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FAUST FAMILY TREE
A Faustian Theory of Relativity, so to speak...
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 Hans Faust
Hans Faust was born in 1611 in
Wolferborn, Germany and died 2 January 1679/80 in Langenselbold
Isenburg, Hessen,
Germany. He was the son of Johann Faust (1580-1639) and grandson of Hans
Faust (1550-1609).
Hans was married twice.
He married first Elizabeth Fischer on 2 March 1639/40 in
Langenselbold, Hesse, Germany. She was born 6 January 1619/20, the daughter of Anton
Fischer (b. abt. 1598 Langenselbold, Hesse, Germany, son of Balthasar Fischer) and Elizabeth
Scherer (b. 20 May 1589 Langenselbold, Hesse, Germany, daughter
of Peter Scherer and Ursula Bresch). Hans and Elizabeth Fischer had six children
that I know of: Maria Elizabeth, Werner, Johann, Giel
Julienne, Andreas, and Hans Faust II. For further
information on these children and their
spouses, see the program-generated genealogies (GedHTree, Family
Origins, and Progenitor) referenced above. It is
their third child, Johann Faust who was born in 1642 that
this genealogy follows. Elizabeth Fischer died in 1652 in
Langenselbold,
Hesse, Germany, at the age of 33.
He
married 2nd Kunigunda Gaul and they had six children that I know of, including a son, Johann
Georg Faust who was born 23
January 1702/03. This son traveled to America on the same
ship, Elizabeth, that Johan Peter Faust arrive on at the Port of
Philadelphia, 27 August 1733.
Johann Faust
Johann Faust was born in March or
April 1642/43 in Langenselbold, Hesse, Germany. He married Kunigunda
Mohn on 4 January 1666/67 in Langenselbold, Hessen, Germany. She was born 7 May 1646, the
daughter of Hans Mohn and Anna Wilhelm. She died 29 October 1721.
Johann and Kunigunda had 11 children, the youngest of whom was Johann Peter
Faust, our direct ancestor.
Johann died before 4 September
1694 in Langenselbold. He
lived in Wolferborn, Hessen.
JOHANN PETER FAUST
Johann Peter Faust was born
22 December 1689 in Langenselbold, Hesse, Germany. He died in
November 1745 in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married
twice; first to Magdalena Adam on 5 January 1711 (or 1712/13) in Langenselbold
Reformed KB. She was the daughter of Philip Adam and Anna Hix and she was
born 24 March 1692, according to church records. They had one child,
Philip Lebs Faust.
By 1717, we know, again according to church records,
that Johann was a widower and married Anna Elisabeth Grauel, his second wife, on 14 January
1717 in Langenselbold Reformed KB, Langenselbold, Germany. Anna was the
daughter of Johannes Grauel and Helena Dieterich. They had six,
possibly seven
children together: Michael, Johann (John), Johannes, John C. Peter, Anna
Elizabeth, Magdalena, Johann Heinrich. Johann (John) and Johannes may
be the same person.
Johann Peter Faust arrived in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 27 August 1733 aboard the ship Elizabeth,
which sailed from Rotterday. The ship master was Edward
Lee and all the immigrants aboard were from the Palatinate,
Germany. Johann took his oath of allegiance the same day
as his arrival, 25 August 1733.18
PHILIP LEBS FAUST
Philip Lebs Faust was born 22 February
1713/14 in Langenselbold, Hesse, Germany, the son of Johann Peter Faust and his
first wife Magdalena Adam. He died 19 April 1786 in Bern Township, Berks
County, Pennsylvania. He married Magdalena Albright (sometimes spelled Albrecht)
in 1736 in
Berks/Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Johannes
Ludwig Albrecht von Oberenstringer (born 1694 in Wyniger,
Switzerland) and Anna Barbara Gossauer
von Reisbach (born about 1697 in Switzerland or Germany). Magdalena was
born between 1716 and 1718 in Germany or Austria.
Issue of Philip Lebs Faust and Magdalena:
1. Elizabeth Faust was born January 1738 in Bern Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania. She died
October 1807 in Center Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She married Heinrich
Moll. He was born in 1734 and is buried in St. John's German Church, Leesport, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Some say that Elizabeth and Heinrich Moll had a son Heinrich who married the
daughter of Johannes Faust and Anna Clara Schmeck, his first
cousin. Elizabeth Faust died in October 1807.
