Person:Abraham Vautrin (1)

Abraham had sixteen children, of whom eight were living at the time of his death on Nov. 28, 1752, namely Peter, Anna Margaretha, Anna Barbara, Magdalena, Elisabeth, William, Abraham and Eva.

Abraham left France in 1733 and came to America, via Rotterdam on the "Richard & Elizabeth." He, his wife Anna Margaret Mertz and five of their children landed at the Port of Philadelphia on September 28, 1773. They settled in the Lehigh County area of Pennsylvania, at that time, Northampton County. Abraham's father was also Abraham, a miller, married to Catherine Brodt. Catherine's father, Simon Brodt, was Burgomaster of Lixheim. The Brodt family was Swiss. Abraham's grandfather, John Peter, was an Elder of the Reformed Church in Saarwarden. Later generations would change the name and some would migrate into Virginia, in the area that is now West Virginia.

1. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: [database online] (not considered a reliable primary source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004)
   Source number: 4186.002; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. (Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research, 2006)
   Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1733; Page Number: 552.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890. (Ancestry.com [database online]).
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Ships Passenger Lists. (Name: Olive Tree Genealogy;)
   Ship Passenger Lists.

   http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/palship02.shtml