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Note: rom a 2010 correspondence with researcher Dick Musselman:
"After discovering Mary Koch was the second wife of your Joseph Freyman, I made a quick search of Federal Census records. This provided some confusing information. In 1850, a 30 year old Mary Koch is living with the George Koch family in Hanover Township, Lehigh Co. The sequence of the entries appear to list her as either a possible wife to 27 year old Aaron Koch or a possible daughter of George and Elizabeth Koch, both 52. The three lines following her entry list Levi Koch 4, Samuel Koch 2 and Sarah Ann Koch 7 months. I suspect, based on knowing that Levi appears in later Deed Books as a son of Mary's, she was the wife of Aaron, and Koch was her married surname." (See complete file held by Neil Rutman for further information on Mary). This census is the source for Mary's first marriage to Aaron, her birth year, and the birth year and location of Aaron, and the 'bef. 1846' marriage is based on the age of the oldest child in the following census:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HY-JM9 : accessed 26 November 2015), Aaron Koch in household of George Koch, Hanover, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 291, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Name Aaron Koch
Event Type Census
Event Year 1850
Event Place Hanover, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender Male
Age 27
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1823
Birthplace Pennsylvania
George Koch M 52 Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Koch F 52 Pennsylvania
Aaron Koch M 27 Pennsylvania
Mary Koch F 30 Pennsylvania
Levi Koch M 4 Pennsylvania
Samuel Koch M 2 Pennsylvania
Sarah Ann Koch F 0 Pennsylvania
Jonas Koch M 22 Pennsylvania
Joseph Koch M 19 Pennsylvania
Reuben Koch M 17 Pennsylvania
This census record indicates that Mary's birth year was abt 1820. Her birth year is indicated (perhaps more honestly) as 1812 on the 1880 census as a widow. She can be found on this census living next door to Emmanuel Leffler, son in law, in Catasauqua. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWNQ-7H8 : accessed 26 November 2015), Emanuel Leffler, Catasauqua, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district 184, sheet 221D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1146; FHL microfilm 1,255,146.
Another source for the marriage of Aaron and Mary is Source Citation: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 536.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
This is the source for the date and location of the marriage and the record indicates that Mary's maiden name was probably ALSO Koch. After consulting the original document, in which the groom's surnames are in one column and the bride's maiden names in another, all the bride's maiden names are clearly indicated and different from the surname of the groom. Mary's maiden name is also indicated which is clearly Koch.
The source for the second marriage of Joseph Freyman to the married Mary Koch is the German newspaper "Der Friedens Bote" of Northampton County, PA, 22 Jan 1862.
The source for the death date of Mary Koch Freyman is Estate File #12798:
Mary Fryman, Allen Township, d.26 Nov.1892
Executor: Charles E. Sheckler
Registration of Death
Will:
1. To be buried in Fair View Cemetery, Catasauqua with a stone to be
erected for both her and her son, Levi Koch 2. Her Bureau to go to her daughter Sarah for waiting on her
3. Remainder of the estate to be sold with the proceeds divided into three
equal shares: a. Samuel Koch (son residing in Hanover Township)
b. Sarah Lefler (wife of Emanuel Lefler)
c. William Koch (deceased of Allen Township – proceeds to his heirs &
assigns) Written: 30 Nov.1889
Witnesses: Wm. H. Glace, Benj. Walp
Probate: 3 Dec.1892
Letters of Testimentary
Inventory & Appraisement
Accounting
Note: Mary was married to Aaron Koch before her marriage to Joseph Freyman. F
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