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Johann Michael Römer

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  • Name Johann Michael Römer 
    Born 3 Sep 1715  Birkenau, Heppenheim, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 5 Sep 1715  Birkenau, Heppenheim, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Nov 1800  Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 25 Nov 1800  Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I82  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Johannes Römer,   b. 10 Jan 1678, Geisenbach, Mörlenbach, Bergstraße, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1731, Birkenau, Heppenheim, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Catherina,   bur. 17 Dec 1723, Birkenau, Heppenheim, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1708  Birkenau, Heppenheim, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F86  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Maria Charlotta Amalia Hartwich,   b. 24 Jun 1720, Steinbach, Michelstadt, Erbach, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1779, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1736  Birkenau, Heppenheim, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Johanna Magdalena Römer,   b. Abt 1738, of Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Anna Barbara Römer,   b. Abt 1739, of Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 16 Oct 1768 to 15 Feb 1769, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years)
     3. Römer,   b. Abt 1741, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Feb 1779, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
     4. Römer,   b. Abt 1742, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Feb 1779, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years)
     5. Maria Barbara Römer,   b. 20 Jul 1744, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1776, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     6. Elizabeth Römer,   b. 25 Jul 1747, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1841, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     7. Johann Conrad Römer,   b. 8 Sep 1750, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Feb 1779, of Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 28 years)
     8. Christina Römer,   b. 18 Jul 1752, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1808, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F82  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susanna Margaretha Wagner,   b. 3 Nov 1737, Malstatt, Saarbrücken, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 23 Jan 1791  Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F85  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. A brief synopsis and timeline of the life of Johan Michael Roemer as supported by various research notes separately quoted below. Inference of non-published events such as the births of unrecorded children are also included herein:
      3 Sep 1715: Birth in Birkenau, Hessen, Germany.
      5 Sep 1715: Baptism in Birkenau, Hessen, Germany.
      18 Jul 1736: Married Maria Charlotte Amalia Hartwich at Birkenau, Hessen, Germany.
      5 Sep 1737: Immigration of "John Michael Romer" aged 23 listed to Philadelphia on the ship "Winter Galley."
      Abt 1738: Estimated birth of daughter Johanna Magdalena Römer.
      Abt 1739: Estimated birth of daughter Anna Barbara Römer.
      Abt 1741: Estimated birth of unnamed son inferred by obituaries of parents.
      Abt 1741: Estimated birth of unnamed daughter inferred by obituaries of parents.
      Apr 1744: "Johan Michael Römer" listed as sponsor for the baptism of a child of Joh. Heitzman.
      20 Jul 1744: Birth of daughter Maria Barbara Römer.
      18 Jul 1745: "Michael Raymer" buys land from John van Metre in Frederick co., MD.
      31 Oct 1746: "Michael Römer and wife Maria Charlotha" listed as sponsors for the baptism of a child of Peter Appel named Maria Charlotha.
      15 Jan 1747: "Michael Römer and wife" listed as sponsors for a child of George Michael Zesserong/Jesserong.
      24 Jul 1747: "Johan Michal Römer" listed as a Church Warden of the Church of Monocacy at Frederick, MD.
      25 Jul 1747: A daughter [not named but was Elizabeth] of "Johan Michel Römer."
      19 Feb 1748: "Michel Römer and wife" listed as sponsors at baptism for a child of Joh. Michel Teuffel.
      8 Nov 1748: "Michael Römer's wife" listed as sponsor at baptism for a child of George Michael Jesserong.
      17 Sep 1749: "Joh. Michael Römer and wife" listed as sponsors at baptism of a child of Conrad Grosch.
      7 Jan 1750: "Michael Römer and wife" listed as sponsors at baptism of a child of Georg Nagel.
      24 Jun 1750: "Michael Roomer and wife" listed as sponsor at baptism in "Northkill" for a child of Mattheis Dornbach.
      8 Sep 1750: Son Johann Conrad born to "Johan Michel Römer."
      23 Sep 1750: "Michel Römer and wife Charlotta" listed as sponsors for a child of Valentin Kraft.
      11 Aug 1751: "Michel and Charlotta Römer" listed as sponsors for a child of Jacob and Maria Benedicta Storm.
      1752: Michael was the contractor for the construction of the stone Lutheran church in Frederick, MD.
      1752: "Carpenter Michael and Charlotta Roemer" listed as purchasers of land in Frederick, MD.
      18 Jul 1752: Unrecorded birth of daughter Christina Römer in Frederick, MD (determined from her burial record).
      8 Apr 1752: "Charlotta Römer" listed as a sponsor for a child of Jacob and Eleonore Jung.
      3 Feb 1754: "Michael Roemer and wife Charlotta Amalia" listed as sponsors for a child of Bernhard Michael Hausihl.
      15 Apr 1754: "Michael Römer and wife Charlotta Amalia" listed as sponsors for a child of Johanni Nicol.
      5 Jan 1755: "Michael Römer and wife Charlotta Amalia" listed as sponsors for a child of Joh. Adam Ebert.
      5 Mar 1755: "Johanna Magdalena, Michael Roemer's single daughter" listed as sponsor for a child of George Jacob Trautwein.
      12 May 1755: "Michael Römer and wife Charlotta Amalia" listed as sponsors for a child of Jacob Bernhard.
      14 Dec 1755: "Michael Römer and wife Charlotta Amalia" listed as sponsors for a child of Valentin Schreiner.
      9 Jun 1756: Land patented in Frederick, MD, to "Michael Raymer."
      11 Apr 1756: "Michael Roemer's daughter Johanna Magdalena" listed as sponsor for a child of Joh. Ludwig Jung.
      1757: Mustered into Captain Stephen Ransberger's Company during the French and Indian War.
      16 Apr 1758: "Maria Barbara, Michael Römer's daughter" listed as sponsor for a child of Matthia Kint.
      15 May 1658: "Maria Barbara, single daughter of Mich. Römer'" listed as sponsor for a child of Mich. Stocker.
      26 Jun 1758: Michael and Charl. Amalia Römer" listed as sponsors for a child of Joh. Georg and Lisabetha Leu.
      8 Jun 1760: "Michael and Charlotta Römer" listed as sponsors for a child of Jacob and Catharina Huber.
      10 Jan 1762: "Michael Römer and wife" listed as sponsors for a child of Johannes and Anna Maria Lingefelder.
      14 Mar 1762: "Michael Römer and wife" listed as sponsors for a child of Valentin and Elisabeth Schreiner.
      18 Sep 1762: "Michael and Scharletta Amalia Romer" listed as sponsors for the birth of grandson Michael Stocker.
      Mar 1766: "Michael Roemer" signed a petition to Gov. Horatio Sharpe for the purpose of issuing paper money (tobacco was the currency but was inconvenient to NW Maryland where tobacco was not practical).
      26 Dec 1767: "Michael Römer and Charlotte" listed as sponsors for a child of Johannes Haass and his wife Maria Barbara [Barbara is Michael's daughter].
      1773: "Michael Raymer" listed in certificate with Frederick Holtzman for 8 acres in Frederick.
      8 Aug 1773: "Michael and Charlotta Amalia Roemer" listed as sponsors for a child of Johann Andreas Krug.
      24 Oct 1773: "Michael and Charlotta Amalia Roemer" listed as sponsors for a child of James Hoper.
      13 Aug 1775: "Michael and Charlotta Amalia Roemar" listed as sponsors for their grandchild Charlotta Amalia Grosch.
      10 Dec 1775: "Michael and Charlotta Amalia Roemer" listed as sponsors for their grandchild Fridrich Haas.
      12 Sep 1775: Appointed to the Committee of Observation in Frederick Co. which took over the local government under the Continental Congress with the collapse of the British Colony of Maryland as part of the Revolutionary War.
      13 Aug 1775: "Michael and Charlotta Amalia Roemer" listed as sponsors for Charlotte Amalia Grosch's baptism. They are the maternal grandparents.
      1775-: John Michael Romer active in the cause of Independence including commanding a brigade.
      1 Sep 1776: "Joh. Michael and Charlotta Amalia Roemar" listed as sponsors for a child of Joh. Andreas Krug.
      1777: "John Michael Roemer" reported as one of the original Lutheran church members at Monocacy who later was part of the congregation in Frederick.
      6 Feb 1779: Reported death from typhoid of Michael's first wife "Charlotta Amalia" Hartwich. Buried 8 Feb 1779. Notes birth, parents, and number of children.
      After Feb 1779: Possible but not probable second marriage to Catherina Kemp, widow of Jacob Ambrose, as reported by some Kemp histories.
      14 Mar 1783: "Michael Raimer" listed with the Council of Maryland concerning a loan certificate.
      8 Jun 1783: Michael Roemer assisted Christine (Roemer) (Grosch) (Bulkley) apply for widow's benefits due to her husband Michael Grosch's 1777 death in the Rev. War at Germantown. Christine or Christiana is our Michael's daughter. The Michael in this citation is either Christine's father or brother, who are both named Michael.
      2 Dec 1783: "James Betty and wife Elisabeth, Michael Roemer, and Matthis Buky and wife Christina" witness the marriage of Alexander Ogle & Marg. Betty. Elisabeth Betty and Christina Buky are Michael's daughters.
      13 Feb 1785: "Michael Roemer" witnessed marriage of Adam Bihmer and Maria Albachin.
      5 Jun 1786: "Michael Roemer: witnessed marriage of Johannes Hartmann and Catharina Schütz, widow.
      4 Apr 1787: "Michael Raymer" on Coroner's Inquest Jury for the death of Mary Abell.
      1790: "Michael Ramer" US Census in Frederick, MD.
      13 Apr 1790: "Mich. Roemer" witness marriage of granddaughter: Michael Kolb & Maria Sophia Grosch by license.
      23 Jan 1791: Marriage license of "Michael Roemer and Susanna Margareth Voltz." Susanna was a widow.
      1792: "Mr. Raymer" deeded land in Frederick, MD, to Richard Potts.
      11 Sep 1794: "Michael Romer" writes a will in Frederick, MD, which partially lists four of his children and their spouses.
      24 Dec 1800: Death in Frederick, MD.
      Note that many descendants of Michael identify his surname as Raymer or Raimer. Other variations include Romer, Roemer, Raemer, Römer, and Remer.

