Dick

This branch of our family began in Germany with Johan Adam Dick who is my 6th great grandfather. The Johan Adam Dick family arrived in Philadelphia on 11 September 1738. They settled in York County, PA.

1 Johan Adam Dick b: 1 Apr 1709 in Germany, d: 29 Sep 1785 in York, PA
… + Anna Ottilla Knack b: 4 Nov 1711 Germany, m: 12 Jun 1731 Germany, d: 20 Oct 1782  York, PA
……2 Elisabetha Margretha Dick b: 1732  Germany, d: Unknown
……2 Maria Christina Margretha Dick b: 1734 Germany, d: Unknown
…… + Jacob Brown
……2 Maria Juliana Dick b: 1736 Germany, d: Unknown
……2 Appollonia Dick b: 14 Aug 1738 at Sea, d: c. 1791  PA
…… + Johann Jonas Wolf b: 27 Dec 1739 Lebanon, PA, m: 1761, d: 21 Sep 1787 Abbottstown, York, PA
………3 Jacob Wolf b: 5 Jun 1762 York, PA, d: 31 Mar 1810 York, PA
……… + Cornelia Knight b: 27 Oct 1765, d: 6 Oct 1806
………3 Appollonia Wolf b: 31 Dec 1763 York, PA, d: Aft. 1787
………3 John Wolf b: 18 Sep 1767 York, PA, d: 28 Aug 1851 Hamilton, Adams, PA
………3 Catherine Wolf b: 21 Nov 1770 York, PA, d: Aft. 1787
……… + Henry Becker
………3 Adam Wolf b: 12 Feb 1773 York, PA, d: 13 Mar 1865
……… + Eva b: 1771, d: 1839
………3 Johan Jonas Wolf b: 8 Feb 1775 Abbottstown, Adams, PA, d: Unknown
………3 Christianna Wolf b: 16 Nov 1776 in York, PA, d: Unknown
………3 John Frederick Wolf b: 30 Jun 1779 Berwick Twp., York Co., PA, d: 25 Apr 1872 in York Springs, Adams, PA
……… + Esther Barbara Shaffer b: 29 Dec 1777 PA, m: 8 Apr 1800, d: 16 Oct 1866 York Springs, Adams, PA
………3 Maria Elizabeth Wolf b: 27 Jun 1782 in York, PA, d: Unknown
………3 Andrew Wolf b: 18 Mar 1787 York, PA, d: 28 Apr 1867 Berwick, York, PA
……… + Catherine Dick b: 1795, m: 1829
……2 Christian Dick b: 02 Jan 1740 PA, d: 04 May 1800
…… + Catherine Naugle b: 28 Jun 1743, d: 04 May 1800 in York, PA
……2 Susanna Dick b: 1742 in Berwick Twp., York Co., PA, d: Unknown
…… + John Horner
……2 Catherine Dick b: 1744 in Berwick Twp., York Co., PA, d: Unknown
…… + George Bittinger

Read More About

• Appollonia (Dick) Wolf 1738 – 1791
• Johan Adam Dick 1709 – 1785

Websites

• Dick surname genealogy

Selected Sources

• Wolfe, J. Arthur. Jonas Wolf of Berwick Township, York County, Pennsylvania: A History and Genealogy of a Colonial Ancestor and Some of His Descendants. Privately Published: 1987. Copy of book owned by York County Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania.
• Young, Henry James. Genealogical Reports for the Historical Society of York County, evidences of the Wolf Families of York  County before the year 1950. Volume XX.  The Historical Society of York County, 1938. . Copy of book owned by York County Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania.

Read more about this branch of our family in my book. ‘The Mark Family Story’.