1764 · Fort Augusta · Amish
What happened
After Col. Henry Bouquet’s 1764 treaty with the Lenape, over 200 captives were released; Joseph Hochstetler was handed over at Fort Augusta, his brother Christian at the Muskingum (1765).
Ancestors alive at the time
Peter Kaufmann (d. 1803), John Hostetler (d. 1807), Peter Neuenschwander (d. before 1791), Christian Ramseyer (bapt. 1700), Anna Dorothea Mueller (c.1700–1789), Johann Fieguth (1707–1780), Jacob Hochstetler (1712–1776), Christian Daniel Miller (c.1734–1777), John Hochstetler (c.1735–1805), Veronica Mishler (c.1736–1785), Jacob Mast (1738–1808), Abraham Busenitz (1739–1787), Magdalena Holly (c.1740–1820), Anna Busenitz (1744–1797), Anna Penner (fl. 1744), Joseph Hochstetler (c.1746–1812), Isaac Ramseyer (c.1747–after 1817), Michael Holly (arr. 1750), Hans Blank (arr. 1751), Jacob Conrad Sr. (1757–1829)
Sources
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.