HENRY DELAWTER

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE
Military. Private, CAPT Henry Fister's Company. German Battalion of Maryland (commanded by COL Nicholas Husseger), 1776.

BIOGRAPHY
Henry Delawter (also known as Delater, Deleiter or Delauder), the son of Jacob Delater and Elizabeth Grossnickle, was baptized 16 MAY 1758 in the German Reformed Church, Frederick County, Maryland. He died about 1788 in Frederick County, Maryland.

Henry had the following children:

1. Jacob Delater, born about 1773 in Frederick County, Maryland, died about 1808 in Frederick County, Maryland; married 21 FEB 1790 Frederick County, Maryland Catherine Mahn (Main), who later married Jacob Wolf; she was born 29 JUN 1772 in Frederick County, Maryland, died 12 JUL 1855 in Frederick County, Maryland

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DESCENDANTS IN WESTMINSTER CHAPTER, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
George Edgar Delawter

DESCENDANTS IN OTHER CHAPTERS, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Charles Elmer Borcherding, Jr.
Charles Elmer Borcherding, Sr.

REFERENCES
Archives of Maryland, volume 18, page 261
DAR Patriot Index, Volume 2, Page 55
DAR # 620076 (Margaret Madeline DeLawter)
Maryland Historical Society. Maryland Historical Magazine. "Supplementary German Regiment Papers, German Regiment, Roll of CAPT Henry Fister's Co. in the German Battalion."Ref Vol 18, p. 261
Maryland Historical Society. Maryland Historical Magazine. "Journal of the Committee of Observation of the Middle District of Frederick County, Maryland" #11-1916, p. 51 [NB., lists him as Corporal.]
Maryland Historical Society. Maryland Historical Magazine. "Baptism Record, German Reformeed Church, Frederick County Maryland", Vol 1, p. 57.
Maryland State Society, Sons Of the American Revolution. Membership Applications. "No. 2271: George Edgar Delawter". 1976
Muster Rolls of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, 1775-1783.

RELATED SITES
Roll of CAPT Fister's Company

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