Catrina Susanna Kieffer1,2

#5246, (between 1694 and 1701 - )
Relationship5th great-grandaunt of Nelle Belle Bridges
Father*Johan Willem Kieffer1 (c 1670 - )
Mother*Catherina _____1

Family

Pieter Mey b. 1700
Children 1.Balthasar Mey16 (c 1724 - )
 2.Johannes Mey16 (c 1725 - )
 3.Christina Mey16 (1726 - )
 4.Elizabeth Mey17 (1730 - )
 5.Anna Mey18 (c 1732 - )
 6.Marytje Mey19 (1734 - )
 7.Catherina Mey16 (1735 - )
 8.Margreta Mey20 (1736 - )
 9.Wilhelm1 Mey21 (1738 - )
 10.Wilhelm Mey2 (1743 - )
The translation of the marriage record of daughter Anna Maria (or Maria) gives the European origin of the family as "Langen-Göns in Hessen Darmstadt." There is a municipality named Langgöns in Landkreis Gießen (or Giessen District) in today's federal state of Hesse (in German, Hessen). Some genealogical sources (see genealogists.us/germany/hesse/hessendLM.htm) give it the name Lang-Göns (location of an Evangelical Parish). The German language site de.wikipedia.org has Lang-Göns with a population of 6,854. Translated (roughly), it says "the municipalities Cleeberg, Dornholzhausen, Espa and Clover Home of the former district Wetzlar and the local Lang-Gons of the former County of Gießen merged to form Langgöns."3,4 
Catrina Susanna Kieffer was also known as Susanna.2 
Catrina Susanna Kieffer was also known as Johanna Catherina. 
Her married name was Mey.1 
Birth*between 1694 and 1701She was born between 1694 and 1701 at Langen-Göns, Landkreis Gießen, Hessen Darmstadt, Hoog-duytsland (now Germany)G.4 
1708/9She emigrated with Johan Willem Kieffer and Catherina _____ from Germany to London, England.5 
between 25 December 1709 and June 1710She accompanied Johan Willem Kieffer and Catherina _____ between 25 December 1709 and June 1710 from England to Nutting (now Governor's) Island, New York, New York.6,7,8,9 
6 October 1710She removed with Johan Willem Kieffer and Catherina _____ to New Town, West Camp, Ulster Co., New YorkG, on 6 October 1710.8,7,10,11 
Baptism22 November 1720She (possibly) sponsored the baptism of Hieronymus Schramm on 22 November 1720 at Claverack, Columbia (then Albany) Co., New YorkG.12 
Marriage*29 September 1723She married Pieter Mey on 29 September 1723 at Kingston, Ulster Co., New YorkG.1 
Baptism12 April 1724She witnessed the baptism of Fredrick Schramm on 12 April 1724 at Old Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster Co., New YorkG.13 
Baptism10 December 1732She sponsored the baptism of Christina Kieffer on 10 December 1732 at Newtown (now West Camp), Ulster Co., New YorkG.14 
Baptism31 March 1734She witnessed the baptism of Velten Schramm on 31 March 1734 at Kiskatom (now Town of Catskill), Greene (then Ulster) Co., New YorkG.15 
Baptism31 March 1734She sponsored the baptism of Johan Peter Schramm on 31 March 1734 at Kiskatom (now Town of Catskill), Ulster Co., New YorkG.15 

