Michael Bortz and Magdelene [Unk]

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Husband Michael Bortz ¹

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Wife Magdelene [Unk] ¹

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1 M Henry Bortz ¹

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         Spouse: Anna Maria Fishel (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Michael Bortz

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In 1804 he purchased from James Westbey a tract of land located in Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, near Crabtree Station. This same tract of land had been conveyed to Mr. Westbey by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in letters patent, dated March 20, 1788. This farm which in the letters patent was called "The Jest" and remained in the Bortz family for over a century. Michael Bortz owned and resided on this property until 1827, at which time he and his wife conveyed the farm by general warranty deed to their son, Henry Bortz, who continued to own and reside on it for fifty-two years, until his death. At that time the homestead, by the provisions of his will, was transferred to his son, John Bortz.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 551.