LUNENBURG FOUNDING FAMILIES

MORASH
other spellings:
MORASCH, MOREASH, MOROSH, MORRASCH, MORROSH

SOME DOCUMENTS WHERE THIS FAMILY NAME HAS BEEN CITED
"Nova Scotia Immigrants" p 181/435 [NS2]
"Planters & Pioneers" p 214 [PP2]
"The Foreign Protestants" p 289
"History of the County of Lunenburg" p 51, 70, 71, 129, 405, 456, 474, 480, 482, 483, 502, 510, 541 [HL2]
Birth Records [DS2]
Marriage Records [DS2]
Death Records [DS2]
SSGS Cemetery Inscriptions [CI2]
Probated Will(s) [PW1]
Halifax Obits 1962-92 [HO2]
on 1864 AF Church & Co Map [CM1]
in Census 1871 [CC2]
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Johannes
b abt 1733 [PL2] - d ?
aged 18 , a Farmer left Heubach , Germany [PL2]
and Sailed from Rotterdam, Holland on the Ship Murdoch the summer of 1751 [PL2]
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He appeared on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
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Land Grants were given out as follows:
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
Creighton's Div ?
Town Lot Registry of 1762
Zuberbuhler's Division G-5
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753 and Registered in 1762
5th Div B-1
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
1st Peninsula B-12
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
Kingsburg 3
(a straight exchange with Michael GRINPES?)
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned in one of five draws 1763-6
2nd Div B-13
(for Christian FINCK by Johannes MORASCH)
Ist Division C-6
(for Johannes MORASCH by Christian FINCK)
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated into a formal Township Grant of
322 acres

Johannes
was married
1756-07-20 [SJ2]
in Lunenburg
to Catherine FINCK
b? - d?
She appeared on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
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Their Children
Birth, Christening, & Death Dates
Who they Married/When/Where
John Peter
ch 1757-09-03 [SJ2]
1781 Bef
Susanna Maria HILTZ
John Leonard
ch 1760-01-27 [SJ2]
d 1763-10-05 [SJ2] d Lunenburg
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John Michael
ch 1762-05-02 [SJ2]
1802-01-05 [IG3]
Cath Barb Conrad
John Philip
ch 1764-11-01 [SJ2]
d 1834-02-26 [SJ2]
69y died of asthma
1796-01-03 [ZL2]
Jung Rebecca Elizabeth
&
1825-12-20 [ZL2]
Masson Sarah
Johannes
b 1768-01-01
ch 1768-01-03 [SJ2]
1793-05-21 [ZL2]
Vogler Maria Regina
John Justin
b 1770-04-11
ch 1770-04-11 [SJ2]
1808 Bef
Joudrie Margaret
Cath
b 1772-10-28
ch 1772-11-01 [SJ2]
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Margaret Eliz
b 1776-02-16
ch 1776-02-22 [SJ2]
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Sophia
b 1779-07-10
ch 1779-07-18 [SJ2]
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Ann Mary Eliz
b 1782-09-29
ch 1782-10-05 [ZL2]
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Michael
b abt 1728 [PL2] - d ?
aged 23 , a Farmer left Heubach , Germany [PL2]
and Sailed from Rotterdam, Holland on the Ship Murdoch the summer of 1751 [PL2]
·
He appeared on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
·
Land Grants were given out as follows:
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
Steinfort's Division G-13
Town Lot Registry of 1762
Zuberbuhler's Division G-5
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753 and Registered in 1762
not observed
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
1st Peninsula A-5
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
1st Peninsula A-5
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned in one of five draws 1763-6
3rd Division B-13
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated into a formal Township Grant of
330 acres

Michael
was married
1752-03-11 [SG2]
in Halifax
to Maria Elizabeth HAAS
b? - d 1786-01-17 [ZL2]
age 62y in Lunenburg
He appeared on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
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Their Children
Birth, Christening, & Death Dates
Who they Married/When/Where
Andrew
ch 1753-01-11 [SP2]
d bef 1756?
He did not appear on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
John Peter
ch 1754-07-17 [SJ2]
1780-11-07 [ZL2]
Susanna Maria HILTZ
He appeared on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
George Jacob
ch 1756-12-05 [SJ2]
d 1763-12-21 Lunenburg
?? 1785-03-08 [ZL2]
Maria Dorothea PENTZ
Jacob appeared on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1757
John
ch 1758-08-13 [SJ2]
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Eliz Margaret
ch 1760-01-01 [SJ2]
1777-01 [ZL2]
Frederick FINCK
Mary Magdalene
ch 1761-06-26 [SJ2]
d 1793 [ZL2]
42y La Have
1781-07-31 [DR2]
Jacob BORN
John
ch 1764-05-27 [SJ2]
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Susanna Catharine
b? - d 1881-04-05 [DS2]
She appeared on the Halifax and Lunenburg Victualling Lists as Susanna HAUN [BN2]
was married
1754-12-17 [SJ2]
in Lunenburg
to Johann George JOST
b? - d 1775-01-17 [DS2]
She appeared on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
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Elizabeth
b? - d 1807-04-05 [ZL2] age 53 ??? in Lunenburg
She appeared on the Halifax and Lunenburg Victualling Lists as Elizabeth HAUN [BN2]
was married
1755-03-30 [SJ2]
in Lunenburg
to Johannes SEIBERGER
b? - d 1778-06-19 [ZL2] age 56 y 1 m
He does not appear on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
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To see more on the MORASH family, see
1st Donna Silver's, 2nd Donna Silver's and For more information on this family, see
Polli Jost Turner's Web Page.

This page was last modified 20 September 2000.

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