Johannes Hanse Grossnickle

From daughter Catherine Grossnickle Hershman's Find A Grave Memorial# 83405218

Johannes "Hans" Grossnickle (Peter Sr. ) was born in 1717 in , , , Germany. He died in 1782 in Wolfsville, Frederick, MD.

He was an "immigrant on the ship, "Nancy" in 1738, from Germany. He came with his bride, Susannah, to Wolfsville from Pennsylvania in the 1750's with three children: Catharina (she married neighbor, Christian Harshman Sr), and Hanse's two nephews, Peter Jr. and John Grossnickle (children of Peter Jr. and Margareta Becker).

The family settled in a small stone & log cabin in the meadow, over the spring on the tract called "Susannah", along "Abraham's Creek" (Catoctin Creek today). Dunkard meetings were held in Hanse and Susannah's cottage until the Grossnickle and Harshman families built other houses and barns.Catherine married Christian Sr. Harshman, son of Matthias Ulrich Harshman and Eva (Harshman) Frey, on 8 Oct 1769. Christian was born on 22 Apr 1744 in , , , Germany. He died on 26 Oct 1816 in , Fred. Co., MD and was buried in , Fred. Co., MD.

Christian Sr. stayed on the farm, "Stony Arabia" after his father and family, except Andrew, moved to West Virginia. He married a neighbor girl, Miss Catherine Grossnickle, and they became the parents of 13 children.

Christian Sr. and Catherine moved to their new farm, "Beighley's Displeasure" when their son, Christian Jr. married; Susannah lived there until it was sold in 1833. They are buried on the "Beighley's Displeasure" homestead, located in Locust Valley, between Middletown and Burkittsville, Fred. Co. MD.

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 7 2019, 11:36:28 UTC
• Immigration: Sep 20 1738 - Nancy, Phila. from Rotterdam LF Dover
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 7 2019, 12:12:57 UTC