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Anna Maria Elizabeth Best 1738–1781 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Aug 1738

Birth Location: Aboard ship Winter Gallery during Atlantic crossing

Death Date: 1 March 1781

Death Location: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Johan Jr

Mother: Anna Schaeffer

Spouse(s): John Sr

Children(s):

Anna Maria Elizabeth Best was born in 1738 in Aboard ship Winter Gallery during Atlantic crossing, the child of Johan Wilhelm Best Jr And Anna Susanna Schaeffer. Anna Maria Elizabeth Best married John Peter Sherry Sr. Anna Maria Elizabeth Best passed away in 1781 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Anna Maria Elizabeth Best was born in 1738 in Aboard ship Winter Gallery during Atlantic crossing, the child of Johan Wilhelm Best Jr And Anna Susanna Schaeffer.
  • Anna Maria Elizabeth Best married John Peter Sherry Sr.
  • Anna Maria Elizabeth Best passed away in 1781 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Children(s)

Anna Best's Ancestors

Self
Anna Best
1738–1781
Birth Place: Aboard ship Winter Gallery during Atlantic crossing
Parents
Johan Wilhelm Best Jr
1713–1762
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Anna (Susanna) Schaeffer
1717–1769
Pfungstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Allemagne
Grandparents
Johan (Wilhelm) Best
1676–1749
Palatinate, Bayern, Allemagne
Anna (Maria) Michael
1682–1749
Palatinate, Bayern, Allemagne
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Anna Best's Timeline

2 Records

1738
1 Aug 1738
Birth of Anna Maria Elizabeth Best in Aboard ship Winter Gallery during Atlantic crossing
Aboard ship Winter Gallery during Atlantic crossing
1781
1 March 1781
Age 43
Death of Anna Maria Elizabeth Best in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Aug 1738
    Event Place: Aboard ship Winter Gallery during Atlantic crossing
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1781
    Record Source: Findagrave, Maria Elizabeth Best Sherry 1781

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 March 1781
    Event Place: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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