Michael Samuel DeBruhl (1725 - 1773)

Born 1725 in Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Husband of Margaret (Pring) DeBeuhl — married 15 Dec 1745 in London, England

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1773 at about age 48 in New Bern, Craven, North Carolina

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Biography

Michael Samuel DeBruhl was born in 1725 in Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. His father, John Johannes DeBruhl, was born in 1695. Mother unknown.

He emigrated to England where he married Margaret Pring (1725-1784) December 15, 1745 at St Katherine Coleman, London, England.^[1]Together, they had nine children. Michael, his wife Margaret, son Goddard (1747-1791), and daughter Margaret (1748-1749) immigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving in 1749.

In the Miscellaneous records of South Carolina, a record of Michael DeBruhl is found^[2]:

"He first came to America with Gen. Cornwallis, on the settling of Nova Scotia, and after remaining there some time, removed to New York with his family, at which place he kept a Silver Smith Shop about the time or a little before the breaking out of the late war. He is properly a Gold Chaser by trade."

He moved to New York about 1760 where he made his living as an as an engraver.

He then moved to New Bern, NC. and died shortly after that, April 4, 1773, at the age of 48, and was buried there. His headstone can be seen in the churchyard of Christ Episcopal Church in downtown New Bern, NC^[3]. His son Edward Cornwallis DeBruhl is where my family tree forks.

Sources

1. ↑ Michael Samuel Debruls and Margaret Pring, 15 Dec 1745; citing location Saint Katherine Coleman, London, England, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJYH-D6G : 11 March 2020),
2. ↑ Genealogical information regarding Michael DeBruhl, who first came to America with General Cornwallis, dated Jan 17, 1794, in "Miscellaneous records, v. 3E-3F 1793-1796," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS73-S985-P : accessed May 30 2022), image 257 of 618; South Carolina. Secretary of State; South Carolina. Secretary of the Province; Film # 007856741
3. ↑ U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Find A Grave: Memorial #39973528, Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery.

• Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two; National Archives of Canada [Ottawa]: MG 11, Colonial Office Nova Scotia 'A', vol. 44, pp 1-57, reel C-9125.

• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975England, Select Marriages,

• 1538–1973 Acadia and Nova Scotia: Documents Relating to the Acadian French and the First British Colonization of the Province, 1714-1758, pp. 506-557.

• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s