Johan Michael Vetter

Bef 1704 - 1757  (> 53 years)

• Name	Johan Michael Vetter
  Born	Bef 16 Mar 1704	Freinsheim, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	16 Mar 1704	Erpolzheim, Bavaria, Germany   [3]
  	Address: Evangelical Reformed Church
  Confirmation	1719	Freinsheim, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany
  Immigration	10 Sep 1731	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  	aboard the ship Pennsylvania Merchant with wife, children and sister
  Name	Oct 1736
  	Michael Fetter
  Property	26 Oct 1736	Oley, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America   [8, 9]
  	was granted a warrant for survey of 100 acres of land
  Survey	1 Apr 1738  [10]
  	Survey of 150 acres and 50 perches on Warrant granted Michael Fetter returned
  Occupation	wheelwright and farmer
  Religion	1741  [11]
  Died	2 Dec 1757	Alsace, Berks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I626	TangledRoots
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Nicolaus Vetter,   b. 6 Dec 1657, Altenheim, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. Aft 2 Jul 1726, Freinsheim, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany  (Age > 69 years)
  Mother	Maria Elisabetha _____,   b. 18 Nov 1670, Freinsheim, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 4 Nov 1723, Freinsheim, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany  (Age 52 years)
  Married	1693	Freinsheim Pfaltz, Bayern, Germany
  Family ID	F383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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   [12, 13, 14]
  	Address: Evangelical Reformed Church
  Children	1. Johan Michael Fetter,   b. 2 Dec 1727, Freinsheim, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany ,   d. Bef 8 Dec 1789, Frankstown Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age < 62 years)   2. Anna Catharina Fetter,   b. 9 Aug 1730, Freinsheim, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Bef 16 Mar 1704 - Freinsheim, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany Confirmation - 1719 - Freinsheim, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany Died - 2 Dec 1757 - Alsace, Berks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  ...Emigrated to America aboard the 'Pennsylvania Merchant' from Rotterdam with his wife Katrina, his two children, young Michael and little Katrina, and two adults, Helena, believed to be his sister Maria Magdalena) and Katrina (relationship unknown)....Arrived in Philadelphia 10 September 1731, and Michael took the Oath of Allegiance to the crown of Great Britain and the Province of Pennsylvania the next day. ...On 26 oct. 1736 he purchased a land warrant for 100 acres in Oley, Philadelphia County. The survey was dated 1 Apr. 1738. ...Naturalized 7 apr. 1761. (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

  [S580] Book: The Michael Fetters Family, 929.273 F431c., pg. 9. Joh. Michael Vetter. Born16 Mar. 1703/04 in Freinsheim, Germany. [S766] Germany: Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, FamilySearch, Christening - Johann Michael Vetter. Name: Johann Michael Vetter Gender: Male Christening Date: 16 Mar 1704 Christening Place: EVANGELISCH, FREINSHEIM, PFALZ, BAVARIA Father's Name: Nickel Vetter Mother's Name: Maria Elissabetha [S1740] Germany: Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, Johan Michael Vetter. Name: Joh. Michael Vetter Gender: männlich (Male) Event Type: Taufe (Baptism) Baptism Date: 16 Mrz 1704 (16 Mar 1704) Baptism Place: Erpolzheim, Bayern (Bavaria), Deutschland (Germany) Father: Nickel Vetter Mother: Maria Elisabetha Vetter Parish as it Appears: Frensheimer City or District: Freinsheim Page Number: 14;15 Author: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Freinsheim (BA. Dürkheim) Film Number: 488286 Freinsheim, Bad Dürkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 16 March 1704 [S1739] Book: Six Columbiana County Ohio Pioneer Families, p9-10 Joh. Michael Vetter. Joh. Michael Vetter, baptized 16 Mar. 1703/04 (sponsors: Michael Sebastian, Lutheran religion, and his wife, Fronica), confirmed 1719, married 2 July 1726 at Freinsheim Maria Catharina Weber, daughter of late Nicolaus Weber of Lamsborn, Zweybrucken. Michael and Catharina and their two young children emigrated to Pennsylvania They arrived at Philadelphia on the ship Pennsylvania Merchant, John Stedman, Master, from Rotterdam "but last from Dover" on 10 Sept. 1731. The official who prepared a passenger list spelled the family surname "Feter," but Michael spelled it "Feder" both when he qualified on 11 Sept., the day after the ship's arrival, and when he , his brother "Reichert Vetter, " and other members of the Philadelphia congregation of the German Reformed Church signed a letter dated 10 Apr 1734. [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 [S1893] Book: A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names, 966. Sept. 11, 1731. Palatines imported in the ship Pennsylvania Merchant, Jno. Stedman, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Dover. Col. Rec. III. 413. Males, fifty-seven above sixteen, twenty-five under sixteen ; females, fifty-seven above sixteen, thirty-three under sixteen. Michael Feder [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 [S1744] Pennsylvania: Land Warrants and Applications, #43 Michael Fetters. Name: Michael Fetter Warrant Date: 26 Oct 1736 Warrant Place: Oley, Philadelphia Warrant for Survey Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 26 October 1736Warrant #43, p2 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 26 October 1736 [S1745] Pennsylvania: State Archives Warrant Registers 1733-1957, Philadelphia 16. #43 Michael Fetters, survey, 100 acres, 26 Oct 1736, returned 12 March 1790, 151.73 acres, patentee Jacob Smeck, Recorded vP, no16, p211, Survey book A15, p257, 258, Oley Warrant for Survey Oley, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Michael Fetter - 26 October 1736 [S1989] Pennsylvania: Bureau of Land Records, Book A15; page 512-513; Survey for Michael Fetter; 1 April 1738. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 150 acres and 50 perches 1 April 1738Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 150 acres and 50 perches, p513 1 April 1738 [S1739] Book: Six Columbiana County Ohio Pioneer Families. In 1741 he and his brother Jacob were listed as members of the Oley Moravian Cogregation. [S580] Book: The Michael Fetters Family, 929.273 F431c., pg. 9. Joh. Michael Vetter, Wife, Maria Catharina Weber. Married in Freinsheim 2 July 1726. She was daughter of the late Nicolaus Weber of Lamshorn, Zweybrucken. Two known children. [S767] Deutschland, Heiraten, 1558-1929," index, FamilySearch, Marriage record - Johann Michael Vetter and Maria Catharina Weber. Name: Johann Michael Vetter Spouse's Name: Maria Catharina Weber Event Date: 02 Jul 1726 Event Place: Evangelisch, Freinsheim, Pfalz, Bavaria Father's Name: Nicol Vetter Spouse's Father's Name: Nicolaus Weber [S1663] Germany: Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971, Johan Michael Veter and Maria Catherina Weber. Joh. Michael Vetter, männlich, father Nicol Vetter Maria Catharina Webers, weiblich, father Nicolaus Webers Marriage Date: 2 Juli 1726 Marriage Place: Erpolzheim, Bayern, Deutschland Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Freinsheim (BA. Dürkheim) Page # 250;77;251 Film # 488286 Translation: Joh. Michael Vetter, male, father Nicol Vetter Maria Catharina Webers, female, father Nicolaus Webers Marriage Date: 2 July 1726 Marriage Place: Erpolzheim, Bavaria, Germany Evangelical Reformed Church Freinsheim (BA Dürkheim) Page # 250; 77; 251 Movie # 488286Evangelical Reformed Church Freinsheim, Bad Dürkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany