Peter Eddleman, 17161795 (aged 79 years)

Name
Peter /Eddleman/
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Citation details: death certificate
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Citation details: death certificate
Death of a son
March 26, 1791 (aged 75 years)
Marriage of a son
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Family with Catharina Gehrig
himself
17161795
Birth: 1716Erbach, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death: February 4, 1795Rowan County, NC, USA
wife
Marriage Marriage1751Upper Milford, Northampton (now Lehigh) County, PA, USA
8 years
son
17581807
Birth: October 10, 1758 42 Northampton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: January 1807Rowan, North Carolina, United States
son
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Note

(From notes of Henry Leo Eddleman)

Peter Eddleman, Sr. born 1716, County of Erbach, Germany, now in
Province of Hess; came to America on ship "Albany" in 1749; documentary
evidence shows he owned land in Bucks County (which became Northampton
County, today Lehigh County), Pennsylvania; later moved to Rowan County,
North Carolina, where he owned land across fom Organ Church; he was a
planter; died at age 79, 1795 Feb 4, funeral conducted by Rev. Storch,
Pastor at Organ Lutheran Church from Hebrews 13:14, buried in Organ
Church yard.

He married Catherina Gehrig in 1751 in Upper Milford, Northampton
County, PA, Luthern Church records; signed legal documents pertaining to
ownership of land; thought to have three grown childern: Catharina
Elizabeth, born 1761 May 13 in PA; Peter, Jr, who married Catherine
arry in 1787; John, who married Kitty Bliss in 1789; died 1791 Mar 26,
buried in Organ Church yard, Rev. Storch recorded the funeral. This in
Rowan County, NC.

Peter Eddleman, Jr., born 1760/65 in Northampton County (now Lehigh)
PA, son of the above couple; church and land records show that in
1768 his family with some other 20 German families migrated in covered
wagons from Northampton County, Pennsylvania to Rowan County, NC;
on 1775 November 12 Organ Church records show that Peter, Jr., and
his sister Cathariana Elizabeth were confirmed; 1790 NC census show him
in Rowan County, NC with 4 males under 16 and 2 females; died before 1826,
buried in Rowan County, NC.