Anna Catherina (Minnich) Fleenor (1725 - aft. 1769)

Born 31 May 1725 in Freisbach, Germersheim, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Wife of Johannes Flinner — married about 1740 in Platz, Bad Kissingen, Unterfranken, Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reich [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after Sep 1769 after age 44 in Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland

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Biography

Anna Catherina (Minnich) Fleenor has German Roots.

Anna Catherina (Minnich) Fleenor was a Marylander.

Research Notes There are various birthplaces and parents listed for Anna Catherina throughout Ancestry and other sites, does anyone have a source to say which is correct?

• Johann Peter Münch and his wife Christina had a daughter called Anna Maria. She was christened on 31 May 1725 in Freisbach.^[1]

• Anna Catherina Münch (note: surname later anglicized to Minnick) was born on 31 May 1725 in Hirschlanden, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Hans Wendi Munch (b. 3 February 1682, Farenbach, Germany) and Anna Braugh (b. 5 October 1687, Germany, d. 16 January 1732, Germany) - Unsourced - Verification required

• Note about maiden surname: Her surname was originally Münch (also spelled Muench) but changed to Minnick over time."Muench" from this family (in German, Munch with an umlaut on the "u"), was apparently pronounced "Minnick". Many of the Muench children therefore started spelling it that way, which leads to no end of confusion unless you know this.

Marriage

Anna married Johannes Jacob Fleenor circa 1740 in Bayern, Unterfranken, Platz, Germany. [source documents needed for marriage date and place].

Immigration

Anna immigrated from Germany, who arrived in 1754 with her husband, Johannes Jacob Flinner (later generations would go by Fleener - Fleenor - Flenor - Fleinor - and other variations).

In 1754 Anna and Johannes (John) immigrated to Pennsylvania on the ship "John and Elizabeth". It was Piloted by Captain Ham which sailed from Amsterdam to Portsmouth to Philadelphia. The family spent some time in Bucks County, Pennsylvania before settling in Frederick County, Maryland. Anna and Johannes were the parents of 15 children together, including those who moved to Washington County, VA.-- Caspar being the first in 1769. Later generations changed the surname to Fleenor, Flenne, Flinner. They established the many 'Fleenor' lines with various spellings that trace back to that county.

Death

Anna passed away in 1766 at Woodsboro, Frederick, Maryland and was interred there at Grace Rocky Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery. ^[2]

• Rupp's 30th Immigrant Records, and record from the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church or Saint Peters Church: Ship records dated November 7, 1754 the Ship John and Elizabeth, Captain Ham from Amsterdam, last from Portsmouth with inhabitants from Hanau, Wuerttemberg, and Palatinate Germany left with 11 Roman Catholics and 120 Protestants a total of 330 Passengers.

• Johannes (also known as John) and Anna were in Frederick County, Maryland by 1767 after spending time in Bucks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania. There, the family belonged to the Saint Peter's Rocky Hill Lutheran Parish in Woodsboro. Most family records from this time are to be found there, now called Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church. The last date, which mentions the couple is a communicant list of 29 Sep 1789, on which they are both, listed. This was about the year of their 50th wedding anniversary, and this may possibly have been the occasion.

• Starting the FLEENOR family lines there, some of their descendants went on to Ohio and the Indiana Territory, where, when it opened to white settlers, could be had for $1.25 an acre, payable over four years, and from there to Iowa, Missouri, and the West.

The FLEENOR branches of the family are now found in every state in the country, and are far more prolific than the FLENER line... Adam, the eldest, and Jacob, went further on to Tennessee in about 1788, and when Adam died in 1793, his children went on to Kentucky and Indiana to form the FLENER and FLEENER lines.

"John Fleener" is listed in the DAR database with spouse Anna; Birth - circa 1720 in Germany; Death - post 9-24-1789; Service Description - Signed Oath of Fidelity and Support, 1778.

• Anna and Johannes (John) were parents of several children, including those who moved to Washington County, Virginia -- Caspar, Adam and Nicholas, followed by John, Jacob and Michael.

Daughters Elizabetha, Martha Bessie, and Maria Catharina all went to Virginia as well; only Margaretha remained behind in Maryland with her husband.

• DAR database with spouse Anna; Birth - circa 1720 in Germany; Death - post 9-24-1789; Service Description - Signed Oath of Fidelity and Support, 1778.

• Burial Place: Grace Rocky Hill Lutheran Cemetery, Frederick County, Maryland, USA

Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 36377120

Sources

1. ↑ Church book Gommersheim-Freisbach, Pfalz: Zentralarchiv der Evang. Kirche > Neustadt > Gommersheim > Taufen, Trauungen, Bestattungen, Sonstiges 1665-1796 Archion
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/36377120/anna-flinner : accessed 10 May 2021), memorial page for Anna Minnick Flinner (1722–1766), Find A Grave: Memorial #36377120, citing Grace Rocky Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery, Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Connie Silk Fenn (contributor 46846247) .

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Karen Caton for creating WikiTree profile Muench-44 through the import of Minnich.ged on Jul 27, 2013.
• Thank you to James Flener for creating WikiTree profile Minnick-259 through the import of Family.ged on Aug 16, 2013.
• WikiTree profile Minnick-100 created through the import of WikitreeFinal5.ged on Apr 21, 2012 by Gene O'Sullivan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Gene and others.