Jacob Zentz Genealogy
Record modified: 2007-05-19
Born: about 1792-00-00
Died: (unknown) Blair Co, Pennsylvania USA
Marriages:
1. Elizabeth (unknown)
Children of Jacob Zentz and Elizabeth (unknown):
Notes:
He was born between 1790 and 1800. I'm guessing it was early 1790s based on naming patterns.
Jacob Sr's first child, daughter Margaret, was over 10 on the 1800 census, and Jacob Jr was under 10.
Naming patterns suggest the first son would be Jacob Jr.
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I have decided this Jacob is not the one who married Christiana Munn.
In her will Margaret Myers leaves part of her estate to grandson Isreal Zentz. She does not mention her son Jacob.
"Portrait and Biographical Album of Wapello Co IA" gives a sketch of an Israel Zentz, who
"was born in Blair Co PA
1816-04-08, and is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth
Zentz, who both died in Blair Co before Israel was
old enough to have any recollection of them. On the
death of his parents he was taken and reared by his
Grandmother Zentz, with whom he lived until he was
about eighteen years old, when she died in Washington
Co PA."
The problem is the dates. Margaret died in 1846, when Israel would have been 30, not 18. If that
sentence were changed to "... years old. She died ..." it would be correct.
The other problem is that the 1830 census entry for Margaret and her second husband Jonathan
Casebeer don't show anyone born in 1816 living with her.
But since Margaret specifies her grandson Israel in her will, her son Jacob must be Israel's father, and
thus not Christiana Munn's husband.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 39952
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