Matthias Sr. Wessinger

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ID: I765
Last: Wessinger
First: Matthias
Middle: Sr.
Birth: at Germany
Death: at South Carolina
Burial:
Sex: M
Notes: Family records: "Landed in Charleston 1752 from Port Rotterdam (River Rhine), Holland,
Settled in Dutch Fork, South Carolina."

Name originally written as Matthaeus Wössinger. He married Margaretha Siebler in Germany.

See extensive research on Wessinger family of Dutch Fork area of South Carolina:
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"WESSINGER - Mathias WEISINGER line, came from the parish of Pforzheim in the northern parts of Baden. Release from the bonded serfdom which was granted to Mattheus Wossinger from Darmsbach, (Germany) for emigration to America on 16 Febr. 1752. Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe 61/853. Arrived 2 Oct 1752 Snow Rowand, commanded by Captain Arthur Tran. Mathias Wessinger with wife and 3 children, Michael 8, Mathias 6, Catherine 1 ½ year. Matthias settled his family at the junction of the Broad and Saluda Rivers in 1755. "
Source: From webpage "Some immigrants in the eighteenth century to South Carolina townships - Amelia, New Windsor, Orangeburgh, Saxe Gotha
URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scogsgs/origin.htm
 
Mother: UNKNOWN
Father: UNKNOWN
 
Marriage 1   Margaretha Siebler b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN
 
Children:
1 Mathias Jr. Wessinger b: 22 Mar 1746 Darmsbach, Germany
 


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