John "Weaver John" Fretz and Barbara Meyer

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Husband John "Weaver John" Fretz ^{1 2}

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         Father: [Father] Fretz (      -      )
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       Marriage:  - Montgomery Co, PA

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   Other Spouse: Maria [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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Wife Barbara Meyer ^{3 4}

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         Father: Hans Meyer (      -      ) 5
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Children

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1 M John Fretz ⁶

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2 M Jacob Fretz ⁷

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3 M Christian Fretz ^{1 4 8}

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           Born: 1734 4
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         Spouse: Barbara Oberholtzer (1737-1823) 4
           Marr: 1757 4

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4 M Abraham Fretz ⁹

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5 F Elizabeth Fretz ^{10 11}

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         Spouse: Jacob Kolb (1737-Abt 1804) 10

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General Notes: Husband - John "Weaver John" Fretz

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The brothers John and Christian Fretz, together with a third brother (name unknown, and who died on the voyage), emigrated from near the City of Manheim, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, formerly known as the Palatinate, or Rheinish Prussia. They were of German origin, as is quite evident from the fact that they wrote and spoke the German language, and were connected with a distinctively German church, the Mennonite church.
At what port the Fretz brothers landed, or the exact date of their arrival into America is not known, but it was probably between the years of 1710 and 1720.

It is not known where John at first settled, but he afterward settled in what was then Plumstead township, but later became Bedminster township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

He is known to have had five children by his first wife, and by his second wife, three. There may have been more, but if there were they died young.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 341.

2 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 13.

3 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 16.

4 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 3.

5 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 4.

6 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 21.

7 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 89.

8 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 134.

9 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 273.

10 Daniel Kolb Cassel, A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp Family (Norristown, PA: Morgan R. Wills, Publisher, 1895), Pg 151.

11 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 292.