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Anna Veronica Braun

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  • Name Anna Veronica Braun 
    Born Bef 1703  of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I1872  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Christophoro Braun,   b. Bef 1680, of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johan Peter Frederick,   b. From 1692 to 1697, of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 1766 to 1774, of Mohawk Township (now Florida), Tryon (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1722  Katholische Kirche Sankt Ignaz, Mainz, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Philip Frederick,   b. 26 Aug 1734, of, Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 7 May 1804 to 6 Nov 1804, Florida, Montgomery, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. Barent or Bernhard Frederick,   c. 15 Jul 1739, Fort Hunter, Albany (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. of Matilda, Dundas, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Ann Magdalene Frederick,   c. 21 Jun 1741, Fort Hunter, Albany (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Hans Jacob Frederick,   c. 5 Jun 1743, Fort Hunter, Albany (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 24 May 1821, Johnstown Township, Fulton, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
     5. Lodewyck or Ludwig Frederick,   b. Aft 1743, of Fort Hunter, Albany (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. of Matilda, Dundas, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Montgomery County, NY, Archives 19 Sep 2007 visit: Book "Register of Baptisms, Marriages, Communicants and Funerals Begun by Henry Barclay at Fort Hunter, Jan. 26th 1734" (Queen Anne Chapel 1734-1743). There are as many Indian baptisms as there are Caucasians at this time. Names of interest:
      A. "Anna Eva, daughter of Hannis Gleyn and Mary Christina his wife, Bap't the 25th of Jan'ry 1738/9. Nicoleas Hall, Mary Hall, Anna Eva Saltser, Surties."
      B. "Mary, daughter of Johannis Cleyn and Mary Christina his wife Baptized May 25th 1740. Frans Saltser, Annatie Newkerk, Magdalene Walleslous, surties."
      C. "June 1st 1740, Maria Catharina, daughter of Peter Young and Ann Eva his wife. Joseph Walleslous, Margaret Snock, Barbara Toetendorf."
      D. "October 24th 1742, Eve, daughter of Peter Young. John Cleyn, Saets, Surties."
      E. "March ye 4th 1742, Martin, son of John Cleyn. Cornelius Bowen, Peter Young, Mary Boen."
      F. "February 3, 1743/4, Helena, daughter of Peter Young. Helena Wallslous, Helena, surties."
      G. "July 15th 1739, Barent, son of Johan Peter Frederick and Anna Phronica his wife. Barent Vroman Jr., Engeltie Hansen, Surties."
      H. "June 21, 1741, Ann Magdalene, daughter of Johan Peter Frederick and Anna Phronia his wife. Joseph Walleshous and his wife."
      I. "June 5th, 1743, Hans Jacob, son of Johan Peter Frederick. Hans Huber, Jacob Naef and his wife."

      2. The book "Even More Palatine Families, 18th Century Immigrants to the American Colonies and their German, Swiss and Austrian Origins," v. 1, by Henry Z. Jones and Lewis Buncker Rohrbach, copy in Montgomery County, NY, Archives [note that author has an additional two earlier books on the same subject: "The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who arrived in New York in 1710," (1985); "More Palatine Families," (1991), both of which I have reviewed without finding our Fredericks]:
      "Johann Peter Friederich. Peter Freidrick was naturalized 3 July 1759 (Scott & Stryker-Rodda, p. 29). On 8 Jul 1761, the petition of Peter Frederick was referred (see 'Land Patents' 16:45; also 'New York Colony, Calendar of Council Minutes 1668-1783,' compiled by Berthold Fernow, p. 404). Petter Fredrick was on a tax list of Mohawk in 1766 ('Upstate New York in the 1760s,' by Florence Christoph, p. 129). Johann Peter Frederich and wife Anna Veronica (Phronica) had issue:
      a. Philip, banns registered to marry 11 Nov 1752 Maria Sophia Salzer/Sals (Schoharie Reformed Chbk). Some of their ch. are found bpt. in the Ogilvie Records, Trinity Church, NY City. Philip Frederick was naturalized 11 Sep 1761 (Scott & Stryker-Rodda, p. 29). Philip Fredrick was on a tax list of Mohawk in 1766 ('Upstate New York in the 1760s,' by Florence Christoph, p. 129). The will of a Philip Frederick of Florida was dated 7 May 1804 (Montgomery Co. Wills Vol. 1).
