Descendants of Johann Jacob Michel

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  JOHANN JACOB¹ MICHEL was born about 1661, and died December 11, 1746 in Hettenhausen, Pfalz, Germany.  He married ANNA MARGARETHA.  She was born about 1663, and died December 17, 1746 in Hettenhausen.

     

Children of JOHANN MICHEL and ANNA MARGARETHA are:

              i.   JOANN WENDEL² MICHEL, b. about 1695.

2.           ii.   JACOB MICHEL MICHAEL, b. about 1700, Hettenhausen, Pfalz; d. 1787, York County, PA.

             iii.   JOHANN HENRICH MICHEL, b. January 07, 1709/10.

             iv.   ANNA OTTILIA MICHAEL, b. March 20, 1711/12.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  JACOB MICHEL^/ MICHAEL (JOHANN JACOB¹ MICHEL) was born about 1700 in Hettenhausen, Pfalz, and died 1787 in York County, PA.  He married (1) MARIA ELISABETHA WOLL June 15, 1728 in Wallhalben, Pfalz, daughter of CHRISTIAN WOLL and ANNA EVA.  She was born August 16, 1705 in Saalstadt, Pfalz, and died about 1750 in Hettenhausen, Pfalz.  He married (2) MAGDALENA ELISABETHA BUCHMANN June 22, 1754 in Bacharach, Pfalz, Germany. 

     

Children of JACOB MICHAEL and MARIA ELISABETHA WOLL are:

              i.   JOHANN JACOB³ MICHEL, b. May 11, 1730, Hettenhausen, Pfalz.

              ii.   MARIA MARGARETHA MICHEL, b. March 16, 1731/32; d. May 30, 1732, Hettenhausen.

             iii.   MARIA CATHERINA MICHEL, b. February 08, 1733/34.

             iv.   JOHANNES MICHEL, b. May 02, 1736.

3.          v.   JOHANN WENDEL MICHAEL, b. September 03, 1738, Hettenhausen; d. 1811, York County, PA.

             vi.   JOHANN PETER MICHEL, b. February 12, 1740/41; d. June 21, 1742, Hettenhausen.

            vii.   ANNA OTTILIA MICHEL, b. April 28, 1744.

4.        viii.   MARIA ELISABETHA MICHEL, b. November 01, 1744, Hettenhausen; d. before 1811, Manheim Twp., York County, PA.

             ix.   JOHANN ADAM MICHEL, b. March 16, 1746/47.

             x.   ANNA EVA MICHEL, b. May 15, 1748.

All these children were baptized in Wallhalben. Jacob was listed as a miller in the church records.

For a map of Wallhalben search Google Maps for Wallhalben Germany

 

Photos of Wallhalben Church, Hettenhausen and Bacharach Germany

 

 

     

Children of JACOB MICHAEL and MAGDALENA BUCHMANN are:

             xi.   JOHANN PETER³ MICHAEL, b. June 08, 1755, York County, PA.

            xii.   VERONICA MICHAEL, b. September 17, 1757, York County, PA.

           xiii.   JOHANN CONRAD MICHAEL, b. January 01, 1763, York County, PA.

           xiv.   JOHANN HENRICH MICHAEL, b. March 13, 1766, York County, PA.

           xv.    ANNA MARIA MICHAEL, b. July 31, 1769, York County, PA.

 

 

 

Notes:

The MICHAEL spelling was adopted in America.

Jacob listed his children born of his first wife in a will he wrote in 1769.  They are listed by middle name as the custom is to give the first name as a “saint’s name” thus all the Johann” something” and Maria “something” names.  The will lists the children in the order above omitting the two which died young.  He declared that he had left those children well provided for, so willed them a shilling a piece.

 

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  JOHANN WENDEL³ MICHAEL (JACOB MICHEL², JOHANN JACOB¹ MICHEL) was born September 03, 1738 in Hettenhausen, Pfalz, and died 1811 in York County, PA.  He married MARGARET ELIZABETH HEDLER October 24, 1758 in Wallhalben.  She was of Obermoschel, and died before 1811 in York County, PA.

     

Children of WENDEL MICHAEL and MARGARET HEDLER are:

              i.   JOHANN JACOB⁴ MICHAEL, b. September 28, 1759, Wallhalben, Pfalz; d. As an infant.

5.           ii.   LEWIS MICHAEL, b. January 28, 1762, Wallhalben, Pfalz; d. February 16, 1852, Somerset County, PA.

6.          iii.   JOHN MICHAEL, b. Bet. 1765 - 1771; d. 1814, Hanover, York County, PA.

7.          iv.   WENDEL MICHAEL, b. Bet. 1765 - 1771. d. 1821 Baltimore, MD

             v.   MARIA CHRISTIANA MICHAEL, b. October 30, 1772, York County, PA; m. RUDOLPH SPANGLER.

             vi.   MARGARET ELIZABETH MICHAEL, b. February 22, 1776, York County, PA; m. PETER CREMER/KRAMER.

8.         vii.   HENRY MICHAEL, b. November 03, 1778, York County, PA.

           viii.   MARIA EVA MICHAEL, b. July 25, 1781, York County, PA; d. Died young.

 

 

4.  MARIA ELISABETHA³ MICHEL (JACOB MICHEL² MICHAEL, JOHANN JACOB¹ MICHEL) was born November 01, 1744 in Hettenhausen, Pfalz, and died before 1811 in Manheim Twp., York County, PA.  She married LUDWIG OBERTHIER May 25, 1762 in Wallhalben, Pfalz.  He was born January 28, 1741/42 in or near Wallhalben, and died 1815 in Manheim Twp., York County, PA.

     

Children of MARIA MICHEL and LUDWIG OBERTHIER are:

              i.   JOHN⁴ OBERDEER, b. December 1774, York County, PA.

              ii.   JACOB OBERDEER.

             iii.   PETER OBERDEER.

             iv.   CATHERINE OBERDEER.

             v.   HENRY OBERDEER.

             vi.   FREDERICK OBERDEER.

 

 

Notes:

The Michel/Michael family and the Oberthier/Oberdeer family were close in Germany.  Ludwig was a witness at the baptism of Lewis (Johann Ludwig) Michel/Michael a few months before he married Wendel’s sister.

 

The last record of Wendel Michel in Wallhalben is the baptism of Lewis (Johann Ludwig) January of 1762, and the last mention of Ludwig Oberthier is his marriage to Maria Elisabetha Michel in May of 1762.  The first mention of Ludwig Oberthier in York County, PA is in the 1771 tax list.   The first mention of Wendel in York County is the baptism of his daughter Maria Christina Michel in 1772.  The MICHEL spelling was used early York County church records but MICHAEL was the norm. 

 

Generation No. 4

 

5.  LEWIS⁴ MICHAEL (JOHANN WENDEL³, JACOB MICHEL², JOHANN JACOB¹ MICHEL) was born January 28, 1762 in Wallhalben, Pfalz, and died February 16, 1852 in Somerset County, PA.  Occupation list variously as maker of clocks and survey instruments, silversmith and merchant.  He married ELIZABETH about 1785 in Pennsylvania.  She was born September 16, 1767 in Pennsylvania, and died January 26, 1842 in Somerset County, PA.  They are both buried in the Ankeny Square Cemetery in Somerset.

 

More about LEWIS MICHAEL:

Census: 1790, York County, PA

Census: 1800-1810, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD

Census: 1820, Air Twp. Bedford County, PA

Census: 1830-1850, Somerset County, PA

     

Children of LEWIS MICHAEL and ELIZABETH are:

              i.  MARGARET MICHAEL, b. about 1787; d. Bet. 1847 - 1852; m. JOHN SCHELL JR. in 1806 Baltimore MD.

              ii.   CATHERINE⁵ MICHAEL, b. December 22, 1790; m. JOHN STATLER.

iii.  CHARLES (CARL) WENDEL MICHAEL, b. June 28, 1794. Baptism: July 20, 1794, Christ Lutheran Church, York, PA

 iv. JOHN LUDWIG MICHAEL, b. December 23, 1796, Hanover, York County, PA. Baptism: January 15, 1797, St Mathews Lutheran Church, Hanover, York County, PA; d. Aft. 1820, Not in Lewis Michael's will.

             v.   ANN ELIZA MICHAEL, b. December 09, 1800. Baptism: January 11, 1801, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD; m. (1) CASPER STATLER III; m. (2) JOHN WAGNER, Bet. 1850 - 1860.

             vi.   WILLIAM EDWARD MICHAEL, b. March 08, 1803. Baptism: April 17, 1803, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD; d. Died young not in Lewis Michael's will.

            vii.   MARIA EMILA MICHAEL, b. May 05, 1804, Baltimore, MD. Baptism: August 19, 1804, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD; m. ANTHONY SHOEMAKER.

           viii.   SAMUEL AUGUSTUS MICHAEL, b. July 21, 1806. Baptism: November 16, 1806, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD

             ix.   CAROLINE ELISABETH MICHAEL, b. October 06, 1808 Baptism: February 14, 1809, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD; m. STEELE SAMPLE.

x.   CHARLOTTE ELONORA MICHAEL, b. February 21, 1811. Baptism May 23, 1811, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD; m. GEORGE GORDON.

Lewis is a party to several deeds in York County, PA including one in which he purchased land from Elizabeth Michael, widow.  Some articles written about Lewis state that Elizabeth was the widow of Lewis.  NOT TRUE.  This Elizabeth is the widow of the grandfather of Lewis, so was his step-grandmother.

In an advertisement Lewis is said to have obtained the knowledge (of making survey instruments) from Benjamin Rittenhouse a clockmaker and instrument maker who lived in the Philadelphia area, which indicates that Lewis was apprenticed to him.  The timing is ok, Lewis would have been 21 in 1783 so would been ready to go out on his own at that time.  There is a “Michael Lewis clockmaker” listed in the 1786 tax list for Worcester Township, Montgomery County, PA which is one of the places Benjamin Rittenhouse lived.  If Michael Lewis is really Lewis Michael it certainly indicates an association with Rittenhouse.

