Magdalena Horn

1705 - 1750  (45 years)

• Name	Magdalena Horn
  Birth	May 5, 1705	Schluchsee, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 Mar 1750	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I284522710439	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Johann Georg Horn,   b. 17 Oct 1680, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany d. 10 Jan 1747 (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Barbara Coller Horn,   b. 1690, Groembach, Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. Germany
  Family ID	F9480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johan Philip Steffan,   b. 1704, Hirschthal, Sudwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. Feb 1765, Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Johan Michael Steffan,   b. 1747, Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   2. Peter Steffan,   b. 29 Oct 1749, Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA + 3. Frederick Steffy,   b. 6 Mar 1751, Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. c 1788, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F9291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  (Burial location unknown -- Muddy Creek was where the family were repeatedly documented.) The patriarch's German-born wife Anna Barbara (nee Herzog) was still alive as of Feb. 5, 1744, but as of Mar. 24, 1751 his wife was a Magdalena. Surely Magdalena must've been the mother of Philip's final son Frederick, who was born between about April 1751 and June 1752. Thus, Michael (baptized Feb. 23, 1747) and Peter (born Oct. 29, 1749) aren't clearly linked to either woman, and it's unknown whether Anna Barbara died in 1744-1745, 1747-48, or in 1750. The largest gap is in one in 1744-45 making it the most likely, but that is not necessarily conclusive. Oddly enough, DNA matches haven't resolved the issue. One would expect the matches to Johan Philip & Barbara to have a different pattern than the matches to Johan Philip & Magadalena. However, the matches for a descendant of Philip Stephy show no distinction whatsoever: matches to descendants of George (Barbara 's son) show exactly the same range and average of cMs values as matches to Peter and Frederick. As for Magdalena's maiden name, it has been supposed to be "Horn" based upon her sponsorship of baptisms for the Horn family in 1751 and 1753. These actions may well reflect her being a Horn, but as a general principle this kind of inference is unreliable. Nor have DNA matches between Steffy and Horn arisen that would support it. For the moment the best description would be "Horn?". At death Johan Philip was married to a Dorothy who was appointed administrator of his estate on Feb. 25, 1765. (Lancaster Co. Court Bond Book #1 Page 410.) No evidence has been found for the date of their marriage, nor for the death of Magdalena.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181727266/magdalena-steffan.