      b. Bernhard, bpt. as 'Barent' July 1739 - sp: Barent Vroman and Engel (Fort Hunter Chbk). A Bernhard Friedrich md. 6 Jan 1771 Dorothea Schenck (Stone Arabia Reformed Chbk).
      c. Anna Magdalena, bpt. June 1741 - sp: Joseph... (Fort Hunter Chbk).
      d. Johann Jacob, bpt. 5 June 1743 - sp: Hans Huber and Jacob Naef and wife (Fort Hunter Chbk).
      e. Ludwig (HJ), the Lodewyck Fredrich who md. 31 March 1774 Alida Miller (Caughnawaga Reformed Chbk).
      f. Frans (HJ), the Frans Fredrick who md. 30 Dec 1774 Susanna Cosaadt (Caughnawaga Reformed Chbk). A chapter on Francis Frederick, b. Aug 1753 at Florida Twp., Montgomery Twp., is to be found in 'The Bloodied Mohawk,' by Ken D. Johnson, p. 410."
      [Kerry's notes: I have seen the book "The Bloodied Mohawk" in regards to Franz and it only contains information from his pension application, which I already have on file. Please also note that the author incorrectly assigns Frans as a child of Peter - he was a grandson, not a son. In regards to Ludwig, this is the only reference I can find of him whatsoever; there does not seem to be any christening record for him and his being listed a child of Peter is possible and perhaps likely but not proven. Please also note that even though some church records for the Fredericks are found in New York City Church records, this is only because clergymen from those Churches would travel up to "Mohawk" land. Note also that the Fredericks would use varying Protestant Churches in the vicinity depending apparently on which direction they were traveling or where there was a clergyman available to perform the rites.]

      BIRTH:
      1. No birth information is available and the date and place I use are speculative only. Knowing that Philip was naturalized in 1761 being evidently of foreign birth, then we have to assume that Anna Phronica as his mother was also of foreign birth and marriage.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. The periodical “The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 146 (2016): 71-76, “Some Newly Discovered German Origins of the New York’s Later-Arriving Palatines”, by Henry Z Jones, Jr., MSG, FGBS:
      “While a student at Stanford University in the 1960s, I began tracing eighteenth-century Palatine emigrants from Germany to Ireland, including my ancestor Abraham Bergmann. Although his group of Palatines had been en route to North America in 1709, the British settled them in Ireland instead. After the 1965 publication of the first edition of my book “The Palatine Families of Ireland,"[1] I realized no fully documented study had been made of the 847 Palatine families who were settled in America. My interest in these emigrants expanded in scope, and resulted in the publication of still more books and articles.[2] This article adds to the literature by presenting information on later-arriving immigrants, most of whom were related in some way to those earlier settlers.
      As I wrote in my recent article documenting the European origins of thirty-one additional Palatine immigrants of 1709:
      “The saving grace of my study has been in looking for the Palatines in groups, reinforcing the old genealogical axiom, when encountering a brick wall, to "study the neighbors." So many times our forebears literally got off the boat with their fellow emigrant passengers and then kept interacting with these same old friends for generations. ... "They came together, they stayed together" has so often held true.[3]
      The names of Palatines who arrived in colonial New York in 1710 were recorded on a finite list of 847 families,[4] but no contemporary lists survive of the many Germans who arrived in the second wave of emigrants, starting in 1717. Approximate arrival dates for each family must be estimated by studying tax lists, military rolls, colonial censuses, deeds, probate records, and church books. Knowing that many of these families emigrated in clusters from their home region reinforces the value of studying them as groups and leads to discoveries such as those presented below.
      For example, Liedolsheim, Baden-Durlach, was the home of many immigrants to Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, from 1738 to 1752, including the Boltz/Pultz, Gugenhahn/Cookingham, Oberacker/Overacker, Schmidt, and Kubach families. Similarly the villages near Schwabisch Hall were home to the Laun/Lown, Schumacher/Shoemaker, Brimmer/Premmer, Krafft/Croft, and Weiss families, who resided near one another after their arrival in 1737-1738.[5]
      Many of those Palatines who emigrated from Germany in 1738 did not survive. Indeed, that year became known as "The Year of the Destroying Angels."[6] Thousands of emigrants left for America. A terrible epidemic broke out in their holding area near Kralingen even before they left the continent, and many died. Once at sea, food supplies were soon exhausted, disease spread rapidly, and violent storms played havoc with the heavily loaded ships. By November 1738, 1,600 people had already died that year on the several voyages to Philadelphia. Figures for New York are likely similar, but records are not available.[7] Given the ordeal endured by these emigrants, one can only marvel at their courage and admire them for taking the risk to make a better life for their families in America. Here then, in tribute to them, are additional findings on the German ancestral homes of some New York Palatines who arrived in the second wave of emigration.
