Saurborn

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Comment by Pamela Ann Drake on July 19, 2009 at 11:03am

If you have a Saurborn connection please tell us about it.

Comment by Pamela Ann Drake on July 15, 2009 at 7:26am

My 2xgreat-grandfather was Peter Augustus Saurborn who was born in Prussia in 1819.He came to America as a Catholic priest circa 1840. He met Mary Jane Bennett.At that point he left the priesthood & married Mary Jane around 1845.They had 7 children.He was an early member of the Moccasin Rangers in what is now WV. right before the Civil War.The Rangers were a pain in the side of the Yankee's in early skirmish's.According to family lore a band of Yankee soldiers caught Peter & in order to make sure he was dead they beheaded him.They took Mary & the children out of their home & burned it to the ground. He was killed 15 Dec.1861.

His parents were: Martin Saurborn & Franziska Flugel.His grandparents were: Joannius Saurborn & Maria Anna Munsch & Franz Carl Flugel & Catharina Johanna Hisgene.

Anybody related? Or know anymore about the Prussian end?