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Benjamin COUNTRYMAN

Benjamin COUNTRYMAN

Male 1775 - 1776  (1 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin COUNTRYMAN was born on 15 Sep 1775 (son of Ens Johannes M. “John” CUNTRAMANN and Rachel RICHARDS); died on 13 Dec 1776.

    Other Events:

    • Died young: Y


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ens Johannes M. “John” CUNTRAMANN was born on 2 May 1736 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York (son of George Cunradt “Conrad” CUNTRAMANN and Maria Margareth “Anna Maria” HABERMAN); died in Apr 1789 in Stark, Herkimer, New York.

    Other Events:

    • Military Event: American Revolution - NY, 1st Regt, Tryon Co Militia, Ensign
    • Served American Revolution?: Y
    • Military Flag: Y

    Johannes married Rachel RICHARDS on 4 Mar 1758 in Montgomery, Orange, New York. Rachel was born on 29 Oct 1733 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York; died on 28 Feb 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Rachel RICHARDS was born on 29 Oct 1733 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York; died on 28 Feb 1787.

    Other Events:

    • Also Known As: PICKERT, PICARD

    Children:
    1. Leah COUNTRYMAN was born on 26 Dec 1758 in Minden, Montgomery, New York; died in ?.
    2. Rachel COUNTRYMAN was born on 10 Aug 1761 in Minden, Montgomery, New York; died on 1 Jul 1767.
    3. 1. Benjamin COUNTRYMAN was born on 15 Sep 1775; died on 13 Dec 1776.
    4. Margaret COUNTRYMAN was born on 20 Feb 1760 in Minden, Montgomery, New York; died in ?.
    5. Dorothy COUNTRYMAN was born on 1 Aug 1762 in Minden, Montgomery, New York; died in ?.
    6. Nicholas COUNTRYMAN was born on 17 Feb 1764 in Minden, Montgomery, New York; died about 1844.
    7. Catherine COUNTRYMAN was born on 20 Jul 1765 in Minden, Montgomery, New York; died in ?.
    8. Susannah S. COUNTRYMAN was born on 1 Nov 1766 in Minden, Montgomery, New York.
    9. John COUNTRYMAN was born on 12 Feb 1768 in Minden, Montgomery, New York; died on 6 Mar 1843; was buried on 11 Mar 1843 in Mt Hope Cemetery, Ford's Bush, Minden, New York.
    10. Magdalena COUNTRYMAN was born on 18 Aug 1769 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York; died in ?.
    11. Mary COUNTRYMAN was born on 15 Sep 1771 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York; died before 1850.
    12. Abraham COUNTRYMAN was born on 31 Mar 1773; died about 1843.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Cunradt “Conrad” CUNTRAMANN was born on 30 Jan 1701 in Enzberg, Wuerttemberg, Germany (son of Johann Friedrich “Hans” GUNTERMAN and Maria Barbara SIMON); died on 6 May 1771 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York; was buried in Ft Plain Cemetery, Montgomery, New York.

    Other Events:

    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Migration: 13 Jun 1710
    • Naturalization: 9 Sep 1715, New York, New York, New York

    Notes:

    “Conrad” was acknowledged by Ripley’s Believe It or Not, 10 Nov 1935, for having 26 sons and grandsons serving in General Washington’s army. Another son, Jacob, was a tory.
    ——
    "Conrad Cunterman, with Hartman Windecker and Casper Leyp, was granted 2000 acres 3 miles south of the Mohawk in 1730 (NY Land Paper, Vol X & XI). A tract of 905 acres was granted to Coenradt Gunterman 13 Oct 1753 in the present town of Minden (History of Montgomery & Fulton Counties, NY, p 73).
    ——
    He came with his parents to America when he was about 9 years old. They landed on Nutters Island 13 jun 1710, with Rev. Kocherthal's second and last group of Palatine immigrants. He lived with his parents on the west bank of the Hudson River.
    Later we find him in the Mohawk Valley, in the Conjaharie district, what was then Albany county, later Tryon, and now Montgomery county, at Minden. 12 nov. 1751. King George of England granted 200 acres of land in Tryon on the south side of the Mohawk river, to him and two other men, reserving for the crown all trees over 2 feet in diameter for shipmasts. The men divided the land evenly his share of the land; his son George later erected the settler's stockade and Fort Willet.
    His last will was dated 1768 and probated 6 may 1777.
    Information obtained from "countryman genealogy" by Alvin Countryman.

    George married Maria Margareth “Anna Maria” HABERMAN in 1718 in Albany, Albany, New York. Maria was born on 27 Feb 1698 in Germany; died on 6 May 1777 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Maria Margareth “Anna Maria” HABERMAN was born on 27 Feb 1698 in Germany; died on 6 May 1777 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York; was buried in unknown.

    Notes:

    29 Oct 1757, Conrad & Maria Margaret Contreman were sponsors at the baptism of Margaret, daughter of Heinrich & Julianna Haberman.

