4. | Johann Adam Wuertemberger was born in 1735 in Wuerttemberg; died in 1782 in Cumru, Berks, PA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Departure: Bef Sep 1751, Ilbesheim, Palatinate; "Johann Adam Wirdeberger was a passenger on the Neptune, which arrived in Philadelphia on 24 Sep 1751 from Rotterdam via Cowes, England. \" See https://www.immigrantships.net/v3/1700v3/neptune17510924.html
- Arrival: 24 Sep 1751, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; According to GRid=185574927, he departed from the town of Ilbesheim, Germany, via Saarland (a German state), from which the Saar river flows to the Moselle, which flows to the Rhine.
Notes:
See GRid=185574927 for an fairly extensive biography.
The surname Wuertemberger is a "toponym". It was derived from his family's homeland in the duchy of Württemberg, which was affiliated with the Holy Roman Empire, but was (like nearby states) fought over continually in the early- and mid-1700's. It is now part of the German state Baden-Württemberg, whose capital is Stuttgart. Baden-Württemberg is the most southwesterly German state, bordering Switzerland and France (Alsace). I can't really say that Adam (as he was known, at least in America) was born in Württemberg, but his family certainly came from there.
His FindAGrave page says that Adam emigrated from Ilbesheim, a town in the Rhemish Palitanate, a duchy just northwest of Württemberg, but, again, I can't say when or even whether he moved there from Württemberg. The Palitanate is now part of the German state Rhineland-Palatinate, which borders Luxembourg and Belgium on the west.
Johann Adam was part of the mass immigration from southwest Germany in the mid-1700s that was driven by the devastation caused by War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Year's War. These immigrants are collectively known as German Palatines, though the Rhenish Palatinate was only one of several historical districts affected.
The name Wuertemberger was spelled many different ways in records that have been found, and about a generation later, had been anglicized to Wattenbarger.
Died:
GRid=185574927; Unknown burial. Interesting bio with details of immigration, wife, children, parents, grandparents.
Johann married Anna Maria Strohecker
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in 1756 in Pennsylvania. Anna was born in 1738 in Wimsheim, Wuerttemberg; died before 1782 in Berks Co, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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