Project Summary – EndtStratton2017Feb/9251 4 April 2017 OBJECTIVE •Extend the ancestry of Dorothy Endt, daughter of John Endt and Sibbilla Stratton. She was born in 1711 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; married John Bartholomew; and died in 1798 in Maryland. RESULTS •Located the Find A Grave memorial pages of John (Johan) Theobald Endt and Sibilla [sic] Stratton Endt. This source claims (undocumented) they were from the parish of Mainzer Stadtkreis or Mainz-Bingener Landkreis in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, and were married in Mainz in 1706. •Found the will of John Theobald Endt in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It verifies the name of his wife Sibbilla and four of his children but does not name Dorothy Bartholomew as his daughter. •Sought additional records to confirm Dorothy Bartholomew was in fact the daughter of John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton. Did not find proof of this relationship in original records, but found many published records that claim the relationship is correct. Found no conflicting evidence to suggest otherwise. •Concluded John Bartholomew is an excellent candidate to have married a daughter of John Theobald Endt, since he lived in Germantown from at least 1730 to 1770 as did the Endt family. •Found John Theobald Endt in records of Germantown as early as 1729. •Discovered an intriguing family story regarding the immigration of Sibbilla Stratton Endt, which has been passed down through the generations and published in a history of the Harper family. This story claims John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton immigrated to America from Mentz, Germany, which is similar to the information on Find A Grave. •Discovered interesting information about and a photograph of the home of John Theobald Endt in Germantown, Pennsylvania, which he built no later than 1742 and which was still standing in the year 1920. (It may still be standing today.) RECOMMENDATIONS •Search parish records of Mentz/Mainz/Mainzer, Germany, for the marriage of John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton, which supposedly took place there in 1706. [Find A Grave gives this place name as Mainzer Stadtkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, or Mainz-Bingener Landkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.] If such a record is found, it will give credibility to the family story of Sibbilla Stratton’s immigration and the Endt and Stratton families’ European origins, and will likely reveal further information about the Endt and Stratton families. •If desired, continue seeking proof that Dorothy, wife of John Bartholomew, was indeed the daughter of John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton. Research Report – EndtStratton2017Feb/9251 4 April 2017 The objective of this project was to extend the ancestry of Dorothy Endt, daughter of John Endt and Sibbilla Stratton. According to client records, she was born in 1711 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; married John Bartholomew; and died in 1798 in Maryland. Background Information Client records showed that Dorothy Endt’s father, John Endt, was born in 1681 in Bern, Switzerland; married Sibbilla Stratton in 1705; and died on 7 September 1765 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sibbilla Stratton was born in 1685 and died in Germantown on 20 August 1793. This seemed suspect, since Sibbilla would have died at age 107, which is highly unlikely. The couple’s children were listed as follows: 1.John Theobald Endt, b. Jul 1706, d. Jan 1794 2.Daniel Endt, b. 1709, d. 1769 3.Dorothy Endt, b. 1711, d. 1798 4.Mary Endt, b. 1712 Death and Burial Records in Philadelphia The Find A Grave memorial website has a page for John (Johan) Theobald Endt and one for Sibilla [sic] Stratton Endt. No documentation is present on either page and no burial location for either of them is stated, but several pieces of information are given: John (Johan) Theobald Endt Birth: 1681, Mainzer Stadtkreis Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Death: 1765, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Emigrant: Came to Pennsylvania with other Palatine Germans. Married in Germany, Rhineland parish of Mainz, in 1706 with Sibilla Stratton (anglicized spelling of her surname). Sibilla Stratton Endt Birth: 1674, Mainz-Bingener Landkreis Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Death: 1784, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Note that this source claims Sibilla died at age 110, which is highly unlikely.] The Find A Grave records of John and Sibilla had been linked to just one of their presumed children, the client’s direct ancestor Dorothy Endt Bartholomew. Dorothy Endt Bartholomew Birth: 1717, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death: 1780, Middleburgh, Schoharie, New York Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, of German Palatine parents who had emigrated there and joined the German-speaking group in Philadelphia area which came to be known as Germantown. This source gives