Project Completed 6/12/2010 (Not a Family Relation to Tina Keister) Researched and Transcribed

Sturtz Ancestry

Project completed 6/12/2010 (not a family relation to Tina Keister) researched and transcribed by Tina Keister added to Boone County GenWeb on 9/15/2010.

Generation 1:

Johannes Christian Stotz b. Abt 1653 Laufen, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany
m. Maria Fetzer June 12, 1677 Pfeffengen, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany
b. Abt 1657 Pfeffengen, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany

Children of Johannes Christian Stotz and Maria Fetzer

Dorothea Stotz b. 1679 Pfeffengen, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany ( Daughter of Johannes Christian Stotz and Maria Fetzer)

Peter Stotz b. Abt 1685 Pfeffengen, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany d. Abt 1750 ( Son of Johannes Christian Stotz and
Maria Fetzer)

Christian Stotz b. 1689 Pfeffengen, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany ( Son of Johannes Christian Stotz and Maria Fetzer)

Hans Adam Stotz b. Abt 1690 Pfeffengen, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany ( Son of Johannes Christian Stotz and Maria Fetzer)

Generation 2:

Dorothea Stotz b. 1679 Pfeffengen, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany ( Daughter of Johannes Christian Stotz and Maria Fetzer)

m. Johannes Blickleim May 4, 1700 Bitz, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany b. 1668 d. July 23, 1734 Bitz, Baden,Wurttemberg, Germany

Generation 2:

Peter Stotz b. Abt 1685 Pfeffengen, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany d. Abt 1750 ( Son of Johannes Christian Stotz and Maria Fetzer)

m. Magdelena

Children of Peter Stotz and Magdelena

Ludwig Stotz b. Aug 2, 1710 Lauffen, Eyach, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany d. 1782 Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
( Son of Peter Stotz and Magdelena)

Johann Christian Stotz b. 1711 Lauffan, Eyach, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany d. 1791 Pennsylvania ( Son of Peter Stotz andMagdelena)

Hans Balthass Stotz b. April 21, 1713 Oberhessen Hessen, Germany ( Son of Peter Stotz and Magdelena)

Peter Stotz b. 1729 Lauffen, Eyach, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany ( Son of Peter Stotz and Magdelena)

Generation 3:

Ludwig Stotz b. Aug 2, 1710 Lauffen, Eyach, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany d. 1782 Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (Son of Peter Stotz and Magdelena)

m. Catharine Wolfer b. 1716 Lauffen, Wurttemberg, Germany d.. 1786 Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Children of Ludwig Stotz and Catharine Wolfer

Anna Maria Stotz b. 1739 ( Daughter of Ludwig Stotz and Catharine Wolfer)

Magdalena Stotz b. Nov 21, 1744 Wurttemberg, Germany d. 1788 ( Daughter of Ludwig Stotz and Catharine Wolfer)

Johann Jacob Stotz b. 1748 ( Son of Ludwig Stotz and Catharine Wolfer)

Generation 4:

Magdalena Stotz b. Nov 21, 1744 Wurttemberg, Germany d. 1788 ( Daughter of Ludwig Stotz and Catharine Wolfer)

m. (1) Christian Frederick Demuth March 14, 1781 Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania b. Dec 26, 1740 Germantown, Pennsylvania d. Sept 10, 1781 Hope, New Jersey

Generation 4:

m. (2) 2nd husband of Magdalena Stotz David Brucker 1782

Generation 3:

Johann Christian Stotz b. 1711 Lauffan, Eyach, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany d. 1791 Pennsylvania ( Son of Peter Stotz and
Magdelena)

m. Anna Justina Fauberchin Aug 6, 1738 Oberhessen, Hessen, Germany b. Germany d. Pennsylvania

Peter, Christian and Ludwig Stotz (Stortz, Storts, Sturtz) arrived in
Philadelphia aboard the ship "Osgood" in September 29,1750 from Laufen en
der Eyach(River), Wuerttemberg, Germany. Peter and Ludwig are Johann Christina Stotz brothers

