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Matthias (Matthew) Seckinger

Born 4 Feb 1717 in Rötenberg, Oberndorf, Württemberg, Deutschland

Son of Christoph Seckinger and Katharina (Waltz) Seckinger

Brother of Andreas Seckinger and Lucia Seckinger

Husband of Anna Catharina (Gunther) Seckinger — married 25 Jul 1740 in Rötenberg, Oberndorf, Württemberg, Deutschland

Descendants

Father of Christian Seckinger, Maria Catharina Seckinger, Johann Georg Seckinger, Christiana Seckinger, Anna (Seckinger) Zittrouer, Andrew Seckinger, Jonathan Seckinger and Lucia (Seckinger) Shubdrein

Died 22 Jul 1761 at age 44 in St. Matthews Parish Ebenezer Georgia

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1 Biography
- 1.1 Family
- 1.2 Burial
2 Sources

Biography

Matthias Seckinger and Anna Catharina (Gunther) Seckinger arrived with their family 2 Oct 1749, aboard the 5th Palatine Transport "Charles Town Galley"

Matthew Seckinger was a Georgia colonist.

Mathias was christened on 04 Feb 1717 in Rötenberg. He was the son of cooper ("Kübler") Christoph Seckinger and Catharina.^[1] Matthias Seckinger was the oldest of Christoph and Katharina (Waltz) Seckinger's 3 children. They lived in Rotenberg Evangelical Parish Germany and his father was a Cooper so we assume he at least had the skills to build barrels.

Family

On 25 Jul 1740 Matthias married Anna Catharina Günther, daughter of the late farmer Christian Günther from Baach,^[2] and they had 8 children being:

1) Christian b. 13 May 1741 in Rotenberg who probably died before he was 8 years old

2) Maria Catharina b. 13 Aug 1742 in Rotenberg who probably died before she was 6 years old

3) Johan Georg b.14 Jan 1744 m 29 Sep 1767 Anna Barbara Huber in Ebenezer

4) Christiana b. 2 Sep 1745 d. 20 May 1747

5) Anna b. 25 Dec 1747 in Rotenberg m. 18 Jul 1769 in Ebenezer to John Paul Miller, Jr.

6) Andrew d. in Ebenezer in 1802 m. Anna Catherine

7) Jonathan b. 1 Aug 1758 in Ebenezer d. after 1827 m. Mary Frederica Shearouse

8) Lucia b. 7 Jun 1760 in Ebenezer m. Christian Shubdrein

Burial

Mathias died 22 Jul 1761 in St. Matthews Parrish, Ebenezer, Georgia

Sources

↑ Church book Rötenberg, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Sulz am Neckar > Rötenberg > Mischbuch 1633-1740 Band 1 Archion
↑ Church book Rötenberg, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Sulz am Neckar > Rötenberg > Eheregister 1650-1808 Band 2 Archion

Georgia Salzburgers & Allied Families by Gnann, Pearl Rahn , original copyright 1956.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthew 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 Matthew: