Re: HESTER WOHLGEMUTH MARRIED BRANDENBURG
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HESTER WOHLGEMUTH MARRIED BRANDENBURG
4/23/01
Descendants of Johannes Wuhlgemacht
Generation No. 1
1.JOHANNES1 WUHLGEMACHT
Children of JOHANNES WUHLGEMACHT are:
i. ABRAHAM2 WOHLGEMUTH, b. Bet. 1700 - 1716, Prussia; m. ELISABETH MILLER.
Notes for ABRAHAM WOHLGEMUTH:
According to Heinrich's will, he and Barbara, his wife, had "No Issue".Abraham's decendents kept mostly the original spelling of the name, "Wohlgemuth or Wolgemuth" and stayed mostly in PA, IL, and IN.
ii. HEINRICH WOHLGEMUTH, b. Bet. 1700 - 1716, Prussia; m. BARBARA ?.
Notes for HEINRICH WOHLGEMUTH:
According to Heinrich's will, he and Barbara, his wife, had "No Issue".Abraham's decendents kept mostly the original spelling of the namee, "Wohlgemuth or Wolgemuth" and stayed mostly in PA, IL, and IN.
2. iii. JOSEPH WOHLGEMUTH, b. 1716, Fehraltorf, Zurich, Switzerland; d. December 25, 1775, Frederick Co, MD..
iv. SAMUEL WOHLGEMUTH, b. Bet. 1700 - 1726, Prussia; m. BARBARA MILLER.
More About SAMUEL WOHLGEMUTH:
Emmigrated: 1742
Generation No. 2
2.JOSEPH2 WOHLGEMUTH (JOHANNES1 WUHLGEMACHT)1 was born 1716 in Fehraltorf, Zurich, Switzerland1, and died December 25, 1775 in Frederick Co, MD.1.He married CATHERINE ? Abt. 1741 in Frederick Co, MD.1.She was born Abt. 1714, and died December 24, 1795 in Martinsburg, Berkley Co, W.VA..
Notes for JOSEPH WOHLGEMUTH:
WOHLGEMUTH is the original spelling.Americanized to WOLGAMOT.Some times Volgamout.
Note: Information received from Vern Wolgamott in a letter dated 11/14/1990.
Joseph Wohlgemuth at age 20, arrived in Philadelphia September 1, 1736 from Rotterdam, Holland on the British Ship "Harle" (Roger Harle, Master) with two older brothers, Abraham and Heinrich (Henry). The founder of Hagerstown, "Johathan Hager" also came over on the "Harle" along with the three Wohlgemuth brothers.The older brothers went to York and Lancaster Counties, PA.Joseph went to Frederick (now Washington County, Maryland where he acquired 520 acres of land and at least two mills.Naturalized October 20, 1747 as a British subject.One of the mills was a "new mill", built around 1770 on the bank of Conococheague Creek, west of Hagerstown, Maryland.This mill is still standing; it is now "The Old Mill" Nightclub.Jacob's wife and two sons sold this property to Nicholas Swingle in 1777.
Washington G. Wolgamott was a real rascal. Lots of court records on him in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.He was a "wheeler dealer" in land speculation.The State of Ohio had him in court for mortgaging land to one man and then selling it to another, among many fast and loose deals he pulled.
According to Heinrich's will, he and Barbara, his wife, had "No Issue".Abraham's descendents kept mostly the original spelling of the name, "Wohlgemuth or Wolgemuth" and stayed mostly in PA, IL, and IN.
More About JOSEPH WOHLGEMUTH:
Emigration: September 1736, Ship "Harle" out of Rotterdam Holland
Name Variations: Walgamot, Vulgamore, Wuhlgemacht
Resided:: Frederick Co, MD, W. VA. and KY.
Children of JOSEPH WOHLGEMUTH and CATHERINE ? are:
i. ANN3 WOLGAMOT1, b. Abt. 1740, Frederick Co, MD.1; d. Aft. August 2, 17741; m. ? CHAMBERS.
3. ii. HESTER ANN WOHLGEMUTH, b. 1744, Frederick Co, MD. (Prince George Co, MD.); d. September 19, 1821, Meade County , ( Estill Co. ) Kentucky..
iii. JOSEPH WOLGAMOT1, b. 1746, Frederick Co, MD.1; d. Aft. August 15, 17821; m. JULIANA OLLINGER, 1770; d. Aft. August 15, 1782.
More About JOSEPH WOLGAMOT:
Born 1: 1750, Frederick Co, MD.
iv. SARAH WOLGAMOT1, b. Bet. 1748 - 1752, Frederick Co, MD.1; d. Aft. August 2, 17741.
v. DAVID WOLGAMOT1, b. 1751, Frederick Co, MD.1; d. October 28, 1798, Martinsburg, Berkley Co, W.VA.1; m. SUSANNAH KERSHNER, Abt. 1775; d. Aft. August 15, 1782.
vi. ELIZABETH WOLGAMOT, b. Abt. 1748, Frederick Co, MD.; m. ? MEEK/MEEKS.
Generation No. 3
3.HESTER ANN3 WOHLGEMUTH (JOSEPH2, JOHANNES1 WUHLGEMACHT)2 was born 1744 in Frederick Co, MD. (Prince George Co, MD.)3,4, and died September 19, 1821 in Meade County , ( Estill Co. ) Kentucky.5.She married MATTHIAS BRANDENBURG 1764 in Frederick Co, MD., son of FRIEDRICH BRANDENBURG and UNKNOWN.He was born 1738 in Brandenburg Palace, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, and died November 20, 1807 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln Co., KY..
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