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- Frederick was born in the small iron manufacturing town of Elscoe, Germany, near the border line of France. His father was Nicholas and his mother Rosina. It was here he learned his trade and married at an early age. He and his wife Mary Ann soon after emigrated to America and landed in New York City about 1773. Also a sister, who married Baltus Good and removed to Pennsylvania.
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John Jacob Faesch, who was in search of skilled iron workers for the furnace at Mt. Hope, New Jersey, went to New York and found, as it proved afterward, the very man he wanted in Fichter. They came with Faesch to Mt. Hope and Fichter was placed in charge of the furnace. Here they lived happily for a time, until his wife one day went to the spring to get a pail of water and found a large snake nearby, which so entirely upset her nervous system that she declared she would no longer live in the land of snakes, hence they removed to Rockaway, while Fichter countinued to work at Mt. Hope. The severe nervous shock proved too much for her delicate nerves, she was taken soon after from the effects with fever, died and was buried at Rockaway. This event so disheartened Fichter that he sold out his household belongings, and resolved to go back to Germany. Faesch induced him by an advance in his wages to stay three months until he could find someone to take his place at the furnace. He consented, at the end of the three months. In the meantime he attended a party with other Germans at Bloomingdale, New Jersey It was here that he first saw Mary Witty, but she could not or would not talk German to an entire stranger. The trip was made on horseback, the custom of that day. The charms of Mary Witty had induced him to make another trip soon after, when he chanced to meet Mary attending a toll gate, her father was gate keeper, and found that she could talk German to the satisfaction that another trip to the toll gate was soon made and she consented to become his wife, so that within a year from the death of his first wife arrangements were made and they were married in the parlor of the Faesch mansion at Mt. Hope, where a large number of the first families were invited. This event took place in 1788, as near as the records can be accountable. After a few months she complained that she had nothing to do and begged that a flax wheel and fifty pounds of flax should be purchased, after which in due time, Ellenor was presented to them and she did not have to make another complaint of nothing to do. On the first day of June 1792, John came to the household at Mt. Hope, when soon after they removed to Old Boonton, New Jersey, in the iron interest of Faesch, where Catharine Sophia made her appearance. They continued to live in Old Boonton when Gabriel came to that town Nov. 25, 1796. Then followed William in 1799, next Elizabeth Margaret, Mary Ann, named for his first wife June 22, 1804; Frederick, named for himself; then Adelia, when they removed to Berkshire Valley, New Jersey, here came Eliza and Jacob Losey.
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They lived on the Lot Berry farm between Berkshire Valley and Lower Longwood, New Jersey They removed to Upper Longwood where Frederick died about 1850 aged about 90 years, he was buried by the side of his first wife Mary Ann at Rockaway. As no monument marks the spot the precise location has been forgotten. His wife went to live with her son William at Russia, near Milton, New Jersey, where he owned a forge and saw mill, she died there Nov. 6, 1857, aged 85 years, and was buried at Oak Ridge (New Jersey) Cemetery.
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1761 - Abt 1850 (88 years)