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Jacob Shantz

Male Abt 1710 - 1781  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Jacob Shantz 
    Born Abt 1710  Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Feb 1781  Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Sprogeli Cemetery, Montgomery County Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I02912  All
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2010 

    Family 1 Magdalena Erb,   bur. Sprogeli Cemetery, Montgomery County Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Isaac Shantz,   b. 14 Jan 1748, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1802, on his farm on the Skullyhill River, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     2. Esther Shantz,   d. 12 Mar 1821
     3. Susannah Shantz
    Family ID F0657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catherine Beary 
    Children 
     1. Christian Shantz,   b. 11 Jul 1769, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1857  (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F0667  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Feb 1781 - Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Source Ezra E. Eby

      Jacob Shantz, "was born in Switzerland about the year 1710. Owing to religious persecutions, he, with other, left their native home and went to Holland where they had the promise of protection from the persecuting parties by the Prince of Orange. Here he lived some fifteen years. Seeing so many of his co-religionists emigrating to America, besides being informed of the proclamation issued by William Penn, he at last decided to emigrate to America and settle among his co-religionists. He crossed the ocean in a vessel named "Townshead" and landed safely at Philadelphia in the summer of 1737. He may have resided in Germantown for some time. In the year 1745 we find him and his family located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. What number of children he had could not be ascertained. We know that he was married twice. The children of his first wife were II Isaac, II Esther, and II Susannah, and from his second wife we have the record of only one son named II Christian. Old Jacob Shantz died in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 5th, 1781, aged a few months less than 71 years. He was buried in the Sprogell Cemetery, beside Magdalena, his first wife."




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