different birth and death years for Dorothy than what is in client records, and it claims she died in New York rather than Maryland. Philadelphia County probate records were examined, and the will of John Theobald Endt, proposed father of Dorothy Endt, was discovered. Will of John Theobald Endt, saddler, of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dated: 7 September 1765 Proved: 17 November 1767 “being antient [ancient] and weakly in Body” Wife: Sibbilla Endt Eldest son: Daniel Endt The three youngest children of my son Daniel which he had by his present wife: Daniel, Charles, and one yet unborn My three youngest children: John Endt, Theobald Endt, and Mary the now wife of George Miller Executrix: wife Sibilla Endt Executors: son Theobald Endt, son-in-law George Miller Witnesses: Thos. Rose, John Miller, Jacob Ritter This will confirms John’s wife was named Sibbilla, indicates he was a saddler by profession, suggests he died in 1767 in Germantown, and reveals he had at least four children: Daniel, John, Theobald, and Mary. Client records had listed his son “John Theobald Endt” as one person but the will proves they were two separate sons. A concern resulted from the discovery of this will – the fact that no daughter named Dorothy is mentioned. Dorothy is the client’s direct ancestor, and her absence from the will could suggest she was not the daughter of John Theobald and Sibbilla Endt. However, it does not prove this. The will never says John Theobald Endt had only four children—it just names his eldest son and his three youngest children, meaning there could be other children who were not mentioned in the will. However, Dorothy’s absence did create some doubt, so research aimed to confirm that Dorothy, the wife of John Bartholomew, was in fact the daughter of John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton before doing much more work on the Endt and Stratton lines. The Identity and Parentage of Dorothy, Wife of John Bartholomew A will for Sibbilla Endt was sought with the hope that one exists and would name her children. None was found. So wills for her children were sought with the hope that one might name their siblings. A will was located in Philadelphia County for Theobald Endt, but none was found for Daniel Endt, John Endt, or George or Mary Miller. Unfortunately Theobald’s will does not mention Dorothy (Endt) Bartholomew or her husband John Bartholomew. Will of Theobald Ent of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dated: 9 January 1794 Proved: 19 March 1794 Wife: Maria Barbara Youngest son: John (a minor) Children: Charles, Mary, Sarah, Sibbilla, George, and John Executors: son Charles Ent, son-in-law John Salter Witnesses: Christian Duy, Peter Deal If Dorothy was indeed a daughter of John Theobald Endt, then one possible reason she was not named in her father’s will is that she had already received her inheritance. Sometimes land records reveal such transactions, when parents give their children property before their deaths or sell their children land at deeply discounted prices. Transcribed land records of Germantown were searched, but no deed was found in which John Theobald Endt or Sibbilla Endt gave or sold land to John or Dorothy Bartholomew. Despite Dorothy Bartholomew’s absence from John Theobald Endt’s will, multiple published family histories claim she was his daughter. For instance, a published history of the Bartholomew family entitled General Joseph Bartholomew: personal histories, his documents, his children, his ancestors claims in multiple places that the wife of John Bartholomew was Dorothy Endt, daughter of Johan Theobald Endt and Sibilla. (It does not offer proof of the relationship or say how Dorothy’s surname and parentage were learned.) Also, a history of the Harper family identifies the wife of John Bartholomew as Dorothy Ent. Land records of Germantown, Pennsylvania, confirm John Bartholomew lived in the right place at the right time to marry a daughter of John Theobald Endt, and they prove that his wife was indeed named Dorothy. John Bartholomew was a resident of Germantown by at least 19 January 1730, when he purchased 22 acres of land in Germantown from John Henry Kalkglaser. He was still living in Philadelphia County in 1751, when he placed the following advertisement in the newspaper: Sept. 1, 1751, Johan Bartholomew in Philadelphia Co., makes known that he will sell a plantation of 175 acres of Land. It was formerly an Indian Town, and was called Mussicemickem. There is on it a good dwelling house and a great frame barn. The whole land has many flowing springs by which many meadows can be watered. Many meadows are already made and still more can be made. There are about 80 acres of cleared land well fenced and it has a number of thrifty green hedges. The rest is good woodland and in particular has large poplar trees for saw blocks. There is on it a good bearing orchard; has a good deed: whoever is so inclined may inquire of the owner near the place. Louis Geschicht. Schreiber. John Bartholomew’s wife’s first name is revealed as Dorothy in a deed dated 28 July 1731 in