Irene Liesabetha (Heitz) Stutzmann (abt. 1655 - 1729)

Born about 1655 in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Wife of Johann Michael Mueller I — married 17 Apr 1684 (to 1695) in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Wife of Johann Jacob Stutzmann II — married 29 Nov 1696 in Ohmbach, Kusel, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1729 at about age 74 in Kallstadt, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Biography

Irene Liesabetha Heitz, daughter of Conrad Heitz was born about 1665. Until the year 2016 this profile was titled "Irene Charitas Unknown." Charitas was believed to have been her middle given name. During the year 2016, a renewed search by Roberta Estes and her genealogical researcher associates of the 17th Century primary church and the census records of the German town of Steinwenden found information which led to the belief that Irene was the daughter of Conrad Leonhard Schlosser. {That conclusion is now discredited}.

In the year 2018 another discovery indicates that her maiden name was Heitz. Irene married Michael Müller, a widower, son of Heinzmann Müller, resident in “Schwartz Matt in the Bern area” (Switzerland), on 17 April 1684 in Steinwenden, Irene and Michael had six children in the period after marriage to about 1691. The first five children died at birth or infancy or before age 3. The last child, Johann Michael Müller II Miller-2406 survived. Irene did not die in 1692 at the time of the birth of her sixth child but lived on. But until year 2018, it was believed that after she (Irene) died, her husband Johann Michael Müller/Mueller/Miller I, a widower with one baby boy, Johann Michael Müller/Mueller/[Miller-2406], married Anna Loyosa Regina. Three years later in 1695, he (Johann Michael Müller/Mueller/Miller I) died. She (Anna Loyosa Regina) then married Johann Jacob Stutzmann. The question has arisen: Is Anna Loyosa Regina the same person as Irene Liesabetha (Heitz) Müller?

Irene Liesabetha Heitz Müller aka Anna Loyosa Regina Müller Stutzman and Jacob Stutzman had five children together. Two of her sons, the half-brothers Johann II Michael Mueller and Jacob Stutzman (Jr) emigrated to America from Rotterdam in 1727 via the Ship Adventure arriving at Philadelphia on 2 Oct 1727 (Estes 2018).

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1665-1670

Place: Steinwenden, Reinland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

The YOB inferred from Irene's DOD and age (75 y.o.) is 1754, but Estes (2018) points out that this early date is dubious for two reasons: it would make her 30 y.o. at the time of her first marriage to Michael Miller I in 1784, and she would have been 52 at the time of the birth of her last child Jacob Stutzman (Jr) in 1706. The age at death should probably be adjusted down by 10-12 years, and the YOB would then be about 1765.

Marriage

Husband: Johann Michael Müller I

Wife: Irene Liesabetha Heitz

Children

Children with Michael Miller I:

Nichel Miller

Abraham Miller

Samuel Miller

Catherine Barbara Miller

Eva Catherine Miller

Johann Michael Müller II

Children with Jacob Stutzman (Sr):

Hans Peter (b 1697 Konken)

Maria Catharina (1699-?) m Johann Schmidt 1721 Kallstadt

Johann Samuel (1702-1730) m Anna Maria Walter(in) 1724 Kallstadt

Johann Matthaeus (b 1704-)

johannes Jacobus (January 1, 1706) to America 1727

Death

"Laetare Sunday, the 27th of March 1729 died in Weilach as a result of consumption, Anna Regina, lawfully wed wife of Johann Jacob Stotzmann, farm administrator (steward) of the esteemed Herrschaft (Lord of the Manor). Aged 75 years and was buried at Callstadt (Kallstadt) with the ringing of (church bells); hymns and a funeral sermon." (Page 515 of the Kallstadt Evangelische Kirche, Bavaria, quoted by Estes 2018.)

Sources

• The Michael Miller and Susanna Bechtol Family Record, compiled by Floyd and Kathryn Mason, 1993.
• Irene Charitas (c1665-c1694) and Her Aching Mother’s Soul (52 Ancestors #100), by Roberta Estes (29 Nov 2015).
• Irene Charitas Schlosser, Beware the Overlooked Umlat (52 Ancestors #176), by Roberta Estes (23 Dec 2017).
• Backpedaling: Irene Charitas is a Heitz, not a Schlosser (52 Ancestors #191), by Roberta Estes (15 Apr 2018).
• Johann Michael Muller and Johann Jacob Stutzman – Half Brother Saga, It’s Complicated (52 Ancestors #194), by Roberta Estes (21 May 2018).