Elizabeth Margaretha Petree

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• Reference Number: 11115

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• Find-A-Grave: 7498727
• Reference Number: 11133
• Emigration: 2 Sep 1747

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Jacob Petree was born in Germany in 1722. He came to Pennsylvania on the
Ship Loyal Judith from Rotterdam, landing September 2, 1743, at age 21.
He married Anna Eva Kuehnlin Sept. 9, 1747 in Richmond Township, Berks
county, Pennsylvania, and they were the parents of 10 children. Jacob
died in 1803 in Surry county, North Carolina. Voucher #7930 in North
Carolina Archives states: "Sundries furnished Militia during the
Revolutionary War" qualifies Jacob Petree as a patriot of the American
Revolution.
Jacob Petree Sr. [Petri] from old church records Moselem Zion Church.
Richmond T. Sh, Berks Co. Penn. Information given by one Miss Ruth
Petree, Germanton, N. C. Oct. 19.
Also known as Johann Jacob Petri.
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Jacob and Anna raised a sizeable family before moving to North Carolina.
They followed the path of both the German and Scotch Irish settlers of
western Pennsylvania who moved south along the "Great Wagon Road" seeking
affordable land. Records indicate that Jacob was a shoemaker, but land
records, estate papers, will, ect. after he reached this area, show that
farming was his primary occupation in this state. Land was the lure that
encouraged both Jacob and his adult sons to move from Pennsylvania. Early
records indicate that some of his sons may have preceded him here. Two
of his sons, John and Adam fought against the Chicamoga Indians defending
the colony just before the Revolution. Jacob provided supplies for North
Carolina forces and was reimbursed for this according to payment records.
Jacob and his son, John Henry were both patriots in the American
Revolution. Jacob and his wife were Lutherans. Jacob and Adam Geiger
received 100 acres as a land grant for the "German Church" (now the
Nazareth Lutheran Church in Rural Hall. Anna died 12 Oct 1790 and Jacob
died 3 May 1803. They, and at least one son and his wife, are buried at
the Nazareth Lutheran Church in Rural Hall, NC. Jacob has no marker, but
Anna Eva, Henry and Margaretha Zimmerman's grave are marked. Jacob Petree
and Anna Koehulin had 10 children.
From Ms. Corinne Murray in Greensboro NC.
This is the will of Johann Jacob Petri, Sr.:
In the name of God Amen! I, Jacob Petri, of Stokes County in the State of North Carolina, a farmer, being in good health and of sound mind and memory, thanks be given to Almighty God, calling into mind the mortality of men and knowing it to be the destination for all men once to die,do make and ordain this my last will and testament viz: Principally and first of all I recommend my soul into the hands of my creator, Jesus Christ and my body to be buried in a descent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors, and as touching such world estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God to help me in this world, I give and devise the same in manner and form following viz:
l. Whereas I have heretofore made over and delivered unto my two sons named Henry Petri and Jacob Petri all of my tract of land with my plantation and improvements thereon situate lying and being in Stokes County on both sides of the Neatman Creek as by the several instruments of writing namely, Henry Petry, bearing date the 20th of May 1795, and Jacob Petri bearing date of 26th day of February in the year of our Lord 1798, more fully and at large appears, now it is my will that immediately after my decease, my executors hereafter named shall make out unto the aforesaid sons, Henry and Jacob a good and lawful conveyance in fee simple for the aforementioned land to have and to hold the same for themselves and their heirs forever, reference must always be had to the aforementioned instruments of writing to all intents and purposes.
2. All of the remaining part of my estate shall after my death be divided as follows viz: I give to Eva Barbara, my daughter married to Adam Wolf, Esq., one dollar of the United States and no more, the rest of my children shall have an equal share. They are named John Henry, Jacob, Adam, John, Mary Catherine, Mary Dorothy, Elisabeth Margaretha and Johanna, each and every one shall have an equal share out of my estate.
3. And whereas two of my aforesaid sons named Adam and John are already dead, I will that the share of my estate which I have hereby given and demised to them shall be given to their children to be divided between them share and share alike, namely Adam's share shall be divided unto six parts amongst his six children, named Sarah, Barbara, Elisabeth, Mary, Catharina and Francis and likewise John's share shall be divided equally unto seven parts amongst his seven children named Susanna, Jacob, William, Mary, John, Henry and George and their share they shall have and hold for themselves and their heirs forever.
4. And I hereby make, ordain, constitute and appoint my trusty friends John Kraus and my sons Henry Petri and Jacob Petri, Executors of this my last will and testament who are hereby empowered to pay off all my lawful debts and settle all my accounts and I do hereby annul and make void all my former wills or legacies done by me either in writing or by word of mouth ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal this eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three.
s/Jacob Petri - Seal
Witnessed by John Rights, John Baker and Johnson Rutledge. (Will Book # 2, Stokes Co., NC, September Term, 1804.)

