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Johann Michael VON NIDA  ‎(I339)‎
Given Names: Johann Michael
Surname: VON NIDA

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 7 March 1727 39


Personal Facts and Details
Birth 7 March 1727 39
Baptism

Note: The sponsors for Joh. Michael were Hans Michael Becker and Anna Barbara von Nida, daughter of Johann von Nida.
Marriage Mary Elizabeth ‎(unknown)‎ - ‎[View Family ‎(F146)‎‎]
circa 1746 ‎(Age 18)‎
Biographical Notes

Hide Details Note: While there is some doubt about the name of this son, the records show a son to have been born to Hans Georg and his wife Maria Elizabeth on this date. Because Hans Georg usually named his children after their sponsors ‎(godparents)‎, it is believed that this child was named for his Johann Michael Becker. It is also believed that this Johann Michael von Nida is the common ancestor of one of the largest of the American families of Nida.

We know that Johann David von Nida was born on the Atlantic Ocean in 1748 while his parents were en route to America from Germany. According to the laws of the Colony of Pennsylvania, which, because of its welcome to those suffering from religious persecution, was the goal of nearly every German leaving the Fatherland for the New World; it was necessary for every immigrant to register on his entry.

In 1748 there was no record of any "Nida" or "von Nida" entering. The ship's clerk frequently registered for the immigrants, and frequently these English clerks spelled the names of the Germans as those names sounded to them. Also their penmanship left much to be desired.

A record of the registration of these Germans has been published in a volume called "Thirty Thousand Names of Immigrants" by Rupp. At page 184 it is noted that "Johan Michel Didah" arrived September 7, 1748 on the ship "Hampshire", Thomas Cheesman, Captain, from Rotterdam, last from Falmouth. Following this name is a notation that the signature is rather illegible and that the above is the best deciphering of the signature.

It is believed that this is Johann Michael von Nida, and that therefore, Johann David von Nida is his son and the grandson of Hans Georg von Nida.

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Parents Family  (F134)
Hans Georg VON NIDA
1688 - 1751
Maria Elisabeth ‎(unknown)‎
- 1752
Johann Thomas VON NIDA
1722 - 1789
Johann Michael VON NIDA
1727 -
Marie Elisabeth VON NIDA
1729 -
Anna Margarethe VON NIDA
1736 -

Step-Parent Family  (F133)
Hans Georg VON NIDA
1688 - 1751
Maria Barbara ‎(unknown)‎
- 1721
Hans Peter VON NIDA
1710 - 1748
Johannes VON NIDA
1718 -

Immediate Family  (F146)
Mary Elizabeth ‎(unknown)‎
1725 - 1762
Johann David VON NIDA
1748 - 1825