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Father | Nicholas (Hans) Feuerstein1 b. 25 March 1712, d. before 11 January 1768 | |
Mother | Anna Catharina Nonnenmacher1 b. 2 August 1711, d. circa 1760 | |
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Note* | Magdelena married a Philip Emigh or Emich probably related to the Samuel Emig, son of Phillip and Magdalena Emig, that Philip and Rosina Hoff witnessed for in Frederick Co., MD. She was baptized Maria Magdalena Feuerstein on Mar. 25, 1750. Witnesses to her baptism were Theobbald Nunnenmacher (citizen and juror), Barbara Feuerstein (wife of Johannes Feuerstein Jr., a citizen and resident of Berg), Conrad Feuerstein (single son of Johannes Feuerstein, Sr., a juror and church clerk in Thal) and Magdalena Heckel (single daughter of the late Peter Heckel of Thal). From Russell's Firestone Genealogy (1993): Magdalena Firestone, daughter of Nicholas a~d Cathanna (Nunnenmacher) Firestone, was born at Thal 22 March 1750. Before 1768 she married Philip Emigh; they are listed among the heirs of Nicholas Firestone of Paradise Township, York County, Pa., 1768_1770. Philip Emich was taxed in York County in 1779 for 200 acres, two horses, and three cattle in Codorus Township. Among the children of Philip and Magdalena (Firestone) Emig was: i. Samuel Emig, b. 27 Nov. 1778;bp. Frederick E-L Church 6 Feb. 1779; sponsors: Philipp and Rosina Hoff. Following sources listed by GeneJunky: Sources: 1. Title: Firestone Family of Frederick Co. Maryland, #01 Nicholas Firestone: Firestone Family of Frederick County, Maryland, Subject: #01 Nicholas Firestone, Volume: 9, No. 1, Page: 3-7 Abbrev: Russell (1993): #01 Nicholas Firestone Author: George Ely Russell Page: therein, "Children of Nicholas and Catharina (Nunnenmacher), all born at Thal [....] except the last child," [including] "Maria Magdalena Feuerstein, b. 22 March 1750," cites "Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729848 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: Firestone entries abstracted and translated from the German by Mrs. Trudy Schenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991." 2. Title: Eighteenth Century Emigrants...: FIRESTONE: Eighteenth Century Emigrants from Northern Alsace to America, Series: Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society : v. 26, Page: page 158, entry 139, File Reference: Feuerstein, Nickell and Nicholas, Jr. of Thal Abbrev: 18th Century Emigrants (Alsace): FIRESTONE Author: Burgert, Annette Kunselman Publication: Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1992 Note: viewed 15 Dec 1997 at FHL, call number 974.8 B4pgp v. 26; copies extracted Page: therein, parish records of Berg Lutheran Church call out birth/baptisms for children of "Nickel Feyerstein (also Feuerstein), carpenter at Thal," and his wife, "Anna Catharina nee Nunnemacher," including "Maria Magdalena," b. 22 Mar 1750, bap. 25 Mar 1750 3. Title: Firestone Family of Frederick Co. Maryland, #01 Nicholas Firestone: Firestone Family of Frederick County, Maryland, Subject: #01 Nicholas Firestone, Volume: 9, No. 1, Page: 3-7 Abbrev: Russell (1993): #01 Nicholas Firestone Author: George Ely Russell Page: therein, from page 7, "Children of Nicholas and Catharina (Nunnenmacher), all born at Thal and baptized at the Berg Evangelical Lutheran Church except the last child," [including] "Maria Magdalena Feuerstein, b. 22 March 1750; bp. 25 March 1750; witnesses: Theobald Nunnenmacher (citizen and juror in Berg), Barbara Feuerstein (wife of Johannes Feuerstein, Jr., citizen and resident in Berg), Conrad Feuerstein (single son of Johannes Feuerstein, Sr., juror and church clerk in Thal), and Magdalena Heckel (single daughter of the late Peter Heckel of Thal)," cites "Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729848 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: Firestone entries abstracted and translated from the German by Mrs. Trudy Schenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991;" as to Johannes Feuerstein, Jr (husband of the baptismal sponsor Barbara Feuerstein), Russell adds note, "Johannes/Hanss Feyerstein/Feuerstein, Jr., son of Hanss and Anna Christina, born '7 weeks early' 26 Sept. 1719; m. 9 May 1741 Anna Christine Muller (b. 22 Feb. 1720)," citing Berg Parish Church Books; also, as to another baptismal sponsor, Russell writes, "[Johann] Conrad Feyerstein/Feuerstein, son of Hanss and Anna Margaretha, b. 15 Aug. 1727; m. 27 April 1762 Christina Margaretha Geyer," again citing Berg Parish Church Records 1 | |
Married Name | Emigh1 | |
Marriage* | Principal=Philip Emigh1 | |
Birth* | 22 March 1750 | Thal, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France1,2 |
Baptism | 25 March 1750 | Berg Evangelical Lutheran Church, Berg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France2,1 |
Family | Philip Emigh | |
Child | 1. | Samuel Emigh |
Last Edited | 3 May 2016 |
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