General Henry Hambright Sr. ²

  Burial Notes:

Tombstone inscription: In memory of HENRY HAMBRIGHT, ESQ,., who was born April 11th, A.D.1749 and died March 2, 1835, aged 85 years 10 months & 20 days.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He served in the military on 4 Nov 1780 in Elizabeth, Union, NJ. ³ Henry was a prisoner held in New York who was exchanged on 4 Nov 1780 at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. From the book:

The following list of American Offices, prisoners at New York, were exchanged by Abraham Skinner, Commissary-general of Prisoners, on or about the dates opposite their names.

Henry Hambright, Captain, Pa. Flying-Camp, Nov. 4, 1780.
Thomas Reed, Ensign, Pa. Flying-Camp, Nov. 4, 1780.
Samuel Rutherford, Ensign, Pa. Flying-Camp, Nov. 4, 1780.
Roger Staynor, Captain, Pa. Flying-Camp, Nov. 4, 1780.

2. Census in 1790 in Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁴ The 1790 census recorded Henry Hambright's household with 1 male over 16 years of age, 3 males under 16 years, and 1 female.

3. He signed a will in 1833 in Earl Twp., Berks, PA. ⁵ Henry Hambright's [Sr's] will, dated 1833, names his son William Hambright and Joseph Landis as executors. He left $100 to grandson Davis Hambright; $50 to grandson George F. Hambright; $50 to granddaughter Maria (Hambright) Richason; $500 and "goods" to his second wife Mary Ann; with the rest of his estate, which the executors determined to be $1116.50, to be divided equally among daughter Elizabeth (Hambright) Smith of Cumberland County, and sons John and William Hambright.

4. Obituary: on 6 Mar 1835 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁵ From the Lancaster Journal on 6 March 1835:

General Henry Hambright departed this life of the 2nd instant, at his residence in Earl township, Lancaster county. His remains were attended to the grave on the 4th instant by a large concourse of friends and neighbors. The Rev. Mr. Wallace delivered an appropriate discourse, in English, from Phillippians I, 21, upon the occassion; which was followed by the Rev. Mr. Hertz, in German, from Psalms XC. 10.

General Hambright entered the service of his county in the early part of the Revolution, and rose to command a company in the "Flying Camp". He was one of the many sufferers on board the British prison ship in the harbor of New York. After his release, he again entered the Revolutionary army, and, on the close of the war returned to his native place. The regard which his country entertained for his character and services was manifested in electing him to the legislature; and during many years he acted as magistrate with a mildness and correcctness which endeared him still more to all who knew him.

Henry married Mary Good on 29 Jul 1777 in Lancaster: St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster, PA.¹ (Mary Good was born in 1753 in , Lancaster, PA,² died on 8 Aug 1825 in , Lancaster, PA ² and was buried in Earl Twp.: Old Welsh Cemetery, Lancaster, PA.)

Henry next married Mary Ann Howe. (Mary Ann Howe died on 12 Apr 1835 in , Lancaster, PA ² and was buried in Earl Twp.: Old Welsh Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ².)