      Note that all spellings are rendered as found. For more detailed biographical information on the emigrants and their children, please see their individual sections in Volume I of Even More Palatine Families, which this article is meant to augment.[8]
      PETER FRIEDERICH (FREIDRICK, FREDERICK, FRIEDRICH)
      A good potential match with the Mohawk Valley couple is the Petrus Friderich who married Anna Veronica Braun, daughter of Christophoro Braun, 26 November 1722 at Sankt Ignaz Catholic Church in Mainz.[42]
      Peter Freidrick was naturalized 3 July 1759.[43] As Petter Fredrick, he appears on a tax list of Mohawk District in 1766.[44] Johann Peter Friederich and wife Anna Veronica (Phronica) had children baptized and married in the Schoharie Dutch Reformed Church, Trinity Church of New York City (via Rev. Ogilvie), Stone Arabia Reformed Church, Fort Hunter Church, and the Caughnawaga Reformed Church 1739-1774.[45]
      Footnotes:
      Henry Z. ("Hank") Jones, Jr., FASG, FGBS, is a retired recording artist and motion picture and television character actor, who now lives in San Diego, Calif. He may be reached via his website: www.hankjones.com. The author gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the late Carla Mittlestaedt-Kubaseck, who went village to village in Germany searching for origins of Palatines in America. The eminent German genealogist Friedrich R. Wollmershäuser has been especially helpful by keeping his eagle-eye open for possible mentions of eighteenth-century family migrations to the New World in German civil and church records. Trudy Schenk, a widely respected author and genealogist specializing in Germanic research, has assisted by researching the extensive holdings of the Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
      1. Henry Z Jones, Jr., “The Palatine Families of Ireland,” 2nd ed. (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1990).
      2. These publications include Henry Z Jones, Jr., “The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of tbe German Immigrants who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710,” 2 vols. (Universal City, Calif.: the author, 1985); Henry Z Jones, Jr., “More Palatine Families, Some Immigrants to the Middle colonies 1717-1776 and Their European Origins, Plus New Discoveries on German Families Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710” (Universal City, Calif.: the author, 1991); Henry Z Jones, Jr., and Annette Kunselman Burgert, “Westerwald To America: Some 18th-Century German Immigrants” (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1989); Henry Z Jones, Jr., and Lewis Bunker Rohrbach, “Even More Palatine Families: 18th-Century Immigrants to the American Colonies and Their German, Swiss, and American Origins, 3 vols. (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 2002); and Henry Z Jones, Jr., "Some Newly-Discovered German Origins for the Palatine Families of New York-1710," The American Genealogist 85 (2011): 46-62.
      3. Jones, "Some Newly-Discovered German Origins" (note 2): 46.
      4. See the New York Palatine Subsistence Lists of Governor Robert Hunter, 1710-1712 (Colonial Office 5/1230 and 5/1231 in The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England).
      5. An extreme example is found in Hunterdon Co., N.J., which should have been named "New Neuwied" since almost everyone naturalized in that county in 1730 eventually was found living near one another in Germany's Neuwied/Westawald region (Jones, “More Palatine Families” [note 2], p. vii).
      6. The "destroying angels" is taken from Psalm 78, verse 49: "He let loose on them his fierce anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels."
      7. Klaus Wust, "The Emigration Season of 1738-Year of the Destroying Angels," “The Report: A Journal of German-Amenean History,” 40 (1986): 21-56.
      8. See note 2.
      42. Heiraten, Katholische Kirche, Sankt Ignaz Mainz, Kirchenbuch, 1603-1895 (FHL 957,276). Mainz is twelve kilometers south of Wiesbaden.
      43. Scott and Stryker-Rodda, “Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance” (note 36), 29.
      44. Christoph, “Upstate New York in the 1760s” (note 20), 129.
      45. See Jones and Rohrbach, “Even More Palatine Families” (note 2), 1:186-87.
      46. See Jones and Rohrbach, “Even More Palatine Families” (note 2), 1:220.”