Maria (Mary) Catharine Waltman

• Daughter of Lewis (Ludwig) Waltman and Anna Catherina Fellebahn
• Christening Record: 17 April 1774 in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Death Record: October 10, 1813 (39) in Clarence, Erie County, New York, USA.
• Mary Catharine Waltman Find A Grave Memorial. (Inscriptions on Maria (Mary) Catharine Waltman headstone have been withered away by the elements, but now we’ve finally found Mary‘s death record that shows she died on October 10, 1813 in Clarence, New York. See above for her Death Record. Find A Grave Memorial has her Death listed in 1816, which now is incorrect.

Married

• Married: Jacob Kroll around 1784 in Erie County, New York, United States. From the Kroll-Krull family history comes the following. In a letter written by Grandfather, Samuel Kroll to his neice, Sarah Kroll-Hyman, then of Homer, MI and dated 22 Jan 1918, he says, "My grandfather migrated to the State (NY) from Pennsylvania about the year 1808". (Land at York Co., Pennsylvania, United States purchased by Ludwig Waltman the father of Mary Catharine Waltman in 1775 from Christian Staber was sold to John Kroll in 1794.)

Children

• Catharine Kroll Welshhans, born 7 July 1785 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States and died on 26 April 1867 in Ohio, West Virginia, United States.
• Polly Kroll Doane, born in 1793 in Pennsylvania, United States.
• John Kroll born in 1797 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States and died on 20 September 1868 in Clarence, Erie, New York, United States.
• Jacob Kroll, born on 4 April 1799 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States and died on 10 August 1834.
• George Kroll, born on 23 March 1801in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States and died on 24 July 1862.
• Samuel Kroll, born in 1803 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
• Daniel Kroll, born in 1805 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States and died on 20 November 1880 in Gratiot, Michigan, United States.
• Solomon Kroll, born around 1807 in Clarence, Erie, New York, United States.
• Betsey "Elizabeth" Kroll Bradley, born on 4 July 1811 in Clarence, Erie, New York, United States and died on 17 March 1893 in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States.
• William Kroll, born probably around January of 1813 in Clarence, Erie, New York because his mother died on October 10,1813. William died on 25 March 1865.

History

Maria (Mary) Catherarine is listed in her daughters BETSY ELIZABETH KROLL BRADLEY's History.

Betsy Elizabeth Kroll was born of parents Jacob and Mary Waltman Kroll in the frontier settlement of Clarence Hollow 4 July 1811. It was the settlement in the western part of Erie Co., New York at this time. She was the youngest girl of a family of 10 children: Catherine, John, Jacob, George, Samuel, Daniel, Solomon, Polly, Betsy and William.

Much is not known about Betsy’s childhood, but she always said that her parents were of high Dutch descent, and not of the low, and she made a point of wanting every one to know that. The first record we have of this family is of Michael Kroll and his wife who were born about 1750 in or near Wurttemburg, a state or province of Southern Germany near the Swiss Border. They emigrated to America and were the parents of Jacob, George and Solomon. Jacob was born in 1778. He married Mary Waltman, whose parents we have reason to believe also came from Germany.

Mary was born in 1773 and after her marriage to Jacob Kroll, they made a home in Lancaster, Pa. Seven of their oldest children were born here: Catherine, John, Jacob, George, Samuel, Daniel and Solomon. Then they moved into Cumberland Co., Poa., where Betsy Elizabeth and William were born. Father Jacob lived here until his 80th year. He died 31 March 1853. Both he and his wife were buried in an old family burial plot on the Abe Reigle (and later Abe Berry) farm on the Martin Road in the town of Clarence, New York. (Inscriptions are still readable on his headstone marker, but those on Mary’s marker have been away by the elements, but now we’ve finally found Mary‘s Death Record that shows she died on October 10, 1813 in Clarence, New York. See above for her Death Record.

Betsy Elizabeth grew up here and when she was 17 years of age, she married, Thomas Jefferson Bradley on ??1828. Thomas Jefferson Bradley was born 16 of March 1804 at Salem, Washington Co., New York (near the Vermont line). He had no sisters, but was blessed with 6 brothers; Sylvanue born 1798, Nathan born 1800, George born 1802, Thomas Jefferson born 1804, Pierce born 1809, George Washington born 15 Jan 1813. They were the sons of James Pierce and Abiah Richmond Bradley and all were born at Salem, Washington Co., New York.

The Bradlley line came from England where it was recorded in 1183 that Roger Bradley paid taxes on 40 acres of land at Bradley. In 1563 and 1564 we hear of Sir Francis Bradley in the west Riding of Yorkshire and from where several prominent members of the Bradley clan came to America and settled at Salem, Washington Co.,New York and Bridge Water, Mass.

Thomas Jefferson and Betsy made a home in Clarence, Erie Co., New York and on 15 Jan 1829 a baby girl was born. They named her Amanda. She was followed by a brother and 2 sisters: Jerome Bonapart born 3 Dec. 1830, Elizabeth born July 1832-who died a couple of days later, and Cynthis Abiah born 14 Sept. 1833.

Thomas Jefferson never saw his last little girl, for he died 5 months before she was born on 13 April 1833, leaving his young wife with practically nothing, excepot the responsibility of raising three lovely children. But her husband’s family were good to her and helped her all they could, and the following year her husband’s younger brother, George Washington, suggested to Betsy that since he cared very deeply for both her and the children that he marry her and raise his brother’s children as his own. The idea appealed to Betsy and they married 2 March 1834 or 1835.

Links

• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~boyerlinks/genealogy/pdf_files/conr...

Sources

Jacob Kroll, "United States Census, 1800" - Jacob Croll, United States Census, 1800, Name: Jacob Croll, Event Type: Census, Event Date: 1800, Event Place: York, York, Pennsylvania, United States, Page: 1324,1325 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000005091764887?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000083601156242&position=0

Jacob Croll, "United States Census, 1830 - Name: Jacob Croll, Event Type: Census, Event Date: 1830, Event Place: West Donegal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, Page: 90 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000005091764887?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000083604078035

Jacob Kroll in United States Census, 1840 - Name: Jacob Krull, Event Type: Census, Event Date: 1840, Event Place: East Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, Page: 113 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000005091764887?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000083603704288

Jacob Kroll, "United States Census, 1850" - Name: Jacob Kroll, Event Type: Census, Event Year: 1850, Event Place: Clarence, Erie, New York, United States, Gender: Male, Age: 70, Birthplace: Pennsylvania, House Number: 217 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000005091764887?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000083601367350&position=0

Jacob Croll in the York County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1800: Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=7035&db=york011&indiv=1 1