Nicholas Martin Graffius (b. May 02, 1722, d. May 20, 1790)
Nicholas Martin Graffius277 was born May 02, 1722 in Europe277, and died May 20, 1790 in Standing Stone, Huntingdon, PA278, 278. He married Anne Catharine ? on Abt. 1746 in Europe.
Notes for Nicholas Martin Graffius:
Barbara Richardson .. cgsmom@hotmail.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbarar ID: I2713 Name: Martin Nicholas GRAFFIUS Given Name: Martin Nicholas Surname: Graffius Sex: M Birth: 2 MAY 1722 in Europe Death: 20 MAY 1790 in Huntingdon,Pennsylvania Change Date: 9 APR 2002 at 05:25:33
Marriage 1 Anne Catharine Children Nicholas GRAFFIUS b: 12 APR 1746 in Europe Peter GRAFFIUS b: 19 APR 1749 in Europe Rebecca GRAFFIUS b: 18 APR 1751 John GRAFFIUS b: 24 FEB 1754 in York Co.,Pa Abraham GRAFFIUS b: 22 AUG 1756 Mary GRAFFIUS b: 18 MAR 1759 Elizabeth GRAFFIUS b: AUG 1762 Catherine GRAFFIUS b: 23 OCT 1765 Martin GRAFFIUS b: 10 NOV 1767 Jacob GRAFFIUS b: 21 NOV 1770
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Margaret Lezark .. lezarkfm@jps.net
ID: I382 Name: Martin Nicholas GRAFFIUS Sex: M Birth: 2 MAY 1722 in ,,France Death: 20 MAY 1790 in Standing Stone,Huntingdon,Pennsylvania Note: !Africa's History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, PA, 1883, pp. 417-18. Also, book 974.8, D3cj.
Stated he emmigrated in 1750 and settled in York Co., PA. Wife's name is not given.
SOURCE: The Weston family history written by Giles S. Myers(?) who mailed a copy of the document to Dwight W. Glenn in Sep 1996 after the Stephens Reunion in Aug 1996. Photocopy in poss of Margaret Lezark, Benicia, Ca. This document points out that the Graffius history is recorded in Africa: HISTORY OF HUNTINGDON CO., p. 417.
BIOGRAPHY: Her [Mary Graffius Weston] father (Nicholas) Martin Graffius (born May 2, 1722, died May 20, 1790 at York, Pa.) was a Huguenot who came to America in 1750. Most of his children settled in Huntingdon Co. NOTE: from Weston source.
SOURCE: The Graffius Story, written in Nov 1983 by Beatrice W. Kingsley. Copy in poss of Margaret Lezark, Benicia, CA. Glenn/Gorman Research Log #7
BIOGRAPHY: Martin Nicholas (or Nicholas Martin) (as some records say) was born in Europe. The family lived in France but were not French. He and his wife, Anne Catharine, had two sons by the time they came to America. According to rumor, Nicholas took the money that was intended to buy his exemption from service in the German army for their passage to America. They sailed from Rotterdam in Holland on the ship, Ediburgh, and arrived at Philadelphia on September 15, 1749. It was necessary at that time for all males over 16 to take an oath of allegiance in order to gain admittance into the country and Nicholas took that oath. The couple went first to Germantown which is now part of Philadelphia. From there they went to York County and made a home for themselves and stayed for 20 years. It was here that the rest of their children were born and many of them were married. York was at this time very prominent in the plans of the American Revolution and it was at the York County Court House that the American Congress assembled during the gloomiest period of the war. Much of the war was fought in this vicinity. The Graffius family was drawn into the conflict as the boys served in the York Battalion. Nicholas and Anne then moved to Standing Stone, now part of Huntingdon, PA, and where they remained for the rest of their lives.
BIOGRAPHY: Change Date: 15 JAN 2000 at 12:54:19
Marriage 1 Anne Catharine UNKNOWN Children Nicholas GRAFFIUS b: 17 APR 1746 Peter GRAFFIUS b: 19 APR 1749 Rebecca GRAFFIUS b: 18 APR 1751 John GRAFFIUS b: 24 FEB 1754 Abraham GRAFFIUS b: 22 AUG 1756
Mary GRAFFIUS b: 18 MAR 1759 in York,York,PA
Elizabeth GRAFFIUS b: 29 AUG 1762 Catherine GRAFFIUS b: 23 OCT 1765 Martin GRAFFIUS b: 10 NOV 1767 Jacob GRAFFIUS b: 21 FEB 1770 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.E. Bean .. jebean13@hotmail.co, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/a/Jacquelyn-Erhard-Bean/index.html
ID: I18872 Name: Martin Nicholas GRAFFIUS Sex: M Birth: 2 MAY 1722 in Probably Germany Death: 20 MAY 1790 in Huntingdon Co., PA Reference Number: 18872
Marriage 1 Anna Catherine Children Nicholas GRAFFIUS b: 12 APR 1746
Peter GRAFFIUS b: 19 APR 1749 in Europe
Rebecca GRAFFIUS b: 18 APR 1751 John GRAFFIUS b: 24 FEB 1754 Abraham GRAFFIUS b: 22 AUG 1756 Elizabeth GRAFFIUS b: AUG 1762 Mary GRAFFIUS b: 18 MAR 1765
Catherine GRAFFIUS b: 23 OCT 1765 in York Co., PA
Martin GRAFFIUS b: 10 NOV 1767 Jacob GRAFFIUS b: 21 NOV 1770
More About Nicholas Martin Graffius: Baptism: September 27, 1958, Los Angeles.279 Endowment (LDS): October 31, 1958, Los Angeles.279
More About Nicholas Martin Graffius and Anne Catharine ?: Marriage: Abt. 1746, Europe.
Children of Nicholas Martin Graffius and Anne Catharine ? are:
+Nicholas Graffius, b. April 12, 1746, Switzerland280, d. July 29, 1822, Shavers Creek, Huntingdon, PA281.
Nicholas Martin Graffius (b. May 02, 1722, d. May 20, 1790)
Notes for Nicholas Martin Graffius: