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Stutzmans in Colonial America

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This page disambiguates and sources the Stutzman family, of whom several members, related or not, migrated from the Palatinate to settle in Colonial Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina.

There are possibly four separate Stutzman lines; to facilitate the following discussion, these will be designated by the letters A, B, C and D. The migrant male progenitors of these four lines are:

[A] Johann Jacob Stutzman (1706-1775), baptized in Kallstadt, Palatinate; eventually settled west of Conococheage Creek on a tract straddling the PA-MD border. Roberta Estes has extensively researched his migrant, and concluded that he came to America in 1727 along with his half-brother Michael Miller. Jacob was one of the founders (1738) of the Dunker Little Conewago congregation near Hanover PA; he and Michael obtained warrants (1742) in Maxatawney Twp, Philadelphia (now Berks) Co., but neither acquired land. Michael started acquiring land in Frederick Co. MD around 1750 and Jacob followed, buying land in 1761 in a Dunker community about 10 miles west of Michael.
[B] Christian? Stutzman (?-bef 1738), husband of Maudlin Stutzman and father of [B1] Christian Stutzman and [B2] Johann "Hans" Stutzman; family had Swiss origins (Canton Bern) according to family tradition but likely were refugees in Alsace (France) for some period of time as well. Husband likely died before Maudlin and their children migrated to America. Maudlin obtained a warrant in 1738 for 50 ac near Northkill Creek in modern Upper Bern, Berks Co.; Son Christian expanded this holding beginning in 1747 and married Barbara Hochstetler around 1752. Barbara's father Jacob Hochstetler first obtained a warrant in 1739; his homestead was just north of Maudlin Stutzman. Amish.
[C] Johann Jacob Stutzman (?-?), purported father of brothers [C1] Christian and [C2] Jacob. According to a family tradition among descendants of Christian, the father lost his wife en route to America, abandoned his two sons to the care of Amish, and returned to Europe. Christian and Jacob obtained warrants in 1753 and 1754, respectively, for adjacent parcels about one mile northeast of the Northkill holdings of Maudlin and [B1] Christian . Harvey Hostetler speculated that [C2] Jacob was the father of [B1] Christian. Probably Lutheran (Evangelical).
[D] Johann Jacob Stutzman (1737?-1813), family tradition that he came to America in 1752 on ship Nancy, but his father died en route. May have lived briefly in Berks and Chester counties PA, then Frederick Co. MD, and subsequently in 1764 moved to Uwharrie NC. German Baptist ("Dunker") minister.

In addition there was yet another Christian Stutzman, evidently unrelated to the Stutzman lines listed above, who was residing in Philadephia after 1766:

[E] Johann Christain Stutzman (1741?- 1834), migrated to America before 1766; m. 4 Feb 1766 Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Eva Elizabetha Reidenbach (1748?-?), one daughter.

Stutzman migrants arriving at Philadelphia

In 1727, the Pennsylvania government, concerned about the growing number of immigrants and their loyalty, ordered that arrivals at Philadelphia be recorded and adult males be required to sign a loyalty oath. Initially, there were two lists for each arriving ship: (A) a manifest provided by the captain, and (B) signatures of the male arrivals attesting their loyalty to the king and colony. In 1729, males were also required to sign an "oath of abjuration," evidently intended to weed out Catholics, generating a third list denoted as (C). These lists appear in Pennsylvania German pioneers; a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, compiled by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, published in 1934.[1] There are three volumes; the first contains transcripts of the three lists, the second images of lists (B) and (C), and the third is an index for the first volume. An explanstion of the origin and nature of these lists is provided in the Introduction to volume I.[2]

Three males with surname "Stutzman" (or variant) are recorded in these lists:

"[List 4 B] Palatines Imported in the Ship Adventure, Jno Davis , Mr, from Rottr, who hereunto sett their hands Octobr 2d 1727. Michel Müller ... Johann Jacob Stutzman ..."[3] Jacob Stutzman is missing from [List 4 A], but his half-brother Michael Müller is first on both lists.

"[List 84 A] A List of Palatine Mens Names pr the Lydia, James Allan, Master. [Qualified Sept. 29 , 1741.] Mens Names [and] Ages ... Peter Stoutsman 16 ... [List 84 B] ... Peter ( X ) Stutzman ...[List 84 C] ... Peter ( X ) Stoutsman"[4] The "( X )" is Peter's mark, indicating that a clerk wrote his name.

