Their child: |
Individuals in this page: |
Their parents: |
||
Johannes Fishell |
{ |
No parents conclusively identified |
||
{ |
& |
|||
Anna Maria Elisabetha Schmidt |
{ |
Johannes Fishell ★ was born on May 12, 1703 in Essenheim,
Palatinate, Germany YO5, which is where he married Anna Maria Elisabetha Schmidt on September 19, 1728 KR1. Johannes “Fissel” KR1 or “Fischell” ST19, his wife, Anna
Maria Elisabetha “Schmitt”, and his children, Johann
Adam, Maria Elisabetha, Johann Michel, Johannes, and Anna Maria “Fissel”, sailed on the ship Loyal Judith, captained
by James Cowie, and immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 3,
1742 ST19, KR1. Their voyage had begun about four months
earlier, in May 1742 KR1. They
settled in York, Pennsylvania, possibly in Hellam
Township on Kreutz Creek YO5.
Johannes was probably related to Killian Fissel, who
arrived at Pennsylvania on the same date, having immigrated on the Loyal Judith DU10.
A record of a
Moravian man named John Fishell of York County,
Pennsylvania indicated that he took a sacrament on March 21, 1761 at the
Supreme Court in Philadelphia, and was naturalized at
the same Supreme Court on April 10 or April 11, 1761 before the Judges William
Allen and William Coleman PE16. This
particular man actually may have been Johannes Fishell’s son, Johann Adam Fishel. John (Johannes) allowed
at least one congressman to reside in his home when
the Continental Congress moved to York in September 1777 AL1.
Johannes created his
last will and testament on February 6, 1776, which was witnessed by Henry
Shultz and John Morris YO4, and
was proved on March 10, 1786 KR1, YO4.
His will has been transcribed below YO4:
In the Name of God, Amen. I John Fishell Senior, of The Town of York in the County of York
and Province of Pennsylvania Yeoman, being of Sound and Perfect mind and
Understanding and Considering, the Uncertainty of this Mortall
Life, do this Sixth Day of February, In the Year, of Our Lord, One thousand
Seven Hundred and Seventy Six, Make and Publish this my Last Will and Testament
in manner and form as follows (That is to Say) First I Commend my Soul to God,
who gave it me, and my Body to the Earth to be Decently Buried, and as Toutching all my Worldly Estate, wherein it Hath Pleased
God to Enrich me, I Give Devise and Dispose of the Same as followeth
(To wit) First, it is my Will, and Desire, That all my Just Debts and funeral
Charges be first paid and Satisfied, Item I Give and Bequeath unto Anna Maria
my Beloved Wife all my Estate whatsoever Both Real, and Personal, Moveable, and
Immoveable Effects of What kind, Nature Quantity or Quality Soever. To Hold to
her the Said Anna Maria To the only Proper use Benefit and Behoof of her the said Anna Maria For and During the Term of Her Natural
Life (that is as Long as She Liveth) and the Said
Anna Maria Shall have full power & Authority, by and with the Consent of my
Two Sons Adam Fishell and Michael Fishell
to make Vendue [a vendue is a public sale, or an auction] of Such Things
Whereof She Hath no Use, and the Money arising from Such Sales, To be Soley, to the use and Disposal of my Said Wife, And
further, She Shall Have and Receive for her only proper Use all, and every and Eash, of the Reservations mentioned and Expressed in two
Certain Articles of agreement, (Now Subsisting Between me, and my aforesaid
Sons, Adam and Michael) and to ask and Demand the Same with as much Power and
authority as I myself Could Do, According to the Tenor and Covenants mentioned
in the Said Agreements and to Enjoy the Same, But if my Said Sons Adam and
Michael Shall Neglect to Discharge the Said reservations to my Said Wife, That
then and in Such Case, it is my Will, That Such Deficiency in Discharge of the
Said Reservations, Shall be Computed and Charged in their Respective Shares of
my Estate after the Decease of my said Wife, And Whereas my Daughter Rosina the
wife of George Geyer, and my son John, Have each Received money of Me, and also
