Mathias Zettler (abt. 1723 - 1769)

Born about 1723 in Leutkirch, Württemberg, German Empire [uncertain]

Husband of Catherina Elisabeth (Kieffer) Zettler — married 17 May 1741 in Saint Matthews Parish, Province of Georgia

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1769 at about age 46 in Ebenezer, Province of Georgia

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Biography

Mathias Zettler a young German Lutheran paid his own passage and arrived alone in 1738-39 to settle in Ebenezer and raise a family

Mathias Zettler was a Georgia colonist.

He was a Salzburger living in Ebenezer 1738-1739 and was a young and single man. ^[1] .^[2] He did not come into Ebenezer through Transports, but through the Georgia Grant, those who could pay their own way received a grant of up to five hundred acres, the maximum allowed in the colony, as one of the colonies’ purposes was to counter large landholders and speculation of property ^[3]

Family

As stated in Georgia Salzburger and Allied families, Mathias was a Salzburger meaning he was an Evangelical Lutheran and had invested his money into the Georgian Salzburger Community.

He married Catherina Kieffer and they had 7 children :^[2]

John Martin

Catherine Elizabeth m 25 Jun 1765 Lambert Lum

Salome m. 25 Jun 1765 Lucas Zeigler

Daniel d abt 1783 m. 1773 Hannah Dasher

Esther b. 22 Mar 1759 d. 9 Jul 1760

Nathaniel b. 7 Jun 1761 m. Mary

Rosina b. 9 Aug 1763

Burial

Church records don't say much, Matthew Zettler died February 3, 1769, and was buried the next day. Presumably he was buried on Church grounds (Ebenezer Church, St. Mathews Parish, Georgia). ^{[4] [2]}

Notes

Birth date of 28 March 1723 needs source. Birth date was estimated as 1720 based on Mathias being able to emigrate as a single man. Birth date and date of arrival need researching.

Was the date of birth from Family Records? in which case, we can easily change that to something more general...

how do we find the ship he was on? or begin exploring possibilities? He was THERE between 1738-39.

Can we find the plats and their assignations? that would focus the date better amongst other pieces of information.

Sources

1. ↑ Georgia Salzburger and allied families : rev. and corrected ed.[1]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Gnann, Pearl Rahn. Georgia Salzburgers and Allied Families, p. 381.
3. ↑ William L. Withuhn, “Salzburgers and Slavery: A Problem of Mentalite,” Georgia Historical Quarterly 68, no. 2 (Summer 1984): 175.
4. ↑ Old Ebenezer Church [2]

• Kessler, Catha Sue Cox. Zettler Genealogy and Zipperer Genealogy. South Carolina, 2003. Self-published and distributed by the author.
• Gnann, Pearl Rahn. Georgia Salzburgers and Allied Families. Second reprinting with Additions Sept. 1976, Amy LeBey and Georgia Genealogical Reprints edition. Savannah, Georgia: Pearl Rahn Gnann, 1956.
• FamilySearch profile