German Emigrants from Palatinate Parishes

German Emigrants from Palatinate Parishes FIUTZ BRATJN AND FRIEDRICH KRF-IIS * From the Translation by DON YODER ATA on the emigrants listed below first appeared in the study "Amerika-Auszvanderer des 18. Jahrhunderts aus siidpfiilzischen Gemeinden" in the supplement entitled Mitteilungen rue 1Vanderungsgeschichte der Pflilzer, edited by Dr. Fritz Braun, of the periodical Pf zische Familien- und Wappenkunde, Volume II, Nos. 5 and 6 (1956).' The study was translated from the German by Dr. Don Yoder and published in the 1957 Spring issue of The Pennsylvania Dutchman as "Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers from South Palatine Parishes." Since that translation is not readily available for all researchers, Dr. Yoder has given permission for the present reprinting. These emigrants all came from villages in the southern part of the Palatinate, generally in the area west of the Rhine River between Speyer on the north and Karlsruhe to the south. The sources of the references to their emigration are found in the Lutheran church register of Freimersheim (southwest of Speyer), Freisbach and Gommersheim (both west of Speyer), Minfeld (northwest of Karlsruhe), and Weingarten (northeast of Karlsruhe) ; from the Reformed church registers of Zeiskam and Oberlustadt (both northwest of Germersheim), that for Ober-. lustadt serving also for nearby Niederlustadt; from documents in the Ausfautheiakten Germersheim, in the Electoral Palatine Archives (Akten Kurpfalz) for Westheim, and in the Archives of the Johannite Order in the Palatine State Archives in Speyer, as well as in the Heimatstelle Pfalz at Kaiserlautern. In the following list the basic emigration data found in these documents and in the various church registers has been placed within quotaDr. Fritz Braun. Director of the government-sponsored organization, Heimatstelle Pfalz (the Home Quarters of the Palatinate District) at Kaiserslautern, and Da Friedrkh Krebs, Archiv-assessor at the Pfilzisches Landeskirchenareh'v (the Archives of the State Church of the Palatinate) at Speyer, both in West Germany, are Corresponding Members of the Genealogical Sociery. Dr. Yoder, former Associate &hoar of The Penmylvania Dutchman, currently is Editor of Permylvania Po:aft . This periodical. published at Ludwigshafen, is sponsored by the Heirnaatelle Pfalz. 'Pastor Dr. /Caul furnished the emigration date Irons the Lutheran church register of Gommenheim. 246 German Emigrants from Palatinate Parishes 247 tion marks; it is supplemented, as far as possible, by the birth or baptismal and marriage dates of the emigrants, and parents', wives' and children's names and dates when found in the various church registers. In about two-thirds of the cases, the emigrants' names appear in the published ship-lists of William J. Hinke and Ralph Beaver Strassburger's Pennsylvania German Pioneers (Norristown, 1934), cited hereinafter as HS, V The material on the Bauersachs family from Weingarten, slightly edited in this present reprint, is a good example of what can be done through the cooperation of Pennsylvania and Palatine genealogists. In general, however, the question of where these emigrants settled in America has been left open pending further research.' For other lists of German emigrants, the reader is directed to those enumerated in the preceding article in this issue by Milton Rubincam, to Friedrich Krebs' "Annotations to Strassburger and Hinke's Pennsylvania German Pioneers," in Volume XXI, No. 3 issue (1960), 235, of this Magazine, and to his "Emigrants to America from the Duchy of Zweibriicken," in Volume XXIII, No. 4 issue (1964), 255, of this Magazine. — Editor. Bellheim ISAAC WILL, born at Beltheim, 19 April 1724, son of the Reformed schoolmaster (Schuldiener) Wilhelm Will and wife Anna Eva Schlindwein; "at present living on the Island of Pennsylvania at Germantown, two hours from Philadelphia" ("dermahlen auff der Imre! Pinsephania zu Germandon 2 Stund von PilladelPhia wohnhaff t"). From inventory of Wilhelm Will, 19 April 1748. Isaac Wilk arrived at Philadelphia, 30 September 1743, on the Ship Phoenix: HS I, 346. Freimersheim GEoRG MICHELL ANDRES, son of the citizen Hams Michell Andres (d. 1711) of Freimersheim, and wife Maria Juditha Wiedtemann; ac'The present typographical format of the ensuing material follows that of the original German publication, with some slight variations, rather than that of the translation in Ti. Pemoylvania Dutchman How- ever, MO emigrants, both from Ottersheim, listed in the German article, woe omitted by Dr. Yoder in his translation hams< they had been discussed in The Dutchman in 1956. These were Conrad Doll, son of Georg Doll of Ottersheim, and wife Anna Margaretha Weinheirner, who, according to MI official document of 21 March 1753, was already in America, and Georg Kuhn, son of Valentin Kuhn, who was in Charleston ("Carlsdaun") South Carolina, by 26 April 1747. 'American genealogists who have information on where any of these emigrants settled are asked to write to Dr. Braun at Museumplam 1, 675 Kaiserslautern, West Germany. 