Buried under the name "Georg Fridrich Borchhard", his actual name was most likely George Friedrick Burchkardt,
s/o Peter Borchhard and mother, N.N. ["Son of Peter Borchhard and mother, not nowen (sic, not known)"]
Married Nov. 19, 1749 to Mary Catharina Mullern.
Sick from "Reifnuden" stone. aged 80 years, less 2 months
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The following information is from family members, DAR Records, Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church records and research by Patricia T. Peterson between the 1960's until the 1980's.
[I contacted a German on line translation service to attempt to discern what a "Reifnuden" stone was, but never heard back from them. I also have a German dictionary and cannot find the word. It must have been "Americanized", the meaning lost in translation thruout the centuries.It could have been a kidney stone or gall stone, cannot know for certain.]
George Frederick Burckhardt was one of 9 children born to Johannes Burckhardt (1676-1756) and Katarine (Herbert) Burckhardt (1683-1752) in the Rheinland-Pfalz area of Germany. They had previously lived in Basel, Switzerland, and then in the Baden-Baden region, but it was close to the Swiss border and because of border wars, the family had gone from being Swiss to German. The Burkharts had embraced the Lutheran faith and had become the subject of religious persecution beginning in 1713. Many Lutheran families had been arrested, their property confiscated, and the people set aboard Dutch slave ships heading for the American Colonies. The Dutch received $12 per person; this did not sit well with the Dutch, apparently, as they returned the poor Lutheran exiles back to Germany, saying they hadn't been paid enough to take them all of the way to America. The German government compensated the exiles to some extent, but most were, to put it bluntly, fed up with the German government and felt it was only a matter of time before things would become worse again.** They all left on those same Dutch slave ships as the fare was cheaper (referred to as "coffin ships" because of the shape of the ships and because they were usually used to transport slaves from Africa, lying them side by side as in a "coffin", & due to the high rate of deaths on those same ships) arriving in America from the mid 1700's on. Most of George Frederick Burkhardt's family, including his parents, brothers and sisters, left Germany, arriving at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on different ships on different dates, as finances permitted. George may have been aboard the slave ship "Sallie", settling in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and then marrying Maria Catharina Miller, a daughter of Irish immigrant Margaret (Wallace) Miller and Thomas Miller. She had been b.Dec 19, 1728 in Washington County, Pennsylvania and had 4 brothers. The couple married on Nov 19, 1749 at Lancaster, PA. In 1751, the couple removed to Frederick, Maryland and it was there that these children were born into this life:
George (Peter), b.Dec 22, 1751
George Peter, b.June 3, 1754, a twin,
Maria Anna, b.June 3, 1754, a twin, m.Francis Mantz
Christopher Frederick, b.Dec 19, 1756
Catherine, b.Feb 20, 1759
Margreta Peggy, b.May 29, 1762, m.Wilhelm Carl Gross 1st and m.John Slunger 2nd
Peter Frederick, b.1763
Johannes "John", b.Jan 10, 1765
Phillipine "Phebe", b.Oct 29, 1767 and
Daniel, b.Apr 10, 1772
George Frederick enlisted with other colonists to fight for America's freedom from English rule. He served as an Ensign under Captain William Duvall's German Regiment of Maryland during the Revolutionary War (per National Military in the Revolutionary War by Clements & Wright, p.58). Following the war, he moved his family to Maidencreek, Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1790. The family had returned to Fredericktown, Frederick County, Md. by the time of his death, which occurred on Aug 10, 1805, per DAR records or Apr 9, 1805 per church records. Unfortunately, it is quite possible that all but 44 graves and tombstones were covered over when an addition to the church parking lot was built. This is most likely true -- both George and Maria Catharina were buried at the church cemetery upon their deaths, per both church and DAR records and they were my 5X great grandparents. I have Barbara to thank for recording the church records, as botched up as they were, as I never would have found them if it hadn't been for her and Find A Grave.
