RESEARCH NOTES FOR JOHANN NICOLAUS KONIG (1707-1776) OF GERMANY AND PENNSYLVANIA
Compiled by Randall J. Seaver
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Johann Nicolaus König1–4 was born on 18 May 1707 in Leinenweber, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, the son of Hans Paulus Konig and Anna Catharina --?--.5 He died will probated before 29 Mar 1776 at the age of 68 in York, York, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America.6 He had his estate probated on 29 Mar 1776 in York, York, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America.7 Johann was also known as Nicholas König.8–9 He was also known as Nicolaus Konig.10 He was also known as Nicholas Koenig.11
Johann Nicolaus König and Maria Ursula Bochinger were married on 20 Jan 1728 in Edenkoben, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.12–13
Maria Ursula Bochinger was born about 1709 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. She died before 1735 at the age of 26 in Niederhorbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
Johann Nicolaus König and Maria Ursula Bochinger had the following children:
+2 i Johann Gottfried König, born bef 24 Oct 1728, Edenkoben, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; married Anna Christina Ziegler, abt 1761, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 19 Oct 1805, Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
3 ii Johann Peter König was born in Dec 1730 in Edenkoben, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.14 He died in 1793 at the age of 63 in Hatfield, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
Johann Nicolaus König and Maria Margaretha Stuber15 were married on 19 Jun 1735 in Edenkoben, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.16–17
Maria Margaretha Stuber18–20, daughter of Johann Jacob Stuber and Anna Catherina Mann, was born before 30 Nov 1702 in Herren-Sulzbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.21 She was christened on 30 Nov 1702 in Herren-Sulzbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.22 She died before 1771 at the age of 69 in York, York, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America.23 Maria was also known as Maria Margaretha Konig.24
Johann Nicolaus König and Maria Margaretha Stuber had the following children:
+4 i Anna Elisabetha König, born bef 6 Mar 1737, Edenkoben, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; married Johann Martin Cronemiller, 20 Jun 1756, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; died aft 1776, Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
+5 ii Philip Jacob König, born 15 Feb 1738, Niederhorbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; married Maria Barbara Wilhelm, 1 Apr 1763, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; married Maria Catherina Ziegler, abt 1779, York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died bef 25 Feb 1792, Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
6 iii Johan Wilhelm König was born about 1745 in Edenkoben, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
+7 iv Maria Barbara König, born bef 11 Feb 1750, Edenkoben, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; married Johann Adam Wilhelm, abt 1770, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
Johann Nicolaus König and Susanna Vogele were married on 17 Dec 1771 in York, York, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America.25–27
Susanna Vogele was born about 1705 in Germany. She died after 1776 at the age of 71 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States. She was also known as Susan Vogele.28
Endnotes
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1. Richard Shue, The Kings of York County: Pioneers, Patriots and Papermakers (York, Penn. : the author, n.d.), Part I, page 23, Johann Nicholas Konig sketch.
2. Konig-King research material ( letters and family group sheets), 1973-1980; held by Historical Society of York County Pennsylvania, [address for private use]., Alfred Kuby letter, dated 23 June 1980, Johann Nicholas Konig birth and baptism record.
3. Konig-King research material ( letters and family group sheets), 1973-1980; held by Historical Society of York County Pennsylvania, [address for private use]., Johann Nicholas Konig family group sheet, Johann Nicholas Konig and Maria Ursula Bochinger marriage record.
4. Konig-King research material ( letters and family group sheets), 1973-1980; held by Historical Society of York County Pennsylvania, [address for private use]., Karl Scherer letter, dated 29 March 1973, Johann Nicholas Konig and Margaretha Stuber marriage record.
5. Konig-King research material ( letters and family group sheets), 1973-1980; held by Historical Society of York County Pennsylvania, [address for private use]., Alfred Kuby letter, dated 23 June 1980, Johann Nicholas Konig birth and baptism record.
6. Richard Shue, The Kings of York County: Pioneers, Patriots and Papermakers , Part I, page 25, Nicholas King probate.
7. "Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994," digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), "Will books, 1749-1882 ; General index to wills, 1749-1940," Wills v.A-D 1749-1779, Vol. C, pages 342-344, Nicholas King will and probate papers, 1776; also on FHL microfilm US/CAN 22,131.
8. "York County, Pennsylvania, 1745-1800: First Reformed (Trinity) Church," indexed database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Marriage, Nicolaus Konig and Susan Vogele entry.
9. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), PA - York > York > United Church of Christ > Trinity United Church of Christ, AD 1771, image 132 of 502, Nicholas Konig and Susanna Vogele marriage entry.
10. "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Nicklaus Koenig and Maria Ursula Bechingers, 20 Jan 1728; citing Evangelisch, Kapellen-Drusweiler, Pfalz, Bavaria; FHL microfilm 193,930.
11. "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Nicklaus Koenig and Maria Ursula Bechingers, 20 Jan 1728; citing Evangelisch, Kapellen-Drusweiler, Pfalz, Bavaria; FHL microfilm 193,930.
12. Konig-King research material ( letters and family group sheets), 1973-1980; held by Historical Society of York County Pennsylvania, [address for private use]., Johann Nicholas Konig family group sheet, Johann Nicholas Konig and Maria Ursula Bochinger marriage record.
13. "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Nicklaus Koenig and Maria Ursula Bechingers, 20 Jan 1728; citing Evangelisch, Kapellen-Drusweiler, Pfalz, Bavaria; FHL microfilm 193,930.
14. Konig-King research material ( letters and family group sheets), 1973-1980; held by Historical Society of York County Pennsylvania, [address for private use]., Johann Nicholas Konig family group sheet, Johann Peter Konig baptism record.
15. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," indexed database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Philipps Jacob Koenig entry, birth 15 Feb 1738; accessed on FHL microfilm 193,822.
16. Konig-King research material ( letters and family group sheets), 1973-1980; held by Historical Society of York County Pennsylvania, [address for private use]., Karl Scherer letter, dated 29 March 1973, Johann Nicholas Konig and Margaretha Stuber marriage record.
17. "Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929," indexed database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), Nicolaus Koenig and Maria Margaretha Stuber entry.
18. Richard Shue, The Kings of York County: Pioneers, Patriots and Papermakers , Part I, page 23, Johann Nicholas Konig sketch.
19. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Maria Margaretha Stuber entry.
20. "Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929," indexed database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), Nicolaus Koenig and Maria Margaretha Stuber entry.
21. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Maria Margaretha Stuber entry.
22. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Maria Margaretha Stuber entry.
23. Richard Shue, The Kings of York County: Pioneers, Patriots and Papermakers , Part I, page 23.
24. Richard Shue, The Kings of York County: Pioneers, Patriots and Papermakers , Part I, page 23, Johann Nicholas Konig sketch.
25. Richard Shue, The Kings of York County: Pioneers, Patriots and Papermakers , Part I, page 23, Johann Nicholas Konig sketch.
26. "York County, Pennsylvania, 1745-1800: First Reformed (Trinity) Church," indexed database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Marriage, Nicolaus Konig and Susan Vogele entry.
27. Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA - York > York > United Church of Christ > Trinity United Church of Christ, AD 1771, image 132 of 502, Nicholas Konig and Susanna Vogele marriage entry.
28. "York County, Pennsylvania, 1745-1800: First Reformed (Trinity) Church," indexed database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Marriage, Nicolaus Konig and Susan Vogele entry.
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Some of the material presented in this sketch is excerpted from the book The Kings of York County: Pioneers, Patriots and Papermakers by Richard Shue. Part I of the book details the life and times of Johann Nicholas Konig ("King"), the immigrant and pioneer.
A person named Johann Nicolau Konig was born 18 May 1707 in Leinenweber in the Rhineland Palatinate to Hans Paulus and Anna Catharina (--?--) Konig. This may be Nicholas King of Pennsylvania.
Johann Nicolaus Konig married, first, on 20 January 1728 to Maria Uersula Bochinger (1709-1735) in Edenkoben in the Palatinate, who bore him at least two children:
* Johann Gottfried Konig (1728-1805), married 1761 Anna Christina Ziegler (1740-1802).
