John Pontius and Anna Catherine Zellers

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Husband John Pontius ¹

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           Born: 1718 1
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       Marriage: 1743 1

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Wife Anna Catherine Zellers ¹

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         Father: John Zellers (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M John Henry Pontius ¹

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           Born: 1744 1
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2 M John Peter Pontius ¹

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           Born: 1747 1
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3 M John Pontius ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 16 Aug 1751 - Tulpehocken Valley, Berks Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1836 - near Dayton, Wayne Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Presbyterian Cemetery, Dayton, Armstrong Co, PA

         Spouse: Barbara Cotterman (1753-1810) 1

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4 M Andrew Michael Pontius ¹

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5 M George Pontius ¹

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6 M Frederick Pontius ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Pontius

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The first of the family in this country, one John Pontius, came from Alsace-Lorraine, France, in 1738, when twenty years old. He settled in Tulpehocken township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 594.

2 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 481.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 557.