Margaretta (Simone) Brecht (1708 - 1778)

Born 1708 in Pfeffelbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Michael Brecht Jr — married Apr 1728 in Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 1778 at about age 70 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Margaretta (Simone) Brecht has German Roots.

Margaretta (Simone) Brecht was a Pennsylvanian.

Eine Margaretha Simon von den Pfeffelbachern war zu der angeblichen Hochzeit noch nicht in den USA - Gudrun Herold When Marguerite/Margaret/Margareta Simone was born on March 21, 1708, in Pfeffelbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, her father, Johann, was 25, and her mother, Margaretha, was 28. She married Johann/John Michael "Michael" Brecht in April 1728 in Heidelberg, Pennsylvania. They had ten children in 18 years. She died on March 21, 1778, at the age of 70, and was buried in Reading, Pennsylvania.

When (Johannes/Johan(n)/John) MICHAEL "Michael" Brecht was born on May 30, 1706, his father, Johannes, was 43 and his mother, Anna, was 42. He married Marguerite/Margaret/Margareta Simone in April 1728 in Heidelberg, Pennsylvania. They had ten children in 18 years. He died on September 13, 1794, in Reading, Pennsylvania, having lived a long life of 88 years, and was buried in Berks, Pennsylvania.

Landed in Philadelphia 10/2/1727 from the ship "Adventure", John Davis master from Rotterdam.

see birthplace as Wargabosen, France - ( but . . . don't find 'Wargabosen, France' (do find Bosen, Germany, in Saar, Saar) (' they came from Hagenau, France which later became Germany' - per Hause site - http://hausegenealogy.com/bright.html)

"From 1947 to 1956 the Saarland was a French-occupied territory (the "Saar Protectorate") separate from the rest of Germany."

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Margareta, Marguerite, Margaretta, Margaret

Buried Heidelberg Reformed Church - in what is now Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania (in Lancaster County then, Lebanon County now)

see

http://pages.swcp.com/~dhickman/notes/simon.html

as seen 12/22/17

SIMON PENNSYLVANIA NOTES (Working Copy) April 1728 Margaret Simone, daughter of Jacob Simone from France married Johann Michael Brecht at Heidelberg Tp, now Lebanon (then Chester) Co Pa. This Margaret died 1778 then Lancaster, now Lebanon Pa (NOTE: This is about ten miles from Tulpehocken)

https://books.google.com/books?id=nUoVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR91&lpg=PR91&dq=Tulpehocken+Simone+family&source=bl&ots=8QQmom1SV0&sig=e9zp8YaDzu98Z6_QToNp2Kipxus&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K7QMVavYNYTbsATB9IHQDQ&ved=0CBsQ6AEwADgK

"Here Michael Brecht first met Margareta Simone. the daughter of Jacob Simone, a newly arrived emigrant from France. She was somewhat his junior in years, but after a short courtship they were married. After this happy event, which took place in April. 1728, Mr. Brecht turned his attention to the business of future support. Following the example of his neighbors he had already marked out a tract of vacant land. It contained by a subsequent survey, 78 acres and was located in the rich limestone region of the Lebanon valley, and covered with primeval forest of white oak and hickory. We give here a diagram of the tract on which he settled."

Sources

• Brecht Family Genealogy. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://hausegenealogy.com/bright.html

• https://www.geni.com/people/Jacob-Simone/338295157660014860

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146512237/_

• http://dayancestry.blogspot.com/2011/10/johann-michael-bright.html?m=1

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/vitals/LZXP-58D

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