Whittenberg Ancestors: Henry Michael Wurtenberger, 1700?-1766?


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Note: Henry's children used several variations of the surname; I've listed 
them with those they're most commonly found with. 

What part of what is now Germany they were from is unknown, but the name 
implies it may have been Württemburg.


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			     Family Group Sheet
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Husband: Henry Michael Wurtenberger
born: about 1700 in Germany
marr: date unknown, in Germany
died: about 1766 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
buried: unknown
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Wife: unknown
born: unknown (Germany)
died: unknown (US)
buried: unknown
note: one person gives her name as Anna Maria Benedict, but it seems unlikely 
that she'd have the same name as her eldest daughter-in-law.
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CHILDREN
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#1 Hans Georg Wurtenberger
born: about 1735 in Germany
marr: 26 February 1758 in Berks County, Pennsylvania
died: unknown
buried:  unknown
spouse: Anna Maria Benedict
known children: none
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#2 Frederick Whittenberg
born: about 1737 in Germany
marr: 19 February 1764 in Rowan County, North Carolina
died: 25 October 1804 in Greene County, Tennessee
buried: unknown
spouse: Margrette Benson, ?-1829
known children: 5 sons, 6 daughters
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#3 William Whittenberg
born: about 1739 in Germany
marr: 13 October 1779 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
died: about 1801 in Lincoln County, North Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: Mary Barbara Jonas, 1744?-1821?
known children: 4 sons, 6 daughters
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#4 Joseph Whittenberg
born: about 1744 in Germany
marr: about 1767 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
died: in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
buried: unknown
spouse: Mary Hoyle, 1750?-?
known children: 7 sons
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#8 Conrad Wurtenbarger
born: about 1747 in Germany
marr: unknown
died: after 1770 in Tryon County, North Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown
known children: none
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#7 Elizabeth Wurtenbarger
born: 1749 in Germany
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown
known children: none
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#5 Christina  Whittenburg
born: about 1755 in Berks County, Pennsylvania
marr: 13 October 1779 in Lincoln County, North Carolina
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: Peter Best, 1755-1832
known children: 11 sons, 11 daughters
note: death date given in at least one place as 1781 in Lincoln County, 
North Carolina, but if so most births were postmortem, highly unlikely.
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#6 John Henry Whittenburg
born: about 1760 in Berks County, Pennsylvania
marr: about 1781 in Lincoln County, North Carolina
died: 11 November 1828 in Louisville, Blount County, Tennessee
buried: Blount County, Tennessee
spouse: Mary Anne Hoyle, 1765?-1845
known children: 6 sons, 7 daughters
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Immigration Note: Henry Michael, his wife, and his German born children 
arrived in Philadelphia on 5 September 1751 on the ship Shirley.
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