Most information that I have found on the Internet states that Johannes was born in Germany. I have papers handed down to me by my Grandmother, Merle Shoaf Pethel that states he was born in LaRoachelle, France. She submitted her records to the French Huguenot Society with records for backup and was accepted into this society. Her information came from Bible records, Church records, Rowan County records and also Early Germans of N.J. The only children listed on her application for Johannes are: Ablonia(Born 1692), Elizabeth Magdalena(born 1697), Barbara (born 1699), Alexander(born 1708), Daniel (born 1713) and John (born 2-16-1717). Five children are not accounted for in her records to match up to the records that I have recorded as his other children.
Johannes was a Protestant who grew up in the time of the Protestant Reformation. From Germany, he went with his parents and wife to Holland where they sailed on the ship Medford for American in 1708. In 1713 he was in Peapack, NJ., settling on Lowrance Brook, a tributary of the north Rairtan River(now named Peapack Brook). By 1720 he had built a home and mill.
Descendants of Hans Lorentz: Johannes Lorentz and his family sailed from Holland on May 23 1709 on the ship "Medford." See Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Vol. 2, page 1235: Johannes Lorentz, age 43;Anna Margaretha, age 39; Anna Eliz., age 15; Magdalena, age 13; Anna Barbara, age 11; Alexander, age 1/2 yrs."
They arrived in New York in August 1710 and settled in the vicinity of New Rochelle, NY for several years before moving to Somerset Co NJ, near Peapack, on the Lowrance Brook of the North Raritan River (later named Peapack Brook) before the year 1716. Johannes built a house there which is reportedly still standing, having been remodeled in 1940. He also built a mill which his youngest son, John Lowrance, Sr., operated at the time of his death.
After Johannes' death in November 1745, sons Alexander and John moved to NC with their wives and children in the wave of Palatinate German migration to the southern frontiers around 1756-57.
Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina:
"The Lowrance name is thought by most researchers, and supported by widespread family tradition, to be French in origin. The name probably originated in the province of Lorraine. But even if Johannes Lorentz was of French ancestry, he lived for a while in German territory, wrote and spoke German, and married a German woman."
Lain, Lowrance and Related Families, page 66:
Johannes Lorentz came over in the "second emigration" of Palatines or Germans in 1710 and was found in New York at that date. The record is as follows: Johannes Lorentz in New York, 1710, at age of 43, his wife Anna Margaretha, age 39, his children Ablonia at age 18, Anna Elisabetha at15, Magdalena at 13, Anna Barbara at 11, and Alexander at age of one year and a half. The old German family Bible contains the record of baptisms of John's children. The will of Johannes Lorentz, dated Peapack, 12July, probated 3 Dec. 1745 (Trenton Lib, I. fol. 16) names six children.
Year: 1736
Alsace-Lorraine is a region in north-eastern France, consisting of parts of the former French Provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. It is called Alsace-Lorraine while under German rule from 1871 to 1919 and from 1940 to 1944-45.
The former province of Alsace was bordered by Germany on the east, Switzerland on the sought and the Vosges mountains on the west. The province of Loraine, to the northwest of Alsace, bounded by Germany on the east and Belgium and Luxembourg on the north, is now divided into the departments of Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse and Vosgues. Its main industry is the production of iron and steel and it contains the cities of Nancy, Metz and Verdun.
Alsace-Lorraine was part of the Roman, Carolingian and Holy Roman Empires. in 1552 Henry ll of France seized the bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun. In the Thirty Years' War, from 1618-1648, Alsace-Lorraine was fought over and in 1648 part of Alsace was ceded to France. Lois XIV occupied most of the rest between 1680 and 1697. The duchy of Lorraine was united to France by treaty in 1766. Though, the people of the two areas spoke a German dialect, they came to consider themselves French and opposed German annexation after the France-Prussian War (1870-71). France's desire to regain Alsace-Lorraine was a factor behind WWl. After this war there was a strong local movement for autonomous status within France. In 1940 Germany again annexed Alsace-Lorraine and allied troops who freed the area were greeted as liberators.
Johannes was a Protestant who grew up in the time of the Protestant Reformation. From Germany, he went with his parents and wife to Holland where they sailed on the ship Medford for American in 1708. In 1713 he was in Peapack, NJ., settling on Lowrance Brook, a tributary of the north Rairtan River(now named Peapack Brook). By 1720 he had built a home and mill.
Descendants of Hans Lorentz: Johannes Lorentz and his family sailed from Holland on May 23 1709 on the ship "Medford." See Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Vol. 2, page 1235: Johannes Lorentz, age 43;Anna Margaretha, age 39; Anna Eliz., age 15; Magdalena, age 13; Anna Barbara, age 11; Alexander, age 1/2 yrs."
They arrived in New York in August 1710 and settled in the vicinity of New Rochelle, NY for several years before moving to Somerset Co NJ, near Peapack, on the Lowrance Brook of the North Raritan River (later named Peapack Brook) before the year 1716. Johannes built a house there which is reportedly still standing, having been remodeled in 1940. He also built a mill which his youngest son, John Lowrance, Sr., operated at the time of his death.
After Johannes' death in November 1745, sons Alexander and John moved to NC with their wives and children in the wave of Palatinate German migration to the southern frontiers around 1756-57.
Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina:
"The Lowrance name is thought by most researchers, and supported by widespread family tradition, to be French in origin. The name probably originated in the province of Lorraine. But even if Johannes Lorentz was of French ancestry, he lived for a while in German territory, wrote and spoke German, and married a German woman."
Lain, Lowrance and Related Families, page 66:
Johannes Lorentz came over in the "second emigration" of Palatines or Germans in 1710 and was found in New York at that date. The record is as follows: Johannes Lorentz in New York, 1710, at age of 43, his wife Anna Margaretha, age 39, his children Ablonia at age 18, Anna Elisabetha at15, Magdalena at 13, Anna Barbara at 11, and Alexander at age of one year and a half. The old German family Bible contains the record of baptisms of John's children. The will of Johannes Lorentz, dated Peapack, 12July, probated 3 Dec. 1745 (Trenton Lib, I. fol. 16) names six children.
Year: 1736
Alsace-Lorraine is a region in north-eastern France, consisting of parts of the former French Provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. It is called Alsace-Lorraine while under German rule from 1871 to 1919 and from 1940 to 1944-45.
The former province of Alsace was bordered by Germany on the east, Switzerland on the sought and the Vosges mountains on the west. The province of Loraine, to the northwest of Alsace, bounded by Germany on the east and Belgium and Luxembourg on the north, is now divided into the departments of Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse and Vosgues. Its main industry is the production of iron and steel and it contains the cities of Nancy, Metz and Verdun.
Alsace-Lorraine was part of the Roman, Carolingian and Holy Roman Empires. in 1552 Henry ll of France seized the bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun. In the Thirty Years' War, from 1618-1648, Alsace-Lorraine was fought over and in 1648 part of Alsace was ceded to France. Lois XIV occupied most of the rest between 1680 and 1697. The duchy of Lorraine was united to France by treaty in 1766. Though, the people of the two areas spoke a German dialect, they came to consider themselves French and opposed German annexation after the France-Prussian War (1870-71). France's desire to regain Alsace-Lorraine was a factor behind WWl. After this war there was a strong local movement for autonomous status within France. In 1940 Germany again annexed Alsace-Lorraine and allied troops who freed the area were greeted as liberators.
Most information that I have found on the Internet states that Johannes was born in Germany. I have papers handed down to me by my Grandmother, Merle Shoaf Pethel that states he was born in LaRoachelle, France. She submitted her records to the French Huguenot Society with records for backup and was accepted into this society. Her information came from Bible records, Church records, Rowan County records and also Early Germans of N.J. The only children listed on her application for Johannes are: Ablonia(Born 1692), Elizabeth Magdalena(born 1697), Barbara (born 1699), Alexander(born 1708), Daniel (born 1713) and John (born 2-16-1717). Five children are not accounted for in her records to match up to the records that I have recorded as his other children.
Johannes was a Protestant who grew up in the time of the Protestant Reformation. From Germany, he went with his parents and wife to Holland where they sailed on the ship Medford for American in 1708. In 1713 he was in Peapack, NJ., settling on Lowrance Brook, a tributary of the north Rairtan River(now named Peapack Brook). By 1720 he had built a home and mill.
Descendants of Hans Lorentz: Johannes Lorentz and his family sailed from Holland on May 23 1709 on the ship "Medford." See Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Vol. 2, page 1235: Johannes Lorentz, age 43;Anna Margaretha, age 39; Anna Eliz., age 15; Magdalena, age 13; Anna Barbara, age 11; Alexander, age 1/2 yrs."
They arrived in New York in August 1710 and settled in the vicinity of New Rochelle, NY for several years before moving to Somerset Co NJ, near Peapack, on the Lowrance Brook of the North Raritan River (later named Peapack Brook) before the year 1716. Johannes built a house there which is reportedly still standing, having been remodeled in 1940. He also built a mill which his youngest son, John Lowrance, Sr., operated at the time of his death.
After Johannes' death in November 1745, sons Alexander and John moved to NC with their wives and children in the wave of Palatinate German migration to the southern frontiers around 1756-57.
Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina:
"The Lowrance name is thought by most researchers, and supported by widespread family tradition, to be French in origin. The name probably originated in the province of Lorraine. But even if Johannes Lorentz was of French ancestry, he lived for a while in German territory, wrote and spoke German, and married a German woman."
Lain, Lowrance and Related Families, page 66:
Johannes Lorentz came over in the "second emigration" of Palatines or Germans in 1710 and was found in New York at that date. The record is as follows: Johannes Lorentz in New York, 1710, at age of 43, his wife Anna Margaretha, age 39, his children Ablonia at age 18, Anna Elisabetha at15, Magdalena at 13, Anna Barbara at 11, and Alexander at age of one year and a half. The old German family Bible contains the record of baptisms of John's children. The will of Johannes Lorentz, dated Peapack, 12July, probated 3 Dec. 1745 (Trenton Lib, I. fol. 16) names six children.
