tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post2319524188420530363..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Who are my German-born Ancestors?Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-89801789067842552382008-10-06T15:51:00.000-07:002008-10-06T15:51:00.000-07:00King isn't an German name. King is probably th...King isn't an German name. <BR/><BR/>King is probably the anglicised form of König, sometimes spelling Koenig for lack of an umlaut.<BR/>Once you know that, a little googling and combining of various sources finds that Philip Jacob King was married to Maria Catharina Ziegler before he married Maria Barbara Wilhelm, and that his parents are John Nicholas Koenig & Maria Margaretha Stuber.<BR/><BR/>John Nicholas Koenig, b. 18 May 1707 in Edenkoben, d. 29 Mar 1776 York County, Pennsylvania<BR/>son of Paul Koenig <BR/>m. 19 Jun 1735 Edenkoben<BR/>Maria Margaretha Stuber<BR/>c. 30 Nov 1702, Herren-Sulzbach, Germany<BR/><BR/>"John Nicholas Koenig" is half-anglisised, the original is probably Johann Niklaus König.<BR/>Google for both Niklaus and Nicolaus, and you find the passenger list with six children as the first bit of proof for all this :-)<BR/><BR/>http://www.progenealogists.com/palproject/pa/1752ketty.htm<BR/><BR/>List 189 C] Ketty (Snow)<BR/>Captain: Theophilus Barnes<BR/>From: Rotterdam<BR/>By Way of: Portsmouth<BR/>Arrival: Philadelphia, 16 Oct 1752<BR/><BR/>Johann Nicolaus König, 45<BR/>Maria Margaretha (Stuber)<BR/>Gottfried, 24<BR/>Johann Peter, 21<BR/>Anna Elisabeth, 15<BR/>Philipp Jacob, 13<BR/>Johann Wilhelm, 7<BR/>Maria Barbara, 2<BR/><BR/>- TamuraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com