John Jacob Krieger (1724 - 1806)

Born 1724 in Froschen, Pfalz, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Barbara (Bransetter) Krieger — married 10 Aug 1745 in Germany

Descendants

Died 16 Jun 1806 at about age 82 in Wythe County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Name: Jacob Krieger Arrival year: 1765 Arrival Place: Pennsylvania Primary Immigrant: Krieger, Jacob Family Members: Wife Maria B Brandstetter 42; Son Johann Georg 14; Son Hanss Theobald 3; Son Johann Michael 3; Daughter Anna Margaretha 1; Daughter Eva Catharina 8; Son Heinrich Jacob 20

Annotation: Emigrants to the North American colonies [who are named] in the Lutheran church baptismal and marriage registers of Thaleischweiler [Germany]. About 50 emigrants to Pennsylvania during the 18th century before the Revolutionary War. Names, ages, family dat

Source Bibliography: KREBS, FRIEDRICH. "Auswanderer nach den nord-amerikanischen Kolonien im lutherischen Kirchenbuch von Thaleischweiler." In Mitteilungen zur Wanderungsgeschichte der Pfaelzer (supplement to) Pfaelzische Familien- und Wappenkunde, Folgen 3-4 (1952), pp. 21-24.

From Ancestry .com by Jean Bates

I am a descendant of Michael Krieger-Creger whose ancestor was John Balthasar Crieger, a shoemaker,Lutheran, and was from Halle in Saxony (now East Germany). His son was John Gottfried Kreiger who married Anna Maria Kramer in Germany. Their son, John Jacob Krieger was born in Froschen, Pfalz, Germany and married Anna Barbara Brandstetter. Jacob was a weaver. On May 7, 1765 he and his family left for America. His son, Michael Hans Kreiger, and his parents moved to Montgomery Co., VA from Pennsylvania in about 1777-1778. My next descendant is Henry Creager and then Ambrose Creiger. Yes, there are many spellings. Have you seen the book, "Notes on the Two Kreiger (Cregar, Cregger, Crigger, etc.) Families of Wythe County, Virginia" written by Clifford R. Canfield? It good information on both Krieger families that came to Wythe County.

If you want more information about the book, please contact me. Also, if you are a descendant of Ambrose Creiger, I have lots more information about his family after he died. They came to Maury Co., Tennessee.

John was born in 1794. John Crigger ... He passed away in 1806. ^[1]

Notes

(Montgomery County Virginia) [1] Margaret Creeger, daughter of Jacob, married Henry Been November 28, 1786. Jacob gave consent and surity.(Signed Greeger in German script) [1] From Early adventures on western waters vol 2 by Kegley

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by James Crigger, Feb 7, 2012

Source Bibliography: KREBS, FRIEDRICH. "Auswanderer nach den nord-amerikanischen Kolonien im lutherischen Kirchenbuch von Thaleischweiler." In Mitteilungen zur Wanderungsgeschichte der Pfaelzer (supplement to) Pfaelzische Familien- und Wappenkunde, Folgen 3-4 (1952), pp. 21-24.

"Notes on the Two Kreiger (Cregar, Cregger, Crigger, etc.) Families of Wythe County, Virginia" written by Clifford R. Canfield