. History of Northampton County [Pennsylvania] and the grand valley of the Lehigh under supervision and revision of William J. Heller, assisted by an advisory board of BIOGRAPHICAL 237 Dr. Field married, April 9, 1902, Nan Edna Rounsavell, dauj^htcr of JohnDavis and Mary A. (deHart) Rounsavell, of Washington, New jersey. Theyare the parents of a son, Benjamin Rush, Jr., born Alarch 25, 1908. FREEMAN M. MESSINGER—From Switzerland came the ancestorsof Freeman M. Messinger, of Easton. Pennsylvania, their settlement in North-ampton county, dating from 1743. The American ancestor, Michae
. History of Northampton County [Pennsylvania] and the grand valley of the Lehigh under supervision and revision of William J. Heller, assisted by an advisory board of BIOGRAPHICAL 237 Dr. Field married, April 9, 1902, Nan Edna Rounsavell, dauj^htcr of JohnDavis and Mary A. (deHart) Rounsavell, of Washington, New jersey. Theyare the parents of a son, Benjamin Rush, Jr., born Alarch 25, 1908. FREEMAN M. MESSINGER—From Switzerland came the ancestorsof Freeman M. Messinger, of Easton. Pennsylvania, their settlement in North-ampton county, dating from 1743. The American ancestor, Michael Messin-ger, bought land in Forks township from the heirs of William Pcnn. therelocated and founded the important Messinger family of Northampton line of descent to Freeman M. Messinger is thus traced. Michael Messinger was born in Switzerland, November 10, 1719, diedOctober 24, 1791, in Northampton county, Pennsylvania. He married Cath-erine Abel, born April 23, 1723, died July i, 1785, and they were the parentsof: Michael (2) Messinger, born January i, 1773, died July 8, 1842. He mar-ried, July 29, 1798, Rev. Thomas Pomp, of Easton, officiating, Elizabeth
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