2. Johannes George Faust was born 3 March 1738/39 in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He died 6 May
1792 in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He is buried in Salem Church Cemetery near
Dauberville, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married
Anna Clara Smeck (Schmeck). She was born 24 September 1739
and died 23 December 1815. Some claim that this couple had a daughter,
Maria Elizabeth Faust who married her first cousin, Heinrich Moll, son of
Elizabeth Faust and Heinrich Moll. I cannot substantiate this.
3. Maria Catherina Faust, b. 23 June 1747 in Bern Township, Berks County, PA. She died in 1803
in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Catherina was baptized 5 April 1752 in Bern Church, Berks
County, Pennsylvania. She married Peter Kerschner. He is buried in Bern Union Church, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
4. Philip Faust was born in 1748 in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He died 4 September 1831 in
East Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He married Susanna Moyer.
5. Anna
Christina Faust was born in Bern Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania, about 1750. She married Henry Fisher.
6. Catherine Elizabeth Faust was born 5 April 1752, in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She died
in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She married Peter Mohn.
7. Jacob Faust was born 25 December 1757 in Bern Township,
Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Kieffer 22 October 1782
in Berks County, Pennsylvania. His
family is covered in a separate section of this web site as it is his line
that this genealogy follows.
8. Ludwig Faust was born 12 January 1760 in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married Hannah Kieffer in 1782, the same
year his brother Jacob married Hannah's sister Elizabeth.
Hannah was born 25 August (or 25 April) 1763, the daughter of Johan
Nicholas Kieffer (b. 12 Nov. 1734 in St. Wendel, Germany) and M.
Veronica Fronita Steinbruenner (b. 1734 in Zweibrucken, Pfaltz,
Germany). Ludwig died 27 April
1806 in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He is buried in St. Michael's Church Cemetery,
Berks County, Pennsylvania. Steve Faust is gratefully acknowledged as
the contributor of the Ludwig Faust line..19
Children of Ludwig Faust and Hannah Kieffer:
1. Johannes
B. Faust was born 18 July 1785 in Berks County,
Pennsylvania. He died 23 December 1843, probably in Berks
County. He married Catherina Schlegel who was born 16
October 1791.
Child of Johannes B. Faust and Catherina Schlegel:
1. Solomon
B. Faust was born 19 August 1811, probably in Centre Township,
Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married Maria Elizabeth
Feick. She was born 9 December 1812 and died 13 April 1887
in Center Township, Pennsylvania. Solomon died about 1859.
Child of Solomon B. Faust and Maria Feick:
1. William
Feick Faust was born 8 October 1847 in Center Township in
Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Ann Geis.
Children of William Feick Faust and Sarah Ann Geis:
1. Alfred
Faust was born in Pennsylvania about 1869.
2.
Sarah Faust was born in Pennsylvania about 1872.
3. Mercy S. Faust was born 30 April 1875 in Center Township, Berks
County, Pennsylvania. He married Lea Nora Schucker 24 June
1899. She was born 2 September 1877, in Maidencreek,
Berks County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John Franklin Schucker and
Mary Hinkle.
Children of Mercy S. Faust and Leo Nora Schucker:
1. Harry
Faust
2.
Margarette Faust
3.
Florence Faust
4. William Mercy Faust was born 31 July 1907 in Reading, Berks
County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary S. Weidner 29
November 1928. She was born 18 January 1902 in St.
Lawrence, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William H. Weidner and
Sallie S. Schmehl.
Children of William Mercy Faust and Mary Weidner:
1. Harry
William Faust was born June 1929 in Pennsylvania.
2.
Russell Weidner Faust was born est. 1932 in Pennsylvania.
3.
William Charles Faust was born 16 November 1935 in Pennsylvania.
4. Fredrick Carl Faust was born 30 July 1939 in Center Township,
Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married Joan Edwards Palmer
9 April 1961. She was born 15 April 1940 in Beverly, Essex
County, Massachusetts, the daughter of Norman Wagner Palmer and
Dora Edwards Hobbs.
Children of Fredrick Faust and Joan Palmer:
1. Stephen Carl Faust was born 25 February 1962 in Essex County,
Massachusetts. He married Wendy Lee Dyer 2 June
1984. She was born 7 April 1963 in Essex County,
Massachusetts, the daughter of George Joseph Dyer and Maxine
Della Taylor.
5. Dorothy Faust
was born est. 1909 in Pennsylvania.
6.
Katherine Faust was born est. 1912 in Pennsylvania.
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