BIRTH NAME: Walter von der Burg [Berg]
aka Walter Funderburgh
BIRTH: abt 1715 Hesse-Cassel, Prussia
FATHER: Adolph von der Burg [not verified]
MOTHER: Elizabeth, Princess of Berg [not verified]
SIBLINGS: unknown
MARRIAGE: 1743
SPOUSE: Catherine Stoll, b. 1725-12-04 Brandeburg, Germany
CHILDREN: S- Lazarus Funderburgh b.abt 1745
m. Phoebe Bigler
S- Daniel Funderburgh b.abt 1748 d.1813
m. Catherine Strausburg b.abt 1748 d.abt 1825
D- Leah Funderburgh b.abt 1750 d.abt 1778
D- Elizabeth Funderburgh b.abt 1754 d.1813
m1. ?? Gorgas
m2. Daniel Hartsock
D- Salome Funderburgh b.abt 1756 d.abt 1829
m. Samuel Rhodes
S- Walter Funderburgh [Jr] b.1759 d.1813
m. Elizabeth Studebacker b.abt 1760 d.1813
S- David Funderburgh b.1761
m. Catherine Eperle b.1771 d.1864
S- Noah Funderburgh
b.1763 Maryland d. aft 1810 Somerset, OH
D- Rachel Funderburgh b.1765 d.1848
m. Dr John Goetz m.1794
D- Esther Hettie Funderburgh b.abt 1771 d.1821
VOCATION:
EMIGRATION: 1738 to Frederick Co, MD
MILITARY:
RELIGION:
DEATH: 1778 Frederick Co, Maryland
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According to "Funderburk History and Heritage" by Guy B. Funderburk, Ph.D.
Salem College, Salem, WV and Burkley Hills Farm, SC [extracted from a genealogy report furnished
by Yvonne Simmons Sickles, decendant of Walter]:
Walter Funderburgh was born in Kassel, Hessen, Germany about 1715.
He came to America in 1738, settled in Lancaster Co, PA; was baptized into the
German Baptist Church of the Brethren at Conestoga, PA in 1742;
married Catherina Stoll of Brandenburg, Germany in 1743.
In 1750 he moved to Frederick Co, MD where in 1760 he filed a land patent.
In 1778 Oct 16 his will was probated naming his wife Catherina and ten children.
The small red square on the adjacent map from Wikipedia.org shows the location of Hesse.
A portion of the article thereon states: "The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
(German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel) or Hesse-Cassel was a Reichsfrei principality of the
Holy Roman Empire that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567
upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern
half and the capital of Kassel. The other sons received the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg, the
Landgraviate of Hesse-Rheinfels and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt.
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel was elevated to the Electorate of Hesse (Kurfürstentum Hessen,
or Kurhessen) in 1803. It was then annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 after the
Austro-Prussian War and subsequently became the Province of Hesse-Nassau.
Walter and family finally settled on land near the Susquehana River in Frederick County, newly
formed from the original Baltimore County, in a place coincident with modern Hagerstown in what
is now Washington County in the State of Maryland. Also in 1760, the three eastern counties became
the new colony of Delaware.
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Wikipedia map of Germany showing Hesse
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Frederick County, Maryland in 1760
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Author notes: A footnote to the file in my posession is an extract
from "Pennsylvania German Pioneers" vol 1 pp 221-3, by Strassburger & Hinke, published by
Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, PA.
" Walter came to America on 19 September 1738 and landed in Philadelphia on the ship 'The Thistle'.
The commander of this ship was John Wilson, and the ship came from Rotterdam, but stopped on the way in
Plymouth, England. He also came with someone named Peter von der Burg. They qualified on
19 September 1738. They both made an x, so could not yet write English. Although their names are
not of their writing, they can be found on page 230 of Volume II. The series ends in 1808. "
[End quote]
Though apparently not obvious to the writers of the above, anyone who can write in their native
language can write their name. 'von der Burg' is the same in German as it is in English,
so language has nothing to do with it. They simply could not write their names.
My own research turned up these immigration records at Ancestry.com accessed 2007 11 11:
Name: Walter Founderburgh
Year: 1738
Place: Pennsylvania
Source Publication Code: 1804
Primary Immigrant: Founderburgh, Walter
Annotation: Taken from original manuscripts in the state archives. Names given throughout
pages 1-677. Foreigners arriving in Pennsylvania named on pages 521-667. No. 3776, Kelker,
supplements this. Source Bibliography: EGLE, WILLIAM HENRY, editor Names of Foreigners Who Took
the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775,
with the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808. (Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 2, vol. 17.)
Harrisburg [PA]: E.K. Meyers, 1890. 787p.
Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967. Page: 163
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Name: Walter Founderburgh [presumably Walter Funderburgh]
Year: 1738
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Source Publication Code: 9041
Primary Immigrant: Founderburgh, Walter
Annotation: Contains 29,800 names, with annotations written by Krebs (see no. 4203).
Various references to the names in Strassburger will be found in other listings, mostly where
authors have attempted to line up their information with that in Strassburger. This work
Source Bibliography: STRASSBURGER, RALPH BEAVER.
Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia
from 1727 to 1808. Edited by William John Hinke. Norristown [PA]: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934.
3 vols. Vols. 1 and 3 reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Baltimore, 1964. Repr. 1983. Vol. 1. 1727-1775. 776p. Page: 221
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Name: Walter Vanderborg [presumably Walter Funderburgh]
Year: 1738
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Source Publication Code: 9041
Primary Immigrant: VanDerBorg, Walter
Annotation: Contains 29,800 names, with annotations written by Krebs (see no. 4203).
Various references to the names in Strassburger will be found in other listings, mostly where
authors have attempted to line up their information with that in Strassburger.
This work Source Bibliography: STRASSBURGER, RALPH BEAVER.
Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the
Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Edited by William John Hinke. Norristown [PA]:
Pennsylvania German Society, 1934. 3 vols. Vols. 1 and 3 reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Baltimore, 1964. Repr. 1983. Vol. 1. 1727-1775. 776p. Page: 224
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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Walter Funderbergh [presumably Walter Funderburgh]
Year: 1760
Place: Frederick CO., Maryland
Source Publication Code: 1243
Primary Immigrant: Funderbergh, Walter
Annotation: Date and place of mention in land survey. County and name of land purchased
are provided. Original records are contained in Land Office Registers, indexed starting
on page vii of the introduction.
Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Settlers Of Maryland 1679 - 1783.
Consolidated Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002. Page: 243
This record supports the above cited land patent in the year 1760.
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