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Descendants of Peter Grosscloss, Sr.
1.PETER1 GROSSCLOSS, SR.(JOHAN ADAMA, PETERB) was born 23 February 1730 in Miesau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Bayern, Germany, and died 06 December 1803 in Ceres, Wythe County, Virginia.He married MARY MAGDALENA OTT Abt. 1755 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, daughter of JOHANN OTT and ELIZABETH KELLER.
Notes for PETER GROSSCLOSS, SR.:
According to a December 16, 1993 letter from Clark and Wanda Groseclose, "Miesau is in western Germany, a little northwest of Kaiserslautern, and not very far from the French border. In fact, this particular area has belonged to both France and Germany as wars were fought in the past. Church records from Miesau show many Grosscloss families, and do record the baptism of Johan Peter Grosscloss in 1737, seven years after he was born in 1730."
Peter apparently came to America in 1750 (church record indicated he emigrated on May 1, 1750. Listed as taxpayer in 1755 tax return for Derry Township., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
In Lancaster County Militia in 1777 during the Revolutionary War.
Moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia about 1779. He settled about two miles west of what is now Ceres, Virginia.
Virginia Military Records G929.3755 V1898, pg. 227
Per the book "History of Bland County" the land grants of Peter Groseclose, Sr. and Peter, Jr. were signed by Patrick Henry.
Notes for MARY MAGDALENA OTT:
From the book "Grosecloses and Descendants in America", by B. Clark Groseclose - Mary arrived in America as an eleven-year old girl with her family in 1743.
Children of PETER GROSSCLOSS and MARY OTT are:
| 2. | i. | PETER2 GROSECLOSE, JR., b. 20 May 1757, Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. | |
| 3. | ii. | ADAM GROSECLOSE, b. Abt. 1759, Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. April 1804, Wythe County, Virginia. | |
| 4. | iii. | MARGARET GROSECLOSE, b. Abt. 1760, Derry Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. 11 August 1838, Wythe County, Virginia. | |
| 5. | iv. | ELIZABETH GROSECLOSE, b. Abt. 1763, Derry Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. Aft. 1803. | |
| 6. | v. | JACOB GROSECLOSE, b. 13 April 1765, Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. 24 January 1833, Johnson County, Indiana. | |
| 7. | vi. | BARBARA GROSECLOSE, b. Abt. 1767, Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. Bef. 26 November 1802, Virginia. | |
| 8. | vii. | HENRY GROSECLOSE, b. 1771, Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. 01 May 1836, Ceres, Wythe County, Virginia. |