Johann Stephan BRECHT

[5233]

17 FEB 1692 - 24 SEP 1747

Father: Johannes Michael BRECHT
Mother: Anna Katharina HOFFMAN

Family 1 :
  1. +David BRECHT
  2. +Anna Marie ("Mary") BRECHT
Family 2 : Anna Praxedis KRAEMER
  1. +George Adam BRECHT
  2. +Elizabeth BRECHT

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                                                          _Christoph(er) BRECHT _|
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                            _Hans Balthasar BRECHT ______|
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 _Johannes Michael BRECHT _|
| (1662 - 1719) m 1684     |
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|--Johann Stephan BRECHT 
|  (1692 - 1747)
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|_Anna Katharina HOFFMAN __|
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                              m 1651                     |
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[5233]

Stephan arrived in America in 1726 with his mother, Anna Katharine Hoffman, and his brother, Johann Michael Brecht; they settled first in Schoharie, NY and then in North Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., PA (where he was one of the organizers of the North Heidelberg Moravian Church). Stephan had three wives, and the name of the first (David's mother) is not known. Elizabeth, widow of Stephan Brecht, died in 1751 per cemetery records for God's Acre, Union Church of North Heidelberg, 6 miles north of Robesonia, PA. "Rhineland Emigrants," Don Yoder, Ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981), p. 4: "The widow of Johann Brecht of Schriesheim was permitted to go to Pennsylvania in 1726 with her two sons Stephan and Johann Brecht. . . . Stephan Brecht, one of the emigrants of 1726, had children baptized in the Bern Reformed Church, Berks County (Elisabeth, 1738; Anna Maria, 1745)(Bern Church Records, 1738-1835, Hinke, Collection)."

http://www.berks.pa-roots.com/books/montgomery/b20.html offers: "The ancestor of this old and numerous family of Berks county was Stephen Brecht, a native of Germany, where he was born Feb. 17, 1692. He was one of the emigrants from the Palatinate who landed at New York about 1720. These emigrants first settled at Schoharie, N. Y., but because of the unbearable treatment they received at the hands of Governor Hunter, of the Province of New York, sought refuge elsewhere. Hearing of the justice accorded the settlers in Penn's Province, by the proprietors, and the fertility of the soil, excellent water and other advantages, many of them came into this district. Among them was (I) Stephen Brecht, who desired a tract of good land for himself and three sons. His land was granted him by John, Thomas and Richard Penn, lawful heirs of William Penn, on Nov. 27, 1745 [Recorded in Patent Book A., Vol. 12, page 349]. On this tract he made his home and died Sept. 24, 1747. His remains were interred in the North Heidelberg cemetery among the Moravians. His grave stone lies flat upon the ground, and is the oldest stone that can be found there. The inscription is in good condition. His will was made Jan. 6, 1746, by which his land was divided among his three sons: David, Hans Wendel and George Adam. To George Adam was given the homestead (now owned by Adam Dundore, of Obold), and the division of land between David and Hans Wendel was made soon after this date, and is recorded at Reading April 17, 1754, in Book A. Vol. 1, page 68."

See "Historical Sketch of the Bright Family," Albert G. Green, in "Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County," vol. 1 (1898-1904) and typescripts in several volumes on "The Bright Family of Pennsylvania" in the Heber Gossler Gearhart Collection at the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Also see http://jliptrap.us/gen/brecht.htm.

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Frederick BROWN

[35282]

1756 - 1816

Family 1 : Christena SMITH
  1. +Elizabeth BROWN

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[35282] This person is from the unverified Beattie Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2013.

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Abigail BURT

28 JAN 1677 - 3 DEC 1752

Family 1 : Mathew BRIGGS
  1. +Matthew BRIGGS

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Sarah EMERSON

[57088]

28 AUG 1789 - 17 DEC 1846

Family 1 : Sylvanus LOWELL
  1. +John LOWELL

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[57088] Sarah is said to be daughter of Benjamin Emerson (1762-1835) & Abigail Dow (1766-1835).