Children of Johann Christian Stotz and Anna Justina Fauberchin

Johannas George Sturtz b. May 27, 1739 Oberhessen, Hessen, Germany ( Son of Johann Christian Stotz and Anna Justina Fauberchin)

Elizabeth Sturtz b. Oct 11, 1742 Oberhessen, Hessen, Germany ( Daughter of Johann Christian Stotz and Anna Justina Fauberchin)

Christian Sturtz b. 1743 Lauffen, Eyach, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany d. 1826 Southampton, Somerset County, Maryland
( Son of Johann Christian Stotz and Anna Justina Fauberchin)

Ludwig Sturtz b. May 13, 1745 Germany ( Son of Johann Christian Stotz and Anna Justina Fauberchin)

Samuel Sturtz b. Dec 20, 1752 Northampton, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania ( Son of Johann Christian Stotz and Anna Justina Fauberchin)

Generation 4:

Christian Sturtz b. 1743 Lauffen, Eyach, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany d. 1826 Southampton, Somerset County, Maryland(Son of Johann Christian Stotz and Anna Justina Fauberchin)

m. Catherina Hahn April 11, 1762 Salisbury, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania b. 1742 Northampton, Pennsylvaniad. 1826 Southampton, Somerset County, Pennsylvania ( Daughter of Johann Jacob Hahn b. Dec 27, 1747 Frenchenfeld, Pflaz, Germany d. Nov 1, 1801 Linconln, Catawba County, North Carolina)

Family tradition says Christian came to PA at 4 or 5 yrs of age. He sailed from Rotterdam with his father and mother, but they died at sea and he was indentured in PA to pay for his passage.

He is believed to have imigrated to America in 1750, as a child with his parents.

Christian was a revolutionary soldier who served with the Continental Army. It is believed that the Sturtzs were Moravians, now a part of Czechoslovakia.

Christian Sturtz served as a Major with the 5th PA Battalion, Continental Line. His military duty lasted from 10/1/1776 to 12/31/1780.

His estate was #10, 1826 in Somerset County. He also appears on the 1800 census list for Londonderry Twp, Somerset County along with Jacob, Adam, and Christian, Jr Sturtz. Londonderry became Southampton in 1801.

On the farm where Christian Sturtz lived, three generations lived there and were born there. In a letter dated Jan 2, 1934 written by the wife of one of the Sturtz's born there, she remembers her father in law tell about the rocks he had to pick up on that land.

Son John Jacob Sturtz moved to Ohio after service in the Revolutionary War. He had received 1000 acres of land on Perry Co., Ohio for service in the Revolutionary War. Land records changed the name to Storts and the family never corrected it. The inscription on a monument in Perry Co., Ohio states " John Jacob Storts died 12 Jan. 1852, age 88 yrs. 6 mo. 2 da. Enlisted at Red Hill, Pa. 5 April 1777. Was with Washington at Valley Forge."

According to a 1929 newspaper clipping about Mrs. Maria Storts Allen, daughter of John Jacob Storts, John Jacob Storts enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of 14, taking the place of his father. His father returned to care for his large family. (Newspaper clipping in the Sturtz file at the Somerset Historical Society.)

Relatives in Ohio say that the original name in Pennsylvania was Sturtz and that when families moved to Ohio some of the mis-spelling occurred in land deeds, and were never corrected.

Lillian Storts Babcock wrote a series of letters from 1928 to 1932 during a cruise to a historian at the
Somerset Co Historical Society about the Revolutionary War service of her ancestor, great great grandfather, John Jacob Sturtz/Storts. These letters were preserved in a file at the Society headquarters. In another letter by a relative of Mrs. Babcock, written Jan 2, 1934 from Kansas City to Mr. Charles Cook at the Somerset Historical Society, she states Mrs. Babcock was killed by a nephew in California, probably sometime prior to Sept. 1933, and she had inherited Mrs. Babcock's diary which contained all of the Sturtz family history. This would have coincided with Mrs. Babcock's return to San Fransisco from her world cruise.

Babcock letters:

Oct 10, 1928 - Selsdon Park, Sanderstead, Surrey, London

Wrote To Somerset Historical Society asking for information on Sturtz family. Believes family is Moravian and very religious.

Dec. 8, 1928 - Selsdon Park, Sanderstead, Surrey, London

She states John Jacob Storts stated in his request for a pension in 1852 that he was born in Bucks Co. PA, July 10, 1763 and that his birth was recorded in German. He enlisted from Red Hill, PA April 5, 1777. He was in the battle of Valley Forge and served in the artillery. He stated in his pension request that he marched to Maryland to guard the prisoners and troops at Fredericktown in 1781. In June or Sept. 1781 he re-enlisted from Fredericktown under Capt. Ben Fickle. Also served under Capt. Brown and Bentley and Col. Joseph Wood. After the war he stated he lived in Frederick Co, MD, later in a county in PA, and then in Ohio. He died in Perry Co, Ohio in 1852.

She states John Jacob and his father Christian STURTZ were both given grants of land in Bedford Co. in 1789.

Dec. 18, 1928 - Aboard a ship based out of Bremen - "Columbus"

Mrs. Babcock states only Christian took up his land grant in Bedford Co., PA.

Feb. 16, 1929 - Enroute to Honolulu, American Mail Line, President Liners

Mrs. Babcock writes that she has found several entries in the PA archives series that list a John Stotz and John Storts serving in the artillery from Bucks County, PA during the Revolution.

March 6, 1929 -- Enroute to Manila, American Mail Line

She writes that in 1818, Christian Sturtz Sr. gave a power of attorney to his son, Adam. Somerset Co. Vol. 10, p. 57. Sons John Jacob and a younger brother, Abraham, came to Ohio sometime before 1823. Then she speculates that this Christian was the son of Christian, b. 1743.

She also writes that the family always traded in Cumberland, Md. though they lived in Somerset Co.

June 7, 1929 -- Manila, P. I.

She writes that Jacob Stortz received a grant of 100 acres of land in Bedford Co. Nov. 13, 1789, Vol. 25, p. 627. Christian Stortz received a grant of 25 acres the same day, but had also received a previous grant of 100 acres.

Sept 6, 1929 -- Manila, Philappines

She writes that she believes John Jacob marched into Maryland as he was a guard to troops there after Cornwallis' surrender.

April 25, 1930 -- Inland Sea, Dollar Steamship Line, SS President Lincoln

She writes that John Jacob served under a Capt. Brown, Col. Joseph Wood, and Capt. Eyre, and Capt. Benjamin Fickle. Fickle's troops were transferred to Maryland and are known to have guarded Cornwallis' troops.

She also writes that in 1750 a Ludwig, Peter, and Christian Stotz came over to PA. They were Moravians and she believes they may be brothers. (There is another family story passed down, not verified, that Christian's parents died at sea and that Christian was sold as an indentured servant to pay for his passage.)

Feb 18, 1931 -- Manila, Philippines

Mrs. Babcock mentions that the Jacob Stortz land grant was on Wills Creek, Tub Mill Run, in the area of Wellersburg.

This was the end of this wonderful series of letters found on the Sturtz family, written over 60 years ago, when a member of the family was still alive -- Mrs. Babcock's aunt, Maria Storts Allen -- who remembered this Revolutionary War veteran. Maria Storts was 10 yrs old, born in 1842, when her father John Jacob died in 1852.

References: Somerset Historical Society "STURTZ" file

Children of Christian Sturtz and Catherina Hahn

Mary Ann Sturtz b. Abt 1763 Northampton, Pennsylvania d. 1817 Ohio ( Daughter of Christian Sturtz and Catherina Hahn)

John Jacob Sturtz b. June 10, 1763 Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. Jan 12, 1852 Bearfield, Perry Co, Ohio ( Son of Christian Sturtz and
Catherina Hahn)

Maria Sturtz b. April 10, 1765 Northampton, Pennsylvania d. Dec 3, 1825 Muskingum, Ohio ( Daughter of Christian Sturtz and Catherina Hahn)

Catherine Elizabeth Sturtz b. March 19, 1767 Upper Milford, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania ( Daughter of Christian Sturtz ad Catherina Hahn)