      2. The following published German source is one of the best on the Roemer family. The quote below is only a partial quote of the larger Römer entry and is provided verbatim; however, one needs to be cautioned that there are some errors. The errors for Johann Michael Römer and his descendants are discussed below. The known errors for his parent's family appears to the assigning of the surname Schütz for his mother; the errors for his grandparent's family appears to be the name of his grandfather and the make-up of the children in that family. These latter problems are analyzed and discussed in the notes of the parents and grandparents and not herein. The full Römer entry is provided in the notes of the earliest Römer in this database.
      FHL book 943.D2dg, vol. 175, "Deutsches Geschlechtebuch/Hessisches Geschlechterbuch," by Hermann Thutewohl, (1977), pp. 252-255, provides a study of Hessian Römers which includes our American branch as follows. The same material is found in the "Hessian Lineage Book," vol. 20, 1977, publisher CA Starke, Limburg an der Lahn. The book is in German with the translation to English courtesy of Rose Green. Dates are European style (day - month - year). Symbols: * = birth/christening; oo = married; + = death. The numbering system is per the book which I place in [brackets] for clarity. The oldest generation is first then descending:
      [Vb] Hans Peter Römer, * ... 11. 7. 1642, + Geisenbach 21. 3. 1730, bur. Weinheim 23. 3. 1730; named "the old Römer," owner of a "Hof" (farm/land with buildings) in Geisenbach; oo ... 20. 1. 1671 Margarethe Reinig, * ..., + Geisenbach 3. 2. 1719. Children born in Geisenbach:
      1. Anna, * (calculated) 1671, + ..., Godmother on 22. 1. 1685.
      2. Margarethe, * (calculated) 1673, + ..., oo ... Johann Nikolaus Schütz from Geisenbach (?), * ..., + ...
      3. Maria Margarethe, * 18. 11. 1674, + ..., Godmother on 10. 11. 1691; oo ... Hans Nikolaus Schuh from Geisenbach (?), * ..., + ...
      4. Johannes, * 10. 1. 1678, [s. VIb]
      5. Johann Jakob, * 13. 11. 1681, [s. VIc, Schwetzinger main branch]
      6. Eva, * 7. 2. 1685, + ...
      7. Eva Elisabeth, * 8. 5. 1687, + ...
      8. Anna Barbara, * 6. 5. 1688, + ...; oo ... 17. 11. 1705 ... moved to Schimbach.
      9. Gertrud, * 26. 5. 1690, + ... 1758; oo ... Johann Jakob Brecht from Ober Mumbach, * ..., + ...
      [V1b] Johannes Römer, * Geisenbach 10. 1. 1678, + Birkenau 31. 8. 1731, owner of a "Hof" (farm/land with buildings), judge in the Zent, and mayor in Birkenau after 1708; oo I. ... Katharina Schütz from Geisenbach, * ..., + ...; oo II. Birkenau 7. 2. 1725 Magdalena Eva Helferich, * ..., + ..., daughter of Georg Helferich of Abtsteinach, + ...
      Children first marriage, 1 born in Geisenbach, 2-8 born in Birkenau:
      1. Johann Georg, * 27. 11. 1708, + Birkenau 25. 11. 1729, unmarried.
      2. Anna Elisabeth, * 22. 6. 1710, + ibid. 20. 10. 1756; oo ... 22. 1. 1726 Johannes Bernhard, * ibid. 26. 1. 1704, + ibid. 26. 1. 1779.
      3. Johann Nikolaus, * 12. 9. 1712, + ibid. 18. 11. 1714.
      4. Johann Jakob, * 16. 7. 1714, + ibid. 24. 7. 1714.
      5. Johann Michael, * 3. 9. 1715, [s. VIIc, American branch]
      6. Anna Katharina, * 20. 11. 1717, + ...
      7. Eva Katharina, * 13. 10. 1720, + ibid. 19. 5. 1770; oo ... 18. 7. 1736 Anton Hartwig, * ... 1713, + Birkenau 23. 2. 1772.
      8. Anna Christine, * ... 1723, + ... 1. 3. 1778; oo Birkenau 20. 1. 1739 Leonhard Schaab, * Birkenau 17. 2. 1712, + ibid. 22. 3. 1762.
      Son of second marriage, born in Birkenau:
      9. Johann Philipp, * Birkenau 29. 4. 1731, + ...
      [VIIc] Johann Michael Römer, * Birkenau 3. 9. 1715, + Frederick (Md) 24. 11. 1800, emigrated to Maryland (United States), farmer and church elder in Frederick County; oo Birkenau 18. 7. 1736 Maria Charlotta Amalia Hartwich, * Michelstadt 24. 6. 1720, + Frederick (Md.) 6. 2. 1779, daughter of Georg Andreas Hartwich, Rittmeister (cavalry captain) and Sophia ... Children born in Frederick:
      1. Son, * abt. 1738, + bef. 1779, [s. VIIIc].
      2. Johanna Magdalena, * * ... 1739 (?), + ..., godmother 1756.
      3. Daughter, * ..., + bef. 1779.
      4. Maria Barbara, * 20. 1. 1744, + ... 12. 9. 1776; oo ... 16. 10. 1762 Johannes Haas, * Baumholder bei Zweibrücken 8. 11. 1735, + ... 20. 2. 1779, Judge and Militia Major. Haas children born in Frederick, MD:
      1. Michael, * ..., + ...
      2. Frederick, * ..., + ...
      3. Christiana, * 13. 2. 1770, + Maryland 16. 9. 1814; oo ... 12. 4. 1787 George Buckey, * ... 25. 10. 1764, + ... 14. 6. 1825.
      4. Son, * ... bef. 1779, + ...
      5. Son, * abt. 1746, + ... bef. 1779, was married.
      6. Daughter, * abt. 1748, + ... bef 1779.
      7. Elisabeth, * abt. 1750, + ... aft. 1794; oo ... 17. 6. 1771 Michael Grosch, * ..., + ...
      [VIIIc ... Römer, son of Michael Römer in Frederick (Md.), * abt 1738, + ... bef. 1779; oo ..., ... Children:
      1. Michael, * ... bef 1768, + ...; oo ... 23. 1. 1791 Susanna Margareth Voltz, * ..., + ...
      2. Jacob, * ... bef. 1774, + ...; oo ... 25. 6. 1797 Maria Zimmermann, * ..., + ....
      Of the numerous descendants of Johann Michael Römer in Maryland an accurate number is unknown. In the parish register of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Frederick (1762-1811) is noted that he had left 27 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandson.
      [VIIIc] 1. Peter Römer, * abt 1765, + ..., probably another son of VIIc; oo ... Susanna N., *..., + .... Children:
      1. Johannes, * ... 17. 5. 1795, chr. ... 20. 7. 1795, + ...
      2. Rebecca, * ... 25. 2. 1801, chr. 15. 10. 1801, + ...
      [Kerry's notes: We are grateful to the compiler for his connecting the American line to Germany; however, there are some errors in the American family of Johan Michael Römer worth noting as follows:
      1. The compiler has the right count of children, but he notes two sons and two daughters as unidentified. Research proves one son is Johann Conrad and one daughter is Anna Barbara. Johann Conrad should be noted as VIIIc.
      2. There was no grandson named Michael [VIIIc - 1] who married Susanna Margaretha Voltz. She was a widow and this was actually a second marriage for Johann Michael Römer himself.
      3. Jacob [VIIIc - 2] was most likely the son of Johan Conrad. Peter [VIIIc] was most likely the brother of Jacob and the son of Johann Conrad -- it is unlikely that he was not the son of Johann Michael Römer.]

