Maria (Wittmeyer) Brecht

1742 - 1830  (87 years)

• Name	Maria (Wittmeyer) Brecht
  Nickname	Marie
  Birth	1 Aug 1742	Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	1830	Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Samuel Blecher Farm Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I23138	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Bright Branch, Gross, Roth (P), Hackman, Dickinson, Peiffer, Lamm, Buchter, Klopp
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Johann Michael Brecht,   b. 30 May 1706, Schriesheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. 13 Sep 1794, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Marguerite Simone,   b. 1708, France d. 21 Mar 1778, Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1728
  Family ID	F7678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ludwig Wittmeyer,   b. 1729   d. 1820 (Age 91 years)
  Children	1. David Wittmeyer,   b. 1753   d. 1832 (Age 79 years)   2. Christiana (Kreider) Wittmeyer,   b. 1777   d. 1864 (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F7701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Maria was married to Ludwig Widemoyer/ Wittmeyer (1729 Germany-1820). Ludwig immigrated to Pennsylvania about 1750. Maria was 88 years, 2 months, and 26 days old at the time of her death. She was the mother of the following known children: 1-David W Wittmeyer (abt 1776) 2-Christiana Wittmeyer (July 11 1777) married Henry Long Krieder 3-Juliana Wittmeyer (abt 1778), married George Gibson 4-Michael Wittmeyer (abt 1779) 5-Mary Wittmeyer (abt 1779), married George Murdock 6-Catharine Wittmeyer (abt 1780), married Joseph Kline 7-Susanna Wittmeyer (abt 1781), married George Groff 8-Sarah Wittmeyer (abt 1782), married Mr. Reider 9-Elizabeth Wittmeyer (abt 1783), married Conrad Glick 10-George Wittmeyer (abt 1783) *Complete list of childrens names according to the book entitled History of the Kreider family from the Pen of J.G. Francis (1919), transcribed from the Lebanon Daily News by J. Lee Kreider and placed online as History of the Kreider Family at www.kreider.us/history [Her burial location is from the grave hunting and research of Edith Wengert Kern and John Elwood Wengert in the 1960's. Corroborated by the above source as well.] GENEALOGY NOTE- Recently someone on Ancestry found a Maria Brecht, daughter of Johann Michael Brecht (30 MAY 1706 Schreisheim, Germany- 13 SEPT 1794 PA) and Marguerite Simone (1708-21 MAR 1778 Heidelberg, PA). These parents were added to their Tree and others have copied even though no Source seems to be available anywhere. No one in the Kreider family knew her maiden name for hundreds of years. I was hoping to find a primary source such as Will or Baptism record. But I am now aware of at least two older biographies that satisfied me as to her parentage- (1) a paper presented November 13, 1900 by A. G. Green, Esq. before The Historical Society of Berks County, PA. (2) LOOKING ON THE "BRIGHT" SIDE By Ora Bright Cox; Bedford, Indiana, 1972, private printing. Contributor JamiA (47086228) notes that her birthdate is from the family history book, "The Life Adventures of Aldeba Klepinger Bright and Hamilton Garver Bright" published in 1988. That actually matches what I had on my Ancestry Tree. The book lists her name as as 'Marie' -the French version of Maria (typically not used in English speaking countries until the 1800's).

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167967478/maria-wittmeyer.