Christian Sturtz b. 1869 Bucks County, Pennsylvania d. June 29, 1830 Southhampton, Somerset County, Pennsylvania ( Son of Christian Sturtz and Catherina Hahn)

Susan Sturtz b. March 26, 1775 Bucks County, Pennsylvania d. April 22, 1856 Bedford, Pennsylvania ( Daughter of Christian Sturtz and Catherina Hahn)

Adam Sturtz b. March 5, 1778 Oldtown, Allegeny County, Maryland d. Aug 15, 1860 Southampton, Somerset County, Pennsylvania ( Son of Christian Sturtz and
Catherina Hahn)

Abraham Sturtz b. May 12, 1778 Rocky Hill, Frederick County, Maryland d. June 9, 1860 Washington, Muskingum County, Ohio ( Son of
Christian Sturtz and Catherina Hahn)

Chrystal Sturtz b. 1782 Maryland ( Daughter of Christina Sturtz and Catherina Hahn)

Generation 5:

Mary Ann Sturtz b. Abt 1763 Northampton, Pennsylvania d. 1817 Ohio ( Daughter of Christian Sturtz and Catherina Hahn)

m. Joseph Huffman

Generation 5:

John Jacob Sturtz b. June 10, 1763 Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. Jan 12, 1852 Bearfield, Perry Co, Ohio ( Son of Christian Sturtz and
Catherina Hahn)

m. (1) Christina Keller 1783 Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland b. March 15, 1765 Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
d. Aug 21, 1823 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio

John Jacob Storts at 18 yrs. of age, enlisted in the Army of the Revolutionary War. In the month of June in Frederick, MD before the capture of Cornwallace at Yorktown, under Captain Benjamin Fickle. It is said that he fought with George Washington at Valley Forge.

Children of John Jacob Sturtz and Christina Keller

Daniel Sturtz/Storts b. March 2, 1784 New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio d. June 5, 1874 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio
( Son of John Jacob Sturtz and Christina Keller)

John Sturtz/Storts b. Abt 1787 Pennsyvlania d. 1854 Perry County, Ohio ( Son of John Jacob Sturtz and Christina Keller)

John Sturtz/Storts b. Oct 13, 1791 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania d. Oct 12, 1872 Decatur, Washington Co, Ohio
( Son of John Jacob Sturtz and Christina Keller)

Catharine Sturtz/Storts b. 1793 d. 1852 ( Daughter of John Jacob Sturtz and Christina Keller)

Elizabeth Sturtz/Storts b. June 10, 1800 Somerset County, Pennsylvania d. Jan 5, 1873 New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio ( Daughter of John Jacob Sturtz
and Christina Keller)

Sarah Sturtz/Storts b. Abt 1802 Pennsyvlania ( Daughter of John Jacob Sturtz and Christina Keller)

Peter Sturtz/Storts b. 1808 ( Son of John Jacob Sturtz and Christina Keller)

Generation 6:

Daniel Sturtz/Storts b. March 2, 1784 New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio d. June 5, 1874 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio (Son of John Jacob Sturtz and Christina Keller)

m. Mary Harter April 12, 1814 Newark, Licking County, Ohio b. 1789 Virginia d. Aug 29, 1858 Bearfield,
Perry County, Ohio

Children of Daniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter

Jacob D Sturtz/Storts b. Oct 8, 1814 Bowling Green, Licking County, Ohio d. Sept 23, 1901 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Son of Daniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter)

Noah Sturtz/Storts b. May 25, 1817 Licking, Licking County, Ohio d. April 3, 1900 Licking County, Ohio ( Son of Daniel Sturtz/Storts andMary Harter)

Abraham Sturtz/Storts b. May 8, 1818 ( Son of Daniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter)

Sarah Sturtz/Storts b. Aug 22, 1820 Licking, Licking County, Ohio d. Aug 7, 1861 Perry County, Ohio ( Daughter of Daniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter)

Gabriel Sturtz/Storts b. Nov 26, 1822 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Dec 23, 1896 Kansas ( Son of Daniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter)

George Sturtz/Storts b. Jan 26, 1825 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. 1877 ( Son of Daniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter)

Abram Sturtz/Storts b. June 26, 1828 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Son of Daniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter)

