Johannes Jacob ALBRECHT
- Born: 19 Dec 1697, Pfalz, Hessen, Bayern, Germany
- Marriage (1): Anna Barbara GOSSAUER VON REISBACH about 1715 in Langenselbold, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
- Died: 1752, Little Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania at age 55
- Buried: Fritz Burial Grounds, Berks County, Pennsylvania
 General Notes:
NOTES:
Von Oberengstrimgen
Parents: Heinrich Albrecht b 1671 & Ann Eliz Folsom b 1680
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.
Johannes settled in that part of Lancaster County, PA that was taken into Berks County. The earliest records were land grants (Lancaster County) in 1740, 1741 and 1743:
Pennsylvania Archives, Volume XXIV:
John Albrecht, 100 acres, June 20, 1740
John Albrecht, 100 acres, June 3, 1741
John Albrecht, 25 acres, Feb. 8, 1743.
This section of Berks County was the western part which included Bern Township where, the records show, most of the Berks County Albright families lived.
Research Notes:
Find A Grave, Memorial # 133190450
Johannes married Anna Barbara GOSSAUER VON REISBACH about 1715 in Langenselbold, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. (Anna Barbara GOSSAUER VON REISBACH was born on 25 Jul 1697 in Langenselbold, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany, died in 1765 in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania and was buried in Fritz Burial Grounds, Berks County, Pennsylvania.)
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