. His father, Peter Sr, had served under George Washington in America's fight for independence.

Due to recurring epidemics of Yellow Fever in the Philadelphia/Germantown area (1793, 1797, and 1798), Peter Sr moved the family to Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1798.

It was in Hagerstown that Peter Jr married Sarah Shuman. Together they had eleven children, all of whom survived into adulthood.

Peter Sr was a successful carriage maker. Peter Jr, too, learned the trade and went into partnership with his father for six years in Hagerstown.

Father: Peter Humrickhouse Sr (1753-1837)
Mother: Mary Margaret Stadleman (1756-1839)

Spouse: Sarah Shuman

Children:
  • Thomas Shuman Humrickhouse (1809-1891
  • George Augustus Humrickhouse (1811-1850)
  • Mary Susan Humrickhouse (1814-1890)
  • Samuel Humrickhouse (1816-1843)
  • Elizabeth Humrickhouse (1819-1907)
  • Harriett Bowman Humrickhouse (1821-1915)
  • John Humrickhouse (1823-1890)
  • Margaret Humrickhouse (1824-1912)
  • Sarah Humrickhouse (1826-1906)
  • Anna Isabella Humrickhouse (1828-1920)
  • William Humrickhouse (1830-1895)

Timeline

  1. 1783

    August 26 - Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. The 4th of 13 children of Peter and Mary (nee Stadleman) Humrickhouse, Sr.[1]

  2. 1798

    Due to recurring epidemics of Yellow Fever, Peter Sr moves the family to Hagerstown, Maryland.[2]

  3. 1808

    January 1 - Goes into partnership with his father as carriage makers in Hagerstown, Maryland. Business is called, "Peter Humrickhouse and Son".[3]

  4. 1808

    March 1 - Marries Sarah Shuman in Washington County, Maryland.[4]

  5. 1809

    April 25 - Son Thomas born in Hagerstown, Maryland.[5]

  6. 1811

    September 2 - Son George born.[6]

  7. 1814

    January 24 - Daughter Mary born. She is christened on March 2 in the Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Maryland.[7]

  8. 1814

    March 7 - Partnership with his father in Hagerstown is dissolved, but his father continues the carriage-making business.[8]

  9. 1814

    Moves to Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.[9]

  10. 1819

    August 7 - Daughter Elizabeth born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania.[10]

  11. 1821

    September 29 - Daughter Harriett born.[11]

  12. 1823

    March 16 - Son John born.[12]

  13. 1824

    December 24 - Daughter Margaret born.[13]

  14. 1826

    June 1 - Daughter Sarah born.[14]

  15. 1828

    March 12 - Daughter Anna born.[15]

  16. 1830

    June 29 - Son William born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania.[16]

  17. 1834

    Moves to Coshocton, Ohio.[17]

  18. 1839

    August 23 - Dies Coshocton, Ohio.[18]

Ad in the Hagers-Town Gazette (Hagerstown MD), Jan 22, 1811.
Note the 'long s' (an 's' that looks similar to an 'f') in the typeface. What looks like 'fubfcriber' is actually 'subscriber' and "fhe' is 'she', etc.
1811 newspaper ad for a runaway indenture servant

Ad in the Hagerstown Maryland Herald And Hagerstown Weekly Advertiser (Hagerstown MD), Sept 22, 181:3
1813 house for sale ad

Ad in the American Telegraph (Brownsville PA), Nov 23, 1814:
1814 Shuman and Humrickhouse coppersmiths ad

Ad in the American Telegraph (Brownsville PA), May 10, 1815:
1815 William Moffet and Peter Humrickhouse shop ad

Footnotes and Sources

  1. [1] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family (Place and publisher unknown, 1913), pp. 23 & 24. https://archive.org/details/revchristianfred00humr
  2. [2] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p17. Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1793_Philadelphia_yellow_fever_epidemic#Aftermath.
  3. [3] The Maryland Herald And Hagerstown Weekly Advertiser (Hagerstown MD), 8 January 1808, p1. Newspaperarchive.com
  4. [4] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com
  5. [5] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p24.
  6. [6] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p24.
  7. [7] Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYP9-3V6Z : 12 February 2020), Maria Susana Humrickhouse, 1814.
  8. [8] The Maryland Herald And Hagerstown Weekly Advertiser(Hagerstown MD), 16 March 1814, p1. Newspaperarchive.com
  9. [9] William E. Hunt, Historical Collections of Coshocton County Ohio: a complete panorama of the county, from the time of the earliest known occupants of the territory unto the present time, 1764-1876 (Cincinnati OH: Robert Clarke & Co, Printers; 1876; facsimile reprint, Salem MA: Higginson Book Co; 1995), p. 252.
  10. [10] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p25.
  11. [11] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
  12. [12] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
  13. [13] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
  14. [14] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
  15. [15] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
  16. [16] Sources:
    • Date of birth: Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
    • Place of birth: Coshocton, Ohio, United States records, images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6M87-W3N?view=explore : Jun 7, 2026), image 267 of 364; Ohio. County Court (Coshocton County). Image Group Number: 004260563
  17. [17] William E. Hunt, Historical Collections of Coshocton County Ohio, p. 252.
  18. [18] Two sources:
    • William E. Hunt, Historical Collections of Coshocton County Ohio, p.252.
    • Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio: Session Records, 1836-1879, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia PA. FHL microfilm #0906168, items 2-5, Vol. 3, pp. 221-222.

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