"[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported.
We have a right to it, derived from our Maker.
But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us,
at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood."
-- John Adams, 1765
Dreisbach is also spelled Dresbach, Dresback, Driesbach, Driesbaugh, Dreisback, and Treisbach.
Europeans who made the voyage to America faced a difficult journey of several months.
The Boston Tea Party was on December 16, 1773. The Sons of Liberty destroyed an entire shipment of the East India Company's tea by throwing it into the harbor.
Colonel Johann Jost (Yost) Dreisbach was born in Oberndorf, Germany and his christening was recorded at the Evangelical Lutheran church in Feudingen on September 18, 1721. His parents were Johan Simon Dreisbach and Maria Katharina Keller. He was born on November 21, 1721 according to his burial card. He was a miller.
According to the History of Carbon County, Pennsylvania
He sailed for this country from Cowes, England, September 20, 1743, on board the ship Lydia, of which James Abercrombie, of Rotterdam, was master.
He had two wives, neither of whom has been identified. His second wife was incorrectly identified by past researchers as Elizabeth Rauschenberger, but this has been proven to be an error. His will does mention a wife named Lisbet.
His children are described in detail in the section on the Jost Dreisbach family. He probably had about twelve children.
Jost was active in the American Revolution.
He was a member of the County Committee of Observation in 1774, captain of a company from Lehigh township in 1775, and colonel of the Third Battalion of the county in 1776.
The same year as the Boston Tea Party, on November 30, 1773, Jost signed a bond to insure the inventory of the estate of the Reverend John Hecker the pastor of the Reformed Congregation.
Jost died on October 17, 1794 in Allen, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He is buried at Zion Stone Church Cemetery in Allen Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
Feudingen is a village in the city of Bad Laasphe and its 13th century church ministered to the entire surrounding area. The church has been Protestant since 1555.
Zion Stone Church is a Lutheran church near Kreidersville, Pennsylvania. It was dedicated on June 18, 1772.
Oberndorf is a village in northwest Germany and part of the city of Bad Laasphe. It was in the feudal country of Wittgenstein in the 18th century.
17th and 18th century Germans often gave children two names at baptism. The first was a saint's name. The second a secular name which is what the child was called. The saint's name was usually given to all the children of that family of the same gender. Johannes was rarely a saint's name, but Johann was.
Pennsylvania German families took an active role in the American Revolution in Northampton County.
Carbon County, Pennsylvania was created in 1843 from parts of Northampton and Monroe Counties.
TheAmerican Revolutionary War(1775–1783) was between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the 13 colonies which became the newly formed United States.
