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Maria Elizabeth Best 1738–1781 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Aug 1738

Birth Location: Atlantic, Ocean, New Jersey, USA

Death Date: 1781

Death Location: , Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Johan Best

Mother: Anna Schaeffer

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Maria Elizabeth Best was born in 1738 in Atlantic, Ocean, New Jersey, USA, the child of Johan Wilhelm Best And Anna Susanna Schaeffer. Maria Elizabeth Best passed away in 1781 in , Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Maria Elizabeth Best was born in 1738 in Atlantic, Ocean, New Jersey, USA, the child of Johan Wilhelm Best And Anna Susanna Schaeffer.
  • Maria Elizabeth Best passed away in 1781 in , Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Maria Best's Ancestors

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Maria Best
1738–1781
Birth Place: Atlantic, Ocean, New Jersey, USA
Parents
Johan Wilhelm Best
1713–1762
Switzerland, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Anna (Susanna) Schaeffer
1717–1769
Pfungstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany
Grandparents
Wilhelm Baest
1680–1749
Palatinate, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Anna Michael
1682–1749
Pfungstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany
Adam Schaeffer
1693–1756
Germany
Anna (Margaret) Weiland
1695–1770
Palatinate, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Great-Grandparents
John Michael
1656–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Maria Best's Timeline

2 Records

1738
Aug 1738
Birth of Maria Elizabeth Best in Atlantic, Ocean, New Jersey, USA
Atlantic, Ocean, New Jersey, USA
1781
1781
Age 43
Death of Maria Elizabeth Best in , Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Aug 1738
    Event Place: Atlantic, Ocean, New Jersey, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1781
    Event Place: , Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

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