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From: Dick Martz <>
Subject: Re: [PANORTHU-L] Brosius
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 22:40:49 -0500
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Sebastian Brosius did indeed leave a will which is in the
files of the Register and Recorders office of the
Northumberland County Courthouse. The will is reproduced in
its entirety in my book, "Dalmatia, Pennsylvania - A
Bicentennial History." I don't, however, know where he is
buried.

Dick Martz

John Shipman Hendricks wrote:
>
> Rose wrote:
>
> > Posted on: Northumberland Co. Pa Query Forum
> > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/Northumberland/12894
> > Surname: Brosius
> > --------
> > Does anyone know where Sebastian Brosius of Northumberland
> > County is buried?
> > Born 1725 and died 1/3/1791.
> > Thanks
> > Rose
>
> Rose & List,
> The following information is what I presently have in my notes on
> Sebastian in my database . . . note the conflict regarding the
> existence of a Will. Also, I have checked the four cemeteries in
> Lower Mahanoy Township and although there is one of his sons
> in one of them, I find no other listing applicable to Sebastian.
>
> NOTES: Sebastian was a member of the Committee of Safety in
> Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War.
> He had benn naturalized on 12 August 1764. According to
> "Northumberland County in the American Revolution", Sebastian
> did have a Last Will & Testament which was proved 3 January
> 1791. The following quoted material was found in the
> "Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland
> County Pennsylvania" 1911, page 866: "BROSIOUS or
> BROSIUS, two of the commonest forms in which this name is
> found, is the patronymic of a family numerously represented in
> Northumberland county, where several distinct branches reside.
> It is said that the family was settled in Lancaster county before
> coming to this region, and that Sebastian Brosious, from
> whom many of the name trace their line, came from that county.
> About 1780 he obtained from William Dunbar a tract of land in
> the lower end of this county upon which Dalmatia, (Georgetown)
> is now located, and this land he left to his son John George
> Brosius, who opened a store and erected a mill. This mill as
> originally built by George Brosius was a log structure, situated
> on the Stone Valley creek at the lower end of Dalmatia, and is
> said to have been the first in the southern part of Northumberland
> county. It subsequently became known as the Witmer mill.
> Sebastian Brosius must have been in this section before the
> land transaction mentioned, as in 1777, when Mahanoy township
> was organized, he became its first constable. Unfortunately be
> left no will, and there seem to be no records to show definitely
> who his children were, but the following were undoubtedly his
> sons: Peter, Abraham, John (head of the Lower Mahanoy
> branch) and another son who founded the Jordan township
> branch."
> -
> Regards,
> John Shipman Hendricks
> 535 Thirty-third Avenue
> Vero Beach, FL 32968
> Phone: 561-562-4362
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Dick Martz
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http://www.mahantongo.org Mahanoy and Mahantongo Historical
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