Genealogy for
Leonard Koser
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Leonard Koser
1603 - 6/9/1671
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Leonard Koser was born about 1603 in Asperglen, Wurttemberg, Germany and died on June 9, 1671 in Asperglen, Wurttemberg, Germany. Actual date of birth is unknown. He lived to be about 68 years old.
Married to Elizabeth (Unknown). They had four children: Viet (1640-1/6/1734), Leonard (1642-?) ; Hans (?-?) and Maria (1648-?).
The records of St. Mauritius Evangelical Lutheran Church do not carry the Koser family linage any farther back than Leonhard Koser. Translation from Evangelical Lutheran Parish Office, Oppelsbohm, Death Register (asperglen) 1671: On June 9th between 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening, died in the Lord, Leonhard Koser, and was honourably buried on the 11th at 1 o'clock in the 68th year of his life. The 1670 death register reports: On February 28th, Elisabetha, the wife of Leonhardt Koser, died at this place at 8 o'clock in the evening and was honourably buried on the following March 2nd. Her age was 63 years. | |
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Leonard, his family, and friends. For example, Leonard is 4 years old when Britain establishes their first successful colony at Jamestown, Virginia after King James I grants the Virginia Company a charter to settle in the Chesapeake Bay region.
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1608 |
Lippershey invents the telescope |
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1666 |
Sir Isaac Newton invents calculus |
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1607 |
Britain establishes their first successful colony at Jamestown, Virginia after King James I grants the Virginia Company a charter to settle in the Chesapeake Bay region. |
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1610 |
Pocahontas is captured by the Jamestown Colonists as misunderstandings and hostilities escalate between the two cultures. Two years later she will save John Smith's life. |
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1619 |
The first slaves are transported to America |
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1620 |
Massachusetts is established on November 9th, when the Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock (Cape Cod, Massachusetts) with 101 colonists. Squanto, a Native American captured and taken to Britain several years earlier, travels with them and teaches them how to live off the land. On Nov. 11th, the Mayflower Compact is signed by 41 men and establishes the first form of local government. |
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1621 |
First treaty between colonists and Native Americans is signed by the Plymouth colonist and the Wampanoag. Squanto acts as a translator. |
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1622 |
Jamestown has spread and settlements now line both banks of the James River from Hampton Roads to the present site of Richmond. |
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1624 |
New York is established when thirty families of Dutch colonists arrive. Two years later Peter Minuit, one of the colonists, buys Manhattan Island from the Native Americans and names it New Amsterdam. |
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1630 |
In March, Boston is established when John Winthrop leads 900 Puritans to establish a colony in Massachusetts Bay. He becomes the first governor. |
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1634 |
Maryland is established as 200 settlers, many of them Catholic, arrive in the lands granted to Roman Catholic Lord Baltimore. |
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1636 |
In June, Providence and Rhode Island are founded by Roger Williams, after he is banished for new and dangerous opinions. |
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1660 |
During the 1660's plantation owners change the laws and revoke contracts so that the Africans cannot earn their freedom. |
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1663 |
The Carolina colonies are established after King Charles II grants the territory to eight loyal supporters. |
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1670 |
In March, the first permanent settlement in South Carolina is established at Albemarle Point (Charles Town, SC). |
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1642 |
England's Civil Wars begin |
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1647 |
The Society of Friends founded. Later this group becomes known as Quakers. |
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1648 |
King Charles I of England is executed |
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1651 |
England's Civil Wars end |
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1660 |
Louis XIV of France marries Maria Teresa Infanta of Spain |
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1666 |
Great Fire of London |
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1670 |
Hudson Bay Company formed (English) |
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The Children of Leonard Koser
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Viet Koser
Born in Asperglen, Wurttemberg, Germany about 1640 and died in Asperglen, Wurttemberg, Germany about 1734. He was about 94 years old.
His mother's name was Elizabeth (died 2/28/1669) and he married Margaretha Miller (or Muller) on 2/4/1671 in Bretzemacler Germany. They had five children: Anna Elizabeth (3/25/1673-?); Margaret...
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