Weimer, Catharine 1

Birth Name Weimer, Catharine
Gender female
Age at Death 62 years, 7 months, 7 days

Narrative

From https://www.hilbishgenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I7531&tree=AHB1:

Source: History and Genealogy of the DeTurk Family by Eugene P. Deturk, 1934; pg 59:
Catharine Weimer was a daughter of Isaac DeTurk's wife by a former marriage. As a child she accompanied her mother from London to America in the Kocherthal Company and shared in all the hardships of the first settlers. Isaac DeTurk considered her as one of his children and gave her equal shares with his own children in his will.

On September 26, 1761, Catharine LeVan of Oley, Berks County, appeared before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in session at Philadelphia and asked for naturalization. This is one of the few cases on record in the province of a woman receiving naturalization.

Source: Denization Records of Palatines (Germans) from England to NY 1708 http://www.naturalizationrecords.com/usa/ny_denization.shtml
DENIZATION - English Law. The act by which a foreigner becomes a subject of England but he does not have the rights either of a natural born subject, nor of one who has become naturalized.

DENIZEN - An alien born, who has obtained letters patent to make him an English subject.

Before leaving on ships from England to New York, many of the Palatines stranded there received Letters of Denization. These were dated 25 August 1708 before the first wave of immigration from England to New York. Since the first ships passenger lists carrying Palatines to New York have not survived, we can refer to these Letters of Denization for the names of some of the first 52 German Protestants (Palatines) sent at Queen Anne's expense to New York.

Order of Council for Naturalizing and Sending Certain Palatines to New York

Court of Kensington 10 May 1708: Petition of Joshua Kockerthal, Evangelical Minister on behalf of himself and "several poor Lutherans.... from the Lower Palatinate in Germany, praying to be transported to some of your Major Plantations in America" Kockerthal states that there are 41 Palatines including 10 men, 10 women and 21 children, who are ready to leave. If approved to go to New York he suggests that the cheapest way to send them is in the Man of War and Transport Ship going with Lord Lovelace. He also requests that they be made "Denizens of this Kingdom" before their departure. The petition was approved.

Letters of Denization 25 August 1708
- Joshua Kockerthal, Sybylle Charlotte his wife, and children Christian Joshua, Benigna Sibylle, Susanna Sibyyle
- Lorentz Schwisser, Anne Catherine his wife, Johannes their son
- Heinrich Rennau, Johanna his wife, Lourentz and Heinrich their sons
- Susanna Liboschain, Marie Johanna Liboschain
- Andreas Volck, Anna Catharine his wife, Heironemus, Maria Barbara and Anne Gertrude their children
- Michael Weigand, Anne Catherine his wife, Tobias George and Anne Maria their children
- Jacob Weber, Anne Elizabeth his wife, Eve Maria and Eve Elizabeth their daughters
- Johannes Jacob Piettel, Anne Elizabeth is wife, and Margaret, Anne, Sarah and Catharine their children
- Johannes Fischer and Maria Barbara his wife
- Melchior Gulch, Anne Catharine his wife, Heinrich and Margaret their children
--> Isaac Turck
- Peter Rose and Johanna his wife
--> Mary Wiemarin and Catherina Wimarin his daughters
- Isaac Feber, Cathreine his wife and Abraham his son
- Daniel Fiere, Anne Maria his wife and Andrew and Johannes his sons
- Hubert Hubertson and Jacob his son
- Herman Schuneman

[Source: Deed Book X. 241 Secretary?s Office as found in E. B. O'Callaghan's Documentary History of New York, Volume 3 Chapter IX]

Note: History & Genealogy of the Deturk Family (pg 26 & 29) provides the following additional information about the above passengers:
Isaac DeTurk, husbandman, unmarried, 23 years. *
Mary Weimarein, widow, 37 years; Catharine, daughter, 2.

* John Peter DeTurk, an unmarried brother of Isaac, who was to follow to America as soon as Isaac had established a home, in due time did embark for Philadelphia, PA, but sickness set in at sea and he died before he reached this country.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 22 February 1706 France    
Death 29 September 1768 Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania, United States of America    
Burial   Levan Homestead, Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania, United States of America    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Mother De Harcourt, Anna Maria16721760
         Weimer, Catharine 22 February 1706 29 September 1768

Families

Family of Levan, Abraham and Weimer, Catharine

Married Husband Levan, Abraham ( * 20 September 1698 + 21 April 1770 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Levan, Susannah24 November 173917 March 1803

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