Father: Jacob Trentsols 1657 Somme, Picardy, France - 1 May 1734 Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Mother: Elizabeth Leroi 1670, Somme, Picardy, France - 22 Apr 1759 Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Spouse: Elisabeth Munster/Muschler 1702 Bayern, Germany - 1733 Bayern, Germany m 4 Feb 1721
Spouse: Anna Margareth Muller
Although postings on Rootsweb claim that Abraham was buried at Chestnut Hill "being close to his home," the same postings claim this his land was in Salisbury Township, within the boundaries of present day Allentown. Chestnut Hill Church is in Lower Milford Township and is not close to Salisbury Township or Allentown. If Abraham was buried close to home, that would probably be Western Salisbury Cemetery or one of the early cemeteries in Allentown. [per Tom Myers]
GENEALOGY OF TRANSUE (DRANSU-TRANSU-TRANSOU-TRANSEU) FAMILY BY WENDELL F. TRANSUE, EDITED BY CLARENCE E. BECKEL, Under the direction of Harriet T. Root, Librarian, Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1937, obtained from Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, No. NV q929.2 T77. Page III, Paragraph 2: Abraham Transue, the founder of the family in America, was of the Reformed faith. His son, John Philip (Philip), and his daughter Anna Catharine, the wife of Sebastian Henry Knause, (one of the founder of Emaus, Pa.) associated themselves with the Moravians, in Bethlehem and Emaus. It was due to this circumstance, and the thoroughness with which the records of the Moravians were kept that, the writer was able to learn the name of the town in Germany (Mutterstadt) frfom which the family emigrated to Pennsylvania. Page 1, No. 1.
Page IV, The Reformed register of marriages contains the following: "Married, February 4, 1721, at Mutterstadt, County Ludwigshafen a Rh. (Palatinate), Abraham Dransu and Elisabeth Muschler".
Page VII, imported in the ship "Thistle", of Glasgow, Colin Dunlop, master from Rotterdam, but last from Dover, per clearance June 19th, qualified at the port of Philadelphia, Aug. 2_, 1730. Abraham, the pioneer, it would further appear, was accompanied on the voyage by his second wife, Anna Margaretha, m.n. Muller, their daughter Anna Catharina, and a son, Johann Philip (Philip). Of the two children named we have definite knowledge. The son, Isaac, barely a year old, doubtless died before his parents sailed for America, or did not survive the rigors of the voyage.
Page VIII: As to the spelling of the name, various forms are still in use. The form Dransu, used in the Mutterstadt records, is, of course, the same as the English form Transu. Philip and his descendants in North Carolina, adopted Transour, while the most common spelling used by many of the descendants of Abraham, was Transue. The form Transeau appears to lean toward the French.
Page 2: On March 4, 1738, Abraham Transu applied for a warrant for 150 acres of land in Salisbury tsp., Bucks (now Lehigh) Co., Pa; this was surveyed on March 30, 1738, and shortly afterward a warrange therefor was issued. The tract in question is located along Route 309 leading from Allentown to Quakertown, on top of the Lehigh mountain, about a mile west from Summit Lawn. On AUgust 4, 1759, Abraham Transu sold to Adam Goering 50 acres from the original tract, and on July 4, 1768, 49.1 acres to Henry Brunner.
Page 3: It is presumed that he died between 1768 and 1772. He was probably buried in the cemetery of the Chestnut Hill Church, which was the nearest place of worship to his home.
Mother: Elizabeth Leroi 1670, Somme, Picardy, France - 22 Apr 1759 Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Spouse: Elisabeth Munster/Muschler 1702 Bayern, Germany - 1733 Bayern, Germany m 4 Feb 1721
Spouse: Anna Margareth Muller
Although postings on Rootsweb claim that Abraham was buried at Chestnut Hill "being close to his home," the same postings claim this his land was in Salisbury Township, within the boundaries of present day Allentown. Chestnut Hill Church is in Lower Milford Township and is not close to Salisbury Township or Allentown. If Abraham was buried close to home, that would probably be Western Salisbury Cemetery or one of the early cemeteries in Allentown. [per Tom Myers]
GENEALOGY OF TRANSUE (DRANSU-TRANSU-TRANSOU-TRANSEU) FAMILY BY WENDELL F. TRANSUE, EDITED BY CLARENCE E. BECKEL, Under the direction of Harriet T. Root, Librarian, Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1937, obtained from Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, No. NV q929.2 T77. Page III, Paragraph 2: Abraham Transue, the founder of the family in America, was of the Reformed faith. His son, John Philip (Philip), and his daughter Anna Catharine, the wife of Sebastian Henry Knause, (one of the founder of Emaus, Pa.) associated themselves with the Moravians, in Bethlehem and Emaus. It was due to this circumstance, and the thoroughness with which the records of the Moravians were kept that, the writer was able to learn the name of the town in Germany (Mutterstadt) frfom which the family emigrated to Pennsylvania. Page 1, No. 1.
