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Birth year was either 1712 or 1718
Founder of Queens/Kings College (now Rutgers)
BIOGRAPHY: From "Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography" edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889, and Stanley L. Kloss, 1999 Esoteric.com. This was the "most quoted" biographical source for 19th and early 20th century America. (Available online at http://www.famousamericans.net/johanneshenricusgoetschius/):
"Johannes Henricus Goetschius - GOETSCHIUS, Johannes Henricus, clergyman, born in Liguria, Switzerland, in 1718; died in Hackensack, New Jersey, about 1800. He studied at the University of Zurich, and emigrated to the United States, probably in 1728. He studied divinity, and in 1737 applied for ordination to the presbytery of Philadelphia, but was refused, and he was ordained by his instructor. At the end of ten years'work in the ministry the question of his ordination again arose; it was submitted to the New York and Long Island conferences, and Mr. Goetschius was re-ordained. During the contest Churches were closed against him, and some of his parishioners had their children re-baptized. In 1749 he removed to Hackensack, New Jersey, disagreed with his colleague on ecclesiastical questions, and so hot was the discussion as to his ordination that one Sunday, apprehending a resistance to his preaching, he buckled on a sword and entered the pulpit, prepared to use the weapon if forcibly ejected. Mr. Goetschius was an instructor in divinity and a trustee in Queens (now Rutgers) College, and although of violent passions was learned and devout." [1]
Father: Mauritious GOETSCHI b: 26 SEP 1686 in Zurich, Switzerland Mother: Hester Esther WERNDTLE b: 1691 in Switzerland
Marriage 1 Anna Maria HALLMAN •Married: Bef. 1750 in Philadelphia Region (Perkiomen Region)
Marriage 2 Magdalena CHRISTY •Married: 9 Dec 1773 in Hackensack, Bergen County, NJ
Marriage 3 Rachel ZABRISKIE b: 7 Aug 1729 in Hackensack, Bergen County, NJ•Married: 26 Aug 1749 in Hackensack, Bergen County, NJ
John Henry Goetschius. [2][3][4][5]
Born 8 MAR 1718. Switzerland[6][7]
Died 14 NOV 1774. New Jersey. [8][9]
Buried Bergenfield, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA. [10]
Name: John Henrich Goetschius Arrival Year: 1735 Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Primary Immigrant: Goetschius, Moritz Family Members: Son John Henrich Source Publication Code: 7607 Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of first mention in the New World. Other genealogical and historical information is also provided. Source Bibliography: ROBERTS, CHARLES R. "The First Swiss Settlements in America." In Lehigh County [Pennsylvania] Historical Society, Annual Publication, vol. 3 (1923), pp. 9-13. Household Members Relationship Moritz Goetschius John Henrich Goetschius Son
Name: Rev John Henry Goetschius Gender: Male Birth Date: 1718 Birth Place: Zürich, Switzerland Death Date: 14 Nov 1774 Cemetery: South Schraalenburgh Church Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Bergenfield, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States of America Has Bio?: Y Mother: Hester Goetschius Spouse: Rachel Goetschius Anna Maria Goetschius Children: Jacob Goetschius Christian Goetschius Abraham Goetschius John Mauritz Goetschius Stephen Goetschius Joseph Goetschius Anna Maria Cooper URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6570413/john-henry-goetschius
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" JOHN HENRY GOETSCHIUS (or Goetschy), b. Bernegg, Zurich,Switzerland, 8 Mar. 1717/8, son of the Rev. Maurice and Esther (Wernd-li) Goetschius; matric. 23 Mar. 1734, at the Latin School at Zurich;arriv. Philadelphia, 29 May 1735, in the "Mercury";......Germ. Ref.;Dutch Ref.; d. Schraalenburg, N.J., 14 Nov. 1774.
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