Burkhart Stuff from Berks Co PA and N. Alsace Reformed Church 
documents 

From compilation of baptisms, marriages and funerals 1771-1905,
First Reformed Church of Reading:
(I think the following are dates of birth and christening and
sponsors)

Reuben R Burkhart and Anna Maria
Bessie Luvertie l/25/1877   8/19/1881   
Laura Cecelia   ll/28/1862  5/24/1865
Mary Elizabeth  9/29/1859   9/21/1862    Wanner, Maria

George L Burkhart and Sarah (Schwarzwald)
George Calvin    3/2/1870   6/12/1870    Bolick John, Elizabeth
Daniel Goodhart  9/10/1857  9/20/1857    Goodhart, Daniel
Emma Louisa      3/4/1859   5/8/1859

From Berks County Births:

Johan. Jacob and Sabina Dorothea:

An. Margaretha Cath. 13 Sep 1759
Johann Georg 9 Mar 1755 recorded at two churches
Johann Jacob bp 25 Jun 1758

Martin and Gertrude:

James 14 Jan 1767
John 2 Jun 1770
Martin 10 Jan 1772
John Peter 13 Mar 1779
M. Magdalen 8 Apr 1777
John Phillip 20 Jul 1765 **********

Friedrich Burger and Margretha

Abraham 4 Dec 1775
Johannes 27 Feb 1778
Maria Eva 6 Apr 1779

Nicolaus Burger and Anna Maria

Barbara 6 Mar 1776
Catharina 5 Apr 1778

Heinrich and Margaret Wanner

Christian 3 Nov 1751
Johann Christoph 25 Sep 1749
Catharina 17 Apr 1754
Johann Georg 20 Mar 1757

Andreas and Anna Barbara:

Anna Barbara 14 Apr 1770
Anna Christina 13 Feb 1775
Johann Henrich 20 Oct 1767

Johannes and Christina:

Ester 24 Dec 1779

Michael and Anna Mary

Joseph 2 Feb 1767

Israel and Maria Barbara:

Johann Georg 16 Aug 1755

Emanuel and Anna Regina

Johann Martin ca Feb 1756.



From marriages:
Isaac Borkhard m Sarah Bechtel  6/14/1832
John Borkhard m Justina Christian  9/9/1832
William Borkhard of Reading m Catherine A Miller of Reading
ll/18/1849
Henry Burkhart of New Brunswick TWP Schuyville Co m Mary Ann 
  Kramp,  Albany TWP, 7.24.1875
Augustus Burkhart of Exeter m Mary E Boons of Oley 9/1/1861
Reuben R Burkhart m Maria Copp 1/10/1858
Samuel Burkhart of Berks Co m Hettie Snyeder fo Berks Co
4/12/1864

Deaths:
John Borchard, son of Philip, Hives, 8/31/1803, Spies age l yr
Bridget Borchart "SWELLING IN THE SIDE" 8/11/1803 age 31.
Catharine Borchert died twice.
"Swelling" l/16/1798, 25 yrs,
"Swelling" l/18/1798.
Emma Irene Borkert d ll/10/1869, Lutheran Cem.
Matilda Borkhard d 1/22/1854, Exeter Cem (?) age 20 yrs.  
A Matilda is buried in the Gilbert Dehart plot in Aulenbach
Cemetery. Suggests possible relationship.
Samuel Borchard 3/19/1851 Gervers
Hannah Borkhardt 10/5/1834
Barbara the wife of Philip Burkhart died of consumption. 79/9/13
Catherine Burkhart      7/27/1875    67/9/6
Catharine Jane Burkhart bd at same time w Robert Frederick
Leinbach d 4/16/1870   32/2/9
Margaret Ellen d of John and Justina Burkhart d of dropsy
3/22/1853    12/10/8  I guess she died of dropsy at age 12.
Mary Burkhart  relict of Nicholas Burkhart d of consumption
3/21/1853 age 72/9/6
Mary Ann Burkhart d 8/13/1849 Grubens age 27/9/16

REading death records had Mrs. Nicholas Burkhart d Reading Mar 12, 1885.

From either Trinity Lutheran or Schwartzwald Church:
Nicolaus Burchart of Cumru m Anna Maria Hertz of Cumru 7/6/1802
Philipp Burchart of Alsace m Barbara Wagner of Alsace 7/23/1804

From A Collection of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss...
Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776
Michael Ludwig, Daniel Ludwig, Hans Burchard, David Burchard 1733
   (other lists are Palatines, page missing)
9/3/1739 Palatines on Friendship from Rotterdam
  Georg Jacob Burchert, Georg Ernst Buhler
9/3/1739 Palatines in Lyal Judith form Rotterdam, Johan Georg 
  Burghart.  
9/27/1749 Palatines (Pfalzer )
in Isaac, from Rotterdam, Heinrich Burckhart
l0/17/1749 Palaatines, Wirtembergers and Alsatians Dragon,from
Rotterdam
Hans Georg Burkhard
8/11/1750 "AUslander" on the Patience from Rotterdam, Jacob Burkard
8/28/1750 Phoenix from Rotterdam, Martin Burchardt
9/14/1751 Duke of Bedford, from Rotterdam, 9 Roman Catholics,
20 Calvinists, 260 passengers.  Simon Burchhart
9/24/1753 Neptune, from Rotterdam, Johannes Burkhardt
10/5/1763 Richmond, from Rotterdam, D. Dieterich Burchardt
11/1/1763 Chance, from Rotterdam, Johann Georg Burckhard

from Berks co wills abstracts lookup, Gert Mysliwski
Schumacher, Michael 8 Dec 176 22 Jan 1770 Berks Co
mentions bro in law Uly Blrgert and his son George Burckhart.

FOX, Andrew, 13 mar 1783, Reading. adm to Jon Burkhard and 
Barbara Fox his wife, she being dau of David Fox.

Gerhart, Christoher 21 Mar 1786 1 Jul 1786 Alsace mentions
husband of dau Margaretha, who m John Burkhard.  
Dum, Agnes widow 4 Sep 1805 26 May 1809 Reading
daughter maria Elizabeth Burkhart.

 Burkhart, Philip  prob 10 Mar 1824 Alsace
Provides for wife Barbara including use of forge, mill,
house, land, etc. until Joh is 21. To each of daus. $100
when 21 (not named). remainder of estate to son John when
21, subject to wife's life interest.  Payments on account
of dau's Lydia and Ann during their minority.
Exrs: wife Barbara and Benneville Keim. Letters to Keim,
the widow renouncing.  wit: Samuel Baird and Ch. H. Witman.
from Abstracts of Berks County Wills, 1785-1800
BAsed on Abstracts of Jacob Martin and John P Smith

will of Christopher Gerhart of Alsace, 7/1/1786
daughter Margaretha wife of ___ ____Burkhard (unreadable)

will of Jacob Burckhart, Reading, 4/23/1781 - 5/19/1794
Wife Sabina Dorothea; the house and lot in Reading
son John  Maybe other children
George Geisler and Nicholas Schell witnesses

will of EGIE, John, Reading 9/9/1794 - 5/3/1796
money for his plantation in Alsace which he sold to Samuel 
Burkhart to be divided among his 4 children, executor Rev. 
William Boos, witnesses John Spyker and Jacob Dick

will of Andreas Borchert of Brecknock, 8/23/1799 - 11/27/1799
To son Nicolas the lower part of his plantation
To son Andrew the remainder of said land which he did not sell
to son Henry
to son Jeremiah remeander of land bought from Smauel Oberholtzer
and land bought of Jeremiah Ziemer where he lived, 
Wife Barbara
2 younger children, probably Andrew and Elizabeth, under 18.
Others not named.
Executors:  Son Henry and son-in-law Frederick Schweiger
witnesses:  John Baer and Henry Zeimer

