Our German Frick Ancestors
Mr. Siegbert Frick of Lichtenstein, Germany has found valuable early German information on the Frick family. Presented here are five generations of ancestry prior to the SC immigrant, Johann Thomas Frick coming to America.
Beginning here with Michael Frick who died before1603 in Erpfingen, Germany. Michael Frick and wife, Anna and had seven children.
Descendants of Michael Frick and wife, Anna
Nicknames appear in parenthesis.
I. Waldtburga Frick born 1573 Erpfingen, Germany, died 6 June 1611 Erpfingen, Germany; married Hans Batzer.
II. Anna Frick born 1574 Erpfingen, Germany.
III. Barbara Frick born 1575 Erpfingen, Germany, died 26 August 1618 Erpfingen, Germany; married Michael Schanz.
IV. Maria Frick born 1575 Erpfingen, Germany, married Martin Schweikardt.
V. Anna Lucia Frick born 1580 Erpfingen, Germany.
VI. Hans (Casimir) Frick - occupation: Tailor, born after 1581 Erpfingen, Germany, died 26 July 1622 Erpfingen, Germany; married 11 June 1605, Agnes Balinger in Erpfingen, Germany. She was died 26 December 1630 and was the daughter of Hans Balinger.
A. Johannes Frick born 30 May 1606 Erpfingen, Germany
B. Michael Frick born 6 September 1607 Erpfingen, Germany, died 20 November 1610 Erpfingen, Germany
C. Anna Frick born 27 January 1609 Erpfingen, Germany, died June 1610 Erpfingen, Germany.
D. Anna Frick born 17 October 1610 Erpfingen, Germany.
E. Johannes Frick born 13 December 1611 Erpfingen, Germany.
F. Barbara Frick born 19 January 1613 Erpfingen, Germany, died 29 October 1613 Erpfingen, Germany.
G. Michael Frick born 8 March 1614 Erpfingen, Germany.
H. Barbara Frick born 16 October 1615 Erpfingen, Germany, died 5 December 1630 Erpfingen, Germany.
I. Jakob Frick born 2 July 1617 Erpfingen, Germany, died 26 March 1704 Erpfingen, Germany; married 1) Catharina _______; married 2) 25 July 1676, Anna Lorch in Erpfingen, Germany and married 3) 1683, Agatha Dauser in Erpfingen, Germany.
Children by 1st wife Catharina:
1. Johannes Frick, occupation: Innkeeper - born 19 September 1645 Erpfingen, Germany, died 6 March 1687 Erpfingen, Germany; married 6 October 1668 Maria Lorch in Erpfingen, Germany. She was born about 1640, died 3 February 1719 Erpfingen, Germany and a daughter of Hans Lorch. Maria Lorch Frick married 2) 4 November 1688, Christoph Schurer (occupation: innkeeper) in Erpfingen, Germany.
a. Johann Jakob Frick, (occupation: barber and surgeon) born about 1668 Erpfingen, Germany, died 14 May 1722 Erpfingen, Germany; married Christina Catharina ______.
b. Anna Maria Frick born 2 December 1670 Erpfingen, Germany, died 12 July 1756 Erpfingen, Germany; married 10 November 1691 in Erpfingen, Germany, Hans Jakob Schweikardt.
c. Hans Martin Frick, (occupation: farmer) born 9 November 1672 Erpfingen, Germany, died 10 December 1744 Erpfingen, Germany; married 12 Novebmer 1695 Anna Barbara Riesch in Erpfingen, Germany.
d. Hans Georg Frick, (occupation: Innkeeper) born 29 April 1674 Erpfingen, Germany, died 6 February 1741 Erpfingen, Germany; married 21 May 1695, Anna Maria Weißhardt in Erpfingen, Germany.
e. Johannes Frick, (occupation: Schuhmacherle -Shoemaker) born December 1676 Erpfingen, Germany, died 23 March 1749 Erpfingen, Germany; married 25 October 1701 Maria ______ in Erpfingen, Germany.
