Birth year is circa. Record of her will exists in Northampton County, PA. This lists her as “Catharina Brous” According to this, her will was written on November 22, 1795 and it was probated on 1796. She is listed as a seamstress. Her son-in-law is Jacob Brobst. Her granddaughter is Catharina Smith, married to Dr. James Smith. The executor was her brother Christian Hagenbuch. The witnesses were Peter Rhoads and George Graff.