Col. Frederick Hambright Family

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Colonel Frederick Hambright

    Born Freiderick Hamprecht in Neunstetten, Germany, May 17, 1727 (d May   , 1817), eleven year old Frederick Hambright and family members arrived in Philadelphia October 27, 1738 aboard the English ship St. Andrews, Captain Steadman, master. ....

     As an early advocate of American independence, there are numerous references to Col. Frederick Hambright’s civil and patriotic services on the pages of county and North Carolina State histories, and in official records....  He entered the Revolutionary War in 1777 serving in several campaigns prior to distinguishing himself on October 7, 1780 as the Commander of the Lincoln County Militia at the Battle of Kings Mountain.  Near the close of the battle, the 53 years old Hambright had already received three bullets through his hat, and was shot through his thigh, cutting some arteries.  

     Frederick married twice,  first  in his early twenties to  Sarah Hardin (b 1733 - d prior to Oct 1780 ), daughter of Catherine and Benjamin Hardin, II of Virginia.  And Mary Dover (b Jan. 9, 1762 - d May 5, 1835/36) daughter of John Dover, were married July 17, 1781 in York County, SC at the home of his friend, Arthur Patterson, Sr.

(Complete biography can be found here.)