Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Peter Grosh
MSA SC 3520-14387
Soldier

Biography:


Born: born in Mayence (Mainz), Germany probably before 1745
Died: died in Frederick
Father:  John Conrad Grosh (born in Germany by 1720, died in Frederick in 1794)
Mother:  Maria Sophia Gutenburg (born in Germany, died in Frederick)
Siblings:

Mary Dorothea (born in 1739 in Mayence, Germany); married William Beatty
Catherine Kimball (born in Mayence, Germany September 10, 1745 – May 18, 1831); ran a tavern from 1797 - 1828 (renamed the the City Hotel after 1828)
Michael (September 11, 1749 in Frederick - on or about October 4, 1777 at the Battle of Germantown)
Anna Barbara Williams (born April 28, 1752 in Frederick); married by 1786 to Elie Williams (1750-1822).   Elie was clerk of the Washington County Court from 1795-1796 and possibly presided on the Orphans Court by 1800.
Adam (born June 28, 1754 in Frederick - died c.1782)

Marriage: married Mary Charlton daughter of Arthur and Eleanor Charlton
Children:
Eleanor who married Thomas Hart on or about April 14, 1795, and lived in Kentucky by 1797. Portrait of Eleanor from Kentucky Antebellum Portraiture (1956, in collection of Mrs. William P. Bohan (Nell Talbot Arnold of Loiusville).
John
Sophia, married Rev. Edwin Porter Clay in Kentucky c.1800 - Henry Clay’s (the statesman) brother.
Catherine, who also lived in Kentucky by 1797, probably with her sister Eleanor.

Nieces:
Nephews:

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