248 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine cording to a conveyance of the widow Maria Juditha Wiedtemann, dated 18 April 1733, was "married, manumitted, and gone to the New Land" ("verheurathet, manumittiret, und inss neue Landt gezogen"). A Michael Anderras arrived at Philadelphia, 15 May 1732, on the Ship Norris: HS, I, 58. PHILum JACOB BELERT (136LERT), born at Freimershelm, 8 September 1725, and ANNA MARGARETHA BELERT, born at Freimersheiin, 6 March 1737, children of the citizen and town-councillor (Gemeindsmann) Johann Friderich Belert of Freimersheim, and wife Anna, nee Muller, of Freimersheim; "both children about 10 years ago gone away to the Island of Cajenne and since then nothing more heard of them." From inventory of the widow Anna Milner, 10 February 1776. The above-mentioned Philipp Jacob Bohlert m. MARIA BARBARA GREHL, born at Freimersheim, 12 June 1725, daughter of the citizen and master-tailor Philipp Grehl (dec'd by 1760) at Freimersheim, and wife Margaretha Zachelmeyer (Zagelmejer) who died in March 1770; wife and children "journeyed to Pennsylvania after obtaining manumission" ("nach erlangter Manumission nach Pennsylvanien peregriniret"). From a document dated 5 April 1770. Children, b. at Freimersheim: I. Eva Margaretha Belert, b. 4 November 1753. 2. Johann Christoph Beier; b. 7 February 1755. 3. Johann Michael Belert, b. 17 September 1757. Freisbach born at Freisbach, 19 September 1700, son of Peter Kern of Freisbach; married at Freisbach, 17 February 1733, to (ANNA) MARIA MARGARETHA Join', daughter of Michel Jopp of Ottersheim; "went to Pennsylvania." jOHANN THOMAS KERN, Children b. at Freisbach: I. Anna Elisabeth Kern, b. 20 November 1733; "in Pennsylvania." 2. Johann Christoph Kern, b. 25 January 1736; "in Pennsylvania." Johann Thomas Kern, aged 36, arrived at Philadelphia 30 August 1737, on the Ship Sensor!: HS, I, 169, 170, 172. The family settled in Lancaster Co., Pa. Reported born at Freisbach, 1746, he is JOHANN JOST KERN. buried in the old graveyard of Hassinget's Church, between Middleburg and Paxtonville, Snyder County, Pa. In this cemetery many emigrants from the Upper Rhine country found their last resting place. On the tombstone of Johan Jost Kern his birthplace is given as "Freischbach, Germany" (i.e., Freisbach. Kreis Germersheim). Also buried there are German Emigrants from Palatinate Parishes 249 members of the Bauersachs family (spelled Bowersox). See Aaron Kern Gift, "The Hassinger Church," in The Pennsylvania-German, September, 1908. Jost Kern arrived at Philadelphia, 13 October 1766, on the Ship Betsy: HS, I, 711. One Johann Justus Kern was born at Freisbach, 20 February 1741, son of Philipp Jacob Kern and wife Sophie Margarethe. Since in the period concerned the Lutheran church register of Freisbach contains only the birth of this Johann Justus Kern, he may be identical with the emigrant.' JOHANN PETER MUENCH, married at Freisbach, 19 September 1724, to MARIA CHRISTINA OSTER, daughter of Leonard Oster. See below under Gommersheim, his brother, Johann Simon Munch. Children, born at Freisbach: 1. Philipp Simon Munch, b. 25 August 1728; "in Pennsylvan;a:" 2. Johann Peter Miinch, b. 13 January 1730; in the church register there is no reference to his emigration and no death entry. 3. Johann Georg Munch, b. 27 September 1731; "in Pennsylvania." 4. Jacob Peter Munch, b. 28 June 1733; "in Pennsylvania." Peter Minech, aged 39, arrived at Philadelphia, 30 August 1737, on the Ship Samuel: HS, I, 169, 171, 172. Gommersheim 'SAAR BERRY, shoemaker, died at Gommersheirn, 24 July 1733; married at Gommetsheim, 4 February 1723, to ANNA ELISABETH SCHWARTZ, born at Speyer in 1703, daughter of the cartwright Wendel Schwartz and wife Maria Francisca. Children, b. at Gonnnersheim: 1. Eva Christina Berry, b. 5 August 1724; "in America." 2. Anna Eva Berry, b. 7 November 1725; "in Georgia." 3. Maria Barbara Berry, b. 8 January 1728; d. at Gommersheim. 4. Johann Ludwig Berry, b. 24 December 1729; "in Pennsylvania." 5. Anna Margaretha Berry, b. 27 March 1732; "in Pennsylvania." NICOLAUS WALTHER, married at Gommersheirn, 21 February 173S, to ANNA ELISABETH SCHWARTZ, widow of the above-mentioned Isaak Berry, born at Speyer 1703. Child, born at Gonmersheins: 1. Anna Apo!Ionia Walther, b. 5 February 1736; d. at Gommersheim. Nicholas Walter (Waller), aged 41, arrived at Philadelphia, 5 September 1738, on the Ship Winter Galley: HS, I, 198, 201, 202. His Berry step-children would have emigrated at the same time. 'The discrepancy in the year of birth may be due to a faulty reading of the tombstone inscripdon in Hassinger's Churchyard. .Jost" n a contraction of Jodocus, "or sometimes of Justus," according to HS, OH. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 250 JOHANN NIKOLAUS BEYER (BAYER), born in June 1677, son of the magistrate (Gerichtsmann) Christoph Beyer and wife Kunigunde; married MARIA ELISABETH; "in Pennsylvania." Children, b. at Gommersheim: 1. Clara Elisabeth Beyer, b. 19 September 1726; "in America." 2. Georg Jakob Beyer, b. 12 December 1729; "in Pennsylvania." 3. Maria Magdalena Beyer, la. 1 February 1732; "in Pennsylvania." 4. Johann Wendell Beyer, b. 30 May 1734; "in Pennsylvania." 5. Anna Barbara Beyer, b. 27 January 1739; "in Pennsylvania." Johan Nicklas Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, 23 September 1741, on the Ship Marlborough: HS, I, 294, 295. JOHANN ANDREAS BEYER, born in December 1681, brother of the preceding, married ANNA APOLLONIA; "in Pennsylvania." Children b. at Gornmersheini: 1. Thomas Beyer, b. 18 December 1713, 2. Johann Philipp Beyer, b. 29 February 1717. 3. Johann Martin Beyer, b. 23 June 1720; "in Pennsylvania." 4. Eva Elisabeth Beyer, b. 27 September 1725; "in Pennsylvania." Andres Beyer (Beier, Beir, Bayer), aged 57, Johann Philipp Bayer, and Martin Beyer, aged 18, arrived at Philadelphia, 5 September 1738, on the Ship Winter Galley: HS, I, 198, 200, 202, Another Johann Philipp Bayer is also included in this ship-list. JOHANN ADAM GIESLER, married at Gommersheim, 6 May 1732, to MARIA MAGDALENA ROTHMAYER, daughter of Johannes Rothmayer. Children B. at Gommersheim: 1. Maria Christina Giesler, b. 23 June 1733; "in Pennsylvania." 2. Johann Michel Giesler, b. 27 February 1737; "in Pennsylvania." 3. Anna Catharine Giesler, b. 23 February 1739; "in Pennsylvania." Hans Adam Gissler (Giezler, Geste.) arrived at Philadelphia, 11 September 1738, on the Ship Robert et Alice: HS, I, 212, 214, 215. Possibly he was the above-mentioned, who could have emigrated alone, leaving wife and children to follow later. JOHANN MICHAEL HOCHLANDER, cowherd, married JuLIANA; "in Pennsylvania." Children, B. at Gommersheim: I. Johann Adam Hochlamler, b. 1735; d. at Gommersheirn, 25 January 1738; Catholic. 2. Johannes Hoclander, b. 14 August 1737; "with the father in Pennsylvania." Have Michael Hochlfinder (Hoglander, Slotsunder), aged 32, arrived at Philadelphia, 5 September 173 8,.n the Ship Winter Galley: HS, I, 198, 200, 202. MARGARETHA DOROTHEA KRIEG, born at Gommersiselm, 12 April 030, confirmed at Gommersheim 1745, daughter of Johann Philipp Krieg, cooper, and wife Anna Barbara; "in Pennsylvania." German Emigrants from Palatinate Parishes 251 JOHANN SIMON MUNCH, weaver, son of the weaver Johann Philipp Miinch, married at Gommersheim, 17 August 1728, to (ANNA) MARIA daughter of the weaver Johann Jacob Schenk; "with children in Pennsylvania." See above under Freisbach, Johann Peter Miinch. RATHARINA SCHENK, Children, b. at Gommersheim: 1. Maria Barbara Munch, b. 21 November 1729; d. at Gommersheim, 17 March 1736. 2. Maria Catharina Munch, b. 20 March 1731; "in Pennsylvania." 3. Johann Nikolaus Munch, b. 22 June 1732; "in Pennsylvania." 4. Johann Christoph Munch, b. 6 June 1734; "in Pennsylvania." 5. Maria Apollonia Munch, b. 26 February 1736; "in Pennsylvania." Simon Minecb, aged 35, arrived at Philadelphia, 30 August 1737, on the Ship Sansstel: HS, 1, 169, 171, 172. John Simon Minich is bur. at Berneville Cemetery, Berks Co., Pa. According to his tombstone he was born 21 July 1700, and died 17 February 1782; his wife Catharina was born in January 1700, and died 12 December 1773. In the church register of Gommersheim there are no birth-dates for either of them. In America the name is spelled Minnig, Muencb, and Minnich. See "Tombstone Inscriptions, Berneville, Pa.," in The Penn Germania, January 1913. JOHANN CASPAR ROMETSCH, born at Gommersheim, 6 July 1728, posthumous son of Caspar Rometsch (died at Gommershetm, 22 May 1728) and wife Anna Margaretha; "in Pennsylvania." Johann Casper Rometch (Rumetsch), aged 24, arrived at Philadelphia, 24 September 1753, on the Ship Peggy: HS, I, 546, 548, 550, ANNA BARBARA SCHOPPING, born at Gommersheim, October 1705, daughter of the potter Johann Adam Schopping (died at Gommersheim, 18 January 1746, aged 72) and wife Magdalena; "went to Pennsylvania." JOHANN ADAM SCHREINER, born ca. 1682, married ANNA MARGARETHA. Children, born at Gommersheim: I. Johann Michael Schreiner, b. 1708; no reference to emigration in the church register. 2. Martin Schreiner, b. 3 January 1716; no reference to emigration in the church register. 3. Anna Maria Schreiner, b. 7 December 1718; d. at Gommersheim 5 July 1727. 4, Johann Philipp Schreiner, b. 9 September 1721; "in Pennsylvania." 5, Johann Georg Heinrich Schreiner, b. 12 July 1724; "in America." 6. Johann Valentin Schreiner, b. 16 December 1728; "in Pennsylvania." Hans Adam Schreiner (Schreyner), aged 52, Johann Michael Schreiner, aged 28, and Johann Martin Schreiner, aged 20, arrived at Philadelphia, 5 September 1738, on the Ship Winter Galley: 145,1, 198-203. JOHANN JAKOB 'WALTHER, born at Gommersheim, 15 January The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 252 1729, son of Johann Jakob Walther and wife Anna Maria Krieg; "in Pennsylvania." Johann Jacob Walther , (Walter, Walder), aged 25, arrived at Philadelphia, 24 September 1753, on the ship Peggy. Immediately preceding his name on the list is that of Johannes (Hans) Welder, aged 35: HS, I, 546, 548, 550. jOHANN DANIEL WINGERTER, citizen and butcher, S011 Of David Wingerter from Kleinfischlingen; married at Gommersheim, 18 August 1733, ANNA. MARIA SCHREINER, daughter of Johann Friedrich Schreiner. Children, b. at Gommersheinn 1. Anna Barbara Wingerter, b. 29 June 1734; "in Pennsylvania." 2. Johann Jacob Wingerter, b. 20 August 1736; "in Pennsylvania." 3. Anna Margaretha Wingerter, b. 8 March 1738; "in Pennsylvania." 