Johann Adam Routzahn (1736 - 1827)

Born 13 Sep 1736 in Beerfelden, Odenwaldkreis, Hessen, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Catharine Anna (Unknown) Routzahn — married 1764 in Berks, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 5 May 1827 at age 90 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, USA

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Biography

Adam wrote his will on 29 October 1825; it was probated on 5 June 1827. The will names wife Catherine; children George, Benjamin (who had died shortly before the will was written), Adam, Lewis, Jacob, Elizabeth wife of Henry Bowlus, Catherine wife of John Doub, Henry, and Daniel. It mentions land tract "Adam's Experience". Lewis was named executor, and the witnesses were Jacob Neff, Philip Coblentz, and Daniel Shoemaker.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Adam Routzong, Frederick County, Maryland, Liber HS-3-544. Viewable online at "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T1V-YTQ?cc=1803986&wc=SNYH-BZ7%3A146535301%2C147348101 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1822-1828 vol 3 > image 292 of 339; Hall of Records, Annapolis.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2K-3CX : accessed 8 November 2020), A Routzon, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing p. 627, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 15; FHL microfilm 193,668.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191189192/johann-adam-routzahn

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Jackie Overland for creating WikiTree profile Routzahn-18 through the import of Munn-Overland Family.ged on Apr 15, 2013.