Frantz

Frantz Lineage
Matthaeus Frantz 1637-1729, father of Michael Frantz 1687-1748, father of Michael Frantz II 1725-1807, father of Peter Frantz 1765-1854, father of Elizabeth Frantz 1800-1856

Frantz Migration
Basel, Basel-Town, Switzerland > Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania > 1807 Botetourt, Virginia > Wabash, Indiana

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Elizabeth Frantz, 2nd Great-Grandmother
2 November 1800 - 8 April 1856
b. Botetourt, Virginia, USA
d. Wabash, Indiana, USA
Cripe Cemetery, North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, USA

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Parents:
Peter Frantz 1765-1853
Catherine Peggy Garst 1765-1852

Maternal Lineage:
Anna Elisabeth Schüller 1695-1768, mother of Mary Elizabeth Frantz 1729-1788, mother of Catherine Peggy Garst 1765-1852, mother of Elizabeth Frantz

Spouse: George W Tridle 1789-1874
Married: 1810 or 1814

Children:

1. Elias Tridle 1837-1919
2. Simon Peter Tridle 1838-1918

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Peter Frantz, 3rd Great-Grandfather
22 July 1765 - 21 August 1854

b. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
d. Botetourt County, Virginia

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Parents: 

Michael Frantz II 1725-1807

Magdalena Zug 1729-1823

Maternal Lineage:
Magdalena Mosiman, mother of Barbara Elisabeth Bachman, mother of Magdalena Zug, mother of Peter Frantz

Spouse 1: Catherine Peggy Garst 1785-1852

Married: 1792

Children: 8

1. Catherine Frantz 1794-1856
2. Mary Frantz 1796-1850
3. Nicholas Frantz 1797-1874
4. Anna Frantz 1799-1875
5. Magdalena Frantz 1800-1825
6. Elizabeth Frantz 1800-1856
7. Barbary Frantz 1806-1873
8. Sarah Frantz 1807-1870

Spouse 2: Barbara Glick

Married: 1808
Children: None

Spouse 3: Sarah Pleasants

Married: 10 Jun 1839

Children: None

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Michael Frantz II, 4th Great-Grandfather

30 September 1725 - 1807

b. Basel, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

d. Botetourt, Virginia

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Parents:

Michael Frantz 1687-1748

Anna Frantsin 1691-1739

Maternal Lineage:

Anna Frantsin, mother of Michael Frantz II

Spouse: Magdelena Zug 1729-1823

Married: 12 Jun 1748

Children:

1. Christian Frantz 1762-1850
2. Daniel Frantz 1763-1843
3. Peter Frantz 1765-1853
4. David Frantz 1766-1815

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Mary Elizabeth Frantz, 4th Great-Grandmother
1729 - 1788

b. Hosselinshof, Landkreis Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
d. Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Parents:

Christian Frantz 1685-1739

Anna Elisabeth Schüller 1695-1768

Maternal Lineage:

Anna Elisabeth Schüller, mother of Mary Elizabeth Frantz

Spouse:  Johan Nicolaus Gerst 1727-1803

Married:  1748

Children: 8

1. Frederick Garst 1752-1842
2. John Nicholas Gerst 1755-1803
3. Magdalena Garst 1763-1829
4. Anna Elizabeth Garst 1764-1821
5. Catherine Peggy Garst 1765-1852
6. Jacob Garst 1766-1854
7. Mary Elizabeth Gerst 1768-1838
8. Abraham Garst 1770-1838

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Michael Frantz, 5th Great-Grandfather

1 September 1687 - 25 December 1748
b. Basel, Basel-Town, Switzerland
d. Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Brother of Christian Frantz 1685-1739. Micheal's son Michael Frantz II 1725-1807 married Christian's daughter Mary Elizabeth Frantz 1729-1788 (first cousins). Both families share the same ancestry.  

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Parents:

Matthaeus Frantz 1637-1727

Anna Maria Speidel 1666-1727

Maternal Lineage:
Anna Maria Speidel, mother of Michael Frantz

Spouse:   Anna Frantsin 1691-1739

Married:   1704

Children:  1

1. Michael Frantz II  1725-1807

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Christian Frantz, 5th Great-Grandfather
1 September 1685 - 27 March 1739
b. Basel, Basel-Town, Switzerland
d. Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Brother of Michael Frantz 1687-1748. His son, Michael Frantz II, 1725-1807, married Christian's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Frantz, 1729-1788 (first cousins). Both families share the same ancestry. 

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Parents:

Matthaeus Frantz 1637-1729

Anna Maria Speidel 1666-1727

Spouse: Anna Elisabeth Schüller 1695-1768

Married: 1705 

Children: 9

1. Christian Frantz Jr 1706-1768
2. Barbara Frantz 1712-
3. Eva Frantz 1713-1794
4. Magdalena Frantz 1717-1747
5. Judith Frantz 1720-1804
6. Veronica Frantz 1723-1804
7. John Frantz 1725-1815
8. Michael Frantz 1726-1821
9. Mary Elizabeth Frantz 1729-1804

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Matthaeus Frantz, 6th Great-Grandfather
25 Mar 1637 - Germany
b. Basel, Basel-Town, Switzerland
d. Germany

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Parents & Maternal Lineage Unknown

Spouse:  Anna Maria Speidel 1666-1727

Married:   1684

Children:  3

1. Christian Frantz 1685-1739
2. Michael Frantz 1687-1748
3. Francis Baltzer Frantz 1689-1747

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Miscellanea
The original date of this post: 4 September 2025

Most recently updated: 19 September 2025

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