Andreas Krafft and Maria Catarina Kitzmuller

Andreas Krafft, son of Gottfried Krafft and Johanna Fessler, was born in 1704 in Waldangelloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died in 1745 in North Kill, PA.

Maria Catarina Kitzmuller daughter of Johannes Kitzmuller and Christina Krah was born about 1708 in Waldangelloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Andreas Kraft arrived in 1728 in Pennsylvania along with wife Maria C. Schaeffer Krafft and daughter Anna Elisabetha. They came to America on the James Goodwill which arrived in Philadelphia September 11, 1728. It took 89 days to sail across the Atlantic from Rotterdam.

Andreas Krafft and Maria Catarina Kitzmuller married. They had the following children:

• John Jacob Krafft was born on 07 May 1730.

• John Krafft was born on 03 Sep 1731.

• Anna Maria Krafft was born on 16 Apr 1733.

• Anna Margaretta Krafft was born on 27 Dec 1734 in Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. She married Johannes Ache on 12 Jan 1754 in Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. She died in 1792.

• Maria Catarina Krafft was born on 15 Mar 1736.

• Maria Elizabetha Krafft was born on 17 Apr 1737 in Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.

• Justina Catarina Krafft was born on 04 Mar 1739.

• Andrew Krafft was born on 01 Feb 1741.

• Mary Magdalena Krafft was born on 17 Jul 1742.

• Mary Susanna Krafft was born on 09 Apr 1744.

Andreas Krafft apparently was married to a Maria Catharina Schaefer, before Maria Kitzmuller. Had two children with Maria Schaefer and then at least 10 with Maria Kitzmuller. 

Tulpehocken was a German settlement in Pennsylvania along Tulpehocken creeek. Link to the Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society.