Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl

Bio taken from "Descendants of John Peter Scholl and his wife Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl" by A.G. Scholl of Mifflintown, PA. from 1903.

"Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl was born in Baaden Weyerbach, on September 17th, 1741...John Peter Scholl and Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl were married probably in 1772, and settled near Pine Grove, Schuylkill county, Pa., on what are now known as the William Lutz and William Kreamer farms...The last four years of the life of Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl were spent with John Jacob Scholl, at Joe Ravers' place, in Schuylkill county, Pa..."

Anna Susanna is the grandmother of Catherine Scholl Fidler #25728113.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 8 2018, 4:22:11 UTC

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Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl was the daughter of Philip Peter Scholl. Anna was born 27 Sept 1741 in Baaden, Wyerbach, Germany and died 11 Feb 1823 in Pennsylvania. She married Johann Peter Scholl around 1772 in Pennsylvania. Johann Peter Scholl was born 7 April 1738 and died 18 March 1814 in Penn. Their surnames were the same but they were not relatives. Some say Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl was a runaway - that she ran away from home after her biological mother died. Her father had remarried to Catherine Welker. It was believed that she did not have a good relationship with her step-mother and so she ran away. She was befriended by another family, also with the surname Scholl (Peter Scholl's parents) who were on their way to America. They agreed to look after Anna on the trip over to America. It was a terrible trip under the best of circumstances, but this trip was hazardous. The ship was blown off course and Peter's whole family died of ship's fever before they could reach land. The two young people, Anna and Peter, arrived at the Port of Philadelphia alone and without family. To pay back their passage, they were placed as servants. It took a long time but they did pay back their debts to the captain of the ship. Eventually Anna and Peter married. Despite some records which try to prove the following story to be false, the family of Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl, especially the eldest daughter of Phillip and his first wife still keep it as a part of their family tradition: Another story says: It is said the Phillip and his first wife had a small son who died young, but had to be cared for by Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl, the eldest daughter of Phillip and his first wife after the death of her mother. When Anna's brother and mother died, Phillip remarried. There was much fighting with her stepmother, so Anna ran away from home. She met upwith the family of John Peter Scholl and they took her under their wing. This family was on their way to America and it was agreed that Anna would go with them and pay back her passage later. Anna sailed with them working for her passage on the ship "Snow Louisa" and arrived at the port of Philadelphia on the 8th of Nov 17552. A plague or ship's fever overtook the ship while on it's voyage to America and Johann Peter Scholl's parents and siblings all perished. Anna Scholl would marry this Johann Scholl about twenty years later. Anna's father, Phillip, and his second wife Elizabeth Catherine and at least two of their children are said to have sailed America sometime later (1754). Although this story is interesting, the baptismal record of Phillip's daughter, Maria Magdalena Scholl, dated 14 April 1751, New Hanover Lutheran Church in Falkner's Swamp, Montgomery County, Penn and his land patent of Berks County, Penn dated 1751, show Phillip Peter Scholl had to have been in America no later than the summer of 1750. It is likely that perhaps Anna didn't get along with her stepmother and ran away from home to live with her Uncle after the family arrived in America as a unit. Notes for Johan Peter Scholl: Parents were from the Black Forest Region of Germany. He immigrated to America on the ship "Snow Louisa" and arrived in Philadelphia 8 Nov 1752. He married Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl 1772 and they settled near Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Penn on what later became the William Lutz anad William Kreamer farms. Both are buried in Kermerling's Church Cemetery, Freedenburg, Schuylkill County, Penn. The following is inscribed on their stones: Heir ruhet Johan Peter Scholl geboren den 7 ten April 1738 starb den 18 ten Mrz 1814 Alt 75 Jahr 11 Mo 20 Tag Das Grab ist meine Kamer Da ich von allem lammer Ganz ruhig schofen kan. Text 2 Timoth 4 cp 18 v. The children of Anna and Johann Scholl were: John Jacob Scholl b. 31 Dec 1773, PA d. 18 April 1870 in Jennings Twp, Fayette Co. Penn; Christiana Scholl b 5 Mar 1775 d. 2 June 1859 in Canton, Ohio; Leonard Scholl b. 1776 died unknown; Peter Scholl b. 5 Sept 1779 died March 1852, Stark County Ohio who married Marie Catherine Reid who was b. Aug 1784 and died unknown; John Adam Scholl b. 7 Sept 1784 died 10 Feb 1869 in Ohio who married Christiana Heim in 1806 - she was born 16 Jan 1789 in PA and died unknown. JoyceAlliene_H JoyceAlliene_H originally shared this 09 Feb 2011 story bio skSave to my tree JOHN PETER SCHOLL (SHULL) BORN 7 APRIL 1738 John Peter Scholl (Shull) was born 7 April 1738 in Black Forest, Germany and died 18 March 1813 in Schuykill Co., Pennsylvania. He married in 1772 to Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl (who was a distant cousin). Their immigration to America was disasterous, as John Peter lost his parents to ship's fever and was bonded out by the ship's captain until his passage could be paid. Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl was a runaway or orphan befriended by John Peter's parents. When they arrived at the Port of Pennsylvania, they were alone. By working hard, they paid back their passage cost and eventually married. (Their complete story is on-line). Anna was born 27 Sept 1741 in Baaden Weyerbach, Germany and died 111 Feb 1823 in Freedensburg, Penn. SERVICE: Private with Northampton co., Pa. Militia under Capt. Henry Hagenbuch; 2nd Battalion part of Flying Squadron 3rd Battalion Northampton Co., Pa 1778 under Col. Michael Probst, during the American Revolutionary War between the Colonists and England. HIs children were: John Jacob born 31 Dec 1773 who married Mary Margaret Hetzel; Christiana born 5 March 1775 who married John Balzer Brown; Leonard born 1776 who married Breung Nye; Peter born 5 Sept 1779 who married Mary Margaret Breon; Henry born 7 Sept 1779 who married Maria Catherine Reid; John Adam who was born 7 Sept 1784 who married Christiana Heim. DAR descendant is listed as Helen Gould Henry No. 507098

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Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl FamilySearch Family Tree Birth: Sep 27 1741 - Weierbach, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Death: Feb 11 1823 - Schuylkill, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States Mother: Elizabeth Catherine Welker Children: John Adam SCHOLL, Henry Scholl, Leonard Scholl, Peter Scholl Siblings: Maria Magdalena Scholl, Margaretha Magdalena Scholl, John Stephen Scholl, Magdalena Scholl, Joshua Scholl, Phillip Scholl, Michael Scholl, and name of one more brother