Hubler history W. R. Hubler, Jr., M. D

The FAS Family

George FASS-FAS-VASS (?1715-Jan., 1795 Allentown Twp, Northampton Co, PA)⁹⁶³

Margaret ?? (ca 1737- > 1795)

Partial list of children:

Anna Barbara FASS-VASS (Sept. 3, 1757-Nov. 17, 1823) [c Nov. 14, 1757 by Rev. J.E.

Hecter, a roving missionary for Tohickon Reformed Cong. in Bucks Co,

PA who traveled to Northampton Co and registered baptisms at

Tohickon church; sponsored by Christian Bender and Anna Barbara

Knecht (see below); name was Anna Barbara VASS]⁹⁶⁴, ⁹⁶⁵ (she received

Holy Communion at the Dryland Church on Jul 13, 1772) ⁹⁶⁶ (m Nicolas

PAUL)

Philip FASS (??-1830 Lower Nazareth Twp, Northampton Co, PA) (m Elizabeth) (was

the administrator of his father's estate) (when he died, he named his

friend, Jacob Kreider, as executor of his estate; so wife was dead ?)⁹⁶⁷

Dorothy FASS (??-??) (m Peter Ebenreuther) (Dorothy and Peter FASS were sponsors for the

christening of Maria Catherine HUBLER, the daughter of Jacob,

Jr./Catherine HUBLER in 1775)

Peter FAS (Jan. 3, 1778-Oct., 1830) (baptized Dryland Ref Cong on May 9, 1778;

sponsors were Jacob and Catherine HUBLER) ⁹⁶⁸ (in the 1790 census,

Peter Fass lived with 2 males >16, 2 males <16 and 5 females)

The FAS family was variously listed under "FAS,” “FAUS,” “FASZ,” "FASS,” "VAS,” "VASS" and "HESS.” Since all were pronounced very similarly, transcriberes wrote what they heard. The FAS and PAUL families had long been associated with the HUBLER surname families in Northampton Co, PA.

Johan George Faas, aged 23, immigrated to Philadelphia on the ship, Winter Gally on September 5, 1738. ⁹⁶⁹ Also on the same ship was Johan Philip Faas, 20, ⁹⁷⁰ who was probably his younger brother (and possibly the namesake of his son). In the 1772 Proprietary Tax list for Northampton and Lehigh Counties, George FASS, farmer, lived in Allen Twp and was taxed one pound.⁹⁷¹ George FASS (??-1795) resided in Paradise Twp, York Co, PA in 1779, 1782, 1783;⁹⁷² but he must have moved (or there were two George Fas) because George Faas was on a 1786 Tax List in Allen Twp;⁹⁷³ and in 1792, George FASS (??-1795) resided and paid federal tax on land that he owned in Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA. He was a yeoman.⁹⁷⁴ He was not listed in the 1790 census for Northampton County or in the will book⁹⁷⁵ (he was still living), but there was a Philip Face in Nazareth Twp for the 1790 census. ⁹⁷⁶ When he died intestate in 1795, his widow (Margareth ??) renounced her right to administer the estate and assigned all rights to her son [Philip FASS (??1830)]. She signed with a "mark.” It was witnessed by John Hartzell. On Feb. 5, 1795, Philip Faas (??-1830) signed an administrative bond along with fellow bondsman (and in-law), Nicholas PAUL (1748-1820) of Bethlehem Twp. [the father of Margaret PAUL (1780- ??) who married Abraham HUBLER (b 1779)] and witnessed by John Hartzell of Nazareth Twp]. The estate was settled for 826 lbs., 3 shillings and 6 pence.⁹⁷⁷

Margaret ?? FAS (??-??), the mother of Barbara FAS (1780-??) had her first communion in the Dryland Reformed Congregation on July 13, 1772. She would have been 15 years old, so she was 23 years old when Margaret FASS (PAUL) (1780-??) was born.⁹⁷⁸

Philip and Elizabeth FASS sponsored the birth of John Jacob HUBLER (the Younger), the son of Jacob HUBLER, Jr. in 1778. ⁹⁷⁹

Phillip FAS (??-1830) was an ensign Capt. John Santee’s company in the Northampton Co Militia in 1780.⁹⁸⁰

Philip FASS (??-1830) died with a will that was proved in Jan. 1831. He was the son of George and Margaret FASS, and a brother of Barbara FASS (PAUL) and a brother-in-law of Nicholas PAUL (1748-1820). ⁹⁸¹

From the records of Christ Church, Schoenersville, Lehigh County: Easter 1803 on the list of people who attended the Lord's Supper were Elizabeth Fasz and Salome Hebler (? Kleper); and on May 6, 1804, at the Lord's Supper were Elizabeth Faus and Salome Hubler; and on May 5, 1805, Maria Hebler was confirmed, and Elisabeth Faas attended the Supper but not Salome; and on Easter 1806, at the Lord's Supper Elisabeth Faas and Magdalena Hebler attended.⁹⁸² Probably all of these events of Elizabeth Fas were done by the wife of to Philip Fas.

When Maria Catharine HUBLER (the daughter of Jacob HUBLER, Jr. and Catharine HUBLER and the sister of Abraham HUBLER) was baptized on Nov. 4, 1775 at the Dryland Reformed Congregation, the sponsors were Peter Ebenreuther and Dorothy FAS.

Dorothy FAS had a child, Peter FAS, baptized on May 9, 1778 and the sponsors were Jacob and Catherine HUBLER.⁹⁸³ Dorothy FAS was a sister to Barbara FAS (PAUL) and was probably married to Peter Ebenreuther.⁹⁸⁴

The birth of Anna Barbara Vass, daughter of George and Mrs. Margaret Vass, on September 3, 1757, was recorded at Tohickon Reformed (Union) Church in Hagersville (Bedminster Twp), Bucks, Pennsylvania.⁹⁸⁵,⁹⁸⁶ The sponsors of the baptism of (Anna) Barbara FAS (PAUL) (1757-1823) in 1757 were (Anna) Barbara Knect (born about 1742 and married Diedrich Heller in 1762) and Christian Bender (born about 1740 and married Christina Pfeifer in 1759).⁹⁸⁷ Barbara FAS received Holy Communion at Dryland Church on July 13, 1772⁹⁸⁸, and since the event was usually celebrated around age 16, the date would corroborate the birth year and person.

In 1997, in Berlin, Germany (Germany’s largest city with almost 4 million residents) listed 2 FASS, 1 FAHS,and no VASS,⁹⁸⁹ while there were several FAHSs, VASSs and FASSs in the phone book in Nazareth, Easton and Allentown, PA.