----- Original Message ----- From: "martha w. jackson" <nattiejus@nctc.com> To: <palehigh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH] GANGWERE and SCHLOSSER I think the Schlosser name pops up in one of my families. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Koerner" <judygak@ntelos.net> To: <palehigh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 6:19 AM Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH] GANGWERE and SCHLOSSER > > > Descendants of Hans Valentin Schlosser > > > > > > Generation No. 1 > > > > 1. HANS VALENTIN1 SCHLOSSER was born December 1664, and died January 27, > 1731/32 in Pleitzenhausen. He married (1) ANNA MARIA Abt. 1688 in > Pleitzenhausen. She died September 26, 1696 in Pleitzenhausen. He > married > (2) ANNA MARIA WERNER January 29, 1696/97 in Pleitzenhausen. She was born > 1672 in Reissweiler, and died February 15, 1738/39 in Pleitzenhausen. > > > > Children of HANS SCHLOSSER and ANNA MARIA are: > > i. MARGARETHA2 SCHLOSSER, b. Abt. 1688, > Pleitzenhausen. > > ii. MARIA SCHLOSSER, b. Abt. October 22, 1694, > Pleitzenhausen. > > iii. CATHERINA SCHLOSSER, b. Abt. 1695, Pleitzenhausen; > d. Abt. February 04, 1730/31. > > iv. MARIA EVA SCHLOSSER, b. Abt. February 05, 1695/96, > Pleitzenhausen. > > > > > > Children of HANS SCHLOSSER and ANNA WERNER are: > > 2. v. PETER2 SCHLOSSER, b. January 12, 1697/98, > Pleitzenhausen; d. 1752, Upper Milford Twsp, Lehigh Co, PA. > > vi. MARIA ELISABETHA SCHLOSSER, b. Abt. July 09, 1702, > Pleitzenhausen; d. December 05, 1762, Pleitzenhausen; m. PETER IMMIG, > October 06, 1723; b. Frohnhofen. > > > > > > Generation No. 2 > > > > 2. PETER2 SCHLOSSER (HANS VALENTIN1) was born January 12, 1697/98 in > Pleitzenhausen, and died 1752 in Upper Milford Twsp, Lehigh Co, PA. He > married ANNA ELIZABETH MANES October 29, 1720 in Pleitzenhausen. She was > born 1697 in Horn/Simmern. > > > > Notes for PETER SCHLOSSER: > >>From the Book "The Bruner Brothers and Related Families" by Marilyn Miller > > > > > > > > THE SCHLOSSER'S FROM PLEITZENHAUSEN > > > > The family of Maria Eva Schlosser begins with her grandfather, Hans > Valentin > Schlosser. Hans was born in December of 1664 in Pleitzenhausen in the > Rhineland, soon after the end of the 30 Years War. Since most records in > Germany had been destroyed during this war, it was not possible to > research > the earlier members of the family. > > This was another very difficult family to put together since several Peter > Schlossers lived in the same area of Pennsylvania during the same time > period. Peter and Leonard Schlosser, who arrived in 1732 do not appear to > be > from our Schlosser family. There were two Peter Schlossers who arrived on > the ship Edinburg on Sept. 16, 1751. They were possibly father and son. > > In Roberts History of Lehigh County(101) I found that Peter Schlosser > applied for a patent in 1755 for 46 acres in Lower Milford Township. This > land was patented in 1875 by Thomas Schearer. However, a Peter Schlosser > is > on the 1781 Tax List for Lower Milford Township, and I believe that he is > Peter Schlosser,Jr. > > Peter Schlosser Sr.(II) died in 1752 and the administrlation papers for > his > estate were filed in Northampton County(102) on November 21, 1752. Peter > was > a cooper and his wife, Elizabeth gave up her right as administrator of his > estate to her son, Peter Jr. > > Based on the evidence, I concluded that Peter Jr.'s wife was named > Catharine > Elizabeth since Peter and Catharine Elizabeth were sponsors at the baptism > of Jacob and Maria Eva Gangwehr's son Peter. > > At this point we find a great deal of confusion with the women's names. > Maria Eva's mother was Anna Elizabeth, and her son Peter married a woman > named Catharine Elizabeth. This information is based on the above church > book entry. However, there is another Peter Schlosser in Whitehall Twp. > (probably a son of Leonhard), who was married to an Elizabeth Catharine. > Still another Peter Schlosser is married to a Maria Elizabeth. The result > was that I gave up trying to sort the families out and remained satisfied > that in Mary Eve's family we have the correct names. > > There is a