Second Generation

2. Johann Friederich GETMAN was born in 1693 in Rhineland-Palatinate Province, German Pfalz, German Empire.^1,5 He emigrated in 1710 from Germany.⁶ He became a naturalized citizen on 22 November 1715.

In 1715 he purchased 600 acres of land in Stone Arabia Patent, and he settled there in 1720. His sons and descendants were prominent in the early civil and military life of the Colony and the State.

. He served in the military about 1776 in New York.⁵ He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War in the 4th Regiment, Tryon County, New York Johann died in 1781 at the age of 88 in Ephratah Township, Fulton County, NY.^1,5 Life Sketch: "Frederick Getman was born at the German Palatine of Pfalz on the Rhine River in 1693. His father, Casper Getman, was born in Germany in 1673. Casper was a Lutheran, a husbandman, and vinedresser who brought his family to England from a German principality known as Pfalz (near Heidelberg, Germany).

Records indicate that in 1709 Casper Getman, his wife, Maria Barbara, and their eight children were aboard Captain George Gouland's ship in the fourth party to leave Rotterdam, Holland for London, England. They were among 1735 other poor Lutheran Palatine Germans who immigrate to England.

Record found in the Public Record Office at London indicate that Casper Getman, age 36, with wife- Maria Barbara, four sons (ages 5, 8, 14 and 16) and three daughter (ages 2, 5, and 6) arrived at St. Catherine’s Parish in London on 11 June 1709. Frederick was the oldest son of Casper and Maria Barbara Getman."

"The fact that Maria Barbara Getman was listed as a head of a family on Governor Hunter's ration list of 1710 suggests that Casper did not survive the trip to America in the late 1709. Only two children survived the trip. One was Frederick Getman. He was naturalized at the Mayor's Court at Albany NY on 22 November 1715 along with Johannes Bierman. Evidence is very strong that Johannes Bierman married the widow, Maria Barbara Getman."

"Johannes Bierman was born in Germany between 1665 and 1680. His first wife was the mother of his two daughters. Mary Bierman was born about 1700 and Margaret was born about 1702. His second wife was Magdalena or Margaret.

Johannes and his wife and daughters were on Captain Jan Untank's ship in the 5th party from Holland in 1709. Johannes Bierman first appears on the `Hunter lists' of 30 June 1710, with one person over ten years of age and two persons under ten years of age, which implies his second wife died during the voyage to America."

"Frederick Getman married Mary Bierman in 1721. Did his mother marry Johannes Bierman before 1721 or after? Frederick became Johannes Bierman's step-son as well as his son-in-law.

Records show Johannes Bierman and Mary Bierman were each patentees on the north side of the Mohawk River on 30 April 1725 (Burnetsfield Patent). Johannes drew Lot #26 and Mary drew Lot#11 at Little Falls NY."

"After their marriage Frederick and Mary Getman settled at the Stone Arabia Patent, where they farmed a large tract of land. Frederick Getman and Johannes Bierman purchased 700 acres of land at Stone Arabia, which consisted of Lots #92, #94, #96 and #98. Later Frederick Getman bought out Johannes' interest in the land and ended up owning the entire tract.

Frederick and Anna Getman had eight children, all born at Stone Arabia. Frederick Getman died 1781 in German Flats, Herkimer, NY." He was buried in Ephratah Township, Fulton County, NY.⁵ in the Getman Cemetery.

Johann Friederich GETMAN and Mary Johanna BIERMANN were married in 1720 in Stone Arabia, Ephratah Township, Montgomery County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.^2,5,6

The first record which is known to exist of the Getman family is found in the Public Record Office, London, England. In Vol. 2, number D 69, there is a list of poor Palatines who arrived at St. Catherine's on June 11, 1709. The list, which was made June 16, contains the names of 1,745 refugees who arrived that day. Included in the list is Casper Getman, age 36, with his 4 sons and 4 daughters. He was a Husbandman and Vine dresser, and his religion was Lutheran. His wife's name is listed, but it was later found to be Maria Barbara.

. Mary Johanna BIERMANN was born about 1697 in Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.^1,5 (She may have been born in 1706.) She died after 1740 at the age of 43.¹

Johann Friederich GETMAN and Mary Johanna BIERMANN had the following children: