Maria Barbara Papst ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Maria was Mary Barbara Papst.

  Research Notes:

Per http://www.papst-family.canadianwebs.com/custom2.html, "Mary Barbara married Franz Otto [brother of Gottlieb Otto]"
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From http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2591631&id=I530966736:

On the 3rd day of Aug 1788, was held communion, which must have marked the opening of the first Luthern edifance between Albany and Schoharie. The names of 59 people who took communion that day are mentioned.
Maria Papst and Elizabeth Papst are on that list.
The Title page of the church book, says
"Church Records 1788. Started under the leadership of Rev. Heinrich Moeller, regular appointed Evangelical Lutheran minister of Albany Loonenburg and surrounding congregations of the neighboring territory as far as the Helleberg from the 9th March of the year above."

  Birth Notes:

May have been born about 3 Nov 1761. Rosemary Benson has b. abt 1761 in Pennsylvania (unlikely).

Maria married Franz Otto, son of Frantz Otto and Marie Elisabeth Schnell, on 20 May 1783 in Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schoharie Twp, (Schoharie), New York, United States. (Franz Otto was born on 7 Nov 1762 in Schoharie Twp, Albany (Schoharie), New York, (United States), died on 4 Mar 1855 in <Perkins or Huron>, Erie, Ohio, United States and was buried in Perkins Twp, Erie, Ohio, United States.)