Genealogy

Pedigree of:
Adam Shultz
1789-1864

Maria Margretha
HAUENSTEIN
1749-c1816 = Jacob
SCHULTZ
1750-1803

Adam
SHULTZ
1789-1864

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Adam Shultz*; b. Feb. 28, 1789, as a twin to his sister, Maria Eva Shultz, in Brothersvalley Twp., Bedford County, PA; Christened there on June 28, 1789; d. July 27, 1864, in Grantsville, Allegheny County MD.

m1. Margaretha Scheirer*; in about 1811. She was b. May 16, 1794; d. Sep 16, 1818, only a few months after her fourth child, Judith, was born. She is buried "in the eastern part of the old cemetery on a hill east of Salisbury, PA." Her surname was originally the German "Scheirer", but became Americanized to "Shirer" in later years, for her and many of her relatives.
Adam and Margaretha had 4 children:
- Peter Shultz; b. Jul 19, 1812; d. Nov 6, 1857, was living with his parents in the 1850 Census for Allegheny County, MD.
- Elizabeth "Eliza" Shultz; b. Jan 13, 1814, in Garrett County Maryland; d. Sep 16, 1910, Allegheny County MD.
  - m. John Royer; b. Sep 10, 1807; d. Jul 2, 1888, and may have had as many as 9 children.
- Lydia Shultz; b. Mar 10, 1816, in Somerset PA; d. c1843, Elk Lick, Somerset PA
  - m. Charles Wagner; b. c 1807, in Maryland; and had four daughters, 3 of whom were born in Pennsylvania, and one in Green County Wisconsin. After Lydia died, Charles remarried Leah Deal (or Deahl) and had at least 8 more children by her.
- Judith Shultz*, (1816-1895)
  - m. Johann Caspar Werner*, (1809-1878). and had 11 children.
m2. Nancy Shockey; on Mar 30, 1819. Nancy is the daughter of Christian Shockey and Mary Ann Welsh of Franklin County, PA. Nancy was b. May 19, 1802; d. Feb 25, 1893 in Shipman, Illinois; bur. there on Feb 26, 1893.
Adam and Nancy had 14 children:
- Matilda Shultz; b. Mar 16, 1820, Somerset PA; d. Sep 14, 1886, in Roca, Lancaster County, Nebraska; bur. there.
  - m. Andrew Deahl
- Perry Shultz; b. Oct 7, 1821, Somerset PA; d. Aug 18, 1866, St. Louis MO.
  - m1. Annie Fear
  - m2. Lydia Glotfelty
- Chauncey Forward Shultz; b. May 29, 1824, Salisbury, Somerset PA; d. Aug. 19, 1907, St. Louis MO, bur. there on Aug 21, 1907.
  - m. Hadassah Chambers Brown
- Bailey Shultz; b. Mar 5, 1826, Somerset PA; d. Oct 4, 1871, Shipman, Macopin County, Illinois.
  - m. Catherine Shockey
- Huldah A. Shultz; b. Nov 15, 1827 Somerset PA; d. Feb 10, 1899, Shipman, Macopin County, IL.
  - m1. George Brown
  - m2. John Kight
- Alexander Shultz; b. Nov 14, 1829, Elk Lick, Somerset PA; d. Nov 25, 1906, Hutchinson, Reno County KS; bur. there on Nov. 27, 1906.
  - m. Elnora Glotfelty
- Meshach Shultz; b. May 28, 1831, Salisbury, Somerset PA; d. Dec 3, 1907, Shipman, Macopin County, IL; bur. there on Dec. 5, 1907.
  - m. Charlotte Augustine, sister to the Rev. Isaac Newton Augustine, who married Measach's sister, Amanda (see below).
- Mary Jane Shultz; b. Jun 9, 1833, Somerset PA; d. Oct 5, 1895, Shipman, Macopin County, IL; bur. there on Oct. 6, 1895.
  - m. Andrew Arendt
- Amanda Shultz; b. Oct 16, 1835, Galesburg PA; d. After 1900, LosAngeles CA; bur. there.
  - m. Rev. Isaac Newton Augustine, brother to Charlotte Augustine (see above).
- John Andrew Jackson Shultz; b. Apr 27, 1838, Grantsville, Allegheny MD; d. Dec 24, 1909, St. Louis MO, bur. there on Dec 27, 1909.
  - m. Mary Euphrasia Brown
- Adam Van Buren Shultz; b. May 5, 1840, Grantsville, Allegheny County MD; d. Nov 8, 1909, Wentzville, St. Charles County MO, bur. Shipman, Macopin County, IL.
  - m. Mary Sarah Walker
- Sarah Ann Shultz; b. May 23, 1842, Grantsville, Allegheny County MD; d. Feb 2, 1885, Lexington, Lafayette County MO, bur. Shipman, Macopin County, IL.
  - m. Samuel Brown
- George M. Dallas Shultz; b. Sep 16, 1844, Grantsville, Allegheny County MD; d. about 1911, Kansas City MO.
  - m. Sarah A. Taylor
- James Upton Shultz; b. Aug 6, 1847, Grantsville, Allegheny County MD; d. Oct 14, 1900, Denver, Arapahoe County CO, bur. there.
  - m1. Belle Brown
  - m2. Rose Burns

Brief Biography:

Adam Shultz* (1789-1864), was a son of Jacob Schultz* (1750-1803) and Maria Margaretha Hauenstein (1749-c1816). Jacob and Margaretha were immigrants from Germany. Most probably Jacob and Margretha were are the among the passengers listed on the register of the ship Polly, which arrived in Phialdelphia from Rotterdam and Cowes on Aug. 24, 1765. This ships register shows a Jacob Schultz and a Canrad Hauenstein and a Georg Jacob Hauenstein, among the 80 adult males out of a total of 211 immigrant passengers. Jacob Schultz's ancestral family had lived in Switzerland. Once in America, Jacob began to spell his surname "Shultz" - without the "c". The Hauenstein name may have been anglicized to "Haverstein" or "Haverstine" in America. The Schultz family was Mennonite, but had changed to Lutheran, possibly in Switzerland or in America. Jabob Schultz moved from farmland along the Vistula River in West Prussia (now Poland) into Poltz (now Paultz, and absorbed into Berne) a small Protestant town in Switzerland because of a policy of branding Protestants, and other non-Roman Catholic landowners in West Prussia. The practice of branding was done to determine which landowners should pay a special tax, because they did not pay tithes to the Roman Catholic Church.

The surname Schultz appears to be Prussian. The name, "Jacob Schultz" appears on lists of branded (and therefore taxed) West Prussian property owners in 1727. The Complete Brandregister of 1727 is a list of landowners who were branded (and taxed) in West Prussia, and it may provide a clue as to this Schultz family history. This Brandregister lists 13 men surnamed Schultz including 3 named Jacob Schultz, one in Gross Mausdorf, one in Marjenau (Marienau), and one in Die Vorhoffsche (Tiegenhoff). Whether any of these are related as ancestors of Jacob Schultz (1750-1803) is difficult to ascertain. In the Mennonite Baptisms in Tiegenhagen, 1782-1800, shows two Jacob Shultz Baptisms: one in 1782 and one in 1788, both in Petershagen.

Adam Shultz was a farmer with extensive farming operations in Western Maryland and south-central Pennsylvania, and also operated a large tannery. In about 1836 he moved to Allegheny County, MD, and on his farm laid out the town of Grantsville, MD, whereupon he built two hotels. In about 1844 he turned over the operation of his tannery to his son, Chauncey.

References:

Web site of Janice Werner Kemp-Phillippy, decendant of Jacob Schultz (1750-1803).
Genealogy of the family of Johann Caspar Werner (1809-1878) by John Edward Werner.
Amish and Amish Menonite Genealogies by H.F. Gingerich & R.W. Kreider, 1986.
Complete Brandregister of 1727
Correspondence with Robert L. Shultz of Shipman, Illinois.

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