4. Maria Christina Wingerter, b. 24 September 1740; "in Pennsylvania." Minfeld (BocKE), baptized at Minfeld, 21 S;vtember 1727, son of the citizen Abraham Bocke and wife Elisabeth; "single, emigrated to America" presumably with his sisters and his brother-in-law. From a document dated 26 February 1762. See below Hams Georg Hoffman, the brother-in-law. RACHEL (RAHEL) BOUQUET (BOCKE), baptized at Minfeld, 11 October 1722, sister of the preceding; "emigrated as a single woman to America" ("West Indien") . From the same document cited above. ,NICKLAUS DAUB, "went to the New Land in 1752." Presumably he is identical with the Nicklaus Daub, son of Ludwig Daub, who married at Minfeld, 7 February 1741, ANNA MARIA KONIG, baptized at Minfeld, 31 July 1718, daughter of Frantz Kfinig and wife Rahel. HANSS ERHARD FOSSELMANN, baptized at Minfeld, 25 September 1701, son of Ludwig Fosselman of Minfeld, and Wife Maria Margaretha Schiffer; married at Minfeld, 23 August 1729, to ELISABETHA MARGARETHA PROBST, daughter of Christoph Probst; "emigrated 30 years ago to the New Land." From a document dated 1762. See below Johannes Kauffman, a brother-in-law. MATHEUS BOUQUET Ham Erhart Vosseltnan arrived at Philadelphia, 17 October 1732, on the Slim John et William: HS, 1, 102, 104, 105. Although the names of women and children were included on the ship-list, his wife's was not among them. GEORG MICHAEL GROSS, baptized at Minfeld, 3 December 1719, son of Frantz Gross of Minfeld, and wife Susanna, net Schiffer; "emigrated as a single man about 1751 to the New Land." ANNA MARIA GROSS, baptized at Minfeld, 27 August 1727, sister of the preceding; "emigrated to the New Land about 1751." German Emigrants from Palatinate Parishes 253 ( JoHANN) JAcon HAEN (HAEHN), widower, married at Minfeld, 2 July 1749, in the parsonage there "on account of great poverty" ("wegrit grosser grosser Armuth"), to ANNA BARBARA EGERT, widow of Peter Egert, deceased farmer (Hofmann) on the Rinkenbergerhof. MICHAEL HEINTZ, "emigrated from Minfeld to America in 1753." Possibly he is identical with Johann Michael Heintz, son of Johann Michael Heintz, former citizen at Frechenfeld, and wife; married at Minfeld, 11 February 1749, JOHANNA ULM, baptized at Minfeld, 18 April 1728, daughter of Johann Michael Ullm, citizen at Minfeld, and wife Anna Barbara, nee Dudenhofer. WENOELL HEINTZ, son of Michael Heintz (died 1752) , citizen at Freckenfeld, and wife; married at Minfeld, 30 October 1752, to EVA BARBARA GROSS, daughter of Frantz Gross and wife Susanna Schaffer; "went to the New Land in 1767." Wendel Heintz arrived at Philadelphia, 6 October 1767, on the Ship Hamilton. HS, I, 716. HANSS GEORG HOFFMAN, son of Lorentz Hoffman (died 1749), former citizen at Rohrbach, and wife; married at Minfeld, 8 April 1749, ROSINA (BARBARA) BOUQUET (BOOLE), baptized at Minfeld, 20 January 1726, daughter of the citizen Abraham Bouquet and wife Elisabeth; "emigrated to America," presumably with his brother-in-law and sisterin-law. From document of 26 February 1762. See above Matheus Bouquet. JOHANNES KAUFFMAN, mason, baptized at Minfeld, 23 April 1696, son of Matheus Kauffman, shoemaker at Minfeld, and wife Juliana; married at Minfeld, 24 August 1723, MARIA ELISABETHA FOSSELMANN, baptized at Minfeld, 25 May 1704, daughter of (Johann) Ludwig Fosselman of Minfeld, and wife Maria Margaretha Schaeffer; "went about 1750 to Zweibriicken, and about 1756 emigrated from Gutenbrunnen, Kreis St. Ingbert, to America." See above his brother-in-law Hanss Erhard Fosselmann. Children, b. at Minfelet: 1. Catharina Elisabeth Kauffman, bapt. 9 July 1724. 2. Maria Margaretha Kauffman, bapt. 20 April 1727. 3. Johann Jacob Kauffman, bapt. 24 December 1730. 4. Johannes Kauffman, bapt. 7 December 1732. 5. Johann Georg Kauffman, bapt. 5 September 1734. 6. Maria Apollonia Kauffman, bapt. 18 April 1737. 7. Anna Maria Kauffman, bapt. 30 November 1738. 8. Johanna Kauffman, bapt. 24 September 1740. 9. Anna Apollonia Kauffman, bapt. 12 September 1742. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 254 Johannes Kauffman arrived at Philadelphia, 1 October 1754,6 on the Ship Phoenix. On the same ship-list is also the name of Johannes Kauffman, Jr. HS, I, 628, 631, 635. ABRAHAM KoNIG, baptized at Minfeld, 2 April 1724, son of Frantz Konig and wife Rahel; married at Minfeld, 7 January 1751, MARIA. MAGDALENA KAUFFMANN, baptized at Minfeld, 12 March 1730, daughter of the citizen and linen-weaver Christoph Kauffmann. ANNA MARIA KON1G, baptized at Minfeld, 31 July 1718, sister of the preceding; married at Minfeld, 7 February 1741, Nrcimnus DAUB; "emigrated to the New Land about 1752." See above for Nicklaus Daub. NrcLaus Orkr (Orr), son of Johann Michael Ott, married 30 January 1725, MARIA MARGARETHA FOSSELMANN (VOSSELMANN), bap tized at Minfeld, 7 February 1706, daughter of Ludwig Vosselmann and wife Maria Margaretha; "emigrated about 1754 to New England or America." A Johann Nickolaus Ott arrived at Philadelphia, 2 November .1752, on the Ship Phoenix. HS, 1; 502. Niederlustadt JOHANN ANDREAS Orr, born at Niederlustadt, 20 September 1728, son of Johann George Ott and wife Catharina Groh; "already gone to the New Land ten years ago" ("vor