"[List 186 C] At the Court House in Philadelphia , Wednesday , ye 27 September, 1752. Present: Joshua Maddox, Esquire.
The Foreigners whose Names are underwritten , Imported in the Ship Nancy , Captain John Ewing , from Rotterdam and last from Cowes , did this day take and subscribe the usual Qualifications. ... Jacob Stützmann ..."[5]

Colonial Pennsylvania Land Records

Warrants issued

Maps showing original warrants for selected Pennsylvania townships, are provided by the Pennsylvania State Archives.[6] A map for Upper Bern Twp, Berks Co. (1955) is included. Warrants within each township are numbered; the warrants for Maudlin and [B1] Christian Stutzman (with reference numbers) are:

111. Mandlin [Maudlin?] Stuedsman war. 19 Feb 1738, 50 ac in Tulpehocken, Lancaster;[7] Christian Steadman [Stuedsman?] surv. 14 May 1747, 108 ac; Conrad Henry resurv. 28 Sep 1789, 115 ac 53 ps.[8]

102. Hans Studsman war. 6 Jun 1747, 50 ac in Bern, Lancaster;[9] Hans Studzman resurv. 10 Mar 1747 [sic], 53 ac 20 pc.[10]

83. Christian Stotzman war. 30 Apr 1765, 40 ac in Bern, Berks;[11] Christian Stutzman surv. 2 Jul 1782, 25 ac 36 ps.[12]

101. Unnamed Applicant war. 21 Aug 1765, application No. 581 in Bern, Berks; Christian Studesman surv. 10 Mar 1795, 203 ac 126 ps.[13]

Warrants issued to Jacob Hochstetler are numbered 67 (25 Oct 1739), 65 (8 May 1747) and 66 (30 Jan 1755); to [C1] Christian Stutzman is 61 (13 Jan 1753); to [C2] Jacob Stutzman is 59 (8 Aug 1754).

61. Christian Stutzman war. 13 Jan 1753, 100 ac in Bern, Berks;[14] Christian Stutzman [Jr?] resurv. 15 Sep 1797, 193 ac 37 ps.[15]

59. Jacob Stutzman war. 8 Aug 1754, 25 ac in Bern, Berks;[16] Jacob Shartle surv. 12 Apr 1785, 149 ac 54 ps.[17]

In addition to these warrants in or near the Amish Northkill settlement, there were two warrants issued to Jacob Stutzman for land in Maxatawny Twp., about 30 miles east.

Jacob Stutzman war. 2 Oct 1742, 100 ac on Secony Crk in Maxatawny Twp, Philadelphia;[18] Jacob Miller surv. 20 Jul 1743, 57 ac 22 ps.[19] Rights to this parcel were conveyed to Michael Christman 6 Jul 1763,[20] who was issued war. 3 Jun 1763, 57 ac 80 pc in Maxataway, (now) Berks.[21]

Jacob Stutzman war. 2 Oct 1742, 100 ac in Maxatawny Twp, Philadelphia; a note indicates that this warrant was merged with the previous one.[22]

DNA Studies

The Y chromosome is passed on from father to son virtually unchanged, except for occasional mutations. Two males in the same line have similar Y-DNA, with the number of differences roughly proportional to the time since their most recent common ancestor. Results reported here compare lengths of "short tandem repeats" (features in "junk" DNA); the Y-37 test is based on comparing 37 specific STRs. A change in these 37 STRs occurs about once in five generations (father to son), giving an average divergence rate of about 0.4 changes per generation; the cumulative differences is called the "genetic distance" (GD).

A number of test results for descendants of [A] Jacob Stutzman and [B1] Christian Stutzman have been reported to the FTDNA Stutzman Project, and they consistently show a GD about 20 for Y-37.[23] At the average divergence rate of 0.4 per generation, this corresponds to about 50 generations since the most recent common ancestor -- some 1,500 years. Jacob and Christian are in different genetic families, and Jacob could not be the father of Christian.

Heitz Tree

Conrad Heitz (abt. 1630 - abt. 1690) m. Anna Margaretha Unknown ( - bef 1684). Issue:

