Abraham Emmert was probably born on April 2, 1853 on the family farm in China Township, Lee County, Illinois. We are reasonably certain his parents were Mary Hoover Newcomer, age 42, and Jacob Emmert, age 45.
THE EMMERTS OF MARYLAND
Abraham's branch of the Emmert family tree came to America from Bavaria in 1732 when his great-great-grandfather, Johann Jorg Friedrich "George" Emmert (1718-1796), stepped off the ship Loyal Judith in colonial Philadelphia. George and his wife, Eve Maria (Graff) Emmert, became naturalized British subjects in 1751, but then disavowed the king in 1778 when George took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania before Judge Peter Spycker in Berks County.
George's son was Leonard Emmert, another beloved "Old Pathfinder" of the Brethren church. Leonard was born to George and Eve Maria in Bethel Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in about 1745. He served as a militiaman in the Revolutionary War before converting from Lutheranism and moving his family to Washington County, Maryland, in 1798. Leonard's impact on the growth of the Church of the Brethren would reverberate down through the generations, and would reach into Illinois, Wisconsin, and even overseas to India and Denmark.
In 1842, Abraham's great-grandfather, Pastor (later Elder) Joseph Emmert, together with Christian Lahman, rode horseback from Maryland to Carroll County, Illinois, where David Emmert and other ex-pat Marylanders were establishing the state's first Dunker church at Arnold's Grove.
On their way back east, Joseph and Christian rode through the area of Franklin Grove, Illinois, to spy out the land. They returned to Maryland so enthused with Lee County that the following year they led a group of covered wagons across the country.
In their 1941 book 'Brethren in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin', John Heckman and J.E. Miller tell the story of how the Emmert party settled on land west of Franklin Grove where the Emmert meetinghouse was later erected. Being Dunkers they first met in the home of Joseph Emmert for public worship. However, during 1844 several other church members settled in their midst. And by 1845 their original membership of eight had increased to 13. In 1846 they received their first new member, Sarah Gantz, by baptism.
A LIFE LIVED
Abraham was last of six children, and he came relatively late in life for his dear mother.
We think Abraham died on February 2, 1856 when he was just two years old. His remains were interred with so many other relatives in the Emmert Cemetery.
Living entirely in the time between the 1850 and 1860 censuses, Abraham appears in no official record. Nor were the Brethren great fists at keeping records in those days. A badly weathered marble headstone is thus the only evidence we have of little Abraham's brief time in this life.
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Researched by P. A. White, JD
2021 for @NewWorldAncestry at Shorewood, Wisconsin – All Rights Reserved
Subject's relation to author: 2nd cousin 3x removed
See also https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MWRZ-129
THE EMMERTS OF MARYLAND
Abraham's branch of the Emmert family tree came to America from Bavaria in 1732 when his great-great-grandfather, Johann Jorg Friedrich "George" Emmert (1718-1796), stepped off the ship Loyal Judith in colonial Philadelphia. George and his wife, Eve Maria (Graff) Emmert, became naturalized British subjects in 1751, but then disavowed the king in 1778 when George took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania before Judge Peter Spycker in Berks County.
George's son was Leonard Emmert, another beloved "Old Pathfinder" of the Brethren church. Leonard was born to George and Eve Maria in Bethel Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in about 1745. He served as a militiaman in the Revolutionary War before converting from Lutheranism and moving his family to Washington County, Maryland, in 1798. Leonard's impact on the growth of the Church of the Brethren would reverberate down through the generations, and would reach into Illinois, Wisconsin, and even overseas to India and Denmark.
In 1842, Abraham's great-grandfather, Pastor (later Elder) Joseph Emmert, together with Christian Lahman, rode horseback from Maryland to Carroll County, Illinois, where David Emmert and other ex-pat Marylanders were establishing the state's first Dunker church at Arnold's Grove.
On their way back east, Joseph and Christian rode through the area of Franklin Grove, Illinois, to spy out the land. They returned to Maryland so enthused with Lee County that the following year they led a group of covered wagons across the country.
In their 1941 book 'Brethren in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin', John Heckman and J.E. Miller tell the story of how the Emmert party settled on land west of Franklin Grove where the Emmert meetinghouse was later erected. Being Dunkers they first met in the home of Joseph Emmert for public worship. However, during 1844 several other church members settled in their midst. And by 1845 their original membership of eight had increased to 13. In 1846 they received their first new member, Sarah Gantz, by baptism.
A LIFE LIVED
Abraham was last of six children, and he came relatively late in life for his dear mother.
We think Abraham died on February 2, 1856 when he was just two years old. His remains were interred with so many other relatives in the Emmert Cemetery.
Living entirely in the time between the 1850 and 1860 censuses, Abraham appears in no official record. Nor were the Brethren great fists at keeping records in those days. A badly weathered marble headstone is thus the only evidence we have of little Abraham's brief time in this life.
◘ ◘ ◘
Researched by P. A. White, JD
2021 for @NewWorldAncestry at Shorewood, Wisconsin – All Rights Reserved
Subject's relation to author: 2nd cousin 3x removed
See also https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MWRZ-129
Abraham Emmert was probably born on April 2, 1853 on the family farm in China Township, Lee County, Illinois. We are reasonably certain his parents were Mary Hoover Newcomer, age 42, and Jacob Emmert, age 45.
