Husband of (1) Maria Appolonia STEIN[LIN] (1691-1738), and (2) Maria Magdalena WALTER (1717-1760)
Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT was born 1689 Kleinfischlingen, Südliche Weinstraße (near the free city of Landau), Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire. "Wentel" married first to Maria Appolonia STEIN[LIN] (1691-1738) in about 1721 and (8) children were born to this union. Very soon after Maria Appolonia died in 1738 following childbirth, Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT, together with a number of neighbors and friends, resolved to embark for the American Colonies, arriving in Philadelphia 5 Sep 1738 on the ship "Winter Galley" (Strassberger - List #52). "Wentel" then immediately moved his young family inland to near Strasburg, Lancaster, PA, where he soon married 2nd to Maria Magdalena WALTER on 23 Jan 1739. An additional (8) children were then born to this second union.
While not all of his (16) children lived to maturity, his extremely large combined family is one the reasons that Wentel was the progenitor of the largest number of TROUT descendants in America today.
Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is almost certainly buried in this small family graveyard overlooking his farm dating from 1739. His stone has either sunken into the soft soil, or is among the stones that are so weathered that they can no longer can be read.
This is a very well-researched line that is perhaps best documented by Geo. E. Trout, 250 Year History Trout Family (Closson Press, Apollo, PA, 1991). Numerous bio-sketches of descendants in this line have also been published in various local county histories.
In spite of "speculation" by other researchers, exhaustive research has failed to prove the correct parents for Johan Wendel Georg Traut. Active research continues...
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DNA Evidence: In spite of very persistent "legends" that Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT was the son of Hans Velton TRAUT (circa 1645 - after 1689), extensive Y-DNA testing at the 37-marker level (or higher) of fully-proven descendants from both lines indicates this absolutely cannot be true. Significantly, Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is from Y-DNA Haplogroup "R-M269" (formerly known as Hg “R1b1b2” – the modal haplogroup for Europe). Conversely, Hans Velton TRAUT and his proven descending lines are from Haplogroup "J-M172" (formerly known as Hg "J2"), which tends to find it’s deep ancestral origins in the Fertile Crescent, to include among Sephardic Jews. This fully-documented genetic information for proven descendants of both lines has been triple-validated. Hans Velton TRAUT being of possible Jewish descent is perhaps entirely consistent with nearby Landau being an active enclave of the Jewish merchant class at that time.
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Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is fully documented as "Line #1" in the TROUT-DNA Research Project.
Original research by Craig H. Trout, please credit
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Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT was born 1689 Kleinfischlingen, Südliche Weinstraße (near the free city of Landau), Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire. "Wentel" married first to Maria Appolonia STEIN[LIN] (1691-1738) in about 1721 and (8) children were born to this union. Very soon after Maria Appolonia died in 1738 following childbirth, Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT, together with a number of neighbors and friends, resolved to embark for the American Colonies, arriving in Philadelphia 5 Sep 1738 on the ship "Winter Galley" (Strassberger - List #52). "Wentel" then immediately moved his young family inland to near Strasburg, Lancaster, PA, where he soon married 2nd to Maria Magdalena WALTER on 23 Jan 1739. An additional (8) children were then born to this second union.
While not all of his (16) children lived to maturity, his extremely large combined family is one the reasons that Wentel was the progenitor of the largest number of TROUT descendants in America today.
Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is almost certainly buried in this small family graveyard overlooking his farm dating from 1739. His stone has either sunken into the soft soil, or is among the stones that are so weathered that they can no longer can be read.
This is a very well-researched line that is perhaps best documented by Geo. E. Trout, 250 Year History Trout Family (Closson Press, Apollo, PA, 1991). Numerous bio-sketches of descendants in this line have also been published in various local county histories.
In spite of "speculation" by other researchers, exhaustive research has failed to prove the correct parents for Johan Wendel Georg Traut. Active research continues...
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DNA Evidence: In spite of very persistent "legends" that Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT was the son of Hans Velton TRAUT (circa 1645 - after 1689), extensive Y-DNA testing at the 37-marker level (or higher) of fully-proven descendants from both lines indicates this absolutely cannot be true. Significantly, Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is from Y-DNA Haplogroup "R-M269" (formerly known as Hg “R1b1b2” – the modal haplogroup for Europe). Conversely, Hans Velton TRAUT and his proven descending lines are from Haplogroup "J-M172" (formerly known as Hg "J2"), which tends to find it’s deep ancestral origins in the Fertile Crescent, to include among Sephardic Jews. This fully-documented genetic information for proven descendants of both lines has been triple-validated. Hans Velton TRAUT being of possible Jewish descent is perhaps entirely consistent with nearby Landau being an active enclave of the Jewish merchant class at that time.
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Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is fully documented as "Line #1" in the TROUT-DNA Research Project.
