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Abraham Wotring 1 2 3 4
Other names for Abraham were Abraham Vautrin, Abraham Voiturin,7 Abraham Wautrin 2 and Abraham Wudring.6 FamilySearch ID: LZKG-5L2. General Notes: He had sixteen children, of whom eight were living at the time of his death on Nov. 28, 1752, namely Peter, Anna Margaretha, Anna Barbara, Magdalena, Elisabeth, William, Abraham and Eva. Christening Notes: Records in the Deidendorf Reformed Kirchebuch: Death Notes: The church record of his death: Abraham Wutring died 28 Nov 1752. He was born 11 July 1700; lived in marriage 27 1/2 years and had 16 children, of whom 8 still live as long as God wills. His age was somewhat over 52 years. Noted events in his life were: 1. He immigrated in 1733. 2 Richard and Elizabeth, 1733, Abraham Wotring, age 33, with Anna Margaretha Wootring, age 32; Hans Peter, age 9; Anna Margaretha, age 7; Maria Magdalena, age 4 1/2; Anna Louisa, age 2 [probably should read Anna Lisa = Anna Elisabetha]. 2. He immigrated from Lorraine with his wife and four children on 28 Sep 1733 to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 5 8 Traveling together on the ship were friends and families who later intermarried after arriving in Pennsylvania, including the Wootring (Wotring) and Mertz families. 3. 200-acre tract north of Egypt in 1738 in Whitehall Twp., Lehigh, PA. 5 4. He was naturalized in Apr 1742 in , Bucks, PA. 5 5. In 1747 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 4 He was a delegate to the Coetus of the Reformed Church. 6. Estate: 1752. His estate amounted to £255. 7. Book: History Of Lehigh County, Volume II, 1914. 9 Abraham married Anna Margaretha Mertz, daughter of Peter Mertz and Unknown, on 19 Mar 1723 in Diedendorf: Diedendorf Reformed Church, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FRA.1 2 (Anna Margaretha Mertz was born in 1701 in Hirschland, , Alsace, FRA 10 and died on 20 Feb 1741 in Northampton, Northampton, PA 1.) Marriage Notes: The Diedendorf Reformed Church Kirchebuch records: "Abraham Vautrin, son of Abraham Vautrin, miller at Vinstinger [today Fénétrange, Moselle, Alsace, France] m. 19 Mar. 1723 Anna Margaretha, daughter of Peter Mertz, citizen at Hangenweiller, Lützelsteiner Herrschafft. [Hangviller = Phalsboug]. 2 |
1
Margaret Rose Bond, "The Woodring Family Report" (February 25, 1998
15910 Paisley Lane Bowie, MD 20716 301-249-6530 margbond@aol.com), Genealogy manuscript by Margaret ROSE Bond; 15910 Paisley Lane; Bowie, MD 20716; 301-249-6530; margbond@aol.com.
2 Burgert, Annette Kunselman, Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1992.), Page 552.
3 Carroll Hamlet (w2qbr@compuserve.com).
4 Bell, Raymond Martin, The Woodring - Watring - Wotring Family of Pennsylvania (Washington, PA.).
5
Roberts, Charles Rhodes, History Of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume III (Allentown, Pa., Lehigh Valley Pub. Co., 1914.
3 volumes, illustrated, maps.
Prepared by a committee appointed by the Lehigh County Historical Society; chapters contributed by various writers.).
6
Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 6, Egypt Reformed Church Records 1734-1807 (http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/lehigh/church/egyp0001.txt
http://www.geocities.com/gragor99/lehegypt.htm
"Baptismal Record of the congregation on the Lehigh, in which are recorded the names of the children baptized, the names of their parents, and also the names of the sponsors. Commenced March 22, 1739."
J. Henricus Goetschius, M. Helvetico Tigurinus.).
7
Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 6, Egypt Reformed Church Records 1734-1807 (http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/lehigh/church/egyp0001.txt
http://www.geocities.com/gragor99/lehegypt.htm
"Baptismal Record of the congregation on the Lehigh, in which are recorded the names of the children baptized, the names of their parents, and also the names of the sponsors. Commenced March 22, 1739."
J. Henricus Goetschius, M. Helvetico Tigurinus.), Notes: #7.
8
Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Edited by William John Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals In the Port of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania German pioneers : a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808 (View online at https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2049299), Pages 126-130.
9 Roberts, Charles Rhodes, History Of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume II (Allentown, Pa., Lehigh Valley Pub. Co., 1914. 3 volumes, illustrated, maps. Prepared by a committee appointed by the Lehigh County Historical Society; chapters contributed by various writers.).
10
Margaret Rose Bond, "The Woodring Family Report" (February 25, 1998
15910 Paisley Lane Bowie, MD 20716 301-249-6530 margbond@aol.com).
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