Martin Oberholtzer and Agnes [Unk]

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Husband Martin Oberholtzer ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Martin Overholt 3
           Born: 1709 - Germany 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Apr 1744 - Bedminster Twp, Bucks Co, PA 1 2
         Buried:  - Mennonite Cemetery, Deep Run, Bucks Co, PA

       Marriage: 2 Nov 1736 - Montgomery Co, PA 1 2

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Wife Agnes [Unk] ^{1 2}

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           Born: 18 Apr 1713 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Feb or 2 Nov 1786 1 2
         Buried:  - Mennonite Cemetery, Deep Run, Bucks Co, PA

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   Other Spouse: William Nash (Abt 1694-Abt 1768) 1 2

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Children

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1 F Barbara Oberholtzer ⁵

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            AKA: Barbara Overholt 4
           Born: 10 Nov 1737 - Bucks Co, PA 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 May 1823 4 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Christian Fretz (1734-1803) 4 5 6
           Marr: 1757 5

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2 M Henry Overholt ^{3 8}

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            AKA: Henry Oberholtzer 7
           Born: 5 Feb 1739 - Bucks Co, PA 4 7 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Mar 1813 - Westmoreland Co, PA 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Anna Beitler (1745-1835) 3 7 8
           Marr: 3 Jan 1763 or 1765 4

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3 F Maria Oberholtzer ^{4 10}

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           Born: 19 Dec 1740 - Bucks Co, PA 4 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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4 M John Oberholtzer ^{4 10}

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           Born: 8 Aug 1742 4 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Dec 1742 4 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M Martin Overholt ^{4 11}

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           Born: 20 Dec 1743 - Bucks Co, PA 4 11
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1811 - Westmoreland Co, PA 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Esther Fretz (Abt 1748-1813) 4 11

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General Notes: Husband - Martin Oberholtzer

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He was the ancestor of the Overholts of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, also of a numerous family in Bucks County, as well as of those of Stark and Tuscarawas counties, Ohio. He was born thirty miles from Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany. The date of his arrival in Pennsylvania has not been ascertained, but it was probably when he was quite a young man. Prior to his settlement in Bucks County he resided on the Skippack, in what is now Montgomery County, where he married. He and his wife were among the earliest members of the old Deep Run Mennonite congregation in Bedminster, Bucks County, and are buried in the graveyard there.

He was born in Germany, "thirty miles from Frankfort-on-the-Main," emigrated to America in the early part of the 18th century, and settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, probably somewhere in Bedminster township
"He never owned land in fee in Bedminster township," but may have been a tenant under William Allen, or resided in an adjoining township. It is not known. where he attended church services, as he died before the Deep Run and other contiguous churches were erected, but undoubtedly in that early day the services which he attended were held in private houses.

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General Notes: Wife - Agnes [Unk]

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She had four children with her second husband, Nash.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 340.

2 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 1.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 688.

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

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

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

7 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 63.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 261.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 261, 620.

10 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 131.

11 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 132.