NameAdam Herman Rupp
Birth7 Nov 1756, Macungie Twp., PA
Death30 Aug 1831
FatherGeorge Rupp (1721-)
MotherUrsila von Peterholtz (1722-)
Misc. Notes
Adam Herman Rupp, the eldest son, was born in Upper Macungie, Nov. 7. 1756, and married Barbara, a daughter of a Michael Berer (Biery) and they had a son named Jacob. He was enlisted in the Revolution. and served four years. Afterward he took an active part in the military affairs of the county, and came to be elevated to the rank of a brigadier-general. He inherited the homestead and occupied it in carrying on farming operations until he died, Aug. 30, 1831.

Benjamin Haas Rupp of Vera Cruz, Lehigh County is in possession of the sword he carried during the Revolutionary War, which he had made himself and decorated with the silver taken from the silver dollars that his neighbors had presented to him
Spouses
1Barbara Biery
FatherMichael Biery
ChildrenJacob (1787-)
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