 1703 - 1782 (79 years)
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| Name |
Wilhelm Wurtz |
| Born |
1703 |
Baden, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1782 |
Lovettsville, Virginia |
| Buried |
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lovettsville, Virginia [1] |
| Person ID |
I64 |
Virts |
| Last Modified |
3 Jun 2020 |
| Family |
Anna Catharina, b. 27 Apr 1706, Baden, Germany , d. 29 Dec 1791, Lovettsville, Virginia (Age 85 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1726 |
Tauberbischofsheim, Baden, Germany |
| Children |
| | 1. Wilhelm Wurtz, Jr., b. Abt 1727, Upper Bavarian, Germany , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Anna Maria Elizabeth Wurtz, b. 27 May 1732, Baden, Germany , d. 24 Apr 1803, Frederick, Maryland (Age 70 years) |
| | 3. Peter Philip Virtzs, b. 13 Apr 1738, Baden, Germany , d. 22 May 1798, Lovettsville, Virginia (Age 60 years) |
| | 4. Conrad Wirtz, b. 1741, Baden, Germany , d. 27 Dec 1821, Lovettsville, Virginia (Age 80 years) |
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| Last Modified |
14 Jul 2017 |
| Family ID |
F50 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Wilhelm Wurtz/Willem Wirz
Sources:
Palatine Pamphlet - It lists ships names, dates of arrival, imigrants places of orgin, loctaion settled and their religion. According to the researches those who arrived on the ship Neptune in September 1753 were from Tauberbischhofsheim, Baden, Germany. They are reported to have settled in Lehigh, Pennsylvania and to be of Lutheran faith.
Immigrants to Pennsylvania, Volume 1, 1727-1776?u?
?/u?Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Volume 1, page 539
Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance, 1727-1776
LDS library, file number 1904036.
LDS library, file number 1985231
1753
Arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the boat the Neptune , John Mason, Master, on September 23, 1753 from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Wilhelm's trip originated in Tauberbischofsheim, Baden Germany. The ships log shows Wilhelm Wurtz, Sr., and Wilhelm Wurtz, Jr. Only male passengers over the age of 16 are listed in the logs. Conrad at the time of arrival would have been approxiamately 12-13 years old and Peter, even thou 16 based on his calculated birth date, did not sign as he probably noted his age as 15 at the time.
Wilhelm Wurtz, Jr. signed next to his father on the Oath of Abjuration list, logged at the Court House of Philadelphia, Monday, the 24th of September 1753. Neither Wilhelm or Wilhelm, Jr. could write, so their signatures were transcribed for them. Wilhelm, Sr. did place his mark an X. Wilhelm Wurtz, Jr. signature is noted by the words On Board.
1754
Wilhelm and Wihlem, Jr. are shown living in Philadelphia in the 1754 Pennsylvania Census.
1761
Wilhelm was naturalized on April 10, 1761 in Philadelphia, and was shown living in Lancaster, Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance
1767
Wilhelm first appears in Loudoun County Virginia in 1767 in the Loudoun County Virginia Tax List as Wilhelm Werts. The the 1768 Tax List he apperas as Wilhelm Verts, 1769 as Wilhelm Wurts, 1770 as Wilhelm Verts, 1771 Wilhelm Verts, 1772 as William Worts, 1774 as William Worts, 1775 as Williams Worts, as William Wierts, and in 1782 as William Worts. Loudoun County, Virginia Tithables, 1758-1786.
1772
On November 27, 1772 Wilhelm leased 100 acres from George William Fairfax near Dutchmans Run called Piedmont in Shelburne Parish, Loudoun County, Virginia, Deed Book 71-73. 1782 Applied for relief from taxes and levies due to age and infirmities, Loudoun County, Virginia. Order Book G, page 397 - RDV RNOTES.
1782
Buried in the New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lovettsville, Virginia, Row KK4.
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- [S886] New Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery Records.
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