      3. "National Genealogical Society Quarterly," volume 7, Jan. 1919, p. 23, "Tombstone Inscriptions, Frederick, MD," by Michael Alvin Gruber, Lutheran Church Burial Ground [not the same as the Reformed Church Burial Ground] located in the rear of the Lutheran Church on Church Street and the oldest cemetery in Frederick:
      "Reamer, Michael (Luth.), b. (in 1715); d. Nov. 25, 1800, aged 85 yrs. 2 mos."
      Article also notes:
      "In connection with Michael Reamer (1715-1800): In a list of foreigners (252 Palatines) imported in the ship Winter Galley, and qualified Sept. 5, 1738, at Philadelphia, there appears the name John Michael Romer (also Remer), aged 23, which age corresponds with the year of birth 1715.
      Frederick, a city on Carroll's Creek, a tributary of the Monocacy, is the county-seat of Frederick County, Maryland. It was settled by German immigrants in 1733, and laid out as a town in 1745, but was not incorporated until 1817."

      4. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 S. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, makes mention of the same immigration. Roemer's obituary (see separate note) confirms that it was he who immigrated on the "Winter Galley."
      P. 85: "John Michael Stoker was born about 1732, but here or in Germany is not known. The Stokers did live in German communities here in America. There was a Johan Valentine Stoker and Johan Romer on the ship 'Winter Galley,' which sailed from Rotterdam to Philadelphia in 1737, and may have been part of our family group since the name of Romer appears in family baptisms. Offers of free land in Maryland in 1732 brought many Germans from Pennsylvania, and quite a group eventually settled in Frederick County, Maryland, where we find Michael [Stoker] after 1760."
      [Note: I am unaware of who Valentine Stoker is and whether or not he had any direct connection to Michael Roemer or Michael Stocker.]

      5. FHL book 974.811 W3s "Pennsylvania German Pioneers, a Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808," in three volumes by Ralph Strassburger and William Hinke (Picton Press, 1992), vol. 1, pp. 198-205 has three lists of the passengers on the ship "Winter Galley" of 1738. The first is the Captain's list, the second is the Oaths of Allegiance, and the third is the Oaths of Abjuration. These lists were made at the time of arrival in Philadelphia:
      [List 52 A] A List of all the men's names and ages from sixteen years and upwards Passengers on bd. ye Winter Gally, Edward Paynter, Commander. [Qualified September 5, 1738.] [The Captain swears to 139 men who took their qualification and 113 women and children.]
      -John Michell Remer, 23
      -There is a "Valentine Stucker, 19" on the ship but name is about 100 names away from Michael's.
      [List 52 B] Palatines imported in the Ship the Winter Galley, Edward Paynter, Com'r, from Rotterdam, but last from Deal. Qualified 5th Septr., 1738:
      -Johan Michael Römer
      -Johann Vallentin Stöcker [again separated by about 100 names]
      [List 52 C] At the Court House of Philadelphia, Septmr. 5th 1738. Present Anthony Palmer, Clement Plumsted, Ralph Asheton, William Allen, Esqrs. The Palatines whose Names are underwritten, imported in the Ship the Winter Galley, Edward Paynter, Mr., à Rotterdam, did this day take and subscribe the Oaths to the Government.
      -Johan Michael Römer
      -Johann Vallendin Stöcker [again separated by about 100 names]

      6. The book "1200 Jahre Birkenau: ein Dorf und seiner Zeit" (Verlag Bitsch, Birkenau, 1994) states that Johann Michael Römer and wife Charlotta Amalia left for America in 1738, and were the first people from Birkenau to do so. Interestingly, even though Michael Römer was the only surviving son of Johannes (his older brother Johann Georg died at age 21, unmarried and childless, and his other two brothers died as children), he left. His brothers-in-law ran the family mill instead; it passed from the family after Anton Hartwich sold it.

      7. Since we know Johan Michael Römer came from Birkenau, it is worthwhile to see if anyone else came over from the same place. A name that stands out (because the Hartwich pastor in Frederick, whose name doesn't seem to have much to do with anyone we know in Germany) was Jacob Bernhard. Michael and Charlotta were godparents to a child of Jacob Bernhard 12 May 1755. Michael's sister Anna Elisabeth Römer married Johannes Bernhard 22 Jan 1726 in Birkenau and their oldest child was Johann Jacob Bernhard, b. in Birkenau 22 Feb 1727. Charlotta was godmother to another Bernhard child on 29 Apr 1737 in Birkenau (Scharlotta Maria) -- could Jacob have come across the ocean and joined them? He is the right age to have a child in 1755 and it would be logical for his aunt and uncle to serve as godparents.

