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Johann Philip Transou

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Johann Philip Transou

Birth
Mutterstadt, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death
19 Apr 1793 (aged 68)
Bethania, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Bethania, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Johann Philip Transou (went by Philip) was the second of three known children of Abraham Transou (c1700-1770) and Elizabeth Muschler (???-c1727), who married in 1721, at the Germany Reformed Church at Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. The family came to America in 1730 aboard the ship "Thistle of Glasgow".

Philip married Maria Magdalena Ganther (1729-1803), and they came to North Carolina in 1762, leaving Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on April 20th, going on the sloop Elizabeth from Philadelphia to Wilmington, North Carolina, and from there by wagon to Bethabara, arriving on June 6th after seven weeks of travel. On July 26th they moved into a new home in Bethania. A diary of their journey appears in the Records of the Moravians in North Carolina 1:256-263.

Philip and Maria were the parents of seven known children, namely:

1. Abraham Transou (1756-1833)
2. Maria Magdalena Transou Schober (1758-1835)
3. Johann Philip Transou, Jr. (1761-1795)
4. Anna Rosina Transou Clauder (1763-1839)
5. Johannes Transou (1766-1841)
6. Elisabeth Transou Leinbach (1769-1843)
7. Catharina Transou Reich (1771-1828)

Links to Philip's father, wife, all of his seven known children and both of his two known siblings are included below.
Johann Philip Transou (went by Philip) was the second of three known children of Abraham Transou (c1700-1770) and Elizabeth Muschler (???-c1727), who married in 1721, at the Germany Reformed Church at Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. The family came to America in 1730 aboard the ship "Thistle of Glasgow".

Philip married Maria Magdalena Ganther (1729-1803), and they came to North Carolina in 1762, leaving Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on April 20th, going on the sloop Elizabeth from Philadelphia to Wilmington, North Carolina, and from there by wagon to Bethabara, arriving on June 6th after seven weeks of travel. On July 26th they moved into a new home in Bethania. A diary of their journey appears in the Records of the Moravians in North Carolina 1:256-263.

Philip and Maria were the parents of seven known children, namely:

1. Abraham Transou (1756-1833)
2. Maria Magdalena Transou Schober (1758-1835)
3. Johann Philip Transou, Jr. (1761-1795)
4. Anna Rosina Transou Clauder (1763-1839)
5. Johannes Transou (1766-1841)
6. Elisabeth Transou Leinbach (1769-1843)
7. Catharina Transou Reich (1771-1828)

Links to Philip's father, wife, all of his seven known children and both of his two known siblings are included below.


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