Jacob Fretz

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Husband Jacob Fretz ¹

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         Buried:  - near Coopersburg, PA

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         Father: Christian Fretz (      -      ) 2 3
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Children

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1 M Jacob Fretz ¹

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           Born: 15 Mar 1793 - Tinicum, Bucks Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1 Dec 1875 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Gehman (      -1828) 1

         Spouse: Elizabeth Driesbach (      -1844) 1
           Marr: 19 May 1829 1

         Spouse: Elizabeth Keifer (      -1854) 1
           Marr: 1845 1

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Fretz

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Tinicum Twp, Bucks Co, PA

His ancestry was for some time in doubt, and was supposed himself to have emigrated from Switzerland. But as he lived in Tinicum township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the home of the ancestor, Christian Fretz, there is now not the least shadow of a doubt in the minds of the author and others that he was the son of "Tinicum Christian Fretz." There is an old family Bible, brought from Germany, now in the possession of his grandson, David Fretz's family, which was published at Basle, in 1720. It is bound in old style Boards and Leather, but unfortunately, it having gone through three fires and two freshets, all signs or semblance whereby the least letter could be made intelligible is obliterated. Otherwise it is in good condition.

Jacob Fretz was a member of the Mennonite church. He had only one child, a son.

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

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

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