Buried:
Nazareth Lutheran Church Cemetery

Johann married Anna Eva Kühnlin 9 Sep 1747, Kutztown, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Anna (daughter of Kilian Kühnlin) was born 12 Nov 1720, Leyden, Holland; died 12 Oct 1790, Rural Hall, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA; was buried , Rural Hall, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Find-A-Grave: 7498729
• Reference Number: 8449

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Family notes:
Kilian Kuehnlin-- Early Pennsylvania Emigrant by Lesly Klippel, 4581
Powderborn Ct., San Jose, CA 95136 (408) 269-5484, Leslyk@ix.netcom.com
The Kirchenbuch (parish register) of the Evangelische Kirche in
Ehrstaedt, Baden, Germany (NE of Heidelberg); 1651-1963, Family History
Library Microfilm #1189149, Item 3-5, first mention George Bernhard
Keuhnlin and his wife Ana Eva in the record of the birth and christening
of Kilian Keuhnlin, b. 7 Jul 1695, chr. 8 Jul 1695.
The christening records of two more sons and three daughters follow:
Johan Georg, chr. 24 May 1698
Charlotte Ruffina, chr. 8 Jun 1701
Johan Pettrus (?), chr. 14 Jan 1704
Maria Sibila, chr. 6 Sep 1706
Maria Elizabetha, chr. 26 Mar 1709
Kilian's marriage is dated Jan 1717, but no bride's name is listed.
Killian next appears in New Hanover, Montgomery Co., PA (Pennsylvania
German Society XX (1909): pg 32-33 as a signer of a statement that John
Henry Sprogel voluntarily gave land that Kilian emigrated to Pennsylvania
between 1717 and 1719, probably with Daniel Schoener in 1717.
Daniel Schoener was born 25 Jan 1686, chr. 27 Jan 1686, also in
Ehrstaedt, Baden, Germany and he married Maria Catharine Horn on 17 May
1707. The Schoener family emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1717 and their
names appear in the Lutheran records in New Hanover township.
Killian's mother, Ana Eva, was probably Ana Eva Schoener, sister to
Daniel, whose christening in Ehrstaedt puts her at the right age, but the
marriage records of the needed years are missing from the Ehrstaedt
parish registers. No mention of the name Kuehnlin appears in the
Ehrstaedt parish registers after 1717, indicating the probability that
the entire Kuehnlin family emigrated with Daniel Schoener. Further
research in the early Pennsylvania Lutheran parish registers may turn up
mention of the Kuehnlin family in SE Pennsylvania.
The Lutheran parish register of Moselem Lutheran Church in Windsor
township, Berks Co., PA shows that Joh. Georg Kuehnlin, son of Kilian
Kuehnlin, married Philippina Schoener, single daughter of Daniel Schoener
on 14 b. Trin. 1745 and the following children were christened there:
Joh Adam, chr. 2 Nov 1748
Johannes, chr. 26 Aug 1750
Maria Catharine, chr. 22 Sept 1753
Heinrich, chr. 6 Nov 1755
In the same parish registers, the marriage of Ana Eva Kuehnlin, single
daughter of Kilian Kuehnlin and Jacob Petri, single son of Nicholai Petri
in Germany is recorded on 29 Sept 1747.
The following children were subsequently christened:
Johanna Kuehnlin, md. Johannes Hill, 7 ch. christened.
Barbara Kuhnlin, md. Jacob Schneider, 1 ch. christened.
Adam Kuhnlin, md. Maria Elisabetha Michlin, 2 ch. Christened
Kilian Kuehnlin's death in Greenwich, PA is noted in the Moselem Lutheran
Church records on 17 Feb 1757 (Moselem Lutheran Church Records, Richmond,
Berks, PA, p. 221, 224, Family History Library Microfilm #385069).
Kilian's will is recorded in the Berks Co. probate records, will Book 1
p, 38 (FHL Microfilm #20723) and mentions sons George, Adam and Henry.
A discussion of Kilian Kuehnlin and further discussion of the Schoener
family can be found in Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking
Lands to North America, Vol 1: The Northern Kraichgau by Annette
Kunselman Burgert, pub. by the Pennsylvania German Society, 1983, Family
History Library Book #974.8, B4pgp, v.16.

Buried:
Nazareth Lutheran Church Cemetery

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Johan — Anna Maria Schall. Anna (daughter of Jakob Schall and Anna Maria Wertz) was born , Rudersberg, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Margaretha Schall
• Reference Number: 12462

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• Reference Number: 8455
• Emigration: 1744

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Birth-Christening records found in Parish Register of Ehrstadt, Baden, Germany 1651-1760, Evangelische Church, Family History Library Microfilm # 1189149, Item 3. Listed as Kilianus Kuehnlein
Parish Register showed a marriage date but no name of spouse.

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• Reference Number: 11134

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• Reference Number: 12468

Jakob married Anna Maria Wertz Abt 1704, Rudersberg, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anna was born 17 Sep 1681, Rudersberg, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 21 Dec 1749, Rudersberg, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 14777

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• Reference Number: 8451

George married Anna Eva Schoener Abt 1694, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anna (daughter of Hans Adam Schoener and Eva (Unknown)) was christened 10 Oct 1670, Ehrstädt, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 12493