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The lives of our first sucessfull glass makers keep crossing each others paths through friends family and investors.
I have in my possesion a manuscript which I have shown here at the forum before pertaining to loans taxes and moneies paid out
to investors of the Wistarburgh glass works.Charles and Alex Stedman were paid 275 GBP on a 35 GBP loan thats 425.00 U S dollars.
So we see the Stemans were early investors in Caspar Wistars Glass works in Alloway New Jersey in the years 1751,1754 and 1755.
The Stedmans along with their wives were Wilhelm Henry Stiegels Business partners in the land which was to become Manheim Pennsylvania.
Henry Stiegels first wife Elizabeth Huber died young leaving Henry to raise two small daughters.Henry was only 29 and quickley remarried
a woman by the name of Elizabeth Holz on October 24th 1758.She was the sister of Anna Catherine Holz the wife of George Michael Ege a man of means and of prominence in the Provincve of Pennsylvania,a memeber of the Independent Troop of Horse of Philadelphia and a veteran of the French and Indian war.The ceremony was performed in the Holz home in the Roxborough a resort near Philadelphia,and a record of the marrige is preserved in the archives of St. Michaels Luthern Church Germantown.George Michael Ege was a witness.Tradition has it that the second Mrs Stiegel had kept house for her husband in Philadelphia.This probably meant she was kept in charge of the home in Philadelphia.
Shortley after this marriage on January 18th 1759 George Michael Ege died and at the urgent solicitation Of the Stiegels his widow Anna and her two sons George age 11 and Michael age 6 came to make their home at Elizabeth Furnace with the Stiegels,the two families being from that time on bound together by the closet ties.Later in life destitute from the loss of all his realestate the glass factorys and the Iron furnaces Stiegel turned to his Nephew George Ege who he raised as his own son and moved in with him for the final two years of his life.Young George
became a very prominent citizen in his own right.
George Ege (1748-1829) - Owner of Charming Forge (supplied cannonballs during the Revolutionary War); by 1804 he was the largest manufacturer and landowner in Berks County. In addition to Charming Forge, his holdings included Berkshire Furnace and Schuylkill Forge. He represented the county in the General Assembly in 1779, 1780 and 1782. Appointed Associate Judge in 1791 and served until 1818.
You can see the Stedmans on the Wistar ledger at the bottom.At the top of the ledger you see the initials RW that is for Richard Wistar who inherited the Glass works from his father in 1752.So here are the important names from the Wistar Ledger:
Caspar Wistar Glass house owner
Richard Wistar (Caspars son) inherited the glass works at his fathers death in 1752
Catherine Wistar (Caspars wife)
Alex Stedman Esquire and Charles Stedman Merchant(Investors with (Caspar Wistar) and Richard Wistar
They were also investors with Wilhelm Henry Stiegel over 770 acres of property in Donegal Twp
which was to become the town of Manheim Pennsylvania.
I have in my possesion a manuscript which I have shown here at the forum before pertaining to loans taxes and moneies paid out
to investors of the Wistarburgh glass works.Charles and Alex Stedman were paid 275 GBP on a 35 GBP loan thats 425.00 U S dollars.
So we see the Stemans were early investors in Caspar Wistars Glass works in Alloway New Jersey in the years 1751,1754 and 1755.
The Stedmans along with their wives were Wilhelm Henry Stiegels Business partners in the land which was to become Manheim Pennsylvania.
Henry Stiegels first wife Elizabeth Huber died young leaving Henry to raise two small daughters.Henry was only 29 and quickley remarried
a woman by the name of Elizabeth Holz on October 24th 1758.She was the sister of Anna Catherine Holz the wife of George Michael Ege a man of means and of prominence in the Provincve of Pennsylvania,a memeber of the Independent Troop of Horse of Philadelphia and a veteran of the French and Indian war.The ceremony was performed in the Holz home in the Roxborough a resort near Philadelphia,and a record of the marrige is preserved in the archives of St. Michaels Luthern Church Germantown.George Michael Ege was a witness.Tradition has it that the second Mrs Stiegel had kept house for her husband in Philadelphia.This probably meant she was kept in charge of the home in Philadelphia.
Shortley after this marriage on January 18th 1759 George Michael Ege died and at the urgent solicitation Of the Stiegels his widow Anna and her two sons George age 11 and Michael age 6 came to make their home at Elizabeth Furnace with the Stiegels,the two families being from that time on bound together by the closet ties.Later in life destitute from the loss of all his realestate the glass factorys and the Iron furnaces Stiegel turned to his Nephew George Ege who he raised as his own son and moved in with him for the final two years of his life.Young George
became a very prominent citizen in his own right.
George Ege (1748-1829) - Owner of Charming Forge (supplied cannonballs during the Revolutionary War); by 1804 he was the largest manufacturer and landowner in Berks County. In addition to Charming Forge, his holdings included Berkshire Furnace and Schuylkill Forge. He represented the county in the General Assembly in 1779, 1780 and 1782. Appointed Associate Judge in 1791 and served until 1818.
You can see the Stedmans on the Wistar ledger at the bottom.At the top of the ledger you see the initials RW that is for Richard Wistar who inherited the Glass works from his father in 1752.So here are the important names from the Wistar Ledger:
Caspar Wistar Glass house owner
Richard Wistar (Caspars son) inherited the glass works at his fathers death in 1752
Catherine Wistar (Caspars wife)
Alex Stedman Esquire and Charles Stedman Merchant(Investors with (Caspar Wistar) and Richard Wistar
They were also investors with Wilhelm Henry Stiegel over 770 acres of property in Donegal Twp
which was to become the town of Manheim Pennsylvania.
