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Descendants of Jacob Boltz
Generation No. 3
3. JOHN MICHAEL3 BOLTZ (JOHANN MICHAEL2, JACOB1) was born March 23, 1730 in
Eggenstein, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany, and died June 1806 in Jefferson County,
Virginia. He married ELEANOR VERONICA FIRNSSLER Abt. 1757 in Pennsylvania. She
was born 1735 in Eggenstein, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany, and died November 1806
in Jefferson County, Virginia.
Notes for JOHN MICHAEL BOLTZ:
Michael served in the Revolutionary War as a Private, 3rd Class, 2nd Battalion
Lancaster County Militia on tours of duty during 1777-1781 (Pennsylvania Archives,
Fifth Series). Soon after the death of his father in 1785, Michael and his family
moved to Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia) where he bought 440 acres
on the east side of the Opequon Creek for 800 pounds on January 10, 1788. Two
years later, Michael and Eleanor gave 102 acres to their son David and sold
another 100 acres and bought a lot in Smithfield for 15 pounds. Michael served
as trustee of the Evangelists Lutheran Church in Smithfield. Michael wrote his
will April 9, 1806 and died soon after as his will was proved in court on June
10, 1806.
More About JOHN MICHAEL BOLTZ:
Burial: Union Cemetery, Middleway, Jefferson, County, Virginia
More About ELEANOR VERONICA FIRNSSLER:
Burial: Union Cemetery, Middleway, Jefferson, County, Virginia
Children of JOHN BOLTZ and ELEANOR FIRNSSLER are:
4. i. JOHN MICHAEL4 BOLTZ, b. January 22, 1758, Lebanon, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania;
d. January 1806, Berkley County, Virginia.
ii. JACOB FREDERICK BOLTZ, b. March 2, 1760.
iii. CATHARINE SOPHIA BOLTZ, b. October 28, 1761.
iv. MARY BARBARA BOLTZ, b. October 28, 1761.
v. JOHN PULSE, b. November 6, 1763.
vi. GEORGE BOLTZ, b. November 19, 1765.
vii. DAVID PULSE, b. March 12, 1768.
viii. FREDERICK PULSE, b. November 11, 1769.
ix. JOHN PETER BOLTZ, b. October 18, 1771, Derry Twp. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
x. CATHARINE ELIZABETH BARBARA BOLTZ, b. December 21, 1772.
xi. PETER BOLTZ, b. June 29, 1775, Derry Twp. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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