Sebastian
Gottfried
(Godfrey)
Grünzweig
aka Greenzweig
Born in Neidingen, Sigmaringen, Heiliges Römisches Reich
Son of Tobias Grünzweig
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Maria (Pettit) Grünzweig
— married
13 May 1752 in Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Died
at age 90
in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
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Biography
Godfrey Grünzweig performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.
He arrived in Philadelphia on the ship Leslie, sailing from Rotterdam with a stop in Cowes, England, arriving in Philadelphia on October 7, 1749.[1] On 13 May 1752 he married Maria "Mary" Pettit. On 30 May 1776, he was elected to the Committee of Correspondence for Chestnuthill Township.[2]. Three sons, David, Henry, and Godfrey Jr. served in the Northampton County militia during the Revolutionary War.
Sources
- ↑ Strassburger; Vol. I, pg. 419
- ↑ PA Archives, Series 2, Vol. 14, pp..612-613
- Strassburger, Ralph Beaver; edited by 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, Norristown, PA, 1934)
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q295-KF5N : 15 March 2016), Sebastian Gottfried Grunzweig, 1822; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 152709167, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHSJ-5WT : 28 November 2014), Sebastian Gotfrid Gruenzweig, 10 May 1731; citing ; FHL microfilm 957,407.
- "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V45T-KH4 : 28 November 2014), Sebastian Gotfrid Gruenzweig, 10 May 1731; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,055,821.
- https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniaser214harruoft/page/596
- https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=pafolklifemag
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Godfrey:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Godfrey:
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~0.78%
Nathan Kennedy
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M048685 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A958632 [compare], Ancestry member NathanTKennedy
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~0.39%
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