f. Hans Michael Frick, (occupation: Oil Miller) born 20 June 1679 Erpfingen, Germany, died 15 August 1750 Erpfingen, Germany; married 9 May 1702 Catharina Weißhardt in Erpfingen, Germany.
g. Anna Catharina Frick born 5 August 1681 Erpfingen, Germany, died 17 December 1759 Erpfingen, Germany; married 25 February 1705, Hans Jerg (Pfeifers) Frick in Erpfingen, Germany.
h. Johann Thomas Frick born 21 December 1682 Erpfingen, Germany, died 7 March 1733 Erpfingen, Germany; married 12 February 1709 Agnes Walter in Erpfingen, Germany. She was born 1689 Undingen, Germany, died 29 April 1730 Erpfingen, Germany, daughter of Jörg Walter.
i. Agnesa Frick born 10 May 1709 Erpfingen, Germany, died 23 July 1713 Erpfingen, Germany.
ii. Anna Barbara Frick born 8 October 1710 Erpfingen, Germany, died 11 August 1785 Erpfingen,
Germany; married 7 February 1735, Johann Phillipp Steck (occupation: Colourer- color coordinator) in Erpfingen, Germany.
iii. Johann Thomas Frick born 10 July 1712 Erpfingen, Germany; married Anna Catharina Batzer. Thomas Frick is our immigrant that settled in the Dutch Fork area of SC. (This family is presented after the closing of this outline below).
iv. Maria Agnesa Frick born 4 July 1714 Erpfingen, Germany, died 10 April 1790 Erfingen, Germany; married 1) 21 October 1738, Johannes (Hempele) Frick (occupation: Judge); she married 2) Johann Jakob Batzer (occupation: Farmer)
v. Johannes Frick born 7 November 1716 Erpfingen, Germany
vi. Johann Georg Frick born 7 May 1718 Erpfingen, Germany, died 31 March 1719 Erpfingen, Germany.
vii. Anna Frick born 28 January 1720 Erpfingen, Germany
viii. Anna Catharina Frick born 31 October 1721 Erpfingen, Germany, married 14 April 1750, Johannes Beyer (occupation: Cartwright) in Erpfingen, Germany
ix. Johann Friedrich Frick born 24 October 1723 Erpfingen, Germany.
x. Anna Maria Frick born 12 May 1726 Erpfingen, Germany, died 24 January 1792 Erpfingen, Germany; married 21 January 1750, Johann Georg Schmid (occupation: Weaver) in Erpfingen, Germany.
xi. Johannes Frick born 30 January 1728 Erpfingen, Germany.
xii. Christina Frick born November 1729 Erpfingen, Germany, died 2 February 1796 Erpfingen,Germany.
i. Hans Friedrich Frick born August 1684 Erpfingen, Germany, died 2 November 1685 Erpfingen, Germany.
j. Christina Frick born 4 August 1686 Erpfingen, Germany, died before 1721; married 14 February 1708, Johannes Riesch in Erpfingen, Germany.
2. Agnes Frick born 1647 Erpfingen, Germany, died 9 December 1715 Erpfingen, Germany; married 1) 7 May 1672 Martin Straubinger in Erpfingen, Germany; married 2) 2 November 1675, Hans Jakob Binder in Erpfingen, Germany.
3. Hans Jakob Frick born 22 December 1650 Erpfingen, Germany.
4. Maria Frick born 13 February 1652 Erpfingen, Germany, died 13 February 1727 Erpfingen, Germany; married 11 May 1674, Hans Jerg Dreher in Erpfingen, Germany.
5. Ephrosina Frick born 17 February 1656 Erpfingen, Germany, died 4 August 1732 Erpfingen, Germany; married 30 October 1683, Georg Speidel in Erpfingen, Germany.
