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Brandstetter, Bauman, Dreissbach, Bloss and Spitelmaier Families

Ancestors of Sarah Branstiter Taylor

The ancestors of Sarah Branstiter Taylor were German Palatine Lutherans who were driven out of Germany by war, famine, despotic rule, and disease. They were attracted to Pennasylvania by the first settlers who sent back favorable reports.

Johann Jacob Branstetter and Anna Magdalena Spitelmaier immigrated in 1738 to Pennsylvania on the ship Robert & Alice. 1738 was marked by considerable deprivation on the journey so much so that it became known as the the "Year of the Destroying Angels."

Sarah's great grandfather, John Jacob Branstetter, was a private in the Northampton Militia during the American Revolution. The following generations of Brandstetters moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio. Many of the descendants were blacksmiths as well as farmers.

Many thanks to Richard W. Brunstetter and Darlene Lockwood Kennedy who provided much for the research on this family.

Andreas Brandstetter and Appolonia Egle 1692

Andreas Sigismund Brandstetter

Appolonia Egle Dosenbau Brandstetter

Aichau-Ansbach, Bayern, Middle Franconia, Germany
Thaleischweiler-Fröschen, Sudwestpfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Ansbach

Hans Martin Spitelmaier & Anna Catharina Willemann 1703

Baden, Hoffenheim, Germany
Berks County, Pennsylvania

Johann Simon Dreisbach & Maria Katharina Keller 1720

Oberndorf, Germany
Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

  

John (Johann) Jacob Brandstetter & Anna Magdalena Spitelmaier 1745

Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

  

Johann Conrad Bloss & Anna Magdalena Reber 1740

Johann Conrad Bloss

Anna Magdalena Reber Bloss

Germany
Heidelberg Township Northampton County (now Lehigh County), Pennsylvania

  

Johann Dietrich Bauman & Eva Elizabeth Beil 1739

Johann Dietrich Bauman

Eva Elizabeth Beil Bauman

Marlborough Township, Montgomery (was Philadelphia) County, Pennsylvania
Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

  
Johann Jost Dreisbach Family about 1750  

Heinrich Bauman & Catherine Dreisbach about 1765

Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

  

John Jacob Brandstetter & Maria Margaretha Bloß 1773

Heidelberg Union Church

Heidelberg Township, Northampton (now) Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

  

Daniel Brandstetter and Christina Bauman 1801

 

Towamensing Union Church

Heidelberg Luthern Church

1815 Indemnity Bond

Heidelberg Township, Northampton (now Lehigh County), Pennsylvania
German Township, Champaign (now Clark) County, Ohio

Elizabeth Morris
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Daniel Branstiter and Elizabeth Baker 1823


German Township, Clark County, Ohio
Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio
Jacksonville Township, Morgan County, Illinois

 

     

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