Page IV, The Reformed register of marriages contains the following: "Married, February 4, 1721, at Mutterstadt, County Ludwigshafen a Rh. (Palatinate), Abraham Dransu and Elisabeth Muschler".
Page VII, imported in the ship "Thistle", of Glasgow, Colin Dunlop, master from Rotterdam, but last from Dover, per clearance June 19th, qualified at the port of Philadelphia, Aug. 2_, 1730. Abraham, the pioneer, it would further appear, was accompanied on the voyage by his second wife, Anna Margaretha, m.n. Muller, their daughter Anna Catharina, and a son, Johann Philip (Philip). Of the two children named we have definite knowledge. The son, Isaac, barely a year old, doubtless died before his parents sailed for America, or did not survive the rigors of the voyage.
Page VIII: As to the spelling of the name, various forms are still in use. The form Dransu, used in the Mutterstadt records, is, of course, the same as the English form Transu. Philip and his descendants in North Carolina, adopted Transour, while the most common spelling used by many of the descendants of Abraham, was Transue. The form Transeau appears to lean toward the French.
Page 2: On March 4, 1738, Abraham Transu applied for a warrant for 150 acres of land in Salisbury tsp., Bucks (now Lehigh) Co., Pa; this was surveyed on March 30, 1738, and shortly afterward a warrange therefor was issued. The tract in question is located along Route 309 leading from Allentown to Quakertown, on top of the Lehigh mountain, about a mile west from Summit Lawn. On AUgust 4, 1759, Abraham Transu sold to Adam Goering 50 acres from the original tract, and on July 4, 1768, 49.1 acres to Henry Brunner.
Page 3: It is presumed that he died between 1768 and 1772. He was probably buried in the cemetery of the Chestnut Hill Church, which was the nearest place of worship to his home.
Father: Jacob Trentsols 1657 Somme, Picardy, France - 1 May 1734 Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Mother: Elizabeth Leroi 1670, Somme, Picardy, France - 22 Apr 1759 Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Spouse: Elisabeth Munster/Muschler 1702 Bayern, Germany - 1733 Bayern, Germany m 4 Feb 1721
Spouse: Anna Margareth Muller
Although postings on Rootsweb claim that Abraham was buried at Chestnut Hill "being close to his home," the same postings claim this his land was in Salisbury Township, within the boundaries of present day Allentown. Chestnut Hill Church is in Lower Milford Township and is not close to Salisbury Township or Allentown. If Abraham was buried close to home, that would probably be Western Salisbury Cemetery or one of the early cemeteries in Allentown. [per Tom Myers]
GENEALOGY OF TRANSUE (DRANSU-TRANSU-TRANSOU-TRANSEU) FAMILY BY WENDELL F. TRANSUE, EDITED BY CLARENCE E. BECKEL, Under the direction of Harriet T. Root, Librarian, Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1937, obtained from Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, No. NV q929.2 T77. Page III, Paragraph 2: Abraham Transue, the founder of the family in America, was of the Reformed faith. His son, John Philip (Philip), and his daughter Anna Catharine, the wife of Sebastian Henry Knause, (one of the founder of Emaus, Pa.) associated themselves with the Moravians, in Bethlehem and Emaus. It was due to this circumstance, and the thoroughness with which the records of the Moravians were kept that, the writer was able to learn the name of the town in Germany (Mutterstadt) frfom which the family emigrated to Pennsylvania. Page 1, No. 1.
Page IV, The Reformed register of marriages contains the following: "Married, February 4, 1721, at Mutterstadt, County Ludwigshafen a Rh. (Palatinate), Abraham Dransu and Elisabeth Muschler".
Page VII, imported in the ship "Thistle", of Glasgow, Colin Dunlop, master from Rotterdam, but last from Dover, per clearance June 19th, qualified at the port of Philadelphia, Aug. 2_, 1730. Abraham, the pioneer, it would further appear, was accompanied on the voyage by his second wife, Anna Margaretha, m.n. Muller, their daughter Anna Catharina, and a son, Johann Philip (Philip). Of the two children named we have definite knowledge. The son, Isaac, barely a year old, doubtless died before his parents sailed for America, or did not survive the rigors of the voyage.
