EXTENDED DETAILS OF LINEAGE: FAUST / FOUST
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== 1480 Johann Faust is born in Knittlingen, Württemberg Germany.
Knittlingen became a city in the 14th century as a possession of the Maulbronn Abbey. In 1534 the city became part of Baden-Württemberg.
Knittel means sticks/clubs. He was a medical practitioner and had studied astrology and alchemy as well as philosophy.
He must have travelled a lot as there were reports of him from all German regions.
An unusual man, he made his fortune in the market place by selling horoscopes and occult items.
This man is so spectacular that people talk a lot about him.
Rumours and legends about him began while he was still alive.
Reality mix with horrible fantasy. It was said that he was calling up the dead and practicing black magic.
The exact date and the circumstances of his death are unknown.
Most likely he was murdered. He later becomes the hero of several medieval legends, and later literary and operatic works about an old philosopher-magician
(Faust or Faustus) who sells his soul to the devil (Mephistopheles or Mephisto) in exchange for knowledge and power.
In 1587 a life of him appeared, in which are attributed to him many marvelous exploits and in which he is held up as an awful warning against the excessive desire
for secular learning and admiration for antique beauty which characterized the humanist movement of the time.
In this aspect the Faust legend is an expression of early popular Protestantism,
and of its antagonism to the scientific and classical tendencies of the Renaissance.
== Johann Faust of Wolferborn, Hesse, Germany was born in the late 1500's. In the same area were two other villages, Bindsachsen and Rinderbugen.
These villages are about 3 miles apart, and they oftern used the same church.
The records are combined for Wolferborn and Bindsachsen.
The Fausts were among the first to become Protestants
in the area. Johan is listed as the father of a son, Hans, who was born in 1611, but his wife
is not named. The family moved to Langenselbold, Hesse, Germany before Johann died.
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
GEN1-G10-FAUST JOHANN (b.1585 Wolferborn, Hesse GER-d.Feb. 03, 1639/40 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER)
| | married before 1611 to FIRSTNAME? LASTNAME? (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | Gen2-Peter Foust (b.yr? Bindsachsen, Hesse GER-d.Sep. 11, 1654 Bindsachsen, Hesse GER) married yr? to
| | Gertrud Lastname? (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | Gen2-Leonhard Foust (b.abt.1625 Bindsachsen, Hesse GER-d.yr?)
| | Gen2-Ludwig Foust (b.May 1627 Bindsachsen, Hesse GER-d.Feb. 11, 1713/14 Bindsachsen, Hesse GER)
== 1587 The first book about Faust was published by Johann Spies.
It quickly becomes popular and is translated into several different languages.
The book tries to educate people in Christianity by warning them of earthly seductions.
== 1593 The English dramatist and poet Christopher Marlowe (b.1564-d.1593 )
finishes the first poetry work about this topic.
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | GEN2-G9-FAUST HANS (b.Jan. 1610/11 Wolferborn, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.Jan. 02, 1679/80 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER)
| | | married yr? GER to Kunigunda Gaul (b.abt.1620 GER-d.yr?)
married again Mar. 02, 1639/40 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nessau GER to
| | | ELIZABETH FISCHER (b.1619 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.abt. 1653 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-KG-Johan George Faust (b.Jan. 23, 1702/3-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-EF-Maria Elizabeth Foust (b.Feb. 15, 1640/41Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-EF-Werner (twin) Foust (b.Mar. 15, 1643 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-EF-Giel (Juliane) Foust (b.abt. 1645 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-EF-Andreas Foust (b.Jan. 16, 1647/48 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.Apr. 21, 1697 Langenselbold, Hesse GER)
| | | Gen3-EF-Hans Jr Faust (b.Apr. 29, 1649 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.Apr. 08, 1731 Langenselbold, Hesse GER) married yr?
| | | | to Barbara Ritter (b.yr?-d.yr?) married again yr? to Katherine Herger (b.yr?-d.yr?)
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | | GEN3-G8-FAUST JOHANN (TWIN) (b.Mar. 15, 1643 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.Sep. 04, 1694 Langenselbold,
| | | | Hessen-Nassau, GER) married Jul. 04, 1666 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nessau GER to KUNIGUNDA MOHN1. (b.May 07, 1646
| | | | Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.Oct. 29, 1721 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER)
| | | | Gen4-Anna Barbara Foust (b.Jan.21, 1666/67 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?) Nov. 30, 1687 to
| | | | | J. Melchior Moll (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | Gen4-Kaspar Foust (b.abt. 1668 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.1668)
| | | | Gen4-Johannes Faust (b.Jul. 02, 1672 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.Jun. 14, 1747) married Feb. 15, 1691 to
| | | | | Anna Maria Fischer (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | Gen4-Johan Faust (b.abt. 1674 Langenselbold, Oberdorf, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?) married Feb. 25, 1706 to
| | | | | Anna Rosina Schiesser (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | Gen4-Michael Faust (b. May 09, 1675 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?)
| | | | Gen4-Wiegel Faust (b.Aug. 26, 1677 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?)
| | | | Gen4-Phillip Faust (b.May 04, 1679 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?)
| | | | Gen4-Anna Maria Foust (b.May 13, 1683 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?) married Nov. 01, 1703 to
| | | | | J. Heinrich Braumiller (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | Gen4-Magdalena Foust (b.Oct.10, 1684 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?) married Jan. 08, 1705 to
| | | | | Johan Hubener (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | Gen4-Elizabeth Foust (b.Apr. 05, 1686 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau GER-d.yr?) married Jan. 27, 1707 to
| | | | | Heinrich Henkel (b.yr?-d.yr?)
== The early Foust/Faust families in America were German Reformed, a Calvanistic protestant group. In 1707 members of this religious group began migrating to the colonies in large numbers, and initially almost all of them went to Philadelphia. They settled Berks County, Pennsylvania, and became one part of the large group popularly known as "Pennsylvania Dutch" or Palatines.
The Palatinate District was in the Upper Rhine area, claimed by both France and Prussia, and by local princes who were predominantly Catholic. The territorial and religious wars convinced the protestants that they would be better off outside the Palatinate. Some emigrants stayed in Holland and others were stranded in England and Ireland when unscrupulous "travel agents" took all their funds and gave them worthless boat tickets.
Many immigrants made it to the colonies as the land in Pennsylvania became more expensive and more populated so the German Reformed members, along with Moravians and a few German Lutherans, moved south through Virginia into North Carolina and South Carolina.
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | | | GEN4-G7-FOUST JOHANN PETER (b.Dec. 22, 1689 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau PRU-d.Nov. 1745 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA)
| | | | | married yr? to Magdalena Adam (b.abt. 1692 GER?-d.bet. Feb. 22, 1714-Jan. 14, 1717 GER?)
| | | | | married again Jan. 14, 1716/17 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau PRU to ANNA ELISABETH GRAUEL (b.Jul. 07, 1693 Ravolzhausen,
| | | | | Hessen-Nassau PRU-d. (burial) Oct. 10, 1761 Philadelphia, PA)
| | | | | Gen5-MA-Philip Lebs Faust (b.Feb.22, 1714 Langenselbold, Hesse GER-d.Apr.19, 1786 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA) married abt. 1738
| | | | | | Berks Co., PA to Matelina Magdalena Albright (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Christena Faust (b.yr? Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d.yr?) married yr? to Henry Fisher (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Elizabeth Faust (b.Jan. 1738 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d. Oct. 1807 Center Twp., Berks Co., PA) married yr? to
| | | | | | | Heinrich Moll Jr (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Heinrich Moll (b.yr?-d.yr?) married yr? PA to -Maria Elizabeth Faust (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Johannes Faust (b.Mar. 03, 1739 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d.May 06, 1792 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA) married yr? to
| | | | | | | Anna Clara Schmeck (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Maria Elizabeth Faust (b.yr?-d.yr?) married yr? PA to Heinrich Moll Jr (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Catherine Faust (b.Jun. 23, 1747 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d.1803 Berks Co., PA) married yr? to Peter Mohn (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Philip Faust (b.1748 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d.Sep. 04, 1831 E. Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA) married yr? to
