Michael Schurtz (abt. 1679)

Born about 1679 in Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Elizabetha (Stier) Schurtz — married about 2 Feb 1711 in New Jersey

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Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1679

Marriage

Husband: Michael Schurtz

Wife: Elizabeth Stier

Child: Anna Schurtz

Child: George? Schurtz

Child: Eva Schurtz

Child: Margaretha Schurtz

Child: Johannes Schurtz

Child: Abraham Schurtz

Marriage:

Date: 02 FEB 1709/10

Place: NJ

Note

Note: This son may have gone directly to New Jersey instead of to the Hudson Valley with his family.

Per Henry Jones: "Michael, called a single man b. Darmstadt at his marriage 2 Feb 1711 to Elisabetha Stier, wid/o Friederich Schmidt (Hackensack Ref. Chbk.). Michael was entered in the Janeway Accounts 1736-1745, called a Pallantine living near George Scomp. Perhaps he was the Michael Schortz noted on Map 2, Lot 213 in Penn Patents on the Forks of the Delaware (HJ). The will of Michael Shurts of Reading Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ was dated 3 Sept 1759 and probated 26 Nov 1759 (N.J. Wills: Lib. 10, p. 96). The Journals of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, suppled by the Concordia Historical Institute to Mr. Morris A. Shirts of Cedar City, Utah - who kindly shared them with me, note the passing of Michael under the entry for 19 Sept 1759:

"(I) then rode to visit an aged Luth., named Michael Schertz, who came to this country in the times of Queen Ann. He was on his deathbed. He desired the Lord's Supper, not having received it in more than 20 yrs., owing to the almost constant strife that had prevailed in the congregation and also because he had, in the meantime, lost his hearing. During his last illness, however, his hearing had to some degree returned... Although the aforementioned 80 yr. old man had not been attending public services for a long time, the Bible and these other edifying books had held him to the life which is of God, and so I found that he had a sound knowledge of the order of salvation. For over an hour, I listened to him praying the most powerful prayers. He prayed with such emphasis that there coulld be no suspicion that this might be hypocracy or sham, especially since it was the utterance of a dying person.

"Muhlenberg conducted the funeral services for Michael 24 Sep 1759. The ch. of Michael Schurtz and Elisabetha were...."

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