Descendants of Martin KLOTZ and Catharine

 

as of 9 December 2001

 

Generation No. 1

Return to Klotz Outline

1.  Martin8 KLOTZ  (Johann Martin7, Johann Jacob6, Martin5, Melchior4, Martin3, Melchior2, Hanß1) was born 6 Feb 1772 in PA1,2,3, and died 10 Aug 1861 in Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA4.  He married Catharine (KLOTZ).  She was born ca 1770, and died 5 Mar 18325.

Children of Martin KLOTZ and Catharine (KLOTZ) are:

1.         John9 KLOTZ, born 7 Jan 1794 in Maryland6,7; died 20 Nov 1861 in Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA8.  He married (1) Rebecca STIFFLER; born ca 1799; died 24 Jan 18349.  He married (2) Susannah PRINGLE Aft. 1834; born ca 1808 in PA10,11; died Mar 188812.

2.         Ann Mary KLOTZ, born 24 Sep 179513.

3.         David KLOTZ, born 21 Oct 179714; died 4 Jul 183415.  He married Elizabeth GARN 21 Jul 182016; born 26 Oct 1801 in Bedford Co. PA16,17,18,19,20; died 10 Aug 188721,22.

4.         Catharine KLOTZ, born 20 Jul 180223,24.  She married John SMITH.

5.         Jacob KLOTZ, born 11 Mar 180925.

6.         Abraham KLOTZ, born 9 May 181326; died 23 Feb 1849 in Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA27.  He married Margaret (KLOTZ); born ca 181928.

Notes for Martin KLOTZ:

Frederick S. Weiser, Pastor, Archivist, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland:  Parish Register 1788-1862,  (A.R. Wentz Library, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA, 2 November 1970), p. 210.

Communicants, May 7, 1796:
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33. Martin Klotz
34. Cathar., wife
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1800 MD Census:  Frederick Co., Taney Town District No. 5, p. 190, line 28
Series M32, roll 10

Martin CLUTTS
Males:  2 (<10); 1 (26-45)
Females:  1 (<10); 1 (26-45)

Taneytown is in present-day Carroll County, which was formed in 1837 from Frederick County. On a present-day map, it is not far directly south of Gettysburg, in Adams Co. PA, at the end of Rte. 134.
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Frederick S. Weiser, Pastor, Archivist, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland:  Parish Register 1788-1862,  (A.R. Wentz Library, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA, 2 November 1970), p. 211.

Communicants on Pentecost, as well as 39 Confirmands on the same occasion, who received Holy Communion for the first time,
May 24, 1801:
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75. Johann Martin Klotz
76. Cathrina Klotsin
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By 1810, Martin and his family had moved slightly north to Adams County, PA.
Cumberland Twp. contains the city of Gettysburg, and is almost directly north of Taneytown, Maryland.

1810 PA Census:  Adams Co. Cumberland Twp. p. 73, line 9
Series M252, roll 44

Martain CLUTS
Males:  1 (<10); 1 (10-16); 1 (26-45)
Females:  1 (<10); 1 (10-16); 1 (26-45)
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1814 PA Tax Lists: Bedford Co. Greenfield Twp.
[as cited in Bedford County, Pennsylvania Archives Volume 3, p. 103]

Martin CLUTZ, age 45, farmer/weaver
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1817 PA Tax Lists: Bedford Co. Greenfield Twp.
[as cited in Bedford County, Pennsylvania Archives Volume 5, p. 48]

Martin GLUTZ
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1820 PA Census: Bedford Co. Greenfield Twp. p. 32, line 7
Series M33, roll 98

Martin CLUTZ
Males:  1 (<10); 1 (16-26); 1 (45+)
Females:  1 (45+)
2 people engaged in agriculture
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Newry Lutheran Church Communicant List

Communicanten den 30 October 1825

10. Johann Martin Klotz
11. Fr. Catharina

[gehalten?] den 14 May 1826

1. Martin Klotz
2. Fr. Catharina

[gehalten?] den 29 Octob 1826

1. Martin Klotz
2. Fr. Catharina

[gehalten?] den 13 May 1827

1. Martin Klotz
2. Fr. Catharina
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1830 PA Census: Bedford Co. Greenfield Twp. p. 72, line 15
Series M19, roll 152

Martin GLOTZ
Males:  1 (15-20); 1 (50-60)
Females:  1 (50-60)
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1840 PA Census: Bedford Co. Greenfield Twp. p. 343, line 26
Series M704, roll 445

