Johan Michael Steffan

1747 -

• Name	Johan Michael Steffan
  Birth	1747	Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I31440	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Johan Philip Steffan,   b. 1704, Hirschthal, Sudwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. Feb 1765, Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Horn,   b. May 5, 1705, Schluchsee, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. 6 Mar 1750, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F9291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PARENTS: Johan Philip Steffan c.1704-1765 & most likely Magdalena Horn BAPTISM: Muddy Creek Reformed Church (Lanc. Co. Church Records I p.90) Birth date unknown, but could be as far back as the previous autumn (1746) as no baptisms recorded (probably due to absence of a pastor) the previous three months. MARRIAGE: c.1768 to Anna Maria Reiter dau. of Philip Jacob Reiter (1721-67) and Anna Maria Frey (b.1726) (wife's maiden name revealed in the 1776 will of Philip Jacob Reiter's second wife Agnes) CHILDREN: Joh. Peter bap. at Muddy Creek May 21, 1769 (Lanc. Co. Church Records I p.102) Anna Maria born 11/26/71 bap. 12/15 at Muddy Creek (LCCR I p.103) Michael Jr. -- born c.1774-75 per Census Mary Magdalene born 12/15/78 bapt. 2/28/79 at Muddy Creek (LCCR I p.109) Philip born 11/25/84 (Rahn p.130 from Hinke) Elizabeth 4/16/88 bapt. 6/8 at Muddy Creek (LCCR I p.113) Susanna 4/10/90 from Hinke's Muddy Creek records LINKS TO CHILDREN: The only grave that has been found is that of Michael Jr. in Brecknock Twp., Berks Co. -- assuming Michael Jr. = 184673775 d.1866 (probable but not yet certain) CENSUS: 1790 Brecknock Twp., Lanc. Co. "Steffy". 1 son 16+; 4 boys under 16; 3 girls At his father's death Michael was just short of majority, and Orphans Court permitted him to select his own legal guardian. As of 1771 he owned acreage in Brecknock Twp. that had been his father's. In 1788 he served in the peacetime militia. In 1792 he sponsored a baptism in the Lutheran church at New Holland, where his son Peter would baptize in 1796 and 1799. The last heard of Michael Sr. was in Dec. 1806 when his unwed daughter Elizabeth transferred power-of-attorney to him to collect court-ordered child support payments from the father of her child. A Michael Steffy of Adamstown (Memorial #181728459) claimed to be a centenarian as of the 1830s (d.1838) and also applied in 1836 for a pension for service in the American Revolutionary War. Although this centenarian was certainly claiming to be the subject of the present memorial, for many reasons it is impossible for him to have been. Evidently he merely assumed Michael's identity. For a possible reason why he did so, see the centenarian's memorial.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182435725/johan-michael-steffan.