Wilhelm Groethausen 1
- Born: 1724, Springfield Manor, Germantown, Pennsylvania 1
- Marriage (1): Anna Maria Puff before 1748 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- Marriage (2): Anna Maria Barbara Schutz Twin in Mar 1750 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- Died: 25 Mar 1792, Zack's Run, Harrison, West Virginia at age 68 1
 Notes:
Lois Gindsperger has birth 1730.
Marriage: PA Marriages prior to 1790, LDS film # 2655001. p. 333. FHL
Will: Harrison Co.,VA will book l, p. 3 1782 (copy in possession of Sandra Barrow) Sandra's listing of children:"only guessing at birthdate and order in family"
Source: Susan DeHart furnished copy of letter from Tom Hutzelman, dated 25 Aug 1984. 3226 Rustic Lane, Erie, PA, to Mary Greathouse and several other Greathouse reasearchers and said among other things "..visited the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Germantown. They have most of the Philadelphia area Lutheran church records on micofilm. I checked the St. Michael's records with some interesting results: Jack Greathouse says that Wilhelm Greathouse's first wife was Anna Maria Puff, who was mother of Wilhelm Greathouse, Junior. But the Baptismal record says that the child was born out of wedlock! The mother's name was Anna Maria Puffin (feminine ending -IN). The only reason the record gives her maiden name is that she wasn't married, so it was her only name. Maiden names were not given on the other records on the surrounding pages. Thus I believe that Barbara was Wilhelm's only wife!" A note in the margin of the letter stated that this letter is in review of Jack Murray Greathouse's work.
It is believed that Anna Maria Puff died as the result of complications of childbirth.
Source: Susan DeHart has copy of 'The Greathouse Family of Indiana' by Dorothy M. Dawson & James E. Murlock. "Pennsylvania German Pilgrims". This book cites land holdings in Germantown, (Springfield and others) of Herman Groethausen and his sons Henry and Johann. Included is reference to Vol XXII p. l3 Bedford County, 1773, Brothers Valley Twp. William Greathouse, 200 acres. Also listed, John Greathouse 100 acres. In margin is the notation that this is our William (hand written). Another notation on the next page "our William of Harrison County, WV" in margin of this paragraph. "Johannes son of Wilhelm Groethausen and his wife, Barbara, born February 13, 1756, and baptized April 19, 1756, Catherina, daughter of the same parents born Sept 23, 1757 and baptized October 16, 1757." This paragraph cites the Church records of St Michael's Lutheran Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA.
William (Wilhelm) owned 500 acres of land on Zack's Run, located at Peel Tree in Harrison Co.,WV, which is located south of Clarksburg, past Quiet Dell and closer to Barbour Co., WV. He left 200 acres and the house to his wife Barbara and 100 acres each to his sons Gabriel, John, and his son-in-law Frederick Aker (Acores), the husband of Mary.
Source: WFT Vol. 7, #3550 gives another son, William. Do not have name of submitter.
Source: Melissa Holgate refers to an article "The Back Part of Germantown, A Reconstruction" written by Hannah Benner Roach and pub. in the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Vol XX, no.2, 1956 (this article is 72 pages in length. pgs 77-149)
Details of his life include:
Fact 1: Fact 1, Germantown - St.Michael's Church, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 1
Wilhelm married Anna Maria Puff before 1748 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. (Anna Maria Puff was born about 1726 in , , Pennsylvania and died in 1748 in , , Pennsylvania.)
Marriage Notes:
Source: Pennsylvania Marriage Records Book Prior to 1790, p. 333. I question this source. (fn)
Wilhelm next married Anna Maria Barbara Schutz Twin, daughter of Carl Valentin Michael Schutz and Julinna Lipp, in Mar 1750 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. (Anna Maria Barbara Schutz Twin was born in Feb 1734 in Chestnut Hill, Germantown, Pennsylvania 1 and died in 1797 in Harrison, West Virginia 1.)
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