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- Birth 29 Sep 1750 Emmaus, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 20 Dec 1820 Chillisquaque, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Anna Margaret is the daughter of Charlotta Margaretha Kopp and Michael Wolfgang.
Anna Margaret's mother came over on the Thistle in 1738 at the age of 6.
"List of Foreigners Imported in the Bilander Thistle, Geo. Houston, Commander, from Rotterdam. Qualified Oct. 28, 1738.
Men's Names.
Samuell Overhard Coup Age 36
Haneriagh Coup Age 28
Male Children under Sixteen.
Philip Christopher Coup Age 10
Loadwick Coup Age 4
Women and Children's Names.
Kattarina Coup Age 40
Marelina Coup Age 8
Charlet Margreta Coup Age 6
Margrat Coup Age 8"
~Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Edited by Wm. H. Egle, M.D., Vol. XVII. Harrisburg: E.K. Meyers, State Printer 1890.
Anna Margaret's father came over on the St. Andrew in 1743, at the age of 23.
"List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship St. Andrew, Robert Brown, Captain, from Rotterdam. Qualified Oct. 7, 1743."
"Michael Wolfgang"
"The original list is herewith given."
"Michl. Wolfanger,...... age 23"
Pennsylvania Archives; William Henry Egle, et al;
Names of Foreigners who Took the Oath of Allegiance; Harrisburg: Edwin K. Meyers, State Printer 1892
Anna Margaret Wolfgang was born 29 September 1750 in Emmaus,
Lehigh county, Pennsylvania
~Moravian Archives, the cover page of the Catalog of the congregation in Salisbury, dated November 17, 1760, in Folder: Cat. Salisbury (i.e. Emmaus) 1760, in Box: Emmaus, PA Catalogs, 1754-1830.
Anna Margaret's parents both died in 1760, perhaps from Indian attack, or illness. Michael must have known he was dying, and made out his will.
Anna Margaret Wolfgang was listed as a minor in orphan's court records 1760 in Easton, Northampton Co., PA. She was listed as an unknown person's ward 1761.
"Henry Beck... grew up in Berks county, and in the year 1775 married Margaret Wolfgang."
~Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania by J.H. Beers & Co. Published 1898, pgs 848-9
Henry Beck married Margaret Wolfgang
27 December 1774
New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
~Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821, ancestry.com
"One son, Henry [Beck], went to Berks county, Pa., married Margaret Wolfgang, and reared a family of seven children...." ~Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania...; Chicago; J.L. Floyd & Co. 1911
1790 Federal Census
Earl, Berks county, Pennsylvania
Henry Beck
1 male 16 & upwards
4 males under 16
4 females
1820 Federal Census
Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania
Henry Beck
1 free white male 45 and upwards
1 free white female 45 and upwards
Margaret was buried in the Old Lutheran Cemetery at Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; her remains were later moved to Harmony Cemetery.
~www.miltonhistory.org
Children
About 1775-Before 1830 Sophia Beck Gross
111649112 is probably husband William Gross
John William Gross and Sophia Bek
Marriage 30 Mar 1794
Saint Paul Lutheran And Reformed Church
Amityville, Berks, Pennsylvania
~Pennsylvania Marriages
1800 Federal Census
Amity, Berks, Pennsylvania
William Gross
1 male under 10
1 male of 26 & under 45
2 females under 10
1 female of 26 & under 45
1810 Federal Census
Earl, Berks, Pennsylvania
William Gross
4 males under 10
1 male of 10 & under 16
1 male of 26 & under 45
2 females of 10 & under 16
1 female of 26 & under 45
1820 Federal Census
Earl, Berks, Pennsylvania
Wm Gross
1 male under 10
2 males of 10 & under 16
1 male between 16 & 18
1 male of 16 & under 26
1 male 45 & upwards
1 female under 10
1 female of 16 & under 26
1 female of 45 & upwards
2 engaged in Agriculture
Sophia Beck Gross died sometime after 1820, and before 1830.
1830 Federal Census
Earl, Berks, Pennsylvania
William Gross
1 male of 5 & under 10
1 male of 15 & under 20
1 male of 50 & under 60
1 female of 15 & under 20
1776 Heinrich Beck
1779 George Beck
1781 Maria Beck Glesz/Glaze
Maria was born 1781, Berks county, Pennsylvania. She married Steven Glesz. The family lived in Turbut Twp, Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Maria and Stephen Glaze had eight children, two known are Levi and Stephen. Maria died in 1824. Stephen never remarried. In 1860 he lived with his son Stephen, and died in 1868. Mary and Stephen Glaze are buried in Turbotville Cemetery in Northumberland, Pennsylvania
1784 Elisabeth "Betsy" Beck Coffman/Kauffman
Elisabeth was born January 14, 1784. She married David Kauffman 24 Oct 1804 at Oley, Berks county, Pennsylvania. She and David moved to West Buffalo Twp, Union county, and are found there on records beginning 1806, until Elisabeth died November 1, 1862.
1789 Katherine Susan Beck Hill
1793-Before 1880 Thomas Beck
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1750 - 1820 (70 years)
