Maria Margaretta (Zerbe) Strauss (abt. 1715 - abt. 1787)

Born about 3 Feb 1715 in Livingston Manor, Albany, New York

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Died about May 1787 at about age 72 in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Maria Margaretta, daughter of Martin Zerbe and Anna Elizabeth Jungel, was born 13 Feb 1715 in West Camp, Ulster County, Livingston Manor, New York. She was baptized Maria Margretha at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, in West Camp, Ulster, New York on 13 Feb 1715; sponsors Henrich Widerwachs, Maria Margretha Barthelin, and Maria Margretha Frehdin.

In 1723 she moved with her family to the Tulpehocken region of northwestern Berks County, Pennsylvania. She was married in 1734 to Albrecht Strauss in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania. They had 11 children, all born in Berks County, Pennsylvania:^[1]

1. Maria Barbara Strauss, 1735–1812; married Johannes Klohs, 1723–1795^[2]
2. Jacob Strauss, 1736–1793, married Elisabeth Maria Brecht, 1738–1795^[3]
3. Maria Elizabeth Strauss, born 5 May 1737, married John Daniel Madery
4. Anna Elizabeth Strauss, born 25 Mar 1739
5. John Casper Strauss, born 5 Aug 1741
6. Maria Eva Rosina Strauss, born 6 Nov 1742, married Johann Christoph Schaber (1741-aft.1793)
7. Maria Catherine Strauss, born 6 Mar 1745, married John Long, born 1740^[1]
8. John Philip Strauss, 1748–1808, married Savilla Kepner, 1749–1771^[4]
9. Maria Susanna Strauss, 1750-1842, married Benjamin Kepner, 1750-1804
10. Maria Christina Strauss, 1751-1821, married Johannes Jacob Kepner, 1734-1835^[1]
11. John Samuel Straus, 1756-1835, married Catherine Elizabeth Umbenhauer, 1758-1821^[5]

Maria Margaretta died in Berks County, in May 1787, aged 72 years. She was buried in Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania.^[6]

Research Notes

Maria Margaretha Zerbe was born on 3 Feb 1714 in Livingston, Livingston. Maria died on 7 May 1787 in Marion, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States aged 73. (no sources for these statements.)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestral File (TM) Abbreviation: Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 November 2020), memorial page for Maria Barbara Strauss Klohs (16 Nov 1735–1 Dec 1812), Find a Grave Memorial no. 108986689, citing Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Michelle Fegley Wahrenberger (contributor 47179694).
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 November 2020), memorial page for Jacob Strauss (31 Dec 1736–13 Jan 1793), Find a Grave Memorial no. 36472930, citing Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Mary Harrell-Sesniak (contributor 46488639).
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 November 2020), memorial page for John Philip Strauss (1748–1808), Find a Grave Memorial no. 215960576, ; Maintained by Mosslady (contributor 48895586) Burial Details Unknown.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 November 2020), memorial page for Johann “Samuel” Strauss (13 May 1756–25 Mar 1835), Find a Grave Memorial no. 215867649, citing Saint Thomas Cemetery, Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Mosslady (contributor 48895586).
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 November 2020), memorial page for Anna Margaretta “Maria” Zerbe Strauss (13 Feb 1715–May 1787), Find a Grave Memorial no. 55165204, citing Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Jeanne Gaumer (contributor 46831932).

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Acknowledgments

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