zehen Jahren allschon in dos none Land gezogen"). From a document dated 20 June 1760. The emigration must have taken place around 1750. An Andreas Ott arrived at Philadelphia, 22 September 1752, on the Ship Brothers: HS, I, 481. JOHANN PETER Rocx, born at Niederlustadt, 24 August 1724, son of Peter Roch, citizen and farrier (Hufschmieds) at Niederlustadt, and wife Maria (Anna) Barbara Stadler; married MARGARETHA Ltrrz; "by 1753 he had emigrated to Pennsylvania, leaving behind in the neighboring village of Offenbach by the Queich his wife Margaretha Lutz and their little son Friedrich Roch, aged 8 years" ("welcher schon anno 1753 in Pensilvanien gezogen send in hiesiger Nachbarschaft an Offenbach an 'der Queich seine Ehefrau Margaretha Lutzin nebst einem SUhnlein nahmens Friedrich Roch von 8 Jahren verlassen"). Johann Peter Koch arrived at Philadelphia, 29 September 1753, on the Ship Rowand: See The Dutchman, Spring 1956, 39. HS, 1, 572. While this year does not correspond to that mentioned in the account of his essugration, this is the only entry from the ship-lists for the appropriate period. German Emigrants from Palatinate Parishes 255 Oberlustadt JOHANN JACOB FAUTH, born at Oberlustadt, 7 September 1738, son of Bernhard Fauth (in the church register: nth), and wife Katharine Haf; "went away to America about 18 years ago." From document dated 18 March 1783. Married LOUISA THE1SS, born at Oberlustadt, 24 December 1741, daughter of Johann Adam Theiss of Oberlustadt, and wife Magdalena Schmitt; she "married Jacob Fauth from here and likewise went to Pennsylvania" ("welche ahn Jacob Fauth von dahier verheurathet und ebenfalls in Pensilvanien gezogen"). From document of 3 December 1765. See below her brother-in-law Georg Jakob Heintz. Jacob Faut arrived at Philadelphia, 24 August 1765, on the Ship Polly: HS, I, 704. GEORG Stmox HAUSHALTER, arrived in Philadelphia on the Ship Polly, 24 August 1765, with the brothers Christian and Johann Jakob Wunder, as well as Johann Jacob Fauth. Since Haushalter's name appears immediately after Fauth's in the ship-list, and the name Haushalter appears in Ober- and Niederlustadt in the period involved, it may be assumed that the emigrant is connected with the Haushalter family listed in the church register of Oberlustadt. The only uncertain point is whether it was the father Jorg Simon Haushalter who emigrated with the family, or whether the son Jorg Simon Haushalter emigrated alone. Jarg Simon Haushalter [Sr.], resident in Ober- or Niederlustadt, married Anna Maria, and had the following children, born at Ober- or Niederlustadt: 1. jOrg Simon Haushalter, b. 20 March 1741. 2. Christian Haushalter, b. 3 December 1743. 3. Eva Maria Haushalter, b. I September 1746; d. 29 September 1746. 4. Maria Eva Haushalter, b. 27 October 1749. S. Anna Margaretha Haushalter, b. 1 March 1753. 6. Johann Jorg Haushalter, b. 28 September 1757. Georg Simon Hausbalter arrived at Philadelphia, 24 August 1765, on the Ship Polly: HS, I, 704. GEORG JAKOB HEINTZ, from Rhodt "unter Rietburg," married MARIA CATHARINA THEISS, born at Oberlustadt, 20 February 1736, daughter of Johann Adam Theiss of Oberlustadt, and wife Magdalena Schmitt; she "married Georg Jacob Heintz from Roth and went with him to Pennsylvania" ("welche ahn Georg Jakob Heintz von Roth verheurathet nod mu t demselben in Pensilvanien gezogen"). From a document dated 3 December 1765. See above the brother-in-law Johann Jacob Fauth. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 256 DANIEL HOFFMAN, born at Oberlustadt, 17 February 1727, son of Johann Jacob Hoffman and wife Susanna Christina Bruckner; "who went to the New Land." From document of 30 August 1758. GEORG ADAM HORTER, born at Oberlustadt, 27 May 1738, son of Jacob Horter and wife (Maria) Agnes Sohland; "already gone to Pennsylvania 12 years ago." From document dated 20 April 1768. The emigration must have taken place around 1756. ANNA BARBARA HORTER, married before 1733 to Georg Horter, citizen and town-councillor at Oberlustadt (died before 1764). "Whereas Barbara Horter, widow and relict of Georg Horter, deceased citizen and town-councillor at Oberlustadt, went from here about one year ago to the so-called New England with her son Velten Horter, also a son of hers named Georg Jacob Horter 5 had gone there several years previously, so then both brothers and sisters and in-laws of hers still residing here, namely Jacob Wunder and his wife Anna Maria, and Jacob Sager, sent a manuscript letter asking her therein, since one of them had the desire to go to the above-mentioned New Land, if he should sell or convert into money the inheritance still coming to her here and bring it to her. Now since Jakob Wunder and his wife Anna Maria have likewise resolved to go to their respective mother and brothers and sisters and therefore have petitioned for permission to convert into cash the properties of their in-. laws still coming to them and take them to them," a complete inventory of the properties of Georg Jakob and Velten Horter was drawn up, and the results of the sale given to the brother-in-law, Jacob Wunder, who emigrated in 1765. From document dated 19 April 1765. Children, b. at Oberlustadt: I. Anna Maria Horter, b. 21 July 1729; m. Johann Jacob Wunder (for whom see below). 2. George Jacob 3-loner, b. 9 July 1733. 3. Johann Valentin Honer, b. 16 September 1740. Johann Valtin Hurter arrived at Philadelphia, 26 September 1764, on the Ship Britannia: HS, I, 693. GEORG ADAM JAHRAUS, born at Oberlustadt, 27 December 1746, son of Andreas Jahraus and wife (Anna) Margaretha Schmid; "resides in America." From document dated 30 October 1786. ANNA ELISABETHA SCHMITT, daughter of Andres Schmitt of 'Jacob Hort= was assessed in Germantown Township in 1769, Valenti= in the same township in 1774. Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, XIV, 92, 336, 337. Both were butchers by trade. In 1782 and 1783, children of Valentine Homer were buried in Hood's Cetnemry in lower Germantown. In 1790, Jacob Har-. ter was listed as the head of a household in which were three males over 16 years of age, and two females. Valentbae was 003 listed. German Emigrants from Palatinate Parishes 257 Oberlustadt, and wife Catharina Jahraus; "wife of 'Friedrich Doll,' inhabitant of Pennsylvania." From document of 30 March 1770. ANNA APOLLONIA SIGRIST, born at Oberlustaclt, 1 February 1723, daughter of Martin Sigrist (Siegerist) and wife Catharina Pam; "already gone to Pennsylvania 21 years ago" ("schon seith 21 Jahren in Pensilvanien gezogen"). From document dated 3 October 1765. She must therefore have emigrated about 1744. GEORG ADAM TEIS, arrived at Philadelphia with Georg Adam Haushalter on the Ship Polly, 24 August 1765; his name is given on the shiplist immediately after Haushalter's. Perhaps he is identical with the Jorg Adam Theiss, born at Ober- or Niederlustadt, 9 February 1739, son of Andreas Theiss and wife Magadalena. JOHANN JAKOB WUNDER, born at Oberlustadt, 13 January 1727, son of Sebastian Wunder and wife Anna Maria; married ANNA MARIA HORTER, born at Oberlustadt, 21 July 1729, daughter of Georg Horter and wife Anna Barbara, for whom see above. Children, b. at Oberlustadt: 1. Jorg Adam Wunder, b. 7 January 1753. 2. Anna Maria Wunder, b. 22 August 1755. 3. Valentin Wunder, b. 1 April 1750 4. Maria Barbara Wunder, b. 21 October 1760. 5. Christoph Wunder, b. 5 January 1764. Jacob Wunder arrived at Philadelphia, 24 August 1765, on the Ship Polly: HS, I, 704. CHRISTIAN WurmER, born at Oberlustadt, 13 July 1729, brother of the preceding; married CATHARINA. Children, b. at Nieder- or Oberlustadt:" 1. Maria Eva Wunder, b. 16 April 1757. 2. Andreas Wunder, b. 18 October 1761; d. 4 February 1763. 3. Andreas Wunder, b. 27 December 1763. Christian Wunder arrived at Philadelphia, 24 August 1765, on the Ship Polly: HS, I, 704. This is probably the Frieterig Dot who arrived at Philadelphia, on the Ship Lydia and qualified 9 October 1749: HS I, 422. He eventually settled in Plymouth Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, where he was a tavern keeper. He d. tome 1 July 1795, aged 71 years, and ha wife Elizabeth, 22 January 1820, aged 80 years, 3 months, 25 days. Both am buried at Boehrds Reformed Church, Whitpain Township, Montgomery County. 'Valentine Wunder and ha wife are buried in the cemetery of the Market Square Presbyterian (formerly the Germantown Reformed) Church with tombstones: Valentine Wunder, b. 1 April 1778; d. 20 November 1828; Magdalena, wife of Valentine, b. 25 April 1751; d. 25 July 1844. They lived in Germantown Township where he was a butcher. The father Johann Jacob Wunder was living "near Germmtown" in 1772, according to an advertisement in Henry Miller's Sisatsbote for 11 February 1772. The indication of birthplace is not clear, since the Oberlustadt register sea-ves for both placer. A Christian Wunder was assessed in Manheim Township, York County, 1779 through 1783, according to Pennsylvania Archives, led Series, XXI, 26, 216, 402, 792. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 258 Weingarten PAUL BAUERSACHS, born at Weingarten, 29 September 1744, son of Johann David Bauersachs and wife Anna Maria Damian of Bobingen; "settled at Freisbach, and from there went to America." From document dated 5 August 1784. Paulus Bauessachs arrived at Philadelphia, 4 December 1771, on the Ship Betsey: HS, I, 738. The name Bauersachs (in the Lutheran church register of Weingarten spelled Beuersax) in the United States is spelled Bowersox. Paul Bowersox died 8 March 1806, in Center Township, now Snyder County, Pa., and is buried at the Hassinger Church Cemetery near Middleburg in Snyder County. See also above Johann Jost Kern of Freisbach. According to family tradition in Pennsylvania, Paul Bowersox had come to America before 1771, returned to Germany on a visit, and then came back to Pennsylvania in 1771. He had three sons and three daughters. The eldest son, Georg Adam Bowersox, was the ancestor of the Reverend George E. Bowersox, of McSherrytown, Pa. The three sons, all born in Snyder County, are listed in Charles A. Fisher, Early Pennsylvania Births, as: 1. George Adam Bowersox, b. 1 April 1774; m. 1776, Maria Steinbruch. 2. Benjamin Bowersox, b. 15 September 1780. 