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Philip Michael

Birth	:	unknown
Death	:	1817 Allegany County, Maryland, USA
Burial	:	Michael Cemetery, Westernport, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.5182140, -79.0780450
Description	:	b. bef. 1738 in possibly Franconia (now Germany) possible immigration 25 Sep 1754 from Franconia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania aboard the ship Adventure m. bef. 1763 of Loudoun County, Virginia 12 Mar 1782: provided 200 lbs. of beef to American army 9 Apr 1782: provided gun to American army 1787: recorded as settler west of Fort Cumberland, Maryland d. bef. 20 Sep 1817 of Allegany County, Maryland∼Not to be confused with Philip Jacob Michael of Pennsylvania. Michael Family in Allegany and Garrett Counties, Marlyand, and the Michael Family Cemetery at Firm Rock Plantation. "PHILIP... Read More	b. bef. 1738 in possibly Franconia (now Germany) possible immigration 25 Sep 1754 from Franconia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania aboard the ship Adventure m. bef. 1763 of Loudoun County, Virginia 12 Mar 1782: provided 200 lbs. of beef to American army 9 Apr 1782: provided gun to American army 1787: recorded as settler west of Fort Cumberland, Maryland d. bef. 20 Sep 1817 of Allegany County, Maryland∼Not to be confused with Philip Jacob Michael of Pennsylvania. Michael Family in Allegany and Garrett Counties, Marlyand, and the Michael Family Cemetery at Firm Rock Plantation. "PHILIP MICHAEL was our first Michael immigrant ancestor. PHILIP'S son, John Michael Sr. and wife, Mary 'Catherine' Thankful Bonham or Thankbonden, were the parents of George Washington Michael. George and his wife, Catherine Broadwater, were the parents of Peter Broadwater Michael. This article appears to clear up some persistent confusion about PHILIP MICHAEL." Excerpt from: "The Michael Family of Firm Rock Plantation," by Lee C. Michael, published in The Old Pike Post, Genealogical Society of Allegany County, Maryland, Vol. 22, No. 4, December 2005. See entire article here. "Most people with the surname Michael who live in Allegany and Garrett Counties [Maryland] are part of a single family tree. 'Michael' is a troublesome surname. It is often misspelled, mispronounced, given an 's' at the end, or assumed to be a first name. Regardless of the troubles 'Michael' caused nineteenth century census enumerators and modern-day telephone solicitors, members of the Michael family are proud to have inherited the surname from our ancestor, PHILIP MICHAEL. PHILIP has been a source of much interest and controversy for Michael researchers. There are two distinct and opposing theories regarding, at least in part, the origin and life history of PHILIP. The first theory is based on a 1937 article in the Maryland Genealogical Bulletin, entitled 'The Michael Family of Western Maryland.' It states that, Philip Jacob Michael came to America on the Snow Neptune from Lisbon, Portugal, and qualified, or took the Oath of Allegiance on July 27, 1770. Additional biographical details on the Philip Jacob Michael state that he was married to Anna Margaretha, lived 1736-1822, and resided in Pennsylvania for several years, and served in the Revolutionary War in a Pennsylvania unit. More recent scholarship conducted by Michael family researchers rejects several key points from the 1937 article. We believe that PHILIP MICHAEL, without any middle name, was born ca. 1738-40 and died ca. August 1818, emigrated from the German principality of Franconia (more or less located in southern Germany) on the ship Adventure from Hamburg. PHILIP qualified September 25, 1754 in Pennsylvania. We do not believe he spent any significant amount of time in Pennsylvania. Prior to residing in Allegany County, Maryland, PHILIP spent 20-30 years in Loudoun County, Virginia, after his immigration until just after the Revolutionary War. PHILIP served in the Revolution as a Virginia soldier, most likely guarding the western frontier against Indian attacks. (His son, John Sr., served in the Maryland German Regiment as a corporal). His wife's name was MARY. She lived at least until 1802. Her name and this one date are all we know about her. PHILIP and MARY had up to seven children, with varying degrees of certainty. The four children with the greatest connection to Allegany/Garrett Counties are Elizabeth Michael Sigler, John Sr., Mary Michael Sigler, and William Michael. Elizabeth, born in Loudoun County, married Adam Sigler in Loudoun County in 1778. Adam Sigler was a Methodist minister, and helped found the town of Westernport, Maryland. Mary, born in Loudoun County, married Jacob Sigler, brother of Adam Sigler, in Loudoun County in 1782. John Sr. married Mary 'Catherine' in 1787 in Loudoun County. Records show Catherine's surname as either Thankbonden or Bonham. I believe that Thankbonden is a corruption of Bonham, a name that shows up near the Michael family in both Loudoun and Allegany Counties. It is my hypothesis that Thankbonden is based on a middle name of Thank or Thankful plus the surname of Bonham. In any case, John Sr. and Catherine are the progenitors of the largest branch of the Michael family, both in Allegany and Garrett Counties and across the country ... Subsequent generations stayed mainly in West Virginia, as well as Ohio and Maryland. [William married Rachel Brain 14 Feb 1797 in Allegany Co, Maryland.] In Loudoun County, ... their neighbors included the Siglers, the Bonhams, and the Broadwaters, all names that show up in Allegany County in the early nineteenth century. Amos Broadwater wrote that his father, along with John Sr. and Catherine, left Loudoun County because slavery made it impossible for white laborers to make a living. The Michael family moved in stages... John Sr. and William either left Loudoun County at the same time [1788], or one or two years later. PHILIP and John Sr. headed separate households in the 1800 census..." "In Allegany County, the Michael family became substantial landowners. Between PHILIP and his son, John Sr., the Michaels owned the following military lots: 3751-53, 3871-75, 3878-80, 4009-4011, as well as 'Warnock's Defeat' and 'Don't Turn With The World.' These properties, near the Allegany/Garrett Counties border on the east side of Big Savage Mountain, are called the Michael lands by the state forestry administration. Michael Run and Michael Road are legacies of the family's longtime presence in the area - the deed books in the Cumberland courthouse have 26 solid pages dedicated to Michael land transactions from the 1790s until the 1930s, with even more pages for more recent decades. The Michaels were farmers and blacksmiths, sawyers and a few even served as local judges and politicians. PHILIP dies sometime before August 11, 1818, the date his son John Sr. filed his first account on the administration of PHILIP'S estate, which was finally settled in 1820. His burial place is unknown. The first known Michael death in Allegany County was that of PHILIP'S grandson, Joseph, son of John Sr. Two weeks prior to his death, Joseph told his father that he thought a certain place on Firm Rock Plantation would make a good cemetery. Joseph died in a nearby coal mine in 1824 at the age of 15. Joseph's gravestone is the only fieldstone in the family cemetery: all the others are made of marble or granite. Firm Rock passed out of the immediate Michael family's possession when one of PHILIP'S great-granddaughters married a Magruder in the late nineteenth century. The current farmhouse, itself at least a century old, is supposed to be built on the original foundation of the stone house built by the Michaels in 1806. From these earliest Michael generations, my fellow family researchers and I have documented over 2750 people with some close association to the Michael surname, primarily descendants of John Sr. and William. The true number of PHILIP'S descendants is undoubtedly much higher..." - Lee C. Michael (Reproduced with permission) The Other Children: Philip Michael Jr. Mary Anne Michael *****(married William Bucklew)

