Johannes Dietrich (Dirk) Ramsauer came to Philadelphia on October 2, 1727 with 53 Palatinates on the ship Adventure. Dietrich was born ca 1690 in Germany or Switzerland. He was Protestant and joined a Lutheran church, just west of Philadelphia. He had purchased 110 acres of land in the old Markham tract in the area of Trappe, Pa. (Upper Providence Township}, old Philadelphia county, present day Montgomery county. The church was the Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church (Old Trappe Church}. This church is said to be the oldest standing Lutheran church in America. Dietrichs land was offered for sale in 1751 and it was described as one mile from the Lutheran church. He later purchased 600 acres on the South Fork of the Catawba River and Clarks Creek (currently west of the town of Lincolnton in Lincoln Co, N.C.}. Three of Dietrichs sons are listed in N.C. on the list for the Spanish Alarm or Capt. Samuel Corbins Militia list, Henry, Jacob and David, and they all signed their name Ramsour [Lorena Eakers book]. Eaker thinks this is 1753-1754. (Source: http://www.mauneyfamily.com/ramsauer2.htm. See Source for much more information).
Johannes Dietrich (Dirk) Ramsauer came to Philadelphia on October 2, 1727 with 53 Palatinates on the ship Adventure. Dietrich was born ca 1690 in Germany or Switzerland. He was Protestant and joined a Lutheran church, just west of Philadelphia. He had purchased 110 acres of land in the old Markham tract in the area of Trappe, Pa. (Upper Providence Township}, old Philadelphia county, present day Montgomery county. The church was the Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church (Old Trappe Church}. This church is said to be the oldest standing Lutheran church in America. Dietrichs land was offered for sale in 1751 and it was described as one mile from the Lutheran church. He later purchased 600 acres on the South Fork of the Catawba River and Clarks Creek (currently west of the town of Lincolnton in Lincoln Co, N.C.}. Three of Dietrichs sons are listed in N.C. on the list for the Spanish Alarm or Capt. Samuel Corbins Militia list, Henry, Jacob and David, and they all signed their name Ramsour [Lorena Eakers book]. Eaker thinks this is 1753-1754. (Source: http://www.mauneyfamily.com/ramsauer2.htm. See Source for much more information).
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I don't know for sure if he is buried here, but many of his children are buried here.
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