Biography and Genealogy of Some of the Anthony Souder and Margarite Maurer Family FAMILY H i STORY UB RAR Y 35 NORTH WEST TEMPLE ' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84150 Compiled by Warren J. Souder 1997 i^pi* $0% Copyright 1997 Warren J. Souder Rt. 1, Box 7 Bergton, VA 22811 1997 Printed by BookCrafters, Inc. Fredericksburg, VA TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction to the Souder Family 1 FIRST GENERATION: Anthony Souder and Margareta Maurer Souder 3 Second Generation: Philip Jacob Julius Souder 15 A. Anna Maria Souder & Johannes Emrich 16 B. Anthony Souder & Lucretia Lakin 16 C Rachel Souder & John Cost 16 D. Philip Julias Souder 16 E. Peter Souder & Barbara Stautzenberger 16 F. Susanna Souder & Cooper ' 42 G. Michael Souder & Susanna Schlotzer (Slater) 42 H. Elizabeth Souder & David Weyer 47 I. John B. Souder & Mary Margaret Filler 47 J. Margaretha Souder, single 49 Second Generation: Anthony Souder, died young 50 Second Generation: John Jacob Souder & (1) Ann, (2) Catherine 51 Essay on Pioneer Life 54 A. Philip Souder & Eve Fulk 57 1. Jacob Souder & Evelyn Dove 62 a. Mary Catherine Souder & Silas May 63 b. Sarah Souder & Rev. Lorenzo Dow Caldwell 69 c. Elizabeth E. Souder & George W. Ritchie 62 d. Martha Jane Souder, single 62 e. Harriet Lucinda Souder 62 f. John Souder, died young 62 g. David Souder & Hannah Moyer 70 2. Elizabeth Souder & Aaron Dove Jr 81 a. Frederick Washington Dove & Margaret Basore 82 b. Catherine Dove & Daniel Moyer 85 c. Philip Dove 85 d. Elizabeth Eva Dove 81 e. Aaron Dove 81 f. Joseph P. Dove & Maggie M. Dillion 85 g. Mary Susan Dove 81 h. Levi Moses Dove 85 i. Lucinda Virginia Dove 81 j. Jacob Columbus Dove 85 k. Clara E. Dove & Dulaney 85 1. Sarah Margaret Dove 86 3. Eve Souder & Captain George W. Fulk 86 a. Catherine "Kate" Dove & Jacob Fawley Jr 87 b. John G. Fulk, killed in CIVIL WAR 86 c. Daniel Fulk & Dorcas Turner 86 d. Philip Fulk & Martha S. Harper 86 4. Catherine Souder & John May 211 5. Josiah Souder & Elizabeth Dove, Catherine Basore 102 a. James C. Souder, died in Civil War 102 b. Catherine "Katie" Souder & Isaiah "Grubbs" Dove 106 c. John A. Souder & Ella 102 d. George W. Souder & Lydia Cullers 118 e. Benjamin Souder & Margaret A. Wilson 126 f. Philip B. Souder & Emma Mount 127 g. Martin Souder, died young 102 h. Clara Souder & William H. Brake 143 i. Josiah Franklin Souder & Sarah C. Moyer 159 j. Jacob Jackson Souder, died young 102 k. William Henry Souder & Pammie B. Fulk 192 1. Mary J. Souder, died young 102 m. David L. Souder, died young 102 n. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Souder & John Luther Wittig 198 o. Annie Alice Souder, died young 102 6. Mary Souder & John Basore 213 a. Hannah Basore & John N. Mathias 214 b. Catherine Basore & William John Foltz 214 c. Mary J. "Jennie" Basore & J. Mosee Albrite 216 4. Benjamin Franklin Basore & Sarah E. May 214 e. Margaret Victoria Basore & Bell E. Mathias 214 7. Philip Souder Jr. & Amanda Mongold, Hannah Mathias . 218 a. Frederick W. Souder & Lucy Richman, Almeda Sherman Florence Wilson 221 b. Charles W. Souder & Sheckles 218 c. Levi P. "Bud" Souder & Mary Etta Moyers, Susie Mathias 223 d. Annie C. Souder & John F. Wittig 225 e. Lelia Verna Souder & John A. Dove 218 f. Wade Hampton Souder, single 235 g. Eliza Etta Souder & Josiah F. Dove 235 B. Jacob Souder 242 C. Christina Souder & Philip Stoneburner 243 D. Sarah "Sally" Souder & Daniel Fulk 244 1. John Fulk & Martha Roadcap 244 2. Jacob Fulk & Margaret Ritchie 290 3. Eve Fulk & Philip Ritchie Jr 291 4. Catherine Fulk & George W. Fawley 300 5. Adam H. Fulk & Catherine Fawley 305 6. George W. Fulk & Eve Souder, Samantha Sprinkle Hulvey . 306 7. Sarah Fulk & Stephen Fawley 308 8. Margaret A. Fulk & John Ritchie 308 E. Maria Catherine Souder 57 F. John H. Souder 57 iii Second Generation: Elizabeth Maria Souder & Christian Crumrine 309 Second Generation: Anthony Souder & Rachel 310 Second Generation: Michael Souder & Mary Marker 311 Second Generation: Catherine Souder & John Schloeter (Slater) 312 Index 313 1 Souder Family The Anthony Souder family is not unique in being the only Souder, Sauter, Sowder, Soutter, Suter, Sowter, family in America. Many Souders came to America. Our name is simple, difficult to pronounce, difficult to spell, but it is a good short name. The many variations in spelling do carry a general sameness in pronunciation, whether in the German language or a branch of the German language, in English. The exact origin of the family Souder is not known. At present in southern Germany and the German speaking part of Switzerland, there are many Sauter, Sauder, Souder, etc. families. From which ancient German tribe we came is problematic, whether Frank, Chatti, Suebic, Saxon, Ubii, Alemanni, or other tribes or combinations of tribes. But, German we were. (The Annals and