Year: 1736
Alsace-Lorraine is a region in north-eastern France, consisting of parts of the former French Provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. It is called Alsace-Lorraine while under German rule from 1871 to 1919 and from 1940 to 1944-45.
The former province of Alsace was bordered by Germany on the east, Switzerland on the sought and the Vosges mountains on the west. The province of Loraine, to the northwest of Alsace, bounded by Germany on the east and Belgium and Luxembourg on the north, is now divided into the departments of Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse and Vosgues. Its main industry is the production of iron and steel and it contains the cities of Nancy, Metz and Verdun.
Alsace-Lorraine was part of the Roman, Carolingian and Holy Roman Empires. in 1552 Henry ll of France seized the bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun. In the Thirty Years' War, from 1618-1648, Alsace-Lorraine was fought over and in 1648 part of Alsace was ceded to France. Lois XIV occupied most of the rest between 1680 and 1697. The duchy of Lorraine was united to France by treaty in 1766. Though, the people of the two areas spoke a German dialect, they came to consider themselves French and opposed German annexation after the France-Prussian War (1870-71). France's desire to regain Alsace-Lorraine was a factor behind WWl. After this war there was a strong local movement for autonomous status within France. In 1940 Germany again annexed Alsace-Lorraine and allied troops who freed the area were greeted as liberators.
Johannes was a Protestant who grew up in the time of the Protestant Reformation. From Germany, he went with his parents and wife to Holland where they sailed on the ship Medford for American in 1708. In 1713 he was in Peapack, NJ., settling on Lowrance Brook, a tributary of the north Rairtan River(now named Peapack Brook). By 1720 he had built a home and mill.
Descendants of Hans Lorentz: Johannes Lorentz and his family sailed from Holland on May 23 1709 on the ship "Medford." See Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Vol. 2, page 1235: Johannes Lorentz, age 43;Anna Margaretha, age 39; Anna Eliz., age 15; Magdalena, age 13; Anna Barbara, age 11; Alexander, age 1/2 yrs."
They arrived in New York in August 1710 and settled in the vicinity of New Rochelle, NY for several years before moving to Somerset Co NJ, near Peapack, on the Lowrance Brook of the North Raritan River (later named Peapack Brook) before the year 1716. Johannes built a house there which is reportedly still standing, having been remodeled in 1940. He also built a mill which his youngest son, John Lowrance, Sr., operated at the time of his death.
After Johannes' death in November 1745, sons Alexander and John moved to NC with their wives and children in the wave of Palatinate German migration to the southern frontiers around 1756-57.
Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina:
"The Lowrance name is thought by most researchers, and supported by widespread family tradition, to be French in origin. The name probably originated in the province of Lorraine. But even if Johannes Lorentz was of French ancestry, he lived for a while in German territory, wrote and spoke German, and married a German woman."
Lain, Lowrance and Related Families, page 66:
Johannes Lorentz came over in the "second emigration" of Palatines or Germans in 1710 and was found in New York at that date. The record is as follows: Johannes Lorentz in New York, 1710, at age of 43, his wife Anna Margaretha, age 39, his children Ablonia at age 18, Anna Elisabetha at15, Magdalena at 13, Anna Barbara at 11, and Alexander at age of one year and a half. The old German family Bible contains the record of baptisms of John's children. The will of Johannes Lorentz, dated Peapack, 12July, probated 3 Dec. 1745 (Trenton Lib, I. fol. 16) names six children.
Year: 1736
Alsace-Lorraine is a region in north-eastern France, consisting of parts of the former French Provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. It is called Alsace-Lorraine while under German rule from 1871 to 1919 and from 1940 to 1944-45.
The former province of Alsace was bordered by Germany on the east, Switzerland on the sought and the Vosges mountains on the west. The province of Loraine, to the northwest of Alsace, bounded by Germany on the east and Belgium and Luxembourg on the north, is now divided into the departments of Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse and Vosgues. Its main industry is the production of iron and steel and it contains the cities of Nancy, Metz and Verdun.
Alsace-Lorraine was part of the Roman, Carolingian and Holy Roman Empires. in 1552 Henry ll of France seized the bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun. In the Thirty Years' War, from 1618-1648, Alsace-Lorraine was fought over and in 1648 part of Alsace was ceded to France. Lois XIV occupied most of the rest between 1680 and 1697. The duchy of Lorraine was united to France by treaty in 1766. Though, the people of the two areas spoke a German dialect, they came to consider themselves French and opposed German annexation after the France-Prussian War (1870-71). France's desire to regain Alsace-Lorraine was a factor behind WWl. After this war there was a strong local movement for autonomous status within France. In 1940 Germany again annexed Alsace-Lorraine and allied troops who freed the area were greeted as liberators.
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