Hans Michael Propst
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Name Hans Michael Propst [1, 2] Birth 29 Sep 1686 Bonniegheim, , Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death Pendleton, West Virginia, United States [1] Person ID I4513 My Genealogy Last Modified 26 Mar 2021
Father Hans Michael Propst, b. 1659, Bönnigheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, d. 16 Jul 1695, Bönnigheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, (Age 36 years) Relationship natural Mother Agatha Plintzing, b. 1650, Schwab Hahl, , Bayern, Germany d. 1692, Bönnigheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, (Age 42 years) Relationship natural Family ID F1356 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Barbara Propst, b. 1681, , , , Germany d. Pendleton, West Virginia, United States Marriage 1711 Children 1. Johann Michael Propst, b. 1712, Bönnigheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany d. 19 Jan 1789, Propstburg, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural]Family ID F1352 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Mar 2021
Children 1. Anna Barbara Propst, b. 1725, Bächlingen, Schwabisch Hall, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany d. 1790, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States (Age 65 years) [Father: natural]Family ID F1357 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Mar 2021
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Notes - Hans Michael, Barbara, Johan Michael and Barbara arrived in America on Aug 17, 1733 in Philadelphia on the ship "Samuel", Hugh Percy, Master, coming out of Rotterdam. On the ship's papers, the names were shown as Michael Propts, Babara Bropts, Johan Michal Propts, and Barbara Bropts. It is noted that his signature on the immigration and oath of allegiance papers is in the name of "Johann Michael Probst," rather than Propst. His father was apparently illiterate, for the clerk signed his name for him, as "Michael Propst." I note the differences in spelling of the last name, but am unable to explain the difference, other than the difficulty of the English in understanding German. The family name historically has been Propst, but Johann Michael evidently preferred Probst. And, on the immigration clearance papers, the male names were Michael Probst and Johs. Michall Probst.
Shortly after their arrival, they went to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, but apparently spent little time in that part of Pennsylvania (and none in the Allemaengle-- this could mean "the Dutch country"), but instead they moved westward to Lancaster. Why Lancaster? They may have had friends who had already settled there, but why they went to Lancaster County is not known. There is evidence they passed through Bethlehem, PA, enroute to Lancaster. And it appears that they were inclined toward the Moravian form of religion.
There were Propsts who went from Philadelphia to West Virginia, many without even passing through the Allemaengle, or perhaps lingering there only for a short time. Other Propsts and also some Probsts never lived for any time in Pennsylvania, the Virginias, or North Carolina, but moved from the port of entry to residences elsewhere in America.
After ten or sixteen years in Lancaster, they migrated southwestward through Maryland down into the Shenandoah River Valley of northern Virginia into what was originally Rockingham and Augusta Counties, Virginia, and which later became Pendleton County, West Virginia. Whether Hans Michael and Barbara stayed in Lancaster or moved into Virginia with Johan Michael is not known.
The immigrant Hans Michael's origin is cloudy. (What does seem certain is that he was not related to the Swiss/German Probsts.) The Propsts generally are of Saxon nationality. The Saxon evangelist Martin Luther had several friends named Propst. Hans Michael Propst's birth year was determined to be 1679 from the ship's manifest which listed him as being 54 years old in 1733. (And how accurate were the ship's records?)
- Hans Michael, Barbara, Johan Michael and Barbara arrived in America on Aug 17, 1733 in Philadelphia on the ship "Samuel", Hugh Percy, Master, coming out of Rotterdam. On the ship's papers, the names were shown as Michael Propts, Babara Bropts, Johan Michal Propts, and Barbara Bropts. It is noted that his signature on the immigration and oath of allegiance papers is in the name of "Johann Michael Probst," rather than Propst. His father was apparently illiterate, for the clerk signed his name for him, as "Michael Propst." I note the differences in spelling of the last name, but am unable to explain the difference, other than the difficulty of the English in understanding German. The family name historically has been Propst, but Johann Michael evidently preferred Probst. And, on the immigration clearance papers, the male names were Michael Probst and Johs. Michall Probst.
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Sources - [S35] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for Johann Michael Propst - [S35] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for Hans Michael Propst
- [S35] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.