Johan Michael Fetter b. 2 Dec 1727 Freinsheim, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany d. Bef 8 Dec 1789 Frankstown Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States: Tangled Roots

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Name	Johan Michael Fetter [1]
Born	2 Dec 1727	Freinsheim, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany [2]
Gender	Male
Name	2 Dec 1727
	Johan Michael Vetter
Baptism	7 Dec 1727	Erpolzheim, Bavaria, Germany [3]
	Address: Evangelical Reformed Church
Immigration	10 Sep 1731	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America [4, 5]
	arrived at Philadelphia
	Michael Feder, 27, residence Freinsheim, Bayern-Pfalz Maria Catharina (Weber), over 16 Johann Michael Feder, 13 Anna Catharina Feder, 11 Anna Catharina Feder (sister), 24 Maria Magdalena Feder (sister), 20
Immigration	11 Sep 1731
	signed the Oath of Allegiance to England
Property	10 Jun 1749	Alsace Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America [6, 7]
	was granted a warrant for survey of 25 acres
Residence	1750	Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
	moved to
Military	1756
	signed an allegation to serve as a soldier in his Majesty's service under the command of Captain John Vanetta during the French and Indiana War
Property	21 Mar 1768
	survey of 300 acres
Property	11 Oct 1774
	a warrant for a tract of 229 acres for the price of 7 pounds, 9 shillings
Property	3 Dec 1774	Bedford County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
	patent was recorded and became known as Feather's Farm
Property	1776	Frankstown Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States
	purchased 189 acres
Property	1777 [8]
	built Fetter's Fort
Tax Record	1783	Frankstown Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States [9]
	as Michael Fetter
Census	1786	Frankstown Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States [10]
	Septennial Census as Michael Fetter
Emigration	Freinsheim, Bayern-Pfalz, Germany
	aboard the ship Pennsylvania Merchant, from Rotterdam
Tax Record	1786	Frankstown Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States [11]
	as Michael Fetter
Tax Record	1788	Frankstown Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States [12]
	as Michael Fetter, Sr.
Died	Bef 8 Dec 1789	Frankstown Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States [13]
Probate	8 Dec 1789	Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States [14, 15]
Person ID	I617	TangledRoots
Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

Father	Johan Michael Vetter, b. Bef 16 Mar 1704, Freinsheim, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany , d. 2 Dec 1757, Alsace, Berks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America (Age > 53 years)
Mother	Maria Catharina Weber, b. Abt 1706, Germany , d. Bef 1788, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age < 81 years)
Married	2 Jul 1726	Erpolzheim, Bavaria, Germany
Family ID	F380	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Maria Catharina Schmied, b. 28 Feb 1728, d. Aft 1796 (Age > 69 years)

Married 24 Nov 1747 New Providence Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America [16]

Address:
Trappe Lutheran Church

(now Montgomery County)

Children

	1. Elizabeth Fetter, b. Abt 1747, d. 1789 (Age 42 years)
	2. Michael Fetter, Jr., b. Abt 26 Aug 1748, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. Between 1 Dec 1827 and 5 Feb 1828, Lewis County, Kentucky, United States (Age 79 years)
	3. George Fetters, b. 1748, Oley, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. 1823, Stark County, Ohio, United States (Age 75 years)
	4. Jacob Fetter, b. 15 Apr 1749, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. 23 Sep 1821 (Age 72 years)
	5. Johann Philipp Fetter, b. Abt Feb 1755, d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Daniel Fetters, b. 1760, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. 1840, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States (Age 80 years)
	7. John Fetters, b. 1762, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. 1810, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 48 years)
	8. Peter Fetters, b. 1765, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. 1840, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States (Age 75 years)
	9. Peter Fetter, b. 1776, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. 1819, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 43 years)
	10. Elizabeth Fetter, b. 1776, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
	11. Samuel Fetters, b. 4 Mar 1777, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 4 Dec 1845, Ohio, United States (Age 68 years)

