Henrich (Walrath) Walradt Esq. (1742 - 1821)

Born 14 May 1742 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Catherine (Bowman) Walrath — married 1758 in Minden, Montgomery, New York

Descendants

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Biography

Henrich was born in 1742. He was the son of Henrich Walrath and Elizabetha Unknown.^[1] He passed away in 1821.^[2]

Henry was born about 1742. He passed away about 1821.

Notes from Reetha Clancy:

Henry Walradt, Esq. 1742-1821, s/o Henry Wallrad, 1717-1756 and gson of the settler Henry Conrad Wallrad. I have the copy of the handwritten will of Henry Conrad in which he mentions his two sons, Henry the elder and Johan Adolph. The latter was later called Johannes or Johannes or John Walrath, and had a license to operate a ferry over the Mowawk near Ft. Plain. It was long known as Walrath's Ferry, and it was later taken over by his nephew, Henry Walradt Esq. Henry, Esq. was an innkeeper and Jusice of the Peace. He fought in the battle of Oriskany. His wife was Elizabeth Bowman, and they were the parents of 14 or 15 children. These were: Eliz.H. b 1764, m Moses Van Campen; John, b 1766, m Magdalena Zoller; Henry, b 1768, m Anna (Nancy) Bowman (Bauman); Jacob H., b 1770, m Anna Zoller; Adolph, d infancy; (John) Adam, b 1773. m Elizabeth Moyer; Phillip, b 1775; James or Jane, b 1777; Catherine, b 1779, m Henry I. Zoller; Johan Frriedrich, b 1782, d infancy; Mary, b 1784, m Stephen Scriber; Anna, b 1787, m Henry J. Moyer; Margaret, b 1790, m Solomon Putnam; Abraham, b 1791; Peter, b 1792.

The Walrath Property was on the south side of the Mohawk, between the towns of Minden and Ft. Plain. At a later time I will relate the stories of the bravery of Elizabeth Bowman Walrath during the Indian Wars and the Revolution as related by her daughter Mary, who married Stephen Scriber, the ancestor of our member #9 Edith Mahaffey (now deceased) and her daughter,#52, Betty Briggs. These stories are from "The House Family of the Mohawk" by Shaver.

Daniel Walrath, gson of Henry Walradt, esq. and Elizabeth Bowman, was the son of Henry, known as Henry Jr. who married Anna (Nancy) Bauman, daughter of Jacob Bauman and Anna Foltz. Both Jacob Bauman and Anna's father Hans Jacob Foltz (Folts) fought in the Battle of Oriskany.

Sources

1. ↑ Henry Jones gives this as his opinion "per Betty Cathey".
2. ↑ Jones cites the Walrath Association Newsletter #18 for the dates of 14 May 1742 - 24 March 1821.

• Henry Z. Jones, Jr., Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710 (Universal City, California 1985) Vol. II. p. 1059.
• Walrath Family Association Newsletters, #13, Pages 5-6, April 1976.

• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,355, Henry Huber, New York, U.S. National Archives, Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Series: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, File Unit NAID: 54948446, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/54948446 . Image 32 of 59 is the deposition of Henry Walradt. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/54948446?objectPage=32