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APPEL, Johann

Male 1732 - Abt 1810  (77 years)


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  • Name APPEL, Johann 
    Nickname Adam 
    Birth 19 Sep 1732  Usenborn, Wetteraurkreis, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
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    Death Abt 1810  Guilford County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10139  Puffers
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2013 

    Father APPEL, Thomas,   b. 25 Mar 1697, Oberseemen, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1765, Exeter Township, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother GROSS, Maria Catharina,   b. 24 Feb 1696, Steinberg, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Berks County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 14 Sep 1724  Hirsenhain, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. APPEL, Daniel,   b. Abt 1761, Nazareth, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1849, Guilford County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     2. APPEL, Susannah Catherine,   b. Abt 1762, Lancaster, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1822, Snow Hill, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     3. APPEL, John Sr.,   b. Abt 1765, Berks County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, Guilford County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     4. APPEL, Thomas Sr.,   b. 30 Nov 1769, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1869 (Age < 99 years)
     5. APPEL, Hannah,   b. Abt 1774   d. Bef 1840 (Age < 65 years)
     6. APPEL, Adam C.,   b. 24 Dec 1776, Guilford County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1862, Guilford County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F12044  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Immigrated to United States on the ship "Ranier" from the ports of Hanau, Wirtenburg, Darmstaat, and Eisenberg. Landed in Philadelphia, PA o n Sept. 26, 1749 with his father Thomas and Johannes Appel (probably a b rother.) More of the family migrated to America in 1764. Family lived in PA for a few years then moved to MD where they started a c hurch. Family moved to Guilford Co. NC about 1760-1770. Naturalization: 14 SEP 1761, Alsace TWP, Berks Co. PA Land Grant from the State of North Carolina 1783: Grant from the State of North Carolina to Adam Aple No 868. To all to w hom these presents shall come, greeting. Know you that we for and in co nsideration of the sum of fifty shillings for every hundred acres hereb y granted paid into our treasury by Adam Apel have given and granted an d by these presents give and grant to the said Adam Apel a tract of lan d containing five hundred acres laying and being in our County of Guilf ord on Buckhorn Creek and the waters of Reedy Fork beginning at a Black o ak in Smiths line thence East two hundred and twenty poles to a post oa k in said Smiths line thence North three hundred and sixty four poles t o a post oak thence west two hundred and twenty poles crossing Buckhorn C reek to a white oak thence south three-hundred and sixty four poles to t he first Station as by the plat hereunto annexed Doth appear together w ith all woods waters mines minerals herdclaments(?) & appurtenances to t he said land belonging or appertaining to Hold to the said Adam Aple hi s heirs and assigns for ever Yielding and paying to us such sum of Mone y yearly or other -wise as our General Assembly from time to time may d irect provided always that the said Adam Apel shall cause this grant to b e registered in the registers office of our said County of Guilford wit hin twelve months from the date hereof. Otherwise the same shall be voi d and of none effect. In testimony whereof we have caused these our let ters to be made patent and our Great Seal to be hereunto affixed. Witne ss Alexander Martin Esquire Our Governor Captain General and Commander i n Chief at Hillsboro the fourteenth day of October in the eighth year o f our Independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundr ed and eighty three. By his Excelly Comd. Recorded in the Secretarys office Alex Martin TGlasgow Secretary ? Lee ? Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890 1749 APPEL JOHAN ADAM Philadelphia County PA Philadelphia PA Early Cens us Index PAS1a84026 More on Johan Adam Appel: Baptism: September 13, 1732, St. Laurentius Church, Usenborn, Germany; G odparent Johann Adam Vogel Confirmation: 1747, "Sunday Exaudi" = 6th Su nday after Easter in Usenborn. -Denise Maddox