| | | | | | | Susanna Moyer (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Catherine Elizabeth Faust (b.Apr. 05, 1752 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d.Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA) married yr? to
| | | | | | | Peter Mohn (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Jacob Faust (b.Dec. 1757 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d. Jul. 27, 1834 Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA) married yr? to
| | | | | | | Elizabeth Kieffer (b.Jun. 03, 1761-d.May 20, 1841)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Magdalena Faust (b.Sep. 14, 1783-d.yr?) married yr? to John Fidler (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Elizabeth Faust (b.Sep. 26, 1784-d.Jul. 1827) married yr? to Johan Jacob Helm (b.Mar. 21, 1781-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Simon Helm (b.1811 PA-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Susanna Helm (b.1814 PA-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Eliza Helm (b.Jan. 01, 1816 PA-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Sarah Helm (b.Mar. 24, 1817 PA-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Lea Helm (b.Apr. 28, 1821 PA-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Esther Helm (b.Apr. 03, 1823 Llewellen, Schuylkill Co., PA-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Jacob Faust (b.Oct. 05, 1785-d.yr?) married yr? to Susanna Fidler (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Abraham Faust (b.Mar. 06, 1787 Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA-d.yr?) married yr? to Catherine Goettel (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Catherine Faust (b.Jul. 31, 1788-d.1801)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Maria Faust (b.Mar. 13, 1790-d.Jul. 13, 1865) married yr? to George Diebert (b.May 28, 1787-d.Jul. 06, 1824)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Heinrich Faust (b.Jan. 06, 1792-d.1794)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Christina Faust (b.Feb. 15, 1793-d.Jul. 22, 1854) married yr? to George Kimmel (b.1790-d.1866)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Susanna Faust (b.Dec. 10, 1795-d.May 18, 1864) married yr? to Abraham Hoy (b.Dec. 28, 1793-d.Apr. 22, 1841)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Heinrich Faust (b.Feb. 23, 1797-d.Feb. 05, 1820)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Daniel Faust (b.Jul. 23, 1798-d.Jun. 10, 1878) married Mar. 12, 1824 to Elizabeth Fegley (b.Feb. 21, 1806-d.Dec. 16. 1880)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Daniel Emanuel Faust (b.Jan. 29, 1895-d.Apr. 03, 1855) married Apr. 03, 1855 to
| | | | | | | | | Lydia Heiser (b.Oct. 05, 1828-d.Dec. 12, 1888)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Benjamin Franklin Faust (b.-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Harrison Henry Faust (b.-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Ellen Elizabeth Faust (b.-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Thomas Daniel Faust (b.-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Jeremiah Edward Faust (b.-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Elvina Minnie Victoria Henrietta Faust (b.-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Mandon Jacob Faust (b.-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Louis William Faust (b.-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Archibald Jospeh Faust (b.-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Henry Faust (b.Oct. 28, 1827-d.Oct. 03, 1890)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Elizabeth Faust (b.-d.yr?) married Apr. 12, 1851 to Jacob Hoy (b.Dec. 03, 1823-d.Dec. 26, 1890)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Charles William Faust (b.Apr. 28, 1831-d.yr?) married yr? to Emme Teter (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Joseph Faust (b.Jul. 30, 1833-d.Apr. 16, 1866)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Sarah Faust (b.Mar. 15, 1835-d.Nov. 12, 1916) married Aug. 19, 1899 to Thomas Hoy (b.Feb. 05, 1833-d.Sep. 02, 1854)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Jacob Faust (b.May 05, 1838-d.yr?) married yr? to Annetta Moll (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Edward Faust (b.Jan. 17, 1840-d.yr?) married yr? to Elizabeth Ebling (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-George Washington Faust (b.Dec. 25, 1842-d.yr?) married yr? to Amanda Alspach (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Maria Catherine Faust (b.Aug. 16, 1849-d.1908) married yr? to James Diebert (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Esther Faust (b.Mar. 27 1800,-d.1863) married yr? to Andrew Kimmel (b.1797-d.1868)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Catherine Faust (b.Aug. 19, 1801-d.Dec. 19, 1876) married yr? to John Wommer (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Joseph Faust (b.Nov. 09, 1808-d.1806?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Ludwig Faust (b.Jan. 12, 1760 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d.Apr. 27, 1806 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA) married 1782 to
| | | | | | | Hannah Kieffer (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | Gen5-AG-Michael Faust (b.Jan. 20, 1717/18 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau PRU-d.yr?)
