NameJohn Jacob Kuntz
Birth19 Feb 1692, Niederbronn, Alsace
Death1754
FatherJohn George Kuntz
MotherAnna Catherine Miller
Misc. Notes
The ancestor of this family was John Jacob Kuntz, who arrived at Philadelphia from Rotterdam, Holland, on the ship, Charming Nancy, on Nov. 9, 1738. He was born Feb. 19, 1692, in Niederbronn, Alsace, the son of John George Kuntz, and his wife, Anna Catharine, daughter of John Jacob Miller. John Jacob Kuntz married, in 1719, Anna Margaretha Palsgraff, born Sept. 22, 1695, the daughter of John Jacob and Margaretha Palsgraff. His wife died on the voyage to America in 1738. He married the second time, in l742, Susanna Klein, born in 1711, the daughter of John Jacob Klein, a weaver of Hangeweiler, Upper Alsace, and his wife, Anna Catharine.

John Jacob Kuntz settled in that part of Philadelphia county, which afterwards became Berks county, shortly after his arrival, and in the Journal of the Proprietary Land Office, under date of March 3, 1739, is this entry: "Hans Jacob Kuhns, rec'd in part for land in Colebrookdale, Five Pounds."
Spouses
1Anna Margaret Pfalsgraff
Birth22 Sep 1695
Death1754
FatherJohn Jacob Pfalsgraff
MotherMargaretha
Marriage1719
ChildrenJacob
 Bernard (1723-1807)
 Christina
 Mary Catherine
 Anna Barbara
 John George (-1766)
2Susanna Klein
Birth1711
FatherJohn Jacob Klein
MotherAnna Catharine Unknown
Marriage1742
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