Martin CUTZ [sic]
Males:  2 (<5); 1 (20-30); 1 (60-70)
Females:  1 (20-30)
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1850 PA Census: Blair Co. Greenfield Twp. p. 147b, lines 15-21
Series M432, roll 755, dwelling 158, family 160, 6 December 1850

Margaret KLUTZ, 31, b. Pa.
Samuel, 11, at school; James, 9, at school; Martin, 7, at school
Mary, 5, at school; William, 4
Martin KLUTZ, 79, b. Pa.
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1860 PA Census:  Blair Co. Greenfield Twp. P.O. Sarah, p. 242, lines 31-40
Series M653, roll 1078, dwelling 163, family 168, 7 June 1860

Mark ROBERT, 47, Peddler, $600 Real Estate / $300 Personal Estate, b. Pa.
Eliza, 43
Isaac, 14, at school; Lewis, 13, at school; Wayne, 10; Ida, 9; Sarah, 6; Hannah, 1
Mary BURKET, 19, Domestic
Martin CLUTZ, 76

Note:  Martin Klotz's relationship to the Mark Robert family needs to be identified.
Also, he would have been in his upper 80s, rather than 76, especially since he
was 79 in the 1850 census.
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Blair County, PA Willbook B, pp. 144-145

Last Will and Testament of Martin Klotz, Decd.

The last will and testament of Martin Klotz of Greenfield Township in the County of Blair and State of Pennsylvania. I, Martin Klotz considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind, memory & understanding, Blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and Testament, in manner and form following (that is to say) first I give and bequeath unto my son John Klotz five hundred dollars and I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary now decd children one hundred and three dollars. I then give and bequeath unto my son David Klotz now deceased, to his children, two hundred Dollars, and as my daughter Catharine intermarried to John Smith has sold her legacy in my estate to my son Abraham and give him a release in full, therefore she has nothing coming to her out of my estate real or personal and whereas my said son Abraham Klotz is now deceased therefore I give and bequeath my plantation whereon I now dwell, containing about one hundred acres more or less, situate in the township and county aforesaid unto the children of my said son Abraham share and share alike, subject however to the payments of the above legacies in this my last Will, the first legacy to my son John to be paid two years after my decease, the second legacy to be paid to my Daughter Mary's children to be paid two years after that of the first payment, the third legacy to my son David's children to be paid two years after that of the second payment making in all six years after my decease -- and it is expressly my Will and meaning, that the legacys then have to my son Abraham children shall not be charged with any part of the raising and education of the said children but the legacy shall be free to them, when they arrive to lawful age or the same can be made out of my real estate, and I here commit the guardianship of their legacys to my son John Klotz and Philip Pringle who also is the executor of my son and their father Abraham Klotz' last will & testament; And lastly I do hereby appoint my son John Klotz and Philip Pringle sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made, In witness I have hereunto set my hand and seal the ninth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.

[signed] Martin Klotz {Seal}

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Martin Klotz to be his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

Jacob Dively Jr.
John Bennett

Blair County, Ss:  Before me the Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the County of Blair personally came Jacob Dively who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he was personally present and did see and hear Martin Klotz sign, seal, execute, publish, pronounce and declare the within Instrument of writing as and for his last Will.
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Claysburg Reformed Cemetery, Claysburg, Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA
Tombstone Inscription read 21 October 2000 by Michael Scott Caldwell

MARTIN KLOTZ / DIED / Augh. 10, 1861 / Aged / 89 yrs. 6 ms. & 9 ds.
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Notes for Catharine (KLOTZ):
Sign on Church:

GREENFIELD / REFORMED CHURCH / 1812 1875 1912
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Greenfield Cemetery, Queen Station, Kimmel Twp. Bedford Co. PA
Tombstone inscription read 18 October 2000 by Michael Scott Caldwell

CATHARINE, / Wife of / MARTIN KLOTZ / DIED / March 5, 1832 / Aged about 62 yrs
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Endnotes

 