| | | | | Gen5-AG-Johan Heinrich Foust (b.1722 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau PRU-d.yr?)
| | | | | Gen5-AG-Johan C. Peter Faust (b.abt.1724 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau PRU-d.yr?)
| | | | | Gen5-AG-Anna Maria Foust (b.1725 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau PRU-d.yr?)
| | | | | Gen5-AG-Anna Elisabeth Foust (b.Jul. 21, 1728 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau PRU-d.1793 Orange Co., NC) married yr? to
| | | | | | Firstname? Snotherly (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Mary Snotherly (b.Dec. 28, 1763-d.Apr. 15, 1852) married 1779 to Peter Foust (b.Sep. 15, 1759 Berks Co., PA-
| | | | | | | d.Sep. 26, 1808 Orange Co., NC)
| | | | | | Gen6-Sara (Sally) Snotherly (b.yr?-d.yr?) married yr? to Daniel Foust (b. May 18, 1762 Berks Co., PA-d.1826 Orange Co., NC)
| | | | | Gen5-AG-Matelina Foust (b.Nov. 06, 1729 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau PRU-d.yr?)
| | | | | Gen5-AG-Johan Hendrick Foust (b.Apr. 24, 1731 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau PRU-d.yr?)
== 1733 Johannes Heinrich comes to America with his parents on the ship "Elizabeth".
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | | | | GEN5-G6-FOUST JOHANNES HEINRICH2. (b.Sep. 27, 1719 Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau PRU-d.Dec. 12, 1789 Hillsboro,
| | | | | | Alamance Co., NC) married abt. 1740 Berks Co., PA to ANNA BARBARA ALBRIGHT (b.Oct 10, 1719 Albright Castle, Bavaria,
| | | | | | Palatinate GER-d.Mar. 01, 1802 Orange Co., NC)
| | | | | | Gen6-John Phillip Foust (b.Mar. 26, 1742 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d.yr?) married yr? Orange Co., NC to
| | | | | | | Catharine Clapp (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Jacob Foust (b.Jan. 06, 1748/49 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d.Dec. 19, 1795 Randolph Co., NC) married abt. 1771 Rowan Co.,
| | | | | | | NC to Charity Kivett (b.1750 Berks Co., PA-d.aft.1790)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Barbara Foust (b.abt.1772-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-John Foust (b.abt. 1775 NC-d.yr?) married Apr. 01, 1801 Randolph Co., NC to Susanna Swinne (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Christian Foust (b.abt.1777 Guilford Co., NC-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Daniel Foust (b.abt.1788 Randolph Co., NC-d.Washington Co.,TN)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Jacob Jr Foust (b.Aug. 09, 1786 Randolph Co., NC-d.Jan. 21, 1854 Randolph Co., NC-d.yr?) married Sep. 24, 1804 to
| | | | | | | | Mary C. Randolph (b.Jul. 13, 1782-d.Mar. 10, 1852)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Peter Foust (b.Aug. 09, 1786 Guilford Co., NC-d.Jan. 01, 1854 Randolph Co., NC) married Oct. 03, 1814 to
| | | | | | | | Mary Kerne (b.Jul. 13, 1792-d.Mar. 10, 1852)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Charity Foust (b.abt.1790-d.yr?) married yr? to John McMasters (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Judith Foust (b.yr?-d.yr?) married yr? to Firstname? Cox (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Christian Foust (b.Oct. 26, 1750 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA-d.Mar. 26, 1823) married Sep. 17, 1776 Orange Co., NC to
| | | | | | | Anna Maria Wolf (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Anna Barbara Foust (b.Jan. 20, 1752 Berks Co., PA-d.May 01, 1837, Orange Co., NC) married Dec. 01, 1772
| | | | | | | Orange Co., NC to Jacob Clapp (b.Nov. 22., 1749-d. Jan. 30, 1832)
| | | | | | Gen6-Judith Foust (b.Aug. 01, 1754 Berks Co., PA-d.Dec. 02, 1823 Alamance Co., NC) married Dec. 11, 1777
| | | | | | | Orange Co., NC to John Clapp (b.Jan. 08, 1753-d.Dec. 11, 1825)
| | | | | | Gen6-John George Foust (b.Jun. 29, 1756 Berks Co., PA-d.yr?)
