Some Ancestors and Descendants of Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania

Some Ancestors and Descendants of Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania by Elda Shantz Bardsley* T HE TSCHANZ (SCHANZ) FAMILY NAME occurs in several areas of the cantons of Bern and Zurich, Switzerland. Many fami¬ lies of that name in Germany are descended from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century emigrants from Switzerland. Several repre¬ sentatives of those Swiss “Einwanderer” families emigrated to Penn¬ sylvania during the eighteenth century.1 One Schanz family changed its name to Johns, from which family Johnstown, Pennsylvania, took its name. “Johns” may have been an attempt at phonetic spelling; or, perhaps the family may have known that the name is thought by some to have been derived from the French “Jean.”2 On the other hand, some families appear to have believed the name related to “Schanze,” meaning entrenchment, because a symbol for entrenchment was used on shields (wappen) hung in the Reformed Church in Sigriswil to which belonged the Tschanz family this study concerns.3 The Tschanz family of Sigriswil had been there for some time, the name note: The author, a native of Philadelphia, graduated from Temple University in 1947 with a bachelor's degree in political science and economics. In 1 948 shereceived a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, Massachusetts, and has pursued further studies in economics at the London School of Economics. She volunteers at the IntemationalExecutive Service Corps in Stamford, Connecticut. Mrs. Bardsley has been tracing her family for about seventeen years Her first publication was uThe Early Larzeleres, * New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 122, no. 4 (1991): 207—14; 123, no. 1 (1992): 35-39; and no. 2 (1992):97~102. The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Betty Shantz Bourquin, Pearl Shantz Keen, the late Edith Shantz Strickland, and the late Helen H. Snyder. She wishes to express appreciation to the staff of the Chester County Archives for their many helpful suggestions, and she also thanks Narona Gebert, E. B. Grubb, Marion Shantz Gellner, and Marilynn Munn Strand for their contributions. . 11 12 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine being included in the second group of pioneers listed in theJahrzeitbuch.4 Documentation of early individuals seems unlikely, as the records of the Sigriswil Reformed Church were lost in a fire in 1671. The first pastor (Pfarrer) after the fire, Daniel Mueller, recon¬ structed the records for the years 1642—1671 by interviewing parish¬ ioners.5 Despite the usual problems relating to genealogical research, a reasonable reconstruction of the family history for some ancestors and descendants of Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania, is pre¬ sented below. Apparent variant spellings of names and places in the following information are provided here as found in the original records. The arrival and registration at Philadelphia of two men named Jacob Tschanz within four days, on 5 October and 8 October 1737, seemed for some years to make distinguishing between them un¬ likely.6 The failure to list family members traveling with the Jacob Tschanz on the Townshend created additional problems in identify¬ ing him, his siblings, and descendants. The fact that names copied from gravestones in the Sprogell Cemetery, Potts town, Montgomery County, before it was closed and moved, duplicated some of the Schantzes on the Charming Nancy list added confusion.7 TheJacob Schantz listed as a passenger on the Charming Nancy was a member of the Amish group traveling in that vessel who later be¬ longed to the Conestoga congregation in Lancaster County.8 The Jacob Schantz who purchased land in Montgomery (then Philadel¬ phia) County is clearly identified as the one buried in Sprogell Ceme¬ tery by the dates of the Orphans* Court papers,9 and of his death in February 1781, attested by the surviving copy of the photograph of his gravestone.10 The Jacob on the Charming Nancy, having been con¬ nected to the Amish group as noted above, the one buried in Spro¬ gell, was assumed to have been the passenger on the Townshend. Werner Hacker equated the passenger on the Townshend with the Jacob Schantz whose manumission and departure in April 1737 were reported in his Auswanderungen aus Baden und dem Breisgau.u A record in the Bern Stadtsarchiv, dated 9 February 1737, states that Jacob Tschanz, oldest son of Ulrich, deceased, and his mother, asked to be permitted to take their property from Thun and go to Pennsylvania. In that record, the mother is stated to have been re¬ married to Hans Georg Kraus, of Blankenloch, near Karlsruhe, i Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 13 Baden, where they and four other children of the first marriage re¬ sided.12 A Hans Georg Kraus appears on the Townshend ship list with Jacob Schantz, supporting the identification.13 As no women or chil¬ dren were named among the passengers of the Townshend, the women or younger children who made and survived the voyage are unknown; it is possible that some of those buried in Sprogell Ceme¬ tery may have included younger children of Ulrich. No record of Hans Georg Kraus has yet been found in Pennsylvania. The church register of the Reformed Church at Blankenloch (1672-1738) records the death of Ulrich Tschanz on 30 May 1734, at age 47; the spouse’s name given is Anna Maria. This same church register also records the marriage, on 17 May 1735, ofJohann Georg Kraus, son of Johann Georg Kraus, to Maria Anna, widow of Urich Tschantsch (sic).14 In the record of his widow’s remarriage, Ulrich seems to be stated to have been born in Krenkelhaus or Krenkelhart, a place not yet identified, which may have been Maria Anna’s birth¬ place. Alternatively, the place name may have been a misunderstand¬ ing of Ringoltswil, the home of Ulrych Surer, sponsor at Ulrich Tschanz’ baptism,15 Ulrich Tschanz is also said to have been a salt¬ peter processor in that entry. Maria Anna’s second husband is called a saltpeter maker in Jacob’s and her application to remove property from Thun.16 The Blankenloch church register also includes listings for a Peter Tshanz, identified as from Sigriswil, Bern, and also as a saltpeter processor. Sigriswil is located on the eastern side of Lake Thun. On the assumption that Peter was Ulrich’s brother, Julius Billeter’s re¬ cords for Sigriswil were checked for males of the names and birth years indicated by the Blankenloch records. Peter and Ulrich Tschanz appear as the second and third sons of Peter Tschanz and Anna von Gun ten.17 A search of the baptismal register for the Re¬ formed Parish Church of Sigriswil shows that Ulrych Tschanz, third son of Peter Tschanz and Anna von Gun ten, was baptized 9 October 1687; sponsors were Ulrych Surer, Hans Kaeller, and Barbara Buseli.18 According to the same Sigriswil Reformed Church records, Ulrich Tschanz’s older brother, Peter, was baptised 28 September 1684. As second and third of four sons in the family, it is not surprising that they joined the exodus from Switzerland to those areas in southwest¬ ern Germany where economic opportunities were believed to be The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 14 better in consequence of the population losses and devastation of and after the Thirty Years* War. Around 1720, another set of Schanz brothers from Bern, Benedict and Hans (Jean) from Wichtrach, ap¬ peared in the church register at Weingarten, and later in Welschneureuth, both places close to Karlsruhe, Baden.19 An Al¬ brecht Schanz from Niedrichsdorf, Bern, and Johann Georg Schanz from Gondelsheim, Bern, are other immigrants in the same period from the same area.20 Thus far, more records have been found in the area around Karlsruhe for Peter than for Ulrich Tschanz, The Peter Tschanz who married Anna Margaretha Fechter in Niefern in August 1711 was said to be from Sigriswil, Bern, and son of Peter. Registration of that marriage confirms the Sigriswil baptismal record.21 Four children of Peter and Anna Margaretha have been identified22: i, Maria Barbara; bp. 1711 (?), Niefern, n.f.r. ii. Hanss Peter; d. 7 Aug. 1722, age 6, Blankenloch. in. Isaak; b. 20 Feb. 1718, Soellingen, n.f.r. iv. Georg Simon; b. 23 Feb. 1722, Blankenloch, n.f.r. Hans Jacob Tschanz, identified as son of the Ulrich who died in Blankenloch, received communion in 1735 in Weingarten, northeast of Karlsruhe, as a fifteen-year-old. Ulrich is reported as a soapmaker in that record.23 The Blankenloch and Weingarten records, together with the above-mentioned application to Thun to withdraw property, contradict the long stay in the Netherlands posited in “The Shantz Family” monograph of 1930. The religious affiliation of this family in the migrating generations is not completely clear. Ulrich Tschanz is listed as Reformed in the registration of his death in Blankenloch, but that may be an error. On the other hand, both he and Peter were baptised as infants in the Reformed Church, Sigriswil. A Peter Tschanz, probably their father, is listed as “Reisseckelmeister” in that church.24 As a former grena¬ dier, according to the Blankenloch marriage record, Hans Georg Kraus, the immigrant’s stepfather, is unlikely to have been a Mennonite. In any case, by 1750, when Jacob Schantz became a citizen in Pennsylvania, he was presumably a Mennonite, as he was among those who scrupled to take an oath.25 In 1753, he is reported to have contributed to the erection of the Coventry Mennonite Meeting House in Chester County, Pa., across the Schuylkill River from New ** * Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 15 Hanover (now Pottstown, Montgomery County) .26 Jacob’s first wife, tentatively identified as Magdalene, may have been a Mennonite. Jacob’s relict and probable second wife, Catherine, was a daughter of Christian Beary (Bieri) , whose family was associated with Coventry Mennonite Meeting; her nephew Christian, buried in that cemetery, is named as minister.27 Jacob’s son Isaac is listed as one of three men in the acquisition of land for the second Coventry Mennonite Meeting House.28 Isaac Shantz married Barbara Reiff, member of a family well documented as Mennonites, and their descendants in Canada include Mennonite ministers.29 No record has yet been found of Hans Georg Kraus in Pennsylva¬ nia, but it seems possible that the family of Valentine Kraus, a neigh¬ bor of Jacob Schantz, was related to him although the younger Jacob was merely called “trusty friend” as executor of Kraus’s will.30 ImmigrantJacob has not been identified in public documents be¬ tween his arrival in 1737 and his purchase of land in Philadelphia County (present Montgomery County) in 1746. On 9 May of that year, as Jacob Schance, he purchased 100 acres and buildings for £140 from Yost Fulhard and his wife Elizabeth, David Miller and his wife Hannah, the heirs of Mathias Creutzman. The land abutted the Schuylkill River; Creutzman had earlier purchased it from John Henry Sprogell.31Jacob mortgaged the same land for the same sum to Yost Fulherd, shoemaker, of Philadelphia County, and repaid the debt by 12 April 1749.32 In 1749, as Jacob Shans of New Hanover Township, Philadelphia County, he purchased 40 acres from Martin Orner of the same place, the property adjoining that owned byjames Brooke and Jacob Frick.33 In 1761, as Jacob Schans, he purchased 3 acres from James Brooke, of Hanover Township, and his wife Hanna.34 In 1762, as Jacob Shants, he purchased two tracts of land for £168 7s. from John Wenger, of “Emity” Township in Berks County, and Margaret his wife. One piece of this land, containing 70 acres 50 perches, abutted his own land, the Schuylkill River, and the Great Road leading to Philadelphia, with a small strip of land left for a burying ground (Sprogell Cemetery) ; the second parcel contained 9.75 acres.35 In 1765, as Jacob Shantz, he acquired from Jacob Frick (innholder) and his wife Catherine, a tract containing 1 acre 100 perches in New Hanover, abutting his own land and the Great Road leading from Reading to Philadelphia.36 In 1768, Jacob Schauntz — 16 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine bought fromJames Brooke of Limerick, trustee ofjames Brooke, late of Frankford and New Hanover, 2 acres 29 perches, with buildings, again abutting Jacob’s own land.37 In 1773, as Jacob Shontz of New Hanover Township, he purchased from David Longacre and his wife Barbara, also of New Hanover, four tracts in New Hanover— one of 106 acres, another of 110 acres, a third of 75 acres, and a fourth of 7 acres 128 perches all of which Longacre had acquired from the estate of Jacob High.38 When Jacob Shantz died, intestate, his estate included two tracts of land, one of 170 acres and the other about 300 — acres.39 In addition to their lands and animals, Jacob Shantz and his sons Isaac andJacob were all named on the tax list for distilleries in 1779,40 As noted above, immigrant Jacob died in February 1781. His estate was divided among his surviving children in response to the petition filed in Philadelphia Orphans’ Court.41 No evidence has been found to confirm that Jacob’s first wife was named Magdalena other than the presence of the name “Magdalena Schanz” on the list copied from Sprogell Cemetery gravestones. Inasmuch as a Magdalena Tschanz, who might have been a sister, ap¬ pears in the church record of Weingarten, Baden, additional confirmation of the identification is desirable.42 Schantz43: Children of Jacob and Magdalena (?) i. Isaac; b. 14Jan. 1748; d. 11 Nov. 1802.44 Isaac Shantz was stated to be the oldest surviving son of Jacob45in the petition for division of Jacob’s estate in 1781. He married Barbara, daughter of Christian Reiff.46 Their surviving children are enumerated in his estate papers as Abraham and Christian, adults; Isaac and David, minors above fourteen years; Fronica and Joseph, minors under fourteen years; and Maria, married to John Shoemaker, Another son, Samuel, is believed to be buried in Sprogell cemetery, the gravestone reading “SS.” It is perhaps worth noting that the list of items sold in Isaac’s estate included twelve books, Bibles, testaments and hymn books, and a Ready Reckoner. His widow Barbara signed documents with her name in German script, rather than with a mark. Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 17 Christian Shantz, the second son of Isaac and Barbara, purchased the two tracts of land in the estate, the eldest son, Abraham, not wishing to take them at the valuation. Christian conveyed the property to Abraham Stauffer on 29 March 181O.47 Conveyance was subject to the dower charge to be paid after Barbara Shantz’s death. In 1943, a petition was made to Orphans’ Court, Montgomery Co., Pa., to clear title to the land. The dower charge had never been claimed, because Barbara and her family had gone to Ontario, Canada, where she died in 1820.48 + 1. ii. Jacob. iii. Barbara(?); incomplete name on tombstone; no date; n.f.r.; perhaps named for maternal grandmother. iv. Mary; b. ca. 1755, named in Orphans’ Court petition; n.f.r.; possibly the “M. S.” in the Sprogell Cemetery list, v. Elizabeth; b. 29 Mar. 1760; d. 23 Mar. 1832; m. (1.) Peter Longacre, ca. 1758-179849; m. (2.) Jacob Painter (Benner) by 1816, when her son John Longacre died and she and Jacob Painter were named in the administration papers50; buried as Benter in Vincent Mennonite Cemetery, Vincent, Chester Co., Pa.51 The place in the family of three males named Schanz among those buried in Sprogell Cemetery, according to Grobb, has not been otherwise documented; Grobb noted one male as H. V. Tschanz, with no dates or other information. Because Jacob was listed as “Hans Jacob” in Baden, it seems possible that this person was actually H. U., for Hans Ulrich.52 If the family was following the German naming pattern, then this should have been the eldest son, named for his paternal grandfather Ulrich. In that case, theJacob born in 1748 was both younger twin and third son, named for his father. The same naming pattern would mean that their mother was the daughter of , and thatJacob’s second daughter should have been Isaac named for Maria Anna, her paternal grandmother. Alternatively, H. V. or H. U, may have been one of immigrantJacob’s siblings. The Abraham who died in February 1778, and Anthoni who died in March 1778 may have been children, grandchildren, or siblings of the immigrant Jacob. Neither was in the list of Non-Associators in 1776, so they may have been under or over the age of conscription then, or born thereafter. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 18 Jacob Schantz married (2.) Catherine Beary (Bieri). After his death, Catherine went to live in Vincent Twp,, Chester Co,, and died there in December 1797.53 Children of Jacob and Catharine (Bieri) Schantz54: i. Catharina; d. 21 Dec. 1789; m.John Herstein. ii. Susanna; b. 15 Mar. 1764; d. 27 Aug. 1838; m. Abraham Wenger. 111. Esther; b, 1767; d. 13 Mar. 1821; m. 6Jan. 1786 (as 2nd wife) Abraham Bergey,55 iv. Christian; b. 11Jul. 1769; d. 7 Apr, 1852.56 v. Magdalena; b. 1771; d. 19 May 1847; m. John Miller. *4 * 1. Jacob Shantz. The remainder of this family history will be con¬ cerned with the descendants of the Jacob Schantz, who was born 14 January 1748 in New Hanover, Montgomery Co., Pa., and moved to Coventry, Chester Co., about 1802. The name will be spelled here in most cases as “Shantz,” which is the way he appears to have spelled it, although the German script of his signature seems to have been misread. On 19 February 1782, Jacob purchased 300 acres of land in New Hanover from his brother Isaac and wife Barbara, in a deed which seems not to have been recorded but is referred to in a later deed dated 2 November 1800.57Jacob was named on the New Hanover tax list for 300 acres in 1785.58 In April 1800, Jacob purchased 241 acres 34 perches in Coventry, Chester Co., from John Rinehart, Isaac Shantz, and Elizabeth (Shantz) Longenaker, administrators of the estate of Peter Longenaker, Elizabeth’s deceased husband.59 This purchase con¬ sisted largely of land that Peter Longacre had acquired from the estate of his father, Jacob Longacre.60 In a deed of 2 November 1800, Jacob and Mary Shantz conveyed a small parcel to Conrad Keeler, weaver, also of New Hanover, which was described as part of 106 acres purchased from Isaac and Barbara Shantz on 19 February 1782.61 Witnesses were Isaac Shantz and Benjamin Markley. There appears to be an “M” in Mary’s signature which may have been her mark rather than a middle initial, but given that such families were near neighbors, she may have been a Moyer Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 19 or a Messimer by birth. Still, as residents of New Hanover,Jacob and Mary Shantz sold 10 acres to Henry Messimer, 7 November 1800.62 Then, on 8 April 1802, as of Coventry Twp., Chester Co.,Jacob and Mary Shantz sold 192 acres in New Hanover to Valentine Schalkop, land identified as having been purchased from Isaac and Barbara Schantz in 1782.63 Taken together, the land sales in New Hanover seem to account for the real property left by the father Jacob. In 1822, Jacob and Mary H. Shantz sold more than 106 acres in Coventry, Chester Co., to Jacob Shantz, Jr., with certain rights of house, garden, etc., maintained for Jacob (Sr.) during his natural life and for one year thereafter for the benefit of his said wife, Mary, if she should survive him.64 The next day, Jacob and Mary sold 120 adjacent acres to son Abraham, also of Coventry.65 Jacob appears in the 1820 census in Coventry as Jacob Shonce, next to anotherjacob Shonce, who can be identified as his son Jacob, and near his other surviving son, Abraham Shonce.66 According to his gravestone in Oak Grove Cemetery, Parkerford, Chester Co., Jacob Shantz died 11 March 1823.67 The settlement of Jacob’s estate included payments to Elizabeth (Shantz) Painter, rep¬ resenting interest on her dower from Peter Longenecker, deceased, and to her children, Isaac, Peter, andjacob Longenecker68; to Henry Rhodes, in right of his wife Esther (Longacre) Rhodes69; and to the children of Mary (Shantz) Stauffer, Jacob’s deceased daughter; to William Kellar, in right of his wife Mary, daughter of Peter Shantz, deceased; and to Jacob R., “other child of the deceased Peter.”70 , possibly Messimer Jacob1 Shantz married (1.) Mary (M?) or Moyer, who died 9 March 1805, aged 58, according to her grave¬ stone adjacent to Jacob’s.71 Shantz72: Children of Jacob1 and Mary (M?) 2. i. Catharina; b, 29 Sep. 1773; d.Jun. 18I4.73 + 3. ii. Peter; b. 4 Dec. 1776.74 + 4. iii. Jacob; b. Aug. 1780.75 + 5. iv. Abraham; b. 18 Aug. 1783.76 6, v. Barbara; n.f.r. after her father’s 1822 will Stauffer; d. by 1822, according to 7. vi. Mary; m. _ father’s will, 20 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Jacob1 married (2.) Mary, widow ofjohn Heneks, according to her gravestone.77 She is identified as “Sister Mary Shantz-nee Rinehart,” and is affiliated with the Parkerford Church of the Brethren in the History of the Church of the Brethren of the Eastern Disltrict of Pennsylva¬ nia.78 There are no children known of the marriage of Jacob and Mary (Rinehart) Heneks Shantz. Identities of the male and the fe¬ male under ten years of age in their household in the 1810 census is uncertain. Mary Ann and Jacob R. Shantz, children of Jacob’s de¬ ceased son Peter, had a guardian appointed after their grandfather’s death, by which time they were both over fourteen but still minors; however, they appear to be counted in their mother’s nearby house¬ hold in the 1810 census.79 The Second American-Born Generation 3. Peter2 Schanz (Jacob1) born in New Hanover, Montgomery Co,, Pa., 4 December 1776, according to his gravestone in Oak Grove Cemetery,80 He moved, as did his family, to Chester Co., Pa., and Peter Schantz was named as a tanner, of Coventry, in a deed recording the purchase of 32 acres 58 perches of land in Coventry, 25 April 1807, from Peter Turner.81 His cousin, Peter Longacre, son of Elizabeth (Shantz) Longacre, was apprenticed to him. Peter Shantz died 27 May 1810,82 leaving his widow and two young children. The inventory of his possessions at his death included household, farm, and tanning goods, and was valued at £728 12s. lOd. of goods and chattels, with a total estate of £1,211 0 s. 7d.83 The real estate was conveyed to his brother Jacob2 Shantz, called Junior. Peter Shantz married Susanna Rhodes (Roth), daughter of Henry of Charlestown, Chester Co. Susan renounced administration of her husband’s estate in favor of her father, Henry Roads, and father-inlaw, Jacob Shantz.84 Her father signed these documents “Heinrich Roth,” as he did his own will, under which Susanna inherited at least $208.89.85 Susanna signed her sampler “Susanna Rodes.”86 She ap¬ pears in Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., in the census of 1810, next to C. Schantz and E. Schantz, on the same page as both Jacob and Abra¬ ham Schantz and Peter Lonemaker.87 The C, Schantz and E. Schantz are probably Catherine, daughter ofJacob, who died in 1814, accord¬ ing to a gravestone in Oak Grove, and Elizabeth (Shantz) Longacre. Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 21 Susan has not yet been identified in the 1820, 1830, or 1840 census records. She purchased 3 acres 142 perches of land in East Coventry, 1 April 1845, abutting land owned by her son-in-law, William Keller,88 She lived there until about 1858, when she was persuaded to live with her daughter and son-in-law.89 Her name appears in the 1850 census next to that of William Keller, and in the 1860 census in his house¬ hold, with that adjoining dwelling empty.90 Susanna survived as a widow for fifty-four years. She died 20 Mar. 1864, aged eighty years and ten months, and was buried next to Peter in Brower Oak Grove, Parkerford, Chester Co., Pa,91 Children of Peter2 and Susanna (Rodes) Shantz: 6. i. Mary Ann (Maria Anna); m. William Keller, 5 Aug. 1824, East Vincent Reformed Church, Chester Co., Pa 92 + 7. ii. Jacob R(hodes). 4. Jacob2 Shantz, called Junior (Jacob1), was born in New Hanover, Montgomery Co., Pa., in 1780, as calculated from his gravestone.93 He moved to Chester Co., Pa., where he acquired land from the estate of his brother Peter, which was administered by their father,Jacob, and Henry Roads, 1 Apr. 1810.94 Of that property, he and his wife Eliza¬ beth subsequently conveyed 15 acres 52 perches to George Deemer on 31 Jul. 1813. Jacob, Jr., purchased a 4-acre wooded lot from George Prise 30 Dec. 1818.96 For some time, he had probably been farming the land in Coventry which he purchased from his father in 1822, as noted above. He also purchased two tracts of land from Nicholas Keiser in Apr. 1822.97 In 1828, Jacob, Jr., and Elizabeth entered into a deed of trust with Jacob Longenaker and his wife Phebe, as trustees for their children, covering a messuage and tract of 7 acres 5 perches, paid for by Elizabeth (Shantz) (Longacre) Painter,Jacob Longenaker’s mother.98 In 1835,Jacob2 Shantz entered into an agreement with John Place, representing the Schuylkill Navi¬ gation Company, to submit the valuation of two tracts of land, containing together 1 acre 56 perches, to arbitrators. The abitrators’ report was dated 15 Aug. 1835, but Jacob died intestate before executing the deed for the land, so his widow Elizabeth and the surviving children or their guardians executed a deed 1 Apr. 1837." Jacob Schantz,Jr., appears in the census of 1810 in Coventry, Ches¬ ter Co., with a female between 16 and 26 years and a child of each sex under 10. In the 1820 census, where he wasJacob Shonce, there 22 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine was one boy under 10, three girls under 10, and one girl 10—16 in the household.100 The 1830 census lists one boy less than 5 years, one boy in the 5 to 10 range, one 10-15, one 15-20, one 20-30, and four females under 20.101 Jacob2 died intestate, owning almost 200 acres, with an adminstration account totaling $19,142.102 According to Chester Co. Orphans* Court records for 1836, Enos and Emeline Shantz, his children, mi¬ nors under 14, had Jacob Chrisman appointed guardian; Sarah, a minor above 14, had Henry Chrisman appointed guardian, and Ja¬ cob, a minor child above 14, initially had his father’s brother Abra¬ ham appointed. When Abraham Shantz refused to act, John Kulp (Kolb) was appointed guardian.103 Jacob, Jr., owed a judgment to Frederick Setzler for $1,000, entered 14 Apr. 1831, on which payment appears to have been completed in 1843.104 About 1809, Jacob Shantz, Jr., married Elizabeth Moyer, daughter of Michael Moyer of Upper Providence, Montgomery Co., and widow of Paul Fry of the same place.105 In July 1813, Elizabeth’s name ap¬ pears in the deed of sale mentioned earlier. She was enumerated in the census of 1870 in East Coventry, in a household with her son Enos.106 Elizabeth survived until 14 Aug. 1878, when she was 83 years old.107 Children of Jacob2 (Junior) and Elizabeth (Moyer) Shantz: + 8. i. Isaac; b. 1 Feb. 1810. 9. ii. Samuel; b. 1811; d. 1834.108 10. iii. Jacob; b. 1813; d. 1815.109 11. iv. Catherine; b. 8 Oct. 1815; d. 29 Aug. 1853; m. Benjamin Prizer.110 12. v. Sarah; b. 4 May 1817; d. 12 Dec. 1836.in 13. vi. Elisa; d. 19 Oct. 1833.112 14. vii. Jacob; b. 1820; d. 1847.113 lS.viii. Henry Harrison; d. 14 Jan. 1838, aged 14-8-13.114 16, ix. Enos; b. 1824; d. 1904, n.m.115 17. x. Emeline; b. 1827; d, 1883; m. David G. Wells, 2 Jan. 1851.116 5. Abraham2 Shantz (Jacob1) was born 18 Aug. 1783, according to his gravestone, in New Hanover, Montgomery Co., Pa.117 He moved, as Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 23 did his parents and brothers, from Montgomery Co., across the Schuylkill River to Coventry, Chester Co., Pa. Of the 120 acres of land Abraham bought from his father, as noted above, he and his wife Mary sold 27 acres 35 perches to Henry Grubb on 13 May 1833.118 They sold 1 acre 76 perches in Jan. 1843 to Levi Smith,119 and sold a further 39 acres 29 perches on the "road leading to Shantz ford,” in Apr. 1847 to Isaac Buckwalter of East Vincent.120 In 1851, Abraham, still of East Coventry, sold 3 acres 73 perches of woodland to Conrad Longenecker, also of East Coventry, 121 In 1854, Abraham Shatz (sir), of Union Twp., Berks Co., where he was presumably living with his daughter Anna, wife of Isaac Yocom, sold 6.5 acres to Gilbert Brown of East Coventry, part of the land which Abraham had received from his father.122 Frederick Setzler had filed a judgment against Abraham which remained a lien on his real estate, but at Abraham’s request that the tract be discharged from the operation of the judgment, the tract was released.123 In March 1855, Abraham, still of Union Twp., Berks Co., sold 15 acres to William Sheeler of East Coventry, for $2,900.124 By April 1856, when he sold another parcel of 15 acres 80 perches to Samuel N. Rowland, Abraham Shantz was identified as of Philadelphia,125 where he was living in the household of Mary (Brower) Shantz, widow of two of his sons, Jacob S. and Abraham, Jr- 126 y Abraham appears in the Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., list of taxable inhabitants of 1807 as a laborer; in 1814 as a yeoman, in 1821 as a farmer, and in 1828 as an innkeeper.127 In the Chester County Ar¬ chives Index to Tavern Licence Petitions, he appears from 1822 through 1833, in five of those years for the place called “Farmers and Mechanics Hotel.”128 In the census of 1810 for Coventry, Chester Co., in the of household “Alem” or Abram Schantz, two adults are listed between 16 and 26 years, and a boy and a girl under 10.129 In the 1820 census, where his surname is spelled Shonce, Abraham’s house¬ hold comprised three boys under 10, one boy 10-16, one girl over 16, and one girl under 10.130 One female between 26 and 45 in the household was, of course, Abraham’s wife Mary, but the second fe¬ male has not been identified. By 1830, Abraham’s household in¬ cluded one male 20-30, one 15-20, one 10-15, and one 40-50.131 In 1840, the census listed one male 20-30, one 50-60, one female 20-30, and one 50-60.132 In 1850, Abraham and his housekeeper are counted twice, as families 223 and 241 in East Coventry.133 Abraham died in Philadelphia, 21 Feb. 1861.134 24 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Abraham2 Shantz married Mary, daughter of Nicholas Snyder of Vincent, Chester Co., Pa.135 According to her gravestone, Mary died 29 Jan. 1849.136 Children of Abraham2 and Mary (Snyder) Shantz: 137 10. b. 18 29 i. 18. S(nyder); + Jan. Jacob3 + 19. ii. Joseph; b. ca. 1811. + 20. iii. Abraham; b. 1813.138 + 21. iv. Amos; b. 31 Jan. 1816.139 22. v. Anna; b, 1818 in Coventiy, Chester Co,, Pa.; m. Isaac Yokum; d. in 1858, Union Twp., Berks Co. Pa.140 The Third Generation 7. Jacob3 R(hodes) Shantz (Peter2, Jacob1) was born 4 Jan. 1808, according to his gravestone in Oak Grove.141 There is no clear evi¬ dence who served as a surrogate father after the death of his father in 1810, although his grandfather Jacob appears to have been a guard¬ ian, On 5 Apr. 1831, Jacob purchased one parcel of land measuring 48 acres 104 perches and a second piece of 20 acres 72 perches in Vincent Twp., Chester Co,, from Samuel Haldeman for $1,750, which 142 Wiant to then he mortgaged Jacob Jacob R. Shantz and his wife appear to have farmed this property without the additional occupa¬ tional source of income, such as blacks mi thing, store, or tavern, which his uncles and cousins had. In 1858, Jacob and Lydia Shantz of East Vincent sold to Henry Huzzard 43 perches of land fronting on the road, a setback from the road which still pertains to the dwelling.143 According to the 1810 census,Jacob R. appears to have lived in the household of his widowed mother Susanna.144 He has not been iden¬ tified in either the 1820 or 1830 census. In 1840,Jacob R.’s household includes one boy 5-10, one 10-15, and a girl 5-10,145 The ten- to fifteen-year-old has not been identified. In the 1850 census, Jacob R/s household included his mother-in-law Elizabeth Grubb, and five surviving sons and daughter.146 By 1860, Elizabeth Grubb had died, but two younger children and a daughter-in-law were added to the household.147 Another son,Joseph W. Shantz, aged thirteen, can be found in the household of Jacob R.’s brother-in-law, William Kellar.148Jacob R, Shantz died 16Jun. 1863 in the Pennsylvania Hospital Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 25 for the Insane, Philadelphia.149 Proceeds from the sale of his real estate in 1867 were $6,472.29.150 Jacob R. married “Lidia” Harley, 27 May 1830. On their marriage certificate, a line is drawn through both “daughter of” and the blank space where the bride’s father should be named, although Jacob R.’s long-deceased father, Peter, is named in the appropriate space.151 Elizabeth Grubb is identified as Jacob’s mother-in-law in the 1850 census, as noted above.152 Elizabeth Harley and a daughter, aged under ten, appear together in a household in the census of 1820, on the same page as Elizabeth’s brothersJacob andJohn, and her father, Rudolph Harley.153 The History of Harleysville and Lower Salford Town¬ ship, 1886, contains a statement that an unnamed daughter of Rudolph Harley had an illegitimate child, the daughter later marry¬ ing and “becoming respectable.”154 Elizabeth is the only daughter not named in that source, but she is named in Rudolph Harley’s will.155 By the time of that will, January 1827, Elizabeth Harley had married Abraham Grubb as his second wife.156 Both Lydia Shantz and Elizabeth Grubb became members of the Brownback Reformed Church in 1836, although the Harley family was affiliated with the Coventry Brethren Church.157 Children of Jacob R(hodes) and Lydia (Harley) Shantz158: 22. i. Elizabeth4; b, 18 Feb. 1831, E. Vincent; d. 23 Oct 1907, Philadelphia, n.m.159 + 23. ii. William Penn; b. 26 Jul. 1832.160 24. iii. Jacob Abraham; b. 26Jul. 1837; d. 1838.161 + 25. iv. David Peter; b. 31 Mar. 1842.162 + 26. v. George Washington; b. 7 Sep. 1844.163 + 27. vi. Joseph Wiley; b. 12 Sep. 1846.164 + 28. vii. Isaac Israel; b. 4 Feb. 1849.165 + 29. viii. Benjamin Wesley; b. 22 Oct 1850.166 ix. Mary Ann; b. 9Jun. 1854; d. 13 May 1872; n.m.167 6. Isaac3 Shantz (Jacob2,Jacob1) was born 1 Feb. 1810/31 Jan. 1810 in Coventry, Chester Co., Pa,168 As the oldest surviving son, and as administrator of the estate of his father, Jacob Shantz, Jr., Isaac sold 62 acres 66 perches of land on 5 Feb. 1838 for $4,406.32 to William 26 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine B. Hahn, M.D., of Limeric, Philip Hahn, merchant, and Samuel Sharpless, coachmaker, of Norristown, as tenants in common.169 He sold an additional 10 acres 36 perches of land to Jacob Custer on 3 170 Apr. 1838. Isaac purchased, for $2,222.52 on 14 Apr. 1838, part of his father’s former property, subject to his mother’s right of dower, from Henry Christman and his wife Eleanor.171 In 1839, he acquired from Eliza¬ beth (Moyer) Shantz and Frederick Yost, executors for Catherine Moyer, 5 acres, which Isaac and his wife Catherine (Christman) Shantz sold the same day to Elizabeth Shantz, Isaac’s mother.172 In 1841, Isaac and Catharine Shantz sold 2 acres 27 perches of land to Matthias Kolb. This was part of the estate of Jacob Shantz, Jr,, ad¬ judged to Isaac, subject to payment of $275 dower to Elizabeth Shantz,Jacob’s widow, Isaac’s mother.173 In 1848, Isaac was the high¬ est bidder for two lots of the estate of Abraham Mowrer.174 In 1850, Thomas Hippie and his wife Violetta conveyed to Isaac 2 acres, sub¬ ject to the payment of a dower to Elizabeth Shantz.175 Isaac acquired a further 2 acres from Jonah and Edward Fudge, executors of the last will and testament of Job Fudge, subject to the interest of Fudge’s widow and relict, in April 1855.176 Isaac3 Shantz appeared in the 1840 census for Coventry, Chester Co.177 He was listed in the 1850 census with his wife Catharine, three sons, and a daughter.178 In the 1860 census, the family appears with Catherine as its head, and with Isaac’s bachelor brother Enos in the household.179 Isaac died 21 Dec. 1852 of typhoid fever.180 His brother Enos administered the estate, which totaled $6,109.68,181 Isaac3 Shantz married (1.) Esther Koons, daughter of John and Elizabeth Koons, of Limerick, Montgomery Co., 30 Oct. 1832.182 Es¬ ther died 22 Apr. 1834.183 There are no known children. He married (2.) Catharine Christman, who survived him until 28 Jul. 1866.184 Children of Isaac3 and Catherine (Christman) Shantz: 31. i. Jacob; d. 5 days.185 32. ii. Lewis M.; b. 1840; d. 20 Feb. 1865.186 33. iii. Isaac Irwin; b. 3 Feb. 1842; d. 13 July 1851.187 34. iv. Eleanor Elizabeth; b. 1844; d. 6 Nov. 1869; m. Abraham Stauffer, 26 Dec. 1867.188 None of their children survived the parents or had progeny.189 + 35. v. Enos S.; b. 1846.190 Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 27 vi. Jennie; no dates inscribed on the gravestone. 37. vii. Henry; no dates inscribed on the gravestone. Research has uncovered another woman whose relationship to this family is not clear. Hannah Shantz, reported as 24 years of age, is enumerated in the 1850 census for Isaac’s household; she received a small payment in his administration accounts. Hannah married William Ash, 4 Sep. 1858, and died S Feb, 1903,191 She is not identi¬ fied as a family member in Isaac’s estate papers, nor in those of his father. 36. 18.Jacob3S(nyder) Shantz (Abraham, Jacob1) was born 29Jan. 1810 in Coventry, Chester Co., Pa.192 He was entered asJacob Shantz in the petitions for tavern licenses in 1834-36 for “Shantz’s Tavern”; in 1837 for “Lawrenceville Hotel”; in 1838 for “Farmers and Mechanics Tav¬ ern,” the name his father had used for his tavern. In 1839, he called his tavern “General Washington Crossing the Delaware.” His name appears as Jacob S. Shantz in 1842, and, for the last time, in 1843, without the middle initial and with no name given for the tavern.193 Jacobs S. Shantz appears in the 1840 census with three boys and one girl in the household.194 He died intestate, of epilepsy, 10 Jul. 1845.195 No land is mentioned in the appraisal, and only his half of the store, in which he was partner with his brother Abraham, the total value being $1,399. Some items listed in the inventory seem to be the tavern or hotel equipment, such as twelve “bred” baskets and twelve table cloths.196 Jacob S. Shantz married Mary Brower, and after his death, she administered his estate.197 Mary Shantz applied for tavern licenses in 1846 and 1851198; she subsequently married Jacob’s brother, Abra¬ ham, under whose name further details about Mary will be found.199 Children of Jacobs S. and Mary (Brower) Shantz200: i. Benjamin Franklin4; b. 1836.201 + 38. + 39. ii. William H(enry) H(arrison); b. ca. 1837. 40. iii. Mary Ann; d. aged 7 weeks, 4 Oct. 1842 202 19. Joseph3 Shantz (Abraham2, Jacob1) was born about 1811. His connection to this family is as yet undocumented, but George F. P. Wanger placed him in the family line, perhaps based upon informa¬ tion from contemporary family members.203 Joseph would appropriately fit as the fourth young male in Abraham Shantz’s 28 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine household in the 1820 census.204 He was described as, variously, a merchant,205 commissioner of highways,206 pension agent, and con¬ tractor; his residence is given as Falls of Schuylkill or Ridge Avenue.207 He appears in the census of 1850 with a wife, Mary A., and a daughter, Josephine, then thirteen.208 In the census of 1880, his household includes Josephine Woodhouse, age forty-three, and Mary Woodhouse, age eight.*” Joseph died in 1883, leaving his estate to his wife, Mary Ann Shantz. Joseph Shantz married Mary Ann Evans, daughter of Robert Evans, 10 Jan. 1837, when they were both described as of Philadelphia.211 Mary Ann Shantz died 11 Feb. 1886, leaving her estate to the Guar¬ antee Trust Company, in trust for her daughter Josephine Woodoio house, and granddaughter Mary Woodhouse. Child of Joseph and Mary Ann (Evans) Shantz: Woodhouse. i. Josephine; m. 41. 20. Abraham3 or Abram Shantz (Abraham2,Jacob1) was born in 1813, according to his gravestone.213 He shared in business with his brother, Jacob S. Shantz, in Coventry, Chester Co., Pa. After Jacob’s death, Abraham1 ran a hotel in Pottstown, Montgomery Co., where Jacob’s widow, Mary, and her sons also lived.214 Abrahanr became proprietor of the Black Bear Hotel, South Fifth Street, Philadelphia.215 In 1858, as Abraham Shantz of Philadelphia, he purchased property on the east side of Hanover Street, north of Walnut Street, in Pottstown, which his widow later sold.216 In the 1850 census Abraham3 was enumerated in Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pa., with his sister-in-law and nephews living in his household.217 He died in Philadelphia, 14Jan. 1860, “in the forty-sev¬ enth year of his age,” leaving his estate to his wife Mary, with her brother, Abraham Brower, as co-executor.218 Abraham3 Shantz married his brother’s widow, Mary Brower Shantz, on 3 Apr. 1855.219 There are no children known of this mar¬ riage, For many years, Mary ran a boarding house or hotel in Phila¬ delphia, where her father-in-law, Abraham Shantz, was living at the time of his death.220 In the 1870 census for Philadelphia, Maty is listed as head of household, and her brother Abraham Brower is listed as a hotel clerk.221 Brower’s daughter is also listed in the household. Mary’s son, listed as Harry, age thirty-two, must be the one called William in the 1850 census, for he was named as William H. H. Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 29 Shantz, as executor and residuary legatee of her will.222 Carrie Shantz, age nine, also resided in the household when the 1870 census was taken; she is identified in Mary’s will as the daughter of her son, Benjamin Franklin Shantz. Mary Brower Shantz died in Philadel¬ phia,June 1905, at age ninety-one, and is buried in Parkerford, Ches¬ ter Co., next to Abram Shantz.223 21. Amos3 Shantz (Abraham2, Jacob1) was born 31 Jan. 1816 in Coventry, Chester Co., Pa.224 He lived in Somers, Westchester Co., N.Y., and in Philadelphia before moving to Illinois. Amos appears in McElroy’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1859;325 and in GopsilPs Philadel¬ phia City Directory, 1861 through 1872, as a contractor. In the 1880 census, Amos was enumerated, identified as a book¬ keeper, in New Trier, Cook Co., 111., with his wife Jane, and daughters Mary and Alice, near his son Charles R. Shantz.226 He has not yet been found in earlier census records. He died in Wilmette, Cook Co., 111., 29 Nov. 1883, and is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago.227 Amos was married, 4Jan. 1841, in Somers, N.Y., to Jane Dingee, of Somers.228 Jane died on 20 Oct. 1906 at Wilmette, 111., having lived there for thirty-five of her eighty-seven years.229 Children of Amos and Jane (Dingee) Shantz230: + 42. i, Charles4; b. 19 Nov. 1841.231 + 43. ii. Edward. 44. iii. Mary Ann; b. 3 Oct. 1844, Westchester Co., N.Y.; d. 12 Jan. 1911, Los Angeles, California.232 45. iv. Jane Elizabeth; b. 14 Jan. 1848, Pawling, N.Y.; d. after 1930, probably in Hutchinson, Kansas, although no death record has been found in the last three known places of residence. Jane married George Munn; only their son Clark is known to have had children.233 46. v. Harriet Pomroy; b. 14 Sep. 1846; d. 21 Sep. 1847.234 47. vi. Joseph; b. 18 Mar. 1849, N.Y.; d. 7 Sep. 1850.235 48. vii. Josephine; b. 13 Aug. 1852, Irvington, N.Y.; d. 16 Feb. 1863, Philadelphia, Pa,236 49. viii. Alice; b. 16 Oct. 1854, New York, N.Y.237 30 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine The Fourth Generation 23. William4 Penn Shantz (Jacob3 R., Peter2, Jacob1) was born in East Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., 26Jul. 1832.238 He was enumerated with his parents in the censuses of 1850 and I860.239 He worked his father's farm, and Jacob R. was preparing to transfer it to William, according to the younger brother, Isaac, when William died 17 Aug. 1862.240 William married Ann, daughter of Abraham Custer, 12 Nov. 1859.241 Ann married a second husband, Samuel Childs, and lived until 1908.242 Child of William4 and Ann (Custer) Shantz: 50. i. Jacob5 C(uster) Shantz; b. 7Jun. 1861, calculated from his gravestone; d. 28 Apr. 1887, E. Pikeland243; m. Hattie C. Towers, 8 Mar. 1883.244 Child: Irvin Towers Shantz (23 Mar. 1884-3 Oct. 1961); m. Annie S. Jones, Apr. 1904.245 24, David4 Peter Shantz (Jacob3 R,, Peter2,Jacob1) was born 31 March 1842, East Vincent, Chester Co,246 By 1862, he was already working away from the home farm.247 In 1867, David purchased 15 acres 120 perches of land for $2,260 from Andrew Speer and his wife Rebecca.248 The land fronted on the road leading from the ridge road to Lawrenceville (present Parkerford) in East Coventry. In the 1870 census, David4 appears in East Coventry with a wife, son, and daughter.249 In 1880, the household includes three sons and two daughters.250 By the time the 1900 census was taken, only one son remained at home.251 By 1910, their daughter, Lydia R. Shantz, had returned to live with her parents.252 David4 Peter Shantz died 15 Mar. 1924 253 No estate papers have been found, He married (Malinda) Violetta Lyle on 5 May 1866, in Pottstown, Mon tgomery Co.254 The celebration of their fiftieth wedding anni¬ versary in East Coventry was reported in the local press.255 Malinda Violetta died 1Jan. 1919.256 Children of David4 Peter and Malinda Violetta (Lyle) Shantz: 51. i, Joseph W.; b. 2 Sep. 1868; d. Oct. 1940; m. 9 Sep, 1899, Emma Honberger; children: Lillian and Mary.257 Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 31 52. ii. Mary E.; b. 1869; d. aged 5-8-8.258 53. iii. Albert Sylvanus; b. 22 Mar. 1872, d. 10 Apr. 1933, North Coventry, n.m.259 54. iv. Lydia Rachel; b. 1873; d, 27 Nov. 1953, North Coventry, Chester Co., 27 Nov. 1953; n.m.260 55. v. Jacob Milton; b. 15 Nov. 1874; d. 10 June 1969 at Trappe, Montgomery Co., Pa.; m. 31 Dec. 1902, at Trappe, to Sally Kulp Keely.261 56. vi. Ella Elizabeth; b. 2 Jul. 1877; d. 22 Jul. 1960; m. Edward Merkey; children: Charles, Jenny. 262 57. vii. David Samuel; b. Aug. 1879.263 58.viii. Henry E.; b. 26 Apr. 1886, d. Mar. 1950; m. (1.) Matilda Seaser, at West Chester, 31 Dec. 1908, who d. 2 Feb. 1919, Phoenixvlle; m. (2.) Mary (Vida) Brish (Bruch); children: Ethel Mary, Catharine, Henry and James.264 Apparently three other children of David Peter and Malinda Violetta (Lyle) Shantz, their names unknown, died young.265 26. George4 Washington Shantz (Jacob3 R., Peter2, Jacob1) was born 7 Sep. 1844. In the spring of 1861 he went to work for a neighboring farmer, Isaac Rosen. As G. Washington Shantz of South Coventry, he purchased 44 acres 77 perches of land in East Coventry, from John Plett and his wife Mary, on 31 Mar. 1882, for $2000.267 On 12 May 1899, George W. Shantz and his wife Sarah, with seven other couples, sold a creamery and 114 perches of land in North Coventry, which they had acquired in 1891, to Jacob Scholl.268 In the 1870 census, George was listed with a wife, a daughter, his sister Mary Ann, and nephew Jacob C. Shantz in his household.269 According to the 1880 census, he had two sons and three daughters at home.270 By 1900, only two daughters and one son lived at home.271 George4 Washington Shantz died intestate, 31 Jul. 1907, in East Coventry.272 The inventory totaled $1,017.32.273 He married Sarah A. Haldeman, also of East Vincent, at Norris¬ town, 23 Nov. 1867.274 Children of George4 Washington and Sarah (Haldeman) Shantz: 59. i. Carrie E.5; b. Jul. 1868; d. 1906; m. Edwin Folk, 22 Dec. 1892.275 32 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 60. ii. Anna Laura; b. 1870; d. 1945; m. Cyrus F.Keen, 23 Nov. 1897.276 61. iii. Benjamin; b. 28 Dec. 1872; d. 19 Apr. 1874.277 62. iv. Elmer H.; b. 27 Apr. 1875, E. Pikeland, d. 24 May 1940; m. 12 Oct. 1907, Ethel High; children: Emma, Milton,278 63. v. Howard H.; b. 1876, d. Nov. 1913; bur. Plainfield, N.J; 279 m. Marne 64. vi. Mary Ada (Marne); b. Oct 1879; d. Oct. 1943280; m. Edgar Ebert, 20 April 1904; son: Horace.281 65. vii. George H.; b. 30 Nov. 1881; d. Apr. 1949; m. Rebecca Ortlip, May 1904; children: Gerald, Henry, Helen.282 66. viii. Ida Elizabeth (Ida Lizzie); b. Apr. 1883; d. 16 Mar. 1968; m. Walter Clevenstine; children: Anna, Walter.283 27. Joseph4 W. Shantz (Jacob3 R,, Peter2, Jacob1) was born in East 4 Vincent, 12 Sep. 1846. At the time of the 1860 census, he was counted in his Uncle William Keller’s household and, perhaps, had begun to be trained as a blacksmith by Keller,285 Although documents clearly identifying Joseph as a member of a military unit in the Civil War have yet to be found in Pennsylvania, Chester, or Federal records, a family story that he served in that war also reports that he was a deserter. What was recalled as desertion may have been absence without leave, and he may have returned to his post. A photograph in the family collection, thought to be of Joseph, has the name of a Gettysburg photographer on the back, but the person in the photo¬ graph is not wearing a uniform. Apparendy,Joseph did not return to his family after the death of his mother in 1867, nor did he claim his share in the distribution of his father’s estate, for David Finkbiner applied in 1879 for letters of administration forJoseph’s estate, saying 286 ; that he was believed dead as of May 1871 That estate was equivalent to Joseph’s share in his father’s estate. Joseph4 W. Shantz has not yet been found in any census record after 1870, wherein he was enumerated in the Ninth Ward in Phila¬ delphia with two other young men, in what may have been a tempo¬ rary military posting. Only the first three letters of the occupation are decipherable: “USR,”287 No listing in the Philadelphia City Direc¬ tory was found to clarify identification of the group. Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 33 According to her will, Elizabeth Shantz, an older sister, had loaned $100 to her brother Joseph in 1881. As she ordered that amount deducted from his share in her estate, he evidently had not repaid the loan by 1902, the year she made her will.288 In her estate papers, there is a receipt for that share, signed by Joseph W. Shantz, “also known as John Wiley,” dated 8 April 1908, in Post, Garza, Texas.289 The names of the witnesses to that receipt indicate that they were not family members.Joseph’s use of one alias suggests the possibility that more may have been used, making tracing difficult. Garza County reports no death record for him in either name, and no other records have yet been found.290 28. Isaac4 Israel Shantz (Jacob3 R., Peter2,Jacob1) was born 4 Feb.1849 in East Vincent, Chester Co., Pa.291 He states in his autobiography that he had little schooling after his father’s death in 1863, Isaac purchased a parcel of land in East Pikeland in Mar. 1874 from Nicholas Vanderslice and his wife Elizabeth.292 He bought another parcel on 1 Apr. 1875 from Rev. W. Weaver and Susan C. Weaver, which he sold in 1877, together with the first parcel, to Henry Francis of Spring City.293 In April 1895, Isaac and his wife Louisa were parties, with Enos F. Grubb and his wife, to a conveyance of the Spring City Creamery to David D. Funke, et al.294 InJuly 1899, Isaac’s wife, Louisa, purchased a brick house on Ridge Avenue in Spring City, which was sold in November 1899 toJacob W. Markley of Skippack, Montgomery Co.; Isaac also signed papers in this transaction.295 Isaac and Louisa, together, as of Spring City, sold a brick dwelling and lot at the corner of Broad and Wall Streets to Milton Latshaw and Andrew Tyson, in November 1900, which Isaac had acquired from Jacob H. Elliott and his wife on 30 May 1900.296 Isaac appears in the 1870 census as a single farm laborer in the household of Martin Huntzburger in East Vincent.297 He was enu¬ merated with his own family in the 1880 census in East Pikeland, Chester Co.298 He appears in the 1888-89 Chester Co. Farmers* Di¬ rectory as being near Setzler’s Store (Parkerford), East Coventry.299 In the census of 1910, Isaac was listed as an inmate of the Chester County Insane Hospital in West Bradford.300 In the 1920 census, he was still an inmate of this institution.301 and died in 1927, after having lived there for twenty-six years.302 34 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Isaac4 Shantz married Louisa Boyer after the census of 1870. In 1904, Louisa purchased a dwelling in Spring City near the comer of Cedar and Bridge streets, where she was living with her granddaugh¬ ter Edith at the time of the 1920 census.303 After Isaac’s death, she conveyed that property to her son Edwin.304 Louisa died in 1930 and is buried in Oak Grove with Isaac.305 Children of Isaac4 and Louisa (Boyer) Shantz: 67. i. Harry5; b. 30 Dec. 1871; d. 11 May 1872.306 68. ii. Edwin M.; b. 4 Oct. 1874, E. Pikeland; d. 20 Apr. 1954, E. Vincent, m, Alice Strough, 31 Oct. 1896; children: Warren, Annie (Keeley), John, Thelma (Kersberger) , 307 69. iii. Irvin Boyer; b. 9 Oct. 1876; d. 15 Aug. 1938; m. Sarah Brewer, 2 Nov. 1898; child: Milton L.308 70. iv. Willis S.; b. 21 Sep. 1878; d. 30 Dec. 1929; m. Idella S. Kratz, 1 Feb. 1902; children: Edith (Strickland), Kathryn (Moyer), Irma (Bechtel), Ada (Miller), Sara ( Walleigh), Grace (Loomis), Mellis (Clevenstine), Webster, John K., Joseph M., Clarence.309 71. v. Ira; b. 16 Sep. 1880; d. 4 Dec. 1908; m. Emma Keeley, 31 May 1902; children: Walter, Margaret, N. Roy, Grace, Ira.310 72. vi. Elmer Prizer; b. 16 Oct. 1883; d. 26 Oct. 1962; m. Mabel Weaver; children: Mildred (Huzzard), Pearl (Keen), Laura (Christman), Helena (Wright), Melissa.311 73. vii. John Davis; b. I Apr. 1886; d. 18 Sep. 1957, Lititz, Lancaster,Co., Pa.; m. Sarah Pennybacker, 20 April 1917. Children: Ida (Royer), Marion (Gellner).312 29. Benjamin4 Wesley Shantz was born in East Vincent, Chester, Pa., 22 Oct. 1850.313 He appears in his father’s household in the 1860 census.314 He has not been found in the 1870 census, but appears in the 1880 and 1900 censuses in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. 5 Ben¬ jamin joined the Chestnut Hill Methodist Episcopal Church about the time of his first marriage in 1874.316 He is listed in the GopsilTs Philadelphia City Directory as a carriage maker317 and, later, as a butcher.318 He died “suddenly,” 3 Jul. 1910, according to the death Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 35 319 notice.31* He married (1.) Ella E. Shermer, 9Jul. 1874.320 She died 25 321 1896. Apr. Children of Benjamin W. and Ella (Shermer) Shantz: 74. i. Wesley Titus; b. 13Jun. 1876; d. 16 Mar. 1959; m. Adah Irene Quay, 19 Oct 1898322; children: Warren, Horace, Miriam (Robinson), Raymond, Irma (Hibberd), Elizabeth (Bourquin). 75. ii. Lydia M.; b. 14 Mar. 1878, d. 15 Aug. 1879.323 76. ili. Harry Schock; b. 1 Oct. 1880, d. 4 May 1930324; m. Catharine A, Cummings, 5 Sep. 1903325; children: Henry, Arthur. 77. iv. Jennie E.; b. 22 Jun. 1883.326 78. v. Blaine Logan; b. 29 Jun. 1884; d. 26 Nov. 1959; m. Elda M. Larzelere, 14 Sep. 1910327; children: Alexander, Arthur, Elda (Bardsley). 79. vi. Howard M.; b. 6 Dec. 1885; d. 3 Feb. 1968; m. Elsie E. Jones, 1 Feb. 1907328; children: Clifford, J. Marvin. 80. vii. Laura M.; b. 7 May 1894; d. 6 Dec. 1978329; m. (1.) Thomas S. Lackman, 24 Apr. 1916330; m. (2.) William Jamison. Benjamin W. Shantz married (2.) Ella E. C. Thompson, 5 Oct. 1904.331 She died in 1948.332 Children of Benjamin W. and Ella (Thompson) Shantz: 81. i. Edith Eleanor; b. 3 Dec. 1905; d. 29 Sep. 1956; no known children 333 82. ii. Marian Esther; b. 1 Dec. 1906; d. 19 July 1968; n.m.334 83. iii. Elizabeth Gertrude; b. 8 Sep. 1908; d. 14 May 1967; n.m.335 84. iv. Dorothy Wesley; b. 22 Aug. 1910; d. 25 May 1983336; m. Bertram Messick, New York, N.Y., 30Jun. 1934337; children: David, Joan. 35. Enos4 S. Shantz (Isaac3, Jacob2, Jacob1) was born in 1846 in East Coventry, Chester Co., Pa. In March 1870, Enos S. Shantz and Oliver Keeley, trading as Shantz and Keeley, purchased from Samuel Smith and his wife Emily, Joseph Johnson and his wife Hannah, and Enos 36 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine S. Shantz, a town lot on Main Street in Springville (later Spring City), containing 7,598 sq, ft.338 Later that month, Enos alone acquired from David S. Taylor and his wife Maty A., a town lot on South Main Street in the Borough of Springville. On 29 May 1871, Enos and his wife Lavinia conveyed to Oliver Keeley a parcel on south Main Street containing 33,473 sq. ft., part of two lots that Enos had earlier obtained. 0 The same day, Enos and Lavinia sold to David Finkbiner a piece of land of 2,800 sq. ft. on South Main Street adjoining Finkbiner’s own property.341 As executor and as heir of his father Isaac, Enos, together with Abraham Stauffer his sister Elbe’s heir, and Enos’s second wife Mary E. Shantz sold, to Benjamin Ivey of East Coventry, the messuage, storehouse, tenement, and tract, beginning at the low water mark of the River Schuylkill at the center of the abutment of the Lawrenceville Bridge. This property comprised two tracts; one had been adjudged to Isaac, Enos’ father, from his father Jacob2 ’s estate; the other was a piece that Isaac had obtained from Henry Christman and his wife.342 The same parties, with the addition of Abram Stauffer’s second wife Ada, conveyed to George Stubblcbine of East Coventry, a tract on Chestnut Hill in North Coventry which Isaac3 Shantz had obtained from the estate of Job Fudge.343 In July 1877, Enos, now identified as of Philadelphia and a stove manufacturer, and his wife Mary, sold to Anna Keeley, wife of Joseph Keeley, late of Philadelphia, now of Spring City, a lot that Enos had purchased from Ethan A. Bickel and his wife in April 1874.344 The Keeleys were the parents of Enos’s late first wife and of Oliver Keeley, his partner. The same day, Enos and Mary sold to Anna Keeley a lot with a three-story messuage on Main Street next to land Anna had acquired from David Finkbiner.345 Enos was listed as a stove manu¬ facturer, partner in Shantz and Keeley, in GopsilPs Philadelphia City Directory Tor 1874.346 Enos S. Shantz died 27 Aug. 1880 in Kane, Pa.347 Some of the records concerning the management of his estate for his minor chil¬ dren appear in Philadelphia Orphans’ Court records, some in Montgomery Co., and the final accountings in Chester Co., with cop¬ ies in the Chester County Historical Society files. One-half of his estate was set for the use of his wife Mary, one-quarter to Joseph Keeley in trust for Joseph L. Shantz, and one-quarter to Matthew Newkirk in trust for the daughter of the second marriage, Mary W, Shantz.348 Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 37 Afire destroyed the stove factory on 5Jul. 1881. The other partner, O. B. Keeley, was killed in a train wreck near Spuyten Duyvil in Janu¬ ary 1882.349 Enos S. Shantz married (1.) Lavinia Keeley in Philadelphia, 15 Dec. 1870.350 She died in Oct. 1871.351 Child of Enos S. and Lavinia (Keeley) Shantz: 85. Joseph5 K. L. Shantz; b. 1871; presumed to be the child of Enos and Lavinia,352 The relationship is confirmed by his appearance in the 1880 census in the household of his grandfather, Joseph Keeley, who was appointed his trustee. He appears in the 1900 census in the household of his grandmother, Ann (a) Keeley.353 Enos married (2.) Mary E. (Walton) , who is listed in GopsilVs Phila¬ delphia Directory for 1892 as the widow of Enos,354 She died in October 