Re: Gindlesperger Family History, update
-
In reply to:
Gindlesperger Family History, update
4/18/99
Hi,
Are you aware of the following from research in Europe? I believe that I sent this to Norman.
The Gindlesperger Family update – page 23
It is now fairly certain that Ulrich Gindlesperger, # 20 on Chart 3, lived in the Palatinate near the city of Kaiserslautern. There he operated a grist mill called Salingsmuhle (Saling’s Mill). He took in the family of Jacob Good after Jacob’s wife died and before he married the widow Zug/Zook of Wilensteinerhof estate, which was near by. The authorities questioned Ulrich as to why he gave refuge to Jacob Good and did not collect protection money from Jacob. He replied that because he was the renter, he alone was responsible to pay. The authorities dropped the matter when Jacob married the widow Zug and moved to Wilensteinerhof. (See Herman Guth pages 162 and 267-271) Gindlesperger is also spelled Gindelsberger.
The following is from my Hooley-Yoder-Mishler Book
GINDLESPERGER
Judith Gindlesperger GR28 (1787-1832) was the first wife of Christian Yoder YR2344 (1787-1867) and a granddaughter of Ulrich Gindlesperger who came to America arriving in Philadelphia from Rotterdam, Holland on the Ship Phoenix September 14, 1749.He could not write his name and so the ship’s clerk spelled the name as it sounds in English, Kindlishberger.
Ulrich settled first in Berks County, PA and then moved to Bedford County where he died in January 1784.His land was located in what is now Somerset County which was formed from Bedford County in 1792 near land owned by Christian and Barbara (Holly) Yoder.His will is recorded at Bedford in Will Book 21, page 258 on June 11, 1956 (this will was unrecorded until then).The will is dated April 30, 1783 and probated February 5, 1784. Uli Gindlesperger signed his will with an (X).John Yoder and David Holly served as executors.Witnesses to the will were Christian KF13 and Jacob Kauffman KF53.
According to the will, his son Albrecht was to take care of his mother and receive the farm and pay his brothers and sisters an annual amount as their share of the inheritance.The names of Ulrich’s wife and other children are not given in the will. These children appear to be as follows:
GB1 daughter md Christian Kauffman KF13 one of the witnesses to the will
GR2 Jacob md Barbara ? Kauffman KF51 (Chart 3 #10&11)
GR3 Catherine md David Holly HL29
GR4 Albrecht - He seems much younger than the others and perhaps a son of a second marriage.
Ulrich’s son Jacob lived in Berks County until 1790 near the Christian Kauffman family KF5. Then he sold his land there and moved his family to Somerset County with the family of Jacob Kauffman KF53. Jacob Gindlesperger died in 1799.His will written May 25, 1798 and probated in Somerset on June 17, 1799 divided his land between his eldest sons, Christian and Joseph.They were to provide for their mother, Barbara, and younger brothers and sisters (not, named). The executors were John Stutzman ST8 of Brothers Valley Twp. and John Yoder YR239 of Stony Creek Twp. The witnesses were John Yoder YR125 and Christian Miller MLB.
Judging from her birth date Judith Gindlesperger (Chart 3 # 5), married to Christian Yoder, has to be a daughter of Jacob and Barbara Gindlesperger.She can not be a daughter of Albrecht because he had no daughters born before 1790. The 1790 Census for Albrecht has only 2 females, his wife and mother.
John