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Johann Michael Brecht (b. May 30, 1706, d. September 13, 1794)

Johann Michael Brecht (son of Johannes Brecht and Anna Katharina Hoffman) was born May 30, 1706 in Schriesheim, Mannheim, Baden, Germany, and died September 13, 1794 in HEIDELBERG, PENNSYLVANIA. He married MARGUERITE SIMONE on April 1728 in HEIDELBERG, PENNSYLVANIA, daughter of JACOB SIMONE.

Notes for Johann Michael Brecht:

The birth record is listed in the Schriesheim Lutheran Church records in Germany.
Johann came to America in 1726, where he became known only as Michael.
Michael appeared before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on September 14,
1744 and took the oaths of allegience necessary to become a naturalized
citizen. Michael served in the Revolutionary War, thus qualifying his
descendents for the D.A.R. or the S.A.R. Due to his age, this seems
unlikely, but it is true. Michael was buried in the German Reformed Burying
Ground in Reading, Pennsylvania. The cemetery has since been moved. This
information was compiled by Anna Lee Weems Shanks of 606 Riverside Avenue,
Kingsport, Tennessee on February 26, 1974 and is on file in the Greene County
Public Library in the open files. JKD

More About Johann Michael Brecht and MARGUERITE SIMONE:
Marriage: April 1728, HEIDELBERG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Children of Johann Michael Brecht and MARGUERITE SIMONE are:

JACOB BRIGHT, b. April 13, 1729, d. 1802.
GEORGE BRIGHT, b. February 09, 1730/31, d. 1769.
+MICHAEL BRIGHT, b. March 24, 1731/32, d. August 01, 1814, READING, PENNSYLVANIA.
KATHARINE BRIGHT, b. April 06, 1734, d. date unknown.
JOHN BRIGHT, b. February 20, 1735/36, d. 1817.
+PETER BRIGHT, b. May 13, 1738, d. September 25, 1793, READING, PA.
DAVID BRIGHT, b. August 09, 1740, d. 1808.
MARIA BRIGHT, b. August 01, 1742, d. date unknown.
SARAH BRIGHT, b. January 19, 1744/45, d. date unknown.
CHRISTINA BRIGHT, b. August 12, 1747, d. 1835.