Sunday, January 17, 2010

Jacob Kraus 1690-1778 Catherine Nellis 1695-1754

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7th Great Grandparents

Jacob Kraus (Crouse)

Parents: George Kraus and Katherne Klock
Born 1690 Rhine, Palantine, Germany
Married Catherine Nellis 24 Jun 1724 Reformed Dutch Church at Fort Plain, Minden, Montgomery, New York
Life note: The first known white settler to settle in the Minden area was that of Jacob Crouse around the year 1720. The earliest white settlers were Palatine Germans farmers who migrated from Schoharie and settled in the area called Dutchtown.
Died 29 Mar 1778 Fort Plain, Minden, New York
Buried
Sources
North America Family Histories
US SAR Application dated 26 March 1955, from Harold Hiller Wilson Sr. (descendant of Dederick Horning)
Family Search
ancestry.com

Catherine Elizabeth Nellis (Nelles)
Parents: Rupert Nellis and Marie Elizabeth Bundt
Born 1706 Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Christening: 30 Nov 1706 Katholisch, Obermoschel, Pflaz, Bavaria
Died 30 Mar 1754 Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York
Buried
Sources
Birth: Germany Select Births and Baptisms
US SAR Application dated 26 March 1955, from Harold Hiller Wilson Sr. (descendant of Dederick Horning)
Family Search
ancestry.com

CHILDREN

John Jacob Kraus
Born 6 Jun 1725 Minden, Montgomery, New York
Married Gertrude Helmer about 1750, New York
Children: Maria, Johannes, Johann, Leonard, Deborah
Died 1790 Montgomery County, New York
Buried
Sources
Birth: AGBI
Marriage: U.S. and International Marriage Records
Note: there is no detail given, in spite of the fact the record claims you can view it. The information claims it was one page and nothing else except their names.
US Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States
Family Search
ancestry.com
Maria Elizabeth Kraus
Born 21 Sep 1728 Minden, Montgomery, New York
Married Hendrick Laucks 10 Oct 1749 Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York
Children: Catherine, Elizabeth, Maria, Anna, Henry, William, Jacob, Dietrich, Mary
Died
Buried
Sources
US Dutch Reformed Church Records
Family Search
ancestry.com
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6th Great 
Grandparents
Maria Margaretta 
Kraus

Born 15 Sep 1731 Minden, Montgomery, New York
Married Dietrich Horning abt 1750
Children: Johann, Catherine, Anna, Adam, William, Mary, Jacob, Anna, George, Robert
Died after 1793 (she was mentioned in her husband's will)
Buried
Sources
AGBI
US SAR Application dated 26 March 1955, from Harold Hiller Wilson Sr. (descendant of Dederick Horning)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Johann Jost Kraus
Born 21 Oct 1733 Minden, Montgomery, New York
Died 3 Oct 1749 Minden, Montgomery, New York
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Revolutionary
War

Robert 
Kraus

Born 25 Dec 1736 Minden, Montgomery, New York
Military: Oriskany Battle (Revolutionary War)
Died 6 August 1776 Oriskany, New York in battle
Buried: Oriskany Battleground, Whitestown, Oneida, New York
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com

Shared headstone for those that fell in the 
Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War



Revolutionary War
Veteran
George 
Kraus

Born 5 Aug 1740 Minden, Montgomery, New York
Military: Revolutionary War: Battle of Oriskany on 6 August 1777




Married Katherine Klock 21 May 1765 Fort Plain, New York
Children: Jacob, George, Robert, Henry, Katherine, Mary
Died 28 Sep 1824 Fort Plain, Minden, Montgomery, New York
Buried: Sandy Hill Cemetery (so claims the book) but he has a memorial in the Village of Fort Plain Cemetery, Fort Plain, Montgomery, New York
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com

Catherine Kraus
Born 28 Mar 1744 Minden, Montgomery, New York
Married  John Jost Klock 11 Feb 1766 Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York

Transcription of marriage record for the year 1766:
 11th February Johann Jost Kock and Catharina Krauss


Children: Anna, Margaret, Frederick, Johann, Adam, Eva, Delia, Elizabeth, Charity, Gertrude, Eva, Jacob, Heinrich
Died 1840 New York
Buried
Sources
Marriage: U.S. selected states Dutch Reformed membership records
Family Search
ancestry.com
Anna Kraus
Born 14 Dec 1746 Minden, Montgomery, New York
NOTE: I have not found an original source for her birth or any marriage. There are four marriages I have seen on Family Search and none of those had any source. Same with ancestry.com.  This makes it hard to know the truth.  Some people have changed/added to her name, making it Anna Maria Catherine Kraus, yet there is still no source. If anyone knows the truth, I would love a solution to this problem. 
Marriages I have seen:
1) John Philip Beck 1763 - with 18 children
2) John Bellinger 1764 with 1 child, George, because John died a year after their marriage
3) Peter Simon Bidelman (no date given)
4) John Leonard Hornung 1788 with 5 children
Died aft 1817 and if married to #4, she died in North Carolina
Buried
Sources
AGBI
Family Search
ancestry.com

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