Person:Johann Lauer (1)
Johann "Jacob" Lauer
b.Est 1686 Hirstein, Saarland, Germany
d.Bef 1745 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 2 Feb 1683
  1. Elisabetha Catherine Lauer1684 -
  2. Johann "Jacob" LauerEst 1686 - Bef 1745
Spouse and Children
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m. 29 Oct 1709
  1. Elisabeth Margaretha Lauer1711 -
  2. Anna "Barbel" Lauer1713 -
  3. Hans "Michael" Lauer1715 - 1789
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Johann "Jacob" Lauer
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1686 Hirstein, Saarland, Germany
Marriage 29 Oct 1709 Germanyto Maria "Barbara" Steffan
Alt Marriage 29 Oct 1709 Nohfelden, Oldenburg, Deutschlandto Maria "Barbara" Steffan
Immigration[2][3][4] 30 Aug 1737 Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaOn board the ship "SAMUEL" from Rotterdam
Other? 1737 Pennsylvania, USAArrival of Lauer (Lower), Johann Jakob Map: Latitude: N40.8583 Longitude: W76.3834
Death[1][5] Bef 1745 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesTulpehocken Township

"JAKOB" and his wife, and his 22 year old son, and at least 1 daughter migrated to America in 1737. He was not the only one of his extended family to do so, and he was not the first one of them. A descendant, Jack Akerboom, states in his book on the descendants of Hans Lauer (born circa 1601), that we do not know why JAKOB left Hirstein, and traveled to America. Nor how the trip was financed, nor how they traveled to Rotterdam, to catch a ship. This migration was beyond the time of the great migration of Palatines to Pennsylvania ("Penn's woods") of circa 1709, where they became known as the "PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH" (which of course they were not).

--White Creek 21:26, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Akerboom, Jack. Descendants of Hans Lauer Lower. (Morgantown, Pennsylvania: Masthof Press)
    807 Pages, 2002.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 William Slager.

    Bill lists Johann's death as being in Berks County. Bill cites Richard Keister for most of his data on this Lower line.

  3. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series
    Vol 17 .

    On Page 132: List of foreigners imported in the ship Samuel, Hugh Percy, Master from Rotterdam. Qualified Aug. 30, 1737. Jacob Lower

  4. ↑ Johann Jacob Lower was listed on the ship as being age 50. He migrated with his family.
  5. ↑ According to Jack Akerboom, in 1752 the area that Johann "JAKOB" Lauer died became part of BERKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania. In 2014 Berks County is located northeast of Lancaster County, in the southeasten part of the state, which is near Philadelphia.
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