Sebastian Derr (abt. 1727 - abt. 1802)

Born about 12 Jan 1727 in Europe

Husband of Anna Catharina (Brengel) Derr — married after 1765 in Frederick County, Maryland

Descendants

Died about Nov 1802 at about age 75 in Frederick County, Maryland, United States

Biography

Sebastian and wife Elisabetha christened daughter Rosina in 1758. ^[1] The sponsors were Peter and Rosina Schäffer; Rosina Schäffer was Elisabetha's sister.^[2]

In 1760, Sebastian and Elisabetha sponsored the baptism of Bastian, son of Peter and Rosina Schiffer, in the Reformed Church. ^[3]

Sebastian and Elisabetha christened daughter Elisabeth in 1761. ^[4]

Sebastian and Elisabetha christened son Johan Jacob in 1763; Jacob Ley was the sponsor.^[5]

Elizabeth apparently died around 1765; Sebastian later married Catharina Brengel, daughter of Kilian Brengel. ^[6]

Sebastian and Catharina christened daughter Maria Susanna on 9 August 1767. The sponsors were Jacob and Gertraud Brengel, probably Catharina's brother and sister-in-law. ^[7]

Sebastian wrote his will on 29 October 1796, with a codicil on 29 June 1799; it was probated on 20 December 1802. The will names sons John, Thomas, Jacob, and Sebastian; daughters Rosina Boogher, Elizabeth Getzendanner, and Susanna Devilbiss; and slaves Ben and Pegg (a married couple), Caty, Sal, Phil, Lucy, Cot (?); the codicil also names slave Sandy, son of Pegg. Sebastian's wife Elizabeth is not named in the will, so she presumably predeceased him. The will also mentions a piece of land that is part of Taskers Chance. ^[8]

According to the records of Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sebastian died from "stone pains" and was buried on 27 November 1802. ^[9] His burial record gives his birthdate as 12 January 1727 and says that he married twice, the second marriage lasting 24 years and producing three sons and one daughter of whom two sons and one daughter survived him. ^[10] The record doesn't name either wife and doesn't mention children from his first marriage (who clearly existed given his will), but does name his parents as John Jacob Doerr and wife Maria Catharina.

Slaves

Named in Sebastian's will:

• Ben
• Pegg, married to Ben
• Caty
• Sal
• Phil
• Lucy,
• Cot
• Sandy, son of Pegg (named in the codicil)

Sources

1. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WP-T4B : 11 February 2018), Sebastian Durr in entry for Rosina Durr, ; citing GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH,FREDERICK,FREDERICK,MARYLAND; FHL microfilm 13,935.
2. ↑ Weiser vol. 5, p. 13
3. ↑ Weiser vol. 5, p. 17
4. ↑ Weiser vol. 5, p. 18
5. ↑ Weiser vol. 5, p. 20
6. ↑ Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern. Pioneers of Old Monocacy: the Early Settlement of Frederick County, MD, 1721-1743. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987. p. 264, note 28
7. ↑ Frederick S. Weiser, ed.; Wm. J. Hinke, trans. Maryland German Church Records, Volume 5: Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick, Frederick Co., 1746-1789. Historical Society of Carroll County, Westminster, MD, 1991.
8. ↑ Will of Sebastian Derr, Frederick County, Maryland, Liber GM-3-554. Viewable online at "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T15-9CD4?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-FM3%3A146535301%2C147314001 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1794-1803 vol 3 > image 294 of 332; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 November 2021), memorial page for Sebastian Derr (12 Jan 1727–27 Nov 1802), Find A Grave: Memorial #39988884, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Barbara (contributor 47012705).
10. ↑ Frederick Sheely Weiser, ed. Record of Marriages and Burials in the Monocacy Church in Frederick County, MD, and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the City of Frederick, MD, 1743-1811. National Genealogical Society, 1982. p. 140

See Also:

• Frederick S. Weiser, ed.; Wm. J. Hinke, trans. Maryland German Church Records, Volume 5: Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick, Frederick Co., 1746-1789. Historical Society of Carroll County, Westminster, MD, 1991.