Elizabetha Barbara (Schnell) Empie (abt. 1704 - 1800)

Born about Aug 1704 in Mannheim, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Ernst Emichen Empie — married before 1724 in New York

Descendants

Died 1800 at about age 95 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, USA

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Biography

Elizabetha was the youngest child of Jacob and Elizabetha Schnell. She was probably born in or near Mannheim, between 1701 and 1710; however, see the Research notes in the profile for her father for new information about her origins and baptismal records in Europe.

She would have been about four years old when her family arrived in New York in 1710.

29 Sep 1711: 4 persons over 10, 2 persons under 10 are recorded for the household of Jacob Schnell, her father, on the Hunter Lists. Elizabetha would have been one of the 2 children under 10.

1723: Elizabetha Schnell/Snell married Johannes Empie, in Montgomery County, New York. The couple had 9 children:^[1]

1. Margaretha Anna Eva (1724- ) m Christopher Schultheiss/Schultz
2. Philip (1726- ). Joined Capt. Soffrines Deychert's Company in March 1757. He was a Loyalist and went to Canada in 1780.^[2] He married Maria Elisabetha Barbara Schultheiss/Schultz.
3. Wilhelm (1728-1803). Joined Captain Soffrines Deychert's Company. Remained a loyalist and went to Canada. He married Maria Margaretha Laux.
4. Anna Margaretha Eva (1730- ) m Wilhelm Casselmann
5. John Frederick (1730-~1795) m Maria Elisabetha Schultheiss/Schultz
6. Adam (1734- ). His will probated 8 Dec 1783, in Stone Arabia.
7. Johannes (1742-1825 ) m Anna Maria Kilts. Buried in Sharon, NY.
8. Anna Maria born 8 Jan 1744
9. Johann Jacob (1752- ) baptized Nov 1762 in Stone Arabia. Died Aug 1777 at the Battle of Oriskany

Sources

1. ↑ The family appears on Pastor Sommer's list of his congregation at Stone Arabia and Cani-Schohare in 1744
2. ↑ His petition survives in the Haldimand Papers, dated 6 Dec 1782. The will of Philip Empey signed 4 Aug 1795, probated 27 Feb 1796. Surrogate's Court Brockville and Leeds Company Ontario, Eastern District.

• The Eighteenth Century Snell family of the Mohawk Valley, by David Kendall Martin. Timmerman Reunion, Inc (Little Falls, New York), p. 3. Full Text at FamilySearch
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7076601&pid=511
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MZLW-FKD
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89079023/elizabetha-empie: accessed 01 July 2023), memorial page for Elizabetha Snell Empie (1706–1801), Find A Grave: Memorial #89079023; Burial Details Unknown, Stone Arabia, New York; Maintained by Theron Smith (contributor 46935364).
• Letter from family researcher, no sources - Johannes Empey married Elisabetha Barbara Schnell in circa 1722. She was born 8/1704 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Her death date is circa 1800 Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~jksparling/d0041/f0004174.html