Mintzer Family Notes

Mintzer Family Notes MHE appended Bible record is taken from two pages removed from an old Bible found in Haverford, Pa.° Most of the record appears to be in one very legible but unknown handwriting. John Mintzer, whose name heads the record, was the son of Adam Mintzer, a carter in the Northern Liberties of Philadelphia, and his wife Rosanna, and the grandson of Mark Mintzer, also a carter of the same place, and his wife Sarah. MARCUS MTJENZER (MINTZER) is reported to have married 12 October 1742, SARAH ELIZABETH BRAUN, a member of the Moravian Church, who was born in October 1717, in Wurttemberg, and came to Pennsylvania in October 1738. As MARK MINSER of Philadelphia, he was naturalized in the fall of 1740, so he must have been in the province since at least 1733. 2 The Philadelphia Moravian Church register for 1766 lists only one child for them: Sarah Muenzer, born 20 August 1748. But there were other children, for Mark in his will, dated 10 November 1781, and proved 21 January 1782, named as his children Barbara, Adam, Joseph, William, Englebert, Margaret, Sarah Lampater, a deceased son David and a deceased daughter Mary Seiler. His widow Sarah Mintzer, whose will was dated 8 January and proved the following 22 September 1796, named only her "undutiful son Joseph," to whom she left 25 cents, her daughters Barbery Wilkison and Margaretha Kurtz wife of George Kurtz, grandchildren Betsy and Peggy Kurtz, and Betsy and Anna Barbara Wilkison. 2 The marriage registers of St. Michael's and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Philadelphia show the marriages of some of the children 9 The record was contributed by Effie M. Shaw, 2217 Oakwood Lane, Richmond, Va. 23228, in May 1972. No title page vs. included. o See "Register of Members and Their Children Belonging to the Moravian Congregation in Philadelphia, in 1766," in William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries Historical, Biographical and Genealogical . Annual Volume, 1896, 214. Pennsylvania Archives, 204 Series, II (:876), 351. o Philadelphia Will Book D, 65, #70:1782, will of Mark Mintzer Other legatees named in his will were his grandchildren Mark and David Mintzer, children of his deceased son David, and Jacob, MIthidd, Henry, Emmanuel, Margaret and Elizabeth Seiler, children of his deceased daughter Mary Seiler. Philadelphia Will Book V. 490, #321:I796, will of Sarah Mintzer, "widow of Marcus." 244 Mintzer Family Notes 245 of Mark Mintzer. On 6 January 1761, JOHANNES THOMAS BISSHANS and ANNA MARGRETHA MUENTZER were married. On 11 November 1766, JOHN LAMPATER married SARAH MUENTZER. ADAM MUENTZER and ROSINA REIS were married on 16 July 1767. MARIA BISSANS, widow, married, as her second husband, GEORGE KURTZ, on 26 October 1773. No marriage has been found for ENGLEBERT MUENTZER, but he was married by 1781 when he and his wife MARY were sponsors, at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, at the baptism of Mary Dauber, daughter of Sebastian and Mary Dauber. The baptismal registers of that church show that Englebert, a Protestant, and his wife Mary, had three children baptised there: Joseph in 1782, Anna Mary in 1783, and William in 1785. As Ingleburd Mincer, he was listed as an innkeeper in the Northern Liberties in 1781. By 1790 he had moved up to Douglas Township in Montgomery County.' ADAM MINSER (MustrzER), son of Mark, survived his father only three years. In his will, dated 4 March 1784, and proved 11 March 1785, he named his wife ROSANNA, and mentioned children without naming them. His widow Rosanna, however, in her will dated 10 March and proved the following 31 August 1818, named her two sons John and Adam, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary.' She had died on 13 July 1818, aged 70 years, 8 months and 24 days, and was buried in the graveyard of St. Michael's and Zion Lutheran Church. Here also were buried four of her children: Catharine Minser, who died 5 October 1812, aged 41 years, 2 days. Mary Minser, wife of James McClaskey, had died 5 May 1820, aged 44 years, 3 months, 13 days. George Mincer died 13 September 1812, aged 33 years. Margaret Minser died 20 October 1789, aged 7 years, 9 months and 27 days. The eldest daughter, Elizabeth Muentzer, born 12 October and baptized the Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, IX, 312, 328, 331, 333. See also Burials, 1745-1771, St. Michael's and Zion Church. 356-7, in Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (GSP), for MI emended burial notice of Joh: Thomas Bisans, first husband of Anna Margretha, daughter of Marcus Mainzer. He was b. 2 August 1751, and d. 17 October 1771. josePb Munizer, perhaps the "undutiful son," mentioned in the will of Sarah Mintzer, m. at the German Reformed Church, 27 July 1797, Elizabeth Fischbach. See Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, VIII, 699. Pennsylvania 5 Records of the American Catholic Historical Society, IV (1893), 42, 54, 67, 169. Archives, Ird Series, XVI, 73. Heads of Families al the First Census . . . 1790. Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C., 1908), 160. In the published assessment lists in the Pennsylvania Archives, the family surname is variously given as Menser, Milner and Mintzer. 