Peter Michael Lutz Sr (bef. 1751 - 1825)

Born before 12 Mar 1751 in Kreuzwertheim, Landkreis Main-Spessart, Bayern, Deutschland

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Died 1 Apr 1825 after age 74 in Coverdale, Albert, New Brunswick

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lutz Name Study.

Peter Lutz was baptised 12 Mar 1751 in Kreuzwertheim, Germany. He was a son of George Michael Lutz and Ann Catherine (Schaaf) Lutz or Anna Walpurgis (Wiessler) Lutz:

He married Mary Ricker, a daughter of Jacob Ricker.

His family emigrated to Pennsylvania to make a life in the "New World" as part of a large contingent of Germans which were settling in Pennsylvania at the time. They spent several years in Pennsylvania working to pay off their passage and then migrated further north, to what was then Nova Scotia Colony. They landed at "The Bend" on June 3, 1766 aboard the ship "Lovey"^[1] and made farms and homes there.

Peter settled first in Salisbury Parish, Westmorland County then in Coverdale Parish, Albert County where he raised a family.

The will of Peter Lutz was proven at Hillsborough on April 1, 1825 leaving his property to his wife Mary and his grandson William.^[2]

Known Children

1. Sophia Lutz b. 1775, d. 1851, m. Martin Jonah:
2. Michael Lutz b. 1776, married (1st) - , (2nd) 15 Jan 1829 Mrs. Elizabeth (Charters) Gallagher born c1778, widow of Mr. Gallagher:
3. Rosanna Lutz b. 1777, d. c1811, married Robert MacFarlane b. c1767 in Scotland, died 23 Feb 1815: settled at Dover, Dorchester Parish, Westmorland County: had issue:
4. Mary Pauline Lutz b. 1799, m. Henry Jonah b. - , d. 1842:
5. Elizabeth May Lutz born c1783, died after 1851, m. c1799 John Geldart born c1778, d. 28 May 1854: settled at Elgin, NB:
6. Peter Lutz b. c1785, died in Coverdale, m. (1st) 7 May 1816 Eunice Jonah, (2nd) 28 Mar 1822 Elizabeth Leeman b. c1792:
7. John Lutz born 1788, d. 1867, m. (1st) 12 Jan 1815 Rosanna Steeves born 18 Mar 1796, (2nd) 6 Dec 1827 Lydia Wilbur born 1808, died 1874: settled at Wilmot, NB:
8. Susan Lutz b. 1791, d. 1876, m. 2 Nov 1814 David Steeves b. 2 Mar 1782, died 1847:
9. Charles Lutz born 19 Mar 1794 at Coverdale, died 9 Dec 1870, married 12 Aug 1818 Margaret Steeves born 17 Apr 1806, died 27 Jan 1868:
10. William Lutz born c1801, d. 4 Sep 1879, married 9 Dec 1830 Catherine Steeves born c1803, d. 27 Sep 1892:
11. Ann/Nancy Lutz m. 26 Oct 1820 William Dalegant or Deligan b. c1797:
12. Margaret Lutz married 26 Oct 1820 Daniel McLean born c1779.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVF-CQH1-X
2. ↑ Probate Record, Wallace Hale Collection, Public Archives of New Brunswick

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L28S-S3T
• Sources: MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick lineages, page 3: see also MC80/1790 Ken Kanner’s Early families revisited, pages 178-179.
• the Hon. William Henry Steeves House Museum research staff
• Michael Lutz/Lutes (Article on Peter's Father and Settlement in Moncton), Moncton Permanent Settlers Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to David McLellan for starting this profile.

Additional sources and biography added by Matthew Evans in May 2022.