| | | | | | Gen6-Peter Foust (b.Sep. 15, 1759 Berks Co., PA-d.Sep. 26, 1808 Orange Co., NC) married 1779 to
| | | | | | | Mary Snotherly (b.Dec. 28, 1763-d.Apr. 15, 1852)
| | | | | | Gen6-Daniel Foust (b. May 18, 1762 Berks Co., PA-d.1826 Orange Co., NC) married yr? to Sara (Sally) Snotherly (b.yr?-d.yr?)
== 1749 German poet and dramatist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is born in Frankfurt-am-Main.
As a teenager he sees a puppet show about Faust. This event impresses him so much that he works on his own Faust material for more than 60 years,
almost until the end of this life in 1832.
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | | | | | GEN6-G5-FOUST JOHN (b.May 26, 1744 Oley Twp., Berks Co., PA-d. 1818 Knox Co., TN) married abt. 1765 Guilford Co., NC to
| | | | | | | ANNA MARIA CLAPP (b.abt. 1747 NC-d.aft. 1785)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Judith Foust (b.Mar. 21, 1766 Orange Co., NC-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-John Jr Foust (b.Apr. 10, 1769 Knox County, TN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Anna Maria Foust (b.abt. 1771 Guilford, NC-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Barbara Foust (b.Dec.22, 1779 Guilford, NC-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Jacob Foust (b.Sep. 16, 1782 Guilford, NC-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-John Philip Foust (b.Mar. 07, 1783 Guilford, MC-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Gen7-Daniel Nathaniel Foust (b.Oct. 13, 1788 Orange Co., NC-d.yr?)
== 1772 Goethe starts with his previous work "Urfaust".
== 1775 American War of Independence (to 1783);
Battles of Lexington and Concord; Battle of Bunker Hill; Declaration of Independence (1776)
== By the time of the Revolution the northwest and northcentral portions of North Carolina
were predominated by German-speaking immigrants. They kept their language for several
generations, as there were so many of them and there was no need to convert to English.
One writer said that Pennsylvania German was still spoken in "these parts of North Carolina" when he was there between 1820 and 1830.
The Brick Church, Guilford County, North Carolina
The church was originally known as "Der Klapp Kirche"
and is located in the eastern part of
present day Guilford County, N.C.
Families of the
founders and members over its 250 year history include
Albright, Clapp,
Coble, Faust, Greeson, Hoffman, Ingle, May, Shepherd and Swing.
== The church was the center of life and social activity for this group of immigrants. As they migrated to the interior and southern areas of the colonies they were frequently traveling with another predominantly Calvinistic group, the Scotch-Irish. As their religious beliefs were quite similar, they frequently shared churches and ministers. In 1773, however, a minister was imported directly from Germany to North Carolina to enable the group to have a minister of its very own. This minister was named Rev. John Dietrich Aurandt. (Notes: See Harbaugh's, Fathers of the Reformed Church, III, p.180.)
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | | | | | | GEN7-G4-FOUST CHRISTIAN SR (b.Oct. 04, 1777 Guilford Co., NC-d.1830 in Randolph Co., IN) married abt. 1801 Brick
| | | | | | | | Church, Guilford Co., NC to ANNA CATHARINA ALBRIGHT (b.Feb.11, 1785 in Guilford Co., NC-d.aft. 1820 Winchester,
| | | | | | | | Randolph Co., IN)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Mary Ann Foust (b.Apr. 13, 1800 Knox Co., TN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-John Foust (b.abt. 1805 Knox Co., TN-d.yr?) married abt. 1829 IN Elizabeth Loy (b.abt. 1810 Campbell Co., TN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Lucinda A. Foust (b.Jun. 30, 1830 Randolph Co., IN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Louisa Catherine Foust (b.May 30, 1834 Randolph Co., IN-d.yr?) married Jul. 20, 1854 Randolph Co., IN to
| | | | | | | | | | Zephaniah Silvers (b.Jan. 23, 1834 Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., OH-d.1910 WI)
| | | | | | | Please refer to EXTENDED DETAILS OF LINEAGE: SILVER / SILVERS for additional children.
