Anna Magdalena (Stephan) Hite (1676 - bef. 1758)

Born 14 Dec 1676 in Steinsfurt, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Wife of Christian (Neuenschwander) Neuschwanger — married 26 Jan 1701 in Steinsfurt, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Wife of Johan Justus (Heyd) Hite — married Nov 1741 in Frederick County, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 1758 before age 81 in Long Meadows, Frederick County, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Anna Magdalena (Stephan) Neuschwanger (daughter of Gabriel Stäffen and Barbara Bär) was baptized December 14, 1676 in Steinsfurt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.^[1] She married (1) Christian Neuschwanger (son of Christian Neuenschwander and Margaretha Stauffer) January 26, 1701 in Steinsfurt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; ^[2] Christian and Magdalena did not remain at Steinsfurt but were for a while at Sandhausen, a few kilometers north of Steinsfurt and had their first child baptized there.^[3] By 1704 they were living in Mannheim, a much larger city on the Rhine, and had a daughter baptized in the Wallonische Reformed Church in Mannheim. They remained at Mannheim for at least four years and in that time had two more children.^[4] By February 1709 Christian and Magdalena were living at Friesenheim on the western side of the Rhine, near present-day Ludwigshafen and had two children baptized in the Reformed Church at nearby Oggersheim.^[5] While at Friesenheim three of their children died and were buried there. Christian and Magdalena are last mentioned in the records at Oggersheim in February, 1718 when Magdalena sponsored a baptism.^[6]

Sometime before 1728 Christian and Magdalena immigrated to Pennsylvania, and were living in Coalbrookdale Township in Philadelphia County (now in Berks County) when Christian Neuwchwanger signed a petition along with Jost Hite (Hans Justus Heydt) and others asking for relief and protection from the hostile and destructive activities of the Indians in May 1728.^[7] Christian and Magdalena were among the original members of the Skippack Reformed Congregation, organized in 1729 and by May of 1730 he was an Elder in the church and his brother-in-law Peter Stephan was a deacon.^[8] Christian and Magdalena, along with her brother, Peter Stephan, his family, and at least a dozen other families followed Jost Hite to the frontier in the Shenandoah Valley in 1732 and established the first viable community in the Shenandoah on the Opequon Creek a few miles south of present-day Winchester, Virginia.^[9] They were firmly established there by 1734 when a surveyor for Hite noted as one of his markers "Niswanger's Hunting Path." In March 1736 Hite made out a deed for 435 acres to Christian Neuschwanger adjoining his own and Peter Stephan's land near present-day Stephens City, Virginia. ^[10] Christian was deceased prior to February 1739 when Hite reissued the deed to Christian's son, Jacob. ^[11]

Magdalena, widow of Christian Neuschwanger, made a marriage contract with Jost Hite, November 10, 1741, "with the knowledge and consent of their Friends, Children and Relations." She promised him love and obedience and brought with her four heads of cattle, three horses and other personal property. Hite promised her "Christian love and faithfulness" and a home as long as she lived. Hite's sons witnessed his contract and Jacob Neuschwanger, Peter Stephens and Lewis Stephens witnessed her list of properties.^[12] Magdalena was apparently deceased prior to April 1758 when Hite wrote his will and made no mention of a wife.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Kirchenbuch der Reformierte Gemeinde Steinsfurt, 1650-1780. LDS microfilm #1189152.
2. ↑ Kirchenbuch der Reformierte Gemeinde Steinsfurt: 1650-1780, LDS microfilm #1189152.
3. ↑ Kirchenbuch Evangelische Kirche Leiman: 1696-1962,(contains early records for Sandhausen), LDS microfilm #127280.
4. ↑ Kirchenbuch der Wallonische Reformierte Kirche Mannheim: 1685-1821, LDS microfilm #1192142.
5. ↑ Kirchenbuch (Parish Register) Evangelisch- Reformierte Kirche Oggersheim, 1698-1798, LDS microfilm #488257, pp. 25, 32.
6. ↑ Oskar Poller, ed. Friesenheimer Burgerbuch, die Einwohner von Friesenheim:1584-1814. Ludwigshafen (1989), pp. 125 and 161.
7. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives Series I, volume I, p. 214.
8. ↑ See William J. Hinke, The Life and Letters of Rev. John Philip Boehm, Philadelphia (1916), pp. 207-10.
9. ↑ Samuel Kercheval, A History of the Valley of Virginia, 4th edition, Strasburg, VA, (1925), p. 49 (originally published 1833).
10. ↑ Orange County, Virginia Deed Book "I," p. 436.
11. ↑ Orange County, Virginia Deed Book "3," p. 80.
12. ↑ Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book "I," p. 16.
13. ↑ Frederick County, Virginia Will Book, "2," p. 487.

• German church records.
• Pennsylvania land and church records.
• Orange and Frederick County, Virginia public records.
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Acknowledgement: This biography was added by Daniel Bly February 1, 2018.