Arnsdorff of Effingham County

Andreas Lorenz Arnsdorff, a Lutheran refugee,was born in 1676. He came with the third transport of Oglethorpe to the colony, to Ebenezer. He was a shoemaker. He was drowned in the Savannah River on 4 July 1736. Afterwards, his wife and children were admitted to the Orphans Home in Ebenezer. Issue:

I. Daughter (lived in South Carolina).

II. Johann Peter Arnsdorff, shoemaker, born 1723. He was, on 13 March 1738/9, a resident of Ebenezer. Issue:

A. Dorothea Arnsdorff, born 8 October 1757.
B. John George Arnsdorff, born 26 February 1759. He married Hannah Elizabeth Shearouse, the daughter of John and Mary (Mohr) Shearouse. Issue:

1. Christian Arnsdorff, born 1785-died 1853 Effingham County, married Elizabeth (born 1791). Issue:
a. Mary Ann Arnsdorff, born 1817 Effingham County, married 10 March 1853 George L. Metzger.
b. Jonathan C. Arnsdorff, born 1826 Effingham County, married 9 June 1857 Mrs. Sarah (Hinely) Thomas. Issue:
i. Edward Arnsdorff.
ii. Ella Talulah Arnsdorff, born 6 August 1863, died 26 April 1931, married James William Ford (born 24 December 1854 in South Carolina, died 6 February 1891 in Effingham County).

2. George Arnsdorff, born 1790 Effingham County, married 3 September 1819, Phoebe Wheeler (born 1797 Georgia). Issue:
a. Jane Arnsdorff, born 1829 Effingham County.
b. Frances Arnsdorff, born 1843 Effingham County.
c. Joshua Arnsdorff, born 1829 Effingham County, married 10 September 1861 Mary Bray.
d. John Elbert Arnsdorff, born 1832 Effingham County, married 6 April 1854 Salina F. Smith.

3. Hannah Elizabeth Arnsdorff married 17 April 1825 Solomon Hinely.

4. John Armsdorf, born 3 June 1792, died 17 November 1858, married Sarah Morgan (2 Feb 1797-4 November 1880, daughter of William and Sarah (Bailey) Morgan) on 25 January 1819. Issue:
a. William Henry Arnsdorff, 5 December 1819-25 January 1852) married (1) Sarah McCory.
b. Hester Caroline Arnsdorff, 25 July 1821-1 August 1881 married (1) 26 November 1836, Jonathan Snider.
c. Sarah Elizabeth Arnsdorff, born 25 September 1823 married Nathanial Shearouse.
d. Lydia Christine Arnsdorff, 6 June 1826-23 May 1853, married Ephraim Seckinger.
e. John Lewis Arnsdorff, 8 January 1828-26 January 1865. Died in Mississippi, while in the Confederate Army. He married on 8 February 1853, Jane L. Shearouse.
f. Levina Catherine Arnsdorff, 24 December 1830-3 September 1907, married 5 October 1857, Thomas Seckinger.
g. George Christopher Arnsdorff, born 15 February 1832, died 1860, married Julia Smith.
h. Jane Eleanor Arnsdorff, born 11 June 1834, married 1 January 1854, Elbert Weitman.
i. David Benjamin Arnsdorff, 25 December 1836-15 November 1909 married Julia Mallette.
j. James Edwin Arnsdorff, 13 February 1838-1 July 1913, married Harriett M. Wilson on 31 August 1859.
k. Julia Frances Arnsdorff, born 12 September 1839, married 18 February 1877, Alfred Pomeroy.
l. William John Arnsdorff, 13 August 1841-2 June 1842.
m. Gideon Alfred Arnsdorff, born 16 April 1843, died while a soldier in the Confederate Army.
n. Henrietta Arnsdorff, born 1844 Effingham County.
o. Daniel Arnsdorff, born 1847 Effingham County.

5. Salome Arnsdorff married 9 December 1852 David Hinely.
C. Jonathan Arnsdorff, born 6 April 1761, married Mrs. Christiana Elizabeth Kronberger Schrimp, widow of Solomon Schrimp (died 1 November 1780) and daughter of John Cronberger and wife Lucia.
D. John Peter Arnsdorff, Jr., born 1769, died 13 October 1770.

I. Sophie Catherine Arnsdorff, born 1725.

II. Maria Margaretha Arnsdorff, born 1727, died young.

III. Dorothea Catherina Arnsdorff, born 1733.

IV. Maria Catherina Arnsdorff, born 16 September 1736.