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Hagenbuch Homestead Bacon Stone Detail 3

Bacon Stone of Albany Township, Berks County

Andreas Hagenbuch and his family arrived in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1738. Here, they established a homestead along with a new life in the American colonies. Albany Township is situated within the...

Detail of an image of Michael and Abigail (Stapleton) Hagenbuch's names 2

Expanding the Hagenbuch Homestead

The Hagenbuch Homestead was established on November 4, 1741 when Andreas Hagenbuch (b. 1715) received a land warrant for 150.5 acres. The homestead parcel was situated in what is today Albany Township, Berks County,...

Log House and barn at the Landis Valley Museum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 7

Establishing the Hagenbuch Homestead

In the spring of 1738, Andreas Hagenbuch (b. 1715), his wife Maria Magdalena (Schmutz), and their infant son, Henry (b. 1737), settled on a swampy 200 acre parcel in the Allemaengel region of Pennsylvania....