Martin "Junior" GRUBER

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• Name: Junior
• _UID: 2850E792C1D44ABCB10E7FE64E6B3702A22F
• Baptism: 27 Jun 1803

Martin married Hannah CRONN on 10 Aug 1822. Hannah was born in 1803; died in 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Jacob
• _UID: 9F09C8472DC34AE6AF812B696428EF475DB4

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He was a farmer in N. Italy in Alps (see explanation below)
Bolzano (German Bozen; ancient Bauzanum), city, northern Italy, capital
of Bolzano Province, in Trentino-Alto Adige Region, at the junction of
the Isarco and Talvera rivers, south of the Brenner Pass. Located in a
resort area near the Dolomites, the city currently is an industrial
center and has factories producing foodstuffs, electric equipment,
pianos, steel and textiles. Many of the cities inhabitants are
German-speaking. Bolzano was a possession of the bishopric of Trent from
the 11th to 16th century and subsequently was held by the Habsburg family
until annexed by Italy after World War I. Pop. (1990 est. 100,380)
The Territory of Tretino-Alto Adige formed part of the Austrian Tirol
until the end of WWl (1914-1918), when it was ceded to Italy. from 1919
to 1947 the are a was known as Venezia Tridentina. In 1948 Trentino-Alto
Adige was established as an autonomous region. German-speaking
inhabitants residing mainly in the Alto Adige district form a significant
proportion of the population.
"Jacob" arrived in America with his brother "Peter" at Port of
Pennsylvania on the ship "Union" from Rotterdam, Holland via Portsmouth
Index of deeds searched and found: PETER and JACOB Grover of the County
of Sussex, New Jersey. Instrument date: 17 June 1790. Land located in
Hardwick. Swartswood Pond and Duc k Pond area. "On edge of Swartswood
Pond On Great Road from Stillwater Mills to Newton, adjoining James
Primroses' Workshop"
Signed his name Jacob Gruber-Name changed to Groover by most family
members in the 1800's. Records of his children are maintained at the
Stillwater Dutch Reformed Church.

ID: I1 1201
Name: Johann Joachim GRUBER
Sex: M
Birth: 1753 in GER.
Death: 3 FEB 1831 in Stillwater, Sussex Co., NJ.
Change Date: 25 AUG 2002

Marriage 1 Elisabeth Marie FRIED b: 1757 in Berks Co., PA.
Married: ABT 1774 in Berks Co. , PA.
Children
Phillip Andreas GRUBER b: 23 DEC 1780 in Stillwater, Sussex C o., NJ.
Mary Magdalene GRUBER b: 4 SEP 1782 in Stillwater, Sussex Co., NJ.
Catrina GRUBER b: 15 MAR 1786 in Stillwater, Sussex Co., NJ.
Anna Elisabeth GRUBER b: 18 FEB 1789 in Stillwater, Sussex Co., NJ.
Johann Joachim GRUBER b: 7 MAR 1791 in Stillwater, Sussex Co., NJ.
Phillip Peter GROVER b: 27 DEC 1792 in Newton, Sussex Co., NJ.
Wilhelm GRUBER b: 26 MAY 1800 in Stillwater, Suss ex Co., NJ.
Martin Junior GRUBER b: 22 JAN 1803 in Stillwater, Sussex Co., NJ .
John GROOVER

Johann married Elizabeth Marie FRIED in 1774 in Bucks County, Pennslyvania. Elizabeth (daughter of Johannes FRIEDT and Henrica) was born about 1757 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died after 1835 in Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Apparently had 11 children.

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• FamilySearch ID: K196-DYP
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ID: I1173
Name: Martin GRUBER
Given Name: Martin
Surname: Gruber
_AKA: Furggler-Bauer
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1727 in ,,S?dtirol,?sterreich
Reference Number: Fg642 1
Change Date: 25 APR 2000 at 14:31:58

Marriage 1 Maria PLAT NER b: 3 JUN 1731 in Glaning,Bozen,S?dtirol,?sterreich
Married: 16 NOV 1749 in Glaning,Bozen,S?dtirol,?sterreich

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Repository:
Name: Friedrich P lattner
A-6401 Inzing
Austria

Title: "Die Plattner vom Tsch?gglberg",Eigen verlag
Author: Friedrich Plattner
Publication: 2.?berarbeitete Auflage,1995,A lle Rechte vorbehalten
Abbrev: "Die Plattner vom Tsch?gglberg",Eigenverlag
No te:
Custom ID = Nr. in der Familiengeschichte (Fg#).
Page: Seite 143