my Daughter Anna Margret Lanius Deceased And my
Daughter Anna Maria the wife of Andreas Borheck
Having also each received money of Me, because I have purchased Land for the
Said Adam & Michael, and helped them to the Enjoyment thereof, Therefore it
is my Absolute Will and Desire, That at and Immediately after the Decease of my
Said wife, That all my Estate (Such Residue Rest and Remainder thereof as my
Said Shall Leave,) Shall be Equally Divided Between all my Children, Share and
Share alike Except Ten pounds in Money Thereof, I Give and Bequeath unto my
Daughter Anna Maria Exclusive of her Equall Share And
as my Daughter Anna Margret the wife of Henry Lanius
Departed this Life, Leaving Four Children to Survive her, it is therefore my
Will and Desire that the Children, & Issue, Born of the Body of her this
Anna Margret my Said Daughter, Shall Have Together One Share Equal with
[smudged; it may read “many”] of the Shares, of my other Children To Hold to
them their Heirs & assigns forever. And Lastly I do hereby Ordain and
Appoint my aforesaid Sons Adam Fishell & Michael Fishell to be Executors of this my Last Will &
Testament, Recommending to their aid and assistance the care of my Said wife,
in my Stead, as much as if I were Present in this World, Hereby revoking and
Disannulling all other Wills and Testaments by me Heretofore Made In witness wereof I have Hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year,
first above written
Signed, Sealed Published & Declared by
the Said John Fishell (the Testator) as and for his
Last Will & Testament…
Johannes died on
January 20, 1786 in York, Pennsylvania, according to the memorial marker in
Friedberg Cemetery for his son, John (Johann) Adam. The inventory of his estate
was filed on March 30, 1786, and has also been transcribed, although the
valuations of these items have been omitted, and the list been reformatted as a
paragraph, rather than a list YO4:
2 Hatts… 2 Coats…
1 SurCoat… 3 Jackets… 2 Pair of Breeches… 2 pair of
Stockings… 1 Pair of Shoo’s…Cap and one Hankerchief… Shirt… 1 Bed and Bedstead… Bed Curtains… 3
Bags… 2 frying Pans… 1 Brass Kettle… 1 Tea Kettle… 1 Iron pott…
1 Pewter Dish & 1 Porrenger… 1 Large Pewter
Bason… 3 pewter plates… 1 Ladle 1 Skimmer & Spoons… 1 Tin Quart, 4 Baskets…
1 CandleStick & Sundrys…
1 Jugg… 2 Bottles… 1 flat Iron & 1 Tea Canister… 1 Large Bible… 5 Books… 1 Snakk Cupboard & sundrys… 1
Large Arm Chair & 1 other chair… a Close Chair… 1 Large Box with Sundrys… 1 Vinigar Cag [perhaps a
variant of “keg”], 1 Stove.
Also listed among
the inventoried items were three bonds: one from John Adam Fishel, with a
“Balance due of the Principal”, another bond from
“Maria Dorotha Meem”, and a third from Andrew Kramer
and Philip Spekand YO4. There was some
silver money listed, as well as “Cash in Continental money 1302 Dollars & 2
pence” YO4.
Anna Maria Elisabetha Schmidt ★ (Johann) was born on October 23, 1707 in Essenheim, Palatinate, Germany, according to the
inscription on the memorial marker for her son, John Adam, which is located in Friedberg Cemetery, North Carolina. It is
possible that she was related to Johan Jacob Schmidt, who had immigrated to
Pennsylvania in or by 1737, for he was in Shrewsbury Township, York County, in
October 1737 DU10.
Anna Maria was the
mother of Johann Adam, Maria Elisabetha, Johann
Michel, Johannes, Anna Maria, Rosina, and Anna Margret KR1, YO4. “Johan Michael” was called the son of
Johannes and Maria Elisabeth (Schmidt) Fischel, and
he was born on September 28, 1736 or November 12, 1736 in Essenheim,
Germany, married Juliana Lanius, and died in 1809 DU10. “Anna Margaretha”
was called the daughter of Johannes and Maria Elisabeth (Schmidt) Fischel, and she was born on May 18, 1745, baptized at the
First Moravian Church on May 29, 1745, married Heinrich Lanius,
and she died in 1772 DU10.
Maria Elisabeth (Schmidt) Fischel died on February 7,
1787 in York, Pennsylvania, according to her son’s memorial marker.