Person:Andreas Grett (2)

Name	Andreas Grett, Jr
Alt Name	Andreas Windsor _____
Alt Name	_____ Greth
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Cal 26 Dec 1720	Lotharingia, Alsace, Germany
Marriage	1754	Goshenhoppen, Montgomery county, Pennsylvaniato Maria Magdalena _____
Death^[1]	5 Jan 1811	Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

Starting these pages after finding detailed migration information from ProGenealogists.com was only available in the Wayback Machine. Am attempting to reproduce it here so it won't be lost. Hopefully this isn't duplicative - although I wasn't able to find this info elsewhere on WeRelate.

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

In 1709, Protestant Germans from the Pfalz or Palatine region of Germany escaped conditions of poverty, traveling first to Rotterdam and then to London. Anne, Queen of Great Britain, helped them get to her colonies in America. The trip was long and difficult to survive because of the poor quality of food and water aboard ships and the infectious disease typhus. Many immigrants, particularly children, died before reaching America in June 1710.

The Palatine immigration of about 2100 people who survived was the largest single immigration to America in the colonial period. Most were first settled along the Hudson River in work camps, to pay off their passage. By 1711, seven villages had been established in New York on the Robert Livingston manor. In 1723 Germans became the first Europeans allowed to buy land in the Mohawk Valley west of Little Falls. One hundred homesteads were allocated in the Burnetsfield Patent. By 1750, the Germans occupied a strip some 12 miles (19 km) long along both sides of the Mohawk River. The soil was excellent; some 500 houses were built, mostly of stone, and the region prospered in spite of Indian raids. Herkimer was the best-known of the German settlements in a region long known as the "German Flats"

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Biography

Andreas Grett [also spelled Gredt, Grett, Greth, or Kredt] was born in 1720, in Lotharingia Germany. He was a son of Andreas Grett. The Lortharingia territory consisted of Northern Italy to the Rheinland and areas of Saarland Rheinland to North Rhein Westfahlia all the way downto the Netherlands. He married Mary Magdalena, and together they had 7 children. The family was Catholic. IMMIGRATION: 16 Sept 1749, Andrew, age 29, arrived at Philadelphia aboard the ship Phoenix, which was carrying 500 passengers from Zweibrücken, Nassau, Württemberg, and the Pfaltz. John Mason, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes January 8th 1811. He was buried in the Saint Paul's Catholic Cemetery(Goshenhoppen), Bally, Berks County, Pennsylvania graveyard, near theChurch Please note: Most of the tombstones had been rearranged in the 1960's in a "U" shape and most of the tombstones were either next to the backof the Church or close by. The old stone wall was torn down but the tombstones are stack in order to height.

Andrew Grett and his wife Mary Magdelena Children were: 1. Andrew Grett Jr. born on July 17, 1755 and who died October 4, 1811, age 56 years, 2 months and 15 days. He married Elizabeth Henrich in the Chapel of St. Paul 1777. [Per "The Goshenhoppen Registers, 1741-1818," Reprint from Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, indexed by Elizabeth P. Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, Baltimore, 1984; page 109: "Grett - Henrich: November 17,1777, during Mass at Christian Henrich's house at Asperum Collem, Andrew Grett, single, to Elizabeth Henrich, Widow Riffel.

2. Michael Grett married Catharine Hartman in 1774.

3. John Grett married Elizabeth Seiffert/Sivert in 1776. 4. Maria Barbari (Grett)married Philip Seiffert/Seibert(Sauvert)SivertUpdate note: "Cyphert" was his later Surname used.

5. Magdalena (Grett) Bauman 6. Nicholas Grett married Susanna (Dewald)Greth. Nicholas Grett and her husband Nicholas are buried on their own farm Perry Township, formerly of Windsor Township. Shoemakersville, Berks Co., PA. Andrew's Blessing from Pope Benedict XIV and 25 others. See also attached image.

Andrew Gredt and the Blessing from Pope Benedict XIV Most Holy Father Pope Benedict XIVAndrew Gredt from Lotharingia, presently in Rome, and going home shortly humbly prays your holiness to kindly grant him and his blood relatives and in-law to the third degree incl., and also to twenty-five other persons whom he is free to name, the plenary indulgence, provided they are penitent and have confessed and received Holy Communion, and with sorrow speak the Holy name of Jesus at least in their hearts.

Please note: The reign of Pope Benedict XIV was from 1740-1758. Please note: The original Certificate is written in the Latin language. The individual names listed on this Certificate are scribed in theirown handwriting and are written in "old German" script.

Family links: Spouse: Maria Magdalena Greth (1720 - 1806)

Children: Michael Grett (1752 - 1816)* Andrew Grett (1755 - 1811)* Nicholas Grett (1759 - 1845)* Barbary A Grett (Crate) Cyphert (1760 - 1843)* Will*: Andreas Grett left a will in 1805 at Pennsylvania, USA; Will Abstracts 1808-1811 Berks Co., Pa

Greth, Andrew Windsor 1805 Jan 16, 1811 To wife Magdalena, all estate during life Afterwards to son Andrew 1 pd Remainder to 3 sons John, Michael & Nicholas & 2 daughters Magdalena Bauman & Barbara Seibert in equal shares. Exr. son Nicholas wits. Daniel Rieser & Jacob Sterner

translation.8Death*: Andreas Grett died on 5 January 1811 at Goshenhoppen Registers, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 90.2,3,4Burial*: He was buried on 8 January 1811 at Catholic Cemetery, Bally, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.8 BaptismLDS*: He was baptized in the LDS church after 1970. Endowment*: He received his endowment after 1970.

Due to the various dialects of German the surname is spelled either: Gredt/Grett/Greth and in Germany Kredt/Kreth/Krett (noted that the Popedocument has "Kredt" as the Surname.

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