Irene Liesabetha 'Regina' (Heitz) (1665 - 1729)[24][25][26] b. about 1665 in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[27], d. March 27, 1729 Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany [28]
m. (1st) April 17, 1684 Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[29] to:
Johann Michael Müeller (1655 - 1695)[30] b. Abt. 1655 Zollikofen, Bern, Switzerland[31] d. January 31, 1695 Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[32]. Issue:
Johann Nicholas Müeller (1685 - 1685)[33] b. 5 Jun 1685 in Steinwenden, Kaiserslautern, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich[34] d. 6 Jun 1685 Steinwenden, Kaiserslautern, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich[35]
Johann Abraham Müeller (1686 - abt. 1688)[36] b. 9 Jul 1686 in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[37] d. about 31 Jul 1688 in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[38]
Johann Samuel Müeller (1687 - 1687)[39] b. 30 Apr 1687 in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[40] d. 30 Apr 1687 in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[41]
Catherine Barbara Müeller (1688 - 1691)[42] b. 7 Jun 1688 in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[43] d. 21 Jun 1691 in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[44]
Eva Catherine Müeller (1691 - 1691)[45] b. 24 Apr 1691 in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[46] d. 29 Jun 1691 in Steinwenden, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[47]
Johann Michael Müeller II (1692 - 1771)[48] b. October 05, 1692 Steinwenden, Kaiserslautern, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich[49] d. January 04, 1771 Conococheague, Washington, Maryland[50]
m. January 04, 1713 Ohmbach, Kusel, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich[51] to
Susanna Agnes (Berchtal) (1688 - 1752)[52] b. 3 May 1688 in Krottelbach, Kusel, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich[53] d. Abt. 1752 Conococheague, Washington, Maryland[54]. Issue:
Christian Miller (abt. 1707 - abt. 1714) b. about 1707[55] d. about 1714[56]
Hans Peter Miller (1714 - 1794)[57] b. 19 Jan 1714 in Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich[58] d. 1794 in Washington, Pennsylvania[59]
m. ?[60] to:
Elizabeth Warren (1730 - 1794) b. 1730[61] d. 1794[62]
Johannes Jeremiah Miller (1717 - 1781)[63] b. 1717 in Holy Roman Empire[64] d. 1781[65]
m. about 1740 in Frederick, Maryland[66] to:
Magdalena (Maugens) (1723 - 1768)[67] b. 1723 in Fairview, Washington, Maryland[68] d. 1768 in Washington, Maryland[69]
Regina Maria Elisabetha Miller (1717 - )[70] b. Sep 1717 in Lambsheim, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany[71] d. ? [72]
Johannes Michael Miller (1719 - 1792)[73] b. Apr 1719 in Lambsheim, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich[74] d. 29 Oct 1792 at age 73 in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland[75]
m. 1742 in , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania[76] to:
Elizabeth Brumbaugh (1727 - 1795)[77] b. 1727 in , Chester County, Pennsylvania[78] d. 7 Nov 1795 in , Washington County, Maryland[79]
Johann Ludwig (Mueller) Miller (1721 - 1792)[80] b. 5 Apr 1721 in Lambsheim, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich[81] d. 26 Jan 1792 at age 70 in Frederick, Maryland[82]
m. 1747 in York, Pennsylvania[83] to:
Anna Barbara (Meyer) (1734 - 1808)[84] b. 6 Oct 1734 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia[85] d. 1808 in Botetourt, Virginia[86]
George Miller (1722 - 1798)[87] b. 8 Mar 1722 in Lamman, Wvertt, Heiliges Römisches Reich[88] d. Sep 1798 in Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania[89]
m. ?[90] to:
Anna Catherine (Warner) (abt. 1726 - 1796)[91] b. about 1726 in Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania[92] d. 27 Aug 1796 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania[93]
Phillip Jacob Müller (1726 - 1800)[94] b. March 31, 1726 in Steinwenden, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland[95] d. about Sep 1799 or June 30, 1800 in Campbell, Kentucky[96]
m. 1751 Frederick, Maryland[97] to:
Magdelena Rochette Maugans (1734 - 1808)[98] b. about 1734 in Frederick,Maryland[99] d. about 1808 in Kentucky[100]
Hans Michael Miller (1728 - 1792)[101] b. 1728 in Grötzingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany</ref>Source needed for birth</ref> d. 29 Oct 1792 in Taneytown, Frederick, Maryland[102]
m. ?[103] to:
Elizabeth (Brumbaugh) (abt. 1726 - 1795)[104] b. about 1726 in Grötzingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany[105] d. 7 Nov 1795 in Maryland[106]
Margaretha Mullerin (1729 - )[107] b. 1729 in Trautzbach, Germany[108] d. in Mettelberg, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany[109]
David Miller (abt. 1730 - 1785)[110] b. about 1730 in Pennsylvania[111] d. Feb 1785 in Fairview, Washington, Maryland[112]
m. (1st) about 1760 in Washington, Maryland[113] to:
Magdalena (Maugens) (1723 - 1768) [114]
m. (2nd) about 1778 in Maryland[115] to:
Mary Magdalena (Wiley) (1762 - bef. 1798) b. 1762 [116] d. before 1798[117]
Anna Barbara (Mueller) (1733 - 1808)[118] b. 15 Aug 1733 in Hanover, Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania[119] d. 15 Jan 1808 in Moores Store, Shenandoah County, Virginia[120]
m. about 1752 in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania[121] to:
Johannes H Garber (1717 - 1787) b. 5 Feb 1717 in Amsoldingen, Bern, Switzerland[122] d. Dec 1787 at age 70 in Flat Rock, Shenandoah, Virginia[123]
Eva Elizabeth Miller (1737 - ) b. 15 Apr 1737 in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania[124] d. ?[125]
m. (2nd) 1754 in Conococheague, Colony of Maryland[126] to:[127]
Elizabeth (Unknown) (1693 - ) b. 1693 in Steiffisburg, Canton, Bern, Switzerland[128] d. in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania[129]
m. (2nd) 29 Nov 1696 in Ohmbach, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany to:
Johann Jacob Stutzmann II (1676 - 1739) (See Stutzman tree below for continuation)