Catherine Ann Sturtz/Storts b. June 18, 1829 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. May 11, 1850 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Daughterof Daniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter)

Hannah Sturtz/Storts b. 1830 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Daughter of Daniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter)

William Sturtz/Storts b. Feb 14, 1835 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Dec 30, 1914 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio ( Son ofDaniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter)

Generation 7:

Jacob D Sturtz/Storts b. Oct 8, 1814 Bowling Green, Licking County, Ohio d. Sept 23, 1901 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Son of Daniel Sturtz/Storts and Mary Harter)

m. Lucinda McFarland April 29, 1837 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio b. June 8, 1820 Virginia d. Nov 27, 1887 Perry County, Ohio

Children of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland

Elizabeth Ann Sturtz/Storts b. Nov 21, 1837 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Jan 13, 1872 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio (Daughter of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

Sharhet Sturtz/Storts b. June 1838 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Feb 15, 1841 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Daughter of Jacob DSturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

Mary Jane Sturtz/Storts b. June 15, 1841 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Mary 31, 1861 Perry County, Ohio ( Daughter of Jacob DSturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

Catherine Sturtz/Storts b. Oct 24, 1844 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Feb 1920 Van Buren, Grant County, Indiana (Daughter of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

Gabriel Sturtz/Storts b. Feb 19, 1846 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Feb 18, 1922 Perry County, Ohio ( Son of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts andLucinda McFarland)

Julie Ann Sturtz/Storts b. May 11, 1848 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Nov 14, 1864 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Daughter ofJacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

Thomas Sturtz/Storts b. Feb 1851 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Son of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

Noah Sturtz/Storts b. June 12, 1853 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. 1933 ( Son of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

John F Sturtz/Storts b. Nov 24, 1855 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Son of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

Samuel Sturtz/Storts b. March 29, 1858 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Son of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

William Jasper Sturtz/Storts b. Dec 1860 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio ( Son of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

Mathilda Ann Sturtz/Storts b. April 2, 1865 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Sept 21, 9143 Milton, Van Buren County, Iowa ( Daughter of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

Generation 8:

Elizabeth Ann Sturtz/Storts b. Nov 21, 1837 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Jan 13, 1872 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio( Daughter of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

m. John Struble

Generation 8:

Mary Jane Sturtz/Storts b. June 15, 1841 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Mary 31, 1861 Perry County, Ohio ( Daughter of Jacob DSturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

m. William McCullough

Generation 8:

Catherine Sturtz/Storts b. Oct 24, 1844 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Feb 1920 Van Buren, Grant County, Indiana (Daughter of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts and Lucinda McFarland)

m. William McFarland Penrod June 10, 1860 b. March 10, 1837 Perry County, Ohio d. Feb 15, 1917 GrantCounty, Indiana

Children of Catherine Sturtz/Storts and William McFarland Penrod

Jasper N Penrod b. July 10, 1881 Wells County, Indiana d. Feb 1963 Gas City, Grant County, Indiana ( Son of Catherine Sturtz/Stortsand William McFarland Penrod)

Generation 9:

Jasper N Penrod b. July 10, 1881 Wells County, Indiana d. Feb 1963 Gas City, Grant County, Indiana ( Son of Catherine Sturtz/Stortsand William McFarland Penrod)

m. Cora E Kellogg Sept 17, 1904 Grant County, Indiana b. June 1, 1889 Indiana d. Aug 1968 Gas City, Grant County,Indiana

Children of Jasper N Penrod and Cora E Kellogg

Roy Penrod b. July 13, 1907 Grant County, Indiana d. Feb 23, 2000 Gas City, Grant County, Indiana ( Son of Jasper N Penrod and Cora E Kellogg)

Edna Penrod b. Abt 1910 Grant County, Indiana ( Daughter of Jasper N Penrod and Cora E Kellogg)

Generation 8:

Gabriel Sturtz/Storts b. Feb 19, 1846 Bearfield, Perry County, Ohio d. Feb 18, 1922 Perry County, Ohio ( Son of Jacob D Sturtz/Storts andLucinda McFarland)