BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN GEORGE PFALZGRAF:
John Jacob Pfaltzgraff, from Niederbroenn, Alsace, France.  Anna Margaretha, nee Pfaltzgraff,
daughter of John Jacob Pfaltzgraff and his wife Greta ___________, b. 9-22-1695, Alsace, France.

Johann Jacob Cuntz/Kuntz, Sr.: "In Niederbronn, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France, he was a shoemaker.
Anna Catharina Muller married Johannes George Kuntz, born 1665/1655; their son married Anna 
Margaretha Pfalzgraf.

Arrived in America in Phila from Rotterdam on ship "Charming Nancy" on Nov 9 1738. His wife, 
Anna Margaretha Pfalzgraf, died at sea. Of the 412 passengers on that ship, 250 died! The story 
is written in Annette Burgert's "Eighteenth Century Immigrants from the Northern Alsace". Also 
a writeup in "The Palatine Immigrant", Winter 1990/91, page 180, incl a sketch of the ship.

Anna Margaretha's death at sea is quite well documented. "According to several records, including
those of the Oley Hill Church, Berks County, Anna Margaretha Pfalzgraf died at sea on the voyage 
to America with her husband, Johann Jacob Kuntz, in 1738; she died in childbirth with an unnamed 
child. The Alsatian (France) records show that all of Johann Jacob Kuntz's children were born in 
Neiderbronn, Alsace, France, just over the border from Germany."

JOHN GEORGE PALTZGRAFF first arrived in Philadelphia on 9-11-1732 on the ship “Pennsylvania 
Merchant” along with a John George Kuntz. This is our George and it seems to me that this is 
evidence that these two families were closely connected.

John George Paltzgraff returned to Germany with his in-law, Phillip Emmert, to settle some
family business and they returned to Philadelphia on the ship “St. Mark” on 9-26-1741. His
name was spelled Pfalzgraf on the ship passenger list.

We know that our George was over 16 years of age in 1732 when he first arrived. If he was a
son of John Jacob and Greta, I believe he should have been born about 1690-1710. His wife was
Anna Maria Barbara Kamp(-en), baptized 10-6-1715, daughter of Kaspar Kamp and Anna
Catharina Franck. They immigrated between 1715 and 1717. I haven’t found the record yet.
I don’t know how old George was when he died. His will was probated in 1759. His wife,
Barbara, married (2) a man named Leonard Drumbower (several variants of this name).

CHILDREN  of George and Barbara: John George, 1735-1738; Christina, 1737; md. Paul Boverinfer, or Boyer/Bower;
Eva Catharina, 1739, md. Henry Stirner/Steiner, John George, 1741- ? , md. . Eva Catharina ________;
JOHN JACOB, 1748- after 1810, md. ____________________. THIS one removed to
KENTUCKY.; John Henry, 5-14-1755–2-13-1838, md. Anna Maria Huber; Mary, 7-2-1751– ? ,
md . John Frietsch; MARGARET (same as his Mother?), md. John Hartman; Maria Barbara,
1744-1795, never married, but had a son named John Jacob Pfaltzgraf, b. 7-18-1769, son of
John William Wartman, she died 4-29-1795, age 51; Fronica, died young; and Jacobina, 1757-
1773.

JOHN BRISTOL