Capt Nicholas BITTINGER

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Various spellngs for surname BUDINGER/BEDINGER/BITTINGER/BITTENGER
Born in "Dorschel" near Strasburg
He arrived with his parents in Philadelphia PA August 30, 1737 from Rotterdam on the ship "Samuel"
Nicholas raised a company of York County Pennsylvania Militia at his own expense to fight British.
Served as a Captain in the Pennsylvania Flying Camp. Captured at the head of his troops in Battle of Fort Washington in New York City. While a POW he survived by making shoes. He was so dibiltated upon his release that although he requested a return to the Patriot Army, he was refused. Nicholas also served on the York County Committee of Observation (1774)
He has many descendants who are/were members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution, including the submitter who placed the bronze VA marker for him.

Nicholas married Maria Christina REINHOLDT on 14 Jun 1747 in Berwick Township, York Co., Pennsylvania. Maria was born on 10 Jun 1728 in Germany; died on 23 May 1812 in Berwick Township, York Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna-Maria BITTINGER was born about 1761 in Berwick Township, York Co., Pennsylvania; died on 20 Feb 1849 in Abbottstown, Adams Co., Pennsylvania.

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Hans Adam Budinger married Anna Magarette Hanksknecht 28 Dec 1724 in Durstel, Alsace, Germany where she was born 30 Dec 1690. Hans & Margarette were parents of 5 sons and a daughter by 1737, the eldest being Nicholas, Maria's father. In 1737 the Budinger family left the Alsace region of Germany, traveling by boat down the Rhine to Rotterdam where they boarded a ship named Samuel that was leaving for America. They arrived at the Port of Philadelphia on 30 Aug. 1737 where the family surname is recorded as Bittinger with hans Adam listed as 39 years old and Nicholas as 12 years old. In later years many of the children (including Nicholas) adopted the Bittinger spelling but some stayed with Bedinger and Hans Adam is most often listed as Budinger.

The family soon moved west to Lancaster County, crossing the Susquehanna River to lands that were made available by the 1736 Land Purchase following the Cresap War, which extinguished Indian land claims west of the river. They settled in the Berwick Township area that became York County in 1749 and Adams County in 1800. Hans Adam was one of the fairly wealthy Swiss/German immigrants and he quickly purchased land and became a prominent and active citizen of the area. Magarette died in 1750 and Hans Adam married Anna Marie Magdalena in 1753. They were parents of three sons and a daughter by 1760. Hans Adam died 7 Jul 1769 in Berwick township and is buried in the Abbottstown Cemetery.

Hans married Anna Margarette HANKSKNECHT on 28 Dec 1724 in Durstel, Alsace, Germany. Anna (daughter of Johann Adam SCHUSCH and Margreth HATT) was born on 30 Dec 1690 in Durstel, Alsace, Germany; died about 1750 in Berwick Township, York Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]