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-David Loy Foust (b.Dec. 30, 1836 Randolph Co., IN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Martin Van Buren Foust (b.Mar. 1839 Winchester, Randolph Co., IN-d.yr?) married Sep. 24, 1865 Randolph Co., IN to
| | | | | | | | | | Sarah Meranda (b.1838/1839 OH-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | | Gen10-Allen D. Foust (b.Jun. 28, 1867 WI-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | | Gen10-Marion M. Foust (b.Jul. 09, 1869-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-John Tyler Foust (b.Mar. 05, 1841 Randolph Co., IN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Mary Elizabeth Foust (b.Sep. 22, 1846 Randolph Co., In-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Alexander Foust (b. 1808 Knox Co., TN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Henry Diefenbach Foust (b.abt. 1810 Knox Co., TN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Barbara Ann Foust (b.abt. 1814 Knox Co., TN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | Gen8-James Axley Foust (b. 1814 Knox Co., TN-d.Jul. 19, 1888 Marietta Twp., Crawford Co., WI) married abt. 1834 to
| | | | | | | | | Mary A. Loy (b.abt.Jun. 05, 1815 TN-d.abt.May 16, 1901)
| | | | | | | | | Please refer to EXTENDED DETAILS OF LINEAGE: LOY for additional children.
| | | | | | | | Gen8-Catharine Ann Foust (b. 1815 Knox Co., TN-d.yr?)
= 1808 The first part of Goethe's tragedy was published.
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | | | | | | | GEN8-G3-FOUST CHRISTIAN JR (b.abt.1804 Knox Co.,TN-d.Aug. 1859 in Randolph Co.,IN) married Dec. 29, 1829
| | | | | | | | | Easton, Preble Co., OH to SARAH A. "SALLY" LOY (b.1812-d.Jul. 20, 1906 Redkey, Jay Co., IN)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Peter Ludwig Sr Foust3. (b.yr?-d.Jul. 01, 1863 Gettysburg, Adams Co., PA) married Jun. 19, 1856 Ward Township,
| | | | | | | | | | Randolph Co., IN to Sarah Meranda (b.1838/1839 OH-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | | Gen10-Elizabeth E. Foust (b.Dec. 29, 1858 Randolph Co., IN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | | Gen10-William Clinton Foust (b.Dec. 22, 1860 Randolph Co., IN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | | Gen10-Peter Ludwig Jr Foust (b..Nov. 15, 1862 Randolph Co., IN-d,yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Malinda E. Foust (b.1840-d.1922 Jefferson Twp., Jay Co., IN) married Jun. 19, 1862 Randolph Co., IN to
| | | | | | | | | | James Silvers (b.1839 OH-d.1902 Jefferson Twp., Jay Co. IN)
| | | | | | | Please refer to EXTENDED DETAILS OF LINEAGE: SILVER / SILVERS for additional children.
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Delila Elen Foust (b.abt. 1840 IN-d.yr?) married Nov. 04, 1876 in Jay Co., IN to John G. Buckles (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-William Taylor Foust (b.abt. 1842 IN-d.yr?) married yr? to Caroline Emerson (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Matilda A. Foust (b.abt.1844 IN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Sarah C. Foust (b.abt.1846 IN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | | | Gen9-Christian C. Foust (b.abt.1852 IN-d.yr?)
== 1814 Spohr publishes the first opera about Faust.
== 1832 Goethe dies. The second part of his tragedy is published.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | | | | | | | | GEN9-G2-FOUST CHRISTINA "LENA" (b.abt.1836 IN-d.yr?) married Nov. 07, 1856 Randolph Co., IN to
| | | | | | | | | | AARON SILVERS (b.abt.1833/35-d.Dec. 09, 1913 IN)
| | | | | | | Please refer to EXTENDED DETAILS OF LINEAGE: SILVER / SILVERS for additional children.
