Johannes Friederich Zimmerman (1749 - 1791)

Born 28 Oct 1749 in Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Prussia [uncertain]

Husband of Anna Maria Derr — married 30 Sep 1766 in Derry and Donegal, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1791 at about age 41 in Halifax, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Name also appears as Johan and John but Johannes should be correct Middle name may be spelled Frederic in places but Friederich should be correct Surname appears as Zimmermann (2 ns) in the passenger manifest (see link)

Sailed to America on the "Polly" from Rotterdam, Netherlands which landed in Philadelphia, PA on September 19th 1764 — his name can be seen in the passenger manifest

Since there is no Wolluria in Germany (or anywhere) it’s possible he was from Wallonia in Belgium.

According to PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN PIONEERS, in which the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia were published, Johan Frederic's name is listed as a passenger on the ship "Polly", which arrived into the port of Philadelphia in the year 1764. This date is also re-confirmed in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pa., 1896, by Runk & Company, pgs. 734 and 735. In a biographical "sketch" it notes, "John Frederic Zimmerman was born in Wolluria, Germany, and came to America in 1764, landing at Philadelphia."

"There is a warrant date of July 6, 1772 Paxtang Township, Lancaster County 125 Acres. Later Frederich moved north and settled in Armstrong Valley, southeast of Halifax, at a place later known as Yeager's Mill.

Family history notes that Frederich and his wife were buried in a cemetery at Guy Rutters farm, near "Rudy's Creek", known as Rutter's Farm Cemetery. Their graves were marked on rough stones on which place large oak trees have now grown up.

Mr. Zimmerman and family had in the early days great trials with roving bands of indians, who burned three times their cabin and took or destroyed their possessions. To escape the indians the family took refuge in a cave nearby on the banks of the Armstrong Creek."

John Frederic(h) Zimmerman was a founder and active member, as well as the rest of his family, of St. Peter's (Fetterhoff's) Evangelical Lutheran and German Reformed Church, as indicated from extracted church records.

A URW (unrecorded will not registered), dated 1790, can be found at the Dauphin County Courthouse, Harrisburg, PA, in a WILL INDEX for the period 1785-1860, where Frederich's wife's first name is indicated as Anna Maria.

Additional Research

gives place of birth as Wollum, Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg. I’ve tentatively eliminated him as a son of Christian Zimmerman who m Elizabeth Albrecht. They had a Frederick (Zimmerman-32) of Culpeper, was part of the Germanna Settlements. Every tree on ancestry has those parents which clearly is wrong.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Sources

1. ↑ Zimmerman-2117 was created by Amie Collins through the import of collins Family Tree (2).ged on May 18, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

• https://books.google.com/books?id=0HYNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA357&lpg=PA357&dq=ship+polly+rotterdam+1764&source=bl&ots=aHfJiImBVT&sig=00hYiSIpDWlYF9OgJ9Uy_e01aW0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjekZyj7rzWAhUG9WMKHTkMAkMQ6AEIRDAH#v=onepage&q=ship%20polly%20rotterdam%201764&f=false

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134772901/johan-friederic(h)-zimmerman

• Source: S-533516913 Repository: #R-1045376525 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text:

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=80263594&pid=452

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