Individual Notes

Note for: Johann Adam Laux ? John Adam Loucks, 28 DEC 1715 - 14 FEB 1790 Index

Event:
     Type:   Bapt'sd
     Date:   24 JAN 1715/16
     Place:   by Rev. Joshua Kocherthal

Individual Note:
     John Adam was baptized on Jan. 24, 1716 in Schoharie, by Rev. Joshua Kocherthal when he came up from West Camp, NY. Adam Starring and wife, brother and sister-in-law of Johann Adam's mother, were sponsors at the baptism.
Adam Loucks purchased Lot 42 of the Stone Arabia Patent from Johannes Snell on Jan. 11, 1762. On his death he willed this acreage to his children. All mentioned by name except Henry Richard, Lieut Peter, and Maria.
Lieut. Peter was not only the military hero of the family, but also was evidently well off financially, owning considerable property in Manheim. Possibly Henry Richard as also well situated financially. Maria is not mentioned in the will -- probably she had died.
In the pre Revolution days John Adam was numbered among those looking for freedom. He held the first meeting of the Committee of Safety of Tryon County, NY in his house in Stone Arabia August 27, 1774. The locality is marked by a state highway marker as Loucks Tavern, for here he kept an inn after the war, and was for years a Justice of the Peace.

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Note for: Catherine Elisabeth Snell, 1 APR 1719 - 13 FEB 1779 Index

Alias: /Liza/

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Note for: Johann Dietrich Laux ? John Dietrich Loucks, ABT 1694 - Index

Individual Note:
John D. Loucks with his wife, came from Illstein, Germany, in 1709, and settled on a tract of land comprising about 12,700 acres, later known as Stone Arabia, Tryon Co., NY.
The migrated to America direct from Holland, sailing from Rotterdam July 15, 1709; and they settled at West Camp, NY, on the Hudson River, about 92 miles north of New York City. These emigrants were under contract to the British Government to produce ships' stores. This enterprise was found to be impracticable and unprofitable for the Government; so they were kept in the various camps for several years, being supported partly from grants secured from the Government by Governor Hunter, who was then the provincial Governor.
Gradually the Palatines drifted away from the camps, seeking homes in the river valleys. There was a large migration to Schenectady, and from there to Schoharie in the autumn of 1712. Evidently Johann Dietrich Laux was one of those who migrated to Schoharie about this time; for we find that when Johann Dietrich and Maria Starring Laux's son, Johann Adam, was born on December 28, 1715, they were living in Schoharie. Most of the Palatines established their homes in the valleys of Schoharie County and along the valley of the Mohawk River.
A few years later they moved up the Mohawk valley to Stone Arabia on the north bank of the Mohawk River, obtaining a patent on 12,700 acres of land. This patent was granted October 19, 1723. The family of Johann Dietrich Laux were among these settlers because the births of five of their children from 1716 to 1724, are recorded in the church records of the Lutheran Trinity Church and the Dutch Reformed Church of Stone Arabia. Johann Dietrich Laux's signature began in 1734 to included with the signatures of the Patentees of the Stone Arabia tract to quit-claim deeds.
Both Johann and Maria died in Stone Arabia; their dates of death have not been discovered.

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Note for: John D. Snell, 1693 - 12 APR 1787 Index

Name Note: Source: Edwin Merton McBrier, Loucks Family Genealogy, (New York, John S. Swift Co., Inc. 1940).

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Note for: (Lieut.) Peter Loucks, 21 MAY 1747 - 12 JUN 1814 Index

Individual Note:
The Loucks Genealogy Historical Records contains a picture of a modern gravestone of Lieut. Peter Loucks in the Manheim Cemetary. This stone which replaced the original gravestone says he died in 1788, but church records show June 12, 1814. Besides, three children were born after 1788.
Peter Loucks, Sr. was a Lieut. in Capt. Fox's Company, Col. Klocks Reg., 2nd Tryon Co. NY troops. His commission was issued in 1778 and he served until 1783. He was in the battle of Oriskany and his name is inscribed on the monument erected on that battlefield.

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Note for: Anna Maria Elizabeth Krausen, ABT 1716 - Index

Alias: /Kraus/

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Note for: Maria Margretha Loucks, 23 APR 1767 - 7 MAY 1767 Index

Alias: /Markrid/

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Note for: Maria Loucks, 4 JUN 1768 - Index

Event:
     Type:   Bapt'sd
     Date:   12 JUN 1768
     Place:   Reformed Church, Stone Arabia, NY

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Note for: Peter Loucks, 11 SEP 1770 - 1847 Index

Event:
     Type:   Bapt'sd
     Date:   16 SEP 1770
     Place:   Reformed Church, Stone Arabia, NY

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Note for: Dorothy Loucks, 4 MAR 1772 - Index

Alias:   /Dorodea/

Event:
     Type:   Bapt'sd
     Date:   4 MAR 1772
     Place:   Luthren Church, Stone Arabia, NY

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Note for: Johannes Loucks, 26 AUG 1775 - Index

Event:
     Type:   Bapt'sd
     Date:   3 SEP 1775
     Place:   Luthren Church, Stone Arabia, NY

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Note for: Anna Loucks, 27 AUG 1782 - Index

Event:
     Type:   Bapt'sd
     Date:   3 SEP 1782
     Place:   Reformed Church, German Flats, NY