TAXIS

Susanna Taxis married Burbage Brock 1801

George Frederick Taxis arrived in Philadelphia aboard the ship Eastern Branch from Rotterdam and Portsmouth and took the oath of allegiance to King George II on 3 October 1753. He was born in February 1731 in Germany. He married ca 1758 Margaret Christine Baisley. Family tradition says that this marriage took place in a "Dutch Church" in New Jersey which burned down, destroying all records. The family moved to Lancaster PA where they appear in records of the Lutheran church. By 1771 they had moved to Schaefferstown PA where again they were active members of the Lutheran church. Ultimately the Taxis family headed east living first in Germantown and ultimately in Philadelphia. Both George Frederick and Margaret Christine died there in 1795.

Gen 2    Children of George Frederick and Margaret Christine Baisley TAXIS

  1. Elizabeth b 1759 m 1779 Jacob Fried
  2. Maria Barbara b 10 December 1761 Lancaster PA m 28 August 1788 Philadelphia PA Conrad Spangenberg
  3. George Frederick b 22 September 1763 d 1763
  4. George Frederick b 13 December 1764 m 1)23 December 1794 Patty Kelly 2) 19 June 1799 Philadelphia PA Elizabeth Fried d 27 April 1812 Philadelphia PA
  5. Eva Christine b December 1765
  6. Susanna b 25 October 1771 Schaefferstown PA
  7. An. Angelica b 5 November 1773 Schaefferstown PA
  8. Catherine m 26 February 1800 John Thomas Paul
  9. John b 1775 d ca 1847 Clarion Co, PA m 16 November 1800 Philadelphia PA Dorcas Ireland b ca 1776 Galloway Twp, NJ d 3 January 1864 Elkton MD (d/o Edmund and Esther Steelman Ireland)

Gen 3    Children of John and Dorcas Ireland TAXIS

  1. Susanna b 15 July 1801 Philadelphia PA d 24 July 1883 Elkton MD m 23 March 1823 Philadelphia PA Burbage Brock b 1798 Mt Holly NJ d 24 July 1885 Elkton MD
  2. James

Gen 4    Children of Burbage and Susanna Taxis BROCK

  1. Sophia b 2 January 1824 Philadelphia PA d 8 October 1867 Elkton MD m 7 December 1848 Elkton MD Isaac J. Lort b August 1824 Cecil Co, MD d 3 October 1869 Elkton MD (s/o Joseph and Araminta Lort)
  2. Harriet b 31 March 1828 Philadelphia PA d 6 May 1911 Baltimore MD m 21 March 1844 Elkton MD Lambert George Ford b 19 December 1822 d 27 March 1874 (s/o John Hyland and Sophia Cosden Ford)
  3. Caroline Taxis b 22 January 1840 Elkton MD d 4 February 1877 Cherry Hill MD m 24 May 1866 Elkton MD Joseph Montgomery Brown b 12 May 1836 Elkton MD d 7 September 1892 Philadelphia PA (s/o Edmund and Martha Ann Walker Brown)

Note: Descendants of Burbage and Susanna Taxis BROCK appear in BROCK Generation 3 

 

References

Genealogical research commissioned by members of the Taxis family in the nineteenth century.

Pennsylvania German Pioneers...by Ralph Beaver Strassburger v.I

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster PA baptismal records

Lutheran Church, Schaefferstown PA baptismal records

Pennsylvania Archives 2nd series vol VIII

1840 census Clarion County PA

Guardian records Clarion County PA

Land records Clarion County PA

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