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| Father | Nicholas (Hans) Feuerstein1 b. 25 March 1712, d. before 11 January 1768 | |
| Mother | Anna Catharina Nonnenmacher1 b. 2 August 1711, d. circa 1760 | |
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| Note* | Maria married a John Wall or Waller circa 1763. She was baptized Feb. 19, 1747. Her husband, John, was a stiller. In 1779 John was taxed in York Co., VA for a house and lot in York Town. The following Sources by GeneJunky: Sources: 1. Title: Firestone Family of Frederick Co. Maryland, #01 Nicholas Firestone: Firestone Family of Frederick County, Maryland, Subject: #01 Nicholas Firestone, Volume: 9, No. 1, Page: 3-7 Abbrev: Russell (1993): #01 Nicholas Firestone Author: George Ely Russell Page: therein, "Children of Nicholas and Catharina (Nunnenmacher), all born at Thal [....] except the last child," [including] "Maria Dorothea Feuerstein, b. 17 Feb. 1747," cites "Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729848 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: Firestone entries abstracted and translated from the German by Mrs. Trudy Schenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991." 2. Title: Eighteenth Century Emigrants...: FIRESTONE: Eighteenth Century Emigrants from Northern Alsace to America, Series: Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society : v. 26, Page: page 158, entry 139, File Reference: Feuerstein, Nickell and Nicholas, Jr. of Thal Abbrev: 18th Century Emigrants (Alsace): FIRESTONE Author: Burgert, Annette Kunselman Publication: Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1992 Note: viewed 15 Dec 1997 at FHL, call number 974.8 B4pgp v. 26; copies extracted Page: therein, parish records of Berg Lutheran Church call out birth/baptisms for children of "Nickel Feyerstein (also Feuerstein), carpenter at Thal," and his wife, "Anna Catharina nee Nunnemacher," including "Maria Dorothea," b. 17 Feb 1747, bap. 19 Feb 1747 3. Title: Firestone Family of Frederick Co. Maryland, #01 Nicholas Firestone: Firestone Family of Frederick County, Maryland, Subject: #01 Nicholas Firestone, Volume: 9, No. 1, Page: 3-7 Abbrev: Russell (1993): #01 Nicholas Firestone Author: George Ely Russell Page: therein, from page 6, "Children of Nicholas and Catharina (Nunnenmacher), all born at Thal and baptized at the Berg Evangelical Lutheran Church except the last child," [including] "Maria Dorothea Feuerstein, b. 17 Feb. 1747; bp. 19 Feb. 1747; witnesses: Andreas Feuerstein (citizen and weaver in Thal), Anna Margaretha Klein (wife of Carl Klein, schoolmaster in Berg), Johann Heinrich Scheurer (single son of the late Jacob Scheurer, farmer and church clerk), and Dorothea Weidmann (single daugher of the late Peter Weidmann, farmer in Thal)," cites "Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729848 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: Firestone entries abstracted and translated from the German by Mrs. Trudy Schenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991; citing Berg Parish Church Books; as to the baptismal sponsor Andreas Feuerstein, Russell adds, "[Johann] Andreas Feyerstein/Feuerstein, citizen and weaver of linen in Thal, d. 6 March 1753, bur. the 8th, age 47y 2m 28d; m. 20 Jan. 1728 Anna Maria Strauch (d. 20 Jan. 1786)," citing Berg Parish Church Books 1 | |
| Birth* | 17 February 1746 or 17 February 1747 | Berg Evangelical Lutheran Church, Berg und Thal, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France1 |
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