Samuel Breneiser Sr. ^{3 4 5}

   Another name for Samuel was Samuel Breneisen.¹

   FamilySearch ID: LZ2Q-58W.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: clockmaker from 1799 to 1837 in Reading, Berks, PA. ^{2 6} Advertised in Reading in 1799. Moved to Adamstown between 1807 and 1810.

2. Census in 1800 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁷ The 1800 census recorded Saml Breneiser with this household:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 3.

3. Census in 1820 in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁸ The 1820 census recorded Samuel Breneiser with this household:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 8
Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
Total Free White Persons: 12
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 12.

4. Book: Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania, 1906. ³
Susanna Breneiser, born in Adamstown, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1809, daughter of Samuel Breneiser and his wife Susanna Barbara Schwartz. She died in Reading, Pennsylvania, July 26, 1896. Samuel Breneiser was a son of John Valentine Breneiser who came to America from Germany in 1730. Susanna Barbara Schwartz was a daughter of George Schwartz, born in Oley, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1752 and died in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1832, and Elizabeth Nein, his wife, born in Oley, February 4, 1759, died in 1805.

5. Book: Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 1917. ⁵
Samuel Breneiser was a clockmaker at Adamstown and made a good many clocks, which are still in use in the northwest part of our county and over in Berks county. He was among the later manufacturers, and seems to have been located at different times at both Reamstown and Adamstown. His period was about from 1840 to 1860. We know of one of his clocks which had a price mark of $80.00, which is still in it, which was rather more than they cost in the earlier years. Quite a number of his works can still be found and indications are that he made more clocks than some of the better known makers. Samuel Breneiser also had a brother [George] in the business, at Womelsdorf, Berks county. His clocks are not rated as of a high grade of workmanship.

Samuel married Susanna Barbara Schwartz on 18 Feb 1799 in Reading: First Reformed Church, Berks, PA.^{1 2} (Susanna Barbara Schwartz was born on 21 May 1778 in Oley Twp., Berks, PA,^{2 3} died on 12 Feb 1869 in Reamstown, Lancaster, PA ² and was buried in Reamstown: Salem Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA.)