Original research by Craig H. Trout, please credit
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Husband of (1) Maria Appolonia STEIN[LIN] (1691-1738), and (2) Maria Magdalena WALTER (1717-1760)
Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT was born 1689 Kleinfischlingen, Südliche Weinstraße (near the free city of Landau), Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire. "Wentel" married first to Maria Appolonia STEIN[LIN] (1691-1738) in about 1721 and (8) children were born to this union. Very soon after Maria Appolonia died in 1738 following childbirth, Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT, together with a number of neighbors and friends, resolved to embark for the American Colonies, arriving in Philadelphia 5 Sep 1738 on the ship "Winter Galley" (Strassberger - List #52). "Wentel" then immediately moved his young family inland to near Strasburg, Lancaster, PA, where he soon married 2nd to Maria Magdalena WALTER on 23 Jan 1739. An additional (8) children were then born to this second union.
While not all of his (16) children lived to maturity, his extremely large combined family is one the reasons that Wentel was the progenitor of the largest number of TROUT descendants in America today.
Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is almost certainly buried in this small family graveyard overlooking his farm dating from 1739. His stone has either sunken into the soft soil, or is among the stones that are so weathered that they can no longer can be read.
This is a very well-researched line that is perhaps best documented by Geo. E. Trout, 250 Year History Trout Family (Closson Press, Apollo, PA, 1991). Numerous bio-sketches of descendants in this line have also been published in various local county histories.
In spite of "speculation" by other researchers, exhaustive research has failed to prove the correct parents for Johan Wendel Georg Traut. Active research continues...
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DNA Evidence: In spite of very persistent "legends" that Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT was the son of Hans Velton TRAUT (circa 1645 - after 1689), extensive Y-DNA testing at the 37-marker level (or higher) of fully-proven descendants from both lines indicates this absolutely cannot be true. Significantly, Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is from Y-DNA Haplogroup "R-M269" (formerly known as Hg “R1b1b2” – the modal haplogroup for Europe). Conversely, Hans Velton TRAUT and his proven descending lines are from Haplogroup "J-M172" (formerly known as Hg "J2"), which tends to find it’s deep ancestral origins in the Fertile Crescent, to include among Sephardic Jews. This fully-documented genetic information for proven descendants of both lines has been triple-validated. Hans Velton TRAUT being of possible Jewish descent is perhaps entirely consistent with nearby Landau being an active enclave of the Jewish merchant class at that time.
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Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is fully documented as "Line #1" in the TROUT-DNA Research Project.
Original research by Craig H. Trout, please credit
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Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT was born 1689 Kleinfischlingen, Südliche Weinstraße (near the free city of Landau), Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire. "Wentel" married first to Maria Appolonia STEIN[LIN] (1691-1738) in about 1721 and (8) children were born to this union. Very soon after Maria Appolonia died in 1738 following childbirth, Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT, together with a number of neighbors and friends, resolved to embark for the American Colonies, arriving in Philadelphia 5 Sep 1738 on the ship "Winter Galley" (Strassberger - List #52). "Wentel" then immediately moved his young family inland to near Strasburg, Lancaster, PA, where he soon married 2nd to Maria Magdalena WALTER on 23 Jan 1739. An additional (8) children were then born to this second union.
While not all of his (16) children lived to maturity, his extremely large combined family is one the reasons that Wentel was the progenitor of the largest number of TROUT descendants in America today.
Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is almost certainly buried in this small family graveyard overlooking his farm dating from 1739. His stone has either sunken into the soft soil, or is among the stones that are so weathered that they can no longer can be read.
This is a very well-researched line that is perhaps best documented by Geo. E. Trout, 250 Year History Trout Family (Closson Press, Apollo, PA, 1991). Numerous bio-sketches of descendants in this line have also been published in various local county histories.
In spite of "speculation" by other researchers, exhaustive research has failed to prove the correct parents for Johan Wendel Georg Traut. Active research continues...
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DNA Evidence: In spite of very persistent "legends" that Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT was the son of Hans Velton TRAUT (circa 1645 - after 1689), extensive Y-DNA testing at the 37-marker level (or higher) of fully-proven descendants from both lines indicates this absolutely cannot be true. Significantly, Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is from Y-DNA Haplogroup "R-M269" (formerly known as Hg “R1b1b2” – the modal haplogroup for Europe). Conversely, Hans Velton TRAUT and his proven descending lines are from Haplogroup "J-M172" (formerly known as Hg "J2"), which tends to find it’s deep ancestral origins in the Fertile Crescent, to include among Sephardic Jews. This fully-documented genetic information for proven descendants of both lines has been triple-validated. Hans Velton TRAUT being of possible Jewish descent is perhaps entirely consistent with nearby Landau being an active enclave of the Jewish merchant class at that time.
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Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT is fully documented as "Line #1" in the TROUT-DNA Research Project.
Original research by Craig H. Trout, please credit
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Gravesite Details
Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT's gravestone is no longer evident, and may have either sunken into the very soft soil, or be among the several stones that are so heavily weathered, they are no longer legible.
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