Person:George Wildfong (1)

He may be the "Georg Mich. Woolfang" who immigrated with his parents (Johannes and Elizabeth Woolfang) and his brother Johannes Woolfang on the St. Andrew Galley, from Rotterdam, arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sep 1734, but according to a website maintained by the Moravian Church in North America^[3], Moravians (as a group) first immigrated to Georgia in 1735, and did not establish a permanent settlement in Pennsylvania until 1741.

There appears to have been more than one Wilfong/Wildfang/Wildfong family in North America, not necessarily related to one another. Several compilers have consolidated information about two or more distinct individuals into a single record, leading to significant confusion about this family. The information in Ezra Eby might not be fully correct, but it likely has fewer errors than some amateur genealogies.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Eby, Ezra E. A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county ... (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
   2:641.

   'WILDFONG, GEORGE, the original ancestor of the numerous family of this name, was a native of Bohemia, emigrated to America and settled in North Carolina, U. S., as early as 1750 or 1751. He was a pious man and belonged to the society known as Moravians. His family consisted of several children but none of the names were received save that of Jacob and Mary who was married to Andrew Sararas.'

2. ↑ "History of Moravians in North Carolina," web page, Wikia (moravians.wikia.com/wiki/History of Moravians in No.

   'The Unitas Fratrum, or the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United Brethren, commonly called Moravians, made the beginning of its settlement in North Carolina in the year 1753.'

3. ↑ A Brief History of the Moravian Church, in Moravian Church in North America, Moravian Church in North America (www.moravian.org/the-moravian-church/the-m.
4.   Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, and William John Hinke. Pennsylvania German pioneers: a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. (Pennsylvania German Society, 1934)
   1:136-39.

   '[List 36 A: the list kept by the captain of the ship] A List of all the Names of the passengers of the Ship St. Andrew Galley, Capt. John Stedman, from Rotterdam. [Qualified September 12th 1734.] ...
   Johannes Woolfang ...
   WOMEN AND CHILDREN ...
   Elizabeth Woolfang
   Georg Mich. Woolfang
   Johannes Woolfang'

5. ↑ Birth year estimated based on birth year of his son Jacob.