Stutzman Tree

Johann Jacob Stutzmann (1650 - bef. 1696)[130] m. Madelena (Betler) (1644 - 1727)[131]. Issue:

Johann Jacob Stutzmann II (1676 - 1739)[132] [133] b. about 2 Oct 1676 in Geislautern, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany[134] d. 6 Sep 1739 in Friedelsheim, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany[135]
m. (1st) November 29, 1696 Ohmbach, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany[136] to:
Irene Liesabetha 'Regina' (Heitz) (1665 - 1729) (see Heitz tree above). Issue:
Hans Peter Stutzman (1697 - )[137] b. 22 Oct 1697 in Krottelbach, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany[138] d. ?[139]
Maria Catharina (Stutzman) (1699 - aft. 1734)[140] b. 21 Nov 1699 in Weilach, Bad Durkheim, Pfalz[141] d. after 1734[142]
m. 18 Feb 1721 in Kallstadt, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany[143] to:
Johann Adam Schmidt (abt. 1700 - aft. 1734)[144] b. about 1700 [145] d. after 1734[146]. Issue:
Johanna Regina Schmidt (1726 - )[147] b. 24 Oct 1726 in Weilach, Bad Durkheim, Pfalz[148] d. ? [149]
Louisa Margaretha Schmidt (1734 - )[150] b. 31 Oct 1734 in Palatinate, Germany[151] d. ? [152]
Johann Samuel Stutzman (1702 - 1730)[153] b. 12 Jun 1702 in Weilach, Bad Durkheim, Pfalz[154] d. 4 Feb 1730 at age 27 in Weilach, Bad Durkheim, Pfalz[155]
m. 29 Aug 1724 in Kallstadt, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany[156] to:
Anna Maria (Walter) (abt. 1704 - aft. 1727)[157] b. about 1704[158] d. after 1727[159]
Regina Elisabetha Stutzman (1727 - )[160] b. 9 Oct 1727 in Weilach, Kallstadt, Bad Dürkheim, Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich[161] d. ?[162]
Johann Matthaeus Stutzman (1704 - )[163] b. 31 Jan 1704 in Weilach, Bavaria[164] d. ?[165]
Hans Jacob Stutzman (1704 - 1775)[166] b. January 01, 1704 Bern, Switzerland or 1 Jan 1706 in Kallstadt, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany[167] d. February 03, 1775 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania[168]
m. 1740[169] to:
Hannah (Krehbiel) aka Davis (1724 - 1790)[170] b. 1724 Pennsylvania[171] d. 1790. Issue:
David Stutzman (1742 - 1822)[172] b. June 14, 1742in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland[173] d. June 14, 1822 in Perry Township, Montgomery, Ohio[174]
m. (1st) 1770 Maryland[175] to:
Susannah (Martin) (1751 - 1781)[176] b. before 1755[177] d. about 1780 in Washington Co., MD[178]
m. (2nd) Abt. 1781 in Pennsylvania[179] to:
Susanna "Anna" (Nesbitt) (1764 - 1850)[180] b. 5 Mar 1764 in Pennsylvania[181] d. 13 Feb 1850 in Montgomery, Ohio[182]
Plantina (Stutzman) (1744 - 1818)[183] b. about 1744 in Pennsylvania[184] d. about 1818 in Ohio[185]
m. Abt. 1760 Frederick, Maryland[186] to:
Phillipus Stoner (1740 - 1828)[187] b. 1740 in Maryland[188] d. 1828 [189]
Jacob Stutzman (1746 - 1816)[190] b. about 1746 in Pennsylvania Colony[191] d. about 1816 in Montgomery, Ohio[192]
m. 1765 Frederick, Maryland[193] to:
Christina (Ulrich) (1753 - 1810)[194] b. 1752 in Maryland[195] d. 1810 in Trotwood, Montgomery, Ohio[196]
Hannah (Stutzman) (1748 - 1821)[197] b. about 1748 in Pennsylvania Colony[198] d. 1821 in Montgomery, Ohio[199]
m. about 1765 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania Colony[200] to:
Philip Lear (1745 - 1807)[201] b. about 1750 in Pennsylvania[202] d. about 1807 in Franklin, Pennsylvania[203]
Daniel Stutzman (1753 - 1835)[204][205]
m. (1st) 1778 [206] to:
 ? [207]
m. (2nd) 1833[208] to:
Catharine (Bowman) (1776 - 1845)[209]
Abraham Stutzman (1755 - 1832)[210][211]
m. 1777 Franklin, Pennsylvania or about 1775 in Maryland[212] to:
Elizabeth (_) (1756 - )[213] b. about 1757[214] d. ?[215]
Johann Christain Stutzman (1711 - ) b. 1711 Bern, Switzerland
m. ? to
 ? . Issue:
Johann Christain Stutzman (1741 - 1834) b. Abt. 1741 d. January 03, 1834
m. February 04, 1766 Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
Eva Elizabetha Reidenbach (1748 - ) b. Abt. 1748