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Philip Michael's memorial is located at: Michael Cemetery, Westernport, Allegany County, USA.
When did Philip Michael death?
Philip Michael death on 1817 in Allegany County, Maryland, USA
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Latitude: 39.5182140
Longitude: -79.0780450

Family Members:

Spouse

Mary Michael

(unknow - unknow)

Children

John Michael Sr.

(1765 - 1855)

Mary Michael Sigler

(1766 - 1843)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Michael Cemetery
Westernport, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5182140, -79.0780450

2. Fazenbaker Farm
Fairview, Garrett County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5238930, -79.0657950

3. Sigler Family Cemetery
Westernport, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5081480, -79.0691470

4. Jacob Sigler Stone House Cemetery
Garrett County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5281380, -79.0559330

5. Michaels Cemetery
Fairview, Garrett County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5281380, -79.0559330

6. Kight Family Cemetery
Bloomington, Garrett County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4829780, -79.0719940

7. Duckworth on Hampshire Hill
Westernport, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5016900, -79.0345300

8. Bloomington Cemetery
Bloomington, Garrett County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4799995, -79.0699997

9. Morrison Cemetery
Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5127983, -79.0233002

10. Old Saint Peter's Catholic
Westernport, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4837360, -79.0431080

11. Philos Cemetery
Westernport, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4858060, -79.0394320

12. Saint Gabriel's Cemetery
Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5224991, -79.0203018

13. Saint Peters Catholic Cemetery
Westernport, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4842453, -79.0393143

14. Corbus Cemetery
Barton, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5436940, -79.0178990

15. Duckworth Cemetery at Stoney Run
Westernport, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4984280, -79.0136400

16. Mountain View Cemetery
Moscow, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5450050, -79.0153350

17. Barlett Cemetery
Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5461006, -79.0136032

18. Laurel Hill Cemetery
Moscow, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5459730, -79.0131350

19. Broadwater Cemetery
Merrill, Garrett County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5729200, -79.1064100

20. Barnard Cemetery
Garrett County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4850006, -79.1461029

21. Moscow Mills Cemetery
Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5443993, -79.0044022

22. Miller Cemetery
Westernport, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4888110, -79.0043140

23. Moore Cemetery
Barton, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5277760, -78.9951670

24. Joshua Kight Cemetery
Piedmont, Mineral County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4486000, -79.0679000