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German Immigrant Engelbrecht’s Rise From Prisoner to Frederick Mayor
The Frederick County historical piece recounts John Conrad Engelbrecht, a Bayreuth Regiment veteran held as a Hessian in American service, his harsh March to Frederick in 1782, and his later success as a Frederick tailor. It traces his son Jacob’s ascent to mayor and the family’s settlement in Maryland.
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Frederick
Germany
America
John Conrad Engelbrecht
Great Britain
England
France
Hesse-Hanau
George II
Westphalia
Count of
Hessé-Hanau
Hesse-Cassel
Duke of
Brunswick
Prince of
Bayreuth
Margrave
Anspach- Bayreuth
George Tit
Jacob Engelbrecht
Stephan Popp
Engelbrecht
George
Ochsenfurt
Grant
Philadelphia
Newport
Yorktown
Winchester
Virginia
Maryland
Stone Barracks
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Potomac
Shepherdstown
Sharpsburg
Middletown
Frederick County
Frederck
Margarett Houx
Reecysville
Paris
New World
John Conrad Engebrecht
Houx
Wade
North Market and
Church Streets
von Conrad Engelbrecht
Jacob