* Johann Peter Konig (1730-1793).
His first wife died before 1735, and he married, secondly, to Maria Margaretha Stuber on 19 June 1735 in Edenkoben, Rhineland Palatinate. They had at least four children, all born in the Palatinate:
* Anna Elisabetha Konig (1737-1773), married Johann Martin Cronemiller (1737-1770) on 20 June 1756 in Lancaster.
* Philip Jacob Konig (1738-1792), married 1 April 1763 Maria Barbara Wilhelm (1740-1779) in Lancaster.
* Johann Wilhelm Konig (1745-????)
* Maria Barbara Konig (1750-????), married about 1770 to Adam Wilhelm (1742-1824).
The Konig's were of the Reformed faith, and the date of their departure from the Palatinate of the Rhine corresponds to the period of heavy emigration by Reformed and Lutheran adherents from the Palatinate. The Palatinate had been a beautiful, fertile, vineyard-clad land, located between Speyer in the south and Cologne in the north. It was caught in th e crossfire of the recurring wars instigated by France's Louis XIV. The countryside was ravaged, the crops and villages burned, the peasants persecuted. Homeless Palatines died of starvation and exposure. There were three different faiths in the region - Reformed, Lutheran and Roman Catholic, and the ruler of the moment tried to impose his religious beliefs on everybody, resulting in persecution for those out of favor. Under these circumstances, Nicholas King and his family emigrated to America in the wake of thousands of his countrymen.
In 1752, the Konig family left the Palatinate by boat, sailing down the Rhine to Rotterdam in Holland. The family boarded the ship Ketty along with about 200 other German immigrants. The ship, captained by Theophilus Barnes, sailed to Portsmouth in England to obtain clearance papers to sail to America. They sailed to Philadelphia, arriving in mid-October 1752. The passengers took the oath of allegiance to King of England on October 16, 1752 at the Court House in Philadelphia.
The Konig family on the passenger list for the ship 'Ketty" included:
Johann Nicolaus König, 45
Maria Margaretha (Stuber)
Gottfried, 24
Johann Peter, 21
Anna Elisabeth, 15
Philipp Jacob, 13
Johann Wilhelm, 7
Maria Barbara, 2
The list noted that they went to Chester County.
Between 1752 and 1760, the family's whereabouts is not known. Two of Nicholas' children married a Wilhelm, children of Jacob Wilhelm of Lancaster County. It is possible he was in Lancaster County, or in Berks County. The earliest record of Nicholas in York, Pennsylvania is 1760, when he purchased a 200 acre tract of land in Manchester township, on the north side of the Codorus River, for 600 pounds. There he and his sons built a primitive home, a barn, cleared and planted the fields.
Nicholas became a naturalized British citizen on March 21, 1762, and his sons Jacob and Godfrey became citizens on September 9 1762. Between 1764 and 1771, Margaret King died.
On December 27, 1764, his son Jacob bought the 200 acres for 600 pounds. Nicholas purchased another 200 acres of land on 22 August, 1765. On November 19, 1770, Nicholas King "yeoman" purchased a house and lot on Beaver Street in York, paying Andrew Rudisilly 60 pounds for a lot and house.
Nicholas married his third wife, Susanna Vogele, on 17 December 1771 in the First Reformed Church in York.
Nicholas wrote his will on 9 March 1776, claiming he was "sick and weak in body, but of sound disposing mind", and signing by mark on the document. The will was proved in York County court on 29 March 1776, with his daughter Elizabeth Cronemiller as executrix. He provided his wife Susanna Kingwith 20 pounds, and expressed his wish that she continue to dwell in their home. To Elizabeth, he bequeathed the house on Beaver Street in York. He directed that all remaining property be sold at public auction and the proceeds be divided equally between his four children - Godfrey, Ann, widow of Cronemiller, Phillip, and Barbara, wife of Adam Wilhelm..
Johann Nicholas King died between 9 March and 29 March 1776 in York, Pennsylvania. There is no known burial location for him or any of his spouses.
The will of Nicholas King was written on 9 March 1776, and was proved in York County court on 29 March 1776. The transcribed will in English says:
In the Name of God Amen I Nicholas King of York Town in the County of York and Province of Pennsylvania being Sick and weak in Body but of Sound and Disposing Mind and Memory do make And Publish this my Last Will and Testament in the following Manner First, I Commend my Soul into the Hands of God Who gave it and my Body to the Earth from Whence it is taken, in a Christian and Decent like Manner by my Executors hereafter named, And As touching Such Worldly Estate Wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and dispose of the same in the following Manner
Imprimis. My Will and Desire is that all of my Just Debts and Funeral Charges be first paid and Satisfied by my Executors as Soon As possible Can After my Decease.
First, It is my Will and I do Order that Loving Wife Susannah Shall Live Continue and Dwell in my now dwelling house during her Natural Life & Shall have twenty Pounds in money and part of the Bed I now be in so that it Will Make out an Bed for her. Which Money my Wife Shall have as Soon as possible After my decease.
Secondly I give advise and bequeath unto my Daughter Anna Elizabeth Cronemiller Widow my now dwelling House & Lot of Ground Situate lying and being on the East ^side^ of Beaver Street in the Town of York Aforesaid Containing in breadth on said Street fifty seven feet & and half and in length, Back to a twenty feet Alley two hundred and fifty feet, bounded Northward With Lot Number two hundred and twenty two Westward With Beaver Street Aforesaid, Southward with Lot Number two Hundred and twenty four & Eastward With Said twenty foot Alley and Known on the General Plan of the said Town by the Number two hunded And twenty three. To hold to her the said Anna Elizabeth Cronemiller her Heirs and Assigns for Ever.
Thirdly My Will and Desire and I Do Order that all my Personal Estate Which is not Already Bequeathed be Sold at Publick Vendue and the Money therefrom Ariseing Shall be Equally Divided Amongst All my Children Share and Share Alike (to Wit) Godfrey, Anna Elizabeth Cronemiller, Philip Jacob King and my Daughter Barbara now Intermarried to Adam Wilhelm of Lancaster County to hold to them & each of them their Heirs and Assigns. And Lastly I do hereby Nominate and Appoint my Loving Daughter Ann Elizabeth Cronemiller to be Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament. And I do hereby Disannull and make Void ^all^ other and former Wills by me heretofore made Ratifying And holding this for Firm and Effectual. In Witness Whereof, I the said Nicholas King the Testator have hereunto Set my Hand and Affixed my Seal this ninth Day of March Anno Domini One
Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy Six.
Signed Sealed publised pronounced
And Declared by the said Nicholas his
King the Testator, and for his Last Nicholas K King {Seal}
Will & Testament Who in his Mark
Presence and at his request
Signed our Names As Witnesses
to the same in the Presence of us
Note, the Words & Shall have and
the Words & an half, being first
Interlind before Signing
Henry Wolff
Geo. Lewis Lefler
York County Ss Before me Samuel Johnston Esquire Deputy Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the County of York in the Province of Pennsylvania, Personally Appeared Henry Wolff and George Lewis Leffler and the said George Lewis Leffler on his Solemn Oath taken on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God and the said Henry Wolff on his Solemn Affirmation taken According to Law the Conscientious scrupling the taking of an Oath Do each of them say that they were personally present And Saw and heard Nicholas King in the foregoing Instrument of Writing named make his Mark to and Seal publish and Declare the said Instrument of Writing as and for his Last Will and Testament and that at the Time of his doing thereof the said Nicholas King was of Sound And Disposing Mind and Memory to the best of these Deponants and Affirmants Knowledge And belief And that they Subscribed their names as Witnesses to the same respectively in the presence of the said Testator And at his request.
Sworn by the said George Lewis
Leffler and Affirmed by the said Henry Wolff
Henry Wolff and subscribed by Geo. Lewis Lefler
them before me at York this 29
Day of March 1776. A true Copy compared with the Original
Sam^l Johnston Dep. Reg^r. at York
Sam^l Johnston Dep Reg^r
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