Davis Uriah I | Born 1707

OBITZ, Johann Michael

Male 1763 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name OBITZ, Johann Michael  [1
    Born Between 1755 and 1763  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I5931  Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2018 

    Family BOZZARD, Margaret,   b. Abt 1767, Of Swiss Ancestry Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. OBITZ, John,   b. Abt 1786,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. OBITZ, Henry,   b. Abt 1791,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. OBITZ, Harriet Henrietta,   b. Abt 1792, Of Lowville, Lewis County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1870, Waddington, Saint Lawrence County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     4. OBITZ, William,   b. Abt 1793,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. OBITZ, Jacob,   b. 10 May 1795, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. OBITZ, Lena
     7. OBITZ, Maria Peggy,   b. 5 Feb 1804,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. OBITZ, Caroline,   b. 5 Sep 1814,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F1351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Obitts (Obits, Opits). - From Silesian German Opitz.
      John Michael Opitz, or Opits, is said to have deserted the German army by swimming the Rhine, in company with one of his comrades. He then came to America and secured employment in Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., New York, in 1775, at which time he was about 20 years of age.
      Married Nancy Boshart, who bore him four sons and six daughters.

      SOURCE:
      Johnston, Charles Ernest,
      A genealogical record of the descendants of Peter Johnston who came to America from Lockerby, Scotland, in the year 1773, and settled in Wilton, N.Y. : also a short history of the clan of Johnston, of Annandale
      Washington, D.C.: 1900, 118 pgs. (p. 49).
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      Undocumented family lore indicates Michael may have been a Lutheran Minister who was born in Germany in 1755.
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      1790 Census, Montgomery County, Caughnawaga Town, New York.
      Obits, Michael
      1-Free white males over 16 years,
      1-Free white males under 16 years
      3-Free white females
      0-All other free persons
      0-Slaves
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      Boshart, Margaret (perhaps Martha's widowed? mother)
      2-Free white males over 16 years,
      0-Free white males under 16 years
      2-Free white females
      0-All other free persons
      ?-Slaves

  • Sources 
    1. [S163] WEB page, http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/census/caughna1790.htmll.