John Sweigert Imboden

Ancestor Number

A059935 »

Date of Birth

October 23, 1733

Place of Birth

Hanover, Germany

Date of Death

July 1819

Place of Death

Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Spouse(s)

Elenora Diller

Children

11 children

American Revolution Service

A private in the 2nd Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia in the Revolutionary War

State of Service

Pennsylvania

Donor

This tree is being sponsored by the Walter Hines Page Chapter, London, U.K. The member’s name was drawn out of a bowl containing the names of all our members. The honor was won by Barbara Brodie Cressman (# 782214)

Johannes Schwieckhard “John Sweigert” Imboden was born on October 23, 1733, in Hanover, Germany.

He arrived in Philadelphia in 1752 and was apprenticed to a rich farmer in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He married the farmer’s daughter, Elenora Diller. He and Elenora had 11 children; one of his grandchildren was Brigadier John Daniel Imboden, a Confederate General known as the Defender of the Valley in the Civil War.

Sweigert died in Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in July 1819, at the age of 85, and was buried in the Cemetery of the Quitaphohila Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

He fought as a private in the 2nd Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia, in the Revolutionary War. Records seem to indicate that in the early days, members of the militia served for only 60 days at a time, going home between postings rather than wintering at locations such as Valley Forge. It was only later in the war that they had to serve three years at a time. Valley Forge. It was only later in the war that they had to serve three years at a time.