52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - #50 Margaret Schaad

Born about 1728, Margaret Schaad was my paternal 5th great grandmother. I've also seen her name as Margareta Schad and Margretha Schad. She was baptized on June 13, 1728, in Weinfelden, Thurgau, Switzerland. Her parents were Hans Joachim Schad and Eva Reidtbergerin. Her siblings I've found through the baptismal records on ancestry.com were Solomon (1714-1723), Anna (b. 1716), Jacob (1718-1720), Maria (b. 1720), Solomon (1723-1768), Hans Joachim Jr. (b. 1725), and Regula (1728-1728). Regula was baptized the same day as Margaret. There appears to have been another daughter named Margaretha who was baptized in 1724.[1] I haven't found a burial record index for her and I've not seen the original records for any of the children.

Weinfelden, Thurgau, Switzerland is circled in blue (from Google maps). 
Click on the map for a larger view.

Margaret was about 13 years old when she came to America with her parents and her siblings Anna, Hans, and Solomon.[2] They sailed from Switzerland on the ship Europa and arrived on the coast of Georgia on December 4, 1741. Her father received a grant in 1742 for 50 acres of land in Vernonburg, Georgia, on the Vernon River about 10 miles south of Savannah.[3,4] The settlement was laid out in 1741, and the first settlers were indentured servants. They grew flax and cotton for cloth, but producing silk was much less successful. Life here was hard, and many of the early settlers abandoned their land and moved to Savannah and Augusta, Georgia.[4]

At the age of 24, Margaret married Frederic Edmund Treutlin in 1752. She gave birth to at least three children: Ann Margaret (1754-1824), Catherine (1756-1836, my 4th great grandmother), and Elizabeth (1758-1759).

Frederic died in 1798. Margaret lived another nine years and died on July 23, 1807, at the age of 79.

My descent from Margaret Schaad:

Margaret Schaad and Frederic Treutlin
Catherine Treutlin and John Robert Tebeau
Frederic Edmund Tebeau and Hulda Lewis
Catharine Tebeau and Philip Coleman Pendleton
Alexander Shaw Pendleton and Susan Parramore 
Albert S. Pendleton Sr. and Helen Brown
Albert S. Pendleton Jr. and Leona Redles
Catherine Pendleton (me)

Catherine

This post is part of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by genealogist Amy Crow at No Story Too Small.

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[1] Ancestry.com. Switzerland, Select Baptisms, 1491-1940. Baptismal records for the children of Hans Joachim Schad and Eva Reidtbergerin. Database online; Switzerland Select Burials, 1613-1875. Death dates for Solomon (the first), Jacob, and Regula Schad.

[2] Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Hans Joachim, Eva, Hans, Margareta, and Solomon. Database online.

[3] George F. Jones. The Germans of Colonial Georgia 1733-1783. (Genealogical Publishing Company,  Inc., Baltimore, 1986, xiii, 97); Allen D. Chandler. The Colonial Records of Georgia. Vol. I. (The Franklin Printing and Publishing Company, 1904, p. 405).

[4] Georgia Department of Transportation. Vernonburg Georgia. Electronic document, http://www.dot.ga.gov/Projects/programs/environment/resources/outreach/Documents/Publications/Vernonburg-GA-Booklet.pdf, accessed December 15, 2014.

Friend of Friends Friday - Slave Manifest

One of the daily blogging prompts on Geneabloggers is Friend of Friends Friday. This is a way to share “records of enslaved ancestors, whether they are your own ancestors or not…”

While researching my paternal 5th great grandmother Margaret Schaad (or Schad, Shad) and her siblings, I came across a slave manifest on ancestry.com dated 1824 for the transportation of three slaves with Solomon "Shad" listed as "Owner or Shipper." Margaret had a brother named Solomon, but he died in 1768 in Wilmington Island, Chatham County, Georgia. I don't have a spouse or children listed for him, but some family trees on ancestry.com list a son also named Solomon.

According to the slave manifest, these three slaves were being sent to Charleston, South Carolina, from Savannah, Georgia (click on the images for a larger view). The name of the ship was the Delight. What a horrible name for a ship used to transport slaves! The owner of the ship was Jonathan Cooper. There are several slave manifests on ancestry.com with his name on them and for this ship going back and forth between Savannah and Charleston.

