John Paul

26 July 1786–2 March 1856 (Age 69)
Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of John

When John Paul was born on 26 July 1786, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Friedrich Paul, was 40 and his mother, Anna Maria Sophia Bauer, was 36. He married Esther Faust about 1805, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 2 March 1856, in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in West End Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Paul
1786–1856
Esther Faust
1787–1868
Marriage: about 1805
Joseph Paul
1806–
Sarah Esther Paul
1810–1890
Marianna Paul
1808–1892
Reuben Paul
1812–1893
Thomas Paul
1816–1866
Hanna Paul
1816–
Elisabeth Paul
1819–
Anna Paul
1822–1891
Eli Paul
1824–1902
Maria Paul
1826–1919
Eliza Paul
1831–1919

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
about 1805
Pennsylvania, United States
children

(11)

    Joseph Paul

    Male1806–Male

    Marianna Paul

    Female1808–1892Female

    Sarah Esther Paul

    Female1810–1890Female

    Reuben Paul

    Male1812–1893Male

    Thomas Paul

    Male1816–1866Male

+6 More Children

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(10)

+5 More Children

World Events (7)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

Age 1

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution

Age 1

On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
1808

Age 22

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

1 English, French, German, and Dutch: from the personal name Paul (Latin Paulus ‘small’), which has always been popular in Christendom. It was the name adopted by the Pharisee Saul of Tarsus after his conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus in about ad 34 . He was a most energetic missionary to the Gentiles in the Roman Empire, and played a very significant role in establishing Christianity as a major world religion. The name was borne also by numerous other early saints. The American surname has absorbed cognates from other European languages, for example Greek Pavlis and its many derivatives. It is also occasionally borne by Jews; the reasons for this are not clear.2 Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phóil ‘son of Paul’. Compare McFall .3 Catalan (Paül): habitational name from any of several places named Paül.

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Sources (3)

  • John Paul in entry for Maria Paul, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • John Paul in entry for Eli Paul, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • John Paul in entry for Anna Paul, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"

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