which the couple sold an acre of land. This deed identifies John as a wheelwright. About 1770, John Bartholomew moved his family to the Charlotte River Valley in New York. He purchased a large tract of a thousand acres on both sides of the Charlotte River, which today is in Schoharie, Oswego, and Delaware Counties. History of Schoharie County, New York includes a brief biographical sketch of the Bartholomew family: Bartholomew Family. John Bartholomew and his wife, Dorothy, early purchased a tract of land near the Charlotte, in the present county of Otsego, and raised a large family. When the Revolution commenced, they sought safety in the Schoharie valley and proved to be staunch patriots. There were seventeen children, we are told, by one of the family, (G.W. Bartholomew, now of Austin, Texas,) and two of them at least settled in the Schoharie County, John and Philip. The children of Philip settled at Fultonham, Gilboa and Middleburgh, while those of John were to be found in this town, as well as those of Middleburgh. The progenitors of this family came from Holland and settled in Germantown, Penn., about the year 1740, and came from there to the Charlotte in 1770. Since Find A Grave claims both John Bartholomew and his wife Dorothy Endt Bartholomew both died in Middleburgh, Schoharie, New York, some records of the Middleburgh Library were searched for them. A card on their family was found. It agrees that John Bartholomew’s wife was named Dorothy but does not give her surname: Bartholomew: John Wife Dorothy Purchased tract of land near Charlotte 17 children John & Philip settled in Schoharie Co. Children of Philip settled in Fultonham, Gilboa, and Middleburgh Children of John settled in … This card references records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Middleburgh, which are not available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. An e-mail inquiry was sent to the staff of the Middleburgh Library to see if a librarian would search their records for the Bartholomew family to see if any records in their possession prove that Dorothy’s maiden name was Endt. The librarian agreed to search their records – we are still waiting for their results. In 1929, the Vineland Historical Magazine (Vineland, New Jersey) published a transcription of the Ent Family Bible, which was passed down from John Theobald Endt to his son John on 27 April 1757. John Endt later gave it to his daughter Ann who gave it to her grandson John Hensel. A copy of the transcription was obtained to see if it names Dorothy Endt Bartholomew as a family member. It does not – it does not name any of the children of John Theobald Endt except his son John, whom he gave the Bible to in 1757. Although proof was not found that Dorothy, wife of John Bartholomew, was the daughter of John Theobald Endt, this seems to be an accepted fact by other researchers. No conflicting evidence was found to suggest otherwise. Indeed, John Bartholomew is an excellent candidate to have married a daughter of John Theobald Endt, since he lived in Germantown from at least 1730 to 1770 as did the Endt family. No further study of this was made during this project; the rest of this project was spent seeking the European origins of John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton, which was the original research objective. If additional research is desired to prove the link between Dorothy Bartholomew and her proposed parents, John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton, this can be completed during a follow-up research project. The European Origins of John Endt and Sibbilla Stratton Several descendants of John Theobald Endt have posted online that he came to America on 18 September 1733 on the Pennsylvania Merchant from London and Rotterdam to Philadelphia. This does not appear to be correct. The passenger list of this ship was published in A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, with a Statement of the Names of Ships, Whence They Sailed, and the Date of Their Arrival at Philadelphia, and John Theobald Endt is not on that ship’s list. There are two Endts on the list, Johan Daniel Endt and Johan Valentin Endt, neither of which is the ancestor. The only other Endt on any ship list in this publication is Andreas Endt, who came to Philadelphia from Rotterdam on 27 September 1746 on the Ann Galley. This is likewise not the ancestor. But interestingly, the ancestor is named in this book. He is listed in the Appendix, which is entitled, “Four Hundred and Sixty Five Names of German, Dutch and French Inhabitants of Philadelphia County, Who Owned Land, and Paid Quit-Rents Prior to 1734.” Joh. Theobald Ent is listed in the section for Germantown—his entry indicates he paid quit-rents on five acres of land. So John Theobald Endt was definitely in America by 1734. But another record of Germantown reveals he was there even earlier. Theobald Endt was named in a deed of Old Germantown on 14 May 1729, in which he purchased property from Dirck Johnson as surveying executor of Cunrad Jansen. Theobald Endt purchased additional property in Germantown in 1745 