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Note for:   Dewalt (Theobald) WILGAR or WILLIARD,   8 Jul 1711 - 26 Nov 1781         Index

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Individual Note:
     Birth: Erlenbach, Pfalz, Germany
Death: Frederick, Maryland

Married: 17 Apr 1731 in Erlenbach, Pfalz, Germany

Note:
Strassberger"s Pennsylvania Pioneers" records that Teobalt Weylland andAnna Katherine Kirch reached Philadelphia on Nov 3, 1750, according tothe passenger list of the ship "Brotherhood," dated November 3, 1750. The Rupp edition of Ship Lists shows Teobalt Williahr. They probably joined Dewalt's brothers in York County, Pennsylvania, for awhile, then probably went on into Maryland at the same time as brother Johann Peter in 1751.

    Note#2:
Dewalt was also known as Theobald, and a Theobald Williard was naturalized April 10, 1760. (Colonial Maryland Naturalizations," by Jeffrey A. and Florence L Wyland.

Note#3:
"Western Maryland Genealogy" (a magazine published quarterly by Pat Abelard Anderson, GenLaw Resources, Box 9187 Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20898)says Dewalt dictated his will on 26 November 1781 and that it was proved on 12 Jan 1782. (Frederick County Will GM#1:215)

Note#4:
He and his wife were members of the Middletown Maryland Evangelical Reformed Church

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Note for:   George KIRCH,    -          Index

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Individual Note:
     The marriage record in the Erlenbach German Reformed Church for Dewaltand Anna Katherina refers to her
as the "daughter of George Kirch of the glassworks at nearaby Drehentalerhof."

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Note for:   Mary Elizabeth CORDIER,   1682 - 14 Oct 1770         Index

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Individual Note:
     Birth: Erlenbach, Pfalz, Germany
Death: Graceham, Frederick, Maryland

She is buried in the Graceham Moravian Church Cemetery, Graceham, Maryland--#16, Grave 73, 4th row, 2nd grave in the women's section. ("Monocacy and Catoctin," Vol. 2, Pg. 296). Her gravestone said "Alte Mutter." (old mother)

Married: 1702 in Erlenbach Otterbach, Pfalz, Germany

Mary Elizabeth Gordier Williard was the founding matriarch of the entire Williard clan in America. She came over from Germany with her son, John Peter, probably through the port of Philadelphia around the year 1744.Most likely she stayed with her family in York, Pennsylvania for a fewyears before moving to Maryland.

"Monocacy and Catoctin," Vol. 2, mentions that she led her four children to settle in the Graceham and Middletown Valley area of Maryland, where the family name became Williard and Willard as time passed.

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Note for:   Jakob VIEILLAR or WILGAR ,   10 Sep 1667 - 29 Sep 1717         Index

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Occupation:   Surgeon

Individual Note:
     Birth: Otterberg, Pfalz, Germany
Death: Erlenbach, Pfalz, Germany

From the records of the German Reformed Church, he is buried where theschool and playground are now in Erlenbach.

Note:
Jakob used the name "Wilgar."

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Note for:   Katherine GROSJEAN,   1637 -          Index

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     Birth: Sedan, Ardennes, France
Death: ??

Katherine was also a French Huguenot from Sedan.

Married: ABT 1663 in Erlenbach, Mosbach, Germany

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Note for:   Nicolaus VIEILLAR,   1635 -          Index

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Individual Note:
     Birth: Sedan, Ardennes, France
Death: Erlenbach, Pfalz, Germany

Married: ABT 1663 in Erlenbach, Mosbach, Germany

Note:
Nicolaus was a French Huguenot who fled to Germany to escape religiouspersecution. American sources, such as "Monocacy and Catoctin," Vol. 2,Pg. 9, say the family name means a very old man, which this author has confirmed with several native French speakers. The above mentioned book also mentions that the Vielliard family fled from France to the area of Kaiserslautern in the Pfalz, and "next generation" came to Maryland underthe leadership of ?? Maria Eilsabeth Vielliard, ?? who is the daughter-in-law of this couple.

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Note for:   Catherine Anne KLINGER ,    -          Index

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Individual Note:
     Married: 17 Sep 1733 in Marckolsheim,Bas-Rhin, France

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