1.  1850 PA Census: Blair Co. Greenfield Twp. (Series M432, roll 755), p. 147b, lines 15-21, dwelling 158, family 160, 6 December 1850, "Martin KLUTZ, 79, b. Pa."
2.  Claysburg Reformed Cemetery, Claysburg, Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA, tombstone inscription, [reckoned from age at death, 89 yrs, 6 ms. & 9 ds].
3.  Ralph Dean Kluttz, The Descendants of Johann Jacob Klotz in America 1690-1990,  (The Delmar Company, Charlotte, NC, 1990), p. 521.
4.  Claysburg Reformed Cemetery, Claysburg, Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA, tombstone inscription.
5.  Greenfield Cemetery, Queen Station, Kimmel Twp. Bedford Co. PA, tombstone inscription.
6.  1850 PA Census: Blair Co. Greenfield Twp. (Series M432, roll 755), p. 145b, lines 1-6, dwelling 128, family 130, 5 December 1850, "John KLUTZ, 56, Farmer, $350 Real Estate, b. Maryland."
7.  Claysburg Reformed Cemetery, Claysburg, Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA, tombstone inscription, [reckoned from age at death, 67 yrs, 10 mos, 13 days].
8.  Claysburg Reformed Cemetery, Claysburg, Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA, tombstone inscription.
9.  Greenfield Cemetery, Queen Station, Kimmel Twp. Bedford Co. PA, tombstone inscription.
10.  1850 PA Census: Blair Co. Greenfield Twp. (Series M432, roll 755), p. 145b, lines 1-6, dwelling 128, family 130, 5 December 1850, "Susannah, 42, b. Pa."
11.  1880 PA Census: Blair Co. Greenfield Twp. (Series T9, roll 1103), Claysburg Village, ed 167, p. 1, lines 49-50 & p. 2, lines 1-9, dwelling 12, family 12, 3 June 1880, "Susan KLOTZ, 72, mother-in-law, widowed."
12.  Claysburg Reformed Cemetery, Claysburg, Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA, tombstone inscription.
13.  Ralph Dean Kluttz, The Descendants of Johann Jacob Klotz in America 1690-1990,  (The Delmar Company, Charlotte, NC, 1990), p. 539.
14.  Frederick S. Weiser, Pastor, Archivist, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland:  Parish Register 1788-1862,  (A.R. Wentz Library, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA, 2 November 1970), p. 8.
15.  Obituary, obituary of widow, 1887, unknown source, courtesy of Jon Shultz.
16.  Obituary, unknown source, courtesy of Jon Shultz.
17.  1850 OH Census: Sandusky Co. District No. 208, Scott Twp. (Series M432, roll 726), p. 55b, lines 34-38, dwelling 227, family 230, 21 September 1850, "Elizabeth KLUTZ, 48, $2000 Real Estate, b. Pa., cannot read or write."
18.  1860 OH Census: Sandusky Co. Jackson Twp. (Series M653, roll 1032), P.O. Fremont, p. 233a, lines 8-12, dwelling 1348, family 1290, 3 July 1860, "Elizabeth, 63, b. Penn."
19.  1870 OH Census: Sandusky Co. Jackson Twp. (Series M593, roll 1264), P.O. Fremont, p. 145b, lines 37-40 & p. 146a, lines 1-3, dwelling 63, family 66, 24 June 1870, "Elizabeth KLOTZ, 66, b. Pa., parents of foreign birth."
20.  1880 OH Census: Sandusky Co. Jackson Twp. (Series T9, roll 1063), ed 75, p. 4d, lines 32-38, dwelling 38, family 38, 2 June 1880, "Elisabeth KLUTS, 78, Mother, widowed, b. Pa., parents b. Pa."
21.  Obituary, unknown source, courtesy of Jon Shultz.
22.  Metzgar Cemetery, Scott Twp. Sandusky Co. OH, tombstone inscription, transcribed 20 Feb 2001 by Michael S. Caldwell.
23.  Frederick S. Weiser, Pastor, Archivist, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland:  Parish Register 1788-1862,  (A.R. Wentz Library, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA, 2 November 1970), p. 13.
24.  Ralph Dean Kluttz, The Descendants of Johann Jacob Klotz in America 1690-1990,  (The Delmar Company, Charlotte, NC, 1990), p. 539.
25.  Frederick S. Weiser, Pastor, Archivist, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland:  Parish Register 1788-1862,  (A.R. Wentz Library, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA, 2 November 1970), p. 15.
26.  Claysburg Reformed Cemetery, Claysburg, Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA, tombstone inscription, [reckoned from age at death, 35 yrs, 9 ms. & 14 days].
27.  Claysburg Reformed Cemetery, Claysburg, Greenfield Twp. Blair Co. PA, tombstone inscription.
28.  1850 PA Census: Blair Co. Greenfield Twp. (Series M432, roll 755), p. 147b, lines 15-21, dwelling 158, family 160, 6 December 1850, "Margaret KLUTZ, 31, b. Pa."