Sarah Ann Knochenhauer (Bonecutter)

1784 - 1860  (65 years)

• Name	Sarah Ann Knochenhauer (Bonecutter)  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	30 Jan 1784	Frederick, Frederick, Maryland   [2, 3]
  Baptism	7 Aug 1785  [3]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1850  [2]
  Death	Between 1850 and 1860	Frederick Co., Virginia, America
  Person ID	I16217	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Herman Knochenhauer,   b. Abt 1750
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lydia
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Levin McFarland I-M223, LeM01,   b. 1770, VA d. Between 1850 and 1860, Frederick Co., Virginia, America (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1802
  Children	+ 1. George Washington McFarland,   b. 1 Jan 1803, Frederick Co., Virginia, USA d. 25 Sep 1887, Mill Creek, Williams, Ohio, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Charles McFarland,   b. Abt 1806, Frederick Co., VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Mary McFarland,   b. Abt 1808, Frederick Co., Virginia, USA d. Between 1830 and 1832 (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. female McFarland,   b. Between 1810 and 1820, Frederick Co., VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. male McFarland,   b. Between 1810 and 1820, Frederick Co., VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. male McFarland,   b. Between 1810 and 1820, Frederick Co., VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Rebecca McFarland,   b. Between 1812 and 1815, Frederick Co., Virginia, USA d. 1874, Rockingham Co., VA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 8. Sarah McFarland,   b. Abt 1820, Frederick Co., VA d. Between 1870 and 1880, Frederick Co., VA (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. male McFarland,   b. Between 1820 and 1830, Frederick Co., VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 10. Jonathan McFarland, LeM01,   b. 1824, Frederick Co., Virginia, USA d. 27 Nov 1892, Home On Hogue Creek, Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 11. James McFarland,   b. Abt 1827, Frederick Co., Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Sources say that Sarah is the daughter of John Hermann Knochenhauer, mother Lydia. Sarah appears in records in Frederick Maryland with a birthdate of Jan. 30, 1784 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland and a christening date of Aug. 7, 1785. Evangeli cal Reformed Church. Here is info on this father: http://bonecutter.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=59 Johann Hermann Knochenhauer bio by Loyd Bonecutter on Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:31 pm Fritz Knochenhauer (Denver, CO) wrote: Johann Hermann Knochenhauer, born 1755 in Hessen, Germany, was the first documented Knochenhauer in America. Assigned to the Hessen-Kassel Artillery, he fought initially for the British during The Revolutionary War. A cannonier, he was first captured in Trenton, was exchanged, then rejoined the Americans as Johannes Bohnard. His unit captain reported him missing in action on January 4, 1782, after he was captured by the British during the Battle of Yorktown u sing the name Bonecutter. German "soldiers-for-hire" fought for both sides of the Revolution, but Johann Hermann fought on each side and lived to tell about it! He settled in Frederick, MD with his wife, Lydia Ann, whom he married in Germany, later moving to Virginia and lastly, Ohio. In 1792, he reportedly was detained in Virginia while befriending a 46-year-old runaway black slave named Duck, and used the name John Harmon Bonecutter. They were accused of stealing grain. Harmon and Lydia both died in 1831 in Leesburg, OH, leaving two daughters and four sons who prodigiously carried on the Bonecutter legacy. He is buried in Olinger-Barger Cemetery in Fayette, OH. Their children were named: 1) Martin Bonecutter, b. 1775, Virginia; 2) William Bonecutter, b. Abt 1775, unknown location; (later referenced as "Wm. Buncutter") 3) Sarah Bonecutter, b. Jan. 30, 1784, Frederick, Maryland; 4) George Bonecutter, b. Feb. 20, 1786, Frederick County, Virginia; 5) Christopher Bonecutter, b. 1788, Frederick County, Virginia; 6) Catherine Bonecutter, b. May 4, 1797, Virginia It is unknown if any later Knochenhauers anglicized the name to Bonecutter. Why the name Buncutter/Bter was introduced is open to speculation. Comments welcome. Records exist of other Knochenhauers emigrating from Germany since this time, but the bloodline is unclear at best, my family included.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2205] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc;;;). [S2209] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 16, Frederick, Virginia; Roll: M432_945; Page: 223B; Image: 53. [S2236] Ancestry.com, Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;).