    Children:
    1. Adam Conrad CUNTRAMANN was born on 21 Jan 1719 in Mohawk Valley, Herkimer, New York; died on 22 Dec 1804 in Ft Plain, Montgomery, New York.
    2. Marcus Marelus CUNTRAMANN was born on 21 Oct 1720 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York; died on 13 Jan 1793 in Ft Plain, Montgomery, New York.
    3. Barbara Anna Rosina CUNTRAMANN was born about 1721 in Mohawk Valley, Herkimer, New York; died in 1786 in Montgomery County, New York.
    4. Johann Friederich CUNTRAMANN was born about 1722 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York; died on 31 Jul 1780 in Minden, Montgomery, New York.
    5. Ann Eva CUNTRAMANN was born about 1723 in Mohawk Valley, Herkimer, New York; died in 1768 in New York.
    6. Maria Margaretha CUNTRAMANN was born about 1725 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York; died in 1768 in New York.
    7. Conrad CUNTRAMANN was born about 1732 in Lower Mohawk Valley, Herkimer, New York; died about 1790 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York.
    8. 2. Ens Johannes M. “John” CUNTRAMANN was born on 2 May 1736 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York; died in Apr 1789 in Stark, Herkimer, New York.
    9. Capt George COUNTREMAN was born on 2 Mar 1738 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York; died on 11 Mar 1809 in Marbletown, Ulster, New York; was buried in Geisenburg Cemetery, Minden, Montgomery, New York.
    10. Jacob T. CUNTRAMANN was born on 12 Aug 1743 in Herkimer, Herkimer, New York; died on 8 Jul 1814 in Osnabruck, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johann Friedrich “Hans” GUNTERMAN was born about 1664 in Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 16 Sep 1717 in W Camp, Ulster, New York; was buried in Palatine Lutheran Church Ground, W Camp, Ulster, New York.

    Other Events:

    • Religion: Catholic, Lutheran
    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Cause of Death: Killed by Indians
    • Migration: 13 Jun 1710, Nutter’s Island [Manhatten], New York
    • Baptism: 19 Jul 1710, W Camp, Ulster, New York
    • Naturalization: 8 Sep 1715, New York, New York, New York

    Notes:

    The Immigrant Ancestor, Johann Frederick Countryman of Enzberg, commune Maulbrunner duchy of Wurtemberg, landed on Nutters Island June 13, 1710, with his wife Maria Barbara, their three children, and with Rev. Kocherthal's second and last emigration of about 3000 Palatines.

    Johann Frederick was a leading churchman in Enzberg, Germany, and held the position of administer at West Camp, New York. His name appears on the subsistence list from June 30, 1710, until September 13, 1712. He and his wife, Maria Barbara, were present at the baptism of their children on April 12, 1714, and August 12, 1716, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church at West Camp, New York.

    Johann Frederick was naturalized at Kingston, New York, on September 8, 1715, with his sons Johann Conrad, Johann George, and Andreas Frantz. Simmendinger's register of 1717 records Johann Frederick, wife Maria Barbara and three children at Hayesbury and the church records note his death at Newtown on September 16, 1717 (Hayesbury was a part of East Camp, located between Huntertown and Queensbury).
    ——
    Father of Andreas Frantz, Johann Georg, Conrad, Margaretha Barbara, Anna Catharina, Johann Friedrich, Anna Eva, & Jacob.

    Johann married Maria Barbara SIMON in 1693 in Enzberg, Wuerttemberg, Germany. Maria was born about 1668 in Wurttemberg, Germany; died in 1716 in Albany, Albany, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Maria Barbara SIMON was born about 1668 in Wurttemberg, Germany; died in 1716 in Albany, Albany, New York.

    Other Events:

    • Immigrant?: Y

    Children:
    1. Andreas Frantz “Andrew” GUNTERMAN was born on 25 Nov 1696 in Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died about 1744 in Ulster County, New York.
    2. Johann Coenrart GUNTERMAN was born on 30 Jan 1701 in Enzberg, Wuerttemberg, Germany; died on 6 May 1771 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York.
    3. 4. George Cunradt “Conrad” CUNTRAMANN was born on 30 Jan 1701 in Enzberg, Wuerttemberg, Germany; died on 6 May 1771 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York; was buried in Ft Plain Cemetery, Montgomery, New York.
    4. Margaretha Barbara GUNTERMAN was born on 24 Nov 1703 in Enzberg, Wuerttemberg, Germany; died on 30 Sep 1707 in Enzberg, Wuerttemberg, Germany.
    5. Anna Catharina GUNTERMAN was born on 22 Apr 1706; died about 1710.
    6. Johann Friedrich “Hans” GUNTERMAN was born on 13 Oct 1708 in Enzberg, Wuerttemberg, Germany; died about 1800 in Albany County, New York.
    7. Anna Eva GUNTERMAN was born on 12 Apr 1714 in W Camp, Ulster, New York; died in 1740 in Germantown, Columbia, New York.
    8. Jacob GUNTERMAN was born on 12 Aug 1716 in W Camp, Ulster, New York; died on 16 Dec 1793 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.


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Updated 23 Dec 2023