Johann Peter Steltz
Johann Peter Steltz (October 24, 1745 - May 24, 1833) was a New Hanover, Pennsylvania farmer[1] who served in the American Revolutionary War.
Biography
Johann Peter Steltz was born in Europe on October 24, 1745. He arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1749 with his parents and other members of his family.[2]
He was a member of the Falckner Swamp Reformed Congregation, a church still in existence today under the name of New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. According to a 2019 report, Steltz's "name is etched in the stone of our present sanctuary, indicating that he was among those who constructed the building in 1767."[3]
In 1777, his congregation offered their building as a temporary hospital for retreating American forces following the Battles of Brandywine and Paoli.[4] Steltz enlisted as a Private in the 4th Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia and appeared on the muster rolls in 1780 through at least November 26, 1781.[5][6]
According to church records, Steltz had six children between 1772 and 1784 with his first wife, Gertrude/Gertraut, who died on October 9, 1784,[7] a few months after the birth of their last daughter. He married his second wife, Susana Grub, in 1785.[8] In 1786, Steltz reported that an indentured servant named Christian Helm had run away from his farm.[9]
Steltz died on May 24, 1833 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He is buried in the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery.[10]
References
- ↑ 1800 Enumeration, line 27, New Hanover, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Septennial Census Returns, 1779-1863, Record Group 7: Records of the General Assembly, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA
- ↑ Jones, Henry Z., 1940- (1991). More Palatine families : some immigrants to the middle colonies 1717-1776 and their European origins, plus new discoveries on German families who arrived in Colonial New York in 1710. Rockport, Me.: Picton Press. ISBN 0-89725-394-9. OCLC 50219831.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) Search this book on
- ↑ New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran Church (February 24, 2019). "Annual Congregational Report Reporting for the Year 2018" (PDF). Retrieved December 9, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran Church, Our History: 1700-1799". Retrieved December 9, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Montgomery, Thomas Lynch (1906). Muster Rolls, Etc., 1743-1787. Harrisburg Publishing Company, state printer. Search this book on
- ↑ Dotterer, Henry Sassaman (1900). The Perkiomen Region, Past and Present. Perkiomen Publishing Company. Search this book on
- ↑ 1748-1854: Falckner Swamp Reformed Congregation collection, Ancestry.com
- ↑ Kline, John Jacob (1911). The Lutheran Church in New Hanover, (Falckner swamp) Montgomery County, Penna. University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Lancaster, Pa. [Press of the New era printing company]. Search this book on
- ↑ Hocker, Edward W. (1980). Genealogical Data Relating to the German Settlers of Pennsylvania and Adjacent Territory: From Advertisements in German Newspapers Published in Philadelphia and Germantown, 1743-1800. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-0878-4. Search this book on
- ↑ "Johannes Peter Steltz FindAGrave Memorial". FindAGrave. May 11, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2019. Unknown parameter
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