Citations

  1. [S221] Roswell Randall Hoes, compiler, Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (New York: De Vinne Press, 1891), p. 544, no. 515. Pieter Mey, j. m., and Catrina Kiever, j. d., both born in Hoog-duytsland and res. in Co. of Albany, banns 29 Sep 1723 [no marr. date; the same day her brother and Christina Miller registered banns at the Church.].
  2. [S1560] William J. Hoffman, "Baptismal Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg, Now Athens, Greene County, New York", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Volumes 82-85 (1951-1954): 82 (Oct. 1951):243. Wilhelm, b. 20 Nov 1743, son of of Peter May and Catharina Susanna, bapt. at the home of Pieter May 12 Dec 1743; sponsors Wilhelm Kieffer and Maria Schrammin, Jr. [This is the only baptism record found that has Pieter Mey's wife's name given as Catharina Susanna; others have either Catharina or Susanna]
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S1561] Rev. Christian Krahmer, "The Kocherthal Records", Olde Ulster III-IV (1907-1908): II (Feb. 1908):58. "No. 87. Febr. 12. Fridrich Schramm, son of Henrich Schramm of Wollensdorf in the district of Sieg, and Anna Maria, daughter of Johann Wilhelm Küster of Langen-Göns in Hessen Darmstadt." [See Imprints citation for explanation of the spelling Küster].
  5. [S583] History of the Palatine Immigration to Pennsylvania, online http://www.searchforancestors.com/passengerlists/…, "In 1708 and 1709, thirty three thousand, on an invitation of Queen Anne, left their homes in the Rhine country for London, where some twelve or thirteen thousand arrived in the summer of 1708. There were books and papers dispersed in the Palatinate, with the Queen's picture on the books, and the title page in letters of gold, which, on that account, were called, 'The Golden Book', to encourage the Palatines to come to England, in order to be sent to the Carolinas, or to other of Her Majesty's colonies, to be settle there."
  6. [S1562] Walter Allen Knittle, Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration (Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co., 1937), p. 286. Johann Wilhelm Kieffer; year 1710, 4 adults and children of age 10 or greater and 2 children under age 10; year 1712, 5 adults and children of age 10 or greater. New York Subsistence List, "of Palatine debtors to the British government for subsistence given either in New York City or in the Hudson River settlements, from their landing in 1710 to September, 1712." Citing Public Record Office, C. O. 5 12.30, corrected from the accompanying "ledger," C. O. 5 12.31."
    p. 295. The Simmendinger Register. Prepared by Ulrich Simmendinger, one of the migrants, who published the list after he returned to Germany in 1717, giving an account of the migration and listing the families and their settlement locations. Listed as living in "Becksmanland" (the West Camp settlements of Elizabeth Town, George Town and New Town, collectively referred to as West Camp (on the west side of the Hudson River) are Wilhelm Keiffer with wife Catherine and 3 children.
  7. [S1549] I. Daniel Rupp, compiler, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French, and Others Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 2nd Revised Edition (Philadelphia: Ig. Hohler, 1876), p. 446. Names of adult male Palatines in Livingston Manor, N. Y., in the Winter of 1710 and Summer of 1711. Johann Wilhem Kieffer. [Livingston Manor in this case includes the extended settlements.]
  8. [S1563] Lou D. MacWethy, The Book of Names, Especially Relating to the Early Palatines and the First Settlers in the Mohawk Valley (St. Johnsville, N. Y.: Enterprise and News, 1933), "Statement of Heads of Palatine Familys and Number of Persons in Both towns of ye West Side of Hudsons River, Winter 1710." Jno. Wm Keiffer/Keifer, one adult male, one male age 9-15, two adult females, two females age 9-15. Hereinafter cited as Book of Names, Especially Relating to the Early Palatines.
  9. [S583] History of the Palatine Immigration, online http://www.searchforancestors.com/passengerlists/…, "Ten sails of vessels were freighted with upwards of four thousand Germans for New York. They departed the 25th December, 1709 and after a six months' tedious voyage reached New York in June, 1710. On the inward passage, and immediately on landing, seventeen hundred died. The survivors were encamped in tents, the had brought with them from England, on Nutting, now Governor's Island. Here they remained til late in autumn, when about fourteen hundred were removed, one hundred miles up the Hudson river, to Livingston Manor. The widowed women, sickly men and orphaned children remained in New York. The orphans were apprenticed by Governor Hunter, to citizens of New York and of New Jersey."
  10. [S1562] Walter Allen Knittle, Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration, p. 286. Johann Wilhelm Kieffer; year 1710, 4 adults and children of age 10 or greater and 2 children under age 10; year 1712, 5 adults and children of age 10 or greater. New York Subsistence List, "of Palatine debtors to the British government for subsistence given either in New York City or in the Hudson River settlements, from their landing in 1710 to September, 1712." Citing Public Record Office, C. O. 5 12.30, corrected from the accompanying "ledger," C. O. 5 12.31."
  11. [S584] Palatine Monument at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, West Camp, New York (photograph), families who arrived at Hudson's River in the fall of 1710, erected 13 Jun 1998, Monument to the first Palatine settlers in the Hudson River Valley, includes "Kieffer," of the West Camp.
  12. [S1565] Holland Society, "Some Early Records of the Lutheran Church, New York", Year Book of the Holland Society of New York (1903): p. 79. Rev. Justus Falckner entry: "Nov. 22 [1720], at Claverack, b. at the beginning of this month, on the Sopos Trustee's land, Hieronymus, child of Friderich Ram [Schramm] and wife Anna Maria. Witnesses: Hieronymus Kleyn [Klein], Valentin Vrolich and Catharina Kuserin [poss. Kuster/Kiever/Kieffer]." There are named as sponsors for a baptism on 15 Mar 1721 at New Town "Valentin Vrolich and wife Applonia" (p. 82).
  13. [S221] Roswell Randall Hoes, Baptisms and Marriages ODC Kingston, p. 150, no. 3209. Frerik, son of Frerik Schram and Marytjen Kiever, bapt. 12 Apr 1724; sponsors Pieter Mey and Christina Kiever.
  14. [S1560] William J. Hoffman, "Baptismal Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg", 82 (Jan. 1951):26. Christina Kieffer, b. 10 Oct 1732, dau. of Joh. Balthasar and Christina Kieffer, bapt. Newtown 10 Dec 1732 by Rev. W. C. Berkenmeyer; sponsors Peter May and Catharina, his wife.
  15. [S1560] William J. Hoffman, "Baptismal Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg", 82 (Jan. 1951):29. Twins Velten and Johan Peter, sons of Frider. Schram and Anna Maria, b. 26 Mar 1734, bapt. Kiskatom 31 Mar 1734; sponsors (for Velten), Velten [Valentine] Fuhrer [Fiero] and Catharina, his wife, and (for Johan Peter), Joh. Pet. May [Peter Mey] and Johanna Catharina, his wife.
  16. [S582] Ancestry.com May Family 2, KevMay53, owner, online \Ancestry.com\, "Pieter May, (b) 1700 in Dalsheim, Alzey-Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, is my 6 th Great Grandfather. He immigrated to the States with his parents (Johann Peter and Dorita) in 1709 from Niederhausen, Bad Kreuznach, Kolenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