Sept.18th, 2012
My linage:
Kathie L.Webb Blair b.1951 Patricia Jean Taylor Webb b.1924 Pearl Laura Baker Taylor b.1895 Nellie Olivia Burkhart Royce Baker Hall b.1859 Leander Columbus Burkhart b.1823 John Burkhart b.1787 George (Peter) Burckhardt b.1751 George Frederick Burckhardt b.1725 Johannes Peter Burckhardt b.1676
**Of interest: My 3x gt. grandfather, John Burkhart, married Rebecca Baltzell in 1816. Her parents and grandparents had come from Basel, Switzerland during their persecution at about the same time the Burkharts were being exiled. The Baltzells were of a faith that would later be called Mennonite (although many who came became Amish, retaining their German language and rejecting "modernization"). Per the "Brown Book", a history of the Baltzells, Browns, Christs and others who were imprisoned and their property and money confiscated between @1713-1735. They were put aboard Dutch slave ships to be sent to America as indentured servants. The Dutch took them to their homelands and rendered aid to those who had suffered greatly during their imprisonment then returned them to Basel, Switzerland, demanding justice for them. The Priests involved finally released their lands and monies back to them, but they chose to come to America, where they settled in Pennsylvania. So both my 3x great grandfather's and grandmother's parents had faced persecution for their religious beliefs. I was amazed and grateful more than before after reading the texts that my mother had so carefully copied by hand back in the late 1960's or early 1970's, before everything was computerized. I have my ancestors to thank for my being able to practice my faith without being persecuted. All who live in this great land should be made aware of this and not take this right for granted (includes ALL faiths, not just Christianity!).
6 May 2015, 4 Sep 2016
name amended Jan 10, 2016
s/o Peter Borchhard and mother, N.N. ["Son of Peter Borchhard and mother, not nowen (sic, not known)"]
Married Nov. 19, 1749 to Mary Catharina Mullern.
Sick from "Reifnuden" stone. aged 80 years, less 2 months
***********************************************************
The following information is from family members, DAR Records, Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church records and research by Patricia T. Peterson between the 1960's until the 1980's.
[I contacted a German on line translation service to attempt to discern what a "Reifnuden" stone was, but never heard back from them. I also have a German dictionary and cannot find the word. It must have been "Americanized", the meaning lost in translation thruout the centuries.It could have been a kidney stone or gall stone, cannot know for certain.]
George Frederick Burckhardt was one of 9 children born to Johannes Burckhardt (1676-1756) and Katarine (Herbert) Burckhardt (1683-1752) in the Rheinland-Pfalz area of Germany. They had previously lived in Basel, Switzerland, and then in the Baden-Baden region, but it was close to the Swiss border and because of border wars, the family had gone from being Swiss to German. The Burkharts had embraced the Lutheran faith and had become the subject of religious persecution beginning in 1713. Many Lutheran families had been arrested, their property confiscated, and the people set aboard Dutch slave ships heading for the American Colonies. The Dutch received $12 per person; this did not sit well with the Dutch, apparently, as they returned the poor Lutheran exiles back to Germany, saying they hadn't been paid enough to take them all of the way to America. The German government compensated the exiles to some extent, but most were, to put it bluntly, fed up with the German government and felt it was only a matter of time before things would become worse again.** They all left on those same Dutch slave ships as the fare was cheaper (referred to as "coffin ships" because of the shape of the ships and because they were usually used to transport slaves from Africa, lying them side by side as in a "coffin", & due to the high rate of deaths on those same ships) arriving in America from the mid 1700's on. Most of George Frederick Burkhardt's family, including his parents, brothers and sisters, left Germany, arriving at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on different ships on different dates, as finances permitted. George may have been aboard the slave ship "Sallie", settling in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and then marrying Maria Catharina Miller, a daughter of Irish immigrant Margaret (Wallace) Miller and Thomas Miller. She had been b.Dec 19, 1728 in Washington County, Pennsylvania and had 4 brothers. The couple married on Nov 19, 1749 at Lancaster, PA. In 1751, the couple removed to Frederick, Maryland and it was there that these children were born into this life:
George (Peter), b.Dec 22, 1751
George Peter, b.June 3, 1754, a twin,
Maria Anna, b.June 3, 1754, a twin, m.Francis Mantz
Christopher Frederick, b.Dec 19, 1756
Catherine, b.Feb 20, 1759
Margreta Peggy, b.May 29, 1762, m.Wilhelm Carl Gross 1st and m.John Slunger 2nd
Peter Frederick, b.1763
Johannes "John", b.Jan 10, 1765
Phillipine "Phebe", b.Oct 29, 1767 and
Daniel, b.Apr 10, 1772
George Frederick enlisted with other colonists to fight for America's freedom from English rule. He served as an Ensign under Captain William Duvall's German Regiment of Maryland during the Revolutionary War (per National Military in the Revolutionary War by Clements & Wright, p.58). Following the war, he moved his family to Maidencreek, Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1790. The family had returned to Fredericktown, Frederick County, Md. by the time of his death, which occurred on Aug 10, 1805, per DAR records or Apr 9, 1805 per church records. Unfortunately, it is quite possible that all but 44 graves and tombstones were covered over when an addition to the church parking lot was built. This is most likely true -- both George and Maria Catharina were buried at the church cemetery upon their deaths, per both church and DAR records and they were my 5X great grandparents. I have Barbara to thank for recording the church records, as botched up as they were, as I never would have found them if it hadn't been for her and Find A Grave.