long, detailed genealogy of the Schlosser Family at the Lehigh > County Historical Society, typed by Myron P. Wehr of Allentown, PA, March > 1, > 1983, but it relates to the families of the earlier Leonhardt and Peter. > He > does note that "Because of the confusion with first names and the lack of > records, it is difficult to confirm the early men and the dates. We will > therefore, list the information we have discovered, with comments as to > their alignment." Only the marriage of Maria Eva Schlosser and Jacob > Gangwehr, which appeared with this material, seems to apply to our > Schlossers. > > In Annette Burgert's "Northern Kraichau" she notes that Peter Schlosser of > Lower Milford Twp. was naturalized in 1765. This would have been the Peter > Jr. in our Schlosser family. > > The first two generations of the Schlosser family were researched from the > Pleitzenhausen church records in Germany.(103) > > The birth date of Maria Eva Schlosser was located among these > records. From this information our German researcher(104) was able to put > together her family and that of her grandparents. > > All existing church records for the period after the Schlossers arrived in > Milford Township were searched, but little information was found. These > included the Upper Milford Reformed Church in Zionsville, Lehigh County > and > the Chestnut Hill church in Milford Township. > > The records available in the Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society > library in Lancaster, Pennsylvania(105) were also searched. Most > information > on this family concerned descendants of Leonard and Peter. > > I was also unable to find the date that Maria Eva Schlosser Gangwehr Morry > died. None of the church records from the church she attended contained > information about her death. The information concerning what we know of > Maria Eva Schlosser's life has been included in the Addendum relating to > the > Gangwehr family. > > The dates of baptisms for Jacob and Maria Eva's children were obtained in > the Friedens Union Church, Upper Saucon, church records. > > > > 101.LDS Film 1000562 > > > > 102.Northampton County Administration File #73 > > > > 103.LDS Film #0492979 > > > > 104.Friedrich Wolf of Saarbrucken, Germany, searched LDS films to confirm > the family of Maria Eva Schlosser. > > > > 105.Unger Collection #330 Schlosser, in Evangelical Reformed Historical > Library, Lancaster, PA. > > > > > > > > > > Children of PETER SCHLOSSER and ANNA MANES are: > > 3. i. MARIA EVA3 SCHLOSSER, b. Abt. July 16, 1737, > Pleitzenhausen; d. Abt. 1817, Lehigh Co, Pa. > > ii. PETER SCHLOSSER, b. Abt. October 28, 1725, > Pleitzenhausen. > > iii. MARIA ELIZABETH SCHLOSSER, b. Abt. August 23, > 1722, > Pleitzenhausen. > > iv. ANNA MARGARETHA SCHLOSSER, b. Abt. November 28, > 1728, Pleitzenhausen. > > > > > > Generation No. 3 > > > > 3. MARIA EVA3 SCHLOSSER (PETER2, HANS VALENTIN1) was born Abt. July 16, > 1737 in Pleitzenhausen, and died Abt. 1817 in Lehigh Co, Pa. She married > (1) JACOB GANGWEHR March 28, 1758 in St. Paul's Lutheran "Blue Church", > son > of JACOB GANGWEHR and SUSANNA MARGARETA. He was born February 20, 1731/32 > in Lehigh Co, Pa., and died June 26, 1771 in Lehigh Co, Pa.. She married > (2) JACOB MOREY Abt. 1785. > > > > > > Notes for MARIA EVA SCHLOSSER: > > > >>From the book "The Bruner Brothers and Related Families" by Marilyn >>Miller. > > > > MARY EVE GANGWEHR MARRIES JACOB MORY > > > > Mary Eve Gangwehr married Jacob Mory (Morry, Mori, Morey) about 1785. > Jacob > was born in 1727 and died in 1793 at age 66 years, 4 months and ~ days. > His > death is recorded in the Great Swamp Church records . Jacob was the son of > William Morey who warranted land on Saucon Creek about 1735. He died about > 1764. His son, Jacob was a Justice of the Peace under the King in 1774 and > again under the new government. William Mory provided land for the first > German Lutheran and Reformed Church in the area. > > It is probably significant to note that Jacob Mory's will was probated > just > one month before the agreement with Mary Eve and her children. > > Jacob Mory made his will on July 5, 1775, before his marriage to Mary Eve. > On