J. Ursula Frick born 16 May 1621 Erpfingen, Germany died May 1622 Erpfingen, Germany.
VII. Michael Frick, born after 1581 Erpfingen, Germany, died 21 September 1623 Erpfingen, Germany; married 31 January 1615, ______ Waltpurga in Erpfingen, Germany.
The town of Erpfingen, Germany is now known as Sonnenbühl which is located south of Reutlingen, Germany. A map locating Erpfingen can also be obtained at Expedia.com by searching as Erpfingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.
**A special thanks to Mr. Seigbert Frick, Chris Prince and Mr. Richard Whittle for their help with
translating some of the Old German occupations**.
Please forward all questions, corrections, and additions
for the above Frick Bio to the Corresponding Editor: Herr Siegbert Frick
E-Mail: in care of PalmettoGenAssoc@aol.com
Family of Thomas Frick
Johann Thomas Frick born 10 July 1712 Erpfingen, Germany; married Anna Catharina Batzer. He was a sonof Johann Thomas Frick and Agnes Walter. Thomas Frick born 1712 is our South Carolina immigrant.
The family of Thomas Frick arrived in SC on the Priscilla. He petitioned in 1754 for bounty with wife and 3 children, Agnes 18; Thomas 10 and Hans Jacob 3. Thomas Frick was awarded a 250 acre bounty grant on waters of Camping Creek near present day St. Peter's (Piney Woods) Church.
Children of Thomas Frick and Anna Batzer
I. Agnes Frick, born 16 June 1735 Erpfingen, Germany. (Church records of Erpfingern, Germany and Council Journal records of SC; came with parents to America)
II. Johannes Frick born 16 July 1737 Erpfingen, Germany died 20 January 1742 Erpfiingen, Germany. (Church records have his birth and death dates recorded.)
III. Johann Georg Frick born 7 July 1740 Erpfingen, Germany died 26 December 1751 Erpfingen, Germany. (Church records have his birth and death dates recorded.)
IV. Thomas Frick born 24 August 1743 Erpfingen, Germany, died 1829, married 1) 26 May 1767 in Charleston, SC, Anna Maria Rittheimer Werner (her second husband) (St. John's Lutheran Church, Charleston, SC records as Widow Maria Werner, later records show her as Anna Maria Frick. Anna Maria Rittheimer's first husband was possibly Augustine Werner born 14 December 1735. A 50 acre bounty survey of 19 July 1756,waters of Bush River near present city of Newberry was sold by Augustinus Werner by L&R 19 & 20 October 1756 to John Jones (Charleston Deeds F-3, p. 204). No record of Augustinus Werner is found after this deed. ). Thomas Frick married 2) 24 August 1816, Susannah Long Cromer, daughter of John Jacob Long and Elizabeth Hair, and widow of John Michael Cromer. (Birth date recorded in Erpfingen church records; came to America with parents).
V. Johann Friedrich Frick born 7 March 1746 Erpfingen, Germany, died 26 December 1746 Erpfingen, Germany (birth and death dates are recorded in the Erpfingen Church book.)
VI. Johann Friedrich Frick born 28 January 1750 Erpfingen, Germany died 20 April 1750 Erpfingen, Germany. (birth and death dates are recorded in the Erpfingen Church book.)
VII. Hans Jacob Frick, born 7 December 1750 Erpfingen, Germany (Birth record recorded in Erpfingen Church book; came to America with parents; German Fusilier in Charleston); married 10 October 1774 in Charleston, SC, Christina Hinckel, daughter of Jakob Hinckel.(LDS Film # 0023357 in Stuttgart, Germany of St. John Lutheran Church, Corner of Clifford St. and Archdale, Charleston, SC 1765-1787).
VIII. Ann Catherine Frick, born 30 February 1755, died 30 December 1815, married (as second wife) Ulrick Mayer, Sr., born September 1734, died 14 December 1803, son of Andrew Mayer, Sr.
