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40. Maria Margaret Householder (Margaretha Rebecca Householder) (Married Peter Bussard (Bossert) (Busort) (Bosert) (39) 17 June 1784)

Born: 4 February 1762 (according to a LDS source that quotes a church record, she was born 15 December 1761) in Berks County, Pennsylvania; another source says that Georgetown was the city of her birth) of John Ad. (Adam) Householder (Johan Adam Householder) (Hans Adam Haushalter) (79) & Elizabeth ? (Maria Elizabetha Weldman) (Mariah Elizabetha Weidman) (80).

Died: 18 March 1839 in Thurmont, Maryland.

[Her sibling included:

Mattias Householder (Married Eve ?) Born: 30 November 1751 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Died: After 1791. According to Maude Householder Baker <mabaker6167@aol.com>, Maria’s siblings included:

Johan Adam Householder Born: 11 November 1744,

Adam Householder: Born 10 October 1746 (Married: C. Bechtol) Died (in Va) before 1791,

Maria Barbara Householder Born: 16 March 1749, Died: ?

Andrew Householder Born: 1751, Died: ?

Elizabetha Householder Born: 19 January 1754,

Eva Householder Born: circa 19 January 1754,

Catharina Householder: Born: 19 July 1764, and

Anna Maria Householder: Born: 27 December 1765, Died: ?..all children were born in Pennsylvania.]

Miscellaneous:

She was baptized February 1762 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, (Berk’s County) Pennsylvania. There is a bio sketch on the Buzzards in Biographical Sketches History of Frederick County, Maryland. The Buzzards were prominent in Frederick County. Margaret is sometimes called Rebecca. Maria Margaret’s connection to #79 is proved by the record of the settlement of Hans Adam’s estate which names Margaret Bossard as an heir.

Maria and her husband, Peter, had 10 children: Sarah (Salome), Daniel, Catherine, Samuel, Peter, John, George, Elizabeth, Sophia, and Susannah (20).

As quoted from The Genealogy of Peter Bossert-Bussard 1761-1802, p. 6, compiled by Ruthella Bussard and published by Jeanne Bussard Workshop, 101 West South Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701 in 1974, “Margaret Householder (Bossert) Bussard died intestate the 18th day of March, 1839. Her brother-in-law, Fred Baker was appointed by the court to settle her estate. Bond was furnished by her son and her son-in-law, George Philip Fox.