      8. The following article provides good background information of the time and place in which we find Johan Michael Roemer in early Western Maryland. John Michael Roemer was one of the earliest residents of the Frederick area being there before June 1747 (if not earlier) when he is listed as a signatory to the covenants of the Fredericktown Church. From the Website http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com/MD/frederick/fredcoh.html accessed 5 Mar 2015:
      "History of Frederick County Maryland, adapted for this page from the book by the same name by Thomas J. C. Williams, 1910, Frederick, MD.
      A Proclamation...
      In March of 1732 the proprietor of the Provence of Maryland desired to attract settlers to the Northern and the Western areas of his territory, so he made a proclamation declaring special land prices and taxes for settlers.
      1. 1st Any person having a family to come to the land within three years of the proclamation and actually settle on the land could have two hundred acres without payment for 3 years. After 3 years the settler had to pay to the proprietor four shillings sterling for every hundred acres.
      2. 2nd Any single person, male or female between the ages of 14 and 31 could have 100 acres under the same conditions.
      3. 3rd They were to be charged taxes and the security of their land would be insured as if they were British subjects, which was quite a boon.
      The Big Land Grab...
      Large tracts of land were speedily secured by a relatively few of the wealthier citizens of Maryland, including the finest parts of the valleys of the Monocacy and the Antietam.
      1. Daniel Dulaney took a patent for "Monocacy Manor" a tract of 8983 acres.
      2. Charles Carroll took "Carroll's Manor" in what is now Buckeystown district.
      3. Patrick Dulaney took a tract upon a portion of which Frederick City was built.
      4. James Carroll took a large tract in Linganore district.
      5. Leonard Calvert and Thomas Johnson patented the Catoctin Furnace property.
      The Settlers...
      While the early land grants were to English-speaking people from Maryland, and the earliest settlers came from nearby St. Mary's, Charles, and Prince George's Counties, a large part of the actual settlers of the land were Palatines from Germany. Most of the German speaking Immigrants were spreading south from Pennsylvania. Commerce between the German settlements in southern Pennsylvania and parts of Virginia was common, and the main road between these areas was through this part of Maryland.
      The German Influx...
      Long before there were any settlements in Frederick County, parties of Germans passed through it from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to seek homes in Virginia. The principal route was over a pack horse or Indian road that crossed the present Pennsylvania counties of York and Adams to the Monocacy where it passed into Maryland. Once in Maryland, the road passed through Crampton's Gap and crossed the Potomac at several fords. The first German settlement in Frederick County was as early as 1729 in the village of Monocacy, which was the first village beyond the lower part of Montgomery County in Western Maryland.
      Monocacy was situated at or near the present village of Creagerstown. Here around 1732 the first German church, which was known as the Log Church, was built in Maryland. The Log Church later became the church of Creagerstown and then was replaced by a brick church a few rods north of the old site in 1834. There were several taverns there to accommodate travelers on the Monocacy Road, which was constructed by the governments of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Monocacy Road was an improvement upon the old Indian trail which was formerly used. The road went from Wright's Ferry in Pennsylvania to the Maryland line, then to the Potomac, and then on to the uplands of Virginia.
      The "Irish"...
      This group was called the Irish by the locals and the history books. However they were actually Scots/Irish who were also known as the Ulster Scots. The Scots/Irish tended to migrate towards the highlands of Frederick County Maryland in the more western parts of the county. In small groups, they also lived in the German communities of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia.
      The French and Indian War...
      The French and Indian War also known as the Seven Years War, began in 1755 with general disaster to the British cause and the American colonies. The plan was for France to take possession of the British area of North America and for her and her allies to divide the colonies up among them. In the early part of 1754 every Indian suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from Frederick County. The emissaries of France had been among them and had enlisted their aid in their scheme to take possession of the full Mississippi Valley. England was laying claim to virtually all of North America. However, the French had a well-established colony at New Orleans, and they were steadily extending their influence northward through the Mississippi Valley. When the English government made a grant of certain privileges beyond the Allegheny Mountains to the Virginia Ohio Company, the French increased their efforts to establish a chain of forts from Canada to their Mississippi settlements. The object was to confine the English colonies to the Atlantic slope. The French had a long standing treaty with the Iroquois Indians, and the Iroquois were greatly feared by every other Indian tribe in the whole area, including Western Maryland. Thus the French and the Iroquois were able to intimidate the greater part of the Indian tribes of the area to make war upon the English colonies. All of the settlements of the western parts of Frederick County eventually came under attack. Since the Scots/Irish were largely in the area between the Indians and the Germans, they were the first to feel the brunt of the attacks. Then the colonists, including the Germans were killed, tortured and burned out. Monocacy was burned until just the old log Church and a few nearby buildings were left standing. The depredations suffered by the colonists were legendary and T.J.C. Williams goes into great detail in his "History of Western Maryland", so I won't go into it here. The war was won through the efforts of the colonial army with little actual help from the British regulars.
      After the war was over, Creagerstown was laid out by John Cramer between 1760 and 1770 about a mile from the original settlement of Monocacy and a short distance north of the old Log Church.
      As the tide of German immigrants increased, a more direct route to Western Maryland was established. The immigrants landed at Annapolis and later some at Baltimore. From there they traveled over the bad roads of that time to their destinations in the valley of the Monocacy. The Maryland officials early appreciated the value of the German settlers to the province and did all they could to encourage the movement, as the Germans were looked upon as a thrifty, industrious and God-fearing people who were a benefit to the community. From 1752 to 1755, 1060 German immigrants arrived by this route besides those that came in through Philadelphia and used the Monocacy Road."

      9. From the book "The Pennsylvania-German Settlement in Maryland," chapter "Rules for the Government of the Monocacy," by Daniel Wunderlich Nead (1914; Lancaster, PA), pp. 98-99, shows "Johan Michael Römer" listed as a Church Warden in conjunction with the signing of the articles of the church at Monocacy 24 Jun 1747. This same chapter gives some of the history of the Church at Monocacy and then subsequently at Frederick while listing John Michael Roemer as a member in 1747. There were two different churches in Frederick; Michael was associated with the Lutheran church:
      "But in spite of the efforts of Mr. Muhlenberg there continued to be more or less discord among the members, and the congregations did not prosper, and about the time that Rev. Bernard Michael Hauseal became pastor of the Lutheran church at Frederick, in 1753, the Monocacy congregation was absorbed by the former. This absorption was the final act which led to the decadence and disappearance from the map of the village of Monocacy. The Lutheran congregation at Frederick, which was virtually the successor of the one at Monocacy, was organized about 1735, the exact date not being on record. Among the early members of the congregation were the families of Unsult, Bechtel, Schley, Culler, Angelberger and Metzger. For many years there was no regular pastor, services being conducted at intervals by the ministers stationed at the Lutheran church at Hanover, Pa. In 1753 Rev. Bernard Michael Hauseal became the pastor of the congregation and remained until 1758. From 1763 to 1768 Rev. John William Samuel Schwerdtfeger was pastor, and he was followed by Rev. John Christopher Hartwick. Other ministers connected with the church were Rev. John Andrew Krug, 1771; Rev. John Frederick WIldbahn, 1796; Rev. Frederick Moeler, 1799. The first church was a wooden one, built in 1741-6, which was replaced by a stone one, 1754-60. Among the members of the congregation in 1777 were John George Lay, John Michael Roemer, George Michael Hoffman, Peter Apple and Henry Six, all of whom had been members of the original congregation at Monocacy. The services were conducted in German until 1810.
      The German Reformed congregation at Frederick was organized before 1740. When Rev. Michael Schlatter visited the place in 1748 he found a congregation ..."
      Fellow family researcher Noel Stoker confirms the same from the same source and adds the following:
      "Johan Michael Römer as one of the "Wardens" of the early church in Monocacy and subsequently Frederick. It also identifies the pastors who served there. This morning I read the journal of Rev. Michael Schlatter who visited the church in the Monocacy and baptized 20 children but does not list them. Rev Michael Hauseal became pastor of the Lutheran church at Frederick in 1753. He remained until 1758. I perused all that is written about him but could find no baptismal or marriage lists. Stoever lists one listing, which I have transcribed below. [Concerns one of the children of Johan Michael Stocker.]"

      10. From the online book "First Settlements of Germans of Maryland. A Paper Read by Edward T. Schultz before the Frederick County Historical Society," March 17, 1896. This book provides three references to Johan Michael Romer, who was the first father-in-law of Michael Stocker. In one citation, the quoted source shows a spelling of John M. Roemer and in the other two as (John) Michael Raemer. The author calls Frederick, MD, as Fredericktown, which can be confusing since there was a Fredericktown in Virginia about 65 miles away on the Great Wagon Road (which was later renamed Winchester). One of the quotes indicates a possible but unproven second marriage for Michael to a daughter of Conrad Kemp. The three quotes:
      Pp. 12-13: "Mr. Muhlenberg arrived at Monocacy, June 24th, 1747, just seven weeks after the first visit of Mr. Schlatter. Two men from Maryland met him at Conowago on the previous day to take him to a place thirty-six miles distant. They started in a drenching rain, and, finding no house at which to stay, "they were compelled to ride all night through the wilderness with the rain pouring down and the poor horses up to their knees in water and mire." By morning, June 24th, they reached their quarters. "This was the place called Monocacy, ten miles east of Fredericktown, Maryland. Here they found a log church."
      "The members of the congregation assembled, but "before sermon Mr. Muhlenberg wrote in the English language in the book of church records a number of articles concerning the order to be observed in the congregation." This book is now in the archives of the Lutheran Church of Frederick. On the back is stamped "Gemiende Manacakee" (Congregation of the Monocacy). It should be greatly prized by the members of that congregation from the fact that it contains the rules for the government of their church in the handwriting of the great and good man who labored so faithfully for the establishment of Lutheranism in this country. From the fact that so few of the names attached to the articles in this church book are now to be found in the county, it is supposed the most of them or their immediate descendants drifted into other parts of the country.
      "Mr. Muhlenberg did not find the German Lutherans at Monocacy in as good condition as Mr. Schlatter found the Reformers. The Moravians, with their missionaries, George Ninke and his wife, had been among them and made great inroads into the church, causing much bitterness and strife among the members, which he only partially succeeded in removing.
      "Proceeding further, on June 25th, Mr. Muhlenberg and his companions came, after a ten-mile ride, to Fredericktown. A number of Lutherans living there, members of the Monocacy congregation, had been prevented from meeting the others on the previous day by reason of the rain." The most of these attached their signatures to the articles in the church book. After administering the Lord's Supper and baptizing some children Mr. Muhlenberg returned the same evening to his quarters at Monocacy, and on the following day proceeded to Conawago, York, Lancaster, and to his home, at Philadelphia.
      "Among the early membership of this congregation are found the names of ... John M. Roemer ..."
      Pp. 41-42: "John Conrad Kemp (Kaempf) and his three sons, Christian, Gilbert and Frederick, the latter under sixteen years of age, arrived at the Port of Philadelphia on the ship "Samuel," August 17th, 1733, and it is supposed came into Maryland via Lancaster county, soon thereafter. Conrad Kemp, the father, settled in the neighborhood of the present town of New Market [in Virginia south of Winchester], where he subsequently laid out the village Kempton, in that vicinity ... Numerous descendants of Conrad Kemp and his three sons are living in Frederick county [Maryland] ... John Michael Raemer came from Germany in the year 1738. He married a daughter of Conrad Kemp. As stated, he commanded a brigade in the Revolutionary War. He was prominent and active in the affairs of the young settlement, and in the building up of the Lutheran congregation. He was the contractor for the erection of the stone church commenced by that congregation in 1752."
      P. 51 notes the town of Frederick [Maryland] was laid out in Sept., 1745. "Among the earlier names of those taking up lots in the town ... Michael Raemer ..."

