Abraham Transue

Name Variations: Last name sometimes spelled "Transu", "Dransu" "Trentsols" or "Transols."

Born: Dec. 25, 1700 Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfaltz, Germany ¹

Died:Aug. 10, 1768 Salisbury Twp., PA ²

Residences: Mutterstadt, Germany, Salisbury Twp, PA.

Religion: German Reformed⁵

Education:

Career: Farmer ³

Father: Jacob Transols

Mother: Elizabeth LeRoi

Siblings:

• Jacob (b. Oct. 20, 1692 in Mutterstadt)
• Susannah (b. ~1693 in Mutterstadt).

Wives:

• Elizabeith Muschler, Feb. 20, 1721 German Reformed Church, Mutterstadt, Bavaria.
  
• Anna Margaretha Mueller, July 22, 1727 in Mutterstadt, Bavaria.

Children: Abraham had three children with his first wife and four with his second:

• Anna Katherina (b. March 15, 1721 or 1722j, Mutterstadt; m. Sebastian Heinrich Knaus, Jan. 1, 1741, 13 ch.)
• Johann Philip (b. Nov. 1, 1724, Mutterstadt)
  
• Anthonius (b. Dec. 22, 1726, Mutterstadt)
  
• Issac (b. July 31, 1729, Mutterstadt)
  
• Johan Abraham (1731-1813)
• Johan Jacob (b. July 28, 1734, Salisbury Twp.)
• Elisabetha (b. June 20, 1736, Salisbury Twp.)

Other Details: Arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Thistle of Glasgow on Aug 29, 1730 which had come from Dover, England. Buried Williams Twp., Northampton Co, PA.

Sources: All of this information comes from the Research of Scott Wallace and has not been verified elsewhere. Footnotes 1-3 below refer to the Wallace footnotes in his research.

1. Research of James. D. Transue from searches of records in Germany. However, this date does not seem certain.
   
2. Burgert, Annette Kunselman Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers AKB Publications, 2000 pp. 349-50. Place of burial is not certain. Some indicate probable burial in "Chestnut Hill Church."
   
3. Abraham applied for a warrant for 150 acres of land in Salisbury Twp. in 1738. The land was along Route 309 between Allentown and Quakertown on top of Lehigh Mountain.
   
4. Passenger list of the Thistle of Glasgow lists "Abraham Trentsols" "Anna Margaretha (M�ller)" coming from "Mutterstadt, Bayern (Pfalz)" "Mongomery & Lehigh Co. PA". It also lists two children, "Anna Katharina, 8" and "Johann Philipp, 5". It is inconsistent with the other source that Issac is not listed on the passenger list.
5. I found the following source listed at pa-roots.org: "Abraham Transu; wife (1) Elisabeth MUSCHLER (2) Anna Margaretha MUELLER. Arr. 1730; lived Bucks and Lehigh Cos., Pa. Religion: Reformed in Ger., Moravian. Children: Anna Katharina b. 1722 md. KNAUSS; Johann Philipp md. GAUTER; Antony; (2nd wife) Isaak; Johann Abraham md. LANG; Johann Jacob; Elisabetha. (Source: Palatine Immigrant, Vol. 5, No. 1, Summer, 1979, p. 46)"