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Johann Caspar Conrad (1738 - 1826)

Johann Caspar (Caspar) Conrad
Born in Kleinheubach am Main, Löwenstein-Wertheim, Heiliges Römisches Reichmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 8 Dec 1760 in St. John's Anglican church, Lunenburg, Nova Scotiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 88 in LaHave, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

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:

  1. Andrew, who was baptized February 16 1762, and who married Sophia Catherine Himmelman, daughter of George on November 8, 1791[5]
  2. Matthew, born about 1764 and baptized December 9, 1764[6], and who married Maria Margaret Lohnes, daughter of Michael on May 6, 1788[5]
  3. Catherina Barbara Conrad, born about 1766 and baptized September 28, 1766, [6], who married Chris Lohnes, son of Michael[5]
  4. John, born March 31, 1769 and baptized April 2 1769[6], and who married Catherine Gertraudt Halter, daughter of Richard on July 14, 1792[5]
  5. Sophia Elizabeth, born November 3, 1771 and baptized November 7, 1771[6], and who died January 9, 1776 age 3 years 10 days[5]
  6. George, born February 6, 1774 and baptized Feb 13, whose godparents were Geo Wolf & Rosina Wolf[5]
  7. Sophia Elizabeth, born December 15, 1776 and baptized December 22, 1776, whose godparents were Lorentz Conrad & Sophia[5], who married George Walters on November 1, 1796[5]
  8. Ann Margaret, born December 25, 1780 and baptized January 3, 1781, whose godparents were Conrad Wentzel & Anna Margaret[5]
  9. Rebecca Elizabeth, born April 1, 1783 and baptized April 22, whose godparents were Rebecca Eliz Jung & Maria Barb Zwick[5]
  10. Ann Mary, born October 23, 1788 and baptized October 26, 1788, whose godparents were Michael & Anna Maria Lohnes[5], who married Leonard Walter son of George on November 29, 1808[6]
  11. Mary Barbara, born February 9, 1785 and baptized March 23, whose godparents were Gottlieb Zwicker & Maria Barbara[5]
  12. Nicholas, born August 3, 1792 and baptized August 8, 1792, whose godparents were Nicholas Conrad & Maria Cath[5], who married Barbara Himmelman on December 28, 1818[5]

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]

Sources

  1. Bell, Register, p. 118.
  2. Edwards; & Sutherland.
  3. Note that we are unsure whether the farm lot he held in 1760 was A3 at First South, adjacent to that of his brother Nicholas on A4, or over on the LaHave River at nos. 12-13 in either Division A or B – Bell shows A, Young found it was B. One of those two pieces of farmland was Caspar’s and the other belonged to Lorentz (whether Lorentz Senior or Lorentz Junior is not certain), but an error in the original document obscures which was which. (See Bell p. 115.) Presumably he did not meet the criteria to participate in the lottery for 300-acre wood lots, or he opted out or had turned to a non-farming profession, since his name does not appear in that allocation. Another possibility is that his mother and brothers gave him the wood lot that went to “Lorentz Conrad’s Widow & Children” in the first drawing, 3 Oct 1763, where the family obtained lot F10 of the Second Division. (Bell p. 115.) By Young's estimate of the survey lines, Lot F10 lay between the present Northfield Road and Rte 10, apparently straddling Smith Road. (Young "Maps" p. 101.)
  4. Bell p. 118.
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 Zion Lutheran Church Records, Lunenburg Nova Scotia, accessed at Nova Scotia Archives on Friday September 14, 2018
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 St. John's Anglican Church, Parish Records of St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg, accessed at Nova Scotia Archives on Friday September 14, 2018
  7. 7.0 7.1 Records of the Dutch Reformed Church, Lunenburg, accessed at Nova Scotia Archives on Friday September 14, 2018
  • Bell, Winthrop Packard. 2003. Register of the Foreign Protestants of Nova Scotia (ca. 1749-1770) . 2 vols. Compiled & prepared for publication by J. Christopher Young, Guelph ON. Sackville NB: Mount Allison University. [Father Lorentz and J. George himself: Pages 114-115 & 118 of Vol. 1 of Young’s compilation, being Bell’s original pp. 72-72A & 76 of Section IA.]
  • Edwards, Gail. 2009. “Gail’s Genealogy Page.” Online site accessed 9 Feb 2014 at http://gail.elementfx.com/fam537.html. (Note that this site cites no sources for its rich collection of data.)
  • Young, J. Christopher. 2003. Maps Associated With Lunenburg County Family History. Published by the author. (ISBN 0-9730393-1)




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