Harshbarger line: Johan George Lindemuth 1688-1751 Immigrant

 I have very little information about this ancestor in the Harshbarger line, but I've never let that stop me from writing a blog post before!  I am always hopeful that someone will have more information and will stumble across this blog post.  I am also somewhat hopeful that these few facts will spark someone's interest, and they will enjoy finding more than I have found.  I want to write at least a little about each ancestor in our families, so here goes:

Johann George Lindemuth was born February 26, 1687 or 1688 at Bodigheim, Baden, or at Leibenstadt, also supposedly in Baden, although Google searches put it in Bavaria.  His parents are Johan and Rigina Muller Lindemuth,  Johan died when George was about five years old.  I haven't followed his mother, but she lived until 1729 so perhaps she remarried.  (Remarrying at age 30, as a female with four young children would have likely meant that she married a much older man, but I don't have any records to support that, it's just a general statement.)  

George married at a young age, barely 18 or 19, to Anna Katherine Baumann on November 23, 1706 at the Evangelisch in Bodigheim, Baden.  They had at least three children together, the last being Johann Sebastian in 1713.  Katherine likely died in childbirth or soon after.  Sebastian also died soon after birth.  

George next married Barbara Keller, at the same church, on Feb 2, 1714.  She died in 1732, after giving birth to at least three more children.  Please note, not all sources agree that George married twice, so we have to consider that there is a possibility that the George who married Barbara was a different George.  I cannot prove either thought, but perhaps someone else has records giving the death date of Anna Katherine.  At any rate, we do know that a wife, whether the first or the second, died in 1732 , still at Bodigheim.  

George came to Philadelphia in 1749, according to "Pennsylvania German Pioneers" by Ralph Beaver Strassburger.  He was over 60 at the time so would have likely been traveling with family members, and at this stage in emigration, most Germans came for economic reasons.  Sadly, George didn't live long in America, dying on August 11, 1751 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  We have no will and no other records at this time, but that doesn't mean some won't show up at some point.

I would like to know so much about George:  Was he married twice? What was his religion? Was he able to pay his own way to America, or was he serving as an indentured servant when he died?  Did he consider that he'd made a good move to come to Pennsylvania?  Did he come because his grandchildren came?  So many questions...Regardless, he came, and contributed to the family line, and apparently stayed out of trouble, raising several children.  His name deserves a place on the Harshbarger tree.

The line of descent is 

Johan George Lindemuth-Anna Catherine Baumann

George Lindemuth-Anna Maria Drach

Maria Elizabeth Lindemujth-Bernard Kepler

Andrew Kepler-Anna Maria Kramer

Mary Kepler-George Harshbarger

Lewis Harshbarger-Catherine Mentzer (Mancer)

Emmanuel Harshbarger-Clara Ellen Harter

Grover Harshbarger-Goldie Withers

Cleveland Harshbarger-Mary Beeks

Their descendants