Maria Catharina Staring^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

1689 - 1751  (62 years)

• Name	Maria Catharina Staring  [8]
  Birth	1689	Illstein, Pfalz, Kurfürstentum Bayern
  Gender	Female
  Death	1751	Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York British Colonial America
  Burial	Mohawk, Tryon, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I312684220516	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann Niclaus Staring,   b. Abt. 1663, Wonsheim, Alzey, Alzey-Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Hesse, Germany d. 1759, Herkimer, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 96 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Anna Elisabeth Barckey,   b. 26 Dec 1659, Alzey, Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. 1711, Deutschland, Germany (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johann Dietrich Laux,   b. 1681, Idstein, Idstein, Untertaunuskreis, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany d. 04 Apr 1751, Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Johann Jost Laux,   b. 1696, Bavaria d. 1747, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 51 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: Stepchild]   2. Maria Kunigunda Loucks,   b. Abt. 1710, Herkimer, Herkimer, New York, United States d. 1786, Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, United States (Age 76 years)   3. Christina Lynn Loucks,   b. 1714, Palatine, Tryon, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 1756, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 42 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   4. John Hendrick Loucks,   b. 14 Sep 1714, West Camp, Ulster, New York, United States d. 08 Feb 1795, Stone Arabia, Tryon, New York, United States (Age 80 years)   5. Johann Adam Loucks,   b. 28 Dec 1715, Ulster, New York, United States d. 14 Feb 1790, Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, United States (Age 74 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   6. Henrich Dietrich Loucks,   b. 16 Apr 1716, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 1795, Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States (Age 78 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   7. Anna Elizabeth Lauks,   b. Abt. 1718, Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, United States d. 1757 (Age 39 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   8. Elizabeth Laux,   b. 1719, Stone Arabia, New York, United States d. 1757, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 38 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   9. Johan Wilhelm Laucks,   b. 1721, Albany, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 1787, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States (Age 66 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   10. John Georg Laux,   b. Abt. 1722, Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States d. Aft. 1773, Stone Arabia, Tryon, New York, United States (Age 52 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   11. Johann Dieterich Laux,   b. 1724, Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, British Colonial America d. 25 May 1812, Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, United States (Age 88 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   12. Maria Margaretha Laux,   b. 1726   d. 1789 (Age 63 years)   13. Catharina Loucks,   b. Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States d. 31 Mar 1790, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F3173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  life sketch She was born in Germany. First generation to settle in Stone Arabia, New York. Laux is the French spelling. Later generations changed it to Loucks for the Americanized version. Johann and Maria settled on a track of land patented to many families comprising of 12,700 acres in Stone Arabia. Maria came to America in 1709, and settled at West Camp, New York on the Hudson River with her husband Johann. They sailed from Rotterdam registered under Johan Louck. They were one of 9 Palatine families in America in 1710. She may have had a child die on the way to America. Her husband was under contract from the British government to produce ship’s stores. When that didn’t work out, they settled in the river valleys, then north to Stone Arabia where her husband received a patent for a track of land. See her biography in the Loucks Genealogy, dated 1940 First generation to come to America. Came from the Palentine area of Germany. She came across from Rotterdam, Holland on July 15, 1709. Loucks Genealogy mentions she (and husband) is from Illstein, Germany. The genealogy book also mentions she may have lost a baby on the way over. She settled on West Camp, NY near the Hudson River and then to Stone Arabia, New York along valley of Mohawk River. Her children that were born between 1716 and 1724 were born in Stone Arabia, and they settled on a tract of land consisting of 12,700 acres with other settlers. Maria is my 7x great-grandmother. Contributor: Renee Bartlett #LY2K-FLL

  
  

• Sources

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