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Ancestors of Elizabeth Mary Shaffer

Generation No. 6

      40. Philipp Jakob Luttmann, born April 30, 1720 in Schwaigern, Germany; died Abt. August 1787 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He was the son of Johann Georg Luttmann and Maria Barbara Kramer. He married 41. Margaretta --- Abt. 1743 in Philadelphia Co., PA.

      41. Margaretta ---, born Abt. 1720.

Notes for Philipp Jakob Luttmann:
The records of the Luttmann family can be found in the Schwaigern
Luthern Family Register. Schwaigern is located about 50 km north of
the present Stuttgart, or about half way between Stuttgart and
Heidelberg.
Philipp Jakob Luttmann is possibly the Jacob Luttman whose will was
probated in Lancaster Borough on August 25, 1780. The will names his
wife and his five children.

More About Philipp Jakob Luttmann:
Immigration: October 07, 1743, Pennsylvania

Children of Philipp Luttmann and Margaretta --- are:

20	i.	George Luttmann, born March 17, 1743/44 in Lancaster Co., PA; died March 30, 1806 in Lancaster Co., PA; married Mary Baldwin Abt. 1780 in Philadelphia Co., PA.
	ii.	Margaretta Luttmann, born Abt. 1750.
	iii.	Mary Luttmann, born Abt. 1750.
	iv.	John Luttmann, born March 02, 1753 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA.
	v.	Anna Elizabeth Luttmann, born November 30, 1755 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA.

      60. Hans Jacob Berlin, born January 04, 1716/17 in Niederbronn, France; died April 07, 1790 in Berwick Twp., York Co., PA. He was the son of Johann Georg Berlin and Anna Elisabetha ---. He married 61. Anna Margarita Euler Abt. 1739 in York Co., PA.

      61. Anna Margarita Euler, born Abt. 1720; died Abt. 1807 in Franklin Twp., Westmoreland Co.

Notes for Hans Jacob Berlin:
The commander of the ship was Charles Stedman, arriving from Rotterdam
by way of Cowes, England.
The American progenitor of our Berlin family was Hans Jacob Berlin.
With his brothers Abraham and Georg Frederich, he arrived in
Philadelphia with 200 Palatines. They sailed from Rotterdam, Holland,
on the British ship "Charming Nancy," Captain Charles Stedman, Master.
They took the English qualifying oath on November 9, 1738.
The 1790 census for York County shows the families of Jacob,
Nicholas, Frederick and Isaac Berlin.
The research of Dr. Charles A. Fisher, Historian and Genealogist of
Selinsgrove, PA, indicates the following: In 1779, John Jacob was
living in Berwick Township, York County, probably the same location as
what is now Hamilton Township, Adams County. He was taxed for 192
acres of land and some animals. This continued until 1782, and in 1783
he was living alone in the same township and his son Nicholas was
taxed for the 192 acre farm. His sons Nicholas, Isaac and Frederick
were still living in York County in 1790, but Jacob Jr. had moved to
Franklin Township, Westmoreland County.

More About Hans Jacob Berlin:
Burial: Abt. April 10, 1790, Abbottstown, Adams Co., PA
Immigration: November 09, 1738, Philadelphia, PA
Probate: May 21, 1790, York Co., PA

Children of Hans Berlin and Anna Euler are:

30	i.	Jr. Jacob Conrad Berlin, born November 16, 1740 in York Co., PA; died Abt. 1821 in Denmark Manor, Westmoreland Co; married Anna Magdalena --- Abt. 1772 in York Co., PA.
	ii.	John Frederick Berlin, born November 16, 1742 in York Co., PA; died 1836.
	iii.	Maria Christina Berlin, born February 06, 1743/44 in York Co., PA.

Notes for Maria Christina Berlin:
The records in the York County Historical Society indicate that she
married Martin Weigel.

iv.

Catharine Berlin, born 1746 in York Co., PA.

Notes for Catharine Berlin:
The records in the York County Historical Society indicate she
married Machael Finck.

Johan Nickolas Berlin, born January 1747/48 in York Co., PA; died August 12, 1821; married Anna Maria --- Abt. 1770 in York Co., PA; born 1752 in York Co., PA.

Notes for Johan Nickolas Berlin:
Nicholas is shown in the 1790 census for Berwick Township as follows:
two males over 16, six males under 16 and three females.
Gettysburg (PA) Courthouse, Deed Book B, page 30: Nicholas Barlin,
grantor, of Berwidk Township, late York County, now Adams County, and
Anna, his wife, of one part ... and John Barlin (grantee), son of
Nicholas and Anna ... for $50 and "also for the loe and affection to
their son" ... do grant ... 10 acres ... November 14, 1801.
Greensburg Courthouse, Westmoreland County, Grantee Index, Vol. 6,
page 224, dated April 22, 1802: Nicholas Berlin, Grantee, and James
Bogle, Grantor. Indenture of March 25, 1802, between James Bogle of
Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, and Sarah his wife, and
Nicholas Berwin of Berwick Township, Adams County ... a tract of land
called [IT:Williamsburg:IT], in Hempfield Township ... under a grant
of December 4, 1787 ... of 296 acres.
The above establishes that Nicholas came to Westmoreland County in
late 1801 or early 1802. Nicholas and Anna acted as sponsors of
baptisms in the First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, for John and
Elizabeth Berlin (probably their son), for Joseph and Elizabeth
Berlin, for George and Elizabeth Berlin and for Jacob and Susanna
Brinker Berlin at the baptism of their daughter, Maria, in 1804.

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