1895, leaving her estate to her sister, Sarah Walton, and after Sarah’s death to daughter Mary.355 Child of Enos S. and Mary (Walton) Shantz: 86. Mary5 W(al ton); b. Jan. 1876; in 1900, living in Williamsport, Lycoming Co., Pa., with Sarah Walton,356 38. Benjamin4 Franklin Shantz (Jacob3 S., Abraham2,Jacob1) was born in East Coventry in 1836. He served one hundred days as a private in Company BF, 197th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War,357 In the 1860 census, he appears in his mother’s household, with his first wife Almira.308 In the 1870 census, he appears with a second wife,Jane, and three daughters, his profession given as clerk in Internal Reve¬ nue.359 In the 1880 census he appears with a wife Jennie and three daughters, still living in his mother’s household.360 By 1893, according to GopsilVs Philadelphia Directory,561 Jennie and what was probably her sister were running a boarding house. B. Franklin Shantz died in 1900, and is buried with both wives in Oak Grove Cemetery, Parkerford.362 He married (1.) Almira Banks, who died in 1863,363 Child of B. Franklin and Almira (Banks) Shantz: 87. i. Carrie Banks: b. 3 Mar. 1864(P); m. Edgar B. Shriver, 2 Oct. 1900.304 B. Franklin Shantz m. (2.) Jane Boyd Thomas, who died in 1911.365 38 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Children of B. Franklin and Jane B. (Thomas) Shantz: 88. i. Mary T.; b. 15 Nov. 1868; d. 13 Jan. 1928; m. William A. Pierce, 24 Oct. 1889.366 89. ii. Lillian E.; b. 28 Jan. 1870; m. Charles E. B. Fryer, 15 Dec. 1892.367 39. William4 H. H. Shantz (Jacob3 S., Abraham2, Jacob1) was born in East Coventry, ca. 1837. He served one hundred days as a captain in Company BF, 197th Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War.363 He was in his mother’s household in the 1860 census, in which he was listed as a turner in gold, and in the 1880 census, where he was listed as a turner.369 GopsilVs Philadelphia City Directory listed him as a storekeeper, and later as a clerk.370 William was his mother’s execu¬ tor and residuary legatee. No offspring of his were named in Mary’s will, but a Harry Shantz, Jr., is buried (with no dates or other infor¬ mation) in Oak Grove Cemetery, near his presumed uncle, B. Frank¬ lin Shantz.371 William H. H. Shantz died at age seventy-six, Dec. 27, 1913, leaving his estate to the daughter of friends.372 40. Charles4 R. Shantz (Amos3, Abraham™, Jacob1) was born at High Bridge, Westchester Co., N.Y., 19 Nov. 1841,373 He was in Philadelphia, according to city directories, from 1859 to 1874.374 He appeared in the 1880 census in New Trier, Cook Co., Ill,,375 listed there as a manufacturer of neckties, with two sons and a daughter at home. In 1899, he and his partner, James M. McCunn, of Park Manufacturing Company, making neckties, assigned their property to Samuel A. Patterson in Monmouth Co., N.J., for the benefit of their creditors.376 Charles appears in the 1900 census in Asbury Park, Monmouth Co., N.J., with his wife Mary and son Charles,Jr.377 He died at Asbury Park, N.J., presumably before 1910, as he did not appear in that census, although Charles, Jr., was listed.378 He married Mary Scott. Children of Charles R. and Mary (Scott) Shantz: 90. i. Charles,5 Jr.; b. Aug. 1863; living in Asbury Park, N J., at the time of the 1920 census.379 91. ii. George. 92. iii. Alice. Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 39 41. Edward4 Tracy Shantz was born “near Harlem,” N. Y., 8 Sep. 1847.380 He served in the Civil War in Co. I, 72nd Regiment, Pennsyl¬ vania.381 He was listed in the 1870 census in Philadelphia with a wife and one-yearold son382; he is also listed in the 1873 Gopsill’s Philadel¬ phia Directory as a contractor, the same occupation as noted in the census.383 He died, Bowling Green, Ohio, 29 Apr. 1928.384 Edward married (1.) Amanda White, who died 20 Dec. 1889, Wilmette, Cook Co., 111., age 45 years, ten months and 3 days.385 Children of Edward and Amanda (White) Shantz: 93. i. Harry5 Dyer Shantz; b. 8 Jan. 1869, Phila., Pa.386 94. ii. Jennie Dingee Shantz; b. 19Jul. 1870, Phila., Pa. 95. iii. Joseph E. Shantz; b. 14 Mar. 1872, Phila., Pa.387 96. iv. Mabel Amanda Shantz; b. 13 Apr. 1880, Phila., Pa. 97. v. Ann Elizabeth Shantz; b. Evanston, 111.; d. 6 Nov. 1884, age 20 days.388 Edward married (2.) Letty Davis, June 1896, Findley, Hancock Co., Ohio.389 There are no known children of Edward’s second marriage. Notes 1. Some of those families have been recorded in Narona Gebert, The Schantz Family (Red Hill, Pa.: Narona Gebert, 1980); hereafter cited as Gebert. See also Mennonite Encyclopedia, vol. 4, supplement (Scottsdale, Pa.: Mennonite Publishing House, 1959), 510-11. 2. Prof. Dr. Heinrich Turler, Victor Attinger, and Dr. Marcel Godet, HistorischBiographisches Lexikon der Schweiz (Neuenburg: Administration des HistorischBiographischen Lexikonsder Schweiz, 1934), 7: 69. 3. Max Christoph Neumann (genealogist, Fruthwilen, Switzerland), letter to au¬ thor, 1991. 4. Adolf Schaer-Ri$, Signswil, Berner Heimatbuch (Bern, Switzerland: Paul Haupt, 1955), 8; hereafter cited as Schaer-Ris. 5. Neumann, letter to author, 1991. 6, Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William John Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, 3 vols. (Norristown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934), 1: 184-86; hereafter cited as Strassburger and Hinke. The author has concluded that Rupp’s Jacob on the Charming Polly of 8 Oct. 1737 is probably a copying error; that is, the ship's name should almost certainly have read Charming Nancy because no sources 40 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine have been found that mention the CharmingPolly except those relying on Rupp (Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727—1776. . . . [Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965], 111). 7. The cemetery was destroyed about 1906. The only records of those buried in Sprogell Cemetery appear in the notes taken by the Rev. N. B. Grobb, Nov. 1905, which are reproduced in Gebert, 11. Rev. Grobb’s list is in the manuscript collection of the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa. 8. S, Duane Kauffman, “Miscellaneous Amish Mennonite Documents,” Pennsyl¬ vania Mennonite Heritage 11, no. 3 (1979): 12 ff. 9. Estate of Jacob Shantz, Philadelphia Co., Pa., Orphans’ Court Docket 1-292; hearing held 7 Apr. 1781. 10. The photograph is reproduced in the monograph, The Shantz Family (Kiteli¬ ner, Ontario, Canada: Shantz Family Association, 1930), 5; hereafter cited as Shantz Family. This record is also mentioned by Rev. N. B. Grobb in his 1905 list (see note 7). 11. Werner Hacker, Auswanderungen aus Baden und dem Breisgau: Obere and mittlere rechtsseitige Oberrheinlande im 18 fahrhundert archivalisch dokumentiert, no. 8729 (Stutt¬ gart und Aalen: Konrad Theiss, 1980), 580. 12. “Raths-Manual der Stadt Bern, [Switzerland]," 153 (24 Dec. 1736-27 Mar. 1737): 271—72; photocopied for the author by Ursula Koch-Suter, May 1994; trans¬ lation and summary in Albert B. Faust and Gaius M. Brumbaugh, Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976), 75; hereafter cited as Faust and Brumbaugh. 13. Strassburger and Hinke, 1: 186-87. 14. “Blankenloch Kirchenbuch (167 2 3738) unpaginated, abstracted by Wil¬ helm Hauch, Amstrata D. (Blankenloch, Baden, May 1990) for the author; hereafter cited as “Blankenloch Church Register.” 15. Sigriswil, Bern, Switzerland, “Reformed Church Records,” 1: 102, no. 851, abstracted by Max Christoph Neumann, 13 Jul. 1991; hereafter cited as “Sigriswil Reformed Church Record.” 16. Faust and Brumbaugh, 75. 17. Julius Billeter, Notes, Family History Library (hereafter cited as FHL) microfilm no. 417562. 18. “Sigriswil Reformed Church Records," 1: 102, no. 851. 19. Karl Diefenbacher, Hans Ulrich Pfister, and Kurt H. Hotz, Schweizer Einwanderer in den Kraichgau nach dem Dreifiigjahrigen Krieg (Sinsheim: Heimatverein Kraichgau, e. V., 1983), 177; hereafter cited as Diefenbacher et al. See also “Register of the Reformed Church Neureuth/Friedrichsthal, Baden,” 80—85, 92-93, 249, 626-27, 668-69, FHL microfilm no. 1272814; hereafter cited as “N/F Reformed — Register.” 20. “N/F Reformed Register,” 668; and Eckart Schanz, Stutensee, Baden, letter to author, 1 Sep. 1994. 21. Erich Th. Lutz, “Schweizer Zuwanderer in Niefem u. Oeschelbronn bei Pforz¬ heim,” Sudwes deutsche Blatter fur Familien-und Wappenkunde, Band 17, Heft 6, (Apr. 1983): 279. 22. Diefenbacher et al., 150, 177; see also “Blankenloch Church Register.” Jacob Shantz of Coventry , Pennsylva nia 41 23. Diefenbacher et al., 1 77. 24, Schaer-Ris, 14. 25. M. S. Giuseppe, ed., Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969), 44. 26. According to George F. P. Wanger (cited in John C. Wenger, History of the Mennonites of the Franconia Conference [Telford, Pa.: Franconia Mennonite Historical Society, 1937], 204; hereafter cited as Wenger. The original document has not been found in the appropriate depositories. 27. Will of Christian Beery, 22Jun. 1786, proved 2 Apr. 1788, Chester Co. Will Docket no, 3927; see also “Burials in Coventry Mennonite Cemetery," 12, TS copied by Abram Hunsicker (1961—62). 28. Deed of Sale from Jacob Stager and wife to John High, Abraham Brower of Coventry, and Isaac Schantz of New Hanover, dated 4 May 1798, Chester Co. Deed Bk. V-2: 247. See a&o “Book of the Meetinhouse [ JIY] Accounts which we settled 23th [sic] of November 1799," cited in Wenger, 205; original not found. 29. For introductory information on the Canadian families, see Ezra B. Eby, A Biographical History of Early Settlers and Their Descendants in Waterloo Township (1895), with Supplement . . . and Index by Eldon Weber (1978 reprint of 1971 ed.), and Shantz Family, 18—26. 30. Pennsylvania Archives, 2d ser., 14: 593, Philadelphia Co. Tax List, 1779. See also will of Valentine Kraus, 2 Apr. 1786, proved 18 May 1786, Montgomery Co., Pa., Register of Wills, Bk. 1-87. 31, Deed of Sale from Yost Fulhard to Jacob Schance, dated 9 May 1746, recorded 1 Aug. 1775, Philadelphia Co. Deed Bk. 1-14: 507. 32, From Jacob Schance to Yost Fulherd, dated 23 May 1746, recorded 17 Jun. 1746, Philadelphia Co. Deed Bk. G-7: 209. 33. Deed of Sale from Martin Orner toJacob Schanz, dated 12 Mar. 1 749, recorded 2 Aug. 1775, Philadelphia Co. Deed Bk. 1-14: 511. 34. Deed of Sale fromjames Brooke tojacob Schans, dated 29 May 1 761, recorded 28 Jul. 1775, Philadelphia Co. Deed Bk. 1-14: 501. 35. Deed of Sale from John Wenger tojacob Shants, dated 31 May 1762, recorded 29 Jul. 1775, Philadelphia Co. Deed Bk. 1-14: 504. 36. Deed of Sale from Jacob Frick to Jacob Shantz, dated 10 Sep. 1765, recorded 1 Aug. 1775, Philadelphia Co. Deed Bk‘l-14: 507. 37. Deed of Sale from James Brooke tojacob Schauntz, dated 25 Feb. 1768, re¬ corded 29 Jul. 1775, Philadelphia Co. Deed Bk. 1-14: 503. 38. Deed of Sale from David Longacre to Jacob Shontz, dated 1 May 1773, re¬ corded 1 Aug. 1775, Philadelphia Co. Deed Bk. 1—14: 509. 39. Philadelphia Co, Orphans’ Court, 10 Dec. 1781, Bk. 11: 341. 40. Pennsylvania Archives, 3d ser., 14: 592. 41. Philadelphia Co. Orphans’ Court, Bk. 11: 292, 7 Apr. 1781. 42. Diefenbacher et. al., 177. 43. Philadelphia Co. Orphans’ Court, Bk. 11: 292, 7 Apr. 1781. 44. Gravestone in Sprogell Cemetery, transcribed: “Hier ruheth der lieb des Isaac Schanzcn er war gerboren den 14January 1748 und ist gestorben den 9ten October 42 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 1802 war alt 54Jahr 9 Monat 3 Wochen and 3Tag.” See also Montgomery Co. Orphans’ Court, Bk. 2: 50, 10 Sep. 1803, File no. 16087, letters issued 13 Nov. 1802. 45. Ibid., Montgomery Co. Orphans’ Court record. 46. Will of Christian Reiff, signed 6 Oct. 1804, Chester Co. Register of Wills, Bk. 11: 256-57, proved 15 Feb. 1809. 47. Deed of Sale from Christian Shantz to Abraham Stauffer, dated 29 Mar. 1810, recorded 18 May 1810, Montgomery Co. Deed Bk. 27: 42. 48. Shantz Family, 18, and Montgomery Co. Orphans’ Court, Docket no. 17442. 49. Deed of Sale from John Rinehart etal., to George Diemer, dated 10 Apr. 1 800, recorded 19 May 1800, Chester Co. Deed Bk. S-2: 323. 50. Intestate estate of John Longacre of Vincent, Filed 7 Dec. 1816, Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 6364. 51. “Vincent Mcnnonite Church, and Record of Gravestone Inscriptions,” 2, TS copied by Abram Hunsicker and Raymond F.. Hollenbach (1960 61 ); hereafter cited as “Vincent Mennonite Gravestones.” 52. Diefenbacher et al., 177. 53. Will of Catharine Shantz, signed 7 Nov. 1797, proved 1 Jan. 1798, Chester Co. Register of Wills, Bk. 10: 24, no. 4616. 54. Philadelphia Orphans’ Court, Docket 11: 327-328, 10 Nov. 1781, and Docket 15: 98, 13Jun. 1789; see also Will of Catherine Shantz, Chester Co. Register of Wills, Bk. 10; 24, no, 4616, and Shantz Family, 17, 21-25. 55. Hannah Benner Roach, "Deaths in the Skippack Region," Bulletin of the His¬ torical Society of Montgomery County, 8 (1952): 243. 56. The Christian Schantz who lived in 1806 with his wife Magdalene in Coventry, Chester Co., was the son of Isaac and Barbara (Reiff) Schantz, not this Christian. This Christian Schantz and his wife Hannah sold land in Upper Hanover to George Hillegas; Montgomery Co. Deed Bk. 17: 272-75, dated 5 Apr. 1 796, recorded 30 Nov. 1803. 57. Deed of Sale from Jacob Shantz to Conrad Keeler, dated 2 Nov. 1800, recorded 9Jun. 1803, Montgomery Co. Deed Bk. 17: 4. 58. “New Hanover, Montgomery County, 'Fax Rolls,” 4, bound MS, Montgomery Co. Historical Society. 59. Deed of Sale from the estate of Peter I.ongacre tojacob Shantz, dated 10 Apr. 1800, recorded 5 Aug. 1800, Chester Co. Deed Bk. S-2: 408. 60. Release from Nicholas Christman (widower of Elizabeth Longacre Christ¬ man), Jacob Bechtel and Catherine his wife, Abraham Sliefer and Sarah his wife . . . to Peter Longacre, Chester Co. Deed Bk. P—2: 112, dated 4 Oct. 1797. See also map of East Vincent Twp,, as deeded in the 1790s by Thomas Willing and the Wrest New Jersey Society, drawn by Estelle Cremers (Chester Co, Historical Society, 1984) for the Parker estate, from which at least part of this land descended. 61. Deed of Sale to Conrad Keeler, dated 2 Nov. 1800, recorded 9 Jul. 1803, Mont¬ gomery Co. Deed Bk. 17: 4. 62. Deed of Sale from Jacob Shantz to Henry Messimer, dated 7 Nov. 1800, recorded 6 Feb. 1805, Montgomery Co. Deed Bk. 19: 183. 63. Deed of Sale from Jacob Shantz to Valentine Schalkop, dated 2 Apr. 1802, recorded 4 Aug. 1803, Montgomery Co. Deed Bk. 1 7: 108. — Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 43 64. Deed of Sale from Jacob and Mary Shantz to Jacob Shantz, Jr.f dated 13Jun. 1822, recorded 14Jun. 1822, Chester Co. Deed Bk. U-3; 317. 65. Deed of Sale from Jacob and Mary Shantz to Abraham Shantz, dated and recorded 14Jun. 1822, Chester Co. Deed Bk. U-3: 319. 66. U.S. Census, 1820, Coventry Twp., Chester Co., Pa,, National Archives (here¬ after cited as N.A.) M-33, roll 96: 204, line 14. 