1735 - ?
Germany - Pennsylvania
Hans Sigmund -> Johannes
Johannes is generally agreed to be the son of Hans Sigmund, but little is known about him. The list of his children comes from Kay Schroy.
1735 January 11 - born - Uengerhausen, Bavaria
1764 - emigrated
- 21 Jan 1764?
Oct 27, 1764. Ship Hero, Ralph Forster, Captain,
from Rotterdam, last from Cowes. - 500 passengers
Conrath Dorr (umlaut)
Johannes Durr (umlaut)
Lorentz Durr (umlaut)
Johannes Deehr
~1766 m Margareth
Children: Johannes 1767 Weisenberg, Northampton (-> Lehigh) Co, PA
Lorentz 1769 Weisenberg
Anna Maria 1770 Weisenberg
Johan Nicholas 1772 Weisenberg
Anna Maria 1776 Weisenberg
Jacob 1778 Weisenberg
1780 John Northhampton - Weisenburg
1790 John Derr 181 (295) Weisenb 3 2 4 0 0
3m over 16 - father Johannes 55, Johannes 23, Lorentz 21 [Nicholas 18]
2m under 16 - [Nicholas 18] Jacob 12
4 females - wife Margareth, Anna Maria, Anna Maria, Unknown
1800 Northhampton Weisen 631 -
John Dorr junr 00301 01200
Johannes would be 65, so that’s ok, but who are all the younger ones?
3 m 16-26 - Jacob 22 but Nicholas 28, Lorentz 31
the younger Anna M (24) could be one of the females 16-26, but who are the others?
(same page) John Dorr captn 21110 30110
son Johannes would be 33, so he fits
Henry Dorr 20010 30010
not mentioned as a son of Johannes, but of an age to be one?
1810 Northhampton - Wisenberg 69 (48)
John 11110 20110
Nicholas 12110 20110
Henry 12010 32010
John junr 10101 11010
Jacob 10010 10010
all of them (except jr) are in the 26-45 age range, which is right for Joh.’s sons
John jr is over 45, which could still fit Johannes - younger people could be a son and his family? - but all his sons are (possibly) accounted for here, except for the elusive Lorentz.
1812 - Lehigh Co formed from Northampton
d aft 1813
His sons?
1820 Lehigh Henry / Jacob / John / Nicholas - Weisenburg 156
scanning cuts off 3/4 of the page (online)
1830 Lehigh
Henry Door Weisenburg 128 00000001 00001 - 50/60 (1770-80)
John Derr 130 00001 00001
Nicholas Derr 132 00110001 1212101001 - 50/60 (1770-80)
with a very old woman - his mother? - or mother-in-law?
John Derr 134 0100001 00001 - 40/50 (1780-90)
Problems:
Henry Derr is not counted among the sons of Johannes.
Lorentz seems not to be with them.
2 daughters named Anna Maria?
John Derr junior seems to be older than the other John.
John captn - there was a John in the Rev War pension files b. 1760 Northhampton - he was in Phila County (lived there 1761-1786) when he enlisted - he lived in York Co 1786-1812 and then moved on to Maryland.
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Well, I thought there was no problem about Johannes, except that there wasn’t much info about him. But it turns out that the JAmstfield has a different wife and children listed for him - or at least for a Johannes b. 1734/5. The wife is Anna Maria Wagenseller, the children are:
Anna Catherina ~1748 (born when Joh. was 14??!!)
Johannes b. Sep 1750
George (Joh. Georg) ~1754
Elizabeth Catharine.
[George, by the way - according to JAmstfield - married Sophia Stetler 23 Apr 1782 at the Great Swamp Reformed Church, Lower Milford, Lehigh Co. Children: Elizabeth 1783, 1784, Heinrich 1797, J. George 1797. I may have copied some of this incorrectly.]
At the present, I am going to go with Margareth and that batch of children, mostly because of the ages.
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