MARGRETHA BRANDT
THE STORY AS I KNOW IT
Margretha Brandt was born about 1730 to Philip
Brandt and Elizabeth maiden name unknown.
She was the third of six known children, from The Brandt family files of
Montgomery County PA.
Philip Brandt
immigranted to Pennsylvania before 1734, probably
with his wife and young children. They settled
near New
Hanover, now Montgormery County just north and west of Philadelphia.
She was raised on a farm near Swamp Creek and was part of
the Lutheran Reformed Congregation.
Margretha married
Cassimer Missimer
in 1751.
Records are from the Trappe Lutheran Church in Trappe PA.
Cassimer owned a farm in what became Lower Pottsgrove
Township. For four years, 1762 to 1766 he
rented two lots on York St. in Pottstown. It
is not known what use he put them to. There is also
another record that Casper Mesmer had a Deed AA2, Lancaster County
Page 118, dated Dec. 11, 1760 for 270 acres in Brecknock township,
which is about 20 miles west of Pottstown.
This needs to be checked. Did he actually own 2
farms or was there another man with a similar name at the
same time in history.
Margretha and Cassimer had the following children: from Bulletin of
Historical Soceity of Montogmery County, vol 9, page
135, "Early Residents and Land Transfers in Pottstown."
1. John born
July 11,1752 - wed
Elizabeth Yost, and died Dec 10, 1807
2. Henry born Aug
16, 1754 - wed Susannah
Schultze and died May 16, 1837
3. Jacob
born Jan 10, 1757 - wed Magdalena,
maybe Yost and
died Nov. 9, 1812
4. Maria Catherine
- wed Johannes Leidner
5. Elizabeth
6. Benjamin,
born Sept 16, 1764 - wed Elizabeth
and died Sept 16, 1840
7. Frederick
born Feb. 23, 1766 - wed Elizabeth Kreider
8. Hannah born
June 4, 1772
9. John
George born May 30, 1777 - wed Elizabeth Thomas and
died Jan 17, 1853
10. Margaret it
was believed she never married.
I have copies of portraits of Cassimer Messimer and Margaretha Brandt Messimer.
It is possible they are wedding portraits. Each
person stands on their own. Maragetha has a flower
in her hand. Both are neat, perhaps small people,
well dressed and they look quite elegant. They have
been in the colection for a long time. It is not
known where they came from. That needs to be found.
If you would like a copy. CONTACT US The
quality is not good, but they are easy to get the
features.
Margaretha Brandt
Missimer died Oct. 26, 1806. She would have
be 76 years old. She is buried in the Zion Reform Cemetery
on North Hanover st., Pottstown. She has a
marker in German script. There are many graves of the
Missimer family here. Cassimer
died in 1812. It is assumed he is also in this
cemetery but I don't have record of that. There is
now a large memorial plaque on a brick wall, that lists
the known people buried there, 18 Missimers are listed,
Cassimer is not one of them.
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