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Descendants of Laurentius (Lorantz) Schweisguth

Generation No. 1

1. LAURENTIUS (LORANTZ)¹ SCHWEISGUTH was born 10 February 1723/24 in Weisbaden, Hesse-Nassau, Germany ¹, and died 12 March 1799 in York County, PA¹. He married (1) CATHRINE ELIZABETH WEYER^2,² 16 August 1746 in Weisbaden, Hesse-Nassau Germany ³, daughter of BERNHARDT MAYER and ?. She was born Abt. 1726 in Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau (Germany), and died Abt. 1760 in Paradise, York County, PA.. He married (2) ELIZABETH SALTZGEBER 1761 in Paradise, York County, PA.³, daughter of DIETRICK SALTZGEBER and ?. She was born Abt. 1726 in ?, and died Aft. 1800 in ?.

Notes for LAURENTIUS (LORANTZ) SCHWEISGUTH:
Laurentius was trained to be a stone mason and shoemaker. Lorentz was admitted as a Burger (adult citizen) at Wiesbaden, Germany on 22 Dec 1746. In 1746 Weisbaden was part of Nassau.
16 Sept 1751 records in Philadelphia show that he sailed from Rotterdam on the HMS Edinburgh, landing in Philadelphia on 16 Sept 1751. The book Pennsylvania German Pioneers, page 460, list Lorentz Schweissguth.

More About LAURENTIUS (LORANTZ) SCHWEISGUTH:
Emigration: 1751, Lawrence ?

Children of LAURENTIUS SCHWEISGUTH and CATHRINE WEYER are:

2.	i.	SOPHIA ELIZABETH² SWICEGOOD, b. 19 May 1747, Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau (Germany); d. ?.
3.	ii.	MARIA MARGARETHA ELIZABETH SWICEGOOD, b. 03 March 1748/49, Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau (Germany); d. 29 March 1806, Rowan Co. N.C..
4.	iii.	JOHANN ADAM SWICEGOOD, b. 11 August 1752, York County, PA; d. 11 October 1833, Davidson County, N.C..
5.	iv.	PHILLIP SWICEGOOD, b. 1754, York County, PA; d. 07 May 1798, Rowan Co. N.C..
6.	v.	ANDREAS SWAISGOOD, b. 09 February 1755, York County, PA; d. 15 November 1796, Pa..

Children of LAURENTIUS SCHWEISGUTH and ELIZABETH SALTZGEBER are:

7.	vi.	MARGARET CATHERINE² SCHWEISGUTH, b. 16 November 1761, York County, PA; d. ?.
	vii.	ELIZABETH SCHWEISGUTH³, b. 11 June 1766, York County, PA; d. ?.
	viii.	ANNA MARIE SCHWEISGUTH³, b. Abt. 1768, York County, PA; d. ?.

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