Page VIII: As to the spelling of the name, various forms are still in use. The form Dransu, used in the Mutterstadt records, is, of course, the same as the English form Transu. Philip and his descendants in North Carolina, adopted Transour, while the most common spelling used by many of the descendants of Abraham, was Transue. The form Transeau appears to lean toward the French.
Page 2: On March 4, 1738, Abraham Transu applied for a warrant for 150 acres of land in Salisbury tsp., Bucks (now Lehigh) Co., Pa; this was surveyed on March 30, 1738, and shortly afterward a warrange therefor was issued. The tract in question is located along Route 309 leading from Allentown to Quakertown, on top of the Lehigh mountain, about a mile west from Summit Lawn. On AUgust 4, 1759, Abraham Transu sold to Adam Goering 50 acres from the original tract, and on July 4, 1768, 49.1 acres to Henry Brunner.
Page 3: It is presumed that he died between 1768 and 1772. He was probably buried in the cemetery of the Chestnut Hill Church, which was the nearest place of worship to his home.
Mother: Elizabeth Leroi 1670, Somme, Picardy, France - 22 Apr 1759 Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Spouse: Elisabeth Munster/Muschler 1702 Bayern, Germany - 1733 Bayern, Germany m 4 Feb 1721
Spouse: Anna Margareth Muller
Although postings on Rootsweb claim that Abraham was buried at Chestnut Hill "being close to his home," the same postings claim this his land was in Salisbury Township, within the boundaries of present day Allentown. Chestnut Hill Church is in Lower Milford Township and is not close to Salisbury Township or Allentown. If Abraham was buried close to home, that would probably be Western Salisbury Cemetery or one of the early cemeteries in Allentown. [per Tom Myers]
GENEALOGY OF TRANSUE (DRANSU-TRANSU-TRANSOU-TRANSEU) FAMILY BY WENDELL F. TRANSUE, EDITED BY CLARENCE E. BECKEL, Under the direction of Harriet T. Root, Librarian, Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1937, obtained from Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, No. NV q929.2 T77. Page III, Paragraph 2: Abraham Transue, the founder of the family in America, was of the Reformed faith. His son, John Philip (Philip), and his daughter Anna Catharine, the wife of Sebastian Henry Knause, (one of the founder of Emaus, Pa.) associated themselves with the Moravians, in Bethlehem and Emaus. It was due to this circumstance, and the thoroughness with which the records of the Moravians were kept that, the writer was able to learn the name of the town in Germany (Mutterstadt) frfom which the family emigrated to Pennsylvania. Page 1, No. 1.
Page IV, The Reformed register of marriages contains the following: "Married, February 4, 1721, at Mutterstadt, County Ludwigshafen a Rh. (Palatinate), Abraham Dransu and Elisabeth Muschler".
Page VII, imported in the ship "Thistle", of Glasgow, Colin Dunlop, master from Rotterdam, but last from Dover, per clearance June 19th, qualified at the port of Philadelphia, Aug. 2_, 1730. Abraham, the pioneer, it would further appear, was accompanied on the voyage by his second wife, Anna Margaretha, m.n. Muller, their daughter Anna Catharina, and a son, Johann Philip (Philip). Of the two children named we have definite knowledge. The son, Isaac, barely a year old, doubtless died before his parents sailed for America, or did not survive the rigors of the voyage.
Page VIII: As to the spelling of the name, various forms are still in use. The form Dransu, used in the Mutterstadt records, is, of course, the same as the English form Transu. Philip and his descendants in North Carolina, adopted Transour, while the most common spelling used by many of the descendants of Abraham, was Transue. The form Transeau appears to lean toward the French.
Page 2: On March 4, 1738, Abraham Transu applied for a warrant for 150 acres of land in Salisbury tsp., Bucks (now Lehigh) Co., Pa; this was surveyed on March 30, 1738, and shortly afterward a warrange therefor was issued. The tract in question is located along Route 309 leading from Allentown to Quakertown, on top of the Lehigh mountain, about a mile west from Summit Lawn. On AUgust 4, 1759, Abraham Transu sold to Adam Goering 50 acres from the original tract, and on July 4, 1768, 49.1 acres to Henry Brunner.
Page 3: It is presumed that he died between 1768 and 1772. He was probably buried in the cemetery of the Chestnut Hill Church, which was the nearest place of worship to his home.
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In June 1970 Transue researcher Irma Transue Tindall visited the old church and graveyard and discovered that the markers were no longer standing.
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