Matelina ALBRECHT

   Another name for Matelina was Albrecht Magdelana.

  General Notes:

IMMIGRATION:
Records of the Port of Philadelphia list Johannes Albrecht and his wife Anna Barbara (maiden name not listed) as Palatine passengers of the "Johnson Galley" which arrived from Rotterdam on September 18, 1732.

The ages of the five children on arrival were: Matelina-16 (she was mistakenly listed as "under 14"), Barbara-13, Christian-6, Jacob-5, and Lodawick-10 months who was born November 11, 1731 in Ruttenberg, Germany.

NOTES:
Also known as Magadelena. Daughter of Johannes Albrecht and Anna Gossauer. Wife of Philip Faust m. abt. 1736 Berks Co, PA.

Her tombstone reads, "This is the resting place of Magdalena Faust b. 1716, d. 1789. Age 73 years, 6 months, and three days. She lived in marriage 48 years. Produced 10 children, of which 8 are yet living namely, 4 sons and 4 daughters."

Magdalen's (Mary) name was written as Matelina in the ship's list of Johannes Albrecht's children found in Strassburger's Volume I. Mrs. F.N. Peters, a family historian of Arlington, Virginia, found among her notes that the name Matelina means Magdalene just as Johannes and Hans mean John, and that the name Matelina appears quite often amongst the Clapps, Fousts and Albrights.

  Research Notes:

Find A Grave, Memorial # 23052349

Matelina married Philip "Lebs" FAUST, son of Johan Peter FAUST and Anna Elizabeth GRAUEL, in 1738 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. (Philip "Lebs" FAUST was born on 22 Feb 1714 in Langenselbold, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany, died on 19 Apr 1786 in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania and was buried in Saint Michaels Cemetery, Berks County, Pennsylvania.)