An American Family History

Philip Dreisbach was born on in the same year as the Boston Tea Party on February 3, 1773 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He was baptised on May 3, 1773 at Zion Stone Church. His father was Colonel Johann Jost Dreisbach.

Philip moved to Albany, New York about 1790.

He married Elizabeth Schneider (Snyder) in 1792 in Schoharie County, New York. They married at the High and Low Dutch Reformed Congregation in Schoharie (now The Reformed Church).

Elizabeth was the daughter of Ludwig and Sara Schneider from Schoharie.

In 1793 Philip was a mechanic, although he later became a farmer.

Philip and Elizabeth had one child; Elizabeth (Betsy) Dreisbach Lawyer (August 31, 1794, married Jacob L. Lawyer).

Philip's wife, Elizabeth, probably died before 1796, because Philip’s wife after that date was Maria Schneider.

Philip and Maria had two children:
Adam Dreisbach (April 19, 1798, married Caty Sagendorf and Rebecca Sternburg) and
Catharina Dreisbach Haverly (1801, married John Joost Haverly).

Philip died on December 2, 1857, at the age of eighty-four.

1773 The Pennsyvania Gazette