67. “Oak Grove Cemetery,” (Parkerford, Pa., 1970), 22, TS copied by Raymond E. Hollenbach; hereafter cited as “Oak Grove.” The stone reads, “Hier ruhen die Gebeine von dcs verstorbenen Jacob Schantz Er wargeboren den 1 4ten January 1748 und ist gestorben den llten March 1823 und brachte sein Alter auf 75 Jahr und 27 Tage.” See aiso“East Coventry Union Meeting House and Oak Grove Burial Ground, Nov. 1913,” copied and compiled by Geo. F. P. Wanger; Wanger’s reading may be useful in some instances because he saw the gravestones before erosion made them difficult to decipher; hereafter cited as Wanger “Oak Grove Burial Ground.” 68. Administrator s Petition and Return, estate of Peter Longanaker, Chester Co. Orphans’ Court, hearing held 7 Feb. 1800. 69. Will of Jacob Longacre, Chester Co. Register of Wills, Bk. 9: 333, proved 7Jun, 1795. 70. Will of Jacob Shantz, Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 7259, written 27 May 1822, proved 10 Apr. 1823. 71. “Oak Grove,” 22, row 15. 72. Will of Jacob Shantz (see note 70). 73. “Oak Grove,” 22, row 15; gravestone reads: “. . . ist gestorben im Jahr 1814 im Monat Juni Alt 38 Jahr 8 Monat.” 74. “Oak Grove,” 22, row 15. Gravestone reads, “Er war geboren den 4ten Decem¬ ber 1776 und ist gestorben den 27th May 1810. . . .” 75. Calculated from gravestone, “Oak Grove,” 23, row 15. 76. Gravestone, “Oak Grove,” 13, row 8. 77. Gravestone, “Oak Grove,” 22, row 15. 78. History of the Church of the Brethren of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, (Lancas¬ ter; District Conference Committee, 1915), 250. 79. Guardian appointed, Chester Co. Orphans’ Court, Bk. 14: 97, 4 Aug. 1823, Archives; see also U.S. Census, 1810, Coventry Twp., Chester Co., Pa., N.A, M— 252, roll 47: 226, line 13. 80. “Oak Grove,” 22, row 15. Gravestone reads, “Er war geboren den 4ten Decem¬ ber 1776 und ist gestorben den 27 ih May 1810. . . .” 81. Deed of Sale from Peter Turner to Peter Schantz, dated 25 Apr. 1807, recorded 5 May 1807, Chester Co. Deed Bk. B-3: 11-12. 82. “Oak Grove,” 22, row 15. 83. Estate of Peter Shantz, Chester Co. Will Docket no. 5564. Appraisal qualified 24Jun. 1809. Administration filed 7 Sep. 1813. 84. Ibid. 85. Ibid. See also will and administration papers of Henry Rhodes (Heinrich Roth) , Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 7150, dated 6 Aug. 1821, proved 7 Oct. 1822. 86. Sampler in possession of the author. 87. U.S. Census 1810, Coventry Twp., Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-252, roll 47: 226, 44 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 88, Deed of Sale from the executors of John Lohr to Susanna Shantz, dated 1 Apr. 1845, recorded 10 Nov, 1845, Chester Co. Deed Bk. C-5: 43-44, 89. “Lights and Shadows Blending,” 5-6 (a brief family history by Susanna’s grandson Isaac I, Shantz), TS transcribed by Isaac's granddaughter, Edith Shantz Strickland; hereafter cited as “Lights and Shadows.” 90. U.S. Census, 1850, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-432, roll 765: 155, line 62; and U.S. Census, 1860, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-653, roll 1093: 357, family 451. 91. Gravestone, “Oak Grove," 22, row 15; and Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 14728, Bk. 22: 133. Inventory, $1,211.95, 18 Apr. 1864. 92. Irish, Donna, comp., Pennsylvania German Marriages (Baltimore,: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), 527; hereafter cited as Irish. 93. “Oak Grove,” 23, row 15. 94. Deed of Sale from estate of Peter Longacre to Jacob Shantz, dated 10 Apr. 1800, recorded 5 Aug. 1800, Chester Co. Deed Bk. S— 2: 408 ff. 95. Deed of Sale fromjacob Shantz to George Deemer, Chester Co. Deed Bk. H-3: 256, dated and recorded 31 Jul. 1813. 96. Deed of Sale from George Prise to Jacob Shantz, Jr., dated 30 Dec. 1818, recorded 14Jun, 1822, Chester Co. Deed Bk. U— 3: 321. 97. Deed of Sale from Nicholas Keizer to Jacob Shantz, Jr., dated , 13Jun. 1822, recorded 14Jun. 1822, Chester Co. Deed Bk. U-3: 317. 98. Chester Co. Misc. Deeds, Bk. 4: 315, recorded 7 Oct. 1828. 99. Deed of Sale from Elizabeth Shantz et at, to Schuylkill Navigation Co., dated 1 Apr. 1837, recorded 1 Jun. 1840, Chester Co. Deed Bk. Q-4: 205-6. 100. U.S. Census, 1810, Coven try Twp., Chester Twp., Pa. N.A. M-252, roll 47: 226, line 9; and U.S. Census, 1820, Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-33, roll 96: 204, line 13). 101. U.S. Census, 1830, Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A, M-19, roll 148: 181, line 27. 102, Estate of Jacob Shantz, Jr., dated 19 Oct, 1835, proved 7 May 1838, Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 9314. 103. Chester Co. Orphans’ Court, Bk. 1836. 104. Original in possession of the author. 105, Release settling Michael Moyer’s estate, dated 5 Apr. 181 7, recorded 22 May 1817, Montgomery Co. Deed Bk. 33: 553 . 106. U.S. Census, 1870, East Coventry, Chester, Pa., N.A. M-593, roll 1323: 82b, line 14). 107. “Oak Grove,” 23, row 15; and will of Elizabeth Shantz, Chester Co. Will Bk. 24: 46, letters issued 26 Aug. 1873. Elizabeth’s obituary noted that she had had ten children, only two of whom survived her ( West Chester [Pa.] Daily Local News, 27 Aug. 1873), Chester Co. Historical Society newspaper collection; all newspapers can be found in that collection, unless otherwise specified. 108. “Zion Lutheran Church Records, East Pike land, [Chester Co., Pa.]” 124; TS translated and transcribed by Raymond E. Hollenbach, 1978.; hereafter cited as “Zion.” Wanger’s reading of the gravestone in 1913 (see note 67) agrees with the Zion Church record. The stone was presumably eroded and thus misread by Hollen¬ bach in “Oak Grove” as “Daniel,” d. 16 Aug. 1831. Samuel d. 8 Aug. 1834, aged Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 45 22-8-10, bur. Browers’ (Oak Grove). If there had been a child named Daniel, then Elizabeth would have borne eleven children a discrepancy from information in her obituary (see note 107). 109. “Oak Grove,” 23, row 15; Jacob is buried near his father. 110. Named in Orphans’ Court petition (part of Chester Co. Register of Wills Docket no. 9314; see note 102). See also Ijaurie A, Rofrno and Barbara L. Weir, “Abstracts of Feme Covert Declarations for Chester Co., Pennsylvania, 1832—1848,” PGM 38, no. 1 (1991 ): 45. See also Isaiah March Rapp, comp., “St. Peter’s Reformed Church, W. Pikeland, Selected Historical Papers Concerning. . . 155, TS (1940), Chester County Historical Society (hereafter cited as “St. Peter’s”); and U.S. Census, 1850, E. Pikeland, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-ÿ132, roll 765: 5, family 64. 111. Orphans’ Court petition and “Zion,” 126 (see note 110). Sarah died at age 19, misread by Hotlenbach in “Oak Grove," 23, as age 49. 112. “Zion,” 123, Entry reads: “d. aged 14-7-11.” 113. Ibid. 114. Ibid., 126. 115. “Oak Grove,” 23, row 15. See also will of Enos Shantz, dated 22 Mar. 1904, Chester Co. Register of Wills, Bk. 34: 126. 116. Chester Village Record (West Chester, Pa.), 14 Jan. 1851, marriage notice; Accessible Archives (hereafter cited A.A.). See also“ St. Peter’s,” 90, and “Oak Grove,” 22, row 13. 117. “Oak Grove,” 13, row 8. 118. Deed of Sale from Abraham and Maiy Shantz to Henry Grubb, dated 13 May 1833, recorded 13 Oct. 1838, Chester Co. Deed Bk. Q-4: 219. 119. Deed of Sale from Abraham and Mary Shantz to Levi Smith, dated 13 Jan. 1843, recorded 10 Apr. 1848, Chester Co. Deed Bk. G-5: 352. 120. Deed of Sale from Abraham and Mary Shantz to Isaac Buckwalter, dated 10 Apr. 1847, recorded 19 Aug. 1847, Chester Co. Deed Bk. F-5: 148-49. 121. Deed of Sale from Abraham Shantz to Conrad Ixmgenecker, dated 28 Mar. 1851, recorded 14Jun. 1856, Chester Co. Deed Bk. D-6:48. 122. Deed of Sale from Abraham Shatz (jic) to Gilbert Brown, dated 3 Apr. 1854, recorded 20 Apr. 1854, Chester Co., Pa., Deed Bk. V-5; 286. The 1850 census for Union Twp., Berks Co., Pa., N.A. M— 432, roll 754: 298, family 229, does not list Abraham as a member of the Yocom household. 123. Release, Chester Co. Deed Bk. V— 5: 287, dated and recorded 20 Apr. 1854. 124. Deed of Sale from Abraham Shantz to William Sheeler, dated 27 Mar. 1855, recorded 11 Jun. 1855, Chester Co. Deed Bk. Z-5: 265. 125. Deed of Sale from Abraham Shantz to Samuel N. Rowland, dated 4 Apr. 1856, recorded 14 Apr. 1856, Chester Co. Deed Bk. A-6: 444. 126. U.S. Census, 1860, Philadelphia, Pa., lstdiv., 6th ward, N.A. M-653, roll 1156, — family 740. 127. “A list of the Taxable Inhabitants residing in the Township of Coventry, 1807,” 2, MS, Chester Co. Historical Society; “A list of taxable inhabitants of Coventry Township . . . 1814,” 2, MS; “A List of Taxables of the Township of Coventry in the County of Chester for the year 1821,” 2; “Assessment of the Electors Residing in Coventry Township, Chester County . . . Nov. 14, 1828,” 2. All lists were prepared by the Chester Co. Commissioners. 46 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 128. “Index to Chester County Tavern Petitions, Beginning in 1800 Listed in Alphabetical Order, ” Chester Co. Archives, computer printout, 1990; hereafter cited as “Tavern Petitions.” 129. U.S. Census, 1810, Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-252, roll 47; 26. 130. U.S. Census, 1820, Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M— 33, roll 96: 204, line 11. 131. U.S. Census, 1830, Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-19, roll 1 148: 181, line 20. 132. U.S. Census, 1840, Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-704, roll 454: 304. 133. U.S. Census, 1850, Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-432, roll 765, families 223 and 241. 134. Delaware County Republican (Chester, Pa.), 1 Mar. 1861; A.A. See also “Oak Grove,” 13, row 8. 135. Will of Nicholas Snyder, dated 13 Jun. 1815, proved 28 Mar. 1820, Chester Co. Will Bk. 13: 210. 136. “Oak Grove,” 13, row 8; see also Chester Village Record, 13 Feb. 1849. 137. Death certificate, Shantz file, Chester Co. Historical Society Collection. 138. “Oak Grove,” 13, row 8. 139. Gravestone, Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, III. 140. U.S. Census, 1850, Union Twp., Berks Co., Pa., N.A. M-432, roll 754: 298, family 229. A newspaper report of the marriage can be found in the Chester Village Record, 20 Dec. 1842. 141. Although Jacob R.’s middle name has not been seen spelled out in any available documents, he appears to be the first member of the Shantz line for whom an attempt was made to distinguish between and among the multiple males named Jacob. Apparently this and later Jacobs were assigned a middle initial representing the first letter of each mother’s maiden name; this use of the middle names is assumed by the author. 142. Deed of Sale from Samuel Haldeman to Jacob Shantz, dated 5 Apr. 1831, recording date not stated, Chester Co. Deed Bk. D-4: 508. 143. Deed of Sale from Jacob and Lydia Shantz to Henry Huzzard, Chester Co., dated 5 Apr. 1858, recorded 7 Apr. 1858, Deed Bk. K-2: 3. 144. U.S. Census, 1810, Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-252, roll 47: 226. 145. U.S. Census, 1840, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-704, roll 454: 289, line 30. 146. U.S. Census, 1850, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-432, roll 765: 71, family 212. 147. U.S. Census, 1860, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa„N.A. M-653, roll 1093: 168, family 861, 148. Ibid,, 1093: 357, family 451. 149. Chester Village Record, 30 Jun. 1863. 150. Estate of Jacob R. Shantz, Letters of Administration to Isaac Rosen, Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 14507, Admin instration Docket no. 5-478, The sale was handled after Lydia’s death by G. W. Shantz, 8 Apr. 1867. Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 47 151. Certificate in possession of the author; the marriage is also reported in Irish, 523. 152. U.S. Census, 1850, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa.,N.A. M-432, roll 765: 71. and “Lights and Shadows,” 153. U.S. Census, 1820, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M— 33, roll 96: 203, line 11. 154. James Y. Heckler, “The History of Harleysville and Lower Salford Township,” (Harleysville News, 1886); TS (Schwenksville, Pa., 1958), 151, Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania Library, Harleysville, Pa. 155. Will of Rudolph Harley, signed 25 Feb. 1826, proved 13 Jan. 1827, Chester Co. Register of Wills, Bk. 16: 83. 156. Will of Abraham Grubb, signed 13 May 1827, proved 30 Apr. 1842, Chester Co. Register of Wills, Bk. 18: 158. 157. “Church Records, Brown back’s Reformed Church. .. 20, 43; TS copied by Raymond E. Hollenbach (Mar. 1978); hereafter cited as “Brownback’s Reformed Church.” Elizabeth Grubb was buried 26 Nov. 1857, aged 74-4—26. 158. “Lights and Shadows,” 5. See also U.S. Census, 1850, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-432, roll 765: 71. 159. Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 31387, letters granted 4 Nov. 1907. 160. “Lights and Shadows,” 5. See also U.S. Census, 1850, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-432, roU 765: 61. 161. “Lights and Shadows,” 12. 162. “Lights and Shadows,” 5. 163. Ibid. 164. Ibid. 165. Ibid. 166. Ibid. 167. The date of her death indicates that she was the Mary Shantz who was reported as a suicide in West Chester (Pa.) Jeffersonian, 18 May 1872. 168. Death certificate lists 1 Feb. 1810 as date of birth; Hollenbach, in “Oak Grove,” 26, row 18, copied the gravestone date as 31 Jan. 1810. 169. Deed of Sale from Isaac Shantz to William B. Hahn etal., dated 5 Feb. 1838, recorded 28 Mar. 1840, Chester Co. Deed Bk. R-4: 366. 170. Deed of Sale from Isaac Shantz to Jacob Custer, dated 3 Apr. 1838, recorded 20 Apr, 1838, Chester Co. Deed Bk. P—4: 408. 171. Deed of Sale from Henry and Eleanor Christman to Isaac Shantz, dated 14 Apr. 1838, recorded 20 Apr. 1838, Chester Co. Deed Bk. P-4: 406. 172. Deed of Sale from Isaac and Catharine Shantz to Elizabeth Shantz, dated 2 Aug. 1839, recorded 1 Jun. 1840, Chester Co. Deed Bk. R-4: 690; and Deed of Sale from Elizabeth (Boyer) Shantz and Frederick Yost, executors for Catherine Moyer, to Isaac and Catharine Shantz, dated 2 Aug. 1839, recorded 1Jun. 1840, Chester Co. Deed Bk. R4: 695. 173. Deed of Sale from Isaac and Catharine Shantz to Matthias Kolb, dated 16 Apr. 1841, recorded 11 Nov. 1841, Chester Co. Deed Bk. U4; 394. 174. Deed of Sale from estate of Abraham Mowrer to Isaac Shantz, dated 2 Apr. 1849, recorded 30 Apr. 1849, Chester Co. Deed Bk. 1—5: 279-80. 48 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 175. Deed of Sale from Thomas and Violetta Hippie to Isaac Shantz, dated 2 Apr. 1850, recorded 30 Sep. 1850, Chester Co. Deed Bk. M— 5: 265. 176. Deed of Sale from Jonah and Edward Fudge to Isaac Shantz, dated 1 Apr. 1852, recorded 3 Nov, 1852, Chester Co. Deed Bk., R-5: 543. 177. U.S. Census, 1840, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-704, roll 454: 304. 178. U.S. Census, 1850, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. Mÿ432, roll 765: 166, family 234. 179. U.S. Census, 1860, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-653, roll 1093: 39, family 315. 180. Death certificate, E. L. Bringhurst, attending physician, Chester Co. Histori¬ cal Society Collection. 181. Chester Co. Register of Wills, Administration no. 12204, 24 Apr. 1854. 182. Irish, 532. 183. “Oak Grove,” 26, row 18. Hollenbach gives Esther's death date as 22 April 1831, which cannot be correct inasmuch as she was married in 1832 (see note 182). Wanger, in his 1913 reading, recorded the death as 22 Apr. 1834, aged 25-5-4. 184. “Oak Grove,” 26, row 18. See also Chester Co. Register of Wills, Bk. 22: 425, 31 Aug. 1867. 185. Wanger’s reading of the gravestone in Oak Grove Cemetery. 186. “Oak Grove,” 26, row 18; and Chester Co. Register of Wills, Bk, 22: 223. 187. Ibid. See also Chester Village Record, 22 Jul. 1851 . 188. Chester Village Record, 7 Jan. 1868. 189. “Oak Grove,” 26, row 18. See also Chester Co. Deed Bk. U-8: 86, recorded 26 Sep. 1876, which cites wills of Lewis Shantz, Catherine Shantz, and Ellen Shantz Stauffer, as well as the death of Katie May, a minor, unmarried. 190. Calculated from age on burial permit no. 1254, Iÿaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, 1880. 191. The Ash family appears in the U.S. Census, 1870, E, Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M— 593, roll 1323: 46, family 392. See also Chester Village Record, 14 Sep. 1 858, for marriage notice. 192. “Oak Grove," 13, row 8. 193. “Tavern Petitions.” 194. U.S. Census, 1840, Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-704, roll 454: 304). 195. Chester Village Record, 15 Jul. 1845; and “Oak Grove,” 13, row 8. 196. Chester Co. Register of Wills, Administration no. 10922, appraisal 26 Feb. 1846, submitted 16Jun. 1854. 197. Ibid. 198. Ibid.; see also “Tavern Petitions." 199. Chester Village Record, 10 Apr. 1855. 200. U.S. Census, 1850, Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pa., N.A M— 432, roll 799: 119, family 102. 201. “Oak Grove”, 23, row 15. 202. Chester Village Record, 18 Oct. 1842. 203. George F. P. Wanger, comp., “Descendants of Jacob Schantz,” 579, MS, Shantz Collection, Imicaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa. The Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 49 compilation identified by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society as “Descen¬ dants of Jacob Schantz” is a massive collection, both typed and handwritten, but in better order than the collection of handwritten and typed notes and newspaper clippings at the Historical Society of Montgomery County. The “Descendants of Jacob Schantz” is part of the Shantz Collection, which also includes “Schantz Notes.” It is in the latter group that one finds the typed, unnumbered pages that Frank Shantz sent to Wanger, around 1930 from the dates cited in the pages; hereafter cited as “Shantz Family Notes.” 204. U.S. Census, 1820, Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-33, roll 96: 204, line 11. 205. Philadelphia Public 1ledger, 13 Jan. 1837, Historical Society of Pennsylvania (hereafter cited as HSP); microfilm U Penn Phila 071 P 5441 (28 Mar. 1836-12 Mar. 1837). 206. McElroy’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1859 (Philadelphia: Edward C. andjohn Biddle and Co., 1859), 636; hereafter cited as 1859 Phila. City Directory. 207. McElroy's Philadelphia City Directory for 1861 (Philadelphia: E. C. &J. Biddle and Co., 1861), 887; hereafter cited as 1861 Phila. City Directory; and Isaac Costa, comp., GopsilVs Philadelphia City Directory for 1872 (Philadelphia:James Gopsill, 1872) , 1189. 208. U.S. Census, 1850, Philadelphia, Pa., North Penn, HSP microfilm no. XC1850-820: 11, line 13, dwelling 169. 209. U.S. Census, 1880, Philadelphia, Pa., N.A. T-9, roll 1172: 23, E.D. 609, family 190. Joseph was the enumerator for the district. 210. Will ofjoseph Shantz, signed 29 Aug. 1857, proved 2 Oct. 1 884, Philadelphia Register of Wills, no. 994—1884. The year of probate is unclear, with four and three superimposed. Joseph died 9 May 1883, according to interment record no. 14496, Laurel Hill Cemetery, I: 197, HSP microfilm no. XR— 895. In addition to his wife, Mary Ann, their daughter Josephine was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery 20 Sep. 1917, having “died in Norristown, Pa.,” according to a note in the same record. A Mary Henwood is also buried there, of the right age to be Joseph and Mary Ann’s granddaughter. Philip Woodhousc and Nicholas Henwood arc also listed in the Laurel Hill record. 211. Philadelphia Public Ledger, 1 3Jan. 1837. 212. Will of Mary Ann Shantz, signed 21 Jan. 1885, proved 16 Feb. 1886, Philadel¬ phia Register of Wills, no. 203-1886. 213. “Oak Grove,” 23, row 15. 214. U.S. Census, 1850, Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pa., N.A. M-432, roll 799: 119, family 102. 215. Noted in marriage announcement, Media (Pa.) Advertiser, 11 Apr. 1855; A.A., and Chester Village Record, 3 Apr. 1855. 216. Deed of Sale from Abraham Smith to Abraham Shantz, signed 12Jui. 1858, Montgomery Co. Deed Bk. 129: 402. See also Deed of Sale from Mary B. Shantz to Abraham Brower, signed 13 Apr. 1863, Montgomery Co. Deed Bk. 129: 403. 217. U.S. Census, 1850, Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pa., N.A. M-432, roll 799: 119, family 102. 218. Delaware County Republican, 20Jan. 1860; A.A .See also will of Abraham Shantz, dated 4 Feb. 1860, Philadelphia Register of Wills, no. 53-1860. 50 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 219. Media (Pa. ) Advertiser, 11 Apr. 1855. 220. “At the the Commercial Hotel, in Philadelphia,” in Delaware County Republi¬ can, 1 Mar. 1861. 221. U.S. Census, 1870, Philadelphia, Pa., Ward 9, dist. 25, N.A. M-593, roll 1394: 264, family 18. 222. U.S. Census, 1850, Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pa., N.A. M-432, roll 799: 119. See also will of Mary Shantz, letters granted 7 Jun. 1905, Philadelphia Register of Wills, no. 1216. 223. Ibid., will of Mary Shantz. See also “Oak Grove,” 23, row 15; and West Chester Daily Local News, 11 Jun. 1905. 224. Date from gravestone, Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co,, 111. 225. 1859Phila. City Directory, 636. 226. U.S. Census, 1880, New Trier, Cook Co., III., N.A, T— 9, 17: 508, family 49, and 17: 509, family 56. Amos’ brother-in-law, Samuel Dingee, is listed as head of family 55. 227. “Shantz Family Notes” (see note 203); information provided to Wanger by Frank Shantz, nephew of Charles, ca. 1930, judging from the dates in the pages. 228. Chester Village Record, 19 Jan. 1841. 229. Jane’s death certificate no. 38764/19198, Cook Co., I11.(FHL microfilm no. 1239950) states that burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago. Her interment no. is 60894. Jane’s brother, Samuel Dingee, and other members of his family are interred in the same lot; Plat Record, letter to author, 1994. 230. “Shantz Family Notes,” Frank Shantz to George F. P. Wanger, ca. 1930. 231. Ibid. 232, Ibid. 233. Ibid. Additional information from Jane’s grandaughter, Marilynn Munn Strand. The states of Kansas, Illinois and Ohio all reported no death certificate for Jane; correspondence with author (1994, 1995). 234. “Shantz Family Notes,” Frank Shantz Lo George F. P. Wanger, ca. 1930. 235. Ibid. According to Frank Shantz, both Harriett and Joseph are interred in Poole’s Burying Ground, near High Bridge, West Chester Co., N.Y. 236. Wanger, “Oak Grove Burial Ground,” row 6; see also “Shantz Family Notes.” 237. U.S. Census, 1880, New Trier, Cook Co., 111., N.A. T-9, 27: 508, family 49. 238. “Burials at Brownback’s Reformed Church, East Coventry, Chester County,” 1, row 1; TS copied by Raymond E. Hollenbach (summer 1961). 239. U.S. Census, 1850, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. Mÿ132, roll 765: 71, family 212. See also U.S. Census, 1860, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-653, roll 1093: 168, family 861. 240. “Brownback’s Reformed Church,” 30. See also “Lights and Shadows,” 14, 17, which notes that William died of the effects of diphtheria. 241. Ibid. See also Chester Co. Register of Wills, Administration no. 14266 for William Shantz, signed 28 Aug. 1862, wherein Ann Custer Shantz renounced her right to administer William’s estate to her father, Abraham Custer. Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 51 242. U.S. Census, 1880, Lawrenceville (Parkerford), Chester, Co., Pa., N.A. T— 9, roll 1115: 26, family 251. Jacob C. is listed in the household with his mother, Ann Childs, and Samuel Childs, confirming the connection. 243. “Oak Grove,” 6, row 10. See also Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 21707, and Chester Co. Orphans’ Court, no. 4313. 244. West Chester Daily Local News, 10 Mar. 1883. 245. Chester Co. Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 10365, and PhoenixiAUe Daily Republican, 23 Apr. 1954, and 3 Oct. 1961. See also Chester Co. Register of Wills/Clerk of Orphans’ Court, “Delayed Birth Registration,” Bk. 5: 222, MS, Chester Co. Archives. 246. “Lights and Shadows,” 12; and “Oak Grove,” 11, row 4. 247. “Lights and Shadows,” 15. 248. Deed of Sale from Andrew Speer and his wife Rebecca to David Shantz, signed 4 Apr. 1867, recorded 5 Apr. 1867, Chester Co, Register of Deeds, Bk. H-7: 121-22. 249. U.S. Census, 1870, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M— 593, roll 1323: 79, family 4. 250. U.S. Census, 1880, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. T— 9, roll 1114: 389, family 13. 251. U.S. Census, 1900, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa,, N.A. T-623, roll 1550, E.D. 58:12, line 43, family 295. 252. U.S. Census, 1910, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. T— 624, roll 1327: 228b, family 89. 253. “Oak Grove,” 1 1, row 4; no estate records have been found. 254. Chester Village Record, 15 May 1866. 255. West Chester Daily Ij>cal Neios, 8 May 1916. 256. “Oak Grove,” 1 1, row 4. 257. Montgomery Co. Orphans’ Court. Marriage License no. 9699, See also obitu¬ ary in Spring City Inter Borough Press, 10 Oct. 1940. 258. “Oak Grove,” 11, row 4. 259. Will of Albert Sylvanus Shantz, signed 7 Oct. 1932, proved 29 May 1933, Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 45345. In the census of 1880, Albert was incorrectly named William, and his brother Joseph, whose middle name is William, was given the initial A. 260. Will of Lydia R. Shantz, proved 15 Dec. 1953, Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 57645. 261. “Social Security Death Index,” 1.07 (1991, FHL computer index); see also Montgomery Co. Marriage License no. 12711, 31 Dec. 1902. 262. Bethel Methodist Church Records, abstracted in May 1990 by the author. 263. “Oak Grove,” 11, row 4; unnamed infant buried with parents. 264. Chester Co. Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 14202. See also Phoenixville Daily Republican, 2 Mar. 1950. 265. West Chester Daily Local Netvs, 8 May 1916; eight is the number of David’s children reported in the fiftieth wedding anniversary account. 266. “Lights and Shadows,” 16. 52 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 267. Deed of Sale from John and Mary Plett to G. Washington Shantz, dated 31 Mar. 1882, Chester Co., Pa., Deed Bk. P-9: 202. 268. Chester Co, Deed Bk. V)-\ 1: 573; Deed Bk. L-l 1:186, 25 Mar. 1891; and Deed Bk. Y-l 1: 51 X, 12 May 1899; both signed 12 May 1899 and recorded 18 May 1899. 269. U.S. Census, 1870, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-593, roll 1324: 39, family 343. 270. U.S. Census, 1880, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. T-9, roll 1114, family 72. 271. U.S. Census, 1900, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. T— 1068, roll 1392, E.D. 58, sheet 7, family 164; in this census record, George Washington Shantz is listed as Washington Shantz. 272. “Vincent Mennonite Gravestones,” 20. 273. Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 31309, proved 20 Aug. 1907; letters granted to Elmer H. Shantz. 274. Chester Village Record, 3 Dec. 1867. 275. U.S. Census, 1900, Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pa., N.A. T-623, E.D. 275, sheet 8, family 28. See also Chester Co, Orphans’ Court, Marriage license no. 3479. According to an undertaker’s receipt in possession of the author, the will of Carrie’s aunt, Elizabeth Shantz, included a bequest of $77.39 for Carrie’s funeral expenses. 276. Montgomery Co. Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 8346. Anna Laura is listed as E. I.aura Keen of Spring City in the petition for administration of her father’s estate. The gravestone shows A, lÿura Shantz 1870-1945 on same stone as Cyrus Keen 1868—1950 in Brownback’s cemetery, according to Elizabeth S. Bourquin (telephone conversation with author, Jan. 1995). 277. “Vincent Mennonite Gravestones,” 20. 278. Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 50122; Chester Co. Marriage License no. 12937. 279. West Chester Daily Local Neius, 1 Dec. 1913. 280. Montgomery Co. Register of Wills, no. 62513, Letters of Administration for Mary A. Ebert to Edgar Ebert, 1943. 281. Montgomery Co. Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 13941. See also Register of Wills, no. 62513, 13 Oct. 1943, for Mary’s estate papers. 282. West Chester Daily Local News, 2 May 1949, death notice. See also Montgomery Co., Pa., Orphans’ Court, “Register of Births, 1905," unpaginated MS, recorded 19 May 1905; Montgomery Co., Pa., Orphans’ Court, “Register of Births, 1911,” unpaginated MS, recorded 5 Dec. 1911; Montgomery Co., Pa., Orphans’ Court, “Register of Births, 1914,” unpaginated MS recorded 4 May 1914; all MSS at Montgomery Co, Archives, Norristown, Pa. 283. Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 31309, proved 20 Aug. 1907; Ida Elizabeth signed Elmer’s petition for administration of their father’s estate as Ida Lizzie Clevenstine. Ida Elizabeth’s death date obtained from Chester Co. Register of Wills, no. 1568—1025, 13 Nov. 1968. She is also listed in her Aunt Elizabeth’s will to receive a bequest. 284. “lights and Shadows,” 12. 285. U.S. Census, 1860, E. Coventry, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-653, roll 1093: 357, family 451. Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 53 286. Chester Co. Register of Wills* no. 19093* Administration no. 6373, 6 Aug. 3879. See also Chester Co. Register of Wills, “Proof of Death,” 1:89, Aug. 1879, Chester Co. Archives. The money for Joseph’s share of his father’s estate was stated to be in the hands of William Buckwalter. 287. U.S. Census, 3970, Philadelphia, Pa., 9th Ward, 26th District, N.A. M-593, roll 1394: 43, family 516. 