Last Modified 16 Jan 2022

Family ID F377 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

...Emigrated to America with his parents, arriving in Philadelphia 10 Sept. 1731.
...On 10th June 1749 acqured Warrant for 25 acres in Alsace Township, Philadelphia Co.
...In 1750 moved to Strasburg; in 1754 to Middle Town; in 1756 served in French & Indian War; in 1768 to Bedford County, where he bought 229 acres near Dunning Creek.
...In 1776 purchased 189 acres near Frankstown, where he built a drist mill and, in 1777 Fetter's Fort, for use in Revolutionary War.
..."As the years passed, young Michael Fetter Jr. began to accumulate property with his earnings as wheelwright. A land warrant was issued on June 10 1749 to Michael Feather Jun. for twenty-five acres in Alsace Township of Philadelphia county (now in Berks County) next to the property of Michael Feather, Sen.
...By 1750, Michael had moved south to the village of Strasburg in Lancaster County, which lay on the Conestoga Trail. This area had been granted to a number of Swiss immigrants in 1710 and it was here that the great Conestoga wagons were built. These served not only as freight wagons for Philadelphia merchants, but as pioneer family transportation for those who were willing to risk the challenges of the wild west of the Pennsylvania beyond the Susquehanna River.
...It was in Strasburg that Michael owned parcel 4a, purchased from John Pontz and his wife Anna, as well as parcel 10a, purchased from John Fautz and his wife ann (Pontz and Fautz may be two spellings of the same name). Michael and his wife Christina sold their parcel 4a to Conrad Leonard (Lenard) and his wife Barbara on july 10, 1750. It appears that Michael and his wife then moved northwestward to Middle Town on the Susquehanna downstream from Harrisburg, since on June 26, 1764 the couple sold a lot on the south side of the Market Place in Middle Town to Martin Gryter of Don'l Township for 50 pounds." (Source: Mary Emma Curtis, The Michael Fetters Family : From Their German Roots in Direct Descent to Michael Fetters (1819-1875) of Burr Oak, Indiana and His Descendants. (Clearwater, Florida, 1998), pg. 9)

Sources

[S766] Germany: Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, FamilySearch.
Name: Johann Michael Vetter
Christening Date: 07 Dec 1727
Christening Place: EVANGELISCH,FREINSHEIM,PFALZ,BAVARIA
Father's Name: Johann Michael Vetter
Mother's Name: Maria Catharina
[S580] Book: The Michael Fetters Family, 929.273 F431c., pg. 13.
Michael Fetter Born 2 Dec. 1727 in Freinsheim, Germany.
Name: Johann Michael Vetter
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 2 Dez 1727 (2 Dec 1727)
Baptism Date: 7 Dez 1727 (7 Dec 1727)
Baptism Place: Evangelisch, Freinsheim, Pfalz, Bavaria
Father: Johann Michael Vetter
Mother: Maria Catharina
FHL Film Number: 488286
[S766] Germany: Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, FamilySearch, Johan Michael Vetter.
Name: Johann Michael Vetter
Christening Date: 07 Dec 1727
Christening Place: EVANGELISCH,FREINSHEIM,PFALZ,BAVARIA
Father's Name: Johann Michael Vetter
Mother's Name: Maria Catharina
[S1738] Immigration: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Johan Michael Feter and Family.
Name: Joh. Michael Feter
Arrival Year: 1731
Arrival Place: Pennsylvania
Primary Immigrant: Feter, Michael
Family Members: Wife Maria Catharina Weber; Child Anna Catharina; Sister Maria Magdalena; Child Joh. Michael
[S1828] Book: Pennsylvania German Pioneers, v1, p42-47.
[List A] The Captains List
Account of Palatine Passengers on board of ye Penssilvania Merchant, John Stedman, Commander, from Rotterdam, at the day of their arrival at Philadelphia, September 10 1731
Men above the age of 16
Michail Feter
Women above the age of 16
Katrina Feter
Helena Feter
Katrina Feter
Joanna Fetter
Children under the age of 16
Michael Feter
Katrina Feter

