~1665 - 1713
Germany
There is a fascinating book:
Grossgartach, Wuerttemberg, to Pennsylvania: Some Early Colonial German Immigrants
by Annette K Burgert (Myerstown, PA: AKB Publications, 1999)
I highly recommend it - it has interesting background information, as well as genealogical info on several early settlers, including some Darrs.
Here is what she has about Weigant:
Grossgartach Lutheran KB:
Weygandt Dorr (umlaut), cartwright, son of Conrad Dorr (umlaut), burger. Innwohner at Franckhisch Krumbach, Hessen-Darmstall, m 23 Nov 1680 Anna Margaretha, daughter of Hans Jerg Dallmar, Anwaldt and des Gerichts here.
Wygand Dorr (umlaut), cartwright, and wife Anna Margaretha had:
1. Anna Maria, b 3 Oct 1681, bp 4 Oct 1681
sp. Anna Maria, wife of Hans Adam Koppenhoffer
2. Hans Adam, b 23 July 1687, bp 24 July 1687
3. Hans Jacob, b 25 July 1688, bp 26 July 1688
4. Hans Martin, b and bp 14 Sep 1691
sp. Hans Adam Koppenhofer, Hans Martin Kachelmus, both citizens here
5. Anna Margaretha, b 21 Dec 1697, bp 22 Dec 1697
sp. Hans Martin Kachelmus, Anna Maria, wife of Thomas Strupler
Died 4 Feb 1713, Wigandt Dorr (umlaut), Wagner here, buried 6th Feb.
from Burgert, Annette, Ibid., p. 15-16
At least two of his children went to America. Johan Martin emigrated in 1725 with his wife and two of his children. Anna Margaretha married Elias Lang, who emigrated in 1734.
There was a Hans Adam who emigrated in 1749 (Weigant's Adam would have been 62, which is pretty old to emigrate?) and an Adam who emigrated in 1767 (and another Hans Adam in 1754, but the people on that ship were supposedly inhabitants of Alsace and Lorraine). The one Jacob in Rupp's list (from 30,000 Names . . .) was under 16 when he emigrated in 1738, so he is probably not Weigant's son. About Anna Maria, I know nothing.
That's it.
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