Johann Engelberth Stockmann was as christened
in the Evangelisch-Reformierte Church of Burbach, Nassau
Siegen,
a duchy of the House of Orange 2 December 1725. Burbach is
located about 20 miles south of the City of Siegen, some 60 miles east
of Bonn, Westphalia, Germany.
Marriage
Johann Engel married Anna Maria
Schmid
in Burbach 4 Aug. 1747. Anna Maria was the daughter of
Conrad
and Anna Elisabeth Schmidt of Würgendorf. She was born 31 May
1722.
Their first child, Anna Elisabeth Stockmann was born 24 October 1748
and
she was baptized on 27 October in the Burbach Reformed church. Their
second
child, Frederick, claimed to have been born in Germany, but no
baptismal
record for him has ever been found
Following their arrival in Philadelphia the
family
moved to Frederick County, Maryland and shortly after 1755 Engel moved
south, to the Dutch Fork area of the old 96 District of the colony of
South
Carolina, which became Newberry County. Here during the
Revolutionary
War, Engel and his sons served the Continental Cause for various
periods
of time. The children of Engel known in South Carolina were:
Christopher Stockman
Peter Stockman
Henry Stockman
George Stockman
John
Stockman
And Frederick Stockman who took his family to Texas
in 1806. Some speculate that Charistopher and Frederick Stockman
are the same fellow and there is evidence to support this conclusion,
but no proof.
It is not known what happened to Anna Maria,
Engel's wife, church records in Frederick County, Maryland list her
prior
to the move south, but in 1786 when Engel sold his property in Newberry
District, he was married to Katherine Stockman. At the time of
the
sale of his property, son Christopher Stockman was moving to Kentucky,
and probably Engel moved with him and disappears from all
records.
Christopher says that he was captured by the Shawnee Indians and held
prisoner
for three years. It is possible that this was the fate of Engel
Also.
Links:
One of Engel's sons, possibly George married Barbara LNU.
George
had died by 1790 but Barbara Stockman was enumerated in the 1790 census
of Newberry District, South Carolina. A portion of this family may be
found
at Shari Simonds page which lists the Descendants
of John Peter Stockman a son of Barbara Stockman.
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