Ancestry of Christian Stutzman (1730?-1770)

At the beginning of his book Descendants of Barbara Hochstetler and Christian Stutzman (1938), Harvey Hostetler discusses the ancestry of Christian.

Our Stutzman family came from Spiez near Lake Thun, Switzerland ... From the landing records at Philadelphia, Pa., we learn that Johan Jacob Stutzman arrived Oct. 2, 1727, on ship Adventure, Capt. John Davies, from Rotterdam, last from Plymouth, England.
Dr. R. H. Stutzman, Tower City, Pa., has given considerable time to the study of his family ... He writes that Johan Jacob Stutzman, according to the traditions handed down, from generation to generation in his family, on his voyage to America, lost his wife and all his children, except two sons Jacob and Christian. Not having money enough to pay his passage “he bound out his sons as indentured servants to pay therefor.” He then returned to the Old Country ... leaving his sons in the care of his fellow church members of the Amish faith. ... These sons later appear among the Amish in Bern Tp., Berks Co., Pa. ...
We assume that the father of our Christian Stutzman was Jacob, the older son of Johan Jacob, the immigrant of Oct. 2, 1727, as he was the first that asked for land. The Hertzler Gen., generally a good authority, in footnote on page 426 states that our Christian was a son of Johan Jacob, the immigrant. We assume he was a grandson of that man.
Jacob Stutzman received warrants Nos. 128 and 135, Oct. 2, 1742 (15 years after landing), for 100 acres each. Both these warrants became void because he did not comply with the conditions set forth therein. ... Christian Stutzman received warrant No. 32 Jan. 17, 1753 on which a survey for 193 acres, 37 perches of land was returned ... It is assumed that Christian and Jacob ... were brothers, sons of Johan Jacob Stutzman, the immigrant of Oct. 2, 1727. ...
Jacob Stutzman received warrant 73, August 8, 1754, on which a survey for 149 acres, 54 perches is returned. ... Christian Stutzman, presumably his brother, is named as an adjoining land owner. Jacob Stutzman appears as a tax payer in Bern Tp., in 1753, 1754 and 1759, his last appearance in Bern Tp. tax lists. ...
Christian Stutzman [the presumed son of Jacob, not his brother], with wife Barbara Hochstetler, received warrant 130, April 30, 1765, on which a survey of 25 acres, 36 perches was returned.[216]

A major deficiency in this story is that it omits reference to land transactions by [B1] Christian and his mother Maudlin in the Northkill Amish settlement starting in 1738, less than a mile south of Christian's father-in-law Jacob Hochstetler.


Johann Jacob Stutzman (1705 - 1775) [217][218][219] b. January 01, 1705 Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland[220], d. February 03, 1775 Lancaster Co., PA[221]
m. 1731[222] to
Magdalena Maudlin (Steck) (1710 - 1760) [223], b. 1710 Switzerland[224] d. 1760 Berks, Pennsylvania[225]. Issue:
Christian Stutzman (bef. 1732 - 1770)[226][227] b. before 1732 in Bern Township, Berks, Pennsylvania[228] d. 17 Nov 1770 in Shartlesville, Berks, Pennsylvania[229]Burial: ?[230]
m. 1752 in Berlin, Somerset, Pennsylvania[231] to
Barbara (Hochstetler) (1732 - 1787)[232][233] b. 1732 in Berks, Pennsylvania[234] d. 1787 in Shartlesville, Berks, Pennsylvania[235]
Joseph Stutzman (1734 - 1735)
Fannie Stutsman (1736 - 1737)
Abraham Stutzman (1740 - )[236]

Stutzman Migrants After 1752

The father of Johann Jacob Stutzman (1737 - 1813) is commonly misstated to be Johann Jacob Stutzman (1705 - 1775), and mother Magdalena Maudlin (Steck) (1710 - 1760), with older brother Christian Stutzman (bef. 1732 - 1770).

