Herman Groethausen Family

Herman Groethausen (Abt 1670-1743)

Henry "Henrick" Groethausen (1695-Bef 1744)

Ann (-After 1745)

Jacob Groethausen (Abt 1721-1801)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Christianity Van Huse Jacob Groethausen Born: Abt 1721, , , Pennsylvania Marriage: Christianity Van Huse on 12 Aug 1749 in Tulpehocken - Evangelical Lutheran Church Of The Holy Trinity, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1 2 Died: 1801 about age 80   Notes: There is evidence that this may be the Jacob who begins our Jacob of GA family line. ---------------------------------------------- Source: Chris Bailey Jacob was a bachelor and resident of Tulpehocken,PA when he was married Aug 12 1749 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Lancaster, PA. Both were noted as Lutherans in the record   Details of his life include: He signed a will john castle in 1816 in , Jasper County, Georgia. Will dated 1816 Jasper Co, GA. Married Christian daughter of Jacob and Christianity (Van Huse) Groethausen or Greathouse prior to 1780. Children in will: Absolom (m. Rebecca Jones 1807 Columbia Co, GA; Levi (m. ??); Rebecca (m. John Bishop 1809 Jasper Co, GA); Henry (m. Charlotte Jones 1815 Morgan Co, GA); Elizabeth (m. ?? Burnsides); Parry (m. ?? Jones). 3 Jacob married Christianity Van Huse on 12 Aug 1749 in Tulpehocken - Evangelical Lutheran Church Of The Holy Trinity, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.1 2   Marriage Notes: Source: Chris Bailey letter 11 Feb. 1998.

Sources

1 Trinity Lutheran Church Records Vol. 1, p. 231, Jacob Groethaus, a bachelor from Tulpehocken and Christianity Van Huse, a single person also from there.

2 Translated and edited by Fritz Braun and Frederick S. Weiser, Penn. German Society, Vol. VII,ABC und Ramen-Buchlein fur kinder. Breiningsville, Penn. 1973. Marriages performed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1748-1767, p. 232, no. 36 (Louise Johnson has a copy of this page). Jacob Groethaus, a bachelor from Tupehocken, and Christianity Van Huse, a single person also from there, both Lutheran, married by a license August 12, 1749.
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3 Tommie Cassels Major.