Family: Jacob Schantz/Magdalena Erb (F6280)

• Father | Male Jacob Schantz

  
  

  Born	Abt 1710	Switzerland
  Died	5 Feb 1781	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Buried	1781	Sprogell Cemetery, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Married	Abt 1737  [1, 2]
  Other Spouse	Catherine Beery | F6237
  Married	Abt 1756
  Father
  Mother	Catrina | F6148 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Magdalena Erb

  
  

  Born	Abt 1718	Canton Bern, Switzerland
  Died
  Buried		Sprogell Cemetery, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Father	Nicholas Erb | F6276 Group Sheet
  Mother	Magdalena Widmer | F6276 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Abraham Shantz

  
  

  Born	Abt 1746
  Died	1778	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Isaac Shantz

  
  

  Born	14 Jan 1748	Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Died	11 Oct 1802	Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Barbara Reiff | F6230
  Married	4 May 1774	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Jacob Shantz

  
  

  Born	14 Jan 1748
  Died	11 Mar 1823	Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Buried		Oak Grove Cemetery, Parkerford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Mary Shantz

  
  

  Born	Abt 1755	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Died	Aft 1781
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Elizabeth Shantz

  
  

  Born		Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Died	23 Mar 1832	Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: From Janet Bjorndahl: The identity of Jacob Schantz's first wife as Magdalena Erb, daughter of Nicholas Erb, is not certain. However, his first wife was stated to be Magdalena (Ezra Eby, Richard Davis), and Magdalena Erb was stated to be married to a Johns (Shantz) of Leacock township (Alex Harris), and Jacob most likely resided in Leacock township for a while (Alex Harris).

  
  

• Sources

  [S91] RootsWeb submission from John Larkins, online [worldconnect.rootsweb.com, database jhlarkins], last updated 8 Feb 2002, accessed Aug 2005, Larkins assumes that the Magdalena that Jacob Schantz married was Magda, lena Erb, based on the Harris evidence. He gives a marriage date of ab, out 1740 in Pennsylvania, but it appears that they were already married w, hen the Charming Nancy arrived in Oct 1737.. [S100] Alexander Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County [Pennsylvania]: Being a History of Early Settlers and Eminent Men of the County (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: E. Barr & Co., 1872), (names only), via John Larkins, 'Magdalena Erb, daughter of Nicholas Erb, married to a Johns of Leacock t, ownship.' (John Larkins notes that 'Johns' is almost certainly a transl, iteration of 'Schantz'.) According to Larkins, Harris describes 2 of t.