Frederick Krafft and Maria Margaretta Kusien

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Husband Frederick Krafft ¹

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           Born: 1714 - Gross Readesheims, near Worms, Germany 1
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           Died: 1802 - Brothers Valley Twp, Somerset Co, PA 1
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       Marriage: 29 Apr 1746 2

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   Other Spouse: Anna Barbara Sallade (      -1746) 2 - 15 Oct 1739 2

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   Other Spouse: Anna Maria Baumgardner (      -1779) 2 - 6 May 1776 2

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Wife Maria Margaretta Kusien ²

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Children

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1 M John Peter Krafft ²

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           Born: 23 Feb 1747 2
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2 F Anna Dorothea Krafft ²

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           Born: 24 Oct 1748 2
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         Spouse: Philip Wegerline (      -      ) 2

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3 F Anna Barbara Krafft ²

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           Born: 26 Jan 1751 2
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         Spouse: George Coleman (      -      ) 2

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4 M John Martin Krafft ²

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           Born: 21 May 1752 2
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5 M John Valentine Krafft ²

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           Born: 2 Mar 1754 2
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6 F Eva Krafft ²

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           Born: 22 Dec 1756 2
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         Spouse: Martin Fightner (      -      ) 2

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7 M Abraham Krafft ²

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           Born: 24 Mar 1759 2
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8 F Catharine Elizabeth Krafft ²

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           Born: 1 Mar 1761 2
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         Spouse: Jonathan Harry (      -      ) 2

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9 M David Croft ²

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           Born: 3 Aug 1765 2
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           Died: 18 Dec 1845 2
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         Spouse: Catharine Unangst (1766-1834) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Frederick Krafft

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He was born near Worms, Germany, probably emigrated to Pennsylvania on the ship "Winter Galley," from Rotterdam, landing at Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1738. On the same vessel was Johan Jacob Krafft, who, it is believed, was a brother of Frederick. The tradition in the Croft family is that soon after their arrival in Pennsylvania they came up the Cumberland Valley through Shippensburg to the site of Chambersburg, where they lived at or near the graveyard of the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church. Here the brothers disagreed and separated, according to the tradition, Johan Jacob finally settling in New York State. Besides Frederick and Johan Jacob Krafft, who emigrated in 1738, there were two others, apparently brothers. Frederick and Heinrich Krafft, who came on the ship "Shirley," landing Sept. 5, 1751. That these two were not the brothers who found a temporary home in the Falling Spring cave is indicated, if not proved, by another Krafft tradition, which is that while the brothers were living in the cave, there was a death in the Chambers family. The only known death in that family before 1748 was the demise of Sarah Patterson Chambers, the first wife of Col. Benjamin Chambers, the founder of Chambersburg. A Frederick Krafft was one of the earliest German settlers in Guilford township, where he took up land as early as 1749. It is probable that this Frederick Krafft was Johan Frederick Krafft, who emigrated on the ship "Samuel," landing at Philadelphia, Aug. 30, 1737. This land, known for many years as a Keller farm, was southeast of the Bonbrake lands, the latter being contiguous to Grindstone Hill Church. That this Frederick and Frederick Krafft of the cave are not identical is shown by a release for these lands executed by Frederick Krafft and Elizabeth, his wife, of Frederick Co., Md., and Jacob Harshberger and Margaret, his wife, March 26, 1796. In this release it is said that the father of Frederick and Margaret, the grantors, died "undispossessed" of these lands. Frederick Krafft, the ancestor of the Krafft family named at the beginning of this article obtained an order for survey for 292 acres of land in Guilford township, April 9, 1768. The survey was made Sept. 14, 1768. This land was north of the Witherspoon farm, now owned by Hon. John W. Witherspoon, and nearly a mile east of the Chambersburg and Greencastle road. Mr. Krafft sold it to John Miller, May 1, 1779, and thirty years afterward it became the property of Miller's grandson, Christian Miller. Later Mr. Krafft bought from Henry Shryock, of Chambersburg, a farm in Brothers Valley township, in what is now Somerset county. The agreement for the purchase was dated Nov. 3, 1792, and he was a taxable in that township in 1796. [BAFC, 244]

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 244.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 245.