Abstracts of Berks Co wills 1752-1785 Based on abstracts of
Jacob Martin and John P Smith
Will of George Burkhart of Cumru, 9/6/1783, 12/15/1784
children and heirs Catharina, Sebastian, Andreas, George and
Barbara son in law Jacob Stickler, and mentions Henry Zimmer.
"Letters to son, Zimmer, renouncing."  Witnesses, Henry Zimmer,
Henry Hentzel.  

from Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to
America by Annette Kunselman Burgert
European Records:
Preuschdorf Lutheran KB:  Georg Bibel m 5/1723 Maria Eva dau
of Cristoph Burckhardt, citizen and mastersmith and
Gerichtsscoffen at Preuschdorf and had a son Joh Adam.b 1728.
Only son.  m Maria Eva Muller, at Gorschdorff (Goersdorf).
Hans Adam Biebel was brother-in-law to Nicklaus Schafer who
emig'd in 1767 w family.  But Adam Biebel and wife Eva had
children Johan Christian 1752     sponsored by Christian
Kurtz and Elisabeth Borchart, and Eva Catharina b 1756, sp Jacob
Mayer and Eva Krebs 

New Hanover Lutheran KB, Montgomery Co,
Several Gerog Burckharts appear in the bp records of this 
congregation.
George Burckhardt and wife Maria Maraaretha have c's 1745 and
1747
Georg Burckhart and wife Maria Frederica had c in 1745
Georg Burckhard and wife Maria Fonica had 2 c's 1759 and 1762.

Philadelphia Adm. F: 210: estate # 11, 1748:
Estate of Catharine Burkhard.  Adm Bond on 31 Oct 1748 to Georg
Burckhard, Mardin Bitting, David Jaag, all of the county of 
Philadelphia.  Georg Burckhard was named adm of the estate of
his mother Cathrina Burchard, deceased.   Inventory of her
estate dated 1 Nov 1748, signed by Martin Bitting and David (X)
Jag.

Philadelphia Will Book M: 311: estate # 178, 1762.
Will of Philip Burkart (Burckhart) prob 2 June 1762.  Wife, 
Barbara.  Children:  Nicholas, Phillip, Daniel, William, Jacob,
Michael, Anna, Margret, Dorothea, Mary Elizabeth, Marria 
Fredrica and child if his wife be pregnant.  Witnesses:  
Johannes Gamber, Rufinus Scherer, William Clampffer

Account of Barbara Burkart ex. of Philip Burkart deceased, filed
17 Dec 1763.  Owned a frame house, 2-story, in Quarry St adj
house of Conrad Schweitzers, another lot and frame house adj
house of John Kuhn on Quarry St, but built by the widow,
a book of sermons, an old Bible, one old gun w bayonet, one book
in German, The Dying Art (Die Sterbens Kunst, and a note that
her son Jacob Miller, one of the appraisers, had borrowed 4 items
and still had them.  

John Philip Burkhard and Geo. Burkhard nat 10 Apr 1760, no 
residence given.  

New Hanover Lutheran KB, Montgomery Co, Leonard Bok sp a child
of Georg and Francisca Burghart (see Burckhardt)  Leonard was
from Gerstorff.  

Friedrich Burckhardt age 30 on Loyal Judith 1732, from
Preuschdorf=67250 Soultz-sous-Forets

Friedrich Burckhardt, smith at Goersdorf, son of Joh. Christoph
Burckhardt and wife Sophia magdalena Dorothea nee Muller of
Preuschdorf, m 5/21/1726 Maria Dorothea Aniss, dau of the late 
Peter Aniss, smith at Preuschdorf.  "went to the new land".
Maria Dorothea Aniss was a d of Peter Anis from Sahnen, Bern
Frierich Burckhardt and Maria Dorothea had children:
Joh Cristoph b 1727 d 1729
Maria Dorothea b 1729 d 1729
Maria Magdalena b 1730 d 1730 (lived 5 days)

At New Hanover Lutheran KB, Montgomery Co, a child (n.n.)
b 9/27/1747, bp 11/8/1747 sponsor Friderich Bender and wife
Burckhardt, Hans Heinrich ___,1753 Preuschdorf.

