John Peter (Johann Petreus) APPEL b. 10 Jul 1691 Pfungstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. 10 Jul 1770 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania: Our Family History

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Name	John Peter (Johann Petreus) APPEL [1]
Born	10 Jul 1691	Pfungstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany [1]
Gender	Male
FamilySearch ID	GN5K-KK1
_UID	20F066570C324EE49BAB268E0A2114EA60A1
Died	10 Jul 1770	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania [1]
Buried	Saint Pauls Blue Church Cemetery Coopersburg, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania [1]
Person ID	I18733	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	30 Nov 2022

Father	Johannes Heinrich APPEL, b. 21 Oct 1674, Pommelsbrunn, Nurnberger Land, Bayern, Germany , d. 31 Dec 1711, Germany (Age 37 years)
Mother	Anna Margaretha SCHRAG, b. Abt 1660, Pommelsbrunn, Nurnberger Land, Bayern, Germany , d. 17 Sep 1713, Germany (Age ~ 53 years)
Married	15 Nov 1680	Hessen, Darmstadt, Hessen, Prussia
Family ID	F9165	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth Catharina WAGNER, b. Abt 1699, Pfungstadt, Pfalz, Germany , d. 21 May 1758, Somerset, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 59 years)

Married 8 Feb 1723 Evangelische Kirche Pfungstadt, Hessen, Germany

Children

	1. Henry APPEL, Hipple, b. 1720, Germany , d. 10 Nov 1772, Pennsylvania (Age 52 years)
	2. John Jacob APPEL, Hippel, b. 1720, Germany , d. 3 Dec 1772, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (Age 52 years)
	3. Elisabeth APPEL, b. 1 Jan 1720, Hessen, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany , d. 1 Mar 1737, Germany (Age 17 years)
	4. Philip APPEL, b. 1724, Germany , d. 7 Sep 1802, Mt Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania (Age 78 years)
	5. John (Johann) Martin APPEL, b. 18 May 1726, Pfungstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany , d. 1 Sep 1805, Springfield Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years)
	6. Lorentz "Lawrence" APPEL, b. 24 Jan 1728, Holland, Gutersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , d. 1 Oct 1795, E Vincent, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age 67 years)
	7. Maria Sophia APPEL, b. 4 Dec 1731, Hessen, Darmstadt, Germany , d. 1735, Germany (Age 3 years)
	8. Heinrich Henry APPEL, b. 1735, Germany , d. 1758, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age 23 years)
	9. Maria Catherine APPEL, b. 2 Jan 1736, Upper Saucon, Lehigh, Pennsylvania , d. 1781, Pennsylvania (Age 44 years)
	10. Johannes Hively APPEL, b. 5 Dec 1738, d. 24 Nov 1760, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age 21 years)

Last Modified 3 Nov 2022

Family ID F9076 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
Johannes "Abbel" Appel

Notes

Died 1764-1772? Came to America 9/29/1733 from the Palatinate in Germany with his wife, Elizabeth Catharina, and three children--John, Philip, and a daughter (name unknown). Settled as a farmer near Appel's church in upper Saucon township in what was then Bucks County, but which later became Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Buried in Blue Church near Coopersburg, Lehigh Co., PA. His wife died 5/21/1758 and he married on 9/13/1760 the "widow Magdelena Bernert."

At an Appel centenary celebration held at Saegerstown, PA, on 7/15/1886 (dating from the birth on 7/15/1786 of Andrew Appel, fourth generation in America), there was read a letter from Andrew's son, Thomas Gilmore Apple, to his brother Joseph, in which he said:

"...I think I must give the origin of the Appel name. Prof. Dubbs told me what it was, but I did not credit it, and so I asked him for his authority. He gave me a learned German work in which family names are traced back, according to philosophical laws, to their origin, and I found he was right. Appel comes from Adelbold, meaning a bold, noble man. For the sake of brevity, and ease in pronunciation, it was changed gradually into Adbold, Appold, Appel, Apel, Abel, and then by the school masters into Apple. The wild chief, who first received this nickname, roved--honorably, I hope--away back in the dark ages--through the forests of Saxony, where some of this name still live, who claim they are his descendents. Of course, it is not to be supposed that all who bear this name in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France are his descendents. All his peasants and followers--as in other cases--came to be called Appels. I do not think we have any noble blood about us; and I hope it is not so; but sometimes I have been afraid that this may be the case, because I have found out by experience that I have some bad blood myself and it has given me a good deal of trouble to get clear of it. The old Saxon chiefs had a great deal of bad blood about them."

Sources

[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Nov 2022), entry for Johannes Heinrich APPEL, person ID KZQX-KNQ. (Reliability: 3).