Johann Balthasar Knortzer Jr (abt. 1740)

Born about 1740 in Germany

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[direct transcription, see references] The Knoertzer family history began (as far as we know now) in Treschklingen, Germany where Johann Balthes was born in 1701. After his marriage to Maria Dorothea Mayer, he and his family immigrated to America in 1738 on the Charming Nancy. Maria Dorothea died at sea. They had the following children: Maria Catharina b. 1725; Georg Christoph b. ca. 1727; Baltzer, Jr. b. ca. 1729; Maria Dorothea b. ca. 1731; Eva Barbara b. 1733; Johann Georg b. 1735 (died early); Christina b. 1736. (See Early German Settlers of York County Pennsylvania by Keith A. Dull, pg. 133 for more details. You can also see Johann Balthes Knoertzer’s signature from the ship’s list of male passengers in Pennsylvania German Pioneers A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808 by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, LL.D., pg. 254.) ^[1]

[direct transcription, see references] Balzar, Jr. married Maria Barbara Rudicell ca 1754. Their children were Johan Baltzer III b. 1755; Georg Adam b. 1758; Charlotte b. 1760; Maria Eva b. 1762. Balzar was married again ca. 1765 to Anna Maria; their son Michael was b. in 1766. (See Early German Settlers…) ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wheeler, Jean Pritchard. Natcher, not Hatcher." URL: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cathyd6472/genealogy/knotzer.html

• John and Charlotte Ross Family. URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cathyd6472 [Accessed: 03 Jan 2009, 12 Jul 2019]