Husband of Anna Barbara SCHMIDT, who is buried at Bethania Moravian Graveyard.
He was the first person buried at Friedberg Moravian Graveyard.
This Bio was taken from the Hofmann Family tree on the Family Search website:
'Johann Peter & Anna Barbara were Moravian. He was a tailor.
Emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine on 17 Aug 1733 on the ship Samuel. About 1734 they settled in East Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co., Pa and later moved with most of their children to Heidelberg Twp, Berks Co., Pa. Sons Peter and Christian moved to North Carolina, and Johann Peter and the rest of his family joined them in May 1765.
In 1753, a Moravian center was established in Salem, (now Forsyth Co.), North Carolina. This is likely what brought the Frey family to North Carolina. Their North American membership had been previously centered in Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Pa. '∼Son of Johann Jacob Frey and Anna Marie Schaub.
Married Anna Barbara Schmidt 18 Feb 1715/16.
There were ten known children born to this union
Maria M, Anna E, Johann V, Ann B, Ann M, Johann P, Christian, Maria J, Maria F, and Johann Frey.∼For family information and connections, see memorial #6360092
Immigrated 9/30/1732 on the Samuel. Settled in Lancaster Co, PA, then Berks Co, PA, then moved to Rowan Co, NC in 1760s. He was first person buried in this cemetery.
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The Frey's are not on the 1732 ship list; they are on the ship Samuel list at Philadelphia on August 17, 1733. Source used was olivetreegenealogy.com after viewing a worldconnect project family tree using the 1733 date as the arrival at Philadelphia when I found your findagrave.com memorial listing of August 30, 1732. I wanted to clarify which date was correct and hope this helps. Submitted by Dianne)
He was the first person buried at Friedberg Moravian Graveyard.
This Bio was taken from the Hofmann Family tree on the Family Search website:
'Johann Peter & Anna Barbara were Moravian. He was a tailor.
Emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine on 17 Aug 1733 on the ship Samuel. About 1734 they settled in East Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co., Pa and later moved with most of their children to Heidelberg Twp, Berks Co., Pa. Sons Peter and Christian moved to North Carolina, and Johann Peter and the rest of his family joined them in May 1765.
In 1753, a Moravian center was established in Salem, (now Forsyth Co.), North Carolina. This is likely what brought the Frey family to North Carolina. Their North American membership had been previously centered in Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Pa. '∼Son of Johann Jacob Frey and Anna Marie Schaub.
Married Anna Barbara Schmidt 18 Feb 1715/16.
There were ten known children born to this union
Maria M, Anna E, Johann V, Ann B, Ann M, Johann P, Christian, Maria J, Maria F, and Johann Frey.∼For family information and connections, see memorial #6360092
Immigrated 9/30/1732 on the Samuel. Settled in Lancaster Co, PA, then Berks Co, PA, then moved to Rowan Co, NC in 1760s. He was first person buried in this cemetery.
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The Frey's are not on the 1732 ship list; they are on the ship Samuel list at Philadelphia on August 17, 1733. Source used was olivetreegenealogy.com after viewing a worldconnect project family tree using the 1733 date as the arrival at Philadelphia when I found your findagrave.com memorial listing of August 30, 1732. I wanted to clarify which date was correct and hope this helps. Submitted by Dianne)
Husband of Anna Barbara SCHMIDT, who is buried at Bethania Moravian Graveyard.
He was the first person buried at Friedberg Moravian Graveyard.
This Bio was taken from the Hofmann Family tree on the Family Search website:
'Johann Peter & Anna Barbara were Moravian. He was a tailor.
Emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine on 17 Aug 1733 on the ship Samuel. About 1734 they settled in East Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co., Pa and later moved with most of their children to Heidelberg Twp, Berks Co., Pa. Sons Peter and Christian moved to North Carolina, and Johann Peter and the rest of his family joined them in May 1765.
In 1753, a Moravian center was established in Salem, (now Forsyth Co.), North Carolina. This is likely what brought the Frey family to North Carolina. Their North American membership had been previously centered in Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Pa. '∼Son of Johann Jacob Frey and Anna Marie Schaub.
Married Anna Barbara Schmidt 18 Feb 1715/16.
There were ten known children born to this union
Maria M, Anna E, Johann V, Ann B, Ann M, Johann P, Christian, Maria J, Maria F, and Johann Frey.∼For family information and connections, see memorial #6360092
Immigrated 9/30/1732 on the Samuel. Settled in Lancaster Co, PA, then Berks Co, PA, then moved to Rowan Co, NC in 1760s. He was first person buried in this cemetery.
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The Frey's are not on the 1732 ship list; they are on the ship Samuel list at Philadelphia on August 17, 1733. Source used was olivetreegenealogy.com after viewing a worldconnect project family tree using the 1733 date as the arrival at Philadelphia when I found your findagrave.com memorial listing of August 30, 1732. I wanted to clarify which date was correct and hope this helps. Submitted by Dianne)
He was the first person buried at Friedberg Moravian Graveyard.
This Bio was taken from the Hofmann Family tree on the Family Search website:
'Johann Peter & Anna Barbara were Moravian. He was a tailor.
Emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine on 17 Aug 1733 on the ship Samuel. About 1734 they settled in East Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co., Pa and later moved with most of their children to Heidelberg Twp, Berks Co., Pa. Sons Peter and Christian moved to North Carolina, and Johann Peter and the rest of his family joined them in May 1765.
In 1753, a Moravian center was established in Salem, (now Forsyth Co.), North Carolina. This is likely what brought the Frey family to North Carolina. Their North American membership had been previously centered in Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Pa. '∼Son of Johann Jacob Frey and Anna Marie Schaub.
Married Anna Barbara Schmidt 18 Feb 1715/16.
There were ten known children born to this union
Maria M, Anna E, Johann V, Ann B, Ann M, Johann P, Christian, Maria J, Maria F, and Johann Frey.∼For family information and connections, see memorial #6360092
Immigrated 9/30/1732 on the Samuel. Settled in Lancaster Co, PA, then Berks Co, PA, then moved to Rowan Co, NC in 1760s. He was first person buried in this cemetery.
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The Frey's are not on the 1732 ship list; they are on the ship Samuel list at Philadelphia on August 17, 1733. Source used was olivetreegenealogy.com after viewing a worldconnect project family tree using the 1733 date as the arrival at Philadelphia when I found your findagrave.com memorial listing of August 30, 1732. I wanted to clarify which date was correct and hope this helps. Submitted by Dianne)
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