and 1749. So Theobald Endt came to America no later than 1729. William Henry Egle’s Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808 does not list John Theobald Endt. It does list five Endts who came to America on the Pennsylvania Merchant of London on 18 September 1733: Johan Daniel Endt Daniel Endt Valentine Endt Johan Valentine Endt Catharina Endt A family story regarding the immigration of Sibbilla Stratton Endt has been passed down through the generations and published in a history of the Harper family. [Elizabeth Bartholomew, daughter of John and Dorothy Bartholomew, married a Harper.] Though unverified by original source documentation, the story is intriguing and could contain some truth. It is as follows: The maternal grandmother of Elizabeth Harper [Sibbilla Stratton] was a “French Huguenot” and at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in 1685, she was sent in a chest from Paris to Germany. The journey occupied twelve hours, and was made in safety by the girl of twelve years. Her name is not known but her parents evidently expected immediate death, and took this way of saving their daughter. They afterward made their escape from France and joined her in Mentz, Germany, where she married a man named Ent, a native of Berne, Switzerland. From Mentz the family moved to Munich and their daughter, Dorothy Ent, married John Bartholomew and emigrated to Germantown, Pa., where they soon after induced their respective parents to join them. From Germantown they moved to Bethlehem, N.J. It was here that their sixteenth child, Elizabeth, was born February 13, 1749. Both this story and Find A Grave claim the Endt and Stratton families had lived in Mentz/Mainz/ Mainzer, Germany, before coming to America. Find A Grave, in fact, claims John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton were married in Mentz in 1706. Future research should examine parish records of Mentz/Mainz/Mainzer, Germany, in search of the marriage record of John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton. If such a record is found, it will give credibility to the family story and will likely reveal further information about the Endt and Stratton families. The Theobald Endt House During this research project, some interesting facts were stumbled upon regarding the home of John Theobald Endt in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He built this home no later than 1742 and it was still standing in the year 1920. (It may still be standing today.) These facts are included here in case they are of interest to the client. The house John Theobald Endt built on his property in Germantown became historically significant when on 1 January 1742 the first Pennsylvania Synod met in it. This was “the first attempt made in America towards an evangelical alliance and unification of the German Protestants.” Here is a brief description of Theobald Endt’s old house in Germantown: The house at No. 5222 Main Street, for many years owned and occupied by Handsberry, was the Theobald Endt house, where the first of the ‘Unity Conferences’ was held…. The dwelling originally had a pent-house extending along the front, and was of a type quite common among the early settlers. After Mr. Handsberry purchased the place, he spent considerable money upon it in the way of improvements. The interior as well as the exterior was remodeled and renovated. He also built the addition which is now occupied as a store…. He first tore away a massive chimney. What is now the back parlor had a brick floor and was used as a kitchen. In it was a large open fire-place with a bake oven back of it. In the fire-place was an iron crane, for hanging tea-kettle and cooking utensils upon over the fire. The fire-place was so large that long and heavy logs could be burned in it. Here is a picture of the old house. 5222 Germantown Avenue, Endt-Hansberry House, owned by Theobald Endt in 1766 Conclusion and Recommendations During this project, a lot of new information was discovered regarding the families of John and Dorothy Bartholomew and Dorothy’s proposed parents, John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton. Future research should search parish records of Mentz/Mainz/Mainzer, Germany, for the marriage of John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton, which supposedly took place there in 1706. [Find A Grave gives this place name as Mainzer Stadtkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, or Mainz-Bingener Landkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.] If such a record is found, it will give credibility to the family story of Sibbilla Stratton’s immigration and the Endt and Stratton families’ European origins, and will likely reveal further information about the Endt and Stratton families. Research can also continue seeking proof that Dorothy, wife of John Bartholomew, was indeed the daughter of John Theobald Endt and Sibbilla Stratton, if desired. It has been a pleasure to assist you in researching your ancestry. We look forward to continuing, according to your instructions. TLT/ac © 2017 Price and Associates, Incorporated