1. JOHN1 FREDERICK ZINN;
born circa 1706 in Germany; married, circa 1726, ANNA SOPHIA SCHNEIDER (also Snyder); born 1 August 1706, probably in the Hessheim area, which is a Palatinate community in Pfahlheim, in the Pfaltz; died 21 September 1770 in Pennsylvania. Anna Sophia was a daughter of Heinrich and Maria Elizabeth Schneider.
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John Frederick Zinn was from Pfahlheim, Germany. John Frederick, Anna Sophia and at least son Philip Jacob Zinn came to America in 1738 on the Glascow (sometimes spelled Glasgow) from Pfahlheim to Rotterdam, (Holland) with the port of departure for America being in Cowes on the Isle of Wright.2 Master of the Glascow on this trip was Walter Sterling.
From
Short notes on Germanna History, note 1476, page 60, by John Blankenbake:
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On June 22 [1738], five ships operated by the Hope firm, left Rotterdam for ports in England. The captains of the Winter Galley and the Queen Elizabeth headed for Deal [in Kent]. The Thistle, the Glascow, and the Oliver headed for Cowes (on the Isle of Wright). It took some of these ships three to five weeks to get to the English ports. The captain of the Oliver felt that his ship was overloaded and he returned to Holland, where he resigned. The owner installed a new captain and sent the ship out again in early July. This time the Oliver made it quickly to Cowes, where it spent six weeks in preparing for the crossing. After setting out from Cowes, the Thistle and the Oliver found heavy seas that forced them into harbor at Plymouth.
This was the only mention of the Glascow in this note, but much more was said about the Oliver, which met heavy seas and lost its Captain, Mate and many passengers on the high seas. Apparently the Oliver did not reach the new world, off Virginia, until January 1739. While at anchor, a storm swamped the ship, and the ship floundered before all passengers could be put ashore. “About two out of three passengers that boarded the Oliver in Rotterdam did not survive the trip.”
For more on why our German ancestors would risk their lives on such perilous journeys, see the section “The Pennsylvania Dutch.”
John Paul Jones (1959)4
. . . 1775 -- he [John Paul Jones] returns to Fredericksburg. When the Revolutionary War breaks out, he goes to Philadelphia and gets a commission as a senior lieutenant in the new Continental Navy. He is assigned to the ‘Alfred,’ flagship of the little fleet commanded by Commodore Esk Hopkins. Jones distinguishes himself in action in the Bahamas and against the British ship “Glasgow” on the return trip.
Was this the
Glascow/Glasgow that brought our ancestors to America?
The family landed at Philadelphia 9 September 1738, at which time the family apparently consisted of John Frederick, Anna Sophia and infant son Philip Jacob Zinn.5 The family apparently first settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and then, in about 1750, to York County, Pennsylvania, in an area (Salem) that became part of Dover Township. York County was set off from Lancaster County in 1749.
Children of John Frederick and Anna Sophia (Schneider) Zinn:6
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Philip Jacob Zinn, born circa 1737, probably in Germany; died 1809; married (first) Mary (Maria) Elizabeth Bartmess; married (second) Anna Kinta (Conagunda/Conafunda) Hoffman. |
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John Nicholas Zinn, baptized 11 November 1739 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 1823 or 1830 in Ohio; married (first), 5 February 1760 in York County, Pennsylvania,7 Charlotte Sprenkle; married (second) Sarah [—?—].
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Anna Catherine Zinn, born 20 May 1745 in Pennsylvania; died 1811; married (first) Matthias/Matthew Gansert (also spelled Dansert, and other spellings); married (second) Frederick Lenhart. |
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(tentative) Maria Margaret Zinn; married Jacob Lambert and had children (1) John Jacob Lambert, baptized 28 December 1755; (2) Matthew Lambert, baptized 7 January 1759; and (3) John Lambert, baptized 30 October 1761, sponsored by John and Anna Sophia Zinn.8 According to a genforum message of 12 December 2000, “Frederick and Sophia had 4 children, 2 girls and 2 boys, all of which grew to adulthood;" this was written in church record book for Anna Sophia’s obit.”9 A complete English translation of Anna Sophia’s obituary appearing in the Register of Salem Church is in “Bio of Johann Friedrich-1 Zinn (PA),” by Ron Houghton.10
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