Johann Adam Metzger (1701 - 1748)

Born 26 May 1701 in Mainzweiler, Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Catherine (Scherer) Metzger — married 19 Feb 1736 in Nieder-Linxweiler, Germany

Descendants

Died May 1748 at about age 46 in Woodbury, Bedford, Pennsylvania

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Biography

JOHANN “HANS” ADAM METZGER was born in 1701 in Mainzweiler, Germany. He was the son of Johann Phillip Metzger and Anna Katharina Dhom. He married Maria Catherine Scherer (1715-1748), daughter of Johann Kasper Scherer and Anna Catharina Mueller, in 1736 in Nieder-Linxweiler, Germany. They had around 5 children: George^[1]; Maria^[2]; Johann (1743-1807); Dorothea^[3]; and Catharina^[4]. It is thought that his occupation was as a weaver. German government records granted permission to both him, under the name of Hans Adam Metzger, and his Georg Valentin Metzger, to leave Nieder-Linxweiler in 1749. There is no immigration records of his family entering into Philadelphia with the other Palatines around this time period. However, there were 2 ships in 1749, “Francis and Elizabeth” and “Rachel” that no one was allowed to disembark in Philadelphia because of how many sick individuals were on the ships.^[5][6][7] It is likely that they eventually did recover and were released farther along in the ships’ routes, which may have been in New Jersey or Deleware. There was a group of other Germans (Balthasar Bach, Johann Adam Beck, Nicolaus Konig, and Andreas Paulus) that are from Nieder-Linxweiler, not found on any immigration lists, but were residing in Frederick, Maryland.^[8] A minister report in 1796 regarding Balthasar Bach notes “... in 1749 toward the end of the year he came to this land from Germany with some of his countrymen, here to Fredericktown.” Johann’s brother George was noted to be in Frederick Co., Maryland in 1750 when he sued another German, Nicholas Bunderick (Bunderick came to America in 1741 but he was from the same region, therefore they probably knew each other and owed a debt). Johann is noted to be a member of the Frederick Lutheran church when his son Johann (not our descendant) was baptized in 1751, with George’s wife sponsoring the baptism. His date of death and location is unconfirmed, but because his wife died in Woodbury, Pennsylvania it is thought that he died there as well.

Name: Johann Adam /Metzger/^[9][10][11]

Birth

Birth: 26 MAY 1701, Niederlinxweiler, Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany^[12]

Death

Death: MAY 1745 ( this date is a guess), Woodbury, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States^[13]

Death: May 1748. , Woodbury, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. ^[14]

Marriage

Husband: Johann Adam Metzger

Wife: Maria Catherine Scherer, 14 FEB 1736, Niederlinxweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany^[15][16]

Father: Johann Phillip Metzger (Metzger-15) Mother: Anna Katharina Dohm (Dhom-1)

Sources

• Weiser, Frederick, MD Lutheran Marriages and Burials. 1743-1811 (1972) Pg. 125

• Manumissions, Ottweiler Co.,1738-1754 (State Archives, Saarbruecken, NS , 14)

• Source: S169 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.
• Source: S184 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Marriages Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

• Source: S192 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Births Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

• Source: S1010502901 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 111785968

• Source: S1013512518 Family Data Collection - Deaths Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 5771

• FamilySearch Profile. Johann Adam Metzger. 13 listed children.

• Metzger-458 was created by Tina Hurley through the import of Ashton 1_2015-06-12.ged on Jun 12, 2015.

• Thank you to Robert Harter for creating WikiTree profile Metzger-277 through the import of harter.ged on Aug 31,

2013.

• Family Data Collection

• Germany Select Marriages 1558-1929

• U.S. Find aGrave Indez 1600-present

• FamilySearch Profile. Johan Adam Metzger, born 26May1701 in Niederlinxweiler, Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany, Died c1748. Son of Johann Phillip Metzger and Anna Catharina Dohm.

1. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPF4-RP1D : 20 October 2019), Johann Adam Metzlers in entry for Georg Adam Metzler, 21 Sep 1717; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Burial, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutschland, Frankfurt, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
2. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPG9-3SZL : 21 October 2019), Adam Metzger in entry for Maria Elisabetha Metzger, 30 Nov 1733; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Großsachsenheim, Großsachsenheim, Vaihingen, Württemberg, Deutschland, Großsachsenheim, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
3. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNCH-DPY : 10 February 2018), Adam Metzger in entry for Sophia Dorothea Metzger, 21 May 1743; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,184,619.
4. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV8C-BLP : 10 February 2018), Johann Adam Mezger in entry for Catharina Mezger, 24 Nov 1752; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,184,915.
5. ↑ The Palatine Emigrant, Vol. XI, (No.3) (1988) pg.117
6. ↑ Rupps, Collection of 30,000 Names of Emigrants, pg. 208 (footnote re: sick individuals)
7. ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
8. ↑ Weiser, Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1743-1811, Books I & II (1969) Pg. 15
9. ↑ Source: #S169 Data: Text: Death date: 1745 CONT Death place: PA, USA LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoold&h=1777663&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
10. ↑ Source: #S192 Data: Text: Birth date: 26 May 1701 CONT Birth place: Niederlinxweiler Mainzweiler LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=3052208&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
11. ↑ Source: #S184 Data: Text: Marriage date: 14 February 1735 CONT Marriage place: Niederlinxweiler LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolm&h=1650725&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
12. ↑ Source: #S192 Data: Text: Birth date: 26 May 1701 CONT Birth place: Niederlinxweiler Mainzweiler LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=3052208&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
13. ↑ Source: #S169 Data: Text: Death date: 1745 CONT Death place: PA, USA LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoold&h=1777663&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
14. ↑ Source: #S1013512518 Ancestry Record 5771 #1777663
15. ↑ Source: #S184 Data: Text: Marriage date: 14 February 1735 CONT Marriage place: Niederlinxweiler LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolm&h=1650725&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
16. ↑ Source: #S184 Data: Text: Marriage date: 14 February 1735 CONT Marriage place: Niederlinxweiler LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolm&h=2141763&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

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