Johann Georg Bergstresser

Son Johann George Findagraves mentions this book. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Bergstresser_Family_in_Ame...

The Bergstresser Family in America Vol. 1 contains work about Johann Georg Bergsträsser, the immigrant of 1731, from the Malchen/Seeheim/Nieder-Beerbach area just south of Darmstadt to Bucks Co., PA. His ancestors are described as well as each of his children and their immediate families.

Parents: Johann George Bergstresser (21 Apr 1684 - 17 Mar 1723) Anna Margaretha Loos (9 Sep 1693 - 1725)

Children: Valentine (1 Nov 1737 - 1 Oct 1780) m Elizabeth Negley

Jacob (Apr 1739 - 28 Nov 1829)

Veronica (20 Jun 1740 - 17 Nov 1792) m John Jacob Roth

Anna Maria "Mary Ann" (1741 - 14 Jun 1829) m Alexander Negley Sr

John Jacob (Apr 1742 - 28 Nov 1829) m Anna Rosina

John M (22 Jan 1747 - 18 Mar 1812) m Anna Eve Ruth Hoover

John Philip (31 Oct 1749 - 18 Oct 1814) m Helena Heller

Story added thanks to Billie Keaffaber

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.historyatticresearch.com/single-po...

Johann George Bergstresser (1761 to 1774)

Johann George Bergstresser (also Bergstrasser) was born 15 December 1717 in Malchen, Germany to Johann Georg and Anna Margaretha (nee Loos). He is known as “The Immigrant”, arriving in Philadelphia on September 10, 1731. According to a published family history, George did not have a “license for the transportation”. He and other passengers who apparently took the voyage without paying for it were ordered before the Court and “declared that their intentions were to settle and live peaceably in this Province”. George took an Oath of Allegiance, signing as Johann Gorg Bergstosser. According to the recorded ship’s manifest, George had travelled from Germany to Rotterdam to Philadelphia alone at the age of about 14.

George made his way to Bucks County and purchased his first parcel of land, a 100 acre tract in Rockhill Township in 1738/39. George would have been 21 years old in 1738, and apparently had done very well for himself in the 14 years since his arrival in America. He continued to acquire land in Rockhill Township through 1749/50. His first marriage was to a woman named Veronica. Six children were born this union: Valentine, Veronica, Mary Ann, John Jacob, John, and John Philip. Veronica died sometime before 1766 and George remarried to Elizabeth Heany, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Heany. Elizabeth was the sister of John Heany, the man who had sold our subject property to George Bergstresser in 1761. George and Elizabeth had one son, John George. George died without a will on 12 July 1771. He and most of his family are buried at Tohickon Cemetery in Bedminster Township.

An inventory of George’s estate and accounts was taken and the farm was divided among his seven children. It is noted in the estate records that George is listed as being from Rockhill Township. It is likely that George’s residence was in Rockhill and that his holdings in Bedminster Township, including our subject property were undeveloped land.

A series of deeds between 1773 and 1779 recorded the complicated transfer of the divided interests of George Bergstresser’s Bedminster property between his children, finally transferring ownership to son John. The deeds describe the tract of land as containing “one hundred and forty acres and seventy two perches of land…it being part and residue of two hundred and seventy three acres and three quarters of an acre” originally conveyed by the Penns.

The land was sold out of the Bergstresser family in portions. The Bergstresser heirs had sold part interest in their father’s property to Jacob Sallade first in 1774 for 279 pounds, and finally in 1779 for 216 pounds. The Bergstresser land Jacob Sallade purchased was adjacent to the farm where Jacob was raised.