John Hunsaker

     John was born on Saturday, 22 May 1728 in Germany. He was the son of Hartmann Hunsaker. The family came on 10 September 1831 on the ship "Pennsylvania Merchant" to Philadelphia. On 10 September 1731, John and his parents left Holland aboard the ship, "Pennsylvania Merchant", arriving in America at the Port of Philadelphia.. John, his mother and his siblings settled in Manheim Township after the death of his father and his mother's remarriage. John married Magdalena Beery, daughter of Nicholas Bieri I and Barbara Miller, on 15 May 1750 in Manchester Township. The couple settled near Magdalena's parents. Sometime later they moved to Elizabethtown in Maryland and still later, by 1784, moved to Springhill Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. John & Magdalena had children: Abraham [1/13/1751-9/16/1752]; John [9/16/1752-4/18/1792], Barbara [5/06/1754-7/27/1788], Nicholas [2/03/1756], Hartman [8/20/1757-1757], Jacob [5/06/17593/11/1831, Joseph [5/20/1761-9/25/1844], Abraham [4/25/1763-11/13/1841]. George [3/02/1766-1845], Catherine [3/05/1769]. John departed this life in December 1815 in Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois, at age 87 years and 6 months.