The conversation between the officer and men was over-heard by one of Christian Fretz's daughters, who ran to the house and told her brother, who was sitting at the loom weaving. It is also related that his son Joseph had a very fine young horse, and that during the Revolutionary war, when Washington's Army was encamped below Newton, that foraging teams, accompanied by an officer on horseback, came to Christian Fretz's place for hay for the army, that the officer saw the horse, and in conversation with the foragemen, said it was a fine horse, that he would try and buy it, but if he could not buy it, he would have it anyway. Knowing this to be the signal for retiring, he waited until he thought they were sound assleep, then entered the lot, secured the horse, and returned home with it. The Indians had a custom of just before retiring for the night, to go outside of their wigwams and shout and make a great noise to freighten away the wild animals. Some time after, it was ascertained where the horse was, and he went to the Indian camp, arriving at evening, and seeing the horse turned out to pasture, he concealed himself until slumber had fallen upon the inhabitants of the wigwams. The Indians however, determined to get possession of the horse, and came by night and stole it. It is related that Christian Fretz had a very fine horse, to which the Indians took a particular fancy, and wanted to buy, but he would not sell it. In his day the Indians were yet quite numerous, and often quite troublesome. He and wife were members of the Mennonite church, and wor.shiped in the ever memorable Old Stone Church at Deep Run, which was the oldest Mennonite congregation in Bucks Co. To the homestead he addtd l/y purchase from his son John, the tract knoun as the "Poor Fields" in 1753, consisting of about 30 acres.
At the time of her death she was the mother of 12 children, had 109 grandchildren and 103 great grandchildren.Ĭhristian Fretz was one of the executors of his father's estate, and inherited the old homestead in Bedminster where he lived and died. Christian Fretz, b in 1734, d May 1, 1803, m Barbara Oberholtzer, daughter of Martin and Agnes Oberholtzer. A Patriot of the American Revolution for PENNSYLVANIA with the rank of Private.
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