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Genealogy Of Martin Treish (Thrash)



Generation No. 1

MARTIN TREISH was born in Germany, and died in 1762 in Frederick Co, Maryland. He and one of
his sons, Jacob, came to America on the ship "Brothers" August 24, 1750. He married Elizabeth.

Notes

Last Will and Testament of Martin Treish (Thrash)

(Original written in German in Martin Treish's own hand)

Know all men by these presents that Martin Treish hath made an Testament which he has signed with his
own hand being as followeth. First his younger son Martin Treish shall have the place for and in
consideration of sixty pounds I say sixty pounds every year to pay ten pounds till all the sixty have been
paid. The woman shall with the children remain on the place until the youngest child is come of age
whose name is Anna Barbara Treish. The woman shall yearly have eight bushels of corn and five bushels
of wheat, and shall have from the garden the third part of the kitchen garden and the third part of the
orchard and shall maintain on the place a cow and a fat hog, and give sixty or seventy pounds of flax
seed, also 50 eggs for her maintenance the 29th Oct. 1761.

Martin Treish

Jacob Bernadine Vide Probate of the Will from which this is translated
Conrad Hulman
Philip Lautenhleger

May 20, 1762 Jacob Parkonov, Conrad Heilman and Philip Lautensleger made an oath on the Holy
Evangelists of Almighty God that they saw the Testator Martin Tearce sign the within will and heard him
publish and declar the same to be his Last Will and Testament that at the time of his so doing he was to
the best of their apprehensions of sound and disposing Mind and Memory and that they subscribed their
names as Witnesses to the said Will in the presence of the said Testator and at his request sworn before
the Widow abides by the Devise of the Will.

W Young DyCo of

Balt County



Image Of Martin Triesh's Original Handwritten Will In German
(scroll right when image appears)

Thanks to Louise Silva for providing this!



Children of Martin Treish and Elizabeth are:

2. i. JACOB THRASH, SR., b. Bef 1750, Germany; d. Abt 1815, Putnam Co., Georgia.

3. ii. VALENTINE THRASH, b. January 31, 1749, Germany; d. March 03, 1835, Buncombe County,
North Carolina.

iii. MARTIN THRASH, JR..

iv. ANNA BARBARA THRASH.

v. CATHERINE THRASH

vi. EVE THRASH

vii. ELIZABETH



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