288. Chester Co. Regis ter of Wills, no. 31387; original documents in the possession of the author. Benjamin Shantz succeeded his brother, G. W. Shantz, as executor of this estate following the latter’s death. 289. Elizabeth Shantz’s estate papers are in the possession of the author. 290. County Clerk of Garza, Texas, note to author, 1994. 291. “Lights and Shadows,” 1. See also U. S. Census, 1870, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-593, roll 1323: 16, family 129; U. S. Census, 1910, W. Bradford, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. T-624, roll 1531: 84b (17b), line 97. 292. Deed of Sale from Nicholas and Elizabeth Vanderslice to Isaac Shantz, dated 30 Mar. 1874, Chester Co. Deed Bk. B-8: 134. 293. Deed of Sale from Rev. W. and Susan C. Weaver to Isaac Shantz, Chester Co. Deed Bk. Q-ÿ8: 133, recorded 1 3 Apr. 1877. See a&o Deed of Sale from Isaac and Ixmisa Shantz to Henry Francis, dated 27 Mar. 1877, recorded 11 Apr, 1877, Chester Co. Deed Bk. W-ÿ8: 150. 294. Deed of Sale from Isaac and Louisa Shantz et al., to David D. Funke et al. dated 31 Jan. 1895, recorded 29 Apr. 1895, Chester Co. Deed Bk. N— II: 151—53. 295. Deed of Sale from Edward F. Kane and wife to Louisa Shantz, Chester Co., dated 29Jul. 1899, recorded 1 Aug. 1899, Deed Bk. Z— 11; 272-73. Sÿa/soDeed of Sale from Louisa and Isaac Shantz to Jacob W. Markley, dated 2 Nov. 1899, recorded 13 Nov. 1899, Chester Co. Deed Bk. C-12: 368. 296. Deed of Sale from Jacob H. and Mary Elliot to Isaac Shantz, dated 30 May 1900, recorded 1 Jun. 3900, Chester Co. Deed Bk. D— 12: 238. See also Deed of Sale from Isaac and Louisa Shantz to Milton Latshaw and Andrew Tyson, dated 28 Nov. 1900, recorded 20 Mar. 1901, Chester Co, Deed Bk. H-12: 53, 297. U.S. Census, 1870, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M— 593 (2d filming), roll 1323, family 129. 298. U.S. Census, 1880, E. Pikeland, Chester Co., Pa,, N.A. T-9, roll 1115: 329. 299. W. Andrew Boyd, comp., Chester County Directory, 1888-89.. . . (Washington, D.C.: W. Andrew Boyd, 3888), 423. 300. U.S. Census, 3910, W. Bradford, Chester Co., Pa., N.A, T-624, roll 1329: 17b, E.D. 70, line 97. 301. U.S. Census, 1920, W. Bradford, Chester Co., Pa., N.A, T— 1224, roll 1551: 15b, E.D. 86, line 75. 302. “Oak Grove,” 3, row 5. See also Chester Co. Hospital for the Insane, Embreeville, “Admissions Book,” 5, MS, Chester County Archives; and Hospital for the Insane, Embreeville, “Discharge or Death,” 48, MS, Chester County Archives. These records are closed; archive staff will verify facts, 303. U.S. Census, 1920, Spring City, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. T— 1224, Ward 4, roll 1550, E.D. 77, sheet 15a, family 116. 54 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 304. Deed of Sale from George Q. Thomas and wife to Louisa Shantz, Chester Co. Deed Bk. Q-12:504, 19 Dec. 1904. See a&oDeed of Sale from Louisa Shantz to Edwin Shantz, dated and recorded 8 Feb. 1929, Chester Co. Deed Bk. A-18: 350. 305. “Oak Grove,” 3, row 5. 306. “Oak Grove;" 3, row 5; Harry is buried near his parents. 307. U.S, Census, 1920, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. T— 1224, roll 1550, E.D. 36, family 156. See also Chester Co. Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 5577. 308. “Bethel Methodist Church Records," unpaginated MS, marriage record abstracted by the author (1990) See also Chester Co. Orphans’ Court, marriage licence no. 6670, 2 Nov. 1898; U.S. Census, 1910, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. T-624, roll 1327, E.D. 18, family 249; and U.S. Census, 1920, E. Vincent, N.A. T-1224, roll 1551, E.D. 28, family 206. The funeral for Sarah B. Shantz took place 25 Jun. 1960 at the Bethel Methodist Church, with interment in Bethel churchyard. 309. Chester Co. Marriage License no. 8930; Willis and Idella were married at Bethel Parsonage. Willis committed suicide; see Pottstown Neios, 31 Dec. 1929, for a report. Bethel Methodist Church records note that Idella was buried 21 Aug. 1949; her obituary in the Daily Republican, 22 Aug. 1949, names eleven children. See also Chester Co. Will Bk. 49; 454, and Will Bk. 63: 60. The U.S. Census, 1920, for E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., lists nine children in the household, N.A. T-1224, roll 1550, E.D. 36, family 45. 310. Chester Co, Orphans' Court, Marriage License no. 9137. Emma appears as a widow with children in the 1910 U.S. Census, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. T-624, roll 1328: 60, E.D. 26, family 54. Emma’s death record can be found in James Kimes Funeral Records, Spring City, Pa. 311. Chester Co. Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 12496, 2 Mar. 1907. See also U.S. Census, 1910, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., NA. T-624, roll 1327, E.D. 18, family 213. Elmer was buried 30 Oct. 1962; Mabel d. 4 Jun. 1955 and was buried 8 Jun. 1955; both are buried in the Bethel Methodist churchyard. 312. Marion Shantz Gellner, letter to author, 1981. 313. “Lights and Shadows,” 12, and Chestnut Hill Methodist Episcopal Church gravestone. 314. U.S. Census, 1860, E. Vincent, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. M-653, roll 1093: 168, family 861. 315. U.S. Census, 1900, Philadelphia, Pa., N.A. T-623, roll 1464, E.D. 508, sheet 1, family 97. See alsoXJ.S. Census, 1910, Philadelphia, Pa., N.A. T-624, roll 1181, E.D, 447, family 134. 316. Daniel P. Nelson, letter to the author concerning records of Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church, 1977. 317. Gopsill’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1883 (Philadelphia:James Gopsill, 1883), 1444. 318. Gopsitt’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1884 (Philadelphia:James Gopsill, 1884) , 1437; hereafter cited as 1884 Phila . City Directory; and Gopsill’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1905 (Philadelphia: James Gopsill’s Sons, 1905), 2275; hereafter cited as 1905 Phila. City Directory. 319. Philadelphia Public Ledger, 5Jul. 1910; HSP microfilm, U Penn Phila. 071 P544i (Jul. 1, 1910-Aug. 31, 1910). See also Philadelphia Death Certificate no. 11345, and Jacob Shantz of Coventry, Pennsylvania 55 Philadelphia Register of Wills, Bk. 319: 203. Although the report has not been confirmed, Benjamin is rumored to have committed suicide. 320. Abstracted from Chestnut Hill Church records by Daniel P. Nelson, 1977; letter to author, 6 Sep. 1977. 321. Philadelphia Death Certificate no. 4551. 322. Philadelphia Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 107162. 323. Gravestone, Chestnut Hill Methodist Church. 324. Catholic Cemeteries Office, Philadelphia, Pa., letter to the author; burial in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa., 8 May 1930. 325. Philadelphia Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 164735. 326. Family Bible, in possession of the author. 327. Jacksonville, Fla., Certificate of Death, unnumbered, 30 Nov. 1959. See also Philadelphia Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 255952. 328. Death Certificate no. 038812, Pa. Division of Vital Records. See also Philadel¬ phia Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 209761. 329. Death Certificate no. 038914, Pa. Division of Vital Records. 330. Philadelphia Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 312067. 331. Philadelphia Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 178486. 332. Family Bible, in possession of the author. 333. Family Bible, in possession of the author, and gravestone in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. 334. Marian Esther’s death information taken from records of Kirk and Nice, undertakers. According to Norristown (Montgomery Co., Pa.) State Hospital records in possession of the author, her father (Benjamin) was committed there on 9 Mar. 1905; he must have been released by early 1906, given Marian’s date of birth, 335. Philadelphia Death Certificate no. 76078. 336. Philadelphia Register of Wills, no. 1983-1989, proved 30 Jun. 1983, 337. Death Certificate no. 038935, Pa. Division of Vital Records. See also New York, N.Y., Marriage License no. 14899. 338. Deed of Sale from Samuel and Emily Smith etal.,toEnosS. Shantz and Oliver Keeley, dated 10 Mar. 1870, recorded 10 Apr. 1870, Chester Co. Deed Bk. U-7: 77. 339. Deed of Sale from David S. and Mary A. Taylor to Enos Shantz, dated 21 Mar. 1870, recorded 18 Apr. 1870, Chester Co. Deed Bk. U-7: 272. 340. Deed of Sale from Enos and Lavinia Shantz to Oliver Keeley, dated and recorded 29 May 1871, Chester Co. Deed Bk. B-8: 290. 341. Deed of Sale from Enos and Lavinia Shantz to David Finkbiner, dated and recorded 29 May 1871, Chester Co. Deed BK. B— 8: 291. 342. Deed of Sale from Enos and Mary Shantz and Abraham Stauffer to Benjamin Ivey, dated 14 Apr. 1838, recorded 20 Apr. 1838, Chester Co. Deed Bk. P--4: 406, and dated 9 Apr. 1875, recorded 12 Apr. 1875, Chester Co. Deed Bk. P—8: 407 343. Deed of Sale from Enos and Mary Shantz and Abram and Ada Stauffer to George Stubblebine, dated 21 Jun. 1876, recorded 26 Sep, 1876, Chester Co. Deed Bk. U-8: 86. This deed summarizes Isaac Shantz’s family, his widow’s will, and the will of their daughter, Ellen Shantz Stauffer. 56 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 344. Deed of Sale from Ethan A. Bickcl and wife to Enos Shantz, dated 1 Apr. 1874, recorded 8 Aug. 1877, Chester Co. Deed Bk. N-8: 51; and Deed of Sale from Enos and Mary Shantz to Anna Keeley, dated 30 Jul. 1877, recorded 8 Aug, 1877, Chester Co. Deed Bk. Y-8: 20, Chester Co., Archives. 345. Deed of Sale from Enos and Mary Shantz to Anna Keeley, Chester Co. Deed Bk. Y-8: 21, 30 Jul. 1877, recorded 8 Aug. 1877. 346. Isaac Costa, comp., GopsiU ’$ Philadelphia City Directory for 1874 (Philadelphia: James Gopsill, 1874), 1188; hereafter cited as 1874 Phila. City Directory. 347. Phila. Orphans’ Court, Jan. Term 239, 1882. See also West Chester Daily Ij)cal News, 1 Sep. 1880, and Philadelphia Public Ledger, 30 Aug. 1880. 348. Montgomery Co. Register of Wills, no. 17035, 16Jan. 1883. 349. Phoenixville Messenger, 21 Jan. 1882. 350. West ChesterJeffersonian, 31 Dec. 1870. 351. Ibid., 11 Oct. 1871. Lavinia was buried 12 Oct. 187 1 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, section T, permit 271; moved to a different location within the same plot, 10 Nov. 1874, permit 606, 352. U.S. Census, 1880, Spring City, Chester, Pa., N.A. '1-9, roll 1114: 365-66, family 21. See also Orphans’ Court,Jan. Term 239, 1882, 353. U.S, Census, 1900, Spring City, Chester Co., Pa., N.A. T-623, roll 1444, E.D. 68, dwelling 228. 354. Gopsill’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1 892 (Philadelphia:James Gopsill’s Sons, 1892), 1743. 355. Mary was buried 22 Oct. 1895 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Section T, permit 3357. See also Philadelphia Register of Wills, no. 1846-1895, 13 Dec. 1895. 356. U.S. Census, 1900, Williamsport, Lycoming Co., Pa., N.A. T-623, roll 1437, E.D. 33: 2, line 22, 357. Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Prepared in Compli¬ ance with Acts of the Legislature, 5 vols. (Harrisburg: B. Singerly, 1869, 1870, 1871), 1169; hereafter cited as Bates. See also “Pennsylvania Civil War Union Soldiers,” index cards, American Genealogical Lending Library, microfilm no. M-554, roll 109; hereafter cited as “Pa. C. W. Soldiers.” 358. U.S. Census, 1860, Philadelphia, Pa., 1st Div., 6th Ward, N.A. M-653, roll 1156: 107-8, family 740. 359. U.S. Census, 1870, Philadelphia, Pa., 68th Dist., Ward 20, N.A. M— 593, roll 1407: 645, family 878. 360. U.S. Census, 1880, Philadelphia, Pa., N.A. T-9, roll 1 171, E.D, 139, sheet 27, line 35. 361. Gopsill’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1893 (Philadelphia:James Gopsill’s Sons, 1893), 1759. 362. “Oak Grove,” 23, row 15. 363. Ibid. 364. Philadelphia Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 128295. 365. West Chester Daily Local News, 7 Sep. 1911. See also “Oak Grove,” 23, row 15. 366. Philadelphia Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 29722; see also Gilbert Cope, comp. Descendants of Joel Baily, (I.ancaster, Pa.: Wickersham Printing Co., 1912), 246. Jacob Shantz of Coventry , Pennsylvania 57 367. Philadelphia Orphans’ Court, Marriage License no. 56286. 368. Bates, 457, and “Pa. C. W. Soldiers.” 369. U.S. Census, 1860, Philadelphia, 1st Div., 6th Ward, N.A. M-653, roll 1156: 107 (695), family 740; see aisoU.S. Census, 1880, Philadelphia, Pa., N.A. T-9, E.D. 139, sheet 27, line 37. 370. 1861 Phila. City Directory, 887; McElroy ’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1865 (Philadelphia: A. McElroy, 1865), 608; Isaac Costa, comp., GopsilPs Philadelphia City Directory for 1875, (Philadelphia:James Gopsill, 1875), 1351; 1884 Phila. City Directory, 1437; 1905 Phila. City Directory, 2275. 371. “Oak Grove,” 23, row 15. See also Will of Mary Shantz, Philadelphia Register of Wills, no. 1216-1905, letters granted 29 May 1905. 372. Obituary in Philadelphia Record, 30 Dec. 1913. See also Philadelphia Register of Wills, no. 143-1913, dated and proved l7jan. 1914. 373. “Shantz Family Notes,” Frank Shantz to George F. P. Wanger (see note 203). 374. 1859 Phila. City Directory, 636; and 1874 Phila. City Directory, 1188. 375. U.S. Census, 1880, New Trier, Cook Co., 111., N.A. T-9, vol. 17: 509, family 56. 376. Monmouth Co., N.J., Surrogate’s Court, document no. 20227, assignment to “The Park Manufacturing Company, Insolvent Debtors”; filed 30 Dec. 1899, allowed 1 Mar. 1900, 377. U.S. Census, 1900, Asbury Park, Monmouth Co., N.J., N.A. T-623, roll 985: 14, dwelling 261. 378. U.S. Census, 1910, Asbury Park, Monmouth Co., N.J., N.A. T-624, roll 900: 18A, line 46. 379. U.S. Census, 1920, Asbury Park, Monmouth Co., N.J., N.A. T-625, roll 1058, E.D. 85: 4, line 42. 380. “Schantz Family Notes,” Frank Shantz to George F. P. Wanger; supported by U.S. Census, 1870, Philadelphia, Pa., N.A. M-593, roll 1407: 644, family 860. 381. “Oak Grove Cemetery'” records file, comp, by Georga Willhite for the Depart¬ ment of Public Works, City of Bowling Green, Ohio (1974—76), 64; and GAR gravestone, Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio. 382. U.S. Census, 1870, Philadelphia, Pa., N.A. M-593, roll 1407: 644, family 860. 383. Isaac Costa, comp., 1874 Phila. City Directory, 1188. 384. Wood Co., Ohio, Register of Wills, Bk. 27: 354, no. 3478, 22 May 1928. 385. Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, III., interment no. 24930. 386. “Schantz Family Notes,” Frank Shantz to George F. P. Wanger; see also U.S. Census, 1920, Detroit, Mich., N.A. T-625, roll 789, family 11 387. Joseph was living in Wilmette, 111., at the time of the 1910 U.S. Census, with wife Jessie, son Frank, and daughter Dorothy, N.A. T-624, roll 239, family 477. See also U.S. Census, 1920, Wilmette, 111., N.A. T-625, roll 361 , E.D. 124: 6, family 82. 388. Rose Hill Cemetery, interment no. 18543. 389. “Schantz Family Notes,” Frank Shantz to George F. P. Wanger. %