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See father's profile for additional information, plus Bell's Register p. 118.
On 8 Dec 1760, the marriage of Caspar (also spelled Casper) to “Frederica Wolph” (or Wolf etc.) was recorded at St. John’s Anglican church in Lunenburg (shared by all denominations at the time) [1] She also, of course, was born in the German States (1742), & lived to about age 55, dying in 1797. Caspar outlived her by three decades, dying at the age of 88 in 1826, in the LaHave area.[2]
See the profile of his father, Lorentz Sr., concerning the land allocations that Caspar received.[3]
Like a great many of the Lutheran settlers, “Casper Condradt [sic] contributed some voluntary labour & a small money donation toward the building of the church (1770-71).” Also “signed Membership Roll 1775; appears in church account books 1770-85.”[4]
When the land grants were formalized 30 June 1784, no holdings appeared in Caspar’s name – i.e. to say, Bell mentions none in the Register.
D.S. Conrad says that the descendants of Caspar and Frederica form “the most widespread branch of the family [i.e., of the progeny of Lorentz Conrad Sr. & .Anna Maria Salome Wether]. They account for the majority of the family at Conrod Settlement and at Chezzetcook in Halifax County - in Lunenburg County at Mount Pleasant - as well the Conrads who settled in Queen['s] County during the 1800's. Many descendants are in the United States.”
Edwards and Sutherland both list 13 children of Caspar & Frederica: 8 daughters & 5 sons. Bell lists the baptisms of the first three children (1762 through 1766), plus another as “no data, but apparently in Nov. 1771 – [blank for name], of Casper & Frederica Conrad.” That unidentified child, I’m assuming, did not survive for long. Edwards & Sutherland call her Sophia Elizabeth, “born about 1771,” and no further trace of her appears, plus, the next-born daughter (Dec 1776) was given exactly the same name. Bell does not show the boy Johannes whom Edwards and Sutherland both identify as the actual fourth-born child (31 March 1769), making the ill-fated first of the Sophia Elizabeth’s the fifth-born. The sixth was John George (1774), followed by the surviving Sophia Elizabeth (1776). The remaining six children were born from 1780 to 1792. This is possible, since Frederica married at age 17. She would have had her thirteenth and last child when she was 47. The church records for Luneburg show:
Frederica Catherine Conrad died in 1797 at age 54 in La Have[5]
Caspar Conrad died October 22, 1826 at age 88 years, 5 months[7]. He was buried on October 26[7]
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