Georg Philip Ziegler (1677 - 1756)

Born 1 Apr 1677 in Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Martha Mayer — married Jul 1702 in Germany

Descendants

Died Jun 1756 at age 79 in Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Biography

"Youngest son, born April 1,1677, was Georg Philip. Georg Philip grew into manhood and married Anna Martha Mayer. Together they had eight children. Three of the eight children died before attaining the age of six. Georg Philip Ziegler was a burgher and member of the Town Council of Weiler in 1727.

We do not know the reason why Georg Philip made his decision to come to America. Of course, there were many reasons to select from including unwieldy inheritance laws, an over-abundance of specialists in available occupations, and not least, a lingering reaction to the Thirty Years War. Additionally, William Penn dispatched sales people into Germany to extoll the virtues of immigration to Pennsylvania along with the promise of free land.

Georg Philip and his family, sold all their belongings, home and lands and set out on the biggest adventure of their lives. He paid 24 florins, 19 Kreuzer emigration tax to go to Pennsylvania in addition to the fare charged for the voyage. Georg Philip appears as Philip Seigler, "5-1/2 freights" in the passenger list of the ship "William and Sarah" that arrived in America September 18, 1727. four children accompanied their father and mother on the long voyage. In fact, we know that only one of the living children, Maria Catherina, was left behind in Germany because she was a 22 year old married woman. The half "freight" was a daughter, Anna Christina, eleven years old at the time of the voyage. (Children under age twelve traveled at half fare.) The boys accompanying their parents were twenty-four year old Johann Jacob, (the oldest son), Johann Georg, aged fifteen, and Johann Philip, aged thirteen."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "George Phillip Ziegler." Family Search. Accessed Dec. 10th, 2017. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6T3-8NY.

See also:

• "George Phillip Ziegler." Family Search. Accessed Dec. 10th, 2017. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6T3-8NY.

• "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J454-NX7 : 26 December 2014), Philipp Ziegler in entry for Philipp Ziegler and Barbara Widmann, 20 Apr 1728; citing Evangelisch, Groetzingen, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg; FHL microfilm 1,056,567.

• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VH3Y-D4P : 28 November 2014), Philipp Ziegler in entry for Joh. Philippus Ziegler, 27 Aug 1713; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,189,096.

• "George Philip Ziegler, Genealogy Stories." http://www.genealogystories.net/georg_philip_immigrant.html.

• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VH3Y-XX2 : 28 November 2014), Joh. Philipp Ziegler in entry for Anna Christina Ziegler, 16 Dec 1715; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,189,096.

• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NV8Y-FPP : 28 November 2014), Joh. Philipp Ziegler in entry for Anna Christina Ziegler, 16 Dec 1715; citing Evangelisch, Hilsbach, Heidelberg, Baden; FHL microfilm 1,189,096.

• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N5DX-NMX : 28 November 2014), Johann Georg Ziegler in entry for Johann Georg Ziegler, 02 May 1716; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,055,812.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVG-3DPR : 13 December 2015), George Philip Ziegler, 1756; Burial, , York, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Bott Cemetery; citing record ID 17327748, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Oath of allegiance to His MAJESTY, KING GEORGE THE SECOND, and His successors, kings of Great Britain." Oath of Allegiance signed by Georg Philip Ziegler, September 21, 1727. (Fourth column, top half, third from bottom.)

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Mark Pierce for creating WikiTree profile Ziegler-376 through the import of Pierce.ged on Jul 17, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Mark and others.

• This person was created on 24 May 2011 through the import of Conley - Dye,_2010-11-16.ged.