Jacob Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1710 - 1781  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Jacob Shantz
  Born	CA 1710	, Switzerland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104673444
  Eby ID Number	00110-6532
  Died	5 Feb 1781	, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [1]
  Buried	Sprogell Cemetery, Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [1]
  Person ID	I18779	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Magdalena Erb,   b. Abt 1710, Of, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Susannah Shantz,   b. Abt 1742, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Esther Shantz,   b. Abt 1743, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Mar 1821  (Age ~ 78 years)   3. Isaac Shantz,   b. 14 Jan 1748, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Oct 1802, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F4792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine Beary,   b. Abt 1710,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Christian Schantz,   b. 11 Jul 1769, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Apr 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F4793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob Shantz, "was born in Switzerland about the year 1710. Owing to religious persecutions, he, with other, left their native home and went to Holland where they had the promise of protection from the persecuting parties by the Prince of Orange. Here he lived some fifteen years. Seeing so many of his co-religionists emigrating to America, besides being informed of the proclamation issued by William Penn, he at last decided to emigrate to America and settle among his co-religionists. He crossed the ocean in a vessel named "Townshead" and landed safely at Philadelphia in the summer of 1737. He may have resided in Germantown for some time. In the year 1745 we find him and his family located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. What number of children he had could not be ascertained. We know that he was married twice. The children of his first wife were II Isaac, II Esther, and II Susannah, and from his second wife we have the record of only one son named II Christian. Old Jacob Shantz died in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 5th, 1781, aged a few months less than 71 years. He was buried in the Sprogell Cemetery, beside Magdalena, his first wife." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 373. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 229.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CA 1710 - , Switzerland Died - 5 Feb 1781 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Buried - - Sprogell Cemetery, Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth