William Hunsberger

William married Veronica Hallman on 15 Apr 1834. Veronica (daughter of Benjamin Hallman and Elizabeth Detweiler) was born on 14 May 1814 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Jan 1894 in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Catharine S. Bergey. Catharine (daughter of Abraham Bergey and Esther Shantz) was born on 3 Dec 1786; died on 2 Nov 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source Ezra Eby

Abraham Bergey," second son of old Hans Bergey, was born January 6th, 1743. On September 3rd, 1776, he was married to Salome Gorgas who died November 20th, 1782. After the decease of his first wife, he, on January 6th, 1786, was married to Esther, daughter of old Jacob Shantz, and sister to old Isaac Shantz, grandfather to all our Shantzes of this county. She died March 13th, 1821. They resided in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. To Mr. Abraham Bergey and his first wife were born three children, and to him and his second wife were born six children.

Abraham married Esther Shantz on 6 Jan 1786. Esther (daughter of Jacob Shantz and Magdalena Erb) died on 12 Mar 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source Ezra Eby

Hans Bergey, " a native of Saxony. Germany, emigrated to America shortly after the Mennonites had formed settlements in and around Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was a strict adherent to the Mennonite doctrines. Dates of his birth and death and to whom he was married could not be obtained when the writer was last to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and it is doubtful whether any records are preserved that will give us more information pertaining to this old progenitor. His family consisted of *four sons...."

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Source
Descendants of:
JOHN ULRICH BERGEY
http://home.cogeco.ca/~familytree/bergey.html

John Ulrich Bergey and his wife Mary were Mennonites as shown by the fact that he was one of the originators of the congregation in Salford, Pennsylvania, in 1738. His name appears among those to whom the meeting-house, and tract of land on which it stood, were transferred by the ministers and deacons of the congregation.

At a session of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, held in Philadelphia on the 12th and 13th days of April, 1743, John Ulrich Bergey was naturalized. He had conscientious scruples to taking an oath and was affirmed.

John Ulrich Bergey made his will November 9, 1762, and it was probated December 11, 1762, indicating that he died between these two dates. He was a comparatively young man as shown by the fact that only the older children were married, while the younger children were still under age.

John Ulrich Bergey and his wife Mary are buried at the Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse. Their graves were marked with field stones until July, 1907, when a granite monument was erected on the spot by the Bergey family association, and unveiled with an appropriate ceremony 27 September, 1907.

The Family Name

In a deed, given in 1728, in which John Ulrich Bergey conveys 100 acres of land to Jacob Enger he writes his name Hans Ulrich Burgy. This is the earliest signature that has been found and it is presumed that this is the original spelling of the family name. John Ulrich's name as appended to his will is either written with assistance or it is an attempt to anglicize it so as to make it more readily comprehensible by English speaking persons.

John Ulrich Bergey's sons used three different renditions: Bergey, Berge and Berky. The greater number of the descendants of John Ulrich write their name Bergey. Some of the descendants of John write the name Berky. A few of the descendants of Isaac and all the descendants of Abraham write the name Berge. Some of the descendants of Isaac also write the name Bergy.

From: "The Genealogy of the Bergey Family" by David H. Bergey, 1925

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Source:
bownehistory.org

Of the Mennonite faith, Bergey came from Switzerland in 1719. He had 11 children. Progenitors of a large family in Pennsylvania, Ontario and the Mid-West. This house stands as a memorial to him and his progeny.”

Notes:

Source Ezra E. Eby

Jacob Shantz, "was born in Switzerland about the year 1710. Owing to religious persecutions, he, with other, left their native home and went to Holland where they had the promise of protection from the persecuting parties by the Prince of Orange. Here he lived some fifteen years. Seeing so many of his co-religionists emigrating to America, besides being informed of the proclamation issued by William Penn, he at last decided to emigrate to America and settle among his co-religionists. He crossed the ocean in a vessel named "Townshead" and landed safely at Philadelphia in the summer of 1737. He may have resided in Germantown for some time. In the year 1745 we find him and his family located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. What number of children he had could not be ascertained. We know that he was married twice. The children of his first wife were II Isaac, II Esther, and II Susannah, and from his second wife we have the record of only one son named II Christian. Old Jacob Shantz died in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 5th, 1781, aged a few months less than 71 years. He was buried in the Sprogell Cemetery, beside Magdalena, his first wife."

Jacob married Magdalena Erb. Magdalena was buried in Sprogeli Cemetery, Montgomery County. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]