-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BAUER] http://www.germanmigration.com/queries/selected/current.asp Resent-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 17:34:17 -0600 Resent-From: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 19:34:12 EDT From: Caffecupz@aol.com Reply-To: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com To: BAUER-L@rootsweb.com Other TOP FIVE Queries July 2001 June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 March 2001 February 2001 January 2001 December 2000 November 2000 October 2000 September 2000 August 2000 July 2000 June 2000 May 2000 Query: Looking for his origin of Johannes NICOLAUS, aka NICOL, in Germany . He arrived in Philadelphia on the ship, "Friendship" at the age of 25 on 3 September 1739. His wife was Margaretha, surname unknown, but it is not known with certainty whether he married her in Germany or after he arrived in the USA. In 1746 he was living on Pequea Creek in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1751 he was on the tax list for Strasburg Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. On 15 April 1754 his daughter, Charlotte, was baptised at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick, Maryland. His children were Anna Maria, b. circa 1745-46; John, b. 26 December 1748; George, b. ca. 1750; Jacob (my line), b. ca. 1752 who m. Eve Catherine TSCHUDI/JUDY ca. 1774-5; Charlotte; and Michael, m. Maria Catharine. Recently, I found a marriage listing in the International Genealogical Index (IGI), Version 4.02 showing a Joannes NICOLAUS marrying a Maria Margaretha BAUER on 6 June 1739 in the Roemisch-Katholische church in Alzey, Rheinhessen, Hessen, Germany. The IGI referenced film #1475547 in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I reviewed this film, handwritten in German, with no knowledge of the German language, and was unable to locate the reference cited above. It is possible that these two men, named John NICOLAUS, aka NICOL, the one arriving on the ship in Philadelphia and the one in Alzey, Germany who married Maria Margaretha BAUER, are one and the same. He could have married Maria Margaretha on 6 June 1739 and then made sea connections which took them to Philadelphia on the vessel called "Friendship", arriving on 3 September 1739. The latter conclusion is only speculative. Does anyone have any knowledge of either of these two families? Thank you very much. Submitted by billnicol@aol.com William Frederick Nicol, III on July 10, 2001.