Christian Fretz

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Husband Christian Fretz ^{1 2}

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         Father: [Father] Fretz (      -      )
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Children

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1 M Daniel Fretz ^{3 4}

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           Born: Abt 1738 - Bucks Co, PA
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         Spouse: Mary [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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2 F Esther Fretz ^{1 5}

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           Born: Abt 1748 - Bucks Co, PA
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           Died: Feb 1813 - Dover Twp, Tuscarawas Co, OH 5
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         Spouse: Martin Overholt (1743-1811) 1 5

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3 M Jacob Fretz ⁶

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General Notes: Husband - Christian Fretz

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He came from Baden, Germany, with his brother John about 1720, settled first in Upper Salford, Montgomery County, and removed to Tinicum township, Bucks County about 1740.

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.

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 443.

4 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 64.

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

6 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 529.