Apolonia Abigail Wamser: Appalachian Aristocracy

1740 - 1833 (92 years)

Generation: 1

Apolonia Abigail Wamser was born 22 Mar 1739/40, Palatinate, Germany (daughter of Nicholas Wamser and Magdelina); died 1833, Botetourt Co. VA.

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Apolonia arrived in Philadelphia, PA on 16 Sep 1748 aboard the ship, Patience. She came with her parents, Nicholas and Magdalena and her siblings, Anna Barbara and Hans Peter.

Apolonia married Johann Nicholas Heibst 20 Oct 1767, New Hanover, PA. Johann was born 8 Mar 1726/27, Bingen, Germany; died Apr 1802, Botetourt Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH
New Hanover, Montgomery County, PA.
1745-1809
1767, Oct. 20, Heibst, Nicholas, and Appolonia Warmser.

Children:

Mary Magdalene Heibst was born , Botetourt Co. VA.
Maria Elizabeth Heibst was born ca 1768, Botetourt Co. VA; died 1840.
John Heibst was born ca 1770, Botetourt Co. VA; died 1845, Botetourt Co. VA.
Anna Barbara Heibst was born 02 Jul 1771, Botetourt Co. VA; died 1829, Botetourt Co. VA.
Peter Heibst was born ca 1773, Botetourt Co. VA; died 1850, Botetourt Co. VA.
Henry Heibst was born 12 Jun 1775, Botetourt Co. VA; died 01 Oct 1854, Xenia, Green Co., OH .
Margaret Heibst was born ca 1780, Botetourt Co. VA.

Generation: 2

Nicholas Wamser was born ca 1713, Palatinate, Germany; died 1760, Somerset Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Nich Wamser
Year: 1748
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1713
Place: Pennsylvania
Source Publication Code: 1804
Primary Immigrant: Wamser, Nich

Annotation: Taken from original manuscripts in the state archives. Names given throughout pages 1-677. Foreigners arriving in Pennsylvania named on pages 521-667. No. 3776, Kelker, supplements this.

Source Bibliography: EGLE, WILLIAM HENRY, editor Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808. (Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 2, vol. 17.) Harrisburg [PA]: E.K. Meyers, 1890. 787p.
Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.
Page: 273

Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890
Name: Nicholas Wamser
State: PA
County: Philadelphia County
Township: Philadelphia
Year: 1748
Database: PA Early Census Index

Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT

Nicholas married Magdelina. Magdelina was born ca 1713, Palatinate, Germany; died ca 1760, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Magdelina was born ca 1713, Palatinate, Germany; died ca 1760, Pennsylvania.

Children:

Anna Barbara Wamser was born 1735, Bingen, Germany; died ca 1749, Pennsylvania.
1. Apolonia Abigail Wamser was born 22 Mar 1739/40, Palatinate, Germany; died 1833, Botetourt Co. VA.
Hans Peter Wamser was born ca 1747, Palatinate, Germany; died 1826, Pennsylvania.
Wilhelm Wamser was born 22 Dec 1749, Montgomery Co. PA; died 18 Dec 1847, Pennsylvania.