Information on the European generations of this family was provided courtesy of Joseph Eckroat who has been instrumental in collecting and assimilating all of the information. The early Eckenroth generations in America were researched and published by William E. Kirkpatrick in his book "Eckroth - Eckenroth - Eckenrode Family", published by Chris Pelikan of Sunnyvale, CA, 1987.
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The origins of the family are in the town of Eggerode in the region administered by the city of Münster from the 16th to 18th Centuries. Following the Anabaptist rebellion in 1534 and the subsequent re-capture of Münster by Catholics in 1535, the region became exclusively Catholic; becoming even more so after the signing of the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648. |
Johannes Kreienschmidt was born about 1690 in Eggerode, Münster.
| Johannes married Anna Eggenrodde about 1708 in Eggerode, Münster. Anna was born about 1690. They had 2 children before she died about 1715. | Johannes then married Anna Clara Margaretha Wenninck on 27 November 1715 in Eggerode, Münster. They had 6 children. | ||
2. Johannes Eckroth (1709-1757)Johannes Eckroth was born about 1709 in Eggerode, Münster. Roman Catholic. Johannes "Ickroth" arrived in Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1743, on the Snow Charlotta, John Mason, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, and took the oath of allegiance to the government at the courthouse in Philadelphia. He married Anna Margaret Bennick and they settled in Lynn Township, Bucks County (now Lehigh County), at the foothills of the Blue Mountain. They had 8 children. Johannes was killed in an Indian attack while working his fields in May 1757. |
2. Henricus Eckenroth (1721-1806)Henricus Eckenroth was born in March 1721 in Eggerode, Münster. He was baptised on 18 March 1721 at the Katholisch Church, Eggerode, Münster. On 5 Sep 1743 Henrich Eckenroth arrived on the Snow Charlotta, John Mason, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, and took the oath of allegiance to the government at the courthouse in Philadelphia. He married Susanna Steissen on 26 Feb 1748/1749 in Trinity Lutheran Ch., Lancaster Co., PA. He died before 24 Feb 1806 in Mt. Joy Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. |
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3. Catharine Eckenroth (1746-1815)Catharine Eckenroth was born was born in Nov 1746 in Philadelphia Co., PA. She was christened on 17 Nov 1746 in Philadelphia Co., PA. Catharine married John Kuhn on 18 Jan 1767 in Spitzenburg Hill, Albany Township, Berks County, PA. They had 10 children. Catharine died on 29 May 1815 in Mt Pleasant Twp., Adams Co., PA. She was buried in 1815 in Conewago Cemetery, Edge Grove, Adams County, PA. |
3. Mary Magdalena Eckenroth (1752-1819)Mary Magdalena Eckenroth was born in June 1752 in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, PA. She married Stephen Felix about 1774. She died on 2 February 1819 in Derry Township, Dauphin County, PA, and was buried in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Lancaster Cunty, PA. |
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George Kuhn son of John and Catharine (Eckenroth) Kuhn |
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Susanna Felix daughter of Stephen and Mary Magdalena (Eckenroth) Felix |
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