George Conrad (Gunterman) Countryman (1701 - bef. 1777)

Born 30 Jan 1701 in Entsberg, Wuerttemberg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 6 May 1777 before age 76 in Minden, Tryon, New York

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Biography

Conrad was born about 1701. He was the son of Johann Guntermann and Maria Barbara Simon. Uncertain if he was Johann Conrad or George Conrad.

Baptism

Date: 30 JAN 1701

Place: Niefern, Enzkreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

He came with his parents to America when he was about 9 years old. They landed on Nutters Island 13 jun 1710, with Rev. Kocherthal's second and last group of Palatine immigrants. He lived with his parents on the west bank of the Hudson River.
Later we find him in the Mohawk Valley, in the Conjaharie district, what was then Albany county, later Tryon, and now Montgomery county, at Minden. 12 nov. 1751. King George of England granted 200 acres of land in Tryon on the south side of the Mohawk river, to him and two other men, reserving for the crown all trees over 2 feet in diameter for shipmasts. The men divided the land evenly his share of the land; his son George later erected the settler's stockade and Fort Willet.^[1]

"Conrad Cunterman, with Hartman Windecker and Casper Leyp, was granted 2000 acres 3 miles south of the Mohawk in 1730^[2] A tract of 905 acres was granted to Coenradt Gunterman 13 Oct 1753 in the present town of Minden.^[3]

Will Information

Conrad died between 1768 and 1777 as his will was made in 1768 and his son John sold his father’s interest in the estate in 1777. [Will was probated 6 May, 1777^[1]] He is probably buried in Geisenberg Churchyard in Minden. The will mentions the names of 5 sons and 4 daughters. When the will was made, Jacob must have still been in his father’s favour as Conrad made the following declaration:
First, I give unto my Eldest son named Adam Couderman Six shilling New York money in Right and that he shall be satisfied with what I herein after shall make and bequeath.
I do give and bequeath unto my son Johannnes out of my Estate land 12 chains at the Creek Otsquaga beginning at the Line of the Church Land.
I do give and bequeath unto my son George out of my Estate land next to my sons Johannis and runs Down along the same Creek.
I give and bequeath unto my three sons named Johannis Couderman, Coenrad Couderman and Jacob Couderman, all my rest estate land that shall be equally divided amongst them three.

Conrad was acknowledged by Ripley’s Believe It or Not, 10 Nov 1935, for having 26 sons and grandsons serving in General Washington’s army. Another son, Jacob, was a Tory.

George was born in 1702. He passed away in 1777. ^[4]

Research Notes

This man appears to be the Conrad Countryman documented in the Countryman Genealogy book, by Alvin Countryman, that is cited here as a source. The book is online at https://archive.org/details/countrymangeneal00coun/ . The earliest ancestor identified in the Countryman Genealogy book is Conrad Countryman, who arrived in America circa 1710-1720 (probably among the earliest Palatine immigrants) and settled in or near Schoharie, New York. In the book, the children of Conrad are said to have been Adam, Marcus, Frederick, Conrad, Jr., John, Jacob, George; Ann Eve, who married William Dillenback; Rosana, who married John Pickard; and Mrs. John Plants, whose first name is unknown. Smith-62120 17:11, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} COUNTRYMAN Genealogy, 1925 Author: Countryman, Alvin.
2. ↑ NY Land Paper, Vol X & XI.
3. ↑ History of Montgomery & Fulton Counties, NY, p 73.
4. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Russ Waterson.

• Gale Research (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passe), Place: New York, NY; Year: 1710; Page Number: 296.

• William T Blair (International Textbook Press, Scranton, PA).

• Ancestry.com (Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Records of the Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia : in the town of Palatine, Montgomery County, N.Y.. New York,: unknown, 1914.Original data: Records of the Lutheran T).

• William D Reid (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.)

• Gale Research (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passe), Place: Canada; Year: 1797; Page Number: 72.

• Gale Research (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passe), Place: Canada; Year: 1796; Page Number: 37.

• Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Compiled from various family history sources. See source information provided with each entry.Original data: Compiled from various family history sources. See source inf).

• Source: S49 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

• Source: S92 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R1
• Source: Jacob Countryman United Empire Loyalist Ancestors and Descendants in Canada and the United States

• Source: Book: Jacob Countryman, United Empire Loyalist; Ancestors and Descendants in Canada and the United States, page 3.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 May 2016, 16:33), entry for Georb Conradt Gunterman(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:M36V-3FF); contributed by various users.

• Ancestry.com (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Michael Harris for creating Countryman-182 on 4 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Michael and others.
• Cuntramann-1 was created by Kate Hanson through the import of james2.ged on Sep 16, 2014. '