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Wilhelm Kraft Rabennalt, 16961749 (aged 52 years)

Name
Wilhelm Kraft /Rabennalt/
Surname
Rabennalt
Given names
Wilhelm Kraft
Family with parents
father
16601730
Birth: about 1660Ichstett, Schwartzburg, Germany
Death: before 1730Ichstett, Schwartzburg, Germany
mother
Marriage Marriage13 February 1681
16 years
himself
16961749
Birth: 15 December 1696 36 Ichstedt, Germany
Death: 1749
Family with Maria Magdelena Bauer
himself
16961749
Birth: 15 December 1696 36 Ichstedt, Germany
Death: 1749
wife
Marriage Marriage30 May 1730St. George Chapel, Burg Lichtenburg, SW Germany
Marriage Marriage30 May 1730Lichtenberg, Germany
-14 months
son
son
son
12 years
daughter
1743
Birth: 10 February 1743 46 34
son
daughter
son
2 years
son
3 years
daughter
9 years
daughter
Nicholas Fischer + Maria Magdelena Bauer
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage Marriage9 October 1750
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Birth of a son
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Death
before 1749 (aged 52 years)
Death
1749 (aged 52 years)
Burial
Unique identifier
936B4AAD66D11B4C8CC1A802CE621134FF1C
Last change
23 January 200719:13:53
Note

[Phil's Copy.FTW]

He came to Philadelphia, PA on the ship "Samuel" commanded by CaptainHughy Percy, August 30, 1737. "Desc. of Wilhelm Kraft
Rabenalt, l698 - l990 by Kenneth Robenalt, Jr. Married at Castle at
Thallichtenburg, W. Germany, near Kusel in Lichtenberg, Germany.

He was apparently educated, as his signature is in his own handwriting.

From the Pennsylvania archives, we learn that Wilhelm took out a warrantin Long Swamp Township, Philadelphia County, for 100 acres. It wassurveyed September 6, 1738, but the patent was not granted.

Note

[Hahn-Powell-Ford.FTW]

As far as the progenitor of the family in PA, we know that in 1737Wilhelm Kraft Rabenalt and Magdalena Bauer Rabenalt (she was the daughterof a baker from Lichtenberg) settled in PA. They had been married may 30,1730. They arrived on August 30, 1737 on the ship SAMUEL, from Rotterdam,last from Cowes. The ship landed in Philadelphia with some 318 immigrantsfrom the Palatinate. Wilhelm was 35 and apparently had some education ashis signature is in his own handwriting. He arrived from the province ofLichtenberg. He was born December 15, 1696 in Ichstedt (east Germany) anddied about 1749 at age 47. Wilhelm was the youngest son of Hans NicholasRabenalt, a tailor, and Maria Sophia Schuder. At least two sons came withhe and his wife – Johannes Peter and Johannes Frederick. There had beenanother son, Johann Nicholas (b. March 29, 1731; d. Feb. 15, 1732). Fromthe PA Archives, we learn Wilhelm took out a warrant in Long SwampTownship, Philadelphia County for 100 acres. It was surveyed September 6,1738, but the patent was not granted. The next record we have for Wilhelmis of his daughter, Anna Margaretha, who was baptized February 19, 1744at Jordon Lutheran Church in So. Whitehall. She was born 2/10/1744.Considering that was 7 years after their arrival, there may have been acouple of children before her. Her sponsors were: George Ernst & AdamTescheler and Apolonia Zimmer & Juliana Margaret Diehl. In 1749, thewidow, Magdalena, took out a warrant for a 50 acres of land in Lowhill,Northampton County. It was patented on November 17, 1753 by NicholasFisher, who on October 9, 1750 has (as a widower) married Maria MagdalenaRabenold on the same day her daughter, Maria Catherine married GeorgeJacob Fisher, the son of Nicholas. That same year, 1750, saw NicholasFisher and Magdalena Rabenold as sponsors to a Rieffel child. In 1754,they were sponsors to another Rieffel child.
There may have been other sons than Peter and Frederick. There's a Johnand Andre in the Rev. War who were contemporaries of Peter, but noinformation available.
Source: Patricia Shirok; message to Genealogy.com GenForum dated July14, 1998