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- ELISABETH CHRISTINA LAUX, chr. abt. 1700 at Wallau. Her baptism record isn't found in the badly damaged church books. She md. 11 Apr. 1720 JOHANNES VAN HOESEN (VAN HOOSER) at East Camp, Albany, New York.
Johannes (John) grew to maturity at Claverack. When he was thirteen years old, a group of palatine Germans settled the area south of Claverack at Tar Bush and East Camp (see map). Among them was a young, orphaned girl, Elizabeth Christina Laux, whom John met'and fell in love with.
On the 11th of April 1720 Johannes Van Hoesen married ELIZABETH CHRISTINA LAUX at Claverack, Albany (now Columbia) Co., New York. She was from the settlement of Tarbush in the area called Livingston Manor. For the next eight years the couple remained in this area. Since Claverack was getting crowded (the land was being shared by three uncles, not to mention older brothers and numerous cousins), Johannes must have had a small section of land to farm. When his father gave his property to his brothers, Gerrit & Jacob, on Oct. 24, 1724, Johannes realized that his hopes of receiving any more land from his father were "nil." Since he needed more land to support his
growing family, he decided to move with some of the Germans to Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania.
Johannes's brother-in-law, Abraham Laux or Loucks (English interpretation caused this surname to change), left Livingston Manor in 1725 and settled at Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania. The opportunities there seemed limitless and this, I�m sure, is what enticed him to move there. Also, his wife hadn't seen her brother, Abraham, or her sister, who'd both moved to Tulpehocken three years earlier and that was another strong motive for them to move.
In the spring of 1728 Johannes and his wife, Elizabeth Christina Laux, and their three children, along with other Germans, migrated to Tulpehocken Creek and settled in the vicinity of what is now called Robesonia.
Johannes took up land on what was called the William Allen Tract in Heidelberg Township. (See Map.) Here he remained until his family was all born and most of them had grown to maturity. When his second son, Valentine, moved to North Carolina, he decided to move, too. On the 5th of April 1753, he sold his land to John Joseph Derr and Henry Boyer and, at the age of 56, moved to North Carolina and settled in Anson County.
23 Jan 1755 Johannes purchased 200 acres on the Pee Dee from John and Elizabeth Hall. Anson County, NC deed book B page 338 and 2ed deed on page 437.
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1700 - 1762 (62 years)
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