== 1846 Berlioz presents an oratorium called "Faust's Condemnation". However, this opera does not totally match with Goethe's work.
== 1857 A symphony about Faust is published by Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt (b.1811-d.1886).
== 1859 The opera called "Margarete" is composed by Gounod.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | | | | | | | | | GEN10-G1-SILVERS WILLIAM HENRY (b.Aug. 07, 1866 Randolph Co., IN-d.yr?)15.-d.yr?) married
| | | | | | | | | | | Jan. 1, 1888 Jay Co., IN1. to EMMA ROZELLA TAYLOR (b.Jul.22, 1868 Jay Co., IN-d.yr?)
| | | | | | | Please refer to EXTENDED DETAILS OF LINEAGE: SILVER / SILVERS for additional children.
== 1868 The opera "Mefistofele" is composed by Boito.
== 1887 Zöllner presents another Faust opera.
GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | | | | | | | | | | GEN11-G-SILVERS ELMER PASCAL (b.Jan. 25, 1889 Jay Co.,15. IN-d.Apr. 16, 1960 IN)6. married Dec. 24, 1913
| | | | | | | | | Starke Co., IN to RUTH ELLEN RANSBOTTOM (b.Jan. 19, 1895 Starke Co., IN-d.Jan. 08, 1965 IN)
| | | | | | | Please refer to EXTENDED DETAILS OF LINEAGE: SILVER / SILVERS for additional children.
== 1925 Another Faust opera composed by Italian composer Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni (b.1866-d.1924) is published.
== 1947 German novelist Thomas Mann (b.1875-d.1955) presents his book "Doktor Faustus".
PARENTS:
| | | | | | | | | | | | GEN12-F-SILVERS WARREN GLENN 9. (b.Jul. 10, 1923 Culver, Marshall Co., IN2.-d.Feb. 24, 1974
| | | | | | | | | | | | | married Jun. 13, 1956 Niles, Berrien Co., MI to PATRICIA ANN NEWLIN (b.Feb. 24, 1931 Hammond, Lake Co., IN-
| | | | | | | | | | | | | d.Jan. 17, 1980 Granada Hills, Los Angeles Co., CA)
| | | | | | | Please refer to EXTENDED DETAILS OF LINEAGE: SILVER / SILVERS for additional children.
Diane Marie Silvers Long c. 1991
SELF:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | GEN13-PN-D SILVERS DIANE MARIE (b.Aug. 6, 1957 South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN) married 1977 Chula Vista CA
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | to Kenneth Larry Powell (b.Sep. 15, 1951 San Diego Co., CA) married again 1993 Valinda, CA to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | JEFFREY RICHARD LONG (b.May 05, 1962 Norwalk, Los Angeles Co., CA)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gen14-KP-Persephone Marie Powell (b.Aug. 09, 1974 Granada Hills, Los Angeles Co., CA)
Credits / Resources:
1. Came from a somewhat prominent family. For 20 years she was the dominent midwife of the town and delivered over 800 babies.
This was recorded in the church records at her death in 1721.
2. Came to America with his parents in 1733 on the ship "Elizabeth". He moved to Orange County, North Carolina in 1764 at the age of 20 with his parents. He moved his family in 1788 to what is now Sullivan County, Tennessee . This area was part of Virginia, and was being organized as the state of Franklin. In 1796 it was declared a separate state and named Tennessee.
He bought the David Adair farm comprised of 200 acres and lived there
until the latter part of the century. In 1801 he moved farther west to Knox County,
nd purchased 135 acres on Flat Creek, a few miles north of the town of Knoxville.
John and his sons, and sons-in-law, continued to acquire land in this area until they
became owners of a vast amount of land along what is known as the Washington Pike.
They attended the Methodist and Presybterian Churches of this area.
John was a Private in the Revolutionary War.
3. Civil War vet.
Munns Family Webpage
Goethe Chat Board
Faust History
BiblioBytes: The Tragedy of Faust
Faust Family
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