Patriot Ancestor: Johann Philip Schambach

Submitted by Compatriot Jeff La Marca, Ph.D. (Member #185242)

Johann Philip Schambach (1764 to 1845): P-287657
Private,
1st Company, 2nd Battalion of the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia

Johann Philip Schambach, born on March 23, 1764, in Pennsylvania [1], was a patriot of the American Revolution, serving in the Lancaster County Militia in 1782 [2,3], The son of Johann Georg Schambach and Maria Margaretha Ludwig [1], he was baptized in Annville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [4,5]. Philip married Hannah Regina Albert [1], and together they raised a large family in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where they lived primarily in West Pennsboro and Frankford townships [1].

Philip was a landowner, acquiring property in West Pennsboro in 1790 [6,7] and engaging in several land transactions in Frankford from 1798 to 1824 [8,9,10]. He appeared in U.S. Census records from 1790 to 1840, reflecting his longstanding presence in the region [11,12,13,14,15]. A farmer by trade, he was taxed in 1793 for 100 acres, two horses, and two cows [1]. Philip also served as an executor for his son Peter's will in 1823 [16,17] and had his own estate probated in 1845 [16,18].

He passed away on September 24, 1845, in Cumberland County [1,19,20] and was laid to rest at Salem Stone Church Cemetery in Carlisle, Pennsylvania [1,20,21].

References

1. Genealogical Publishing Company (1905). "Levi J. Shambaugh," Biographical Annals of Cumberland County: Pennsylvania: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families. Chicago, Illinois: Genealogical Publishing Company. || pp. 195-198. (accessed 27 August 2016).

2. Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, editor (1906). "Muster Rolls Related to the Associators and Militia of the County of Lancaster," Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Vol. VII. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer. || p. 166. Philip Shambach. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Patriot Connections (https://www.patriotconnections.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Muster_Rolls_Etc_1743_1787.pdf: accessed 1 September 2023).

3. United States (8 July 1782). Pennsylvania Veterans Card Files, 1775-1916: Philip Shambach. || Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Fold3.com (https://www.fold3.com/image/712638462: accessed 1 September 2023).

4. Mathesius, Don (October 1991). "George Schambach the Elder (Lancaster)," Shambaugh Family News. Des Moines, Iowa: Schambaughs International. || pp. 1-2. Johann Philip Shambaugh. Annville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, British Empire. Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/: accessed 30 August 2023).

5. Quittapahilla Church (23 March 1764). Kirchen Buch: Johann Philipp Schambach. || Johann Philipp Schambach. Annville, Latimore Township, York County, Pennylvania, British Empire, Pennsylvania, British Empire. Copy in possession of Dale John Joseph Leppard (29 August 2023).

6. Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Office for Recording of Deeds (from 1790 to 1828). Index to Deeds: Grantees, Vol. SA - SI, 1750-1950: Philip Shambach (Sr. and Jr.). || p. 155. Philip Shambach. West Pennsboro, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7S-MS74-4?i=155&cat=206705: accessed 4 September 2023).

7. Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Office for Recording of Deeds (17 August 1790). Deeds, Vol. LL 1828 to 1829: Philip Shambach (Sr). || p. 355. West Pennsboro, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSXB-X99J-N?i=405&cat=206705: accessed 4 September 2023).

8. Cumberland County, Recorder of Deeds (from 1798 to 1864). Grantor Index to Deeds - Cumberland County, PA: Sa to Sl, 1750-1950: Shambach Family. || p. 155. Philip Schombaugh. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS73-MTW7?i=157: accessed 6 August 2023). FHL Film # 21035.

9. Cumberland County, Recorder of Deeds (1798). Deeds, Vol. S, 1807 to 1809: Philip Shambach. || pp. 153-155. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFB-Y3MB-7?i=91&cat=206705: accessed 6 August 2023). FHL Film # 008067033.

10. Cumberland County, Recorder of Deeds (27 September 1824). Deeds, Vol 1-HH, 1823 to 1825: Johann Philip. || pp. 229-231. Philip Shambaugh. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSXB-JS9C-F?i=453&cat=206705: accessed 7 August 2023). FHL Film # 008035093.

11. United States, Bureau of the Census (2 August 1790). 1790 U.S. Census: Philip Shambach. || p. 42. Philip Shumboh. East Pennsboro, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States; (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYJ-S6JP: accessed 13 June 2023).

12. United States, Bureau of the Census (4 August 1800). 1800 U.S. Census: Phillip Shambach Family. || p. 102. Phillip Stumpagh. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States; (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7590/images/4440906_00109: accessed 13 June 2023).

13. United States, Bureau of the Census (7 August 1820). 1820 U.S. Census: Shambaugh Family. || Philip Shambach. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States; (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 13 June 2023).

14. United States, Bureau of the Census (1830). 1830 U.S. Census: Shambaugh Family. || p. 155. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States; enumeration district Philip Shambaugh,. (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 13 June 2023).

15. United States, Bureau of the Census (1840). 1840 U.S. Census: Shambaugh Family. || Philip Schambaugh. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States; (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 13 June 2023).

16. Cumberland County Courthouse (1 November 1845). Index to Wills, Vol. R S, 1750-1937 : Shambach Family. || p. 123. Philip Schambaugh. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Ancestry.com, Inc.  (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/935282:8802?ssrc=pt&tid=14206610: accessed 16 June 2023).

17. Cumberland County Courthouse (28 April 1823). Letters of Adminstration (Administrators Records, Vol. C, 1750-1845): Peter Shambough. || p. 251. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SM-79SP-Z?i=402&wc=9PMK-K66%3A268498501%2C268498502&cc=1999196: accessed 19 June 2023). p 403.

18. Cumberland County Courthouse (1 November 1845). Letters of Adminstration (Administrators Docket, Vol. E, 1845-1863): Philip Shambach. || p. 13. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9SM-71R4?i=2&cc=1999196&cat=207688: accessed 16 June 2023).

19. Gerberich, Albert (1983). "Stone Church, Frankford Township (5 Miles N.S. of Carlisle, on road to Blosserville)," Surname Index of Cemetery and Gravestones, Lancaster County, PA. Philadelphia, Pennslvania: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. || p. 478. Philip Shambach. Frankford, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Ancestry.com, Inc.  (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2451/images/42154_329901-00300?pId=2021857537: accessed 16 June 2023). Call Number: La 31A:3a.

20. Salem Stone Church Cemetery (after 24 September 1845). Headstone (photograph): Philip Schambaugh. || Philip Schambaugh. Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Privately held by Jeffry La Marca (23 October 2016).

21. Find-a-Grave (24 September 1845). Find-a-Grave Memorial: Johann Philip Shambaugh. || Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81659369/johann-philipp-schambaugh: accessed 1 September 2023).