However, these immediate family connections are simply impossible. First, that older Jacob family migrated a generation earlier from the Palatinate in 1727 to America, where son Christian was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania by 1732. Christian would have then aged to 20 years old during the younger Jacob's much later 1752 immigration.

The origin of the parental confusion may stem from the fact that the older Jacob's also had an even younger son, also named Jacob, Jacob Stutzman (1746 - 1816).

FindaGrave (although stated without source reference), describes the migration, and later movements of younger Jacob and family as follows:[237]

"He is an immigrant ancestor who arrived in Philadelphia aboard the "Nancy" captained by John Ewing on 27 September 1752. They sailed from Rotterdam to Philadelphia by way of Cowes.
In 1752, a family named Stutzman left the lower Neckar Valley of Germany. This is an area near Stuttgart, from which the family appears to have derived their name. This family consisted of the father, mother, a sixteen year old son and an unknown number of younger children. During the voyage on a ship named Nancy, the father of the family died and was buried at sea. When the ship arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the family was denied entrance because there was no male family head, and a female could not act in the capacity of head of household. Jacob, the oldest son was a serious sixteen year old, dedicated to becoming a minister of the Dunker congregation (also know as German Baptists and one of the sects now in the Church of the Brethren). Jacob was allowed to then sign as the head of the family. In 1753 the young minister married a girl named Barbara Yoder. The Dunkers refused to take an oath, respond to court orders and some other seemingly senseless customs. When the American Revolution began Jacob followed his conscience and refused to ally himself with the colonists, even though he and his family had been given the hospitality of this new land and had enjoyed the safety denied to them in the native Germany.
In 1759, Jacob Stutzman migrated 130 mi. west from Chester, PA to Frederick, MD.
He may have been in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania prior to 1757 when he was settled in Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. By late 1759, Jacob had 60 acres on the Meadow branch of Great Pipe Creek in Frederick (now Carroll) County, Maryland.
In early October of 1764 he sold out in Maryland and moved to North Carolina.
In 1764, Jacob Stutzman migrated 400 mi. sw to Uwharrie River, NC.
He settled on the forks of the Uwharrie River in Rowan (now Randolph) County, North Carolina and started the Ewarry Congregation of The Brethren. Within 10 years he had a congregation of 19 families. During the American Revolution, the number of families increased by two or three fold due to refugees from Pennsylvania.
Jacob Stutzman of Uwharrie, accompanied at least by his sons Jacob Jr. and John, took up land in Brothers Valley Township, Bedford (now Somerset) County, Pennsylvania, in 1784.
In 1784, Jacob Stutzman migrated 400 mi. n to Brothersvalley Twp, PA
In the 1790 Federal Census for Pennsylvania, Jacob Stutzman (Jr.), John Stutzman, and brothers-in-law Philip Harmon and Thomas Hutchinson were enumerated in the same cluster of heads of households in Bedford County. In the 1790 Federal Census for North Carolina (taken in early 1791), Hutchinson and Harmon were back south in time for enumeration there also. Shortly thereafter, both Jacob Jr. and John returned to Carolina also. John to stay until he moved to Indiana in 1803, Jacob to recruit his younger brothers David and Samuel for Pennsylvania settlement.
Elder Stutzman did not stay in Pennsylvania.
What occurred during the ensuing few years is still vague because Jacob Stutzman Sr., his sons, and his sons-in-law spent the 1790s in acquiring land in both North Carolina and Pennsylvania. By 1798, the family group held approximately 6000 acres in both states. In Pennsylvania, Jacob Jr., Samuel, and David all married Bergey sisters, then sold out in 1798 and moved west where all three were on the Henry County, Kentucky, tax rolls of 1800.
In 1800, Jacob Stutzman family began migrating west to Henry Co., KY and Clark Co., IN
Jacob advocated the doctrine of "universal salvation" and introduced it for consideration at an Annual Dunkard meeting in 1799. For this belief, he was excommunicated in 1799 and on appeal, in 1800. He sold out in North Carolina and moved to Washington Township, Clark County, Indiana after 1801. The Olive Branch Brethren congregation was organized in 1802 and their meetinghouse (built in 1821) and cemetery were across the road from his homestead. He was the minister for this congregation.
Certainly with the presence or connections of the Carolina Stutzmans with the Hostetlers, Yoders, and Bergeys, all of whom were rooted in the Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Amish settlement, the southern Indiana Stutesmans had to have had Amish roots.
When Jacob Stutzman moved north in 1801-1802, he gathered up his sons in Henry County, Kentucky, for they joined him in purchasing a tract in the Illinois Grant on March 22, 1802 and all four were sued when they failed to make payments as agreed. Youngest son Joseph died shortly upon arrival. Sons John and Daniel remained in North Carolina until the Fall of 1803 when they both moved to the Illinois Grant. With the exception of son-in-law Jacob Hoover, son of Andrew Hoover Sr., who succeeded his father as the miller at the Forks of Uwharrie and was one of the wealthiest men in Randolph County, all of Stutzman's children and in-laws had moved to southern Indiana or northern Kentucky by 1812. After Jacob Hoover's death in 1821, his widow (Jacob Stutzman's daughter Elizabeth) moved to Boone County, Indiana, where she died in 1840.
The public records of-pioneer Dark County, Indiana Territory, 1802-1816, are full of the Stootsmin Statesman presence. All of the Elder's sons were active in public and court affairs. If they were not being sued, they were suing someone. They sat on both grand and petit juries, and at least two of them participated in death verdicts. There was some public washings of dirty linen as family members filed suits and cross-suits over who had called whom a "hog thief." They still scrupled, however, against bearing arms. They did not participate in militia musters or the War of 1812 although the Pigeon Roost Massacre was virtually on their doorstep."