      11. Copied from uncited source:
      "Pastor Muhlenberg's constitution, 24 June 1747, with signatures of the first members [entered on pages ii and iii of the first volume of the register.] [This document is entered in English.]
      "Whereas we the Subscribers enjoy the inestimable liberty of Conscience under the powerfull Protection of our most Gracious Sovereign King George the Second and His·Representatives our gracious Superiour of this Province, and have used this blessed liberty since our first settling Here at Manakasy till this day in Worshipping God Allmighty according to the protestant Lutheran persuasion, grounded in the Old and New Testament and in the invariata Augustana Confessione ceterisg libris Symbolicum We will therefore endeavour to pray for our Most Gracious Sovereign and all that are in Authority, that we may lead a peaceable and quiet life in all Godliness and Honesty. And whereas we are several times disturbed by pretend Ministers, that style themselves Lutherans, but can not provide any lawfull Certificate or
      Credentials of their Vocation Ordination of a lawfull Consistory or Ministry, and cause Strifes, Quarrels and Disputations among the Congregations, We the Subscribers the Church Wardens and Members of the protestant Lutheran Congregation erect and constitute and agree and bind ourselves to the following Articuls, inprimis.
      1) The Church we have erected and built at Manakasy and used hitherto shall stand and remain and be for the worship of our protestant Lutheran Religion according to our Confession, and Oeconomie as long the blessed: Acts of Tolerance and of our liberty stand forever and the reformed Congregation shall have liberty for their lawfull minister.
      2) No Minister shall be admitted and permitted to preach or administer the holy ordinances in our Church without a lawfull Call and Certificate of His lawfull Lutheran Ordination and Examination by a Lutheran Consistory or Ministy, and without Consent of the Church Wardens.
      3) Every year shall be chosen four or more blameless Members of our Congregation for Church Wardens, and they shall be chosen per plurima Vo... [by majority vote].
      4) The Church Wardens shall hold and preserve the Keys of the Church and the Vessels and Ornaments that belong to the Church and Congregation and deliver every piece in time of Worship or when necessity requirith it.
      5) Two of the Church Wardens shall keep an exact account of the alms and be ready to lay at the End of the Year the Reckoning before the rest of the Church Wardens and the Congregation.
      6) Whenever a Member or Church Warden of our Congregation should turn to another persuasion, or lead a notorious sinfull life against the ten Commendments or against the Constitutions and laws of our Most Gracious Superiours, He or they shall not be accounted for a Member of our Congregation by be excluded. To this before mentioned articuls, which only tend to promote peace and Quietness we set our Hands, this 24 day of Juny 1747; In the 21 year of the Reign of our most Gracious King George the Second, whom the Lord preserve!
      [Signatures of] Church Wardens:
      Johannes Verdries, Martin Wetzel, Michell Reisner, Henrich Sechs, Dieter Lehny, Hanns Georg Leÿ, Johannes Reitzmann, Johann Michel Römer, Georg Michal Jesserong, Peter Apfel, Henry Sex."

      12. Online book "Full Text of Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever: Baptisms and Marriages, 1730-1779," p. 30, shows a baptism in "Northkill" for a child of Mattheis Dornbach in which our Michael and his wife are sponsors: "Maria Elizabetha, b. May 16, 1750, bap. June 24, 1750. Sponsors. Michael Roomer and wife."

      13. FHL Typescript 975.287/F1 K2wf v.1 "Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, Maryland. Parish Records, Books I and II, 1743-1811," provides the following entries with mentions of Roemers:
      - Joh. Michael Teuffel, a son Hanns Michel, b. 13 Feb 1748, bp. 19 Feb 1748, sponsors Michel Römer and wife.
      - Joh. Heitzman, a daughter Gertraut, b. 17 Mar 1744, bp. April [?] 1744, sponsors: Peter Apel and wife Catrina, Johan Michel Römer.
      - Peter Appel, a daughter Maria Charlotha, b. 1746, bp. 31 Oct 1746, sponsors: Michael Römer and wife Maria Charlotha.
      - Georg Michael Zesserong [?], a dau. Charlotta, b. 15 Jan 1747, bp. [not given], sponsors: Michael Römer and wife, and Peter Schmiedt's wife.
      - Georg Michael Zesserong [?], a dau. Elisabetha, b. 5 Oct 1748, bp. 8 Nov 1748, sponsors: Robert Döbes and wife and Michael Römer's wife.
      - Conrad Gropf, a son Johann Michael, b. 11 Sep 1749, bp. 17 Sep 1749, sponsors: Joh. Michael Römer and wife.
      - Georg Nagel, a dau. Scharlotta, b. 18 Dec 1749, bp. 7 Jan 1750, sponsors: Michael Römer and wife.
      - Valentin Krafft, a dau. Charlotta, b. 19 Sep 1750, bp. 23 Sep 1750, sponsors: Michael Römer and wife, Charlotta.
      - Bernhard Michael Hausihl and wife Sybilla Margaretha, a dau. Amalia Sibylla, b. 1 Feb 1754, bp. 3 Feb 1754, sponsors: Michael Roemer and wife Charlotta Amalia.
      - Johanni Nicol, a dau. Charlotta, b. 4 Mar 1754, bp. 15 Apr 1754, sponsors: Michael Römer and his wife Charlotta Amalia.
      - Joh. Adam Ebert, a dau. Charlotta Amalia, b. 21 Dec 1754, bp. Sunday after the Festival of the Circumcision [i.e., after New Year's Day, 1755], sponsors: Michael Römer and wife Charlotta Amalia. [KP note: This equates to 5 Jan.]
      - Georg Jacob Trautwein and wife Elisabetha, a dau. Johanna Magdalena, b. 22 Feb 1755, bp. 4 Sep 1755, sponsors: Johanna Magdalena, Michael Roemer's single daughter.
      - Jacob Bernhard, a son Michael, b. 28 Apr 1755, bp. 12 May 1755, sponsors: Joh. Michael Römer and wife Charlotta Amalia.
      - Valentin Schreiner, a son Michael, b. St. John's Day [Dec. 27] 1755, bp. 14 Dec 1755, sponsors: Michael Römer and wife Charlotta Amalia. Child died Jan. 11, 1756.
      - Joh. Ludwig Jung and his wife Magdalena, a dau. Johanna Magdalena, b. 28 Mar 1756, bp. 1756 Palm Sun. [Kerry note: Apr. 11], sponsors: Joh. Adam Maug and Michael Römer's daughter Johanna Magdalena.
      - Matthia Kint and his wife Eva Cath., a dau. Maria Barbara, b. 12 Apr 1758, bp. 1758 Jubilate, sponsors: Maria Barbara, Michael Römer's daughter and Adam Mantel, single. [Kerry's note: bp. Apr 16.]
      - Mich. Stocker and wife Anna Barb., a dau. Anna Barba., b. 1 Apr 1858, bp. 1758 Pentecost, sponsors: Maria Barbara, single daughter of Mich. Römer. [Kerry's note: bp. May 15.]
      - [Marriage] Michael Grosch and Christina Roemerin by license. June 17, 1771.
      - [Marriage] Michael Roemer and Susanna Margareth Voltz by license. 23 January 1791.
      - [Marriage] Jacob Römer and Maria Zimmermännin by license at the house of William Merkles in the presence of Abraham Schäffer, Valentin and George Thomas Peter Wolf. [Kerry's note: Probably a grandson through Michael's son Conrad.]

