Hello Zeller Group:
I descend through three children of John Heinrich ZELLER and Anna Maria
BREIGAL. Would appreciate any corrections to my information and any
additions that you may have. If we connect, would like to share
information with you.
I descend through:
1.) Anna Catherina ZELLER, md. to Johannes PONTIUS. (My mother's line)
2.) Anna Elizabeth ZELLER, md. to Philip Leonard SCHWARTZ (My father's
line)
3.) Johann George ZELLER, md. to Anna Maria Barbara HAAS (My father's
line)
This makes me a cousin to my daughter and my own grandpa....Unbelievable!
Descendants of John Heinrich ZELLER
Generation No. 1
1. John Heinrich8 ZELLER (James(Jacques)7, Hans Rudolph6, Hans
Heinrich5, Heinrich4, Stephen
II3, Stephen I2, Christian1) was born Abt. 1679 in France, and died Abt.
1756 in Berks Co., Pa.. He
married Anna Maria BREIGAL. She died Abt. 1765.
Notes for John Heinrich ZELLER:
Zeller Cemetery located across the street form Trinity U.C.C.
Tulpehocken.
Plaque inside of the wall.
The plaque reads:
IN MEMORY OF THE ZELLER FAMILY WHO WERE AMONG THE FOUNDERS OF TRINITY
CHURCH AND BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY.
HEINRICH ZELLER
BORN IN GERMANY 1679
COMING TO NEW YORK IN 1710, THEN TO TULPEHOCKEN TOWNSHIP WHERE HE DIED IN
1756.
HIS WIFE ANNA MARIA
THEIR CHILDERN
GEORGE DIED 1792 TULPEHOCKEN TOWNSHIP, WAS MARRIED TO ANNA MAIRA BARBARA
HAWS, BOTH BURIED CHRIST LUTHERAN CEMETERY.
HARTMAN MARRIED TWICE, BURIED UNKNOWN.
JOHANNES DIED 1805 MARION TOWNSHIP. FIRST WIFE ANNA MARIA CATHARINE
BECKER,
BURIED AT REEDS, SECOND WIFE WAS CATHARINE LAUER.
HENRY DIED 1722 WAS SINGLE
DAVID DIED 1772 WAS SINGLE
ANNA MARIA SALTSQEBER
BARBARA LARUE
CATHARINE PONTIUS
ELIZABETH FIRST HUSBAND WAS ADAM BATTORF SECOND LEONARD SCHWARTZ
This is a headstone written in German that is laying with a glass on top
of it.
Inside the cemetery is a box with all names buried but even though it is
encase in glass, it is faded and hard
to read.
Children of John ZELLER and Anna BREIGAL are:
2 i. Johann Rorich9 ZELLER, born 09-January-1693/94.
3 ii. Maria Catharina ZELLER, born 06-March-1694/95.
4 iii. Eva Catharina ZELLER, born 24-March-1696/97.
5 iv. Johann Georg ZELLER, born Abt. 1701.
+ 6 v. Hartman ZELLER, born Abt. 1711.
7 vi. Daughter ZELLER, born Abt. 1713.
+ 8 vii. Anna Maria ZELLER, born 29-December-1715; died Aft. 1776.
9 viii. Johann Heinrich ZELLER1, born Abt. 1717; died 1754.
10 ix. Johann David ZELLER, born Abt. 1719; died Aft. 1754.
+ 11 x. Barbara Elizabeth ZELLER, born Abt. 1720; died Aft. 1760 in
Lancaster Co. Pa..
+ 12 xi. Anna Cathrina ZELLER, born Abt. 1722 in Livingston Valley, Ny;
died 08-December-1771.
+ 13 xii. Johann ZELLER, born Abt. 1723; died Bef. 23-December-1805.
+ 14 xiii. Anna Elizabeth ZELLER, born Abt. 1725 in Tulpehocken Twp.,
Berks Co. Pa.; died Bef. 1803 in
Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co. Pa..
+ 15 xiv. Johann George ZELLER, born Abt. 1725 in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks
Co., Pa.; died Bef.
21-April-1792 in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co. Pa..
Generation No. 2
6. Hartman9 ZELLER (John Heinrich8, James(Jacques)7, Hans Rudolph6,
Hans Heinrich5,
Heinrich4, Stephen II3, Stephen I2, Christian1) was born Abt. 1711.
Children of Hartman ZELLER are:
16 i. Catharine10 ZELLER. She married Joseph STAKING.
17 ii. Barbara Elizabeth ZELLER.
18 iii. Elizabeth ZELLER. She married Herman BUSH.
19 iv. Ann ZELLER. She married Christian FAVOUR.
20 v. Johann George ZELLER2, born 1748; died 1805. He married Mary
COLEMAN 13-October-1768.
21 vi. John Peter ZELLER, born 01-May-1749.
8. Anna Maria9 ZELLER (John Heinrich8, James(Jacques)7, Hans Rudolph6,
Hans Heinrich5,
Heinrich4, Stephen II3, Stephen I2, Christian1)2 was born
29-December-1715, and died Aft. 1776. She
married Andreas SALTZGERBER 1728. He was born 26-December-1708, and died
1769.
Children of Anna ZELLER and Andreas SALTZGERBER are:
22 i. Andrew10 SALTZGERBER.
23 ii. John SALTZGERBER.
24 iii. Henry SALTZGERBER.
11. Barbara Elizabeth9 ZELLER (John Heinrich8, James(Jacques)7, Hans
Rudolph6, Hans
Heinrich5, Heinrich4, Stephen II3, Stephen I2, Christian1) was born Abt.
1720, and died Aft. 1760 in
Lancaster Co. Pa.. She married Johan LEREW 1738.
