Anna Margaretha Harless

This message was received by myself, personally, from the co- founder of the Descendants of Heinrich Preisch Homepage and Facebook group, Robin R. Scott. She wrote this, after seeing my copy and paste of Anna Margaretha's Geni Profile infos, on a caption for a Facebook Photo Album, I had posted, from my pictures of my trip this past summer, to Offenbach an der Queich, Germany, in search of further info, on this branch.

She has listed all of the "proven" children, of David and Agnes. These are people who have been researching these lines for decades and are the "aficionados" on the subject, for U.S. research, of these lineages. The following, are the names of all of David and Agnes' children. Period.
"Theresa, you are awesome, but i have to make a correction on that last line about Anna's siblings... there is no William... and there is no Johann Heinrich nor J Henry Price... :-( it's just Henricus. Anna, Michael, Augustine, Daniel and Henricus. :-)"

Anna Margaretha (Price) Harless: Find- a- Grave

Anna Margaretha Price Harless

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Birth: Sep. 21, 1713 Landau Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Death: 1784 Montgomery County Virginia, USA

Her memorial stone shows her name simply as "Margaret Price Harless, the wife of J. Phillip Harless, Sr. She and her husband were married 17 Feb 1738 in Offenbach Pfaltz,Bayerm, Germany and came to the American Colonies in that same year. Her maiden name sometimes found as "Preiss", or "Preisch" was anglicized to become "Price". It is said that she was the daughter of Adam Heinrich Price **(ed- this is wrong, her father's name was David Preisch... NOT Adam Heinrich. And it's her maternal grandfather who's name was Heinrich or Heinricus... also, sans any other forenames.) and Agnes Hoffman and that her brothers were Daniel, J.Henry and Michael Price. **(ed~ And Augustin, who was also, on the "Winter Galley".)

Family links:

Spouse:

John Phillip Harless (1716 - 1772)*

Children:

Martin Harless (1738 - 1820)*

John Phillip Harless (1743 - 1822)*

David Anthony Harless (1745 - 1817)*

Margaretha Harless Williams (1747 - 1820)*

Henry Harless (1752 - 1815)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Harless Cemetery Blacksburg (Montgomery County) Montgomery County Virginia, USA

Created by: sam sproles Record added: May 12, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 14268749

an excerpt from J.L. Pritchard's book: "Harless Genealogy", (1st edition, 2nd reprint 1963)

John (or Johan) Phillip Harless, a native of the German upper Rhine Palatinate, arrived in Philadelphia, Pa., 5 Sep 1738 with his wife on the ship "Winter Galley" which sailed from Rotterdam, Holland with 252 passengers. It is believed that John Phillip was born in the town of Germersheim (not far from Heidelberg). Upon arrival in America John Phillip and members of his wife's family first settled on the Shenandoah River, near what is now McGaheysville, Virginia and in the vicinity of Peaked Mountain Church. In about 1750 he acquired land on Tom's Creek near what is now known as the German New River Settlement and by 1762 he had a patent to land on Cow Pasture River, 4 miles from Natural Bridge where he moved his family. This land was southwest of what is now Lexington, Virginia. John Phillip and his wife Anna Margaretha Price had seven children that survived to adulthood, five sons: Martin, John Phillip, Jr., David, Henry and E.Emanuel, and two daughters: Mary Dorthy, and Margaretha. John Phillip Harless, Jr. and his wife Hannah Boscher Harless are also interred in this cemetery.

• ************************************ Also, from J.L. PRITCHARD's book as listed above.

(The exact burial location of Martin Harless is unknown. He and his wife lived near Harless Cemetery and his parents and other family members are buried here; therefore this cemetery is selected for his memorial although no gravestone has been located). Martin was the oldest child of German immigrants, John Phillip and Anna Harless. The exact year of his birth is uncertain. It is possible that he was the first child named "Harless" born in what is now the USA. Although some say he was born on the Shenandoah River near Peaked Mountain Virginia other researchers think he was born earlier on the ship Winter Galley during the Atlantic crossing). Martin and his sons served in the Virgina militia beginning in 1755 and continuing until after the American Revolution. He married Catherine Lingel (probably about 1753) in Virginia. Catherine was the daughter of Johan Jacob and wife, Ursula Anna Lingel, also immigrants. Martin and Catherine's children included Ferdinand, Daniel, Phillip O., Patrick, Michael, Anna, Margareth, Martha and Catherine.

