Margaret Bernhardt

Daugher of John Peter Berndhardt Wife of John George Windemuth

"Here Rests in God Margaret Elizabeth Windemuth, born 1721 (Aug 5) in the Kenzenheim in the Grafschaft Bolander, Europa Came to America with father and mother and two sisters in the year 1731. Died Feb 15, 1800 Age 78 years 6 months and 10 days"

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Spouse:

 Johann Georg Windemuth (1711 - 1782)

Children:

 Mary Margaret Wintermute Crater (1741 - 1800)*

 George Wintermute (1747 - 1837)*

 Peter Wintermute (1752 - 1830)*

 John Wintermute (1757 - 1810)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Old Stillwater Cemetery Stillwater Sussex County New Jersey, USA Plot: with John George Windemuth

The life experiences of the Bernhardt family in Kerzenheim were similar to those of our Hessen ancestors during this period. Then in 1688, the Nine Years War started.

French King Louis XIV invaded Rhenish Bavaria, also known as the Lower Palatine. The King claimed the Palatinate as the rightful inheritance of his daughter-in-law, even though she had no legitimate claim. Germany and the Roman Empire allied and forced the French army to withdraw.

King Louis XIV ordered his army to destroy and burn everything as they withdrew from the Palatinate. People were given 3-days notice to evacuate before their villages were destroyed. Thousands were left destitute without homes, shelter or food and were forced to beg on the streets of Europe to survive.

The people of the Lower Palatine began a mass immigration to America in 1709. Queen Anne of England, out of compassion, provided passage, refugee camps in England and land grants in Pennsylvania for the German Palatines. The immigration continued into the 1730s as tens of thousands of Palatines, joined by Germans from other regions, emigrated to North America.

The Windemuths and Bernhardtens remained in Germany until the 1730s. Life for these families must have been acceptably comfortable or they would have emigrated sooner.

Life did improve in Germany after each of these two wars and people were able to accumulate some wealth. A few were able to sell their assets before emigrating in the 1730s.

Perhaps our ancestors were this fortunate. Except for G. Philip Windemuth who settled in Pennsylvania, the Windemuths and Bernhardtens did not receive land grants and both families purchased land in America after they arrived.

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Database online. Record for Margaret Elizabeth Bernhardten http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=4100

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@R1400406728@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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Database online. Record for John Wintermute
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=4100

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@R1400406728@ Web: New Jersey, Find A Grave Index, 1664-2012 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 4 February 2013. 1,70609::0

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Birth date:  5 Aug 1721  Birth place:    Death date:  15 Feb 1800  Death place:  1,70609::34009 

=== GEDCOM Source ===

@R1400406728@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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Database online. Record for John Wintermute
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=4100

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@R1400406728@ Web: New Jersey, Find A Grave Index, 1664-2012 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 4 February 2013. 1,70609::0

GEDCOM Source

Birth date:  5 Aug 1721  Birth place:    Death date:  15 Feb 1800  Death place:  1,70609::34009 

=== GEDCOM Source ===

@R1400406728@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

GEDCOM Source

Database online. Record for John Wintermute
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=4100

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@R1400406728@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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Database online. Record for Johann George Windemuth
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=4100

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@R1400406728@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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Database online. Record for Margaret Elizabeth Bernhardten
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=4100