Sept.18th, 2012
My linage:
Kathie L.Webb Blair b.1951 Patricia Jean Taylor Webb b.1924 Pearl Laura Baker Taylor b.1895 Nellie Olivia Burkhart Royce Baker Hall b.1859 Leander Columbus Burkhart b.1823 John Burkhart b.1787 George (Peter) Burckhardt b.1751 George Frederick Burckhardt b.1725 Johannes Peter Burckhardt b.1676
**Of interest: My 3x gt. grandfather, John Burkhart, married Rebecca Baltzell in 1816. Her parents and grandparents had come from Basel, Switzerland during their persecution at about the same time the Burkharts were being exiled. The Baltzells were of a faith that would later be called Mennonite (although many who came became Amish, retaining their German language and rejecting "modernization"). Per the "Brown Book", a history of the Baltzells, Browns, Christs and others who were imprisoned and their property and money confiscated between @1713-1735. They were put aboard Dutch slave ships to be sent to America as indentured servants. The Dutch took them to their homelands and rendered aid to those who had suffered greatly during their imprisonment then returned them to Basel, Switzerland, demanding justice for them. The Priests involved finally released their lands and monies back to them, but they chose to come to America, where they settled in Pennsylvania. So both my 3x great grandfather's and grandmother's parents had faced persecution for their religious beliefs. I was amazed and grateful more than before after reading the texts that my mother had so carefully copied by hand back in the late 1960's or early 1970's, before everything was computerized. I have my ancestors to thank for my being able to practice my faith without being persecuted. All who live in this great land should be made aware of this and not take this right for granted (includes ALL faiths, not just Christianity!).
6 May 2015, 4 Sep 2016
name amended Jan 10, 2016
Buried under the name "Georg Fridrich Borchhard", his actual name was most likely George Friedrick Burchkardt,
s/o Peter Borchhard and mother, N.N. ["Son of Peter Borchhard and mother, not nowen (sic, not known)"]
Married Nov. 19, 1749 to Mary Catharina Mullern.
Sick from "Reifnuden" stone. aged 80 years, less 2 months
***********************************************************
The following information is from family members, DAR Records, Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church records and research by Patricia T. Peterson between the 1960's until the 1980's.
[I contacted a German on line translation service to attempt to discern what a "Reifnuden" stone was, but never heard back from them. I also have a German dictionary and cannot find the word. It must have been "Americanized", the meaning lost in translation thruout the centuries.It could have been a kidney stone or gall stone, cannot know for certain.]
George Frederick Burckhardt was one of 9 children born to Johannes Burckhardt (1676-1756) and Katarine (Herbert) Burckhardt (1683-1752) in the Rheinland-Pfalz area of Germany. They had previously lived in Basel, Switzerland, and then in the Baden-Baden region, but it was close to the Swiss border and because of border wars, the family had gone from being Swiss to German. The Burkharts had embraced the Lutheran faith and had become the subject of religious persecution beginning in 1713. Many Lutheran families had been arrested, their property confiscated, and the people set aboard Dutch slave ships heading for the American Colonies. The Dutch received $12 per person; this did not sit well with the Dutch, apparently, as they returned the poor Lutheran exiles back to Germany, saying they hadn't been paid enough to take them all of the way to America. The German government compensated the exiles to some extent, but most were, to put it bluntly, fed up with the German government and felt it was only a matter of time before things would become worse again.** They all left on those same Dutch slave ships as the fare was cheaper (referred to as "coffin ships" because of the shape of the ships and because they were usually used to transport slaves from Africa, lying them side by side as in a "coffin", & due to the high rate of deaths on those same ships) arriving in America from the mid 1700's on. Most of George Frederick Burkhardt's family, including his parents, brothers and sisters, left Germany, arriving at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on different ships on different dates, as finances permitted. George may have been aboard the slave ship "Sallie", settling in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and then marrying Maria Catharina Miller, a daughter of Irish immigrant Margaret (Wallace) Miller and Thomas Miller. She had been b.Dec 19, 1728 in Washington County, Pennsylvania and had 4 brothers. The couple married on Nov 19, 1749 at Lancaster, PA. In 1751, the couple removed to Frederick, Maryland and it was there that these children were born into this life:
George (Peter), b.Dec 22, 1751
George Peter, b.June 3, 1754, a twin,
Maria Anna, b.June 3, 1754, a twin, m.Francis Mantz
Christopher Frederick, b.Dec 19, 1756
Catherine, b.Feb 20, 1759
Margreta Peggy, b.May 29, 1762, m.Wilhelm Carl Gross 1st and m.John Slunger 2nd
Peter Frederick, b.1763
Johannes "John", b.Jan 10, 1765
Phillipine "Phebe", b.Oct 29, 1767 and
Daniel, b.Apr 10, 1772
George Frederick enlisted with other colonists to fight for America's freedom from English rule. He served as an Ensign under Captain William Duvall's German Regiment of Maryland during the Revolutionary War (per National Military in the Revolutionary War by Clements & Wright, p.58). Following the war, he moved his family to Maidencreek, Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1790. The family had returned to Fredericktown, Frederick County, Md. by the time of his death, which occurred on Aug 10, 1805, per DAR records or Apr 9, 1805 per church records. Unfortunately, it is quite possible that all but 44 graves and tombstones were covered over when an addition to the church parking lot was built. This is most likely true -- both George and Maria Catharina were buried at the church cemetery upon their deaths, per both church and DAR records and they were my 5X great grandparents. I have Barbara to thank for recording the church records, as botched up as they were, as I never would have found them if it hadn't been for her and Find A Grave.
Sept.18th, 2012
My linage:
Kathie L.Webb Blair b.1951 Patricia Jean Taylor Webb b.1924 Pearl Laura Baker Taylor b.1895 Nellie Olivia Burkhart Royce Baker Hall b.1859 Leander Columbus Burkhart b.1823 John Burkhart b.1787 George (Peter) Burckhardt b.1751 George Frederick Burckhardt b.1725 Johannes Peter Burckhardt b.1676
**Of interest: My 3x gt. grandfather, John Burkhart, married Rebecca Baltzell in 1816. Her parents and grandparents had come from Basel, Switzerland during their persecution at about the same time the Burkharts were being exiled. The Baltzells were of a faith that would later be called Mennonite (although many who came became Amish, retaining their German language and rejecting "modernization"). Per the "Brown Book", a history of the Baltzells, Browns, Christs and others who were imprisoned and their property and money confiscated between @1713-1735. They were put aboard Dutch slave ships to be sent to America as indentured servants. The Dutch took them to their homelands and rendered aid to those who had suffered greatly during their imprisonment then returned them to Basel, Switzerland, demanding justice for them. The Priests involved finally released their lands and monies back to them, but they chose to come to America, where they settled in Pennsylvania. So both my 3x great grandfather's and grandmother's parents had faced persecution for their religious beliefs. I was amazed and grateful more than before after reading the texts that my mother had so carefully copied by hand back in the late 1960's or early 1970's, before everything was computerized. I have my ancestors to thank for my being able to practice my faith without being persecuted. All who live in this great land should be made aware of this and not take this right for granted (includes ALL faiths, not just Christianity!).
6 May 2015, 4 Sep 2016
name amended Jan 10, 2016
s/o Peter Borchhard and mother, N.N. ["Son of Peter Borchhard and mother, not nowen (sic, not known)"]
Married Nov. 19, 1749 to Mary Catharina Mullern.
Sick from "Reifnuden" stone. aged 80 years, less 2 months
***********************************************************
The following information is from family members, DAR Records, Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church records and research by Patricia T. Peterson between the 1960's until the 1980's.
[I contacted a German on line translation service to attempt to discern what a "Reifnuden" stone was, but never heard back from them. I also have a German dictionary and cannot find the word. It must have been "Americanized", the meaning lost in translation thruout the centuries.It could have been a kidney stone or gall stone, cannot know for certain.]
