Israel Houseworth's father arrives on the Ship "Janet" from Winden, Zwekbrucken(southwest Germany), on October 7, 1751.
Jacob marries Barbara Brand 10 years later.
On October 13, 1761, @ Tohickon Reformed Church, in Bucks County, Pennylyvania, Jacob Hauswirth married Barbara Brand. As best my information gathered, two daughters were born to the couple, but I have no exact date for the dates of births. Jacob Jr(or John Jacob, records vary) was born April 11, 1766, he passed away in Snyder County, PA, on May 25, 1841. His younger brother(my GGG-Grandfather) Israel Houseworth came along 9 years later on July 9, 1775...before we were even a country of our own.
[log of ship Janet to be included at the end of this chapter]
Israel was baptised at Keller's Lutheran Church on July 30th of his birth year. As for his parents Jacob and Barbara, this is where my information about them ends(for now). Witnesses for the baptism were Rudolph Schiebeler and Margaret Jung[one must realize that spellings, misspellings, and name changes varied thoughout early genealogy, I know of 21 varations of Houseworth, but the German name Hauswith and the English/American version Houseworth, are the most common].
Israel dissapears from records for a number of years, until he arrives in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Just land records from this time in Israel life, but it appearent that he marries by this time in his life, and by the time I pick up Israel's life again it is in Wayne County, Ohio(northeast Ohio near today's Akron) in the 1820 Census.
Israel Houswart 1820 Census of Wayne County, Ohio
Having a rather rare name like Houseworth makes it much easier to trace your roots, when your prime realitive is named Israel Houseworth, despite the misspellings, you have an even easier road to follow.
Israel shows up in the 1820 US Census living in Wayne County, Ohio, he is listed as Israel Houswart, he was the only Houswart and the only Israel Houswart for sure. His is listed as having a wife 5 daughters and 3 sons[wife's and children's names were not listed in the 1820 census]. Israel is listed as 45+ years old[matching the 1775 birth date], the sons were listed at all under 10 years[later on this would match up age wise], wife[Catherine] was in the slot marked 26-45 years old, the girls were listed 1 under 10, three aged 10 to 15, and 1 in the 16-25 group. Israel would have turned 45 during the census year.
Things[but not the spellings]would become more clear as Israel and his family moved on again, this time to Millwood[Knox County], Ohio, but this time I knew why my side of the Houseworth klan loved to move.....it was Israel who had instilled the wanderlust in his children, and it must have passed on down through the generations.
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