JOHANN HEINRICH AFFLERBACH (HENRY APPLEBACH) 1782-1840

JOHANN HEINRICH AFFLERBACH (HENRY APPLEBACH) 1782-1840:  Henry immigrated to America on the ship "William P. Johnson", and arrived in Philadelphia on 03 December 1807. According to the below immigration roster, all he brought with him was one container of clothes.

Henry is about halfway down the first column on the left hand side (click on image to enlarge).  In another record, I have seen him described as "middle sized with flaxen hair and grey eyes".  Many of the boys in this family were blacksmiths in the "old country".  According to Pennsylvania German Marriages pg. 346, he married Anna Elizabeth Triede/Truede on 05 Sept. 1809 in Philadelphia at the First Reformed Church. According to Six Afflerbach Emigrants Who Came to Pennsylvania and their Descendants 1750-1930 by Jane K. Thompson (2009), Henry worked at the government armory at Harper's Ferry making musket stocks during the War of 1812.

Johann Heinrich Afflerbach (Henry Applebach) was the son of Johann Wilhelm Afflerbach (1742-1809), the grandson of Johann Heinrich Afflerbach (1703-1759), the gr-grandson of Johannes Afflerbach (1670-1729), the gr-gr-grandson of Hans Herman Afflerbach ( ? - 1672), and the gr-gr-gr grandson of Paul Affholderbach (1594-1696). He is my immigrant ancestor on the Applebach side.

Currently, I know of 3 published books on the Affholderbach/Afflerbach/Applebach families: 1) the above book by Thompson, 2) Wittgensteiner  Geschlechterbuch by Werner Afflerbach (2001), and 3) Familienbuch Afholderbach-Afflerbach by Karl und Jost Afflerbach (1986). The book by Thompson is in English, the other two are in German. All of them are well researched and worth looking at (or owning) if you are a family member. The two in German concentrate on the German side of the family, Thompson's book concentrates on the US branches.