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Kilian History, page 3
Fourth Generation: Andreas Kilian, born in 1652
Andreas Kilian was born 1652 in Schainbach, Baden-Würtemberg,
Germany and died in 1736 in Steinbach an der Holzecke, Bavaria,
Germany. He was buried in Erzberg, Bavaria.
Andreas was baptized in the Hengstfeld church on the 21st of
September 1652. Schainbach had a church, but no pastor at the time.
Andreas first married Anna Busch, the legitimate daughter of a
Köbler named Hans Busch, on the 13th of February 1677 in the
Saint Gallus Church in Erzberg . Anna was from the small village
Steinbach an der Holzecke and Andreas moved to Steinbach at the
latest before the 6th of February 1677 and his family lived there.
Andreas and Anna had seven children, all born in Steinbach an der
Holzecke and all baptized in the Saint Gallus Church in Erzberg. The
baptismal records of Andreas' children say he was a Köbler who lived
in Steinbach. A good many of the witnesses to Kilian family baptisms
and marriages were described as Köbler.
One of these baptismal records says Andreas was a Köbler and a
weaver. This may mean he was a weaver who did agricultural day labor
when the need arose or the opportunity presented itself.
Children of Andreas Kilian and Anna Busch, all baptized in Saint
Gallus Church in Erzberg
1.
Anna Maria Kilian, born 1678 in Steinbach an der Holzecke,
Bavaria, Germany
2.
Apollonia Kilian born 1679 in Steinbach an der Holzecke, Bavaria,
Germany
3.
Michael Kilian, born 1681 in Steinbach an der Holzecke, Bavaria,
Germany.
4.
Eva Maria. born 1683 in Steinbach an der Holzecke, Bavaria,
Germany.
5.
Johannes Kilian, born 1685 in Steinbach an der Holzecke, Bavaria,
Germany.
6.
Barbara Kilian, born 1689 in Steinbach an der Holzecke, Bavaria,
Germany.
7.
Maria Margaretha Kilian, born 1691 in Steinbach an der Holzecke,
Bavaria, Germany.
Anna Busch was born before baptismal records were kept in Erzberg.
It is presumed that Anna Busch was born before 1659, because it
was customary in that century and in that area for women not to
marry before they were eighteen years old. Anna Busch was buried in
the Saint Gallus Church cemetery in Erzberg on the 30th of January
1693 and her age at death is not legible in the burial record.
Andreas married Dorothea Knaus [or Kraus], the illigitimate daughter
of the carpenter Hans Knaus in Bayernland [Bavaria] in Rhein-
Anspach [Kleinansbach ], on the 30th of October 1694. They had
four known children, all born in Steinbach an der Holzecke and all
baptized in Saint Gallus Church in Erzberg. The second child, named
Andreas, died before he was three years old and they had another
child, also named Andreas baptized on the 1st of December 1702.
This was the Andreas Kilian who immigrated to America in 1732.
Children of Andreas Kilian and Dorothea Knaus
1.
Barbara, Kilian, born in 1695 in Steinbach an der Holzecke,
Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany.
2.
Johann Martin Kilian, born in 1696 in Steinbach an der Holzecke,
Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany.
3.
Andreas Kilian, born 1699 in Steinbach an der Holzecke, Bavaria,
Germany, died as an infant before 1702 in Steinbach an der
Holzecke, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany.
4.
Andreas Kilian, born 1702 in Steinbach an der Holzecke, Bavaria,
Germany, married Maria Margaretha Fischer, 06 Mai 1722 in
Feuchtwangen, Bavaria, Germany. This is the Andreas Kilian who
emigrated to America in 1732 and died 1788 in Lincoln County,
North Carolina.
Dorothea was buried in the Saint Gallus Church cemetery in Erzberg
on the 8th of February 1727. She lived to see her two grandchildren
Leonhard and Margaretha, but not long enough to celebrate
Margaretha's first birthday, or to see her third grandchild Johann.
Andreas was buried nine years later in the Saint Gallus Church
cemetery in Erzberg on the 12th of January 1736, four years after
his son Andreas immigrated to America.
Andreas' birth date is calculated as 18th November 1652 from the
St. Gallus church book record of his burial in Erzberg, Bavaria. It
said he was buried on the 12th of January 1736 and died at the age
of 83 years, 1 month and 24 days. His baptismal record, dated 21
November 1652, was found in the church book of Hengstfeld and is
consistent with the calculated birth date. Baptism usually took place
within a few days after birth because of the high infant mortality
rate.
Fifth Generation: Andreas Kilian, born in 1702
Andreas Kilian was born in 1702 in Steinbach an der Holzecke,
Bavaria, Germany. He died in 1788 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.
Andreas was baptized on the 1st of December 1702 in Saint Gallus
Church in Erzberg. The record says his parents were a Köbler named
Andreas Kilian resident in Steinbach and his wife Dorothea Knaus.
Andreas married Maria Margaretha Fischer on the 6th of May 1722
in Feuchtwangen, Bavaria, Germany, daughter of Hans Leonhard
Fischer and Maria Barbara Schülein. She was born in 1696 in Dürnhof
[Thürnhofen], Bavaria. This marriage record provided sparse
information about the bride and groom and did not identify the
parents, where they lived, their profession or the names of
witnesses, as is normal in German marriage records. It simply said:
" ...Andreas Kilian of Artzbach [Arzbach] and Magdalena Fischer of
Steinbach because of the act of fornication were married after the
announcement on the 5th of May 1732..."
Because women had no profession at that time and could not support
a child, when a woman was pregnant out of wedlock, the village had to
support the mother and child. To limit illegitimate births, the law
required that the couple be jailed until they married. A cleric came
to the jail and married them there. Then they were released with no
police record. This was a civil matter and not punitive, but purely an
act of coercion to force them to marry. At that time villages could
not have police, militia, a market place or a jail. These were reserved
for towns issued a charter with these rights. The nearest town with
a jail was the Imperial Free City of Feuchtwangen. Although it is not
stated in the marriage record, Andreas and Magdalena were almost
certainly married in the building called the Büttelei, which still exists
at Hirtengasse 14 in Feuchtwangen. Sometimes a fine was imposed
and recorded in the marriage record, but in this case no fine was
mentioned.
Andreas had three children born in Steinbach an der Holzecke. Two
of these records said Andreas was a weaver in Steinbach, and the
third said he was a day laborer in Steinbach. This could mean a
weaver working for a daily wage, rather than for his own business, or
a weaver who did day labor when there was no demand for his craft.
One of the records said he was a Schutzverwandter, which means he
was not a citizen of the village, although he was born there. There
was no state citizenship at the time. This meant he had to pay
Schutzgeld (protection money) for the protection of the village, and
to live and earn his living there. As a Schutzverwandter his
commercial activities were severely restricted. He could not belong
to a professional guild or operate a business.
One of the records said he was a Wohngenosse. This meant he lived
with someone else, but not necessarily a relative. This implies
Andreas, his wife and children lived with his parents.
The baptism records of all three children, Leonhard, Anna Margaretha
and Johann, named their mother as Margaretha born Fischer, not
Magdalena Fischer.
There was no burial record for Magdalena and no marriage record for
Margaretha Fischer so they are probably the same person. There are
many name discrepancies in church book records because most people
could not read and write. The cleric was given information verbally
and wrote it the way it sounded to him. People with multiple names
sometimes gave one name and sometimes another. If all other
information in the documents is in order professional genealogists accept
them as the same people.
Magdalena Fischer's parents, residence and the profession of her
father were not revealed in the marriage record. The search for her
identity and analysis of all Fischer records found in the area lead to the
conclusion that she was Maria Margaretha Fischer, daughter of Leonhard
Fischer in Thürnhohen, Bavaria. This village was called Dürnhof at the time.
Andreas sailed from Rotterdam on the ship Adventure to Philadelphia
in 1732 with a stop in Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the English
Channel. The ship Adventurer passenger list did not show a family
for Andreas. The list was organized as men, women and children
without family connections. There were no other Kilians listed and no
Magdalena or Margaretha Kilian or Fischer onboard.
Andreas signed an oath of allegiance to the British crown and an oath
renouncing other allegiances when he landed in Philadelphia in 1732
and then disappeared from the record until he turned up on a North
Carolina land grant in 1749. It has been published that Andreas'
name was on Captain Samuel Coburn's colonial North Carolina militia
mustered in 1748 for the Spanish Alarm. But Andreas was not on the
only original handwritten list in the North Carolina archives. However, his
sons Leonhard and Johann were on the list. The archive dates this list as
1750 based on the content and comparison with other documents. Since
some people on the list came to North Carolina after 1753 the list must be
after 1753. Also the archive said it had nothing to do with the Spainish
alarm, which ended 1748.
It is not known when Andreas’ family came to America, but Andreas' sons
Leonhard and Johann were issued North Carolina land grants in 1749.
Andreas' daughter Margaretha appears to be the person who married
Michael Price, probably in Pennsylvania, at latest before 1743, judging by
the birth date of her first known child.
It is not known if Andreas' wife Maria Margaretha came to America,
but there was no burial record found in Germany. She could have died
on the voyage, or in Pennsylvania. She could have anglicized her name
from Maria Margaretha to Mary. The various land transaction
records in North Carolina only refer to "Andrew Killian and his wife
Mary" and Andreas only called his wife Mary in his will. If she did
come to America it is not physically possible that she was the mother
of all twelve of Andreas' children. Presuming the estimated birth
dates of Andreas' children are correct, she would have been in her
60s when the last child was born.
Andreas obviously had a second wife and she would be the Mary
mentioned in his will written in 1785. Family legend says Andreas'
wife was Mary Beaver Cline or Maria Bieber [Biber] Klein. Andreas
had a neighbor named Matthias Bieber or Beaver and bought land
from him and his wife Susanna in 1750. Johann owned land adjacent
to the land of Bostian Klein or Cline, but no firm evidence has been
found to prove the maiden name of Andreas' second wife.
In 1749 Andreas, and his sons Leonhard and Johann each received a
land grant in Anson County, North Carolina under the names Andrew,
Leonard and John.
Andreas died in 1788 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. His grave and
the grave of his wife have not been found.
Sixth Generation: Children of Andreas Kilian and Maria Margaretha
Fischer born in Germany
1.
Leonhard Kilian was born in 1723 in Steinbach an der Holzecke,
Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany. He was baptized in Saint Gallus
Church in Erzberg on the 30th of April 1724. According to his
gravestone inscription he died in 1795 in Lincoln County, North
Carolina.
2.
Anna Margaretha Kilian was born in 1726 in Steinbach an der
Holzecke, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany. She died in Virginia
after the 11th of June 1802. Andreas' will mentions his daughter
Margaretha's husband Michael Price. It is not know when
Margaretha went to America, but she appears to be the
Margaretha who married Michael Price [Priesch] in Pennsylvania,
and based on the date of birth of her first known child she must
have married in America before 1743.
3.
Johann Kilian was born in 1729 in Steinbach an der Holzecke,
Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany. He died after 1800 in North
Carolina.
If Margaretha Kilian was in America before 1743 it is highly likely that all
three siblings came together. If their mother was still alive, and no death
record was found in Gemrany, it is higly likely she came with them, but no
proof have been found.
Sixth Generation: Children of Andreas born in America
Andreas had nine more children who were probably all born in
America, because no baptismal records were found in Germany:
Name
Birth Date
4.
Jean,
est. 1732 - 1733
5.
Crate,
est. 1733 - 1735
6.
Andrew,
est. 1737
7.
George,
est. 1740
8.
Trina,
est. 1746 - 1748
9.
Daniel,
est. 1750
10.
Christiana,
1755 from her gravestone
11.
Samuel,
est. 1757
12.
Elizabeth,
est. 1760
These names came from Andreas' will and some of them appear to be
nicknames. For example Trina is almost certainly a nickname for
Catrina. There is no German name similar to Crate. These birth dates
were published by the Killian Family Association of North Carolina,
but only Christiana's birth date is supported by proof and the others
are estimates. Some estimates are based on mention in census and
tax lists, but they are largely based on the sequence they were
mentioned in their father's will. This premise has been shown to be
unreliable since Margaretha was mentioned first in the will and she
was the second known child to be born.
The Kilian immigrant pioneers in America
The proven immigrants to America were Andreas Kilian and his three
children: Leonhard, Anna Margaretha and Johann. Andreas's wife
Maria Margaretha probably immigrated, but no proof has been found.
Andreas arrived in Philadelphia aboard the ship Adventure in
September 1732. Andreas died in North Carolina in 1788. It is not
known when his children arrived in America. Leonhard died in North
Carolina in 1795. Johann died in North Carolina probably in 1799 or
1800. It appears that Anna Margaretha settled in Virginia and died
there after 11 June 1802. It is known she was alive at that time
because her husband Michael Price signed his will on that date and it
contained the statement: " . if my wife Margaret survives me . ."
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For more information about Andreas Kilian’s 12 children and their descendents see:
www.AndreasKilian.com
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