Seibert family line: Klaus, Klaus Jr., Nickel, Hans, Christopher

(Settlers and Migrants, Seibert branch)

Gen 1.  Klaus Seibert Sr. and Margaret___

Klaus SEIBERT Sr. was born in 1530 in Diedelkopf, Pfalz, Germany; died on 25 Mar 1590 in Diedelkopf,Pfalz,Germany.

Klaus SEIBERT Sr. married Margaret (last name unknown) in ABT 1559. They had the following children: Peter SEIBERT, Catherine SEIBERT, ♥ Klaus SEIBERT Jr. (b. ABT 1560), Nickel SEIBERT (b. 20 Oct 1569), Hans SEIBERT (b. 21 Dec 1571), Elizabeth SEIBERT.

Individual source: The Seiberts of Saarland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by Raymond Martin Bell, 1982 edition, Washington, PA, 46 pages.

Margaret (last name unknown), died on 3 Mar 1592 in Germany.

Individual source: The Seiberts of Saarland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by Raymond Martin Bell, 1982 edition, Washington, PA, 46 pages.
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Gen 2.  Klaus Seibert Jr. and Else Jung

Klaus SEIBERT Jr. was born to the Klaus Seibert and Margaret (last name unknown) family in ABT 1560 in Diedelkopf, Pfalz, Germany; christened on 15 Dec 1593 in Diedelkopf, Pfalz,Germany.

Klaus SEIBERT Jr. married Else JUNG on 12 Jun 1582 in Germany.
They had the following children: ♥ Nickel SEIBERT (b. 1586), Hans SEIBERT (b.3 Sep 1592).

Individual source: The Seiberts of Saarland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by Raymond Martin Bell, 1982 edition, Washington, PA, 46 pages.

Else JUNG was born in Germany.

Individual source: The Seiberts of Saarland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by Raymond Martin Bell, 1982 edition, Washington, PA, 46 pages.
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Gen 3.  Nickel Seibert and Mary Mayer

Nickel SEIBERT was born to the Klaus Seibert Jr. and Else Jung family in 1586 in Eitzweiler, Saar, Germany; died in 1666 in Germany.

Nickel SEIBERT married Mary MAYER in 1613. They had the following children: John SEIBERT (b. 30 Oct 1614), Abraham SEIBERT (b. 10 Nov 1616), Elizabeth SEIBERT (b. 29 Jul 1618), Sara SEIBERT (b. 9 Feb 1623), John SEIBERT (b. Oct 1631), ♥ Hans SEIBERT (b. 1639), Nickel SEIBERT (b.20 Nov 1642).

Individual source: The Seiberts of Saarland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by Raymond Martin Bell, 1982 edition, Washington, PA, 46 pages.

Mary MAYER.

Individual source: The Seiberts of Saarland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by Raymond Martin Bell, 1982 edition, Washington, PA, 46 pages.
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Gen 4.  Hans Seibert and Barbara Spengler

Hans SEIBERT was born to the Nickel Seibert and Mary Mayer family in 1639 in Eitzweiler, Saar, Germany; died on 8 Mar 1694 in Eitzweiler, Saar, Germany.

Hans SEIBERT married Barbara SPENGLER on 1 Jul 1669.
They had the following children: Bernhard SEIBERT (b. 1670), Michael SEIBERT (b. 4 Jan 1674),  Barbara SEIBERT (b. 1675), ♥ Christopher Stoffel SEIBERT (b. 5 Feb 1682), Nickel SEIBERT (b. 1679), Wendel SEIBERT (b. 5 Jun 1686), Jacob SEIBERT (b. 15 Aug 1688), Mary SEIBERT, Catherine SEIBERT.

Individual source: The Seiberts of Saarland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by Raymond Martin Bell, 1982 edition, Washington, PA, 46 pages.

Barbara SPENGLER was born in 1645; died on 10 Feb 1699.

Individual source: The Seiberts of Saarland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by Raymond Martin Bell, 1982 edition, Washington, PA, 46 pages.
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Gen 5.  Christopher Stoffel Seibert and Johanna___

Christopher Stoffel SEIBERT  was born to the Hans Seibert and Barbara Spengler family on 5 Feb 1682 in Eitzweiler, Saar, Germany; died on 28 Jul 1732 in Sotern,Saar,Germany; buried in Sotern,Saar, Germany.

Christopher Stoffel SEIBERT married Johanna (last name unknown) in ABT 1710 in Germany. They had the following children: Adam SEIBERT (b. ABT 1711), Catherine SEIBERT (b. 30 Jul 1713), Wendel SEIBERT (b. 1715), ♥ Jacob SEYBERT (b. ABT 1717).

Individual source: The Seiberts of Saarland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by Raymond Martin Bell, 1982 edition, Washington, PA, 46 pages.

Johanna (last name unknown), died on 28 Apr 1758 in Ft Seybert, Pendleton, WV; buried in a hilltop mass grave, old Ft Seybert, Pendleton, WV.

MARRIAGE:
1. Johanna married Christopher Stoffel  SEIBERT in ABT 1710 in Germany and produced a family. When Christopher died in 1732 (at 50 yr. of age), Johanna remained single for four years while finishing to raise her children.
2. In 1736, Johanna married Henry LORENTZ in Germany. Henry is thought to have been a widower and to have brought a daughter to the family. The daughter married Nicholas Haffner in America.

TRAVEL:
In the spring of 1738, about two years after their marriage, the Seibert-Lorentz family and relations left Germany for the American colonies. Johanna landed in Philadelphia with a group that included: her second husband, Henry Lorentz; sons Jacob (about 21 yr. of age) and Wendel; daughter Catherine; Henry’s daughter; and other relatives, on 9 Sep 1738. {D1}

HOME:
The families lived for about 10 years in the Tulpehocken region, in Berks County, PA.  About 1748, several in their extended family group including; Johanna and Henry Lorentz, moved to the South Branch of the Potomac, now Pendleton County, WV.  Wendel’s family remained in Pennsylvania.  In 1755, Johanna’s son, Jacob and her son-in-law, Nicholas Haffner, brought adjacent properties in the Dyer Settlement. {D2}

EVENT:
The 1750s were a stormy period in the American due to the French and Indian Wars. All up and down the frontier there were Indian raids, killings and kidnappings.
On 16 May 1757, while Johanna was probably in her late 60s, an Indian attack near the Dyer
Settlement led to the killing of her husband, Henry Lorentz. {D3}

DEATH:
Johanna was tomahawked and scalped by a Shawnee Indian war party on 28 Apr 1758 immediately after the capture of  Ft. Seybert, Pendleton, WV; her body was buried in hilltop mass grave near the killing site at old Ft Seybert, Pendleton, WV.{D4}

This genealogical line continues with the posts, 1) The Jacob Seybert Family: Coming to America and 2) The Jacob Seybert Family: Fort Seybert, then  follows daughter Margaret Seybert-Janes in, 3) William Janes IV and Margaret Seybert.

DOCUMENTS:
1. A Collection of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776 by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, reprinted by Baltimore Genealogical
Publishing Co., 1965.
2. See Individual Source below.
3. History of Highland County, Virginia by Oren Frederic Morton, 1857-1926, reprinted 1969 by Regional Publishing Co., Baltimore.
4. Grave Register Pendleton County West Virginia, 1977.
Individual source: The Seiberts of Saarland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by Raymond Martin
Bell, 1982 edition, Washington, PA, 46 pages.