1712 Adam Kramer and Maria Elisabetha lived in Essenheim, Germany.
1729 Adam Kramer and Maria Elisabetha lived in Gonnheim, Germany.
1731 Hans Adam Kramer [Kremer] [1] and Elizabeth [Kreemer] [2] arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Pennsylvania Merchant" on 10 Sep 1731. Eve Kreemer, Christian Krämer, Adam Krämer, Maria Kreemer, and Christina Kreemer, under age 16, were named on the ship list. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
1731 Hans Adam Kreemer and wife Maria Elisabetha Wolff immigrated with 2 sons-in-law & 2 daughters; Child Christianus; Child Maria Elisabetta; Child Eva. [8]
1757 Adam Kremor received a warrant for 100 acres of land on January 27 in Hallam Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [9]
1757 A survey was made on May 27, of 230 acres in Hellam Twp, York County, for Adam Kremor. [10] Stephen Reib had an adjacent tract. [11] Gotleib Reicher had an adjacent tract. [12] Valentine Hyer had an adjacent tract. [13]
Research Notes:
Adam Kramer's death has been reported on November 5, 1761, at York County, Pennsylvania and at Armstrong, Pennsylvania and at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Burial at Kreutz Creek Valley Ch. Yard, York County, PA. [14] [15] [16]
Adam Kramer's birth on September 14, 1679 and his marriage have been reported at Grönheim, Cloppenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; also at Essenheim, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. His parents have been reported as Hans Peter Kramer (1653-1736) and Anna Barbara Lorenz (1664-1729) with grandparents Johann Valentin Kramer (1620-1692) and Margaret Fritsch (1625-1709)
Note that son Christian reportedly married Anna Barbara Hayer, perhaps related to Valentine Hyer of the adjacent tract in Hellam Twp.
The parish records for Essenheim have been filmed, but are not available. [17]
Notes for daughter Maria Elisabeth:
1782 Elizabeth Kramerin Gartner died on October 11 at age 69 and was buried at Old Kreutz Creek Cemetery, Kreutz Creek, York County, Pennsylvania. [18] [19]
1793 Peter Gartner died on August 11 and was buried at Old Kreutz Creek Cemetery, Kreutz Creek, York County, Pennsylvania. Peter Gartner was born on December 16, 1702. [20] [21]
[1] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 26, upper left, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[2] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 27, middle left, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[3] Ralph B. Strassburger, William J. Hinke, ed., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. 1 (1934, Pennsylvania German Society), 43-45, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[4] I. Daniel Rupp, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, 2nd ed. (1875), 67, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[5] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[6] I. Daniel Rupp, A collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[8] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Palatinate Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers (2000), 193.
[9] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A30-105, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[11] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, E-109, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[12] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A34-116, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[13] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D79-111, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[14] Find A Grave Virtual Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[15] Find A Grave Virtual Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[16] Geneanet Community Trees Index, [AncestryRecord].
[17] FHL catalog entry for Essenheim church records, [URL].
[18] Find A Grave Memorial 49776770, [FindAGrave].
[19] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[20] Find A Grave Memorial 49776794, [FindAGrave].
[21] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].