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Johann Dietrich Laux (b. Bet. 1681 - 1689, d. April 04, 1751)
Notes for Johann Dietrich Laux:
Rotterdam Reformed Church Record has him listed as Dirck
Luijckasz and wife Maria Couweriagt.
JOHANN DIETRICH LAUX ? JOHN DEITRICH LOUCKS:
John D. Loucks, with his wife, came from Illstein, Palatinate of the Rhein, Germany, in 1709, and settled on a tract of land comprising about 12,700 acres, later known as Stone Arabia, Tryon Co., NY. Tryon County later became divided, and Stone Arabia became part of Montgomery County.
They migrated to America direct from Holland, sailing from Rotterdam July 15, 1709; and they settled at West Camp, (Livingstone Manor) NY, on the Hudson River, about 92 miles north of New York City. These emigrants were under contract to the British Government to produce ships' stores (processing tar from the pine, for the British Navy). This enterprise was found to be impracticable and unprofitable for the Government; so they were kept in the various camps for several years, being supported partly from grants secured from the Government by Governor Hunter, who was then the provincial Governor.
Gradually the Palatines drifted away from the camps, seeking homes in the river valleys. There was a large migration to Schenectady, and from there to Schoharie, to land given them by Indians, in the autumn of 1712. Evidently Johann Dietrich Laux was one of those who migrated to Schoharie about this time; for we find that when Johann Dietrich and Maria Starring Laux's son, Johann Adam, was born on December 28, 1715, they were living in Schoharie. Most of the Palatines established their homes in the valleys of Schoharie County and along the valley of the Mohawk River.
A few years later they moved up the Mohawk valley to Stone Arabia on the north bank of the Mohawk River, obtaining a patent on 12,700 acres of land. This patent was granted October 19, 1723. (Governor Burnet granted 12,000 acres costing $750.00 in Indian goods). The family of Johann Dietrich Laux were among these settlers because the births of five of their children from 1716 to 1724, are recorded in the church records of the Lutheran Trinity Church and the Dutch Reformed Church of Stone Arabia. Johann Dietrich Laux's signature began in 1734 to be included with the signatures of the Patentees of the Stone Arabia tract to quit-claim deeds.
More About Johann Dietrich Laux:
Immigration: By way of Holland to New York .
Naturalization: January 31, 1715/16, Albany, NY .
Probate: 1733, 2nd Patent Division rec'd Lots 35, 74, 75.
Religion 1: 1744, German Reformed Lutheran Chruch, Stone Arabia .
Religion 2: October 24, 1743, Elder German Reformed Lutheran Church, Stone Arabia.
Residence: Schoharie Valley .
More About Johann Dietrich Laux and Maria Catharina Starring:
Marriage: 1708, Germany.
Children of Johann Dietrich Laux and Maria Catharina Starring are:
- +Hendrick D. Loucks, b. April 16, 1717, Stone Arabia, New York, d. February 08, 1795, Stone Arabia, New York.
- Joost Loucks, b. Bef. September 29, 1709, Rotterdam, Holland, d. Bet. 1710 - 1712, Outside the Eastgate of Rotterdam, coming from Pfalz, Germany going to England.
- Anna Eva Loucks, b. Bet. 1712 - 1714, d. date unknown.
- +Johann Adam Laux, b. December 28, 1715, Schoharie, Tryon,New York, d. February 14, 1790, Stone Arabia, Palatine CountyNew York.
- +Maria Catherina Laux, b. Abt. March 10, 1719/20, Stone Arabia, Montgomery,New York, d. March 31, 1790, Stone Arabia, Montgomery , New York.
- Anna Elizabetha LOUCKS, b. Abt. 1718, Stone Arabia , Montgomery, NY, d. Abt. 1757.
- Dietrich Loucks, b. 1724, Stone Arabia, New York, d. May 25, 1812, Stone Arabia, New York.
- Maria Margretha LOUCKS, b. 1726, d. 1789.
- Wilhelm Loucks, b. Bet. 1719 - 1721, Stone Arabia , Montgomery, NY, d. April 20, 1787.
- Johann George Loucks, b. Abt. 1721, Stone Arabia , Montgomery, NY, d. date unknown.