      14. FHL book 975.287/F1 K28we "Maryland German Church Records," vol. 3, "Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation, and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, 1742-1779," translated and edited by Frederick S. Weiser; mentions of Roemers (the initials in [brackets] probably refer to the minister who made the record):
      - Joh. Michael Teuffel, a son Hanns Michel, b. 13 Feb 1748, bp. 19 Feb 1748 [K], sponsors Michel Römer and wife.
      - Johan Michel Römer, a daughter [not named], b. 25 Jul 1747, bp. [not given], sponsors: Michel Jesrang and his wife Lisabet.
      - Johan Michel Römer, a son Johann Conrad, b. 8 Sep 1750, bp. 14 Sep 1750, sponsors: Conrad Grosch and wife Sophia. [K]
      - Peter Appel, a dau. Maria Charlotha, b. 1746, bp. 31 Oct 1746, sponsors: Michael Römer and wife Maria Charlotha. [X]
      - Georg Michael Jesserong, a dau. Charlotta, b. 15 Jan 1747, bp. [not given], sponsors: Michael Römer and wife, and Peter Schmiedt's wife. [X]
      - Georg Michael Jesserong, a dau. Elisabetha, b. 5 Oct 1748, bp. 8 Nov 1748, sponsors: Robert Döbes and wife and Michael Römer's wife.
      - Conrad Grosch, a son Johann Michael, b. 11 Sep 1749, bp. 17 Sep 1749, sponsors: Joh. Michael Römer and wife. [K]
      - Georg Nagel, a dau. Scharlotta, b. 18 Dec 1749, bp. 7 Jan 1750, sponsors: Michael Römer and wife.
      - Valentin Kraft [the clergyman], a dau. Charlotta, b. 19 Sep 1750, bp. 23 Sep 1750, sponsors: Michael Römer and wife, Charlotta. [K]
      - Bernhard Michael Hausihl and wife Sybilla Margaretha, a dau. Amalia Sibylla, b. 1 Feb 1754 Fritlay [The days of the week here are expressed by symbols], bp. 3 Feb 1754 Sunday, sponsors: Michael Roemer and wife Charlotta Amalia. [H]
      - Johanni Nicol, a dau. Charlotta, b. 4 Mar 1754, bp. 15 Apr 1754, sponsors: Michael Römer and his wife Charlotta Amalia. [H]
      - Georg Jacob Trautwein and wife Elisabetha, a dau. Johanna Magdalena, b. 22 Feb 1755, bp. four days after a week from the birth of the daughter 1755 [Hausihl sometimes expresses dates in confusing Latin and uses symbols for days.] [i.e. bp. March 5], sponsors: Johanna Magdalena, Michael Roemer's single daughter. [H]
      - Jacob Bernhard, a son Michael, b. 28 Apr 1755, bp. 12 May 1755, sponsors: Joh. Michael Römer and wife Charlotta Amalia. [H]
      - Joh. Ludwig Jung and his wife Magdalena, a dau. Johanna Magdalena, b. 28 Mar 1756, bp. 1756 Palm Sun. [H] [Kerry note: Apr. 11], sponsors: Joh. Adam Mang and Michael Römer's daughter Johanna Magdalena.
      - Matthia Kint and his wife Eva Cath., a dau. Maria Barbara, b. 12 Apr 1758, bp. 1758 Jubilate, sponsors: Maria Barbara, Michael Römer's daughter and Adam Mantel, single. [H][Kerry's note: bp. Apr 16.]
      - Mich. Stocker and wife Anna Barb., a dau. Anna Barba., b. 1 Apr 1858, bp. 1758 Pentecost, sponsors: Maria Barbara, single daughter of Mich. Römer. [Kerry's note: bp. May 15.]
      - Johannes Haass and Maria Barbara, a little son Michael, b. 18 Nov 1767, bp. 26 Dec 1767, sponsors: Michael Johan Michel Römer, and Charlotte.
      - Johannes Haass and Maria Barbara, a little dau. Christina, b. 13 Feb 1770, bp. 11 Mar 1770, sponsor: Christina Romerin.
      - All recorded at once:
      - Maria Barbara, dau. of Michael Stocker, b . 1 Apr 1758 (+), bp. 15 May. Sponsors: Mar. Barb. Römerin [now] deceased.
      - Johanna Magdalina, dau. of [parents' names not given] b. 1 Jan 1760, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Heinrich and Magdalena Fauth.
      - Michael, son of Michael Stocker b. 20 May 1762, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Michael and Scharletta Amalia Romer.
      - Elisabetha, dau. of Michael Stocker b. 26 Aug. 1764, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Elisabetha Romerin.
      - Maria Barbara, twin dau. of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 (+), bp. 19 Sept. 1769. Sponsors: Johannes and Maria Barbara Haass.
      - Christina, twin dau. of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 (+), bp. 19 Sept. 1769. Sponsors: Christina Römerin, single.
      - Christina, dau. of Friederich and Elisabetha Riehl, b. 12 Jun. 1770, bp. 1 Jul 1770, Sponsors: Johannes Huber and Christina Römerin, both single.
      - Susanna Amalia, dau. of Johann Andreas and Henrietta Elisabeth Krug, b. 1 Aug 1773, bp. 8 Aug 1773. Sponsors: Michael and Charlotta Amalia Roemer and Susanna Barbara Handschue.
      - Eleonora, dau. of Joh. Mich. And Eleonora Wittmeyer, b. 24 July 1773, bp. 10 Oct 1773. Sponsors: Michael and Christina Grosch.
      - Elisabeth, dau. of James and Charlotta Hoper, b. 24 Jul 1773, bp. 24 Oct 1773. Sponsors: Michael and Charlotta Amalia Roemer.
      - Maria Barbara, dau. of Joh. Michael and Elisabeth Stocker, b. 23 Dec. 1774, bp. 16 Apr. 1775. Sponsors: Johannes and Maria Barbara Haass.
      - Charlotta Amalia, dau. of Michael and Christina Grosch, b. 9 July 1775, bp. 13 Aug. 1775. Sponsors: Michael and Charlotta Amalia Roemar.
      - Fridrich, son of Johannes and Maria Barbara Haas, b. 14 Nov. 1775, bp. 10 Dec. 1775. Sponsors: Michael and Charlotta Amalia Roemer.
      - Johann Georg, son of Joh. Andreas and Henrietta Elisabeth Krug, b. 16 Aug 1776, bp. 1 Sept. 1776. Sponsors: John Michael and Charlotte Amalia Roemar.

