Johan Jost Wigandt Sr.

Brief Life History of Johan Jost

When Johan Jost Wigandt Sr. was born on 24 October 1717, in Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire, his father, Johan Jacob Wygandt, was 38 and his mother, Anna Catharina Magsamen, was 32. He married Maria Barbara Schaffner on 14 April 1744, in Freinsheim, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in 1750. He died in October 1761, in New Goshenhoppen Church, Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in At Sea.

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Family Time Line

Johan Jost Wigandt Sr.
1717–1761
Maria Barbara Schaffner
1722–1790
Marriage: 14 April 1744
Johann Jacob Wiant
1744–1813
Andreas WIANT
1755–1832
Maria Catharina Wiant
1756–1826
Anna Maria Wiant
1761–1802
Anna Catharina Weigandt
1748–1825
Johann Yost Wiant
1754–1812
Wendel Wiant
1757–1822
Johannes Wiegand
1759–

Sources (15)

  • Johann Jost Wigandt, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
  • Johann Jost Wigandt, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Jost Wiant in entry for Margareta Long, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

Name Meaning

German: variant of Wiegand .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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