THE EMMERTS OF MARYLAND
Abraham's branch of the Emmert family tree came to America from Bavaria in 1732 when his great-great-grandfather, Johann Jorg Friedrich "George" Emmert (1718-1796), stepped off the ship Loyal Judith in colonial Philadelphia. George and his wife, Eve Maria (Graff) Emmert, became naturalized British subjects in 1751, but then disavowed the king in 1778 when George took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania before Judge Peter Spycker in Berks County.
George's son was Leonard Emmert, another beloved "Old Pathfinder" of the Brethren church. Leonard was born to George and Eve Maria in Bethel Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in about 1745. He served as a militiaman in the Revolutionary War before converting from Lutheranism and moving his family to Washington County, Maryland, in 1798. Leonard's impact on the growth of the Church of the Brethren would reverberate down through the generations, and would reach into Illinois, Wisconsin, and even overseas to India and Denmark.
In 1842, Abraham's great-grandfather, Pastor (later Elder) Joseph Emmert, together with Christian Lahman, rode horseback from Maryland to Carroll County, Illinois, where David Emmert and other ex-pat Marylanders were establishing the state's first Dunker church at Arnold's Grove.
On their way back east, Joseph and Christian rode through the area of Franklin Grove, Illinois, to spy out the land. They returned to Maryland so enthused with Lee County that the following year they led a group of covered wagons across the country.
In their 1941 book 'Brethren in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin', John Heckman and J.E. Miller tell the story of how the Emmert party settled on land west of Franklin Grove where the Emmert meetinghouse was later erected. Being Dunkers they first met in the home of Joseph Emmert for public worship. However, during 1844 several other church members settled in their midst. And by 1845 their original membership of eight had increased to 13. In 1846 they received their first new member, Sarah Gantz, by baptism.
A LIFE LIVED
Abraham was last of six children, and he came relatively late in life for his dear mother.
We think Abraham died on February 2, 1856 when he was just two years old. His remains were interred with so many other relatives in the Emmert Cemetery.
Living entirely in the time between the 1850 and 1860 censuses, Abraham appears in no official record. Nor were the Brethren great fists at keeping records in those days. A badly weathered marble headstone is thus the only evidence we have of little Abraham's brief time in this life.
◘ ◘ ◘
Researched by P. A. White, JD
2021 for @NewWorldAncestry at Shorewood, Wisconsin – All Rights Reserved
Subject's relation to author: 2nd cousin 3x removed
See also https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MWRZ-129
THE EMMERTS OF MARYLAND
Abraham's branch of the Emmert family tree came to America from Bavaria in 1732 when his great-great-grandfather, Johann Jorg Friedrich "George" Emmert (1718-1796), stepped off the ship Loyal Judith in colonial Philadelphia. George and his wife, Eve Maria (Graff) Emmert, became naturalized British subjects in 1751, but then disavowed the king in 1778 when George took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania before Judge Peter Spycker in Berks County.
George's son was Leonard Emmert, another beloved "Old Pathfinder" of the Brethren church. Leonard was born to George and Eve Maria in Bethel Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in about 1745. He served as a militiaman in the Revolutionary War before converting from Lutheranism and moving his family to Washington County, Maryland, in 1798. Leonard's impact on the growth of the Church of the Brethren would reverberate down through the generations, and would reach into Illinois, Wisconsin, and even overseas to India and Denmark.
In 1842, Abraham's great-grandfather, Pastor (later Elder) Joseph Emmert, together with Christian Lahman, rode horseback from Maryland to Carroll County, Illinois, where David Emmert and other ex-pat Marylanders were establishing the state's first Dunker church at Arnold's Grove.
On their way back east, Joseph and Christian rode through the area of Franklin Grove, Illinois, to spy out the land. They returned to Maryland so enthused with Lee County that the following year they led a group of covered wagons across the country.
In their 1941 book 'Brethren in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin', John Heckman and J.E. Miller tell the story of how the Emmert party settled on land west of Franklin Grove where the Emmert meetinghouse was later erected. Being Dunkers they first met in the home of Joseph Emmert for public worship. However, during 1844 several other church members settled in their midst. And by 1845 their original membership of eight had increased to 13. In 1846 they received their first new member, Sarah Gantz, by baptism.
A LIFE LIVED
Abraham was last of six children, and he came relatively late in life for his dear mother.
We think Abraham died on February 2, 1856 when he was just two years old. His remains were interred with so many other relatives in the Emmert Cemetery.
Living entirely in the time between the 1850 and 1860 censuses, Abraham appears in no official record. Nor were the Brethren great fists at keeping records in those days. A badly weathered marble headstone is thus the only evidence we have of little Abraham's brief time in this life.
◘ ◘ ◘
Researched by P. A. White, JD
2021 for @NewWorldAncestry at Shorewood, Wisconsin – All Rights Reserved
Subject's relation to author: 2nd cousin 3x removed
See also https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MWRZ-129
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