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Johann Jost Stimmel

Male 1756 - 1806  (49 years)


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  • Name Johann Jost Stimmel 
    Born 1756  Littlestown, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died From 3 Nov 1805 to 17 Feb 1806  Mill Creek, Hampshire, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I120  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Johanna Magdalena Stocker,   b. 1 Jan 1760, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1814, Hamilton Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 2 Nov 1784  Evangelical Lutheran or Lutheran Congregation Church of Zmiddletown, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. FHL film 496745, item 11, Typescript "A Brief Statement of the Stimmel and Plum Ancestors from 1740 Down to and Including the Names of the Fourth Generation," compiled by John Stimmel, 220 W. Tenth Ave, Columbus, Ohio, May 1902. This typescript is the source of the statement that the immigrant Joh. Michael Stocker came to America from Alsace Loraine and lived in Maryland from 1735 to 1790. The statement of Alsace Loraine is significant since more modern research now strongly suggests he was from Goersdorf, which is in Alsace Loraine. In reviewing this statement there are some obvious problems -- Michael has been proven to have been in Maryland long after 1790; additionally, he would have been only about 5 years of age to have been in America in 1735, which is unlikely since no possible parents of his have been found in America. How to explain the date discrepancy -- Mr. Stimmel wrote this in 1902, which was 48 years after Charlotte (Stocker) Binckley (1788-1877) was 70 and the quoted source of the information. The transcript:
      "MICHAEL STOKER'S FAMILY
      No. 1. Michael Stoker was of German descent. They came from Alsace Loraine, between France and Germany. Michael lived in Frederick County, Maryland, from about 1735 to 1790. He was married three times. From these unions there were eleven children, namely; By first wife, Michael, Hannah Magdalene; by second wife, Salome, John and Barbara; by third wife, Margaretta, George, Catharine, Mary, Jacob and Charlotte.
      Hannah Magdalene was born 1760. She married Yost Stimmel. Charlotte married a Mr. Binckley; they came to Ohio many years ago and settled in Perry County, near Somerset. I received the above largely from Mrs. Binckley when she was 70 years old.
      John and Jacob Stoker also came to Ohio and settled at Rushville, Perry County. The Stoker family, formerly of Circleville, are descendants of Jacob.
      YOST STIMMEL'S FAMILY
      No. 2. The Stimmels are of German descent. I have no authentic account of them further than Yost Stimmel, who was born about 1756, in Frederic County, Maryland. It will be seen by the title page that there were two Yost Stimmels in Frederic County, Maryland, from 1768 to 1795.
      Yost Stimmel, Sr., married Hannah Magdalene Stoker, who was born 1760; They were married about 1784. They remained in Frederic County until the spring of 1795, when they removed to Hampshire County, Virginia according to a deed made to them of 250 acres of land in said county. The farm was on Mill Creek about eight miles southwest of Romney. From this union there were four sons and four daughters, namely (name, birth, death, age at death):
      Michael, 1786-1859, 73
      Hannah Magdalene, 1788-1839, 51
      Peter, 1789-1844, 55
      Daniel, 1791-1863, 72
      Elizabeth, 1794 -, -
      Jacob, 1796-1853, 57
      Catharine, 1798-1886, 88
      Mary Ann, 1801-1876, 75
      Yost Stimmel died in November, 1805, aged 49 years, and was buried on his farm. Mrs. Stimmel remained there until 1812, when she rented her farm and with the most of her family came to Ohio and settled on a farm two miles north of Pickaway County line (Lockbourne not being laid out until 1831). She remained there until June 1814, when she died, aged 54 years. She was buried in the Landes graveyard[d], now known as the Stimmel graveyard. The heirs then all joined together in one deed and sold the 250 acre farm in Virginia, to Zachariah Arnold in November, 1814, for the consideration of $1800 cash in hand."

      2. Christenings of children from the publication "Records of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Frederick, Maryland, 1746-1800," translations by William J. Hinke and E.W. Reinecke (copy at the Historical Society of Frederick County, Frederick, Maryland), edited by F. Edward Wright; Mr. Wright notes that the original translation by Reinecke was made in 1861 and Hinke made is in 1941. The book is mainly based on Hinke since Reinecke alphabetized his list thereby losing the original order; Reinecke also did not include the godparents. The editor notes that an extensive history of this church is given in "A History of the Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick, Maryland: Unto Us," by Ranck, Margaret and Dutrow, 1964. Also see Frederick Weiser's "Frederick Maryland Lutheran Marriages and Burials, 1743-1811," published by the National Genealogical Society, 1972. From Hinke/Reinecke:
      P. 57: "Jost Stimmel, Magdalena/Johan Michael b. Oct 11 1786, bapt Apr 9 1787/Michael Stocker, Anna Maria."
      P. 61: "Jost Stimmel, Hannah Magdalena/Hannah Magdalena b. Jul 2 1788, bapt Oct 5 1788/Peter Stimmel, Eva."
      P. 74: "Jost Stimmel, Magdalena/Maria Elisabetha b. Nov 8 1793, bapt Feb 12 1794/Michael Stocker, Anna Maria."