'Philadelphia Will Book T, 148, #921785, will of Adam Minser. A witness to his will was John Lampater who had married Adam's sister Sarah. Philadelphia Will Book 6, 596, #97:1118, will of Rosanna Mintzer. Witnesses to km will were Jonathan Carmalt, Jr., James and Caleb Carmel, In 1817 she was listed 'in the Directories as living at 246 N. Second Street. 246 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine following 13 November 1768, at St. Michael's and Zion Church, had married at the same place on 1 January 1792, Jacob Litter. In the Philadelphia City Directories, the address of JOHN MENTZER, son of Adam and Rosanna, was 315 North Third Street from 1802 until his death. First listed as a carter, the last two years of his life he was called a shopkeeper. In his will, dated 7 July and proved the following 3 September 1819, he named his wife Deborah, and his children as Jacob Mentzer, his youngest son William Mentzer, his daughter Rosanna Stimble, wife of George, and daughters Sarah Bruner and Eliza Mentzer.' His widow DEBORAH MENTZER continued to live at 315 North Third Street until 1837. After her son-in-law George Stimble died, she was listed first as a storekeeper and then as a grocer. In 1837 she was at 148 Tammany, and in 1840, the year before her death, she was listed at 148 St. John Street. She, too, was buried in St. Michael's and Zion churchyard. GEORGE S. STIMBLE, who married ROSANNA MINTZER, daughter of John and Deborah, first appeared in 1816 In Philadelphia Directories as a grocer living at 315 North Third Street with his wife's parents. From 1820 until his death in 1822, he was listed there as an accountant. No obituary has been found for him, but one for Rosannah, his wife, appeared in the 2 December 1819 issue of Poulson's American Daily Advertiser: Died on Tuesday evening, MRS. ROSANNAH STIMBLE, COPS= of George S. Stimble, aged 23 years, and eight days, of a pulmonary consumption which she bore with calm resignation and Christian fortitude. This amiable woman was a kind and affectionate companion, a vigilant mother, a kind and sincere friend, and a devout Christian, in performing the various duties assigned to her important station in society. She endeared herself to a large connection of relatives and friends, to whom her death would be an inseparable loss, did not her Christian virtues leave this consoling reflection— That Her immortal soul has taken flight To joyful scenes of pure delight There with God to dwell above In endless pleasure, peace and love. The friends and relatives of the above are particularly invited to attend her funeral this afternoon at two o'clock from the residence of her mother, No. 315 North Third Street.. SL Michael's and Zion Gravestone Inscriptions, GSP. St. Michael's and Zion Baptisms, 1759-1771, Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, /X, 407. .Philadelphia win Book 7, 55, #97:1819, will of John Mintzer. It was witnessed by Caleb and James Carmalt, who had witnessed his mother's will the year before. She was buried in the churchyard of St. John's P. E. Church, Northern Ltherties, erected on land adjoining the Coats' family burial ground. 415, GOP. Mintzer Family Notes 247 Mintzer Stimble Bible Record - Births John Mintzer born October 14th 1770 Deborah Mintzer born February 24th 1772 Issue: John Mintzer born July 28 5k 1795 Rosanna Mintzer born November 22nd 1796 Sarah Mintzer born February 25 5h 1799 John Mintzer born October 30th 1801 Elizabeth Mintzer born November 7th 1802 Jacob S. Mintzer born March 29th 1805 William C. Mintzer born August 15th 1809 George S. Stimble born February 17th 1794 ROSnana Stimble born November 22.d 1796 Issue: John M. Stimble born April 7th 1815 1° Deborah M. Stimble born June 24th 1816 Elizabeth S. Stimble born February 16 5h 1818 Marriages John Mintzer and Deborah Cox Married June 22" 1793 u George S. Stimble and Rosanna Mintzer Married August 22." 1813 Deaths John Mintzer Died August 6th 1819 Rosannah Stimble Died November 30th 1819 George S. Stimble Died April 13th 1822 Sarah Bruner Died August [blank] 1821 William C. Mintzer Died July 75h 1830 Elizabeth Stinable Died November 3 05 1831 John M. Stimble Died July 14th 1816 Elizabeth S. Stimble Died July 15 5h 1819 Deborah Mintzer Died Suddenly on the Eavning of the 22th of October 1841 at 9 Oclock Jacob S. Mintzer died on the evening of Oct° 21 5° 1867 at a quarter before twelve Oclock Io John Mintzer Stbuble was baptized 17 September 1815, according to the records of St. John', P. E. Church, Northern Liberties, in GOP. Thar marriage is entered in the register of St. Michael's and Zion Lutheran Church, wherein it is peen as 20 Jose 1793. On 13 October 1796, John's brother Adam Mintzer and Sarah Migdoll were married in the same church. Pennsylvonia Archives, 2nd Series, IX, 409, 419. the 1810 Philadelphia Directory, Jacob S. Mintzer was Listed as living at 115 N. Id Street, apparently the old family home. I-fe was Treasurer of the Dinrict of Northern Libuties. The Mayor of the District was William Wilkinson, attorney and counsellor-at-IsW at 112 Coates Street. Note: Poe, variant account of the Mintzer Family, see Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pe., Volume XIII (No. 2, Spring 19621. noted by the Editor after this account had gone to press.