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Mary Paulina “Polly” Dekker Behringer

Birth
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
Aug 1748 (aged 47–48)
At Sea
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Died in route to America Add to Map
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Wife of Wilhelm Behringer

She bore 6 children who emigrated from Germany, mostly ending in North Carolina:
1721, June 4 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, John Paulus “Paul” Barringer
1727, Oct. 30 in Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Mathias Barringer
1723-1732? George, settled in Montgomery, ancestor of the Gold Hill family
1724 Annie Maria Elizabeth (#16650459), married Christian Bernherndt or Barnhardt, Mt. Pleasant family.
~1725 Catherine, married Christian Ovenshine
1732, November , in Schweigern, Wuertemberg, Germany, Maria Dorothea "Dolly" Alice
(in 1751, in Wuerttemburg, Germany) Dolly married Nicholas Cook, became Sandy Ridge family
She d. 1759 Cabarrus Co., NC

Died in route to America. Buried at Sea
Wilhelm and Paulina were old, but they decided to make their immigration trip to America carrying a political description of French Hugenots from the Low Countries. The voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania took about four weeks. Both Wilhelm and Paulina died and were buried at sea from the ship “Palina” with John Brown as master. The ship “Palina” arrived at Philadelphia on September 16, 1748. Source: http://www.barringer1.com/genealogy.htm
Wife of Wilhelm Behringer

She bore 6 children who emigrated from Germany, mostly ending in North Carolina:
1721, June 4 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, John Paulus “Paul” Barringer
1727, Oct. 30 in Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Mathias Barringer
1723-1732? George, settled in Montgomery, ancestor of the Gold Hill family
1724 Annie Maria Elizabeth (#16650459), married Christian Bernherndt or Barnhardt, Mt. Pleasant family.
~1725 Catherine, married Christian Ovenshine
1732, November , in Schweigern, Wuertemberg, Germany, Maria Dorothea "Dolly" Alice
(in 1751, in Wuerttemburg, Germany) Dolly married Nicholas Cook, became Sandy Ridge family
She d. 1759 Cabarrus Co., NC

Died in route to America. Buried at Sea
Wilhelm and Paulina were old, but they decided to make their immigration trip to America carrying a political description of French Hugenots from the Low Countries. The voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania took about four weeks. Both Wilhelm and Paulina died and were buried at sea from the ship “Palina” with John Brown as master. The ship “Palina” arrived at Philadelphia on September 16, 1748. Source: http://www.barringer1.com/genealogy.htm


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