3. Jacob Bowersox, b. 19 October 1785. See also Aaron Kern Gift, "The Messinger Church," in The Pennsylvania German, noted above. HANS NICKEL ("NICHEL") BAUERSACHS arrived at Philadelphia, 15 August 1750, on the Ship Royal Union: HS, I, 432. It is probable that this emigrant belongs to the same family as the above Paul Bauersachs. However, in the church register of Weingarten there is no reference to the emigration of Hans Nickel Bauersachs, nor is his baptism recorded there. Information from the Reverend Bowersox of McSherrytown, Pa., cleared up the mystery. According to an entry in the register of the Old Goshenhoppen Lutheran Church" [at Upper Salford Township, now Montgomery County, Pa.], Johann Nicol Bauersax, born 14 November 1702, baptized 15 November at Memmelsdorf, a tailor by trade, was the son of Johann "As taken from the translated and published record in The Perkiomen Region, Volume I, No. 1 (December 1521), rather than from the account given by the Rev. Bowman. His account stated that the Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg made the entry, but it was Lucas Reuss who opened the church books in 1755. German Emigrants from Palatinate Parishes 259 Bauersacks, a butcher, and his wife Elisabetha "in Itzgrund." According to the same entry, in 1727 he went to "Nieder Lustadt," three hours above Speier, where in 1727 he married Maria Elisabeth, daughter of Velten Goth ' and wife Eva Elisabetha. In 1750, he and his wife and two children emigrated to America. Children born before the emigration [as listed in the Goshenhoppen register]: 1. Johann Valentin Bauersax, b. 7 July 1741; confirmed at Old Goshenhoppen 15 March 1761; [m. 27 December 1764, Barbara Schlonecker.] 2 2. Georg Adam Bauersax, b. 26 February 1744; confirmed at Old Goshenhoppen, 15 March 1761; [m. Magdalena Rauermaner (Routzan).] sa 3. Elisabetha Bauersax, dec'd by 1750. 4. Maria Barbara Bauersax, dec'd by 1750. The birthdates of all the children listed in the above entry are found in the register of the Reformed church at Oberlustadt, which served both Ober- and Niederlustadt: I. Maria Elisabeth Bauersachs, b. 9 April 1735. 2. Maria Barbara Bauersachs, b. 3 August 1738; d. 9 June 1740. 3. Johann Valentin Bauersachs, b. 7 July 1741. 4. Jorg Adam Bauersachs, b 26 February 1744. Both of the above sons served in the Revolutionary War, and after their release from service settled in Frederick County, Md. References to both families appear in the records of St. David's Lutheran Church near Hanover, Pa., on the Maryland border. The family of Georg Adam Bowersox is later named in the records of St. Mary's Lutheran Church, Silver Run, Md., where members of that family are buried. His own gravestone and that of his wife and son Christian are at Uniontown, Md. Georg Adam Bowersox took the oath of citizenship to Maryland on 19 June 1779. An inquiry to Memmelsdorf, Oberfranken, revealed that the name Bauersachs never appeared in the records there. But in Memmelsdorf near Erben in Unterfranken," the relationship was proved through the researches of Pastor Loblein, from the Lutheran church register at that place: Johann (Hans) Bauersachs, widower, married at Memmelsdorf, 22 November 1698, Anna Elisabeth Kohler of Memmelsdorf. Their children, b. at Memmelsdorf, included: "In the original German article this name is given as Gothe. "This marriage is entered in the register of the New Hanover Lutheran Church. The bride's surname was not included in the Rev. Bowersox's account. "This marriage, apparently supplied by die Rev. Bowersos, is not in the published Goshenhoppen register. "The two Menunelsdorfs lie between Coburg and Bamberg on the east and west sides of the Itz River. 260 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 1. Johann. Bauersachs, bapc. 3 August 1699. 2. Johann Nikolaus, bapt. 3 November 1700. The difference between the birth and baptismal dates of Johann Nikolaus Bauersach in the Mernmelsdorf and Goshenhoppen entries is striking. But it must be realized that the entry in Goshenhoppen was not made until after 1750. In the Memmelsdorf register there is no other entry to be found for the period concerned. The word "Itzgrund" in the Goshenhoppen register following the Christian name of Johann Nikolaus's mother is undoubtedly a place name; the Itz, coming from Coburg, flows through the Memmelsdorf area and into the Main River. Through the entry in the Old Goshenhoppen Church register we have learned where the Bauersachs family originated, and that Johann Nickel Bauersachs emigrated in 1750 from Niederlustadt to Pennsylvania. Johannes Bauersachs, baptized at Memmelsdorf, 3 August 1699, must likewise have settled in the Palatinate, for in the Lutheran register of Weingarten is recorded his marriage on 9 June 1716, to Anna Maria Hubin, native of Offenbach, single, and on 27 November 1718, the birth of their son Hans David Bauersachs who married 1st, at Weingarten, 9 February 1740, Anna Maria Damian from Biibingen, and after her death married 2nd, at Weingarten, 25 January 1757, Anna Maria Luber (Luwer) from Oberiustadt.. Johannes Bauersachs was therefore the grandfather of the emigrant Paul Bauersachs, noted previously, and a brother of the emigrant Johan Nikolaus Bauersachs. JOHANN PETER BRUNNEMER, born at Weingarten, 28 April 1726, son of Johannes Brunnemer and wife Anna