Martin Overholt and Esther Fretz

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Husband Martin Overholt ^{1 2}

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           Born: 20 Dec 1743 - Bucks Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: Mar 1811 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Martin Oberholtzer (1709-1744) 3 4
         Mother: Agnes [Unk] (1713-1786/1786) 3 4

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Esther Fretz ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1748 - Bucks Co, PA
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           Died: Feb 1813 - Dover Twp, Tuscarawas Co, OH 2
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         Father: Christian Fretz (      -      ) 1 5
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Overholt ^{1 6}

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           Born: Abt 1770 - Bucks Co, PA
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Rev. Abraham Welty (Abt 1764-Abt 1831) 1 6

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2 F Agnes Overholt ^{1 6}

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           Born: 1773 - Bucks Co, PA 1 6
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           Died: 14 Jun 1845 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Christian Stauffer (1778-1852) 1 6 7

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3 M Christian Overholser ⁸

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            AKA: Christian Overholt 1
           Born: Aug 1774 - Bucks Co, PA 1 8
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           Died: 1846 - Harrison Co, OH 1
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         Spouse: Rebecca Grundy (1775-1857) 1 8

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4 F Barbara Overholt ^{1 9}

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           Born: 1775 - Bucks Co, PA 1
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           Died: 16 Jan 1813 - Tuscarawas Co, OH 9
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         Spouse: Rev. Mathias Burchfield (      -1822) 1 9
           Marr: Westmoreland Co, PA

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5 M Henry Overholt ^{1 10}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Mary Overholt ^{1 10}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Christian Noffzinger (      -      ) 1 10

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7 F Magdalena Overholt ^{1 10}

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           Born:  - Bucks Co, PA
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           Died:  - Adams Co, IN
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         Spouse: John Mumma (      -      ) 1 10

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8 M Martin Overholt ^{1 11}

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           Born: 1784 - Bucks Co, PA 1
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           Died: 14 Feb 1814 1 11
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         Spouse: Barbara Conrad (1785-      ) 11
           Marr: Oct 1806 1

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9 M Isaac Overholt ^{1 12}

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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10 M Abraham Overholt ^{1 13}

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           Born:  - Bucks Co, PA
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           Died:  - Tuscarawas Co, OH
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         Spouse: Susan Crites (      -      ) 1 13

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11 F Esther Overholt ^{1 12}

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           Born: 
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           Died: while young - Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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12 F Sarah Overholt ^{1 12}

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           Born: 17 Apr 1791 - Bucks Co, PA 1 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Dec 1857 - Ohio 1 12
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Philip Welty (1789-1848) 1 12
           Marr: 9 Jan 1816 1 12

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13 M Joseph Overholt ^{1 14}

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           Born: 19 Jun 1793 - Bucks Co, PA 1 14
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           Died: Feb 1873 - Huntington, Huntington Co, IN 1 14
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         Spouse: Barbara Kline (1797-1870) 1 14
           Marr: 13 Apr 1817 1 14

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14 F Anna Overholt ¹

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           Born: 8 Apr 1802 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 15 Jan 1839 1
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         Spouse: Gabriel Weimer (1801-1876) 1 15
           Marr: 1822 1 15

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General Notes: Husband - Martin Overholt

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He and his wife lived in early life in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, within half a mile of the Delaware River. It is said that in the time of the Revolution, not being friendly to the war, and being loyal to the King, that he with others of the family went to Canada, but not liking the climate he returned, and emigrated to western Pennsylvania, settling at Alverton in Westmoreland County, on a farm later owned and occupied by Mrs. Agnes (Stauffer) Fox, a great grand-daughter.
About 1810 Martin Overholt made a trip to Ohio and selected land in Coshocton and Tuscarawas Counties, intending to move there, but six weeks before he and his family were ready to start, "Kings evil" (cancer), came on his neck from which he bled three days and nights, causing his death.

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General Notes: Wife - Esther Fretz

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After the death of her husband, she removed from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Ohio, and settled in Dover township, Tuscarawas County, where she died during an epidemic of "spotted fever," and was buried in a little rural cemetery on the place where she lived.

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

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

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

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

6 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 133.

7 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 686.

8 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 149.

9 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 151.

10 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 163.

11 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 176.

12 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 182.

13 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 178.

14 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 185.

15 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 190.