Not long ago I was told by a
German genealogist that the correct spelling of this surname is Frolig
with an umlaut O. However, an umlaut letter comes out different in
other computer platforms when printed by a Mac in much the same way
as accented e. There are various escape techniques, but not worth the
time and trouble.
Besides, the actual spelling of Frolig varies a great deal in many records
due to the sound of the name. One can find at least a dozen variations and
I happen to like the spelling of my ancestors as I have it here: Frolich. But
I will also use the spelling found in various records.
My first encounter with my Palatine ancestors was through Catherine
Froelich who was born about 1720. She married into my DeLong family
line by becoming the bride of Conrad DeLong in September of 1743 in New
York state. Conrad was the son of Jan Johannes De Lange and Anna
Magdalena Weiser, but that is another story since here we are concerned
only with Catherine's ancestry.
Her parents, Johann Valentin Froligh and Anna Appolonia Rapp came
to New York from Germany in 1710. They had married in Germany on
29 January 1704.
The father of Johann was Johann Henrich Frollich, born about 1651.
He came from Mannweiler and was included on a list of passengers on
Captain John Encrist's ship in Holland in 1709. Johann Henrich died
on 24/3/1721. We only know the given name of his mother which was
Anna Margaretha. But we do know her year of birth is 1659, because
she died on 12/4/1723 at 64 years of age.
It appears most probable that Johann and Anna Margaretha had the
following children in addition to Johann Valentin:
Thanks to various researchers we have quite a considerable amount of
information concerning the descendants of Valentin Frolich. Little is
known by us about his parents and nothing prior to them is known
at all. When and if we find new information about earlier family
members or history on this family, it will be added here.
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