Margaretha (Margaret) Brandstetter Schneider (Snyder) was born on February 19, 1783 in Heidelberg Township Northhampton County (now Lehigh County), Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of John Jacob Brandstetter and Maria Margaretha Bloß.
She was christened on March 23, 1783. It was recorded in the records of Heidelberg Union Church.
She married Jacob Schneider (Snyder) about 1799. Jacob was born on May 24, 1774. His parents were Balthazar Schneider (Snyder) and Sophia Cottle.
Margaretha and Jacob had at least ten children:
Margaret (Margareta) Schneider (Snyder)
(December 26, 1800),
Henry (Heinrich) Schneider (Snyder) (June 15, 1802),
Salome Schneider (Snyder) (August 29, 1804),
John Jacob Schneider (Snyder) (March 3, 1807),
Simon Schneider (Snyder) (1809),
Jonas Schneider (Snyder) (January 1, 1811),
Lydia Schneider (Snyder) Rex (February 3, 1813, married Joseph Rex),
Elias Schneider (Snyder) (April 29, 1816),
Daniel Schneider (Snyder)
(October 7, 1818),
Owen Schneider (Snyder) (May 11, 1821), and
Hannah Schneider (Snyder) (October 26, 1823).
Margaret died on December 17, 1836 in Heidelberg and is buried in the Old Cemetery of Heidelberg Church.
At the time of the 1850 census, Jacob was 76 years old and living with his daughter Lydia Rex's family in Washington Township, Lehigh County.
Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania originally included Washington Township and Slatington. It is located on Trout Creek and Jordan Creek.
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania was first settled about 1730 and officially constituted in 1812 with the division of Northampton County.