Margaretha; had "already gone away to Pennsylvania 18 years ago, without receiving permission" ("bereits vor 18 J. in Pensilvanien ohne vorherige Erlaubnis abgezogen"). From a document dated 7 March 1767. According to a power of attorney drawn up Pi Augusta County, Va., 15 August 1766, Johann Peter Brunnemer was residing there at that time. THEOBALD KLINGLER, born about 1714, married at Weingarten, 26 November 1737, MARIA CATHARINA GOLBERT, daughter of the citizen and town-councillor Henrich Gelberth (Gilbert) at Freimersheim, who died about 1717, and his wife Anna Rosina Geiss. According to a transfer of property of the widow Anna Rosina Geiss, dated 19 April 1746, he "went to the New Land seven years ago." Debalt Klingler, aged 24, arrived at Philadelphia, 20 September 1738, on the Ship Friendship: HS, I, 228, 228, 230. German Emigrants from Palatinate Parishes 261 Westheim JOHANN VALENTIN BATTEIGER, born at Westheim, 27 August 1739, son of Johann Peter Batteiger and wife Anna Eva (in the record Maria Eva) ; "Valentin 25 years old and absent in America." From a document dated 3 May 1777. Johann Valentin Batteiger arrived at Philadelphia, 29 October 1767, on the Ship Minerva: HS, I, 718. GEORG ADAM SCHWAB, born at Westheim, 26 April 1745, son of Andreas Schwab and wife Rosina Barbara; "resident in Pennsylvania." From a document dated 27 March 1765. Zeiskam Pliturr JACOB GEISS, farrier, born at Freisbach, 12 April 1712, son of Henrich Geiss, citizen and town-councillor of Freisbach, and wife Anna Catharina; married at Zeiskam, 4 May 1745, ANNA APOLLONIA MAW-ANDER, nee Gunther, baptized at Zeiskam, 18 ( ?) January 1711, widow of the farrier Conrad Maylander of Zeiskam, to whom she was married in Zeiskam, 3 November 1739, and daughter of Andres Gunther of Zeiskam, and his wife Maria Catharina. Philipp Jacob Geiss settled in Zeiskam after his marriage, where he was a farrier and citizen. According to an official document dated 9 November 1763, they had already gone "12 years ago to America, in the Province of Pennsylvania" ("allschon vor 12 jOhren nacher Amer/cam in der Province PinselPfanien gezogen"). Children, b. in Zeislians: 1. Agatha Geiss, b. 29 March 1747. 2. Johann Georg Geiss, b. 27 December 1748. 3. Maria Barbara Gem, b. 5 October 1750. Philipp Jacob Geis arrived in Philadelphia 25 September 1751, on the Ship Phoenix: HS, I, 471. According to a power of attorney dated 28 May 1763, Philipp Jacob Geis, was a resident of Bern Twp., Berks Co., Pa. at that date. For additional information see The Pennsylvania Dutchman, Summer 1956, 58. LORENTZ ScHmrrr, citizen, surgeon and barber at Billigheim, baptized at Billigheim, 31 January 1722, son of Matthes Schmitt, citizen and town-councillor at Billigheim, and his wife Anna Maria Heckman; married at Z.eiskam, 14 May 1748, MARIA HELENA (MAGDALENA) GUTH, daughter of Johannes Guth of Zeiskam. After their marriage he settled in Zeiskam. According to the Germersheim records, Lorentz Schmitt's wife, because she wanted to go to the New Land with her husband and 262 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine her two small sons, had her inheritance paid back in 1751. In an official document dated 4 February 1757, it is said of Helen Schmitt, nee Guth, that she "went away to America about 6 years ago." Lorentz Schmitt's wife appears as both Maria Magdalena and as Maria Helena. In the baptismal register of Zeiskam is found only the baptism of Maria Magdalena. At the marriage entry, "Magdalena" is stricken out and "Helena" written above. At the entry of the birth of the first child, the mother appears as "Maria Magdalena," at the second child's birth as "Maria Helena." Children, b. at Zeiskam: 1. Johann Jacob Schmitt, b. 23 March 1749, has gone to the New Land." 2. Philipp Peter Schmitt, b. 22 September 1750. Lorentz Schmitt arrived at Philadelphia, 25 September 1751, in the Ship Phoenix: HS, I, 471. For additional information see The Pennsylvania Dutchman, Summer 1956, 59. SAMUEL SINN (STEN) master-baker at Zeiskam, baptized at Zeiskam, 28 August 1710, son of Johann Peter Sinn, master-baker of Zeiskam, and his wife Anna Agatha; married at Zeiskam, 31 January 1747, ANNA BARBARA TRAUTH, daughter of Johann Georg Trauth of Offenbach. For additional details see The Pennsylvania Dutchman, cited last above. , Child, b. at Zeislant: 1. Johann Friedrich Sinn, b. 23 November 1751; "is with his father in the New Land." JOHANN PETER ZWIGKER, citizen and town-councillor at Zeiskam, baptized at Zeiskam, 21 December 1710, son of Samuel Zwicker and his wife Susanna Barbara; married at Zeiskam, 9 August 1735, MARIA MAGDALENA HAFFNER. For additional details, see The Pennsylvania Dutchman cited last above. Children, b. at Zeiskam: 1, Johann Peter Zwicker, bapt. (5) 21 May 1736; "is in the New Land with the father and mother." 2. Magdalena Zwicker, bapt. 4 August 1739; "is in the New Land with the father and mother." 3. Georg Melchior Zwicker, b. 9 November 1743; "is in the New Land with the father and mother." 4. Johann Georg Zwicker, b. 27 June 1747; "is in the New Land with the father and mother." 5. Maria Barbara Zwicker, b. 23 October 1750, "is in the New Land with the father and mother."