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Philipp Joseph Fichter

Gender: Male
Parents:
Claudius Fichter
Katherina
Birthdate: 28 Sep 1719
Birthplace: Fischbach/Dahn, Germany
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Death Date: 1775
Death Place: Longpond, New Jersey
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Notes:
Notes from Bernard Mayhle -- David G Brewer (calvin.brewer-family.org)
PHILLIP WAS AN IRON WORKER IN THE RHINELAND PROVINCE OF
 GERMANY. GERMAN RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS A
 HAMMERSCHMIED IN TRIPPSTADT GERM. BETWEEN 1745
 AND 1746.IN  SCHONAU GERM. IN1747 TO 1752. IN BITSCH GERM.IN1753 TO 1755.
 IN GEISLAUTERN GERM. IN1755 TO 1757.IN NUNKIRCHER IN 1757 TO 1763.HE
 THEN CAME TO NEW JERSEY   WITH OTHER GERMAN IRONWOKERS IN 1764. THEY WERE RECRUITED FROM THE IRON
WORKS IN THE RHINE VALLEY OF GERMANY BY PETERHASENCLAVER WHO TRANSPORTED THEM AND
 THEIR FAMILIES TO WORK IN THE IRON INDUSTRY OF NORTHERN
 N.J.PHILLIP BROUGHT HIS SECOND WIFE AND ALL HIS GERMAN BORN
 CHILDREN BY HER AND HIS OLDEST SON DAVID BY HIS FIRST
 WIFE.THEY SETTLE AT THE IRON WORKS AT MOUNT HOPE NJ 1N 1764.
    THE HISTORY OF THIS MIGRATION COMES FROM THE "LIVING STONES". A
 BOOK WRITTEN BY FATHER RAYMOND KUPKE OF SETON HALL UNIVERSITY IN
 NJ. IT IS A HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF NORTHERN NJ.
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