George Deerhamer (M)
b. about April 1740, d. July 1803
Relationship=3rd great-grandfather of Doris Edna Dearhamer.

Appears on these charts:

Dearhamer Family Timeline
Ancestors of Doris Edna Dearhamer
Descendants of George Deerhamer

     (Name variations: Derhammer, Terhamer, Durhamer, Thürheimer).¹

George Deerhamer was born about April 1740.^2,3,4

Research Note: Probably the George Deerhamer listed in this entry from
Naturalizations in America and the West Indies

Jurors' Names.: GEORGE DEERHAMER.
Township.: Bethlehem.
County.: Northampton.
Sacrament, when taken.: Sept. 22, 1765.⁵

He married Susanna Catharina Hertzel, daughter of Hans Georg Hertzel and Catharina Schmetzer, about 1768 at Pennsylvania.² George Deerhamer appeared on the 1790 Federal Census of Nazareth Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated in the household were 1 free white male over 16, 5 free white males under 16 and 1 free white female.⁶ He appeared on the 1800 Federal Census of Nazareth Township. Enumerated in the household were 2 males 0-10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male over 45 and1 female over 45.⁷

Research Note: A Jacob Derhammer was listed on the 1800 census with one male 16-26 and one female 16-26 in the household. This may have been another son and his wife (probably the Jacob Derhamer who married Catharine Elizabeth Hartzell). The gap between 1770 and 1776 is a likely spot for another child.⁷

He died in July 1803 at Northampton County, Pennsylvania.^2,8,9 He was buried on 20 July 1803 at Dryland Cemetery, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.^2,10,9

Children of George Deerhamer and Susanna Catharina Hertzel

Anna Catharine Derhammer b. 8 Jun 1769²
Maria Margaret Derhammer b. 23 Dec 1770²
George Michael Derhammer b. 2 Aug 1776, d. Jun 1830²
John Derhammer b. 6 Jul 1781²
George Adam Derhammer b. 7 Feb 1784²
Abraham Derhammer b. 19 Feb 1786²
Isaac Deerhammer b. 8 Dec 1787, d. 1850
Joseph Derhammer b. 21 Jun 1790²

Notes and Citations:

1. [S511] The Family Facts Archive - Family Names, (database online), Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/, original source of data: Patrick Hanks, Dictionary of American Family Names (n.p.: Oxford University Press, 2004). Derhammer
   Altered spelling of German Dürhammer, a habitational name from Dürrheim in Baden; -hammer is a common dialect form for -heimer.
2. [S67] Hannah Benner Roach, "Hans Georg Hertzel: Pioneer of Northampton County and his Family," Genealogy of Pennsylvania Families, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1981), volume 1, page 861.
3. [S320] Rev. Henry Martyn Kieffer, Some of the First Settlers of the Forks of the Delaware and Thier Descendants (Easton, Pennsylvania: published by the author, 1902), page 296, based on age of 63 years, 3 months given in death record.
4. [S391] John T. Humphrey, Pennsylvania Gravestones, Northampton County (Washington D.C.: Larjon & Company, Inc., 2000), ISBN: 1-887609-18-0, page 75, age at death in July 1803 was 63 years 3 months.
5. [S414] Naturalizations in America and the West Indies, (database online), Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, original source of data: M.S. Giuseppi, Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (London: Huguenot Society Publishing, 1921).
6. [S226] George Terhamer (sic) household, 1790 U.S. Federal Census, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Nazareth Township, page 41/271, line 6 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 3 of 5, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M637_8), accessed 21 October 2002.
7. [S225] George Derhammer household, 1800 U.S. Federal Census, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Nazareth Township, page 603 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 43 of 66, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M32_37), accessed 18 October 2002.
8. [S320] Rev. Henry Martyn Kieffer, Some of the First Settlers of the Forks of the Delaware and Thier Descendants (Easton, Pennsylvania: published by the author, 1902), page 296, 63 y, 3m.
9. [S391] John T. Humphrey, Pennsylvania Gravestones, Northampton County (Washington D.C.: Larjon & Company, Inc., 2000), ISBN: 1-887609-18-0, page 75.
10. [S320] Rev. Henry Martyn Kieffer, Some of the First Settlers of the Forks of the Delaware and Thier Descendants (Easton, Pennsylvania: published by the author, 1902), page 296.