Shortly after Nicholas' birth, his father died. Nicholas is named in his father's will, along with his mother and siblings. He was specifically left 50 pounds by his father.
North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records for his Father[2]
Name: Nicholas Ludwig [father of the Nicholas Ludwick of this profile]
Probate Date: 1781
Probate Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year:v Abt 1781
Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA
Item Description: Original Wills, Irwin, Lydia - Miller, James
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Cabarrus, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3
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Sources
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Frank Spencer, Monday, February 2, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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Wills and Estate Papers (Mecklenburg County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Nicholas Ludwick, 1781, Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. See: https://ancstry.me/2NfF3ji.
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North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Nicholas Ludwig married Barbara Ritchey on 21 May 1800 in Cabarrus, North Carolina. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. See: https://ancstry.me/2MRNT7V.
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1820 United States Federal Census, Nicholas Ludwig, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Cabarrus, North Carolina; Page: 142; NARA Roll: M33_80; Image: 145. Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. See: https://ancstry.me/2qKoLXZ.
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1830 United States Federal Census, Nicholas Ludwick, 1830; Census Place: Cabarrus, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 119; Page: 202; Family History Library Film: 0018085. Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. See: https://ancstry.me/2PtfOwr.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nicholas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nicholas: