An American Family History

Johann Conrad Bloss

“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists."
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Bloss is also spelled Blose, Bloß and Bose, Bloz, Blos, Blotz, Blows, Bloce, Blois, Blass, Blaas, Plose.

The Palatinate is a region in south-western Germany. Many thousands of Palatine immigrants were driven out of Germany by war, famine, despotic rule and disease. They were attracted to Pennsylvania by the first settlers who sent back favorable reports.

Johann Conrad Bloss was born on January 8, 1716 in Germany. He was a weaver. His parents were Johannes Bloss and Anna Margaretha Wolff.

He married Anna Magdalena Reber. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Conrad and Magdalena Bloss.

In 1781 the Heidelberg Church listed Magdalena as a widow.

In 1776 a Conrad Bloss participated in the Battle of Long Island. Since Conrad would have been 60 at the time it is unlikely that he marched to New Jersey.

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First printed in Boston 1745

Children of
Johann Conrad Bloss and
Anna Magdalena Reber Bloss

John George Bloss

Eva Elizabeth Bloss Seidel

Maria Margaretha Bloss Brandstetter

Daniel Bloss

Peter Bloss

Henry Bloss

Sonia Bloss

Conrad Bloss

Northampton County, Pennsylvania is on the eastern border of the state in the Lehigh Valley. It was formed in 1752 from parts of Bucks County. Easton is the county seat.

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