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Johann Michael Bruckhoffer
Johann Philipp Bruckhoffer

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Jacob Brookover, German Immigrant 1749 Posted by: Bobbie Jean (ID *****6113) Date: February 13, 2003 at 00:43:40 Johannes Bruckhoffer, b. 1717, son of Michael and Apollonia (Muth) Bruckhoffer, m. Anna Catharina, dau of Philipp Oswals, 6 May 1738, in Gimbsheim, a samall village on the Rhine River in the Gimbsheim Reformed Church, Palatinate, Germany. Their firstborn son, Johann Jacob, was born 16 Feb 1739. According to the Gimbsheim Church Records dated 13 May 1749, containing a list of parishioners left for America with the purpose of joining the church at Ephrata founded by Conrad Beissel in Lancaster Co., PA. The group included two sons and daughter of Beissel's deceased brother, the Bruckhoffer family, including their four living children: Jacob, Conrad, b. 1742, Johannes b. 1746, and Philipp b. 1747 (LDS Microfilm # 1441990). In Sep 1749 all had arrived at Philadelphia, with most being on transcribed ships lists with the exceptions of the Bruckhoffer family, his nephew, Michael Beltzer, and a family named Christ, not yet having been found on a list. It was common for captains to list only men over 16 who were well enough to take the oath. The Index to "Wills and Deeds of Lancaster Co., 1729 - 1850, lists John Bruckhoffer, died intestate, 1749. Orphans Court, Lancaster Co. Dec. 1751 appointed guardians for Jacob and Conrad "Brookhove" orphaned sons of John Brookhove. Emanuel Carpenter, Jacob's guardian, was a judge. It may be that Jacob was apprenticed to a tailor as that became his trade. As yet, it is not certain what became of Conrad after John Simon was appointed his guardian. Jacob married young (as his son John was born, it is thought, by 1760) and moved to Maryland living on the Charles Carrol Estates in Frederick County. It may be that most if not all his children were born there before locating in Frederick Co., Virginia. I have not seen that positively stated. John said he was born in Maryland, Mary Ann (abt 1768)told her children she was also. Others include Thomas, who remained in Maryland, Susanna, Nancy Ann, 1767, Catherine, 1770, Richard, 1771, Aseal, 1775, Priscilla, 1777. There may have been others.

Jacob Brookover, German Immigrant 1749
Posted by: Bobbie Jean (ID *****6113)
Date: February 13, 2003 at 00:43:40

Johannes Bruckhoffer, b. 1717, son of Michael and Apollonia (Muth) Bruckhoffer, m. Anna Catharina, dau of Philipp Oswals, 6 May 1738, in Gimbsheim, a samall village on the Rhine River in the Gimbsheim Reformed Church, Palatinate, Germany. Their firstborn son, Johann Jacob, was born 16 Feb 1739. According to the Gimbsheim Church Records dated 13 May 1749, containing a list of parishioners left for America with the purpose of joining the church at Ephrata founded by Conrad Beissel in Lancaster Co., PA. The group included two sons and daughter of Beissel's deceased brother, the Bruckhoffer family, including their four living children: Jacob, Conrad, b. 1742, Johannes b. 1746, and Philipp b. 1747 (LDS Microfilm # 1441990). In Sep 1749 all had arrived at Philadelphia, with most being on transcribed ships lists with the exceptions of the Bruckhoffer family, his nephew, Michael Beltzer, and a family named Christ, not yet having been found on a list. It was common for captains to list only men over 16 who were well enough to take the oath. The Index to "Wills and Deeds of Lancaster Co., 1729 - 1850, lists John Bruckhoffer, died intestate, 1749. Orphans Court, Lancaster Co. Dec. 1751 appointed guardians for Jacob and Conrad "Brookhove" orphaned sons of John Brookhove. Emanuel Carpenter, Jacob's guardian, was a judge. It may be that Jacob was apprenticed to a tailor as that became his trade. As yet, it is not certain what became of Conrad after John Simon was appointed his guardian. Jacob married young (as his son John was born, it is thought, by 1760) and moved to Maryland living on the Charles Carrol Estates in Frederick County. It may be that most if not all his children were born there before locating in Frederick Co., Virginia. I have not seen that positively stated. John said he was born in Maryland, Mary Ann (abt 1768)told her children she was also. Others include Thomas, who remained in Maryland, Susanna, Nancy Ann, 1767, Catherine, 1770, Richard, 1771, Aseal, 1775, Priscilla, 1777. There may have been others.

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