Nicholas BROSIUS
SOURCES: 1. Family Records 2. Weierbach, Rheinland, Prussia Parish Records 3. Brosius-Schneider Families, by Schuyler Brosman 4. Marriage Records of John Niclaus Brosius & Marie Martha Zany found in Weierbach Records 5. 1998 Ancestral File 6. 1997 Ordinance Index
SOURCES: 1. Family Records 2. Falck Genealogy, by Peter and Hannah Bruce 3. Naturalization of Foreign Protestants in the American Colonies, by Guiseppi 4. History of Berks Co., PA 5. Immigrants to PA 1727-1776, by Rupp 6. Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever, Berks Co., PA 7. Records of Christ Church Stouchbourg, Berks, PA 8. The PA Magazine (FHL#974.8 B2pm) 9. Marriage Records of Unterjeckenbach, Rheinland, Prussia 10. Weierbach Parish Records 11. Marriage Records of Herren-Sulzbach, Rheinland, Prussia 12. 1998 Ancestral File 13. 1997 Ordinance Index NOTES: Jeckenbach (now called Unterjechenbach) is part of Herren-Sulzbach NOTES: Johann Georg Brosius arrived at Philidelphia 27 Sep 1740 on the ship "Lydia"accompanied by wife, 3 children and 3 of wife, Catharina's children by her first marriage to John Abraham Schneider. Johann settled West in Tulpehocken Twp, Berks, PA and received a patent for 205 acres of land on 5 Dec 1750 in what was known as the Manorof Anderthea. He was naturalized 8 Mar 1742 in Lancaster, PA. He and his wife died in Berks County after 1762.
He married Maria Martha Zany 14 May 1686 at Weierbach, Rheinland, Prussia . Maria Martha Zany was born at of Weierbach, Rheinland, Prussia Abt 1662 daughter of Hans Michael Zany and Maria Balluff .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Maria Elisabeth Brosius
born 1687.
Anna Catharina Brosius
born 14 Sep 1688.
Johann Nickel Brosius
born 18 May 1690.
Johan Christophorus Brosius
born 3 Oct 1691.
John George Brosius
born 31 Jan 1694.
Johan Carolus Brosius
born 27 Feb 1695.
Elisabetha Catharina Brosius
born 17 Mar 1699.
Johann Sebastian Brosius
born 10 Apr 1701.
Nicholas Brosius died May 1718 at Weierbach, Rheinland, Prussia .
Maria Martha Zany died 17 Mar 1703 at Weierbach, Rheinland, Prussia .