July 22, 1785 he added a codicil, so we have concluded that their > marriage occurred in 1785. > > His will gave four tracts of land (222 acres) in Upper Saucon to his son > William, and two tracts with 237 acres to his son Peter, and ordered them > to > pay the following amounts of cash to his other children: > > > > Susannah Catharine, wife of John Wind, ú 270 > > Sabela Christina, wife of John Lerch, ú 270 > > Rosina, wife of Jacob Jacoby, ú 340 after age 19 > > Jacob Morry (under 20), ú 540 at age 20 > > > > The codicil gave Mary Eve livestock, household utensils, a > stove and the privilege of staying in the house for 1 near after his > death. > Son Peter Mory was to cut and haul firewood and take care of the livestock > for her. The will was probated on March 5, 1793. > > In view of the conditions in Jacob Mory's will, and the agreement with > Henry > Gangwehr, it appears that Mary Eve probably went to live with her youngest > son, Jacob at the end of the year that she was permitted to live in the > Mory > home. > > I was delighted when I located a will for Mary Eve Mory in the Lehigh > County > Administration Records, File #185. It was "Exhibited" April 5, 1817 but > "Not > Acted Upon". Jacob Gangwehr was the administrator and the will is written > in > German. The reproduction was so poor that the lettering runs together and > it > was impossible to read it word for word. However, I managed to decipher > the > pertinent parts as follows: > > There was an Inventory of Goods and Chattels of Mary Eve Morry, widow late > of Lower Saucon Township, Lehigh County. It was filed on June 18, 1818. > The > will was dated August 1795, and Jacob Gangwehr was the administrator. The > estate totaled 151.90 pounds. Her children were listed as Peter Gangwehr, > Johan Jacob Gangwehr, Christina and Andrew Bruiser, and Catharine and > Abraham Bruiser. It is possible that Henry was also included, but I could > not read his name. > > In the accounting there was recorded the following amounts due to her > estate: > > > > Andrew Bruner, bond 15-8-0 > > Jacob Gangwehr, bond 16-7-11 > > Abraham Bruner, bond 45-4-0 > > Henry Gangwehr, 25-0-0 > > > > (These would be monetary amounts in pounds, shillings and pence.) It was > not > possible to form an opinion as to how these sums were determined. The > amount > owed by Abraham seems to indicate that he borrowed this sum from his > mother-in-law to purchase his land in Lycoming County. His wife's share of > the sale of Gangwehr land in 1793 provided additional funds. > > It was of interest to myself and the descendants of Abraham and Catharina > Gangwehr Bruner that apparently Mary Eve died the same year as her > daughter > Catharine and approximately at the same time. > > > > > > Notes for JACOB Gangwehr: > > The Blue Church Records lists a marriage date of 28 March 1758 for > Gangewehr, Jacob son of Jacob Gangewehr the elder, from Upper Saucon and > Maria Eva Schlosser. > > > > The intestate will of Jacob is in the Registar of Wills, Northampton Co. > NO.531. > > Maria signed off her right to administrator of the will. John Apple and > Phillip Baal were appointed on July 27, 1771. They placed the land in > trust > for 22 years. April 2, 1793 Maria and her four younger children agreed to > sell the land to the eldest son Henry. > > > > 96. Northampton County Deed Book A-2, pg 318 > > > > A will for Maria Eva Mory is in the Lehigh Co. Administration Records File > # > 185. It was listed April 5, 1817. The estate total 151.9 pounds sterling > > > > According the Marilyn Miller Jacob Jr. died intestate in 1771, > leaving a wife, four children and one unborn child: Henry, Peter, > Christina, Catharina and Johann Jacob. Jacob died without a will. Maria > Eva gave up her right as an administrator of the estate, soon after his > death. John Apple and Philip Baal were then appointed administraators. > The > placed the land in trust and managed the estate for 22 years. In the > meantime Maria Eva married Jacob Mory. The decision to not sell the land > , > saved Jacob's wife and children from the circumstances that caused > Heinrich > Bruner's heirs to lose much of their inheritance. Heinrrich's