      15. From the newspaper "The News," Frederick, MD., Wed., April 21, 1995, B-7, "Founders of Frederick, lot owners 1745 to 1765," by Calvin Schildknecht, Special to the News-Port. Source: Website http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10025/newspaper-archive?itemId=430310794&action=showRecord accessed 23 Feb 2015:
      "Although Daniel Dulany, the Elder, laid out Fredericktown on the southern part of his tract Tasker's Chance in 1745, his family never lived there, but in Annapolis. In a sense the real founders of the town were those who acquired lots early and built dwellings and places of business. A study of the deeds and names recorded until 1765 confirms the tradition that in early Frederick, German-speaking people (from the Palatinate, Alsace and possibly a few from Switzerland) predominated in numbers over those who spoke English and at first ran the local government. Although some of the early deeds are not very legible, my readings, with a few exceptions, agree with those of Amy L. H. Reed and Marie L. Burns in their book "In and Out of Fredericktown." When I was unable to show from names, church records or locations that the settlers probably were Germanic I counted them as non-Germanic. The numbered lots show that Germans prevailed especially on East Patrick and East First (later Church) streets. Elsewhere they were mixed. When lots were sold later the signatures often are in German script or show German influence, also characteristic first names of wives are revealed. Ludwig Young signed Jung in German script. English-speaking county clerks wrote a variety of spellings of the German names according to what they heard pronounced. Reformed and Lutheran pastors recorded more correct German spellings, but often faulty spellings of British names, for example Dewis for Davis. Some of Dulany's contemporaries predicted that he would be unsuccessful in starting an inland town. The early English settlers who could afford it preferred to live on large scattered plantations as in southern England. In southwestern Germany it was more customary to live in villages and towns from which farmers went out to cultivate relatively small fields ... That Daniel Dulany, the Elder, was doubtful about success in founding Frederick is suggested by the small ground rents which he charged, namely one shilling yearly for 21 years, followed thereafter by two shillings annually. After Daniel died in 1753, his son Daniel, the Younger, attorney of Annapolis, charged somewhat larger ground rents depending upon the time and location ... Vocations are often included in deeds and mortgages in early Frederick County as a means of identification. Germanic buyers of lots in the first 20 years: ... carpenter Michael and Charlotta Roemer (Raymer) 1752 ..."

      16. From the book "Pioneers of the Old Monocacy, the Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland, 1721-1743," by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern (1998; Clearfield Publishing):
      P. 72: "In 1735 John van Metre also joined the move to Virginia. He sold his farm animals and removed himself and his family into Virginia where he died ten years later. On July 18, 1745, just before his death, John Vanmetree of Frederick County, Virginia, appointed his "well-beloved friend Baltis Foutt of Prince George's County" as a[n] attorney to effect the sale of "Meadow" to Michael Raymer.* Although he had lived in Maryland for only a little over a decade, he left an indelible imprint on the Frederick County area; it was he who had begun actual settlement in this area and, at least indirectly, it was he who had been responsible for the area's discovery by the German element passing through from the north." (*Footnote: Prince George's County Land Records, BB 1:491. For Baltis, see below, p. 161.)" [Kerry's note: Baltis Foutt is a relation to Michael's daughter Joanna Magdalena's husband Henrich Fauth.]
      P. 162: This page has a lengthy article on the families of "Jacob and Baldus Fout." These two men are relations to Michael's daughter Joanna Magdalena's husband Henrich Fauth. In the quote, there is the following mention: "And John van Metre, Sr., after leaving the Carroll Creek Settlement for Virginia appointed his "well-beloved friend Baltis Foutt ... my true and lawful attorney..." to sell his land "Meadow" to Michael Raymer. (Prince George's county Land records, BB 1:491.)"
      P. 353: "The English church was located between All Saints' Street and Carroll Creek, facing what would be an extension of today's Maxwell Avenue (formerly Middle Alley) to the east. It was a brick structure* which with its cemetery occupied Lot Nos. 7 and 8 in the newly laid out town of Frederick... (*Footnote: See reference to the church in Frederick County Land Records, WR 9:428, Daniel Dulany to Michael Raymer.)"
      P. 370, is found a list entitled "Petitioners Seeking Creation of Frederick County, 1742 (Through Division of Prince George's County). This list was a petition to Governor Thomas Bladen dated Oct. 16, 1742. It was signed by 151 men. Michael Roemer is not on the list. Perhaps his move to the area was subsequent to this date.
      Pp. 378-380, is found the "Frederick County Muster Rolls, circa 1757." Four muster rolls are shown but only the second one was actually dated (Aug. 13, 1757). They may have been separate musters and not all at the same date since the dates for the other musters are unknown. They are sourced as being from the transcripts printed in the "Maryland Historical Magazine," 9:260-280, 348-370. Days of service are indicated for the Captain of each Company, but actual days served by each individual are included in the source manuscript. A brief summary of the rolls:
      A. Captain Peter Butler, 34 days' service, 135 total men. Interesting names include:
      - Ensign Conrad Grosch. Father-in-law to one of Joh. Michael Roemer's daughter Christina.
      - Valentine Adams. Possibly a relation to Anna Maria Adams, Joh. Michael Stocker's third wife.
      - Charles and George Beatty. Possible relations to James Edward Beatty who married Elizabeth Roemer.
      - Adam Combe, The same name as Johan Michael Roemer's slave; if the same man, not sure why he is without Michael unless Michael sent him as his contribution.
      - Philip Coonce. A possible relation to the Koons who later marry into our Eller and Stocker families.
      B. Captain Elias Delashmutt, Aug. 13, 1757, 52 days service, 37 men.
      C. Captain Stephan Ransberger, 42 days service, 80 men. Interesting names include:
      - Lieut. Michael Raymer. Our ancestor Joh. Michael Roemer with a common variant spelling.
      - George Peter Dick. Contemporary of our Joh. Conrad Dick of unknown relationship if any.
      - Henry Coonce and William Coonce. Possible relations to the Koons who later marry into our Eller and Stocker families.
      - Henry Fout, Jacob Fout, Balser Fout, and George Loy. Possible relations to Michael's daughter Joanna Magdalena Roemer's husband Henrich Fauth.
      D. Captain John Middaugh, service 30 days, 105 men. Interesting names include:
      - Ensign Thomas Beatty, Jr., and John Beatty. Possible relations to James Edward Beatty who married Elizabeth Roemer.
      The musters do not include any Stocker, Eller, or other Dick name. A possible reason for these men not being listed might be that of a religious conscientious objection to military service as was typical of the nearby Moravian Sect with which we find these names later associated in the next generation in North Carolina.

      17. FHL book "In and Out of Frederick Town, Colonial Occupations," by Amy Lee Huffman Reed and Marie LaForge Burns, microfilmed July 15, 1991 (FHL film 6088329). It is interesting to note that Michael Roemer was a tanner, his son-in-law Michael Stocker a saddle and harness maker, and Roemer's son-in-law Michael Grosh a leather worker. Other sources indicate that Stocker's second father-in-law Jacob Pfau was also a saddle maker. I believe also another Roemer son-in-law may have also been involved with leather. The transcript:
      P. 38: 90, Michael Raymer, Tanner, B:576, 1752.
      P. 39: 118, Michael Stogar [Stocker], Saddler, K:432, 1765
      Pp. 58-59: "Harness has remained virtually unchanged in appearance and function since the eighteenth century. Selection of the proper leather, perfect cutting, and thorough stitching were essential in making the best quality harness. Harness could also be tooled or studded with brass if the customer was willing to pay the price. Plain harness for four horses cost about sixteen pounds, equivalent to the price of eight mahogany chairs upholstered and trimmed with brass nails. It is not surprising that saddlers in colonial towns were often among the most successful of all the craftsmen. High demand for their products and the high prices charged for them made many saddlers moderately wealthy men.
      Some saddlers combined leathercraft, blacksmithing, and wainwrighting to make wagons. Jacob Baer, a saddler, and Christian Berger, a blacksmith, on the same North Market Street lot in 1764, may well have been in the wagon-making business, though only briefly. Berger sold his blacksmith tools and a wagon to John Shellman and moved on within two years. Michael Stogar [Stocker] was a saddler on West Second Street who paid his store bill by making harness. Thomas Schley, Jr. had a saddlery on South Market Street in the 1770's…
      Leather was tanned in Frederick Town during the colonial years at Michael Raymer's [Roemer] tanyard, located downwind from town on the easternmost Patrick Street lot. A few years later he was joined by Mathias Need, another tanner. Either or both of these men may have been curriers who finished leather for local craftsmen.
      Michael Grosh, a leather worker, married Michael Raymer's daughter Christina. Young Grosh probably was in business with his father-in-law, for in 1772 he was buying hides in the countryside around Frederick Town. From Joseph Doll he bought the following: (Doll's Ledger)
      2 calf skins - 3-1/2 pence per lb. 11/3
      1 sheep skin 0/9
      2 cow skins - 3-1/2 pence per lb. 2/1/2
      3 calf skins and "one cow skin of Beatty's old cow" 17/6
      Michael, the son of innholder Conrad Grosh, lost his life in the American Revolution serving with troops from Frederick County under the command of Colonel Baker Johnson. Young Grosh was a casualty in the Battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777. He was survived by his widow Christina and two small daughters, Sophia, aged six, and Charlotte, three years old. (Maryland Hall of Records. Orphans Court Minutes Liber GM1:11-12.)"

      18. FHL book 975.287/F1 K28n "Maryland German Church Records," vol. 5, "Records of the Evangelical Reformed Church (a congregation of the United Church of Christ), Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland 1746-1789," translated by William J. Hinke, edited by Frederick S. Weiser (Hist. Society of Carroll Co., Westminster, MD), baptisms, first number is the book's page number and number in parentheses is the church book page number:
      P. 3 (11): "Charlotta, dau. of Jacob and Maria Benedicta Storm, b. [not given], bp. 11 Aug. 1751. Sponsors: Michel and Charlotta Römer."
      P. 4 (19): "Maria Anna, dau. of Jacob and Eleonore Jung, b. 8 Apr. 1752, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Georg Mich. Jesser and Charlotta Römer."
      P. 14 (65): "Charlotta Amalia, dau. of Joh. Georg and Lisabetha Leu, b. [not given], bp. 26 June 1758. Sponsors: Michael and Charl. Amalia Römer."
      P. 16 (75): "Johan Michael, son of Jacob and Catharina Huber, b. [not given], bp. 8 June 1760. Sponsors: Michael and Charlotta Römer."
      P. 18 (78): "Michael, son of Johannes and Anna Maria Lingefelder, b. 29 Nov. 1761, bp. 10 Jan. 1762. Sponsors: Michael Römer and wife."
      P. 19 (79): "Scharlotta Amalia, dau. of Valentin and Elisabeth Schreiner, b. 5 Feb. 1762, bp. 14 Mar. 1762. Sponsors: Michael Römer and wife."

      19. Michael Römer and his wife Charlotte Amalia (Amalis) are mentioned as godparents at the 1762 birth/confirmation of Michael and Anna Barbara Stocker's first son Michael. Even though there is no proof of Anna Barbara's surname, the fact that the Römers were involved in seven of the eight children born to Michael and Anna Barbara Stocker would lead us to surmise that Michael Stocker's wife was a Römerin. (Römerin is the female version of Römer.) The following is a summary of the Römer family sponsorship of Anna Barbara's children:
      Anna Barbara, 1758: Maria Barbara Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister)
      Maria Barbara, 1758: Barbara Römerin (most likely Anna Barbara's unmarried sister Maria Barbara again)
      Johanna Magdalene, 1760: Henrich Fauth and Magdalena (Anna Barbara's married sister Johanna Magdalene whose husband is named in their father's will as Henry Foutz)
      Michael, 1762: John Michael and Maria Amalia Römer (Anna Barbara's parents)
      Elizabeth, 1764: Elizabeth Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister)
      Balthasar, 1767: Unrelated party - Balthasar and Rosina Bach.
      Maria Barbara, 1769: Johannes and Maria Barbara Haas (Anna Barbara's married sister Maria Barbara whose marriage is proved by their father's will and by tombstones)
      Christina, 1769: Christina Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister)
      The following in the FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 88-97, provides additional perspective on John Michael Römer's sponsorship of Michael Stocker:
      "Michael Stoker, doubtless, was the son of Michael Stoker (Stocker) who settled in Frederick Co., Md. about the middle of the 18th century. No other family of the Stoker (Stocker) name was found by this writer in any of the early Frederick Co. records. The 18th century translated records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. established about 1746, show many Michael Stoker (Stocker) entries beginning with the birth, on 1 Apr 1758, of Anna Barbara, daughter of 'Mich. Stocker' and his wife 'Ana Barb.' On p. 552 of a copy of these church records, now in possession of the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Maryland, will be found a recording of ... children of Michael Stocker ... 20 May 1762, to Michael Stocker, a child Michael; godparents Michael Romer (and wife) Charlotte Amalia, (Amalis). Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - This writer believes that this was the Michael Stocker who married Catherine Eller.)"

      20. FHL book 975.2 D2se v.2 "Monocacy and Catoctin. Some Settlers of Western Maryland and Adjacent Pennsylvania and their Descendants 1725-1988," vol. 2, by C.E. Schildknecht, pp. 93-95:
      "The following is a list of heads of families of Frederick Co. in March, 1766 who petitioned Gov. Horatio Sharpe to call together the MD Assembly for the purpose of issuing bills of credit, that is paper money. The old use of tobacco as money, still prevalent in the state was particularly inconvenient on the northwestern frontiers where tobacco was not a practical crop. Note that Frederick Co. at that time comprised present Carroll, Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, Alleghany, and Garrett Counties..." [Source: "Calendar of MD State Books (The Black Books), page 194 and in "Archives of MD, 32, 124.]
      The list includes hundreds of names including Michael Roemer or Raymer. Related names include Valentine Adam (possible relation to Michael Stocker's third wife Anna Maria Adams), Valentine John Adams (same possible relation as before), Conrad and Peter Grosch (relation to Michael Roemer's son-in-law Michael Grosch), John Haas (Michael Roemer's son-in-law), and Philip Johann Heinrich Kuntz (European acquaintance of Michael Stocker). The list also includes a William Roemer/Raymer (relationship if any unknown).

      21. FHL book "Inhabitants of Frederick County Maryland," vol. 2, 1749-1800, by Stefanie R. Shaffer (Westminster, MD; 1999), chapter "Frederick County Land Patents 1749-1800"; format - name of patentee, date of patent, name of tract, number of acres, liber & folio, and comments: "Holtzman, Frederick; 1773; Raymers Trouble; 8 ac; BC&GS#46 38; certificate in the name of Michael Raymer."

      22. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. From an article entitled: "Michael Stocker 1731-1819 with wives: Ana Barbara Romerin, Elisabeth Fah, and Mary (Anna Maria) Adams." Even though Elayne has done a wonderful job with her book, I believe the following quote has deficiencies in regards to the unproven marriage date for Michael Stocker and Anna Barbara Römerin and the dismissal of a second wife Catherine Kemp for John Michael Römer. See notes of Johan Michael Stocker for complete text of which the following is a small part of the overall quote:
      Under the heading, "Ana Barbara Romerin" the following:
      "Some records have a difference in spelling for the last name of Ana Barbara: Romer and Romerin. In the German language "in" was added to female names. This is evidenced in the names of the sponsors for the children in the baptismal records of the children of Michael and Ana Barbara...
      "Michael's first official record found, to date, is that of his marriage on July of 1757 to Ana Barbara Romerin in Frederick, Frederick Co., Maryland, as recorded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Ana was the daughter of Michael Romer (Roemer) and Charlotta Amalia Hartwich. Her father was from Buerkenau, Germany. His obituary listed in the church record states that he immigrated to America in 1738. (There are conflicting records on his immigration date.) In the History of Carrollton Manor it states that "tradition says that Michael Romer married Catherine Kemp." However, it is recorded within Charlotta's burial record of the Evangelical Church that she was the wife of Michael Romer. I have, at this time, not researched the Evangelical Church Records for more details on his family. It is unclear if the marriage of Michael and Charlotta was in Germany or in the United States. I have found no church records for a marriage to Catherine Kemp."
      She also notes that, "I have not looked into Ana Barbara's records for verification of her last name. The records I have seen do not list a last name for her. The marriage record would vindicate this but I have yet to refind it among the church records. For the time being I will use the information as I currently have it."
      She also states, under the heading of Important Note: "All of the original Evangelical Lutheran Church record was originally in German mixed with some Latin. Parts of it have been copied on to microfilm by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is available for anyone to study. A complete copy is found in the Maryland State Archives on micro film. This record has been translated by Frederick