Stutzman Tree for Migrants After 1752

Unknown Stutzman ( - 1752) b. Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. after 27 September 1752 aboard the ship "Nancy" captained by John Ewing, after 27 September 1752. They sailed from Rotterdam to Philadelphia[238]
m. abt 1725[239] to
Hannah Studebaker (1707 - )[240]. b. 1707[241] Issue:
Johann Jacob Stutzman, II (1727 - 1813)[242], b. 1727[243], d. Abt. 1813[244]
Johann Jacob Stutzman (1737 - 1813)[245][246] b. 1737 Baden-Württemberg, Germany[247] d. 1813 Clark County, Indiana[248] Burial: Olive Branch Cemetery, Clark County, Indiana[249]
m. (1st?) ? to[250]to
Barbara (Yoder) (1736 - )[251] b. 1736 in NC[252] d. ?[253]Burial: ?[254]
m. (2nd?) 1753 in Pennsylvania[255] to
Anna Barbara (Pfautz) (1736 - abt. 1800)[256] b. 1736 in Lancaster, Colony of Pennsylvania[257] d. about 1800 in Clark County, Indiana[258]


Miscellaneous

Will of [A] Jacob Stutzman

In his will dated 15 Mar 1773 and probated 2 Jan 1776, "Jacob Stutsman of Peters Township Cumberland County and Provance of Pennsylvania" named as heirs "my Well beloved Wife Hanna Stootsman ... David Stootsman my eldest son ... Plantina Stootsman alus[?] Stoner my daughter and Jacob Stootsman my son and hana Stootsman alus Lear my Younger daughter and Daniel Stootsman my son and Abraham Stootsman my Younger son."[259]

