Hans Melchior FAUST
Brother of Heinrich and son of Bernhard FAUST. Born and died in Grunbach. Never left Germany. AFN K7VB-JV. Nothing found in IGI Gy. 3-31-94. AF says b. 1696/1697. May have had two other siblings in addition to Heinrich (Henry). His paternal grandfather may have been Michael FAUST. Large Faust book sais md. in 1697, almost surely in error. He may have had two additional children, Baby FAUST and Johan Georg (George) FAUST, the latter of whom was on the same ship as Abraham in coming to America. Baby Faust is 2012 and Johan Georg is 2010. Also, sp. 25 Feb 1998 SLAKE.
Mother was Appolonia DREHER.
B. 1714/1715. AFN K7VB-4S. His family is in the Warren FAUST book a portion of which I have. Will is dated March 2, 1781 in Worchester Twp., Philadelphia County, Pa. Large Faust book indicates b. date is 1716. He married Sarah Catherine MACK Oct. 9, 1739. Settled, lived and died in Worchester Twp., but was married in Germany. In Pa. he was a member of the Goshenhoppen Church and later the Great Faulkner Swamp Church. His wife Sarah was dtr. of Jacob MACK. He married her in Grunbach, 9 Oct 1738. Mother of Abraham is Appolonia. Johann Abraham (or simply Abraham) was immigrant on Aug. 27, 1739 at age 24 yrs. Will recorded in Worchester Twp., Philadelphia County, PA 3/2/1781. Children confirmed at New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church between 1748-1758. P. 276, Rev. Geore M. Weiss lists Abraham Faust as being the head of the Faust family belonging to the Great Swamp Church. List is dated ca. 1760, earliest record from Great Swamp Reformed Church, p. 428. Heinrich (Henry) confirmed at GSRC on 4/17/1767 at age 17. Above data is recorded in "History of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge," comprising New Goshenhoppen, Old Goshenhoppen, and Great Swamp Churches. See p. 1, The FAUST-FOUST FAMILY, Warren D. Faust, 1972, 929.273 F275fa, JSMB, SLC.
Mother is Appolonia.
AFN K7VB-3M Noted in Gy IGI [Elizabeth] Elizabetha Margreth FAUST. In large Faust book, her birth date is listed as 1714. IGI Gy. [Elizabeth] Elizabetha Margareth FAUST, chr. 1721, Rheinland, Preussen.
He married Appolonia 23 Jun 1711 at Grunbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Preussen, Germany . Appolonia was born at Grunbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Preussen, Germany Abt 1690 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Anna Elizabet Faust
born 28 Apr 1712.
Johann Abraham Faust
born Abt 1714.
Elizabet or Elizabeth Barbara Faust
born 27 Jan 1714.
Maria Eva Faust
born 1718.
Elizabetha Margareth Faust
born 1720.
Elizabeth Margartetha Faust
born 18 Jun 1721.
Hans Melchior Faust died 1 Feb 1732 at Grunbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Preussen, Germany .