      3. FHL book 929.273 "Some Descendants of Michael Stoker 1731-1819," compiled by Kathleen Stoker Overton (ca. 2003?), p. 6. This book does a good job of tracing several non-Mormon descendancy lines from the original immigrant.
      "Johanna Magdalena (Hannah) Stoker
      Johanna Magdalena Stoker called Hannah was born 1 January 1760 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland to Michael Stoker and his first wife, Anna Barbara Roemer. She was baptized in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick. Her Godparents were Heinrich Hanth and his wife Magdalena. The date of baptism is not given. Hannah grew up in Maryland, had some schooling and on 2 November 1784 married Johann Jost Stimmel in the Lutheran Evangelical Church. The notice in Lutheran records states: "Johann Jost Stimmel and Johanna Magdalena Stokern by license. Witnesses: Michael Stocker, Peter Stimmel, John and Peter Schnog."
      The Stimmel family stayed in Frederick, Maryland until about 1792 when they moved to Hampshire County, Virginia, now in West Virginia, and established a home called Mill Creek Farm. Jost also worked as a blacksmith. He wrote his will on 3 November 1805 and it was proved on 17 February 1806. A synopsis of the will follows:
      "Wife, Hannah Magdalena, 9 children, 1- Michael, 2- Peter, 3- Daniel, 4- Jacob, 5- Hannah Magdalena, 6- Elizabeth, 7- Catherine (a cripple), 8- Mary, 9- Ann. Executor, wife. Witnesses, Jacob Bizer, Dan and Zach Arnold."
      Hannah was still in Virginia for the 1810 Census. Many of her children were moving to Franklin County, Ohio and Hannah wanted to join them. She sold her farm and in 1814 moved to Ohio. Soon after arriving she died in June 1814 and is buried in Landes Street Cemetery in Hamilton, Franklin County, Ohio.
      The children of Hannah and Jost are…"

      MARRIAGE:
      1. 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: "The 18th century translated records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. established about 1746, show many Michael Stoker (Stocker) entries... The record, on page 552 of the church records, is as follows:
      1 Jan 1760, to Michael Stocker, a child Johana Magdale, godparents, Heinrich Hanth (and wife) Magdalena. Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - On page 454 of the church record is shown the marriage on 2 Nov 1784 'by license' of Johanna Magdalena Stockern and Johann Jost Stimmel, Michael Stocker, Peter Stimmel and John and Peter Schnog serving as witnesses.)"

      2. Per the book "Maryland Marriages, 1778-1800," comp. by Robert Barnes, 1979, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, copy available at the Frederick Historical Society in Frederick, MD:
      Phillip Baker and Margaret Stoker, 12 Feb 1799, Frederick County Marriage Licenses, 1778-1800, copied from the originals at the court house, and published in the "DAR Magazine," Vol. 85.
      Peter Staup and Magd. Eler, 20 June 1800, First German Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick, copy made in 1903, at Maryland Historical Society, 1170.
      Yost Stimmel and Magdalena Stoker, 28 Oct 1784, Frederick County Marriage Licenses, 1778-1800, copied from the originals at the court house, and published in the "DAR Magazine," Vol. 85.
      Michael Stoker, and Mary A - , 21 Jun 1778, Frederick County Marriage Licenses, 1778-1800, copied from the originals at the court house, and published in the "DAR Magazine," Vol. 85.

      3. FHL book 975.287 V2p "Frederick County Maryland Marriages References and Family Relationships 1748-1800," by Henry C. Peden, Jr. & Veronica Clarke Peden, (Colonial Roots, Lewes, Delaware, 2012). This volume is a "comprehensive compilation of marriage references, actual and implied, in early Frederick County, Maryland from its formation in 1748 through 1800. Marriages were gleaned from published license books, land records, probate records (wills and administration accounts), court records (judgments and indentures), military pension records, church records (marriages, births and baptism), bible records, newspapers, some family histories and other documented secondary sources." P. 272:
      "Stimmel, Johann Jost, m. Johanna Magdalena Stocker on 2 Nov 1784; among the witnesses were Michael Stocker and Peter Stimmel {ref: Monocacy Lutheran Congregation of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick, MD (see "Maryland German Church Records," Vol. 3, translated by Frederick S. Weiser, published by Noodle-Doosey Press, 1987); ref: Frederick County Land Records (see abstracts of Frederick County Land Records, 1752-1772, by Patricia Abelard Andersen, 8 vols. (1995-2003), K:432}"

      4. FHL book 975.287 K2w "Records of Marriages and Burials in the Monocacy Church in Frederick County, Maryland and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the City of Frederick, Maryland 1743-1811," translated and edited by Frederick Sheely Weiser, Special Publication No. 38, The National Genealogical Society, Washington, D.C., 1972:
      Marriages:
      Nov. 2, 1784: Johann Jost Stimmel & Johanna Magdalena Stockern by license. Witnesses: Michael Stocker. Peter Stimmel. Joh. and Peter Schnog.

      DEATH:
      1. Per Ancestral File v4.19.