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from Egypt Reformed Church records (Lehigh Co., PA), notes: 13. Frederick NEWHARD was born in Zweibruecken in 1700. He arrived in Philadelphia with two brothers, Michael and George, on Sept. 26, 1737. He died Nov. 29, 1765, and is buried in Allentown. He had nine children. His son, Lorentz NEWHARD, died in Allentown on Aug. 1, 1817.

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BIOGRAPHY: According to the Annivesary History of Lehigh County, George Frederick, Michael and George emigrated to America in the ship St. Andrew, sailing from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and arrived at Phildelphia on Sept. 26, 1737 when they took the oath of allegiance to King of England before Judges James Logan, Clement Plumsted, Ralph Asheton, and William Allen. In the following year they settled in what was then the frontier of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The eldest, George Frederick, took up a warrant for 400 acres of land on the Coplay Creek with George Kent, in Whitehall Township, on Feburary 1, 1743. This was divided on November 30, 1744 and he received 203 acres, which he sold later to Adam Deshler. The property lacked enough spring water and heavy timber. On November 28, 1746 he purchased 250 acres along the Jordan Creek, from John Eastburn, which adjoined William Allen's land on the north. Portions of the tract were still owned at the time of publication by Francis J. Newhard, and the Kochler family. He was one of the principal citizens of Whitehall Township, where he was assessed 22 Pounds in 1762, one of the twelve highest rated men in the township. In 1764 he was assessed for 250 acres of deeded land and 60 acres of undeeded land. He was naturalized April 10, 1755. He was a member of the Reformed Congregation at Egypt, and when the Allentown Congregation was organized, he attended church in the new town. He built a log house on his land, near Jordan, the foundations which could still be seen at the time of publication. In 1768, his widow, Mary Margaret, was assessed for 90 acres of cultivated land and 210 acres of unclutivated land, with two horses and two cows. His widow survived him some years and on May 27, 1771, with the other heirs, released to the two eldest sons, Frederick and Lawrence, in consideration of 5 pounds paid to each, the entire tract of 371 acres which the father had owned.

WILL: According to the Anniversary History of Lehigh County: the first day of January in the fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George, the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France & Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, & c,, and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred & sixty four, I, Frederick Neiihard, of Whitehall Township, in the County of Northampton, in the, Province of Pennsylvania. Cordwainer, being some what infirm in Body, but of sound & well disposing mind & memory, blessed be God for the same and all other of his mercies & favors confer'd upon me and being mindful of my mortality and desirous to settle my worldly affairs in the best manner I can, do make this to be my Last Will and Testament of and concerning all my temporal estate in manner following (hereby revoking all other wills)that is to say, first, it is my will that my just debts & funeral expenses be duly paid and I do give unto my two sons Fredrick and Lawrence the sum of Thirty pounds each lawful money of Pennsylvania, to be paid unto them within six months after my decease, and forasmuch as I have already advanced for my' eldest son Christopher in my Life Time I do give unto him five shillings like money in full of his share or other expectancy out of my estate. And I do give unto my dear and well beloved wife Maria Margaretta and her assigns all and singular my Mesuages and Tenements and Hereditament whatsoever or wheresoever with the appurtenances to hold her my said wife Maria Margaretta and her assigns for & during all the Term of her natural Life without Impeachment of Waste. And I do will and devise that the same Premises upon the decease of my said wife shall revert and remain over unto my children namely, Frederick, Lawrence, Daniel, Peter, Juliana, the wife of Stephen Schneider of Whitehall Township, aforesaid, yeoman, Salome, Sophia and Elizabeth Barbara, Part and Share alike and to their several & respective Heirs and Assigns forever. Moreover, I do give unto her my said wife Maria Margaretta for Use and Occupation of all the rest & residue of my Goods & chattels & Personal Estate for and during all the Term of her natural Life and from & immediate after her Decease I' would have what is left thereof to be equally divided amongst all my before named children. My meaning is not to lay my said wife under any Restraint or to make her or her Executors or administrators responsible or accountable for anything that shall hereby come to my said wife's possession, for I will not put her under the control of any of my children. And I do nominate & anpoint my trusty and much esteemed Friends, George Knauss and George Jacob Kern, to be the Executors of this my Last Will & Testament, and I do hereby commit my minor children and their education unto them the said George Knauss and George Jacob Kern and the survivor of them. They many bind them out to learn Trades or Husbandry, as they in their Discretion shall think fit. In witness whereof I the said Frederick Neuhart, the Testator, have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Day and Year first above written, Fridrich Neihart. Seal.

WILL: Signed, Sealed, Published & Declared by the above named Fredrick Neihart, the Testator, for and as his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his Presence & at his Request have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witness to the same.

WILL: Thomas Hunsick, Johannes Roth, J. Okely: Acknowledged at Easton, May 14, 1766, Before Lewis Gordon, Deputy Register.

• Naturalization: British America - 10 April 1755
• Residence: Bucks County, British America - 1738
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 21 2020, 17:22:16 UTC