Return

 

Johann Juerg (Georg) Koelsch (Kolsch)

 

Born: 1706 (christened Aug. 20, 1706) Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Passed: September 16, 1774 in Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

 

His father was Johann Philip Koelsch b. July 3, 1658 in Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany and d. March 25, 1720 in Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.

His mother was Gertrude Koelsch (b. Feb. 6, 1670/71 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, d. Oct. 8, 1734 in Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.)

 

His paternal grandfather was Johannes Koelsch b. 1614 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany and d. September 20, 1685 in Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.

His paternal grandmother was Anna Elisabetha Koelsch b. 1629 in Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.

 

In 1737 he boarded the St. Andrew (Galley, Captain was John Stedman), in Rotterdam in the Netherlands landing in Philadelphia on September 26, 1737 [first name on passenger list page 2 (47B) as Johann Gorg Kelsch].  On arrival he would have had to renounce his former allegiance and swear fealty to the British Crown.  Apparently he returned to Germany after the death of his wife.

 

He married Anna Margaretha Koelch nee Kolb on January 13, 1728/29 in Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.  His wife was born on May 4, 1708 in Westhafen, Alley-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.  She died on July 27, 1766 in Salem, Salem County, New Jersey.  They had seven children in 21 years

1.      Anna Maria Koelsch (b. June 6, 1730 in Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany)

2.      Johann Philip Kelch (b. Sept. 29, 1731 in Eberstädt Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, d. Jan. 24, 1771 in Mannington, Salem, NJ) m. Margaretha Drollinger in 1763 (b. Sept., 14, 1744 in Salem NJ)

3.      Christina Magdalene Koelsch (b. Dec. 5, 1733 in Eberstädt Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany)

4.      Georg Peter Koelsch (b. Jan. 30, 1734/35 in Eberstädt Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany)

5.      Anna Barbara Koelsch (b. March 31, 1737 in Eberstädt Eberstädt-Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany)

6.      Michael Koelsch (b. 1750)

7.      William Koelsch (b. 1751)

"Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NCZS-57L : 28 November 2014), Johannes Kolsch, 20 Aug 1706; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,190,527.

 

https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/35478020/person/18862027875/story

 

// ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

Johann Juerg Koelsch

b. Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Pfalz. Germany. 

d. February 29, 1754 in Manington, Salem County, New Jersey

 

 

Johann Philip Kelch (b. Sept. 29, 1731 in Eberstädt d. Jan. 24, 1771 in Mannington, Salem, NJ)  m. Margaretha Drollinger in 1763 (b. Sept., 14, 1744 in Salem NJ)Their child Leonard Kelch (born) 7-11-1767 - somewhere in N.J. - United States. PERHAPS married Mary Davis who was(born) 12-3-1778 - Chelmsford, VA