Andreas Dreher

The Dreher family journeyed across the sea to the colonies in 1744, but their linage can be traced back to 1626 in Emfingen of Württemberg Germany. Johannes Dreher, born in 1626 and his wife (Agatha Munz, dau. of Jacob & Barbara Munz) had four grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. His sons, Gottfried & Hans George Dreher, left for the new world & arrived in the Carolina’s in 1744. Hans Jorge (John George) received a Kings grant of land near Crimms creek in Newberry County. John George Dreher and John Michael Stingle agreed to go back to the homeland to bring other German settlers back with them. John George secured 100 immigrants passage, and John Michael Stingle secured 150 more settlers. John George Dreher then returned to South Carolina on the ship Priscilla in 1754. Their first journey overseas to the Carolina colony had been a difficult trip. Though knowing how hard it was, these two thought it was worth traveling back to Germany to tell others about the opportunities in the new world. This time however, they had first-hand knowledge about the land in the Dutch Fork, the weather, and what they needed to bring.

Gottfried, grandson of Johannes & Agatha Munz Dreher & son of Andreas and Anna Maria Siger Dreher (both parents deceased before Gottfried was 10), arrived in Charleston in 1744 and applied for a land grant in the Saxe Gotha area in 1745 & a few months later was awarded a 150 acre grant in Saxe Gotha Township. If this was a “bounty grant”, the acreage suggests that he was married. Being a Wheelwright in the middle 1700’s was a well respected occupation and a necessity because carriages and wagons were the main mode of transportation. To create wheels, one had to have precise measuring skills and the talents of both a carpenter and a blacksmith. Gottfired Dreher started his career as a wheelwright in the Meidelstetten area of the Baden Wuettemburg, Germany.

Children:

• Godfried, known as Godfrey Trayer, arrived to SC in 1744, born May 6, 1720 to Andreas Dreher and Anna Maria Siger
• Hans Jerg, wheelwright, born April 16, 1722, to Andreas Dreher and Anna Maria Siger, arrived to SC in 1744

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