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Johannes Haas

Male 1735 - 1779  (43 years)


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  • Name Johannes Haas 
    Born 8 Nov 1735  Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Feb 1779  Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 20 Feb 1779  Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I59  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Maria Barbara Römer,   b. 20 Jul 1744, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1776, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 16 Oct 1762  Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F64  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. The book "History of Carrollton Manor, Frederick County, Maryland," by William Jarboe Grove, Lime Kiln, Maryland, 1928, copy in Frederick Historical Society, Frederick, Maryland, p. 383, provides significant information about Michael Römer (with variant spellings of Raymer, Romer Remer, and Reymer) by giving us his will, the name of an additional wife, some of his deeds, his civic and military service, his immigration, some of the spouses of his children, and three of his grandchildren. Michael's obituary reports he had six daughters and two sons of which both sons, three daughters, and their mother had preceded him in death; however, the will only provides us with the names of four daughters -- one of whom, Maria Barbara, had predeceased him. He does not mention the other names of his deceased children nor their children even though his obituary says he had 37 grandchildren. Additionally he makes no reference to a second wife, Catherine Kemp, who may have also predeceased him. The quote:
      "44 - Michael Raymer who loaned $1,630 was on the committee of observation and attended a meeting held at the court house Jan. 24th, 1775 and was active in the cause of independence, born 1715 died Nov. 25th, 1800, aged 85 years, 2 months, is buried in the Lutheran graveyard. His will was made Sep. 11, 1794. Signed Michael Romer. He divided his estate real and personal in four parts to his daughters, Magdalona, wife of Henry Foutz, Elizabeth, wife of James Beatty, Christona, wife of Mathias Buckey and to the children of his deceased daughter, Barbara Hass, namely, Michael Hass, Christiana, wife of George Buckey and Frederick Hass, the remaining fourth part of my estate real and personal. Tradition says Michael Raymer married Catherine Kemp, who landed in Philadelphia with her father, Conrad Kemp August 17th, 1733 and is of the well known Kemp family of the County. In connection with Michael Remer (1715-1800), in a list of foreigners 252 Palatines imported in the ship "Winter Gallery" and qualified Sep. 5, 1738 at Philadelphia there appears the name John Michael Romer (also Remer) aged 23, which age corresponds with the year of birth 1715. 'The Meadow' first granted by Lord Baltimore to John Van Meter and subsequently resurveyed Nov. 2nd, 1755, was patented June 9th, 1756 to Michael Raymer, over which he had a dispute with Daniel Dulaney who laid out Frederick in 1745 and owned Locust Level containing 3,800 acres and Taskers Chance containing 7,700 acres both of these tracts adjoined 'The Meadows.' Dulaney was a Tory, and his land was confiscated, after some litigation the title to the land was awarded to Mr. Raymer. Michael Raymer was very active during the Revolutionary period, and held a commisision in the Patriot army. Mr. Raymer deeded this land to Richard Potts in 1792. Mr. Reymer gave the land for the Lutheran Church at Church Hill north of Frederick."

      2. FHL book 975.2 D2se v.2 "Monocacy and Catoctin. Some Settlers of Western Maryland and Adjacent Pennsylvania and their Descendants 1725-1988," vol. 2, by C.E. Schildknecht, pp. 93-95:
      "The following is a list of heads of families of Frederick Co. in March, 1766 who petitioned Gov. Horatio Sharpe to call together the MD Assembly for the purpose of issuing bills of credt, that is paper money. The old use of tobacco as money, still prevalent in the state was particulary inconvenient on the northwestern frontiers where tobacco was not a practical crop. Note that Frederick Co. at that time comprised present Carroll, Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, Alleghany, and Garrett Counties..." [Source: "Calendar of MD State Books (The Black Books), page 194 and in "Archives of MD, 32, 124.]
      The list includes hundreds of names including Michael Roemer or Raymer. Related names include Valentine Adam (possible relation to Michael Stocker's third wife Anna Maria Adams), Valentine John Adams (same possible relation as before), Conrad and Peter Grosch (relation to Michael Roemer's son-in-law Michael Grosch), John Haas (Michael Roemer's son-in-law), and Philip Johann Heinrich Kuntz (European acquaintance of Michael Stocker). The list also includes a William Roemer/Raymer (relationship if any unknown).

      3. FHL book 975.2 D2se v.1 "Monocacy and Catoctin. Some Early Settlers of Frederick and Carroll Counties, MD and Adams County, PA also Descendants 1725-1985," vol. 1, by C.E. Schildknecht:
      "Maj. John Haas, b. 1735 in Baumholder nr Berikenfeld; he m. in 1762 Maria Barbara, d/o Michael Roemer; d. in Frederick in 1779. (Source: Burial Records, Monocacy and Frederick, MD, Luth. Chruches (at Adams Co. Historical Society); also book by Fred S. Weiser, National Genealogical Society, 1972, DC.)"

      BIRTH:
      1. See death information.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. See death informaiton.

      DEATH:
      1. FHL book 975.287 K2w "Records of Marriages and Burials in the Monocacy Church in Frederick County, Maryland and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the City of Frederick, Maryland 1743-1811," translated and edited by Frederick Sheely Weiser, Special Publication No. 38, The National Genealogical Society, Washington, D.C., 1972, p. 96:
      "Feb. 20, 1779. Johannes Haas, former justice and major, under the military, was born Nov. 8, 1735 in Baumholder in Zweybrucken [Baumholder, Birkenfeld]. Parents were Nicolas Haas and his wife Catharina. Married Oct. 16, 1762: Mich. Roemer's daughter Maria Barbara with whom he had six children of whom 2 sons and 1 daughter are alive. His wife died Sept. 12, 1776. He departed after a long lasting sickness Feb. 20 in the morning at 5 o'clock aged 43 years, 3 months, 11 days."

      BURIAL:
      1. Findagrave Website accessed 23 Feb 2015 for burials at the Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, 35 East Church Street, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, 21701, (301) 663-6361. "Very few stones remain, as the cemetery was removed to nearby Mount Olivet Cemetery (area NN) in the early 1900s. The remaining stones have all been placed against the stone wall behind the church building and have been photographed." Memorials of interest:
      A. Memorial #39321807:
      "Maria Barbara Roemer Haas
      Birth: Jan. 20, 1744
      Death: Sep. 12, 1776
      d/o Mich. & Charlotta Roemer.
      10 Oct. 1762 md. Johann Haas
      6 Children
      Consumption
      Family links:
      Spouse: Johannes Haas (1735 - 1779)*
      Children: Johannes Haas (1772 - 1773)*
      (*Calculated relationship.)"
      B. Memorial #39354388:
      "Johannes Haas
      Birth: Nov. 8, 1735
      Death: Feb. 20, 1779
      Born in Baumholder in Zweybrucken to Nicholas & Catharina Haas.
      16 Oct. 1762 md. Maria Barbara who died 12 Sept. 1776. 6 children.
      Family links:
      Parents:
      Nicholas Haas (1706 - 1771)
      Spouse:
      Maria Barbara Roemer Haas (1744 - 1776)
      Children:
      Johannes Haas (1772 - 1773)*
      Sibling:
      Johannes Haas (1735 - 1779)
      Nicholas Haas (1745 - 1771)*
      (*Calculated relationship.)"