Lewis lived in the town of York from 1787 when he advertised in the Carlisle Gazette that he had set up shop in York until 1796 when he was in Hanover.  Beginning in 1799 he and his brother Wendel were doing business together in Baltimore, Maryland.  Lewis sold his interest in their joint real estate to Wendel in 1811.

From1814 until 1826 Lewis was in Air Township, Bedford County PA which is now in Fulton County, probably living in McConnellsburg.

In 1827 Lewis was first taxed in Somerset County, PA and is listed there in the 1830, 1840 and 1850 census.  There is an advertisement from

Chillicothe Ohio in 1832 for his instruments but if he lived there he return to PA by 1840.

 

 

 

6.  JOHN⁴ MICHAEL (JOHANN WENDEL³, JACOB MICHEL², JOHANN JACOB¹ MICHEL) was born Bet. 1765 - 1771, and died 1814 in Hanover, York County, PA.  He married CATHERINE.  (She may be Katherine Carrick who married John Michael June 10, 1794 in Cumberland County)

     

Children of JOHN MICHAEL and CATHERINE are:

              i.   ELIZABETH⁵ MICHAEL, m. SAMUEL HOSTETTER before 1814.

              ii.   JOHN MICHAEL.

             iii.   CATHERINE MICHAEL.

             iv.   MARGARET MICHAEL.

             v.   JACOB MICHAEL.

             vi.   ANNA MARY MICHAEL, b. January 08, 1802.

            vii.   WILLIAM MICHAEL.

           viii.   SUSANNA MICHAEL.

             ix.   HENRIETTA MICHAEL.

x.     CHARLES MICHAEL, b. June 01, 1811.

 

John (of Hanover) and his brother Wendel sold land in West Pennsboro, Cumberland County, Vol. 1 Book M pg 69

 

 

7.  WENDEL⁴ MICHAEL (JOHANN WENDEL³, JACOB MICHEL², JOHANN JACOB¹ MICHEL) was born Bet. 1765 – 1771, died between July 31 and October 3, 1821 in probably Baltimore.   Occupation merchant He married MARGARET CLOUSER July 30, 1795 in Cumberland County, PA. 

     

Children of WENDEL MICHAEL and MARGARET CLOUSER are:

              i.   HENRIETTA⁵ MICHAEL, b. 1801. Baptism: April 06, 1801, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD

              ii.   EMANUEL HENRICH MICHAEL, b. 1803. Baptism: 1803, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD

             iii.   LOUISA MICHAEL, b. 1806. Baptism: November 16, 1806, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD not listed in her father’s will.

 iv.  MARIA MICHAEL, b. 1808.  Baptism: November 27, 1808, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD

iv.      JOSEPHINA MICHAEL, b. 1811. Baptism: August 01, 1811, Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD

 

Wendel advertised to sell his property in Carlisle, Cumberland County Sept 19 1798

He and Lewis began leasing and purchasing property in Baltimore, MD in 1799 where his will was written and probated.

 

 

 

8.  HENRY⁴ MICHAEL (JOHANN WENDEL³, JACOB MICHEL², JOHANN JACOB¹ MICHEL) was born November 03, 1778.

     

Children of HENRY MICHAEL are:

              i.   JOHN⁵ MICHAEL.

              ii.   MARY MICHAEL.

 

 

Sources:

Evang.-Lutherisches Kirchenbuch der Pfarrei Wallhalben, 1709-1760 Knocke, Theodor (Main Author) FHL INTL Film #1676260 Item 15

 

Register zum 2. Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirchenbuch Wallhalben von 1761 bis 1798 Fuchs, Hans (Main Author) FHL INTL Film # 1676260 Item 16

 

Kirchenbuch, 1674-1798

 (Main Author) Taufen 1674, 1688-1760 (Lücken) -- Heiraten, Tote 1710-1760 -- Konfirmationen 1746-1755 -- Kirchenbußen 1709-1758 -- Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1761-1798 FHL INTL Film # 193211 Items 1 – 2

Will of Jacob Michael dated July 4, 1787 York County, PA

Will of Wendel Michael dated August 16, 1811 York County

Will of John Michael dated December 23, 1813 York County

Will of Ludwig Oberdeer dated March 2, 1811 York County

Will of Lewis Michael dated April 17, 1847 Somerset County, PA

Will of Wendel Michael (Junior) dated July 31, 1821 Baltimore, MD

Articles on Lewis Michael and Benjamin Rittenhouse:

“CLOCKMAKERS of Montgomery County” Bruce Ross Forman 2006

“The Enigma of Lewis Michael” by Silvio A. Bedini 2001

“The Art of Colonial Survey Instruments” Jeffrey Lock

Notes on Lewis Michael by Bob Miller

http://www.surveyhistory.org/lewis_michael1.htm

 

US census records 1790-1880

Land records of York County, PA and Baltimore, MD.

Compiled by Sandra Jones Hall September 2010