The Histories written by P. Cornelius Tacitus about 55 to 117 A. D., and The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire written by Edward Gibbon, will convey some information regarding the German Tribes.) Antonia Souder was convicted of being a Witch and was expelled from the city of Geneva (Switzerland) in 1599. Tyrker, a German, the foster father of Leif Ericson, was possibly the first German to arrive in North America. (Reference: A. B. Faust, German Element in the U. S., Vol. 1, p. 6-7.) At Jamestown, Virginia, the original English colony, there were several Germans. (Reference: As above, p. 6-7. Also Klaus Wust, The Virginia Germans, p. 3-4.) "The most civilized nations of modern Europe issued from the woods of Germany, and in the rude institutions of those barbarians we may still distinguish the original principles of our present laws and manners. " (Gibbons, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1, p. 86-87.) During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe, including England, there were wars, disorder, and dissensions caused by aggressive governments who used religion as a weapon and as an excuse for aggression. Religion became so a part of aggressive governments that it is difficult to determine aggressive motives from the religious motives for war. War there was. The most devastating war in Europe occurred in Germany, the Thirty Years War, which ended through exhaustion in 1648 by the Treaty of Westphalia. Large districts in Germany lost as much as 90 per cent of their population between 1631 and 1648. Disease, famine, social and political disruptions occurred. Almost immediately in 1685, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nates which had given to the protestants, Huguenots and free thinkers, more or less religious freedom. The Huguenots fled from France in all directions; many came to the Rhineland and farther to the east where they helped build the city of Berlin to escape the mass executions and tortures. Four hundred thousand (400,000) or more people left France. About this time William Penn started advertising in the Rhineland 2 for people to migrate to Pennsylvania. From 1702-1727 there was a flood of immigrants into Pennsylvania principally from the Palatine of the Rhine. When Louis XIV ordered his generals to make the Palatinate a desert, three days were given for the inhabitants to leave the place. General Villars caused the place to be no longer where people could live. Frederick R. Jones in his History of North America states, "When the Palatinate exodus really began in earnest, thousands swept down upon England and Holland. One of the emigrants says of it: 'A migration epidemic seized on the stricken people and as a wave, thirty thousand Germans washed along the shores of England . ."' Ann was Queen of England and the Duke of Marlsbury, John Churchill was her prime minister. Together they decided that since the parish laws of England could not permit their being absorbed, that the problem could be solved by sending them to America. One part of the scheme for transporting them to America was that they could be placed on the frontier between the English and French settlements and thereby form a guard against the French. Also, they would be a guard against the Spanish in Georgia. On October 6, 1683, the ship Concord arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bringing the first group of German settlers. Thirteen men with their families came from Krefeld in Germany although most of them were Dutch. They were Mennonites. Soon after arriving they founded Germantown a few miles from Philadelphia where they successfully manufactured flak which became a valuable trade item. Paper from the first paper mills was made. In fact these Germantown folks were so profitable to Pennsylvania that other colonies wanted and bid for the German settlers. Germania in Virginia was one of the early German settlements. (W. F. Dunway, A History of Pennsylvania and P. Slaughters, Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia, are references regarding early German settlements.) Possibly the first Souder to arrive in America was Jacob Souder who purchased land from Hans Groff who had obtained a large tract of land from William Perm, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jacob Souder purchased the land in 1719, from Hans and Susanna Groff. Hans Groff was a Swiss by way of Alsace who got the land in 1712, from Perm. Jacob Souder's hand-written will is of record in Lancaster County, as well as his land deeds, property settlements, etc. Souderburg immediately east from Lancaster city, is named in Jacob's memory. Our Anthony Souder family begins in 1750. Anthony Souder List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship Royal Union, Clement Nicholson, Commander, from Rotterdam, Last from Portsmouth.