    He, along with his parents settled in New York (Kingston). Kingston and much of New York is primarily a Dutch community.

    Pieter married Johanna Catherina Kieffer (Kiever) (my 6th Great Grandmother) on 29 Sep 1723 in Kingston, New York.

    They were married in the Old Dutch Church, which was organized in 1659, “ The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston, NY” familiarly known as “ Old Dutch”, is the 6th oldest Reformed Church in America.

    The marriage is recorded this way: “PIETER MEY, j.m., and CATRINA KIEVER, j. d., both parties born in Hoogduytsland (Germany), and resid. in the Co. of Albanyen (Albany). Banns Registered, 29 Sept.” "

    http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9893335/person/-691222806/…|pgNum

    Together they had 9 children; Balthasar (no birth date), Johannes (no birth date), Christina (1726), Elizabeth (1729), Anna (1732), Maria (1734), Catherina (1735), Margreta (1736), and Wilhelm William (1743). Wilhelm William is my 5 th Great Grandfather.. Hereinafter cited as May Family 2.
  17. [S1560] William J. Hoffman, "Baptismal Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg", 82 (Jan. 1951):21. Lisabeth, b. 3 Mar 1730, dau. of Peter May and Susanna, bapt. at Kiskatom 10 May 1736; sponsors Johan Jacob Maul and Lisabeth Emmerichs. [Also baptized at the same place on that day was Henrich, son of Anna Maria Kieffer and Frerich Schramm]
  18. [S1560] William J. Hoffman, "Baptismal Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg", 82 (Jan. 1951):15. Anna, dau. of Peter May and Catharina, bapt. at Newtown 15 Apr 1732; sponsors Henrich Fees and Anna Christina [, his wife].
  19. [S1560] William J. Hoffman, "Baptismal Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg", 82 (Jan. 1951):30. Marytje, b. 29 Dec 1734, dau. of Peter May and Susanna, bapt. at Kiskatom 5 Jan 1735; sponsors Friedrich Schram and Marytje, his wife.
  20. [S1560] William J. Hoffman, "Baptismal Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg", p. 83. Margreta, dau. of Peter May and Catharina, bapt. 10 May 1736; sponsors Hendryk Brouwer and Anna Margreta, his wife.
  21. [S1560] William J. Hoffman, "Baptismal Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg", 82 (Jul. 1951):161. Wilhelm, b. 25 Feb 1738, son of of Peter May and Susanna, bapt. at Kiskatom 5 mar 1738; sponsors Joh. Wilhelm Schram and Christina Fuhrerin.