Individual Details

A little more has come to light about Elizabeth Illick, wife of Johannes II and the ancestress of the Plainfield and Bangor Floreys. Her grandfather was Hans Rudolf Illig, who arrived at the port of Philadelphia on the ship Dragon on September 30, 1732, perhaps from the town of Buedigan near Frankfort on the Main, although Keve, in his genealogy, posits Switzerland. Rudolf and his wife, Magdelena, apparently had only one son, John Christopher, a weaver, who was born January 2, 1746 and died November 27, 1818. He married Elizabeth Huber on May 10, 1768. Elizabeth was born in Germany on September 15, 1746 and died on April 25, 1816. She is buried along with her husband, in Old Williams Township graveyard in Northampton County. Their daughter Elizabeth Illick Florey (11/9/1771-6/5/1831) was one of eight known children, the others being Johannes Philip, John, John Frederick, John Christof, John Philip, Christina and Anna Margaret. According to an obituary in The Northampton Democrat on Wednesday, July 5, 1837, Elizabeth died of dropsy in Upper Mount Bethel, about ten years after the death of her husband, Johannes II, and left eleven children and forty-five grandchildren.

THE FLORY/FLOREY/FLORA FAMILIES OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AND THEIR GERMAN ANCESTORS
by Kenneth Florey153 Haverford St., Hamden, CT 06517(203) 248-1233florey@mail.snet.net May 20, 1997

Birth	9 Nov 1771	Williams, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Christen	24 Nov 1771	Williams, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Death	3 Jul 1837	Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Burial		Old Union Cemetery, Stone Church, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Spouse	Johannes Florey II (1761 - 1827)
Child	Anna Margaret Florey (1801 - 1860)

Father	Johann Christopher Illick (1746 - 1818)
Mother	Elizabeth Huber (1746 - 1816)