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Exploring Our Founders: Reunion Program Contents, 2016Melchior Troutman (1729)?was the son of?Adam Troutman (1690)?and?Anna Margaretha Hartmann.For more information on?Melchior Troutman (1729), refer to?Descending Jacob's Ladder.SECOND GENERATION1.?John Melchior TROUTMAN?was born on 24 Apr 1729 in Gross Gumpen, Hesse, Germany. He was naturalized on 24 Sep 1751 in Philadelphia, PA. He died before 9 Nov 1778 in , Rowan, NC. He was married to?Anna Elisabetha HEIST?BET 1751/1752 at sea or in PA. Anna Elisabetha HEIST was born about 1730 in , , Germany. She died between 1790 and 1810 in , Iredell, NC. John Melchior TROUTMAN and Anna Elisabetha HEIST had the following children:+2 i. John Adam TROUTMAN?was born on 28 Oct 1752 in Upper Milford Township, Northampton, PA. He was baptized on 24 Dec 1752 in St. Paul's Lutheran, Upper Saucon Twsp, Northampton, PA. He was confirmed in 1767 in St. Paul's Lutheran, Upper Saucon Twsp, Northampton, PA. He died before 10 Mar 1797 in , Iredell, NC. Iredell Co, NC Estates: Adam Troutman inventory 10 Mar 1797 by Jacob Troutman and Eve Troutman, administrators.3 ii. Maria Catherine TROUTMAN?was born on 2 Aug 1755 in Upper Milford Twsp, Northampton, PA. She was baptized on 14 Sep 1755 in St. Paul's Lutheran, Upper Saucon Twsp, Northampton, PA.4 iii. Anna Elizabeth TROUTMAN?was born on 27 Sep 1761 in Upper Milford Twsp, Northampton, PA. She was baptized on 1 Nov 1761 in St. Paul's Lutheran, Upper Saucon Twsp, Northampton, PA. She was confirmed in 1780 in Organ Lutheran, Rowan, NC.+5 iv. John Jacob TROUTMAN?was born on 2 Mar 1767 in Upper Milford Twsp, Northampton, PA. He was baptized on 12 Apr 1767 in St. Paul's Lutheran, Upper Saucon Twsp, Northampton, PA. He died on 18 Jul 1846 in near Troutman, Iredell, NC. He was buried in Troutman Family Cem, Iredell, NC.In the book?German-American Names, author George F. Jones discusses miracle plays, which were shows in Europe in which Bible stories were acted out. According to Jones, "miracle plays may have contributed to the popularity of the names Adam and Eva, Maria Magdelena, Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar (the Three Kings who brought gifts to Jesus), and other favorite roles in the plays." Adam, Eve, and Mary Magdalene were fairly common names in the early Troutman families.Most of the early Troutman names were names which are still with us today. Some were names from the Old Testament. However, the name "Melchior" was not Biblical and is certainly not common in America today. I looked up Melchior as a last name and found it came from one of the Three Kings, and that variations were Melcher, Melchers, Melchert, Melger, and Melken. According to the?Unabridged Webster's Dictionary: Magi. The three wise men from the East who brought presents of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the infant Christ (Matt. ii.). According to tradition they were Eastern kings, and were named respectively Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar. It is said that their bodies were brought by the Empress Helena to Constantinople, but that they were subsequently interred at Milan and Cologne. From this last circumstance they were called the Three Kings of Cologne.Note that the three wise men were never given names in the Bible; these names were simply European tradition. Melchior was the name of at least three different individuals in my Troutman family. English-speaking clerks could not spell Melchior, and thus it was rendered as Melcher, Melker, Melkiah, Milker, etc. A very common misspelling that I see in many genealogies is "Melchoir." The name is pronounced Mel - key - or.Melchior Troutman (1729) sailed to America in 1751 with the family of his half-brother, Peter Troutman (1716), and with his mother, Margaret (Hartmann) Troutman. Melchior (1729) apparently met and married Anna Heist while at sea or shortly after landfall in Philadelphia, since their first child, Adam (1752), was born 28 Oct 1752 in Northampton County, Pennylvania (the part which became present-day Lehigh Co, PA in 1811).As of yet, no civil records have been found for Melchior (1729) in Pennsylvania, but he is mentioned a few times in church records:Pennsylvania Church Records********************************************************************************Trautman, Trautmann, Troutmanbirth records, Lehigh Co, PA (then part of Northampton County)CHILD BIRTH DATE FATHER MOTHER NOTEAnna Barbara 11 Feb 1770 Adam A. Margareth 13Anna Elisabeth 1 Aug 1757 Peter Anne Elisabeth 6Marie Catherine 2 Aug 1755 Melchior Anna 3Anna Elisabetha 27 Sep 1761 Melchior Anna 3Anna Margrethe 1 Jul 1759 Peter Anna Elisabeth 6Eva Maria 7 Aug 1755 Peter Anne Elisabeth 6Johan Adam 28 Oct 1752 Johan Melchior Anna 3Johan Jacob 2 Mar 1767 Melcher Anna 33 - records of St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Congregation in Upper Saucon Twsp, also known as St. Paul's Blue Church.6 - records of the First Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Upper Milford Twsp.13 - records of the Zion Lutheran Congregation, Zionsville, Upper Milford Township.Peter Troutman (1716)?was the son of?Adam Troutman (1690)?and?Anna Treusch.In 1751, Peter Troutman and his family, as well as his brother, Melchior Troutman (1729), and his step-mother, Anna Margaret (Hartmann) Troutman, migrated to America. They sailed from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Most likely, they traveled down the Rhine River to get to Rotterdam. Ther salied in the ship?Neptune, an English ship commanded by John Mason. After a stop in Cowes, England, they sailed on to Philadelphia, landing on 24 Sep 1751. There were 300 passengers onboard, including 144 adult males.The following are images of the signatures of Melchior (1729), Peter (1716), and Leonard Troutman (ancestor of the Kentucky Troutmans, and probably related to Peter and Melchior) from the 1751 ship list:Peter (1716), Melchior (1729), and Leonard all swore oaths to the King of Great Britain at the courthouse in Philadelphia. Peter signed his own name, notice the very strange German "P", one of the many ways this letter was written in old German. ................
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