Hans Henrich Burckard, son of Christoph Burckard, citizen, 
Gerichtsschoffen and smith at Preuschdorf m 1726 at Lampertsloch 
Maria Catharina Motz, dau of Hans Georg Motz cit at Lampertsloch.
Catharina Elisabetha b 1727 died.  "he went to the New Land"
Hans Heinrich Burckhardt, widower, m 1729 Maria Barbara Rossel
dau of Hans Georg Rossel.  "went with all children to the new
land "1753"
Anna Catharina b 1729 d 1730
Hans Stephan b 1730 d 1733
Anna Catharina b 1732 bp 1732
Eva Margaretha b 1734
Hans Michel b 1736
Georg Heinrich b 1737 d 1738
Georg Frierich b 1739 died
Hans Georg b 1743
Anna Maria b 1745 d 1751

at Preuschdorf Lutheran KB
Johann Georg Burckardt, herdman at Preuschdorf m 171_ Catharina,
dau of late Andreas Beurlin of Ingweiler, 
Catharina b 1712 lived 9 days
Joh. Wilhelm b 1713 lived one month
Maria Barbara b 1715
Johann Georg b 1718
Johann Heinrich b 1720 d young
Anna Catharina b 1722 d young
Johann Philip b l/22/1724 a sponsor was Philip Jacob Acker son
of Heinrich Acker of Preuschdorf
Elisabetha Margaretha b 1725
Maria Dorothea b 1727
Joh Jacob and Maria Catharina both didn't live long
One of latter's sponsors was Maria Dorothea, wife of Friedrich
Burckardt

American Records:
Georg Burckhard d 1745 age 69.
mother of Georg Burghart d 1748 age 69.
Anna Barbara, dau of George Burckhard, d 1747
Catharine Burghart d 30 Sept aged 59
Conf 1754 Elisabetha Catharina dau of Jurg Burckhard age 14
Conf 1756 David son of Jurg Burchard, l4th yr
Conf 1756 Anna Maria Dau of Jurg Burchardt l5 yrs
Conf 1759 Barbara dau of Jurg Burchardt in her l4th year
from p 428; previous page missing.
The father's signature by this bp entry in the KB matches the
signature of the immigarnt of S-H, II: 823.
2. Johann Georg b 1752 d 1753
3. Johann Georg b 1754 d 1754
4. Anna Margaretha b 1755 d 1755
5. Cathar5ina Barbara b 1757
6. Maria Salome b 1760
7. Georg Heinrich b 1764
8.Johann Michael b 1766 (Notations by several baptisms that
the family went to America)
Maria Elisabetha Biebel was a daughter of Hans Georg Biebel fo
______ and his wife Maria Eva nee Burckhardt.  She was a sister
of Joh. ___ Biebel, 1750 immigrant. 
conf 1749 at New Hanover Lutheran KB, Montgomery Co, 
Michael Stocker age 16, Jurg Burchart's servant.
Rev Jacob Lischy's records, York Co.; Mathias and Friedrich 
Burckhardt and Magdalena Schlebi, Elisabetha Cerper (Corper)
sponsored dau of Abraham Welschans and Margretha in 1745 (also
recorded in Trinity Reformed KB, York)

at St Michael's and Zion KB, Philadelphia:
Johann Daniel Mutschler m 2 Oct 1758 Susanna Dorothea Schroetlin
witnesses  Johann Philip Burghardt and wife, Michael Frick, 

Andreas Burghardt.
Children:  Johann Michael, Johannes.  
The Preuschdorf parish records include the nearby villages of
Goersdorf, Mitschdorf, and Lampertsloch.  The records date from
1659.

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