The Reed and Berbach Families of New York State - Person Sheet
The Reed and Berbach Families of New York State - Person Sheet
NameJohann (John, Hans) Frederick GUNDERMANN (SONDERMANN, COUNTRYMAN) 214,348,349,350
Birthca 1670
Death16 Sep 1717351 Age: 47
Spouses
Family ID113
 Margaretha Barbara (bp. 1703-1707)
 Anna Catharina (bp. 1706-)
 Hans (John) Friedrich (bp. 1708-)
 Anna Eve (bp. 1714-)
 Jacob (bp. 1716-)
Notes for Johann (John, Hans) Frederick GUNDERMANN (SONDERMANN, COUNTRYMAN)
Johann Frederick and his wife were members of one of the early Palatine families that first settled in the Hudson River Valley.348

John or Johann Frederick Countryman, is Hans Friedrich Gundermann in the German records.353

“Johann Frederick Countryman and his wife Maria Barbara were from the small village of Entzberg, Commune Maulbronn (Maulbronner), Duchy of Wurttemberg, in present day Germany.”354,355

1698:
Johann Friedrich Wundermann was called a Hindersass (small farm/farmer large enough to be taxed) at Entzberg, now Germany.350

1710-1711:
“On their arrival in 1710, John Frederick and his family settled at New Town, in the West Camps”, on the Hudson River.356 He first appears on the Hunter Lists on 30 Jun 1710.357

In a census of the Palatines in 1710, John appears with 3 sons, ages 9-15 years old. John also appears in the 1711 list of Palatines of Livingston Manor.348 These sons were probably Georg Cunradt (Conrad), age 9; John George, age 12 and Andreas Frantz, age 15.358

1713-1717:
“Sometime after 1713 and before 1717, Johann resettled in Camp Hayesbury, across the Hudson River in the East Camps.”359

Family legend as written by Norman W. Countryman states:
“John Fredrick Countryman (Conterman) lived in a Hudson river town and having the three sons in 1711 or a little later, moved to Schoharie county, New York, with other friends, traveling on foot through the wilderness in winter, with their goods carried on their backs and sleeping out in the woods where wild beasts were around, keeping fires to drive them away…One son, Conrad, of whom I am a descendant, lived in Schoharie, N. Y. for some time.”360
DNA notes for Johann (John, Hans) Frederick GUNDERMANN (SONDERMANN, COUNTRYMAN)
Ancestry.com DNA Shared Ancestor Match for Laurel Reed Berbach (L_ReedBerbach):

Johann (John, Hans) Frederick Gundermann (Sondermann)
7th great grandfather:

10 Feb 2017, L.S. (administered by jessicainlondon), 4th cousin, good confidence
16 Feb 2017, lecia decker, Distant cousin (5th-8th cousin), moderate confidence
17 Oct 2017, scott6672ny, Distant cousin (5th-8th cousin), good confidence
17 Oct 2017, thurstonjd1, Distant cousin (5th-8th cousin), moderate confidence
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