John Johann Adolph Groethausen
- Born: 1697, , , , Germany
- Marriage: Amelia Miller on 10 Nov 1720 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Died: 1791, Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania at age 94
 Notes:
Source: WDC GenWeb Descendants of Hermanus Groethausen
Author: Anna Herbertson, Colorado Springs, Co.
Lois Gindlesprerger furnished additional information this line. She is a descendant. Has birth as 1697.
Johann is thought to have been born in Westfalia, Prussia, Germany, about 1697 but there is no confirmation of this. He came from Germany in 1710 with the family of his father, Hermanus Harman Grothaus (the name Herman Groethausen used herein is the English translation as it appears on various church and land records.)
Johann inherited the Manor House built by his father in 1742 in Springfield Township at 901 East Abington Avenue, Windmoor, PA and lived there with his wife Amelia until 1759 when he sold it to his brother-in-law Christopher Ottinger, Jr.
Johan is buried in the graveyard of Saint Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA along with his wife Amelia, his father and his brother Henry.
Lousie Johnson was the first of our researchers to locate and transcribe this will.
Will of John Grothouse, 1777, 15 Sept. Philadelphia Co., Penn. Wills.
Springfield Sept. 15,1777 ~~~~
In the name of God I recomend also my soul to the most high in his Hands
This is my last will and Testament That my Brother-in-law Wigardt Miller in
Germantown Township shall pay all my Debts, and I bequeath all money & all my Clothes & Houshold Furniture what I shall be possessed off (sic) to be his own to dispose of the same as he choses, Witnesseth my own hand & seal
John Greathouse {seal}
in presence of us
as Witnesses:
Micheal Schlatter
Christopher Lentz
John was one of four delegates representing St. Michaels Church in Germantown on August 15, 1748.
Details of his life include:
Fact 1: Fact 1, Germantown - St.Michael's Church, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Johann married Amelia Miller, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 10 Nov 1720 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Amelia Miller was born in 1700 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and died on 1 Nov 1774 in Springfield, Germantown, Pennsylvania.)
Marriage Notes:
Source: Letter Lois Gindlesperger
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