Bernard Michael Houseal

Reverend Bernard Michael Houseal (German: Bernhard Michael Hausihl; 1727 in Heilbronn, Germany – 9 March 1799 in Halifax, Canada) was a German Lutheran minister in North America, and the first resident minister of Frederick, Maryland.

They moved to Fredericktown, Maryland and established the Evangelical Lutheran Church (1752–1759).

[9] After 14 years in New York City, he left for Nova Scotia as a Loyalist refugee (1784).

Before he left the Vestry of Trinity church his congregation presented him with a letter that stated: During the first year Houseal was in Nova Scotia, he then went to London to be ordained in the Church of England (1785) and while preaching at the Savoy Chapel, Prince Edward requested he become chaplain of his regiment, after which they both came to Halifax.

After his death, Prince Edward arranged for his wife and children to live in England.