Capt. William Frederick Houseal is said to have been the son of Bernard Born in 1739 (baptized 21 March 1739) in Heilbronn, son of Johann Friedrich Hausihl (Schoolteacher) and Sophia Elisabetha Wild.

Arrived in mid-October 1754 at Philadelphia having traveled on the Ship Peggy from Rotterdam (R. B. Strassburger and W. J. Hinke, “Pennsylvania German Pioneers”, Vol. 1, 1934).

From Maryland he moved to S.C. and first settled in the Four Hole Swamp area of Orangeburg County where he had a 200 acre survey in 1768.

His first wife was Mary Elizabeth Stroman, daughter of Jacob Stroman and wife, Catherine. After her death he moved to the Dutch Fork and married (2) Anna Maria Geiselhardt, born 16 January 1752; and married (3) 16 September 1799, Christina Barbara Stockman Weedaman (widow of George Stockman and John Weedaman).

William Frederick Houseal commanded militia companies during the Revolutionary War under Cols. Lyles and Jonas Beard and later was Captain of a cavalry unit in the regiment of Col. Philemon Waters. William Frederick Houseal died 1806/1807.

Children by Mary Elizabeth Stroman: 1. Mary Magdalene Houseal, died in February 1832, married John Adam Lagrone, born about 1755, died in 1817, son of Tobias Lagrone and Johanna Elisabetha Hoffmann. They moved to Williamson Co., TN. 2. Anna Maria Houseal, married Thomas Ebenezer Glass. They moved to Alabama.