Johann Michael Schmidt (1714 - 1798)

Born 7 Mar 1714 in Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1798 at age 84 in LaHave, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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Biography

In Johann Michael Schmitt's own words "1714. The 7th of March I, Johann Michael Schmitt, was born into the world; my father was Georg Schmitt of Neustatten in the land of Ansbach, where he was magistrate; my mother was Margaretha Schmitt of Tauberzell".

Johann Michael Schmitt had in his possession, and brought to Nova Scotia, the Bible originally belonging to his wife's first husband, Georg Hertell (d.1737). This Bible is now known as the Schmitt-Heckman-Burgess Bible and contains 23 pages of 18th Century German script, almost all written in the same hand. This diary is attributed to J. Michael Schmitt. (see source below)

He arrived in Halifax aboard the Gale on August 26, 1752. The manifest shows:

• Johann Michael Schmidt, 38
• Maria Barbara Elisabeth (Engelhorn), 44
• Catherina Barbara, 12
• Maria Elisabetha, 7
• Hans Thomas, 5
• Susanna Hertell (step-dau)
• Regina Hertell (step-dau)
• Johann Martin Hertell, 18 (born 8 Jun 1733)^[1]

By 1760, Johann Michael "Michael" Schmitt/Schmidt purchased or was granted land in the peninsula that became known as "Five Houses" on the LaHave River ^[2] The land was in the 30 Acre Farm Lot Grants, Township of Lunenburg.

He was living at Five Houses when recorded in the 1792 Poll Tax Records. In 1793, the Poll Tax Records show Michael as a widower and his son Thomas, farmer, is recorded immediately beneath him.

Michael passed away at Five Houses on the LaHave. His son Thomas recorded in the family bible "1798 - 9th of June - my father John Michael passed away, having reached the age of 84 years 3 months and 2 days and was buried on the 11th in Oakwood Cemetery".

Johann Michael Schmitt. ^[3]

Born 7 Mar 1714. Leiman, Germany. ^[4]

Event: Arrival 1752 Nova Scotia, Canada. ^[5]

Johan Michael Schmidt. ^[6]

Born 7 Mar 1714. Leiman, Sudwestpfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. 7 Mar 1714. Leiman, Sudwestpfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 7 Mar 1714

Died 9 Jun 1798. La Have, , Nova Scotia, Canada. 9 Jun 1798. La Have, , Nova Scotia, Canada. Found multiple copies of death date. Using 9 Jun 1798

File Format: jpg. NovaScotiaImmigrantsto1867VolI_338323171 (2). Format: jpg. on the Gale.

Sources

1. ↑ Palatine Project [1]
2. ↑ Young, J. Christopher. Maps Associated With Lunenburg County History. J. Christopher Young (Publisher), 2003.
3. ↑ Source: #S-1630331606 Place: Nova Scotia, Canada; Year: 1752; Page Number: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=2657227&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Birth date: abt 1714 Birth place: Arrival date: 1752 Arrival place: Nova Scotia, Canada
4. ↑ Source: #S-1630331606 Place: Nova Scotia, Canada; Year: 1752; Page Number: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=2657227&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Birth date: abt 1714 Birth place: Arrival date: 1752 Arrival place: Nova Scotia, Canada
5. ↑ Source: #S-1630331606 Place: Nova Scotia, Canada; Year: 1752; Page Number: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=2657227&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Birth date: abt 1714 Birth place: Arrival date: 1752 Arrival place: Nova Scotia, Canada
6. ↑ Source: #S910835684

• Source: S-1630331606 Repository: #R-1696698751 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Gale Research Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenge Note:
• Repository: R-1696698751 Ancestry.com Note:
• Source: S-1631729917 Repository: #R-1696698751 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=43238046&pid=596
• Source: S-1728238779 Repository: #R-2145178099 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=1537634&pid=43
• Repository: R-2145178099 Ancestry.com Note:
• Source: S910835684 Repository: #R-2145178099 Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Map of Lunenburg and New Dublin Townships showing Lots: Nova Scotia Archives. Historical Maps of Nova Scotia. Lunenburg and New Dublin Townships. Date: 1767. Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Map Collection: V7 230 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia [2]
• Poll Tax Records 1792: Nova Scotia Archives, Poll Tax Records, 1791-1795, John Michael Smith, La Have, Lunenburg County — 1792, Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444 no. 49 [3]
• Poll Tax Records 1793: Nova Scotia Archives, Poll Tax Records, 1791-1795, John Michael Smith, La Have, Lunenburg County — 1793, Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444 no. 49 [4]
• Burgess, Kenneth Farwell, 1887- . Colonists of New England and Nova Scotia: Burgess and Heckman families. Publisher [Chicago?] 1956. Page 101. [5]
• Zwicker genealogy