The following biographical information provided by Debbie Rowe Clarkston provides a more detailed sketch of the life and times of Martin Harless: "Martin Harless, the first child of Johan Phillip Harless and Anna Margaretha (Preisch-Price} was born on July 25, 1738 at sea when his parents were coming to the New World. Martin was baptized in the Holy Trinity Church in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, on March 11, 1739. He grew up on the frontiers of Southwest Virginia where life was not easy. When Martin was eleven years old the first "depradation by Indians West of the Blue Ridge" took place on his neighbor Harman's farm. From then on, except for the few years they took refuge in Rockingham County, the family was never safe from Indian attacks. Undoubtedly, these Germans, known for their sharpshooting and game-hunting, never went to the fields to work without carrying their guns. Supposedly, today's custom of keeping one's hand in his lap while eating with the other came from the founding fathers having to eat with one hand while holding a gun in the lap with the other. During the Indian Wars, Martin served in the Virginia Militia under Captain Looney while his brothers served in the company of Captain John Taylor. Martin also served in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War as did his teen-age sons; however, Martin was denied a pension for his service in the Indian Wars of 1777 through 1780. William Preston, whose diaries have given graphic descriptions of occurrences of the wars, knew the Indians would attack Southwest Virginia, but did not know when. He, therefore, ordered one part of the Botetourt militia to "the Greenbrier" and the other to the Sinking Creek Fort somewhere near the Harless homestead. Preston was awakened early on the morning of Sunday, June 6, 1777, with a message that said "Yesterday three young men went from Smithfield, to Palser Lybrooks on Sinking Creek, discovered 5 or 6 Indians and saw signs where they were gathering horses. Several guns were heard by Martin Harless." At that point Preston reinforced the protection by bringing in a detachment of Augusta County militia. When Martin's father and family moved to Rockingham County to take refuge from the Indian raids, Martin also went and was member #65 of the Peaked Mountain Church where his daughter Anna Maria Christina was baptized on October 10, 1763. Sponsers for his daughter were Christopher Kisseling (Kisling) and wife Christina. The record describes the baptism and church as 'The following children bap'd in the privince of Virginia at the Pinquit Moundyn in the church near Mr Herrman's (Herman} mill.' The exact date of Martin's return to the German New River Settlement is not known, but sometime between 1776 and 1786 he was granted land by Governor Patrick Henry. Forty-six acres of the original grant were later transferred by Martin to his son Phillip Harless. Martin's homeplace was on the land he inherited from his father and where Harlesses have lived continuously from the time of Martin's death until the 1970's when Jesse Harless sold it to H. H. Cook (who was living there in 1981) and went to West Virginia like so many other Harlesses. The house sits in what is known as Clover Bottom, at Long Shop, which is a very small community on Sinking Creek. Near the house is the cemetery mentioned earlier where Phillip Harless, the immigrant, is buried. Martin undoubtedly is buried there, but apparently his marker is one of the illegible ones. Also near the house is a small church called the Shiloh Lutheran Church. At one time there was an older Shiloh Church that sat even closer to the Harless homestead, and from which a stained glass window was taken and placed over the front door of the present church. On the glass the name 'Allen Harless, 1717' is inscribed."

Birth: Sep. 21, 1713 Landau Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Death: 1784 Montgomery County Virginia, USA

Her memorial stone shows her name simply as "Margaret Price Harless, the wife of J. Phillip Harless, Sr. She and her husband were married 17 Feb 1738 in Offenbach Pfaltz,Bayerm, Germany and came to the American Colonies in that same year. Her maiden name sometimes found as "Preiss", or "Preisch" was anglicized to become "Price". It is said that she was the daughter of Adam Heinrich Price and Agnes Hoffman and that her brothers were Daniel, J.Henry and Michael Price.

Family links:

Spouse:

 John Philip Harless (1716 - 1772)*

Children:

 Martin Harless (1738 - 1820)*

 John Phillip Harless (1743 - 1822)*

 David Anthony Harless (1745 - 1817)*

 Margaretha Harless Williams (1747 - 1820)*

 Henry Harless (1752 - 1815)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Harless Cemetery Blacksburg Montgomery County Virginia, USA

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Created by: sam sproles Record added: May 12, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 14268749

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