Pvt Martinus Walborn, Sr

1733 - 1816  (82 years)

• Name	Martinus Walborn
  Title	Pvt
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	15 Apr 1733	Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Revolutionary War Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment Private Action in Battle of Long Island 1776
  Death	3 Feb 1816	Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I29854	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Christian Wilhelm Walborn,   b. Apr 1692, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany9 d. Dec 1769, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Catharina Elisabetha Batdorf,   b. 1697   d. 1764 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F10785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Margaretha Ley,   b. 1734   d. 1820 (Age 86 years)
  Children	+ 1. Leonhard Walborn,   b. 8 Feb 1771, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 Sep 1833, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F10784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 May 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Martinus Walborn, Sr., was a veteran of the American Revolution. He first saw action in the disastrous Battle of Long Island in 1776 under General Washington with the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment under then Col. Samuel Miles. He eventually went on to cross the Delaware with General Washington for the famous Christmas Day attack on the Hessians under Col. Rall at Trenton and subsequently the battles of Princeton, Brandywine Creek, and Monmouth. He was the son of Rev. Christian Walborn and Catharina Elisabeth Batdorf Walborn. He was the husband of Maria Margaretha Ley Walborn. He was the father of Leonhard Walborn, who is interred at Frieden's Lutheran Church (Union Cemetery) in Myerstown, Berks Co., PA. He is the fifth great grandfather of Beverly Mildred Dege Decker, the fourth great grandfather of Beulah Eva Klopp Dege, the third great grandfather of Dr. John Adam Klopp, the second great grandfather of Meldarina K. Katterman Klopp, the great grandfather of Calina Walborn Katterman, and the grandfather of Andreas Walborn.