George Frederick Burckhardt was one of 9 children born to Johannes Burckhardt (1676-1756) and Katarine (Herbert) Burckhardt (1683-1752) in the Rheinland-Pfalz area of Germany. They had previously lived in Basel, Switzerland, and then in the Baden-Baden region, but it was close to the Swiss border and because of border wars, the family had gone from being Swiss to German. The Burkharts had embraced the Lutheran faith and had become the subject of religious persecution beginning in 1713. Many Lutheran families had been arrested, their property confiscated, and the people set aboard Dutch slave ships heading for the American Colonies. The Dutch received $12 per person; this did not sit well with the Dutch, apparently, as they returned the poor Lutheran exiles back to Germany, saying they hadn't been paid enough to take them all of the way to America. The German government compensated the exiles to some extent, but most were, to put it bluntly, fed up with the German government and felt it was only a matter of time before things would become worse again.** They all left on those same Dutch slave ships as the fare was cheaper (referred to as "coffin ships" because of the shape of the ships and because they were usually used to transport slaves from Africa, lying them side by side as in a "coffin", & due to the high rate of deaths on those same ships) arriving in America from the mid 1700's on. Most of George Frederick Burkhardt's family, including his parents, brothers and sisters, left Germany, arriving at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on different ships on different dates, as finances permitted. George may have been aboard the slave ship "Sallie", settling in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and then marrying Maria Catharina Miller, a daughter of Irish immigrant Margaret (Wallace) Miller and Thomas Miller. She had been b.Dec 19, 1728 in Washington County, Pennsylvania and had 4 brothers. The couple married on Nov 19, 1749 at Lancaster, PA. In 1751, the couple removed to Frederick, Maryland and it was there that these children were born into this life:
George (Peter), b.Dec 22, 1751
George Peter, b.June 3, 1754, a twin,
Maria Anna, b.June 3, 1754, a twin, m.Francis Mantz
Christopher Frederick, b.Dec 19, 1756
Catherine, b.Feb 20, 1759
Margreta Peggy, b.May 29, 1762, m.Wilhelm Carl Gross 1st and m.John Slunger 2nd
Peter Frederick, b.1763
Johannes "John", b.Jan 10, 1765
Phillipine "Phebe", b.Oct 29, 1767 and
Daniel, b.Apr 10, 1772
George Frederick enlisted with other colonists to fight for America's freedom from English rule. He served as an Ensign under Captain William Duvall's German Regiment of Maryland during the Revolutionary War (per National Military in the Revolutionary War by Clements & Wright, p.58). Following the war, he moved his family to Maidencreek, Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1790. The family had returned to Fredericktown, Frederick County, Md. by the time of his death, which occurred on Aug 10, 1805, per DAR records or Apr 9, 1805 per church records. Unfortunately, it is quite possible that all but 44 graves and tombstones were covered over when an addition to the church parking lot was built. This is most likely true -- both George and Maria Catharina were buried at the church cemetery upon their deaths, per both church and DAR records and they were my 5X great grandparents. I have Barbara to thank for recording the church records, as botched up as they were, as I never would have found them if it hadn't been for her and Find A Grave.
Sept.18th, 2012
My linage:
Kathie L.Webb Blair b.1951 Patricia Jean Taylor Webb b.1924 Pearl Laura Baker Taylor b.1895 Nellie Olivia Burkhart Royce Baker Hall b.1859 Leander Columbus Burkhart b.1823 John Burkhart b.1787 George (Peter) Burckhardt b.1751 George Frederick Burckhardt b.1725 Johannes Peter Burckhardt b.1676
**Of interest: My 3x gt. grandfather, John Burkhart, married Rebecca Baltzell in 1816. Her parents and grandparents had come from Basel, Switzerland during their persecution at about the same time the Burkharts were being exiled. The Baltzells were of a faith that would later be called Mennonite (although many who came became Amish, retaining their German language and rejecting "modernization"). Per the "Brown Book", a history of the Baltzells, Browns, Christs and others who were imprisoned and their property and money confiscated between @1713-1735. They were put aboard Dutch slave ships to be sent to America as indentured servants. The Dutch took them to their homelands and rendered aid to those who had suffered greatly during their imprisonment then returned them to Basel, Switzerland, demanding justice for them. The Priests involved finally released their lands and monies back to them, but they chose to come to America, where they settled in Pennsylvania. So both my 3x great grandfather's and grandmother's parents had faced persecution for their religious beliefs. I was amazed and grateful more than before after reading the texts that my mother had so carefully copied by hand back in the late 1960's or early 1970's, before everything was computerized. I have my ancestors to thank for my being able to practice my faith without being persecuted. All who live in this great land should be made aware of this and not take this right for granted (includes ALL faiths, not just Christianity!).
6 May 2015, 4 Sep 2016
name amended Jan 10, 2016
Gravesite Details
My 5X great (maternal) grandfather, as noted above.
