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Nichlas Muffli
1707 - 1786
The founder of the family in America.
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Niclaus Mufli (now spelled MUFFLY), Born in Switzerland or Palatinate, an area in West Germany in 1707 and died
August 31, 1786 in Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
He arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 31, 1737, aboard the ship "WILLIAM"
from Rotterdam. He signed his name in German Niclaus Mufli, the name in German means "Chubby Cheeked".
He appears to have been a man of some means and Education as well refinement, in the ship
passenger list he was listed as a cabin passenger. The ship's list referred to all people on board as Palatines. These people came from the Palatinate, an
area in West Germany along the Rhine in the general area of Mainz. This area was very devastated during the Thirty Years War
(over half of the people were killed). After the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, large numbers of people came down into the Palatinate from northern
Switzerland. Mufli is a Swiss name and this probably means that either Nicholas or his ancestors came from there.
After his arrival in Pennsylvania, on tax lists and land warranties, the name was spelled Nicholas Muffly. This change of spelling probably came about because his name was written by English speaking people. He became a Naturalized Colonist and took the oath of allegiance to the King of Great Britain. He settled in Germantown, now know as Philadelphia. Later he moved to Buck County, He came alone to America so presume he was unmarried.
Apparently he married some "fair maiden" from Philadelphia Miss Wynant, (around 1738 in Philadelphia). Land warranties recorded in the Pennsylvania archives, shows he took 100 acres in 1745, another 25 acres in 1747, and another 150 acres in 1749. The land was located in Maxatawny Township, Philadelphia County. The family moved in 1752, to Berks County. On the map it is a few miles west of Allentown. Kutztown is in this township. In 1759 he was listed as a taxable inhabitant of Maxatawny Township and that year paid ten pounds tax. In 1767 both he and his son, Peter, paid taxes on land (100 acres), horses, and cattle.
The whole family seems to have moved from Maxatawny Township about 1770 to Northampton County. This was a short distance to the northeast of their old home. In 1765 He became a naturalized citizen of the Province of Pennsylvania He took his Sacrament of the Lord's Supper with the Moravian Church, which was required by the British within 3 months of naturalization. Moravian Pastors would administer the sacraments to Lutherans & non-Moravians. Nicholas' occupation was given as yeoman and he lived in Philadelphia, later Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was buried by Reverend BLUMER. Niclaus MUFLI & WYANT wife were buried at Palmerton, just north of Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania at St Johns (Old Towamensing) Lutheran Church, now Carbon County Pennsylvania (formerly Northampton County until 1843).
These include Mufli, Muffli, Musly, Moofly, Muffley, and Muffly(the way our direct descendants spelled it).
Nicholas' and his wife's Miss Wyant had four sons
1.Peter Muffli/Muffly was born 1739 in Bucks County , Pennsylvania and died March 25, 1816 in Towamemsing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. See more on this Direct Descendants.
2.Christian Muffly was born March 15, 1750 in Lower Mt. Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania and died December 07, 1820 in Lower Mt. Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania .
3.Johannes Muffly was born about 1755 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and died between 1756 - 1845 , no other information on this Family Tree.
4.Joseph Muffly was born about 1760 in Pennsylvania and died between 1792 - 1851.
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