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| My Hütter Line:
Johann Nicolaus Hütter |
Our immigrant ancestor in this line was Maria Elisabetha Hütter. She was a native of Hüffenhardt, Württemberg, the youngest of six children. (Two died in childhood.) Her father, Sebastian Hütter, died when Elisabeth was three years old, and in 1737 her mother, Eva, married Martin Messner. However, Eva died less than two years after her second marriage, on 8 March 1739. Elisabeth was brought up by her father's sister -- almost certainly Rosina (1689-1754), wife of Johannes Laumann, who had five children of her own. In 1749, Elisabeth and her brother (which brother?) came to America, landing at Baltimore in 1749. She was indentured to cover the cost of her passage, but made the acquaintace of Johannes Gumpp of Frederick County, who learned that she was from his native village and bought her indenture. Mr. Gumpp allowed her to serve out her obligation in a year, almost certainly shortening the time of her indenture. In the Gumpp household Elisabeth was introduced to the Moravian Church, and in 1752 she married Adam Spach, a native of Alsace who had attached himself to the Moravians. In 1754 the Spachs moved with their infant son to North Carolina, where they became founders of Friedberg Moravian Church in Friedberg, Davidson County. The descendants of Adam Spach and Elisabeth Hütter number in the thousands. More: Descendants of Johann Nicolaus Huetter.
Hütter Family Documents.
Spach Family.
The Rock House.
Friedberg Moravian Cemetery.
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