Research Notes:
1741 Jacob Greenwalt came to America on the ship Lydia, James Allen, Master, at the age of 18 years qualifying on 29 Sep 1741. He may have come from Switzerland. They settled in Weisenberg County, then Bucks County, then Berks County. [1] [2]
Jacob Greenawalt was married to Elizabeth/Maria Catherina Filhower. They had children named Barbara Greenawalt, Catharine Greenawalt, Abraham Greenawalt, George Greenawalt, Jacob Greenawalt, Johannes Greenawalt, Abraham Greenawalt, Jacob Greenawalt, and Daniel Greenawalt. [3]
1742 Jacob Greenwalt and Elizabeth settled in Weisenberg Twp, Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania. [4]
1755 Johan George Grunewald, child of Jacob Grunewald and Maria Catharina Fielhauerin, was baptized on August 31 in Berks County, Pennsylvania with sponsors Marg Eva Keeber and Matheus Keeber. [5] [6]
1810 Son Georg Grünewalt died on April 26 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Georg Grünewalt was buried at Friedens Cemetery, Stony Run, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Georg Grünewalt was born in December, 1756 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. [7]
c 1770 Johan George Grim and Cathrine Grunewald were married in 1770. [8]
1768 Grand-daughter Maria Catharina Grimm, child of Jürg Grimm and Anna Catharina Grünewaldten, was born on April 4.
1768 Maria Catharina Grimm, child of Jürg Grimm and Anna Catharina Grünewaldten, was baptized on May 29 in Personal Register of the Rev. Daniel Schumacher (Lutheran), Berks County, Pennsylvania.. [9]
1775 Grand-daughter Anna Eva Grimm, child of George Grimm and Catharine Grimm, was baptized on September 10 in Berks County, Pennsylvania with sponsors George Grunewaed and Anna Eva Nuncisser. [10]
"Jacob Greenawalt, a Palatinate, born in Switzerland, emigrated to America, locating in Philadelphia and upon his arrival there he was sold as a "redemptioner" to a man named Shuler. About the time of his coming to America he was married to Maria Catharina Elizabeth Filhour a native of Germany, then of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. In 1742 he and his wife located in Weisenberg township, Lehigh county, where he took up a large tract of land by warrant from the province of Pennsylvania. Upon this land he erected a grist mill, oil mill and barn yard. Here he lived and prospered, and at this place his four sons and two daughters were born, namely: Jacob, Johannes, Abraham, George, Mrs. Grim, and Mrs. Barbara Weiss. Both daughters were married to members of old families, whose descendants at the present time are numerous in this section of the state. Jacob Greenawalt and his wife died on this farm, after a life full of usefulness, and their remains were interred in the graveyard of Ziegel church, they were members of the German Reformed congregation. [11]
Jacob Greenawalt is shown here as a brother of Abraham Greenawalt. There is no basis for this, other than the fact that they are both reported to have immigrated to America about the same time.
[1] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 212, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[2] History of the Grim Family of Pennsylvania and Its Associated Families (1934), 56, [GoogleBooks].
[3] History of the Grim Family of Pennsylvania and Its Associated Families (1934), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Morton Luther Montgomery, Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Chicago: Beers, 1909), 1588, [HathiTrust].
[5] Pennsylvania Church Records, Adams, Berks and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, [AncestryRecord].
[6] William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries Historical Biographical and Genealogical Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, Annual Volume 1900 (1901), [AncestryRecord].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[8] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, [AncestryRecord].
[9] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, Personal Register of the Rev Daniel Schumacher, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Pennsylvania Church Records, Adams, Berks and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, [AncestryRecord].
[11] Charles Rhoads Roberts, John Baer Stoudt, Thomas Krick, and William Dietrich, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of its Families, Volume 2 (Allentown, PA: 1914), 774, left column, bottom, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].