Dorothea (Dellinger) Foltz (1761 - 1816)

Born 5 Jan 1761 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Johann Christoph Kauffman — married 1778 (to 1781) in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

Wife of Joshua Foltz Sr — married 28 Jan 1783 in Shenandoah, Virginia

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1816 at age 55 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Shenandoah Valley One Place Study.

Dorothea (Dellinger) Foltz was a Pennsylvanian.

Dorothea “Dorothy” Dellinger, daughter of Christian Dellinger Sr. and Mary Magdalena (Handwerk or Andrick) Dellinger, was born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania on 5 January 1761. Alternate birth and birthplace: 16 October 1760 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. She was married twice.

"Daughter Dorathy" is named in her father Christian Dillinger's 1780 will.^[1]

First Marriage: She married first to Johann “John” Christoph Kauffman (also spelled Coffman). They married in 1778 in Shenandoah, Virginia and had two sons:

1. Adolph Kauffman (1779-1864)- m. Barbara Rinker ^[2]
2. Johan (or John) J. Coffman (1782-1876)- m. Nancy Smith

Her husband John served in the Revolutionary War. He returned home on furlough and died Nov 1781. Dorothy was appointed the Administrator of her husbands estate. ^[3]

Second Marriage: Dorothy then married Joshua Voltz (or Foltz) in 1783 and they had eight children together before she passed away in 1816 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.^[4] Joshua passed away in 1833.

Children of Joshua Foltz and Dorothea Dellinger:

1. Margaret (1784–1860) - m. George Miller, Jr.
2. Rosina (1787–1887) - m. Andrew Lindemood (brother of Elizabeth)
3. Martin Luther (1789–1859) - m. Mary Magdalene Emswiller
4. Joseph (1792–1814) - m. Elizabeth Lindemood (sister of Andrew)
5. Jonathan (1794–1878) - m. Elizabeth Dellinger
6. Christina (1797–1887) - m. Jacob Lindemood
7. Magdalena (1801–1860) - m. Peter Sager
8. Dorothy (1804–1833)

Oath made by Joshua Foltz re: stepsons Adolph and John Kauffman: Joshua Foltz made oath on 11 February 1794 that Adolph Coffman and John Coffman are the children and heirs of John Coffman, dec.^[5]

Excerpted from Foltz Family Bible: “Joshua Foltz b. 25 Jan 1760 Culpeper, VA., d. 17 July 1833 Woodstock, Va., son of Peter and Elizabeth (Muntein or Mantein) Foltz, married to Dorothea Dellinger Kauffmann. Dorothea was first married to Johanna Kauffman who died Nov. 1781 and by whom she had two sons: Johan Kaufmann and Adolph Kauffmann. Dorothea Dellinger Kauffmann Foltz b. Oct 1760, d.11 Mar 1816”^[6]

Will of her father Christian Dellinger, naming his daughter Dorothy: Christian Dellinger nominates his wife Magdalene as Executrix. He devises and bequeaths to "my eldest son George; my daughters Sybella, Rosina, Dorothy, and Magdalena; my sons Emanuel, Christian, and George." The will entered probate August 1780.^[7]

Research Notes

Dorothea “Dorothy” (reportedly her middle name is Christina) Dellinger, of this profile, is often confused with Christina (Dellinger) Kauffman, wife of Johannes George “George” Kauffman. Their biographical data is similar and it is easily understood how their records could be conflated. It is highly likely these two women are cousins.

• No sources found for birth place - two different profiles were merged, one with Shenandoah, Virginia; the other with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for birth location. Needs further research.

• A third merge provided alternate birth and death dates, again with no sources. So noted. Needs further research.

Sources

1. ↑ Shenandoah County, Virginia, Will Book A: 402-404, Christian Dillinger (31 July 1780; proved August 1780); digital images, FamilySearch; FHL microfilm 7646185, images 234-233; citing Shenandoah County Courthouse, Woodstock.
2. ↑ Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZBF-JSMY : 28 October 2021), Adolph Coffman, 11 Sept 1864- Death Record of son, Adolph; [Parents listed as: John Coffman, Dorothy Coffman]
3. ↑ Dorothy (Dellinger) Cofman, granted letters of Administration of the Estate of John Christoph Cofman, Dec’d; 31 Jan 1782; Shenandoah Co., Virginia Order Book 1781-84, pg. 46
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50926022/dorothea-christina-foltz : accessed 05 April 2022), memorial page for Dorothea Christina Dellinger Foltz (8 Oct 1760–11 Mar 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #50926022 citing Dellinger Cemetery, Conicville, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Kenneth W. Deatrick Jr (contributor 49001908) .
5. ↑ Children of John Coffman & Dorothea Dellinger, Shenandoah County, Virginia Minute Book 1791 - 1796.
6. ↑ Family records of Mrs. Coy E. Hott, which were copied from the Foltz Family Bible in West Virginia.
7. ↑ Shenandoah County, Virginia, Will Book A: 402-404, Christian Dillinger (31 July 1780; proved August 1780); digital images, FamilySearch; FHL microfilm 7646185, images 234-233; citing Shenandoah County Courthouse, Woodstock.

See Also:

• 1860, Dorothy Foltz in entry for Margarett Miller, "West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932"
• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1L3-5LR : 11 February 2018), Dorothy Foltz in entry for Margarett Miller, 25 Dec 1860; citing Hardy, West Virginia, County Records, v 1 p 14, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 818,673
• Charles Fah Kaufman, "A Genealogy and History of the Kauffman-Coffman Families of North America, 1584 to 1937", Appendix A, Augustine Coffman, pp. 592-593, John and Dorothea (#3), son Adolph (#31), and son John (#32)
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