At the Courthouse at Philadelphia, Sept 11 1731....A List was presented of the Names of Fifty seven Palatines who with their Families, making in all One hundred & seventy five Persons, were imported here in the Ship Pennsylvania Merchant, Jno Stedman, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Dover, as by Clearance from that Port. "From Minutes of the Provincial Council, printed in Colonial Records, Vol. III, p. 413
Michal Feder

[List B] The signers of the Oath of Allegiance to England
Palaines imported in the Ship Pennsylvania Mercht Jno Stedman, Mr., from Rottr, but last from Dover. Qualified Sept 11 1731
Michel Feder

[List C] The signers of the Oath of Abjuration
Michel Feder
[S1745] Pennsylvania: State Archives Warrant Registers 1733-1957, #73 Michael Feather.
#73 Michael Feather, survey, 25 acres, 10 June 1749, returned 12 March 1790, 27.5 acres, patentee Jacob Smeck, recorded vP, #16, p211, survey book A15 p256-258, Alsace
Warrant for Survey
Alsace, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Michael Feather 10 June 1749
[S1744] Pennsylvania: Land Warrants and Applications, #73 Michael Feather Jr.
Warrant for Survey
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
10 June 1749Warrant #73
Alsace Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
10 June 1749
[S1831] Webpage: Historical Marker Database.
[S1625] Pennsylvania: Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, p103 Frankstown, Bedford .
Frankstown, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Michael Fetter
Frankstown, Bedford County
Michael Fetter
[S1741] 1786 Septennial Census: Pennsylvania, Bedford County, p18 Frankstown Township.
Michael Fetter
Michael Fetter, Jr.
George Fetter
Frankstown Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
[S1625] Pennsylvania: Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, p43 Frankstown, Bedford County.
Frankstown, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Michael Fetter
Michael Fetter, Junior
George Fetter
Frankstown, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Michael Fetter
Michael Fetter, Jr.
George Fetter
[S580] Book: The Michael Fetters Family, 929.273 F431c., p28.
Michael Fetter, Sr.
Horses, 2
Cattle, 4
grist mills, 1
acres land, 170,
how held, by warrant
value of property assessed, 222 pounds
State tax, 14 shillings, 8 pence
County tax, 7 shillings, 4 pence

Michael Fetter, Jr.
Horses, 2
cattle, 2
acres land, 100
how held, by improvements
value of property assessed, 139 pounds
State tax, 7 shillings
County tax, 3 shillings, 6 pence

George Fetter
Horses, 2
cattle, 3
acres land, 100
how held, by improvements
value of property assessed, 120 pounds
State tax, 7 shillings
County tax, 3 shillings, 6 pence

Jacob Fetter
Acres 200
value of property $580
[S580] Book: The Michael Fetters Family, 929.273 F431c., pg. 13.
Died in 1789, at age 62, in Huntingdon County, Pa.
[S1497] Pennsylvania: Huntingdon County Probate Records, Will Book 1; p14; Michael Fetter; Film #854231.
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Michael Fetter died intestate. Catherine Fetter his widow declined the right of administration as incable of such "by reason of age and infirmities and for other good causes." Sons, George and Daniel Fetters were appointed administrators.
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Will Book 1, p14 Film #854231
[S1497] Pennsylvania: Huntingdon County Probate Records, vA; p4, p6; Michael Fetter; Film #900558.
Orphans Court
25 March 1790
Michael Fetter appointed guardian of his younger brother Samuel Fetter, after the death of their father Michael Fetter
1 June 1790
John Hallem appointed guardian of Peter Fetter, after the death of his father Michael Fetter
Catherine Fetter and her son Michael Fetter appointed guardian of Elizabeth Fetter, her daughter after the death of Michael Fetter, her husband
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
vA, p4 Film #900558Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
vA, p6 Film #900558
[S580] Book: The Michael Fetters Family, 929.273 F431c., pg. 13.
Married Maria Catharina Schmied 24 Nov. 1747 at Trappe Lutheran Church in Oley (now Montgomery Co. She was step-daughter of Simon Pelzen. 11 children.