Second Generation

5. Esther BERTOLET^2,4 was born on 12 Aug 1720 in Minfield, Pfalz. She died on 7 Mar 1795 in Philadelphia, PA. She was buried in Philadelphia, PA.

Esther BERTOLET and Dr. George DEBENNEVILLE were married on 24 Dec 1745 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. Dr. George DEBENNEVILLE^2,4,9 was born on 26 Jul 1703 in London, England. He died on 19 Mar 1793 in Philadelphia, PA. He was buried in Philadelphia, PA. He is the founder of Universalism in America of which denomination he was the first expounder in America. Held meetings in Oley, eight miles southeast of Reading in the second story of his farm house, which has been remodeled and is still standing. Was the son of George De Benneville, born in Rouen, Normandy, whose father came to England in the suite of Prince William of Orange. Queen Ann of England was his God-mother. Shortly after an Indian invasion in 1755 at the Tulpehocken settlement, where 13 settlers were killed. George and Esther moved to Branchtown, near Philadelphia. They both died at their home in Branchtown and are buried in the family plot their, which borders North Broad Street on its east side.

Jean and Susanna Bertolet had five children, the second daughter, Esther, later becoming de Benneville's wife. They were married February 24, 1745, in the Bertolet home. That same year de Benneville purchased 132 acres of land from Daniel Knabb, near Berrolet's house. It was there that he and Esther built a beautiful home in the valley, large enough to provide space for a house church searing up to a hundred persons, and for a school and a place to house de Benneville's medical practice. Of George and Esther's seven children, five were born in this house, and six of them lived to be adults. The last, George de Benneville, Jr. was born in 1760 and the last to die in 1850 at ninety years old. He, too, was a physician.
Esther BERTOLET and Dr. George DEBENNEVILLE had the following children:

28	i.	Esther DEBENNEVILLE4 was born on 20 Apr 1746 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. She died on 4 Feb 1833 in Philadelphia, PA. Married a Jacob Braun in 1764. Jacob was born 1734 in Bavaria. The couple had George DeBenneville Braun and nine additional children.
+29	ii.	Susanna DEBENNEVILLE.
30	iii.	Mary DEBENNEVILLE4 was born on 20 Aug 1751 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. She died on 25 Mar 1813. Married Johann Jacob Livington.
31	iv.	Daniel DEBENNEVILLE4 was born on 12 Nov 1753 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He died on 4 Aug 1827. After receiving an education under the care of his father, he began the study of medicine, but the date of his entering upon its practice is not known. He joined the army as a junior surgeon of the flying hospital, and on July 3, 1781, as surgeon of the Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry, Continental army. He was remarkable for his skill as a surgeon, and distinguished for his warm-hearted sympathy for the sick and wounded. In personal appearance he resembled Andrew Jackson, whose friend he was. After the war he married Elizabeth Coats, and settled in Moorestown, Burlington County. His marriage union was unhappy, and he failed to secure the respect of the community. At the age of seventy-five, he died at his brother's house, and was buried in the family graveyard. Source Information: HISTORY OF BURLINGTON AND MERCER COUNTIES, NJ, by Major E.M. Woodward & John F. Hageman. PHILADELPHIA: EVERTS & PECK. 1883
32	v.	Sarah DEBENNEVILLE4 was born on 9 Feb 1756 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. Died young.
+33	vi.	Charlotte DEBENNEVILLE.
34	vii.	Dr. George DEBENNEVILLE4 was born on 10 Nov 1760 in Bristol Township, Bucks Co., PA. He died on 17 Dec 1850. Married an Eleanor.