Becker Family Page
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Welcome to The Becker Family Page, which furnishes historical detail beyond the site index, exploring three generations of Beckers in the line of Johannes Becker of Germany.
10. Anna Veronica Becker -- The mother of Maria Kilmer Craver, Veronica was born in 1711 in West Camp, Ulster, New York. She married Johannes Kilmer in 1732 (U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900). Bayern, Germany. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 shows Johannes Kilmer and "Anna Feronica Kilmerin" as the parents of "Wilm" (Wilhem or William) Kilmer, Veronica's brother, on June 22, 1746 in NY. Their first-born daughter, Maria (Marytje) Craver, was one of 8-10 children, including: Johannes, Wilhelm, Anna Margaret, Elizabetha, Catharina, and Gertraud. Veronica died in 1751 in Germantown, Columbia, New York. She was the daughter of Johann Peter Becker and Anna Elisabetha Haas.
11. Johann Peter Becker -- The father of Anna Veronica Becker (Kilmer), Peter was born ca. 1680 in Niederbieber, Germany and died there after 1727. Henry Z. Jones (Palantine Families of NY, p.38) states that Peter's home was the Neuweid region and he was documented in the registers of 5450 Niederbieber and at 5450 Altweid. At age 28, Peter sailed on Capt. Robbert Lauren's ship from Holland to England on June 5, 1709 (Rotterdam Lists) and is listed on the boat with his 21 year old future wife, Anna Elisabetha Haas (or Hasch; 1688-1765). The parents of Anna Eva Elisabeth Haas of Evangelisch, Pfeffelbach, Rheinland, Prussia (baptized on Jan 1, 1686) are listed as Andreas and Angela Haas (Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898). Peter Becker made his first appearance on the Hunter's Lists in New York on July 4, 1710 as part of a family of two persons over 10 years old--evidence that he married Anna Elizabeth either in London or during the ocean voyage to America. On June 24, 1711, their family increased to add one person under age 10 (suggesting Veronica was born around this date). Their other children were: Johann Christian (b.1714), Franz Heinrich (b.1717), Antonius (b.1719), Gertruyd (b.1721), Maria Elizabeth (b.1724), and Johann Peter Jr. (b.1727). Peter is recorded at Beckmansland with Elizabeth ca.1716/17 (Simmendinger Register).He is documented as the son of Johannes Becker and Anna Barbara Greis (Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898).
12. Johannes Becker -- The father of Johann Peter Becker, Johannes was born in Neuwald, Germany ca.1660 and died there ca.1708. He married Anna Barbara Greis (or Kohl) who was born in 1664 in Weitersweiler, Donnersbergkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Jones says Johannes' wife (Peter's mother) died in April 1687 in Weidt together with her newborn child. Both parents had died by the time Peter immigrated to America. Nothing earlier is known of the Becker line.