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Kistler -1.3 Johannes Niklaus (or Niclaus, presumably "Claus") Kistler, husband of -1.1,
b. ca. 1722 apparently in Auerbach, even then part of Baden,
seemingly emigrates in 1737 at roughly 15 years of age with his father (Johannes) and two brothers (possibly Johannes Jr., later of Albany Township, and Johannes Georg <or "Hans Jörg"> of Lynn Township - these relationships are still a bit uncertain), perhaps with the ship "Bilander Townshead" or "Townsend" (a bilander is a type of small merchant ship with two masts, designed more for canals than for the open sea), embarking in Rotterdam and arriving at "Philadelphia Harbor", Berks Co., PA on 05 Oct. 1737. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~GENHOME/imm14b.htm,
including one Johannes Kistler (and implicitly three minor sons?)
http://www.geocities.ws/kistlerstrongbox/Hannes.htm
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kistler-132
At roughly 21 years of age, Claus marries -1.1. Anna Maria Magdalena Brossmann, also ca. 21 years old, on 19 April 1743 in Christ Lutheran Church in Stouchsburg, Tulpehocken Township (resp. today in Marion Township) in Berks County PA (resp. Lancaster Co.?). They seem to reside in or near Stouchsburg in the Tulpehocken Township (though one source says 50 miles away, across the Susquehanna River) and more certainly become the parents of Maria Magdalena Groshong nee Kistler (0.1).
The Johannes Kistler living in Albany PA is probanbly Claus' brother, who is said by some to be born in Richen -> The Kistler family would thus have had ties not just to Auerbach but to Richen. Claus' mother-in-law (or wife?) seems to die in Albany PA. A 2004 article by Bruce Kistler clarifies that no connection has yet been documented or demonstrated by DNA evidence that there was a link between these Kistlers and the Kistlers of Richen (still living there today), much less the the Aargau community of Bözen.
http://www.geocities.ws/kistlerstrongbox/Hannes.htm
Whether or not there is a link to Richen (or even Bözen), it seems highly probable that Johannes Kistler living in Albany PA and Claus Kistler were brothers. In this article, Bruce Kistler shows that it is quite plausible that the "...Johannes Kistler who arrived in Philadelphia in 1737 is almost certainly the same Johannes Kistler of Auerbach, Germany, <or his son of the same name>, who was granted freedom from bondage in April of that year9 (The Baden-Durlach authorities would never have omitted the “George” if this had been John George Kistler.) The manumission certificate describes Johannes as a poor day-laborer who wishes to emigrate with his three minor sons. If the sons were in their early teens in 1737, they would not have appeared on the ship’s list...."
After detailing the DNA evidence that links what might well have been his three sons, Bruce Kistler sums up how "...it is possible that the immigrant Johannes is the father of Johannes Kistler of Albany Township and George Kistler of Lynn Township as well as one other son, perhaps Johannes Niclaus Kistler of Tulpehocken. This theory could account for the arrival of four Kistler males in Pennsylvania with only one record, and it is consistent with the time gap between the arrival in 1737 and the next available record in 1745, the apparently close relationship between Johannes and George, and the DNA evidence that the three shared a common ancestor."
We can assume for now the sibling relationship of Johannes Jr., J.-George and J.-Niclaus/Claus, who had moved with their father from Auerbach to PA, but the alleged tie to Richen and Bözen must be described as possible and not unlikely but not yet confirmed at this time. |