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Johann Adam Wuertemberger
1735 - 1782 (Age 47)Person ID: I24239 | Tree: Robin | Last Modified: 12 Sep 2021
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Name Johann Adam Wuertemberger [1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Born Died 1782Cumru, Berks, PA
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- FindAGrave Memorial 185574927; Unknown burial. Interesting bio with details of immigration, wife, children, parents, grandparents.
Notes - See FindAGrave Memorial 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 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Baden-Württemberg' >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" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rhineland-Palatinate,+Germany'>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" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Palatines'>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.
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Family
Wife Anna Maria Strohecker (ID:I24240) (Age < 43 years)
b. 1738
d. Bef 1782, Berks Co, PA (Age < 43 years)Married Age at Marriage He : ~ 21 years - She : ~ 18 years. Children 1. John Jacob Wuertemberger (ID:I24301) (Age 72 years)
b. 28 Mar 1757, Berks Co, PA
d. 27 Apr 1829 (Age 72 years)+ 2. John Adam Wuertemberger (ID:I24231) (Age 65 years)
b. 22 Feb 1760
d. Jul 1825 (Age 65 years)+ 3. John George Wuertemberger (ID:I24302) (Age 80 years)
b. 4 May 1762
d. 18 Jan 1843 (Age 80 years)4. Anna Maria Wuertemberger (ID:I24303) (Age 0 years)
b. 20 Nov 1764, Berks Co, PA
d. Mar 1765, Berks Co, PA (Age 0 years)5. Mary Rosina Wuertemberger (ID:I24304)
b. 1766, Berks Co, PA 
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Departure Bef Sep 1751 [4]– "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.htmlArrival – According to FindAGrave Memorial 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. -
Histories 
Map of Reading, PA in the 1750's showing Adam Wirtemberger's lot
Adam Wirtemberger (whom I have identified as "Johann Adam Wuertemberger") immigrated to America in 1751, and had purchased a lot in Reading by the mid 1750's. -
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Child - John Jacob Wuertemberger - 28 Mar 1757 - Berks Co, PA 
Child - Anna Maria Wuertemberger - 20 Nov 1764 - Berks Co, PA Child - Mary Rosina Wuertemberger - 1766 - Berks Co, PA 
Died - 1782 - Cumru, Berks, PA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- Details:Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;Citation:Page: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 24 Sep 1751; Ship:Neptune Page Number: 757
- Details:Name: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.;Citation:Page: Source number: 10188.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2
- Details:Name: Ashlin Abbey Publishing ; Location: Arvada, Colorado;Citation:Text: Ship Neptune Rotterdam Netherlands and Cowes England to Philadelphia, PA Sep 24, 1751 [List 172 C] At the Court House at Philadelphia, Tuesday the 24th September 1751. Present: William Peters, Esqr. The foreigners whose Names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Neptune, John Mason, Commander, from Rotterdam & last from Cowes,... ... Johann Adam Wirdeberger
- Citation:Page: FindAGrave Memorial 185574927; Johann Adam WuertembergerText: Johann Adam Wuertemberger Birth: 1735 Baden-Württemberg, Germany Death: 1782 (aged 46–47) Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA Burial: Burial Details Unknown Spouse: Anna Maria Strohecker Wuertemberger 1738-1782 Children: John Jacob Whittenberger 1757-1829 Parents: John Jakob Wuertembrger 1716-1743 & Anna Maria Fausel 1695-1756 of Llbesheeim, Germany. Grandparents: Johann Adam Wuertemberger & Maria Catherina Hainer of Marytach; Jagst Kreis Wyh. Emigrated on the ship NEPTUNE as a passenger from Llbesheim, Rhenish Palatinate and the Saarland to Philadelphia, Pa. ... Occupation: Stocking Weaver. He married Anna Strohecker in 1756 in Reading, Berks Co. Pa. They had 5 children:John Jacob 1757-1829, John Adam 1760-1825, John George 1762-1843, Anna Marie 1764, and Mary Rosina 1766. (Also discusses for the mass migration from the Palatinate to America)
- Details:Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived;Citation:Page: Source number: 10188.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2; Submitter Code: .Text: Birth date: 1732 Birth place: Gr Marriage date: Marriage place: of PA
