We first learned they married in Rowan County, North Caroina. While living in the Moravian settlement of Bethabara in NC, Jacob and Rosie lost a child in 1797. This son was five days old. He is buried in lot no.47 in Dobbs Parish graveyard, made for the non-Moravian settlers. This cemetery which was built in 1759 and is located south of Bethabara Mill was commonly referred to as the "strangers graveyard".
Jacob was apprenticed in the art of blacksmithing while in North Carolina. Rosey's name appears there as Fernsler or Fansler; The German spelling is Förnßler. It is my belief that Fadenland (as transcribed from her marriage record) is simply not a surname...loosely translated it means father-land, Germany. I do not believe the rumor written about Rosie taking an Irish of Flannigan, when she came to America. We do not know if she was born in Germany or Pennsylvania or elsewhere. She is not found in any immigration records, leading me to believe it likely that she was born in America to probably, German parents. Many traveled from Pennsylvania to the Moravian settlements of North Carolina.
In this line of Aldermans, the spellings "Olterman" and "Alterman" were used in my family thru 1900 in Virginia.
It is now commonly called Alderman.
Jacob Alterman (born, I estimate 1772, probably in Germany) came to Philadelphia, PA Jan. 10, 1789 aboard the 'Patsey Rutledge' from Hamburg, Germany.
Jacob is in the Philadelphia PA first census, applied there for naturalization and took the "Oath of Allegiance".
Rosie and Jacob came from NC to Virginia and settled in Grayson County, Virginia.
After Jacob's death in 1824, Rosie went to live with her son, Henry, and his family in Highland County, Ohio. She is last documented in 1833 there. The year of her death is unknown but it is assumed she died in Fairfield, Highland County, Ohio. I did not find her living elsewhere with other family.
Rosie and Jacob's children who lived to adulthood, include John, Jacob, Philip, George, Elizabeth, Frederick and Henry.
Jacob was apprenticed in the art of blacksmithing while in North Carolina. Rosey's name appears there as Fernsler or Fansler; The German spelling is Förnßler. It is my belief that Fadenland (as transcribed from her marriage record) is simply not a surname...loosely translated it means father-land, Germany. I do not believe the rumor written about Rosie taking an Irish of Flannigan, when she came to America. We do not know if she was born in Germany or Pennsylvania or elsewhere. She is not found in any immigration records, leading me to believe it likely that she was born in America to probably, German parents. Many traveled from Pennsylvania to the Moravian settlements of North Carolina.
In this line of Aldermans, the spellings "Olterman" and "Alterman" were used in my family thru 1900 in Virginia.
It is now commonly called Alderman.
Jacob Alterman (born, I estimate 1772, probably in Germany) came to Philadelphia, PA Jan. 10, 1789 aboard the 'Patsey Rutledge' from Hamburg, Germany.
Jacob is in the Philadelphia PA first census, applied there for naturalization and took the "Oath of Allegiance".
Rosie and Jacob came from NC to Virginia and settled in Grayson County, Virginia.
After Jacob's death in 1824, Rosie went to live with her son, Henry, and his family in Highland County, Ohio. She is last documented in 1833 there. The year of her death is unknown but it is assumed she died in Fairfield, Highland County, Ohio. I did not find her living elsewhere with other family.
Rosie and Jacob's children who lived to adulthood, include John, Jacob, Philip, George, Elizabeth, Frederick and Henry.
We first learned they married in Rowan County, North Caroina. While living in the Moravian settlement of Bethabara in NC, Jacob and Rosie lost a child in 1797. This son was five days old. He is buried in lot no.47 in Dobbs Parish graveyard, made for the non-Moravian settlers. This cemetery which was built in 1759 and is located south of Bethabara Mill was commonly referred to as the "strangers graveyard".
Jacob was apprenticed in the art of blacksmithing while in North Carolina. Rosey's name appears there as Fernsler or Fansler; The German spelling is Förnßler. It is my belief that Fadenland (as transcribed from her marriage record) is simply not a surname...loosely translated it means father-land, Germany. I do not believe the rumor written about Rosie taking an Irish of Flannigan, when she came to America. We do not know if she was born in Germany or Pennsylvania or elsewhere. She is not found in any immigration records, leading me to believe it likely that she was born in America to probably, German parents. Many traveled from Pennsylvania to the Moravian settlements of North Carolina.
In this line of Aldermans, the spellings "Olterman" and "Alterman" were used in my family thru 1900 in Virginia.
It is now commonly called Alderman.
Jacob Alterman (born, I estimate 1772, probably in Germany) came to Philadelphia, PA Jan. 10, 1789 aboard the 'Patsey Rutledge' from Hamburg, Germany.
Jacob is in the Philadelphia PA first census, applied there for naturalization and took the "Oath of Allegiance".
Rosie and Jacob came from NC to Virginia and settled in Grayson County, Virginia.
After Jacob's death in 1824, Rosie went to live with her son, Henry, and his family in Highland County, Ohio. She is last documented in 1833 there. The year of her death is unknown but it is assumed she died in Fairfield, Highland County, Ohio. I did not find her living elsewhere with other family.
Rosie and Jacob's children who lived to adulthood, include John, Jacob, Philip, George, Elizabeth, Frederick and Henry.
Jacob was apprenticed in the art of blacksmithing while in North Carolina. Rosey's name appears there as Fernsler or Fansler; The German spelling is Förnßler. It is my belief that Fadenland (as transcribed from her marriage record) is simply not a surname...loosely translated it means father-land, Germany. I do not believe the rumor written about Rosie taking an Irish of Flannigan, when she came to America. We do not know if she was born in Germany or Pennsylvania or elsewhere. She is not found in any immigration records, leading me to believe it likely that she was born in America to probably, German parents. Many traveled from Pennsylvania to the Moravian settlements of North Carolina.
In this line of Aldermans, the spellings "Olterman" and "Alterman" were used in my family thru 1900 in Virginia.
It is now commonly called Alderman.
Jacob Alterman (born, I estimate 1772, probably in Germany) came to Philadelphia, PA Jan. 10, 1789 aboard the 'Patsey Rutledge' from Hamburg, Germany.
Jacob is in the Philadelphia PA first census, applied there for naturalization and took the "Oath of Allegiance".
Rosie and Jacob came from NC to Virginia and settled in Grayson County, Virginia.
After Jacob's death in 1824, Rosie went to live with her son, Henry, and his family in Highland County, Ohio. She is last documented in 1833 there. The year of her death is unknown but it is assumed she died in Fairfield, Highland County, Ohio. I did not find her living elsewhere with other family.
Rosie and Jacob's children who lived to adulthood, include John, Jacob, Philip, George, Elizabeth, Frederick and Henry.
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