John Motz and Mary Whitmer

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Husband John Motz ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1758 1 4
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Wife Mary Whitmer ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 9 Oct 1767 1 4
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           Died: 13 Mar 1839 1 4
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Children

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1 M Jacob Motz ^{1 5}

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Hess (      -      ) 1

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2 M John Motz, Jr. ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 6 Jan 1792 - Woodward, Haines Twp, Centre Co, PA 4
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           Died: 22 Nov 1849 or 1852 - Woodward, Haines Twp, Centre Co, PA 1 3
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Fisher (1800-1882/1882) 1 3 4
           Marr: 11 Dec 1827 1 4

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3 M George Motz ^{1 4}

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4 M James Motz ^{1 4}

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General Notes: Husband - John Motz

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The family to which he belonged was obliged to leave the Fatherland on account of religious persecutions, then so prevalent. The extensive collection of books which he left at his death contained valuable works on Church, History, Astronomy and other subjects. In 1786 they moved to the site of Woodward, Centre County, Pennsylvania, from what is now Snyder County, and spent their remaining years there. He was the first settler in that locality, which, in fact, once bore the name of "Motz's Bank."

He and his wife left seven children-three daughters and four sons.

He came to the site of Woodward, Centre County, Pennsylvania, from Penn township, in what is now Snyder County, in 1786. He bought land under date of April 29, 1785, and is credited with being the first settler on the town site named. Shortly after locating, he built a mill, and on a small scale manufactured soda. He was highly educated, a sculptor by profession, and had to leave the Fatherland in consequence of his devotion to the cause of liberty. At his death he left quite a valuable collection of books on Church history, astronomy, etc.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Whitmer

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She was devoted to the care of the sick and feeble of the neighborhood, and was so skillful in this work that her services were esteemed as much as a physician's would have been.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 307.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 60, 352.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1249.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 352.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 59, 352.