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Paul Crim

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Paul Crim

Birth
Germany
Death
1813 (aged 82–83)
USA
Burial
Herkimer County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Paul was born in Hessen, Germany.


Service in Revolutionary War Garrison at Fort Herkimer
Paul Crim built the first log house on the Henderson Patent and was a survivor of the Andrustown Massacre

Paul was the father of Henry Crim, the grandfather of Christopher Crim, and greatgrandfather of Catherine Rebecca who married Amos Eychnauer. Catherine and Amos' daughter Eliza Rebecca married Jacob Kraus.

"From the Herkimer County, NY Historical Society Files - Paul Crim the earlier American ancestor of this man came from Hesse Castle Germany in the early part of the 18th century. Paul Crim Built the first log house south of the Mohawk in 1753, and reared a large family in Andrustown. Of his three sons, Jacob, Henry and Adam, the first two served in the Revolution in the Tryon Militia as did also his four sons-in-law Conrad Casler, Passage, Adam Hoover and Frederick Bell. Passage and Bell & Bell's father losing their lives at the Andrustown massacre in 1778 and the son made a prisoner. Henry Crim received a bullet in his body in the Revolution which he carried
through life, yet the three brothers all served in the war of 1812." From Barker's Early Herkimer Families, 1985



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Paul was born in Hessen, Germany.


Service in Revolutionary War Garrison at Fort Herkimer
Paul Crim built the first log house on the Henderson Patent and was a survivor of the Andrustown Massacre

Paul was the father of Henry Crim, the grandfather of Christopher Crim, and greatgrandfather of Catherine Rebecca who married Amos Eychnauer. Catherine and Amos' daughter Eliza Rebecca married Jacob Kraus.

"From the Herkimer County, NY Historical Society Files - Paul Crim the earlier American ancestor of this man came from Hesse Castle Germany in the early part of the 18th century. Paul Crim Built the first log house south of the Mohawk in 1753, and reared a large family in Andrustown. Of his three sons, Jacob, Henry and Adam, the first two served in the Revolution in the Tryon Militia as did also his four sons-in-law Conrad Casler, Passage, Adam Hoover and Frederick Bell. Passage and Bell & Bell's father losing their lives at the Andrustown massacre in 1778 and the son made a prisoner. Henry Crim received a bullet in his body in the Revolution which he carried
through life, yet the three brothers all served in the war of 1812." From Barker's Early Herkimer Families, 1985



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