John married Maria Catharine PLATTNER on 16 Nov 1749 in Glaning, Bozen, South Tirol (Sudtirol), Austria. Maria (daughter of Sabastian PLATTNER and Helen PRENNER) was born on 3 Jun 1731 in Glaning, Bozen, South Tirol (Sudtirol), Austria; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The information on the Plattner line was furnished by Helmut Plattner
from Au stria

ID: I1164
Name: Maria PLATNER
Given Name: Maria
Surname: Platner
Sex: F
Birth: 3 JUN 1731 in Glaning,Bozen,S?dtirol,?sterreich
Reference Number: Fg642 1
Change Date: 25 APR 2000 at 14:30:33

Father: Sebastian PLA TNER b: 12 NOV 1696 in Glaning,Bozen,S?dtirol,?sterreich
Mother: Helene PRENN ER b: 12 APR 1701 in Jenesien,Bozen,S?dtirol,?sterreich

Marriage 1 Martin GR UBER b: ABT 1727 in ,,S?dtirol,?sterreich
Married: 16 NOV 1749 in Glaning,Boze n,S?dtirol,?sterreich

Sources:
Repository:
Name: Friedrich Plattner
A-64 01 Inzing
Austria

Title: "Die Plattner vom Tsch?gglberg",Eigenverlag
Autho r: Friedrich Plattner
Publication: 2.?berarbeitete Auflage,1995,Alle Rechte vo rbehalten
Abbrev: "Die Plattner vom Tsch?gglberg",Eigenverlag
Note:
Custom ID = Nr. in der Familiengeschichte (Fg#).
Page: Seite 143

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The name started out as Friedt, then the T was dropped and it became Fried, and then finally it was spelled Freed.
The Freed families research group has concluded that this Johannes belongs to Group C.
GROUP C. (Updated 1/17/09). The one individual in GROUP C is descended from another Johannes Friedt, born ca 1737, and died in 1791 in Bucks County, PA. He married (1) Henrica? and (2), Hannah?. The descent from the 1737 Johannes is through his son Henry (born ca 1767, married Magdalena Weisel), his grandson Henry W. (born 1801, died 1862, married Sophia Fluck.), and his great grandson Henry F. (born 1829, died 1898, married Sarah Ann Ziegenfuss). With his haplogroup being R1a1, there is no relationship within historic times between the individual in Group C to any individuals in either Groups A, B or D (all Haplogroup R1b1b2).

Haplogroup Determination for Group C: "R1a is a Y-chromosome haplogroup found at high frequency (more than 40%) from the Czech Republic across to the Altai Mountains in Siberia and south throughout Central Asia. R1a arose 15,000 years ago in the vicinity of Ukraine, expanding from either the Ukrainian LGM refuge following the end of the last ice age, or from the Pontic-Caspian steppe as a result of the Kurgan migrations. The expansion of R1a has been associated with the spread of the Indo-European languages." This quote is from the R1a section of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3/08). For more information google on R1a. http://www.myheritage.com/dna-surname-project/Freed

Johannes married Henrica. Henrica and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: D7F6-L55
• Name: Johan Petrus GRUBER
• Occupation: Profession Grist Mill Builder and Saw Mill Builder in Southeastern Pa
• _UID: EFEB0CCDFA584333A25063FE0682AAD2D2FB
• Immigration: 12 Oct 1733, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; Arrived from Germany by way of London on the Charming Betty, John Ball, Master.
• Occupation: Between 1740 and 1759, Springfield Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Sawmill and Gristmill Builder
• Naturalization: 11 Sep 1740, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

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According to the Ship's Registry: This is from the list of foreigners imported in the ship Charming Betsy, John Bull, Master from London. Qualified October 12, 1733. Qualification found at the Courthouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From the minutes of the Provincial Council, printed in Colonial Records, Volumn III, Page 524. 15 Palatines aboard with their families making a total of 62 persons aboard who of late came from London, England. All aboard were From the Palatinate Section of Germany.
Hans Peter Gruber: Original list states PETER GRUBER, Age 34. Women: ANNA GRUBER, age 24 and a boy the son of Peter and Anna; MARTIN GRUBER age 1 1/2 years. ANNA BARBARA GRUBER is confirmed as the wife of JOHANN PETER GRUBER, later known in this country as JOHN PETER GRUVER/GRUBER. Taken from the Baptismal transcriptions of the Church Birth/Baptism records from the Tohickon Reformed Church, Bedminster TWP., Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Birth/Baptism Transcriptions of children born; MARIA ELIZABETH GRUBER born/baptized on 27 April 1746. Parents: PETER & ANNA BARBARA GRUBER.
In a compilation of the Families of Nicholas Kruger and of Johan Peter Gruber compiled by Horatio Gates Shull in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania during the year 1929, is stated the fact that JOHN PETER GRUBER AND HIS WIFE ANNA BARBARA AND SON, MARTIN BOARDED THE SHIP CHARMING BETSY IN ROTTERDAM AND OF LATE LONDON. (This statement is false as I Have found many records in my research stating that the ship Charming Betty or Betsy originated from London, England and not Rotterdam, Holland.Research done by me: Ellen Louise Gruver-Magee on September 29, 2000.)
Unable to find any information on John Peter and Anna Barbara after about 1759. Source Page # : 133 Gruber, Hans Peter Place : Pennsylvania Year : 1733 Primary Individual : Gruber, Hans Peter Source Code : 1804 Source Name : EGLE, WILLIAM HENRY, editor. Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808. (Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 2, vol. 17.) Harrisburg [PA]: E.K. Meyers, 1890. 787p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967. Source Annotation : Taken from original manuscripts in the state archives. Names given throughout pages 1-677.
Foreigners arriving in Pennsylvania named on pages 521-667. No. 3776, Kelker, supplements this. Source Page # : 98 Gruber, Hans Peter Place : Philadelphia Year : 1733 Primary Individual : Gruber, Hans Peter Source Code : 6665 Source Name : PENNSYLVANIA (COLONY). PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, from the Organization to the Termination of the Proprietary Government. (Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, vols. 3-4.) Harrisburg, PA: State of Pennsylvania, Theo Fenn & Co. Vol. 3 (1840), containing the Proceedings of the Council from May 31, 1717, to January 23, 1735-1736, pp. 299-301, 303-305, 307, 346-348, 350-351, 390-392, 409-411, 414, 436-437, 440-442, 444, 457, 460-461, 483-490, 498-501, 554-559, 564, 614-616, 642-643, 647. (Reprinted by Jo Severns & Co., Philadelphia, in 1852, with different pagination, starting on p. 283 and ending on p. 594.) Source Annotation : Lists Palatines arriving in Pennsylvania between 1718 and 1742. Note that the first printing of vol. 3, 1840, has been used in no. 2048, Filby and Meyer. Also in no. 717, Boyer, Ship Passenger Lists, Pennsylvania and Delaware, pp. 48-86; and printed in part in no. 7820, Rupp. Source Page # : 564 Gruber, Hans Peter Place : Philadelphia Year : 1733 Primary Individual : Gruber, Hans Peter Source Code : 717 Source Name : BOYER, CARL, 3RD, editor. Ship Passenger Lists, Pennsylvania and Delaware (1641-1825). Newhall, Calif.: the editor, 1980. 289p. 4th pr. 1986. Reprint. Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD, 1992. Source Page # : 79 Gruber, Hans Peter Place : Philadelphia Year : 1733 Primary Individual : Gruber, Hans Peter Source Code : 7820 Source Name : RUPP, ISRAEL DANIEL.
A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, with a Statement of the Names of Ships, Whence They Sailed, and the Date of Their Arrival at Philadelphia, Chronologically Arranged, Together with the Necessary Historical and Other Notes, also, an Appendix Containing Lists of More Than One Thousand German and French Names in New York prior to 1712. Leipzig [Germany]: Degener & Co., 1931. 478, 89p. Reprint of the 2nd revised and enlarged ed., 1876, with index from 3rd ed. by Ernst Wecken, 1931, and added index of ships.
Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985. 583p. Source Annotation : An index by Marvin V. Koger, Index to the Names of 30,000 Immigrants...
Supplementing the Rupp, Ship Load Volume, 1935, 232p. is inferior to Wecken's index in the third edition (above). Page 449 contains "Names of the First Palatines in North Carolina, as Early as 1709 and 1710"; and pages 449-451 contain "Names of Males, Salzburgers, Settled in Georgia, 1734-1741."
Contrary to some opinions, this work by Rupp does not duplicate nos. 9041-9042 by Strassburger, although there are thousands of names which are duplicates. Strassburger's work, however, is more accurate and more reliable than Rupp's. See also no. 9330, Urlsperger.
The Salzburgers mentioned above were immigrants from Salzburg, Austria. Source Page # : 93 Gruber, Hans Peter Place : Philadelphia Year : 1733 Primary Individual : Gruber, Hans Peter Source Code : 9041 Source Name : STRASSBURGER, RALPH BEAVER. Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Edited by William John Hinke. Norristown [PA]: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934. 3 vols. Vols. 1 and 3 reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1964. Repr. 1983. Vol. 1. 1727-1775. 776p. Source Annotation : Contains 29,800 names, with annotations written by Krebs (see no. 4203).
Various references to the names in Strassburger will be found in other listings, mostly where authors have attempted to line up their information with that in Strassburger. This work (often referred to as Strassburger and Hinke) is much superior to no. 7820, Rupp, and no. 1804, Egle. It forms a revision with additions to Rupp and Egle, and was prepared and edited with great accuracy. Vol. 1 contains captains' lists, 1727-1775; vol. 2 has facsimiles of all signatures of signers of oaths of allegiance and oaths of abjuration, and was not included in the G.P.C. reprint; vol. 3 has captains' lists from 1785-1808, and indexes to captains, ships, ports of departure, and surnames in all volumes. The set was originally vols. 42-44 of the Pennsylvania German Society Proceedings.
NOTE: Dr. Calvin D. Gruver in Minnesota on July 13, 2000 states that in the first years from 1733-1740 Hans Peter and his family could have been in Philadelphia as he has seen his name there on the first surveys on a place named NORTHERN LIBERTIES OF PHILADELPHIA. For certain Hans Peter Gruber boarded the ship Charming Betty at London, England. As the Ship sailed from London. List 35C) from the Courthouse of Philadelphia October 12th., 1733. Present The Hon Patrick Gordon, Esq, Lieu Governor, Thomas Griffits, Esq, Mayor.
The Palatines whose Names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Charming Betty, Jn Ball, Master, from LONDON, did this day take and subscribe the Oaths to the Government. Johann Kettner ; Adam (SA) Spag George Michel Kettner; Nicholas (X) Burger Heinrich Mockli (with and umlaut over the "o") Peter (O) Stocker; Hans Peter (X) Gruber; Johan Paul Vogt Samuel Ludi ; Johans Lang Christian Anderich (?); Johan (+) Lang, Jun Ulrich (U) Leebegoot ; Nicholas (NH) Heltzel Johan (X) Leebegoot ; Nicholas (NH) Heltzel
Land Application -0984124 1737-1748 Bucks County, Pa. Warrant issued in Mr. Parson's absence. May 11, 1746--John Philip Debartholet 56 acres near Tohichon Bucks Co. granted by a warrant 14 January 1743 to Peter Gruber who forfeited. The Founding of Peace Church in 1743 Main History Page Martin Luther and The Reformation Peace Church Today Parts of the following accounts on this page and the next are paraphrased from the book: Faith and Community A History of Peace-Tohickon Evangelical Lutheran Church By Susan Wombwell Clemens, 1992 By 1625, German, Dutch and Scandinavian Lutherans came to the New World seeking religious freedoms, They initially settled in New Amsterdam (New York City).
In 1638, more Lutherans came to Delaware. Later, in the early 1700's many Germans arrived in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Pastor Henry Melchior Muhlenberg came to Trappe, Pennsylvania in 1742, seven years later he founded the first Lutheran synod in North America. This brings us to the founding of our own congregation in Bucks County, over 250 years ago. (links to ELCA Homepage references) In 1743, on a piece of land approximately one mile north of the present location of Peace-Tohickon Lutheran Church was the property of a German settler named Peter Gruber. His family, along with neighbors formed the first congregations known in that time as St. Peter's Union Church.
Lacking a separate church building, these families likely met in Gruber's home or barn for worship services. Muhlenberg notes that "regular ministers" began visiting the congregation sometime between 1743 and 1744 at Birkensee (German pronunciation of the English word, Perkasie. This area of land, located in the Manor of Perkasie was originally part of William Penn's land grant from King Charles II in England. The name Perkasie is derived from the local Indian word for this area, "Poekskos-sing". Transcribed literally, it means, "Where hickory nuts were cracked".) (link to Perkasie Historical Society?)
The term "Union Church" comes from the sharing of two separate congregations in the same building. At the time, neither the Lutherans nor Reformed congregations of this area could afford to build separate places of worship. Thus, Upper Bucks County is home to many former Union Churches that often share similar names within a single community, with one congregation Lutheran ? and the other belonging to the United Church of Christ. The early name of the Peace Lutheran congregation was called Tohickon Lutheran church, reflecting its close proximity to the Tohickon Creek nearby.
The first actual church building was standing by 1753 when a portion of land was deeded over to the trustees of the Reformed and Lutheran congregations. The actual details of this building are unknown, and it is assumed that the building may have been a typical log type structure. Thirteen years later on May 8th, 1766 a new stone church was dedicated on the site. Henry Rapp, the Lutheran Pastor named the new church "templum pacis" or Peace Church. In the years that followed, Peace Church stood through the American Revolution and the birth of a new nation.
The bond between the Lutherans and St. Peter's Reformed congregation continued to grow throughout the early 1800's. With the combined resources of the two congregations in 1838 a new stone church was erected for $3,000.00 (This building still exists today as St. Peter's United Church of Christ). The new church boasted a new wooden floor, replacing the dirt floor of the old church. The new building also had another modern marvel ? a heating system.
Finally, a new Krauss Organ was installed to provide music for the sanctuary. That mid 1800's saw many changes to the area surrounding the church. While the land directly around the church remained rural farmland, Perkasie grew tremendously with the coming of the "Iron Horse". Much of this growth can be attributed to the North Pennsylvania Railroad (RR Map) extended its line into upper Bucks County.
As an interesting footnote; the run of the line from Philadelphia to Allentown reached an abrupt halt where "The Ridge" met the Railroad. The wall created by the mountainous ridge required the building of the tunnel. The tunnel, which is still in use today was hand dug and completed by 1853. In its day, the Perkasie tunnel was one of the longest in the world. From the founding of the church, until the early 1900's the liturgy of Peace-Tohickon Lutheran Church was always spoken in German. During the First World War, pressure was put upon German speaking Lutheran congregations to conduct their services in English.
Peace gradually complied by interspersing more and more English services until the German voice was silent in the church. Today, Peace-Tohickon conducts a partial service in German on our annual "Old Fashioned Sunday" in October. On Christmas Eve 1999 Peace once again recognized their German heritage by singing Stille Nacht (Silent Night) in German. Another interesting feature from the early 1900's were the "wagon sheds" next to the church. Although many families walked to the church, more came from the surrounding countryside by horse and buggy. The church built 6 to 8 parallel rows of sheds to accommodate and protect the horse and buggy during the inclement weather.
By 1933, the sheds fell into disrepair and were torn down. 100 tons of crushed stone later created a modern parking lot for the new vehicle -- the automobile. Music has always been at the heart of the Lutheran service. In 1918, a Durner Organ was installed for $2850. This nine stop, air driven instrument gave plenty of exercise to the church sexton who was in charge of hand pumping during the service.
Finally, in 1930 when electricity arrived at the church, the air was supplied via electric blowers, much to the relief of the church sexton. In the time following World War II, growth and prosperity was felt across the nation. Both the Reformed and Lutheran congregations grew in numbers and programs. It became evident in the 1950's that the current church building would need major modifications or a more radical solution. That radical solution was to arise in 1957. Earlier in the decade "seeds" were planted by the Ministerium to encourage the dissolution of Union churches. Later in the decade it became clear that both congregations would benefit by creating separate worship facilities. Thus, a bond that lasted 215 years was legally broken on August 25, 1957.
In the end, the Reformed congregation stayed in the 1838 stone building. The Lutherans set out to build their own church. Marriage 1 Anna Barbara ? b: ABT 1709 in Palatinate Section , German speaking country Married: ABT 1730 in Palatinate Section , Germany

Hans married Anna Barbara HAAS about 1730 in Palatinate, Germany. Anna (daughter of Samuel HAASS and Anna Maria ELLINGER) was born in 1709 in Palantinate, Bittingheim, Bayern, Germany; died about 1759 in Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anna Barbara FISENMARK
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Sabastian married Helen PRENNER. Helen was born on 12 Apr 1701 in Glaning, Bozen, South Tirol (Sudtirol), Austria; died on 17 Jul 1737 in Jenesien, Bozen, Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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