William
Martz
aka Mertz
Born about in Berks County, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Brother of
Johann Jacob (Mertz) Martz and Philip Heinrich Mertz
Husband of
Mary Elizabeth (Beam) Martz
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Martz, Elizabeth Betsy (Martz) Shellhammer, Abraham Martz, Hannah (Martz) Fester, Catherine (Martz) Hetler, Mary Martz, William Martz Jr and Daniel Martz
Died about
at about age 87
in Briar Creek, (Briarcreek twp.), Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile managers:
Oakey Mertz 
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Biography
This man keeps getting named as William Heinrich Mertz. There is simply no evidence at all he had that middle name. In every record he was William.
He also is often said to have been the son of Johan Wilhelm Mertz (1739-1803) who died in Somerset County, PA but I simply don't think that is true..
We cannot totally document who his father was but the evidence in my opinion is incredibly strong it was John Philip Mertz (brother of Wilhelm) and his wife Catharina.
William passed away in 1854, and was buried at Briar Creek Union Cemetery, Briar Creek, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
Submitted by: Oakey Mertz
Gravesite Details: husband of Elizabeth; age 86yrs 3mon 25 days
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 17816220 Maintained by: Oakey Mertz Originally Created by: Tammy Clark Added: 5 Feb 2007 - Find a Grave Memorial 17816220
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Jean Hunter
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Karen Klinetob :
AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Doug Mendenhall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ES1937670 [compare], yourDNAportal DOU235ad0b1, Ancestry member Somedoug
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