Johann Heinrich STRAUB & Anna Maria Catharina SPEICHERMANN

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Johann Heinrich STRAUB
Anna Maria Catharina SPEICHERMANN

Husband: Johann Heinrich STRAUB, a.k.a., Johannes STROPE
Birth: ca. 29 Sep 1711, NY
Death: Spring 1780, Greene Co., NY
Father: Johannes STRAUB
Mother: Maria Elisabetha __?__

Marriage: 17 May 1737, Lutheran Church, Theerbosch [now Athens], Albany [now Greene] Co., NY

Wife: Anna Maria Catharina SPEICHERMANN
Birth: by 1714
Baptism: 26 Dec 1714
Death: Spring, 1780, Greene Co., NY
Father: Sebastian "Bastiaen" SPEICHERMANN
Mother: Anna Elisabetha __?__

Children — said to be born at West Camp, Ulster Co., NY:

1. Johannes "Big John" STRAUB / STROPE / STROPES, bap. 19 Nov 1738, Katsbaan Church, Ulster Co., NY
2. Jacob STRAUB, bap. 27 Feb 1740, Zion's Luth. Church, Athens, Greene Co., NY; m. Christina VAN DYCK
3. Elisabetha STRAUB, bap. 17 Dec 1741, Zion's Luth. Church, Athens, Greene Co., NY; m. 18 Jul 1760, Dirk VAN DYCK
4. Sebastian "Bastian" STRAUB / STROPE, bap. 1 Jan 1744, Zion's Luth. Church, Athens, Greene Co., NY
5. Christina STRAUB, bap. 1 Apr 1746, Katsbaan Church, Ulster Co., NY; m. Petrus PLANCK
6. Anna "Annatje" STRAUB, b. 27 Apr 1749; m. 1773, Jacob J. SCHERMERHORN
7. Maria STRAUB, bap. 8 Oct 1750, Katsbaan Church, Ulster Co., NY; m. Leonard PLANCK
8. Rachel STRAUB, b. 1 Jun 1753

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2a. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Johannes or Big John Stropes
Christening: 19 Nov 1738, Ref Dutch Church, Katsbaan, Ulster, New York
Father: Johannes Heinrich Strope; Mother: Maria Catharina Spiekerman
Source: patron submission

2b. F.W. Beers, ed. 1884. History of Greene County, New York. J.B. Beers & Co., New York (extracted data online at the Greene County NYGenWeb site):

"Baptismal Records of Zion's Lutheran Church,
Athens, [Greene Co.,] NY, 1703-1789"

p. 176 1740...
Feb 27 Jacob Straub, Henr. & Mar. Cathar.

1741...
Dec 17 Lisabeth Straub, Henr. & Maria Catha.

p. 178 1744...
Jan 1 Bastian STRAUB, Joh. Henr. & Mar. Cath.

2. Emails from Bonnie E. Strope.

The parents, JOHANNES HEINRICH and A.M.E.C. (SPEICHERMANN) STRAUB were massacred by Iroquois Indians during the late spring of 1780 at their homestead on Shinglekill Creek. This is well-documented in local histories. A New York State Historical Road Marker indicates the location of the massacre. Heinrich is refered to as JOHANNES STROPE on this marker.

Loonenburg Lutheran Church Book.

Two of their children moved to Wysox, Bradford County, PA in 1773 and were there caught up in the action of the Revolutionary War. JOHANNES and SEBASTIAN STROPE married VAN VALKENBURG sisters. Three generations of the STROPE/VAN VALKENBURG family, which had moved to Wysox, PA, were imprisoned for 3 years during the war. I have an extensive listing of the descendants of both SEBASTIAN STROPE and JOHANNES STROPE... I would be happy to exchange information about this line of STRAUB/STROPEs. My data has been compiled into a narrative-style book and is available.

3. Archives of the STRAUB-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com).

4. The STROPE Family from Germany to America by Bonnie E. Strope.

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