General Notes

Three of Johannes Albrecht's children, Jacob, Ludwig, and B
arbara, left Berks Co., Pa for Orange Co., N,C. in the 1760
's. High taxes and land prices probably prompted their move
. They settled in the Haw River plains of northern North Ca
rolina, an area of rich farm land. The Albrecht's settled a
long Alamance and Stinking Quarter Creeks. This part of Ora
nge Co. was later divided to form Alamance [1849] and Guilf
ord Counties.
One of the first churches founded was a union of the Luther
an and Reformed faiths in SE Guilford Co. near the presen
t site of Laws Church along the old road from Hillsboro t
o Salisbury. In 1813 the congregation constructed a brick c
hurch using local clay. It is said to be the first brick ch
urch in N.C. and used until 1967 when a modern building wa
s built next door. The "Old Brick Church" is located six mi
les south of Nurlington. Records at the church were kept i
n German until 1813 when the State decreed that English b
e spoken and taught in all public schools.
Several pioneer Albright's are buried there, including Ludw
ig's and his wife, Anna Marie Keller. The original headston
es were in German and were replaced with English language i
n the 1930's.
Nearby is a colonial brick home now owned by Ruby [Clapp] P
entecost, an Albright descendant. This home was built by Da
niel Albright, Ludwig's grandson in 1842. Located near a la
rge flat rock, the home is known as "The Flat Rock Daniel A
lbright Home." Nearby is another early German Reform Church
, Stoner's [Steiner's] Church, located at the confluence o
f the Alamance and Stinking Quarter Creeks. The first elder
s were Jacob Albright, Peter Sharp, and John Foust, husban
d of Barbara Albright. Jacob and Barbara and their spouse
s are buried in the Stoner's Cemetery.
Two miles west of Stoner's Church and five miles south of t
he city of Graham is Mount Harmon Church which was establis
hed on a tract of land donated by George Albright, son of D
aniel and Catherine Loy.
Just south of the town of Alamane is the old St. Paul grav
e yard where many Albrights are buried. The cemeteries of t
he Pleasant Hill Christian Church near Snow Camp and the Ca
ne Creek Quaker Church [founded in 1751] in the same area a
lso contain the graves of many ancestors. Also the cemeter
y of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church founded in 1756 at Gre
ensboro, Guilford County, has many Albright graves of the 1
8th century.
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A publication of the original lists of arrivals in the por
t of Philadelphia by Strassburger and Hinke indicated tha
t Johannes Albrecht, wife Anna Barbara, and five children w
ere on board the "Johnson Galley" of London, David Crockett
, Commander, September 18, 1732 when it arrived in America
. They emigrated from Rotterdam to Philadelphia. ("Pennsylv
ania German Pioneers", R.B. Strassburger, Volumes I and II.
) The names of this family were included on List 21A. The
y settled first in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on the w
est bank of the Schuylkill River which later became part o
f Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Records of the Port of Philadelphia list Johannes Albrech
t and his wife Anna Barbara (maiden name not listed) as Pal
atine passengers of the "Johnson Galley" which arrived fro
m Rotterdam on September 18, 1732. Their children were list
ed as:
MEN OVER 16 YEARS WOMEN ABOVE 14
Albrecht Albrecht
Johannes Albrecht Anna Albrecht
BOYS UNDER 16 GIRLS UNDER 14
Jacob Albrecht Matelina Albrecht
Lodawick Albrecht Barbara Albrecht
Christian Albrecht
(Pennsylvania German Pioneers, R.B. Straussberg, Vol. I)
Family records and other data show that Christian was impro
perly listed; the correct name was Christian, the oldest so
n of this couple. The ages of the five children on arriva
l were: Matelina-16 (she was mistakenly listed as "under 14
"), Barbara-13, Chr