Easter Wenrick

Family/Spouse: Jacob Spats. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1710, New York, New York
• Land Purchase: 1739, Robesonia, Berks County, PA; Mathias bought land from Conrad Weiser (a well known PA Dutch pioneer, interpreter & diplo. bet the PA Colony & Native Am.) on Spring Ck (later Furnace Ck) in what is now Heidelberg Twp. Berks Co. Mathias called a portion of his land "Wenericka"
• Oath: 1744, Pennsylvania; Wenrich Family of Berks County, Pennsylvania Revisited, The Early Generations, by Oby Bonawit, 1975
• Land Warrent: 28 November 1747, Heidelburg Township, Pennsylvania, USA; Warranted 248 acres in Heidelburg Township known as parcel 34 and called "Venericka". This land was surveyed in 1768 and patented 9 June 1772.
• Tax List: 1767, Heidelburg Township, Pennsylvania, USA; Taxed on 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cattle, and 4 sheep
• Deed: 1774; Deeded part of the homestead known as "Venericka", to his son Mathias in 1774 and moved to Tulpehocken where he was a member of the Frieden's Church.
• Oath: 1777, Pennsylvania, United States; Wenrich Family of Berks County, Pennsylvania Revisited, The Early Generations, by Oby Bonawit, 1975
• Baptismal Sponsor: 1780; Mathias (could be his son Mathias) is a sponsor for the Baptism of his granddaughter Eva Elisabeth, daughter of Francis Wenrich @ Atolheo Altalaha Lutheran Church
• Probate: 5 Jan 1785, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Also found as Johan Maltheis and other variations.

Mathias married Judith Schauer. Judith was born in 1705 in Germany; died in 1785 in Robesonia, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America; was buried in Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Note: 1709, Rhineland to London; An Embarkation List of Germans from the Rhineland going to London in 1709 included Balzar Weinrich with his wife, a daughter and three sons (ages 7, 5 and 3). Balzar was listed as a husbandman and vinedresser.
• Arrival: 1710, New York, New York
• Census: 4 August 1710 , (North Camp) New York City; Colonial Census of Palatines (Governor Hunter's Ration Lists) Palatine emigrants who settled in New York and along the Hudson under the patronage of Queen Anne in 1710. 3 per +10 2 per -10
• (Hunter's Lists): 4 October 1710; 3 persons over 10 and 3 persons under 10 (Elizabeth must have been pregnant in August)
• (Hunter's Lists): 11 September 1711, New York City; 3 over 10 and 2 under 10
• (Hunter's List): 24 Dec 1711, New York City; 4 over 10 and 1 under 10
• (Hunter's List): 29 December 1711, New York City; 5 person over 10 and 1 under 10 (Living next door to Benedict Wennerich)
• (Hunter's List): 25 March 1712, New York City; 5 Persons over 10 and 1 under 10
• Naturalization: 8 September 1715, New York; Baltus Windrich was nationalized on 8 and 9 of September 1715 (Kingston Nats.)
• Tax List: 1718 & 1719, Hurley, Ulster, New York, USA; Baltus Windrich taxed £5 (Ulster Co. Tax Lists)
• Baptismal Sponsors: 31 July 1720, Kingston, New York; Records of the Kingston, New York Dutch Church show Baltus and Magdalena Wenrig as baptismal sponsors for a grandson, Baltus Beshore, on July 31, 1720.
• Migration: 1722, Pennsylvania; In 1722 the Palatines were invited to Pennsylvania where they would be given land for homes. It appears that Balser Wennerick may have first gone to Lancaster Co. as he was taxed there in 1724 and 1726.
• Tax List: 1724, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; On tax lists
• Baptismal Sponsor: 1726, Tulpehocken Church; Baptismal sponsor for Mathias' son, Balthaser, along with his wife, Magdalene, at the Little Tulpehocken Church west of Bernville.
• Tax List: 1726, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; On tax lists

Balthazar married Elizabeth Unknown in 1693 in Edighheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Elizabeth was born in 1680 in Germany; died between 1712-1720 in New York/PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]