Sources and Notes

  1. ↑ "Pennsylvania German pioneers; a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808", by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, ed. by William John Hinke (Norristown, Pa., Pennsylvania German Society, 1934), in three volumes.
  2. ↑ Ibid, vol I, pp xvii-xxix.
  3. ↑ Ibid, p 15.
  4. ↑ Ibid, pp 300-302.
  5. ↑ Ibid, p 491.
  6. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Warrantee Township Maps (series #17.522).
  7. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Warrant Registers (1733-1957), Lancaster County, p 193 (image 194).
  8. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Copied Surveys (1681-1912), Book C-75 pp 263-264.
  9. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Warrant Registers (1733-1957), Lancaster County, p 201 (image 203).
  10. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Copied Surveys (1681-1912), Book D-5, p 248.
  11. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Warrant Registers (1733-1957), Berks County, p 83 (image 82).
  12. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Copied Surveys (1681-1912), Book C-232 p 97.
  13. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Copied Surveys (1681-1912), Book A-28 p 105.
  14. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Warrant Registers (1733-1957), Berks County, p 80 (image 79).
  15. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Copied Surveys (1681-1912), Book C-228 p 93.
  16. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Warrant Registers (1733-1957), Berks County, p 81 (image 80).
  17. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Copied Surveys (1681-1912), Book C-193 p 250.
  18. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives RG-17, Records of the Land Office, Philadelphia County Warrant Register, p 58.
  19. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Copied Surveys (1681-1912), Book A-8 p 226.
  20. ↑ Ibid, reverse.
  21. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives RG-17, Records of the Land Office, Berks County Warrant Register, p 13.
  22. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives RG-17, Records of the Land Office, Philadelphia County Warrant Register, p 58.
  23. ↑ FTDNA Stutzman Project.
  24. ↑ Anna Loyse (Regina) to be merged into Heitz-171
  25. ↑ Regina Elisabetha (Unknown) to be merged into Heitz-171
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  114. ↑ same wife as married (1st) to Johannes Jeremiah Miller (1717 - 1781) above, Married twice, per Family Search, to Miller brothers
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  127. ↑ widow of Nicholas Garber (1693 - 1748)
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  129. ↑ Date and Source needed for death
  130. ↑ Stutzmann-45 to be merged into Stutzmann-9
  131. ↑ Source is needed for wife
  132. ↑ Stutzmann-44 to be merged into Johann Jacob Stutzmann-10 (1676 - 1739)
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  170. ↑ Hannah (Krehbiel) (1724 - 1790) m. (2nd) March 25, 1782 Washington, Maryland to Stephen Waggoner Ulrich (1710 - 1793)
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  205. ↑ Johann Daniel Stutzman (abt. 1753) to be merged into Daniel Stutzman (1753 - 1835)
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  211. ↑ Johann Abarham (Stotzmannen) Stutzman (abt. 1753 - 1852) to be merged into Abraham Stutzman (1755 - 1832)
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  216. ↑ Hostetler, Harvey. Descendants of Barbara Hochstedler and Christian Stutzman (1938), pp 4-7.
  217. ↑ temp PPP : to be main profile
  218. ↑ Source is needed for name
  219. ↑ Johannes Jacobus Stotzmannen (1706 - 1775) temp PPP to be merged away into Stutzman-8
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  222. ↑ Location and Source needed for marriage
  223. ↑ Steck-292 (with parents attached) to be merged into Steck-121 (with children attached)
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  225. ↑ Source needed for death
  226. ↑ Johann Christian (Stotzmannen) Stutzman (abt. 1730 - abt. 1770) to be merged into Christian Stutzman (bef. 1732 - 1770)
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  229. ↑ Source needed for death
  230. ↑ Note that FindaGrave only has a non-burial false memorial
  231. ↑ Source needed for marriage
  232. ↑ Anna Barbara (Hochstedler) Stutzman (1732 - 1782) to be merged into Barbara (Hochstetler) (1732 - 1787)
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  237. ↑ FindaGrave on Jacob's bio section https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72922536/
  238. ↑ Account of death as stated in bio on FindaGrave for his son Jacob
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  245. ↑ Parents are in dispute, because Johann Jacob was born in Germany, after his supposed brother Christian was born in Pennsylvania.
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  249. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72922536/jacob-stutzman: accessed 15 April 2023), memorial page for Jacob Stutzman (1737–1813), Find a Grave Memorial ID 72922536, citing Olive Branch Cemetery, Clark County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by 47117651 (contributor 47117651).
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  259. ↑ Pennsylvania Probate Records (1683-1994), Cumberland Wills (1750-1779) vol B pp 215-216 (images 229-230)




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Bill Stutsman
OK. Seriously confused here.

The section: "Ancestry of Christian Stutzman (1730?-1770)", talks about the family of Johann Jacob Stutzman (arr. 1727). The passage states that Christian Stutzman was a son of Jacob Stutzman, the "older son of Jacob Stutzman, the immigrant of 1727". However, in his book "Jacob Stutzman (? - 1775)", John Hale Stutesman (JHS) notes that the six children of Jacob Stutzman, the 1727 immigrant, were David, Plantina, Jacob, Hannah, Daniel, and Abraham, in that order. This conflicts with the article above. Further, John Hales's book does not list a grandson named Christian through the son Jacob (3rd child of Jacob Stutzman (d. 1775). JHS states that there is no proof of direct lineage between Jacob Stutzman (d. 1775) and the Christian Stutzman named here.

Also, consider the tradition/folktale of Hans Jacob Stutzman's (1673-1739) return from America to the old world due to the loss of most of his family on the voyage. The following is from Roberta Estes's blog entry of May 21, 2018:

"Page 146 Kallstadt Evangelische Kirche, Bavaria

Monday, the 12th of June (1702), Hanss Jacob STOTZMANN, farm administrator (steward) at Weilach and Regina Elisabetha, his lawfully wed wife, was born to them a young son who was baptized on the 1st Sunday post Trinity, the 18th of June (1702). The godparents were: Joh. Michael Be…(margin), citizen from Asselheim, Samuel H..(Heitz?)(margin) from Stenweiler (Steinwenden) im Westrich; Elisabeth, wife of Hanss Michael Schum..(margin) from Ramsen. The Christian name of Johann Samuel was given." This passage states he was farm steward before he left for America.

Others have noted that Hanss Jacob held this position until his death. If he left his job for America and then returned, what are the odds that he would get his job back? It is not clear to me what the effect of leaving for America would be. Some immigrants forfeited land back home. Others had to pay a tax for manumission. Still others were considered outside the law for leaving.

I think it's time to lay aside the tradition of this round-trip voyage or perhaps assign it to someone else.

Still, very good work on all of the material above.

Bill Stutsman, 4g grandson of Jacob Stutzman (d. 1775)

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