land was > sold and the money invested, but the Revolutionary war resulted in a > change > in the monetary system, and the loss of money as a result. In the > Northampton Co. Courthouse there is an agreement dated April 2, 1793 > between > Mary Eva and her four younger children to sell all of Jacob's property to > the eldest son Henry Gangwehr. Apparently, Johannes, the first born son, > whose birth is recorded in the Freidensville Reformed Church records, > Upper > Saucon, died before 1793, since he is not mentioned in this document. > > > > According to Marilyn Miller, Mary Eva's second husband was a > justice > of the peace under the King in 1774 and again under the new government. > William Mory provided land for the first German Lutheran and Reformed > Church > in the area. A will for Mary Eve Mory is in the Lehigh Co. Administration > Records, file # 185. It was "exhibited" April 5, 1817 but "not acted > upon". The estate totaled 151.9 pounds sterling. Apparently Mary Eva and > her daughter Catherine died the same year and approximately at the same > time > as each other. > > > > 95. Northampton County Administrative Bond dated July 27, 1771, File > #531. > > > > > > Notes for HENRY Gangwehr: > > Henry, in all probability a son of Jacob Gangwehr b.1732/33, was born > June 7, 1765, and died Nov. 2, 1849, and was buried in the burial ground > adjoining the Friedensville church in Upper Saucon. He was a farmer on the > old Gangwehr homestead, which was divided during his lifetime, two of his > sons, Solomon and John, each receiving a portion on which they built > homes. > Upon the part retained by Henry Gangwehr and that of Solomon, iron ore > beds > were discovered, which were worked for many years by the Thomas Iron > Company > > and the Bethlehem Iron Company. For the last ten years the Bingen > Brick Company has been engaged in manufacturing brick from the dirt that > had > been washed from the ore. A part of the tract taken by John Gangwehr has > been cut up into building plots, and the village of Spring Valley > (Saucona) > has arisen. Numerious large and never failing springs are located there. > Henry Gangwehr marrie Elizabeth Kale, born May 2, 1770, died May 27, 1826. > Children: Jacob, of further mention; Tobias, born Aug. 16, 1794, died Jan. > 11, 1848; Solomon, of further mention; John, of further mention; Philip, > born Oct. 6, 1806, died March 18, 1881; Samuel born in 1810; elizabeth, > born > Aug. 24, 1812, died March 11, 1839; Joseph; Catherine; Daniel. > > > > Note from the Bruner Brothers book > > > > 91. The data for the children of Henry Gangwehr III was obtained from > the > Unger Collection #101 and 102 in the Evangelical Reformed Library in > Lancaster, Pennsylvania. All of this material was handwritten and there > are > many errors. Additional information was found at the Pennsylvania > Historical > Society Library in Philadelphia, and was part of the "Wittman Family and > Allied Lines of PA" by Helen Wittman Kohl, a descendant of Christiana > (I.4). > > > > It's more then you ask but I like to share info. > > > > Gordon A. Koerner > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Researcher0071@aol.com> > To: <palehigh@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 5:57 AM > Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH] GANGWERE and SCHLOSSER > > >> >> Dorothy, >> >> Do you have the name of Maria SCHLOSSER'S father? Would it be Peter by >> any >> chance? >> >> Janet >> >> In a message dated 3/16/2007 4:39:19 PM Central Daylight Time, >> djsblum@cox.net writes: >> >> Gordon, >> According to my records, PALEHIGH, 4 Dec 2006, Message 3 from Geri >> Brennan: >> Christina GANGWERE, b. abt 1779, daughter of >> Jacob GANGWERE and Maria SCHLOSSER, b. 24 Feb 1762 Upper Saucon, d. 18 >> Nov >> 1838, Springfield Twp., Bucks Co., PA. >> >> Dorothy >> >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** AOL now offers free email to >> everyone. >> Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PALEHIGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALEHIGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALEHIGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message