1763 Adam Bricker was born on October 8. [1] [2] Adam was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. [3] [4] [5]
1776 Adam Bricker lived near Brownsville, Pennsylvania age 13 when his parents and siblings were killed by Indians while Adam was sent to get a sack of corn milled. [6] [7]
1776 Adam Bricker enlisted at age 14 at Redstone Fort, Pennsylvania. [8] [9]
1778 Rebecca Hartman was born on June 13. [10] [11] [12]
1790 Adam Bricker was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was with St. Clair at the defeat in Darke County, Ohio. [13]
1791 Adam Bricker was at Fort Washington, Cincinnati, Ohio. [14]
1794 Adam Bricker was at the battle of Fallen Timbers in Toledo, Ohio. [15] [16] [17]
1799 Adam Bricker and Rebeca Hartman were married on November 2. [18]
1795-1805 Adam Bricker and Rebecca were early pioneers in Clermont in 1795 (from PA) and 1805 (from NJ), respectively. [19] [20]
1802 Adam Bricker was listed in the Clermont County census at Williamsburg. [21]
1804-5 Adam Bricker and Adam Snider traveled for 2 months over 500 miles among Indians in northern Ohio searching for Lydia Osborne, a child lost the previous summer. [22]
1805 Adam Bricker and Rebecca Hartman were married. [23]
1806 Adam Bricker purchased land from Col. Wm. Lytle, both of Clermont County on 15 March. [24]
1820 Adam Bricker (age 45+) lived in Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio with males: three age 0-10 (Christopher, Robert, Samuel, or William), one age 16-18 (?), one age 16-26 (John); females: one age 0-10 (Rachel), two age 10-16 (Elizabeth and Mary), and one age 26-45 (Rebecca). [25]
1830 Adam Bricker (age 60-70) lived in Williamsburg Twp, Clermont County, Ohio with males: one age 0-5 (Isaac), one age 5-10 (Thomas), one age 10-15 (William), one age 15-20 (Robert or Samuel), one age 20-30 (Christopher); and females: one age 10-15 (Rachel),one age 20-30 (Elizabeth), and female age 40-50 (Rebecca). John Bricker, perhaps Adam's son, also lived in Williamsburg Twp, Clermont County, Ohio, age 20-30 with wife and 2 boys age 0-5. [26]
1832 Adam Bricker gave testimony in November (Pennsylvania Service Pension File No. W 2714) related to his pension and summarizing his military service. Adam received a pension of $30 per year (Act of Congress June 7, 1832). Widow, Rebecca, recieved a pension of $30 per year. Court of Common Pleas of the Term of November in the year 1832: "On this, the eighth day of November in the year aforesaid, personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable George P. Torrence, Presiding Judge and John Emry, Robert Haines, and Israel Whitaker, his associates. Adam Bricker, a resident of Clermont County and State of Ohio, seventy-seven years of age, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he was born in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, in the year 1755, the day and month not recollected. That he enlisted in the service of the United States in March 1776, under the following named officers, Captian Thomas Stokely (Stokeling) Leiut Henry Hanly at Greensburgh, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and marched from there to Fort Crawford on the Allegheny River about thirty miles above Fort Pitt where I was stationed six months, to help guard the fort. At this expiration of this time, I again enlisted for three months, and marched from Fort Crawford under the command of Captain Stokley to Fort Wallis in the State of Pennsylvania. That while at Fort Wallace we were attacked by the Indains who killed 18 of our men. At the expiration of this time, I again enlisted for three months, I was dismissed by Captain Stokely but received no written discharge. Then he resided in the state of Pennsylvania til the year 1793, then moved to the State of Ohio, Clermont County, and Williamsburg Township, where he has resided ever since. That he is now 77 years of age. Colonel Laughery had the superior command during the first six months, enlistment. Colonel Broadhead commanded at Fort Pitt. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state." [27]
Pension records for Adam Bicker named Rebecca Bicker and Catharine Hartman, Christopher Hartman, Elizabeth Hartman, Fanny Hartman, Isaac Hartman, Mary Hartman, Rachel Hartman, Rebecah Bicker, Rebecca Hartman, Samuel Hartman, and William Hartman. [28]
These are the records from the Bricker and Hartman Bible as copied in 1879 for Adam Bricker's pension application. [29]
Adam Bricker born October 8, 1763
Rebecca Bricker, his wife, born June 13, 1778
Births of their children
John Bricker born August 13, 1800
Mary Ann Bricker born July 20, 1805
Elizabeth Bricker born April 25, 1807
Christopher H Bricker born April 8, 1810
Samuel Bricker born January 4, 1812
Robert Bricker born December 10, 1813
William Bricker born January 9, 1816
Rachel Bricker born January 26, 1818
Thomas Bricker born December 10, 1820
Isaac M. Bricker born August 6, 1822
Grandchildren
James M. Bricker born January 11, 1840
Rebeccah Bricker born March 1, 1842
Deaths
Samuel Bricker died June 20, 1818
John Bricker died November 22, 1838
Adam Bricker died August 31, 1843
Marriages
Adam and Rebeccah Bricker married November 2, 1755Hartman Family
Christopher Hartman born May 6, 1750
Mary Hartman, his wife, born March 24, 1755
Birth of their children
William Hartman born February 17, 1775
Isaac Hartman born September 2, 1777
Rebecca Hartman born June 13, 1778
Elizabeth Hartman born May 22, 1781
Catherine Hartman born Sept. 27, 1785
Samuel Hartman born March 19, 1789
Fanny Hartman born March 5, 1793
Rachel Hartman born Dec. 29, 1796
Compliments of the late Delbert Greger.