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Richard QUITTERFIELD

[44306]

27 SEP 1706 - 29 MAY 1747

Family 1 : Lydia CRIPPEN
  1. +Abner QUITTERFIELD

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[44306] The unverified May Family file in 2018 in Ancestry.com offers: “Richard Quitterfield was born on September 27, 1706, in Colchester, Connecticut. He married Lydia Crippen on March 1, 1732, in his hometown. They had six children in 13 years. He died on May 29, 1747, in Colchester, Connecticut, at the age of 40.”

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Daniel SMALL

[14770]

____ - aft 1721

Father: Francis SMALL
Mother: Elizabeth LEIGHTON

Family 1 : Abigail SNOW
  1. +Anna SMALL
  2. +Isaac SMALL
  3. +Edward SMALL
  4. +John SMALL

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|--Daniel SMALL 
|  (.... - 1721)
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[14770] Daniel was probably b. in Maine between 1667 and 1674, and moved to Truro, MA by 1718. Information is from Kay Hubbartt 5/97 and not verified. She descends from Daniel through his son, John (b. 19 Oct 1704, r. Truro and Provincetown, MA and Falmouth, ME; m. Hannah Barnaby, dau. of Stephen Barnaby and Ruth Morton); his son John (b. 8 Oct 1731 settled at Millbridge, ME ca. 1762 and m. (1) Sarah Hopkins and (2) Priscilla Strout. See "Descendants of Edward Small...," Lora Underhill (1934).

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Anna WEBSTER

[50724]

CA 1772 - 1860

Father: Ebenezer WEBSTER
Mother: Ann WESCOTT

Family 1 : Ebenezer SMALL
  1. +Ebenezer SMALL
  2. +Mary SMALL
  3. +John Webster ("Jack") SMALL
  4. +Joseph W. SMALL

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                                                                                           | (1632 - 1716) m 1653         
                                                                    _John (III) WEBSTER ___|_Anne Newburg BATT ___________
                                                                   | (1656 - 1737) m 1680    (1630 - 1716)                
                                             _John (IV) WEBSTER ___|
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                                            |                      |_Bridget HIGGINS ______|______________________________
                                            |                        (1651 - 1732) m 1680                                 
                       _Andrew WEBSTER _____|
                      | (1710 - 1748) m 1742|
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 _Ebenezer WEBSTER ___|
| (1749 - 1833) m 1767|
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|--Anna WEBSTER 
|  (.... - 1860)
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|_Ann WESCOTT ________|
  (1744 - ....) m 1767|
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                      |                                             _Thomas Edward WEBBER _|_Phillipa (Junsen or) JONSON _
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                      |                      _Samuel WEBBER _______|
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                      |_Deborah WEBBER _____|
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                                            |                       _John LITTLEFIELD _____|_Annis AUSTIN ________________
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[50724] Anna is said to be daughter of Ebenezer Webster (1749-1833) & Mary Wescott (b. in 1753) - "of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., ME.

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Mary Malvina WHITCOMB

CA. 1835 - 1868

Father: Winslow WHITCOMB
Mother: Elizabeth NEFF


                                                                                         _Robert WHITCOMB _________+
                                                                                        | (1628 - 1704) m 1661     
                                                                   _James WHITCOMB _____|_Mary Elizabeth CUDWORTH _
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                                             _James WHITCOMB _____|
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                                            |                     |_Mary PARKER ________|_Mary TURNER _____________
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                       _Robert WHITCOMB ____|
                      | (1741 - 1817) m 1763|
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                      |                     |_Sarah WINSLOW ______|
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 _Winslow WHITCOMB ___|
| (1783 - 1870)       |
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|                     |                                            _Ebenezer SHELDON ___|_Mary WOODFORD ___________
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|                     |                     |                     |_Mary HUNT __________|_Clemence HOSMER _________
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|                     |_Eunice SHELDON _____|
|                       (1752 - 1828) m 1763|
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|--Mary Malvina WHITCOMB 
|  (.... - 1868)
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