Page 1 of the Slave Manifest for Solomon Schaad dated  4 May 1824

Notice that the above says the shippers and owners had to swear that these slaves had not been brought over to the United States on or after January 1, 1808, which is when the act to abolish the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect (not to say that importation ended right away).

This is the handwritten bottom portion of page 1 (see above). It says, "Coast[?] Slave Out Manfs, Sloop Delight, For Charleston, 4 May 1824"

Page 2 of the slave manifest for Solomon Shaad with the names of the 
slaves being sent to Charleston from Savannah

The slaves were two women and one child:

Binah, female, age 26 [birth year about 1798], 5 feet 3 inches tall, black, residence Savannah

Phoebe, female, age 22 [birth year about 1802], 5 feet 4 inches tall, black, residence Savannah

Charles, male, age 12 [birth year about 1812], 3 feet 4 inches tall, mulatto, residence Charleston

The names of the "Owners or Shippers" have been marked out and Solomon Shad's name is written underneath. Binah's owner was D. W. Mongin, Phoebe's owner was J. D. Mongin, and Charles' owner was Mrs. M. C. Thomson (if I'm reading them correctly). I found a Daniel W. Mongin and a John D. Mongin in Savannah, Chatham County, property records. I had trouble pinpointing who Mrs. M. C. Thomson was. Those could be her husband's initials. I found a "Miss C. M. Thompson,"a "Mrs. C. M. Thompson," and a "Mrs. M. C. Thompson" in Chatham County property records. I wonder why Charles' residence says Charleston while the others say Savannah. Unless that's where the owners lived whose names were marked out.

I can't imagine at the age of 12 being shipped off to parts unknown and Lord-knows-what without my parents.

Catherine

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Reference:

Ancestry.com, All U.S., Coastwise Inward and Outward Slave Manifests, 1790-1860. Database online. Accessed December 18, 2014, www.ancestry.com

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - #49 Catherine Treutlin

Catherine Treutlin (or Treutlen) was my paternal 4th great grandmother. She was born June 3, 1756, to Frederic Edmund Treutlin and Margaret Schaad, possibly in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Catherine's parents were early immigrants to Georgia, both landing on the Georgia coast in the 1740s.[1]

I only have two siblings listed for Catherine: Ann Margaret (1754-1827) and Elizabeth (1758-1759). Her uncle John Adam Treutlin was the first governor of Georgia.[2]

Catherine married John Robert Tebeau and gave birth to at least five children: Ann Margaret (b. 1790), Frederic Edmund (b. 1792, my 3rd great grandfather), Mary (ABT b. 1794), Charles Watson (ABT b. 1976), and Susan (b. ABT 1796).

Catherine and John lived out their lives in Chatham County. John died October 12, 1807, in Savannah. Catherine lived another 29 years after the death of her husband. It doesn't appear that she remarried after John's death. I found several tax records for "Catherine Tebeau" in Chatham County up until 1836 on ancestry.com.

Savannah Land and Tax Property Records, 1836, for Estate of John Tebeau, Catherine (Treutlin) Tebeau, and Frederic Tebeau (from ancestry.com)

The above record shows the Estate of John Tebeau had one slave and lot and improvements at Carpenters Row for both John's estate and for Catherine,

Catherine died on December 16, 1836, in Savannah. They are both buried in the family vault in Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah.

My descent from Catherine Treutlin:

Catherine Treutlin and John Robert Tebeau
Frederic Edmund Tebeau and Hulda Lewis
Catharine Tebeau and Philip Coleman Pendleton
Alexander Shaw Pendleton and Susan Parramore 
Albert S. Pendleton Sr. and Helen Brown
Albert S. Pendleton Jr. and Leona Redles
Catherine Pendleton (me)

Catherine

This post is part of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by genealogist Amy Crow at No Story Too Small.

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[1] George F. Jones.  The Germans of Colonial Georgia 1733-1783. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1986, p. 116).

[2]  Georgia Salzburger Society. http://www.georgiasalzburgers.com/