1840 Adam Bricker (age 70-80) lived in Williamsburg Twp, Clermont County, Ohio with one male age 10-15 (Isaac), one male age 15-20 (Thomas), two females age 20-30 (Elizabeth? and Rachel), and female age 50-60 (Rebecca). [30] [31]
1843 Adam Bricker died on August 31. [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] Death notice for Adam Bricker in the Ohio Clermont Sun newspaper: Died at his residence, near Williamsburg, on the 31st ult Mr. Adam Bricker. He was born on the ocean, during the passage of his parents from Germany to the United States, in 1759. He served as a soldier during the last four years of the Revolution, and was with St. Clair and Wayne in their expeditions against the Indians. He had resided in this vicinity near fifty years, married in 1802, and raised a family of nine children. September 15, 1843. [38]
1843 Adam Bricker's will named wife Rebecca Bricker. Sons and daughters were to share equally except son Isaac was different. Rebecca and son Robert were named as executors. Son Thomas, daughter Elizabeth, and daughter Rachel were named on a subsequent page of the record. [39] [40]
1844 Adam Bricker's widow (Rebecca) applied for a pension in Clermont County on August 28. [41]
1850 Rebecca Bricker (age 76, born in New Jersey) lived in Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio with children Elizabeth, Rachel, Thomas (farmer, age 29), and Isaac (cabinet maker, age 22) Bricker. Robert Bricker (age 36), also lived in Williamsburg Twp, Clermont County, Ohio with his family. No match for Samuel Bricker was listed, so he may have died. [42] [43]
Rebecca (Hartman) Bricker, wife of Adam Bricker, died near Williamsburg. [44]
1864 Clermont County Monument Book section 4 page 1 and 2 lists Rebecca Hartman died Aug 12, 1864 age 87 years, 1 month and 10 days. Perhaps the full name with Bricker was obscured. (Hollifeld, page 51, Univ Wisconsin-Madison). Another source reported that Rebecca died on December 8 (source not recorded).
Research Notes:
See also [45]
Notes about son Isaac:
1860 Isaac Bricker (cabinet maker, age 32) [46], married with children ages under 10, lived in Mount Orab, Brown County, Ohio. Thomas Bricker (carpenter age 39), perhaps brother to Isaac, was listed nearby.
1870 Isaac Brecker (age 43, born in Ohio) lived in Harmony Twp, Posey County, Indiana, in a household with Elizabeth Brecker (age 29), Rachel Brecker (age 14), Josepheus Brecker (age 10), John Brecker (age 8), and Alvira E Brecker (age 6). Isaac Brecker's occupation was splet bar chair maker. [47]
1880 Josephus Bricker (age 21, born in Ohio, single), son, lived in Williamsburg Twp, Clermont County, Ohio in a household with Mary E. Bricker (age 39), Jenny Bricker (age 23), John Bricker (age 18), and Eliza Bricker (age 13). Josephus Bricker's father was born in Ohio and his mother was born in Kentucky. Josephus Bricker's occupation was works in chair factory. [48]
[1] Mary Ann Needham Hollifield, Ancestral Tracks to Clermont and Beyond Hutchinson, Abernathy, Shade, Needham (1996), 59, citing Adam Bricker's pension application, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Ohio Genealogical Society, Richland Shelby Chapter, Shelby Spirits, May, 2000, reports birthplace as Germany.
[3] Aileen M. Whitt, Clermont County, Ohio, Revolutionary War Veterans, Vol. 1 (1990), Biosketch from the Clermont Sun, reports date 6 Sept 1762.
[4] Newspaper, Ohio Clermont Sun (Clermont, Ohio), September 15, 1843.
[5] Mary Ann Needham Hollifield, Ancestral Tracks to Clermont and Beyond Hutchinson, Abernathy, Shade, Needham (1996), 59, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Frank D Henderson, Jane Dowd Dailey, The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, Vol. 1, (Columbus, Ohio: F. J. Heer, 1929), 51, [InternetArchive].
[7] Aileen M. Whitt, Clermont County, Ohio, Revolutionary War Veterans, Vol. 1 (1990), Biosketch from the Clermont Sun.
[8] Frank D Henderson, Jane Dowd Dailey, The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, Vol. 1, (Columbus, Ohio: F. J. Heer, 1929), 51, [InternetArchive].
[9] Aileen M. Whitt, Clermont County, Ohio, Revolutionary War Veterans, Vol. 1 (1990), Biosketch from the Clermont Sun.
[10] Mary Ann Needham Hollifield, Ancestral Tracks to Clermont and Beyond Hutchinson, Abernathy, Shade, Needham (1996), 59, citing Adam Bricker's pension application, [GoogleBooks].
[11] Ohio Genealogical Society, Richland Shelby Chapter, Shelby Spirits, May, 2000.
[12] Mary Ann Needham Hollifield, Ancestral Tracks to Clermont and Beyond Hutchinson, Abernathy, Shade, Needham (1996), 59, year reported as 1781 on page 51, [GoogleBooks].
[13] Aileen M. Whitt, Clermont County, Ohio, Revolutionary War Veterans, Vol. 1 (1990), Biosketch from the Clermont Sun.
[14] Frank D Henderson, Jane Dowd Dailey, The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, Vol. 1, (Columbus, Ohio: F. J. Heer, 1929), 51, [InternetArchive].
[15] Frank D Henderson, Jane Dowd Dailey, The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, Vol. 1, (Columbus, Ohio: F. J. Heer, 1929), 51, [InternetArchive].
[16] H. B. Diefenbach, Index to the grave records of soldiers of the War of 1812 buried in Ohio (1945), 7, [GoogleBooks].
[17] Aileen M. Whitt, Clermont County, Ohio, Revolutionary War Veterans, Vol. 1 (1990), Biosketch from the Clermont Sun.
[18] Mary Ann Needham Hollifield, Ancestral Tracks to Clermont and Beyond Hutchinson, Abernathy, Shade, Needham (1996), 59, citing Adam Bricker's pension application, [GoogleBooks].
[19] Aileen M. Whitt, Clermont County, Ohio, Revolutionary War Veterans, Vol. 1 (1990), Biosketch from the Clermont Sun.
[20] USGenWeb Archives, Clermont County, Ohio (rootsweb), [USGenWeb].
[21] Clermont County Genealogical Society, 1802 census, [URL].
[22] Frank D Henderson, Jane Dowd Dailey, The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, Vol. 1, (Columbus, Ohio: F. J. Heer, 1929), 343, [InternetArchive].
[23] Aileen M. Whitt, Clermont County, Ohio, Revolutionary War Veterans, Vol. 1 (1990), Biosketch from the Clermont Sun.
[24] Anita Short, Mrs. Dale Bowers, Gateway to the West, Vol. 1 (1989), 239.
[25] United States Federal Census, 1820, line 13, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[26] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[27] Aileen M. Whitt, Clermont County, Ohio, Revolutionary War Veterans, Vol. 1 (1990), citing Book H-61.
[28] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[29] Mary Ann Needham Hollifield, Ancestral Tracks to Clermont and Beyond Hutchinson, Abernathy, Shade, Needham (1996), 59, citing Adam Bricker's pension application, [GoogleBooks].
[30] United States Federal Census, 1840, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[31] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[32] Find A Grave Memorial 12272211, [FindAGrave].
[33] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[34] Mary Ann Needham Hollifield, Ancestral Tracks to Clermont and Beyond Hutchinson, Abernathy, Shade, Needham (1996), 59, citing Adam Bricker's pension application, [GoogleBooks].
[35] Ohio Genealogical Society, Richland Shelby Chapter, Shelby Spirits, May, 2000.
[36] H. B. Diefenbach, Index to the grave records of soldiers of the War of 1812 buried in Ohio (1945), 7, [GoogleBooks].
[37] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[38] Newspaper, Ohio Clermont Sun (Clermont, Ohio), September 15, 1843.
[39] Ohio, Will and Probate Records, index D1-371, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[40] Ohio, Will and Probate Records, D1-371, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[41] U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[42] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[43] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[44] J. L. Rockey and R. J. Bancroft, 1795 History of Clermont County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts & Co, 1880), 547, right column, [HathiTrust].
[45] Frank D. Henderson, The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, Vol. 2, (Columbus, Ohio: F. J. Heer, 1929), 59, and Vol. 3 p. 47.
[46] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[47] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[48] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].