Children of Barbara ZELLER and Johan LEREW are:
25 i. Henry10 LEREW.
26 ii. Catharine LEREW.
27 iii. Francis LEREW.
28 iv. Mary LEREW.
29 v. George LEREW.
30 vi. Elizabeth LEREW.
31 vii. Margaret LEREW.
12. Anna Cathrina9 ZELLER (John Heinrich8, James(Jacques)7, Hans
Rudolph6, Hans Heinrich5,
Heinrich4, Stephen II3, Stephen I2, Christian1) was born Abt. 1722 in
Livingston Valley, Ny, and died
08-December-1771. She married Johannes PONTIUS 14-January-1742/43 in
Swatara, Berks Co., Pa.3,
son of Johann PONTIUS and Anna HAUCH. He was born 18-August-1717 in
Berlangenbach,
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, and died 16-January-1792 in Buffalo Twp., Union
Co., Pa..
Notes for Anna Cathrina ZELLER:
Buried at Laurel Run Cemetery, Hartley Twp., Snyder Co. Pa.
Notes for Johannes PONTIUS:
Johannes Pontius arrived at Philadelphia on the Ship Glasgow, qualifying
9 Sept 1738, age 20 years.He
settled in Tulpehocken Twp., where in 1768 he was rated on 100 acres of
land. He appears to have removed
to Buffalo Twp., Northumberland Co. Pa. after 1722, when he was a party
to the division of his
father-in-law's estate, and before 1778. John died 16 June 1792, will
probated 22 May 1794. Age 25 when
married by Rev. John Casper Stoever, they had 7 sons and 3 daughters, all
born in Berks Co. Pa. Marriage
from Stoever's notes.
Johannes took an oath of allegiance to the British King upon his arrival
at Philadelphia in 1738, but was
naturalized at Tulpehocken, Berks Co. Pa., on 21 March 1762.
Letter from J.P. Pontius states DAR record 271383 - Johannes lived in
Mahoning Co. Ohio for awhile and is
buried in Springfield Twp., Mahoning Co. Ohio.
Source: The Bridge Builder - March 1975, Vol. 8, # 1.
More About Johannes PONTIUS:
Baptism: 21-August-1717, Berlangenback, Rhienland-Pfalz, Germany
Children of Anna ZELLER and Johannes PONTIUS are:
32 i. Johann Heinrich10 PONTIUS4, born 24-February-1743/44 in
Tulpehocken, Berks Co. Pa.; died
13-December-1822 in Union, Pa.. He married Anna Catherine WOLFE 1770
in Union, Pa..
33 ii. John Andrew PONTIUS, born 29-December-1745 in Tulpehocken, Berks
Co. Pa.; died
08-August-1825 in Union, Ross Co., Ohio. He married Barbara Ann
SHERMAN 1768 in
Northumberland Co., Pa..
34 iii. John Peter PONTIUS5, born 26-October-1747 in Tulpehocken, Berks
Co. Pa.; died 17-March-1835
in Snyder, Pa.. He married Catherine NAGLE 1772 in Berks Co., Pa..
Notes for John Peter PONTIUS:
Burial: Centre Twp. Union (Snyder) Pa.
35 iv. John Nicholas PONTIUS, born 22-November-1749 in Tulpehocken,
Berks Co. Pa.; died
28-January-1831 in Pa.. He married Maria Appolonia Wilhelm February-1778
in Union, Pa..
Notes for John Nicholas PONTIUS:
Burial: Buffalo Valley, Union, Mifflinburg, Pa.
36 v. Johannes PONTIUS6, born 16-August-1751 in Tulpehocken, Berks Co.
Pa.; died 05-October-1836
in Dayton, Pa.. He married Maria Barbara KATTERMAN 10-December-1776
in Pa..
37 vi. Anna Maria "Mary" PONTIUS, born Abt. 1752 in Tulpehocken, Berks
Co. Pa.; died
18-August-1811 in Union, Pa.. She married Jacob AURAND.
38 vii. John George PONTIUS, born 19-December-1752 in Tulpehocken, Berks
Co. Pa.; died
09-September-1824 in Pickaway, Ohio. He married Catherine.
39 viii. Anna Catherine PONTIUS, born 14-April-1757 in Tulpehocken,
Berks Co. Pa.; died
03-November-1838 in Union, Pa.. She married John Michael EMERICK
19-December-1781 in
Berks Co., Pa..
40 ix. John Fredrick PONTIUS, born 04-April-1759 in Tulpehocken, Berks
Co. Pa.; died 05-August-1823
in Green Twp., Ross Co. Ohio. He married Ann MORGET 1791 in Green
Twp., Ross Co. Ohio.
41 x. Elizabeth PONTIUS, born 30-August-1763 in Tulpehocken, Berks Co.
Pa.; died
28-September-1851 in Pa.. She married George YOUNGMAN Abt. 1794.
Notes for Elizabeth PONTIUS:
Burial: Nippinos Twp., Lycoming, Pa.
13. Johann9 ZELLER (John Heinrich8, James(Jacques)7, Hans Rudolph6,
Hans Heinrich5,
Heinrich4, Stephen II3, Stephen I2, Christian1) was born Abt. 1723, and
died Bef. 23-December-1805. He
married (1) Anna Maria BECKER 28-December-1743 in Berks Co. Pa.. She
died 12-December-1745 in
Berks Co. Pa.. He married (2) Maria Catharina Lauer Abt. 1746. She died
Bef. 1799.
Children of Johann ZELLER and Anna BECKER are:
42 i. Francis10 ZELLER.
43 ii. Philip ZELLER.
44 iii. Jon Peter ZELLER, born 06-December-1745.
Children of Johann ZELLER and Maria Lauer are:
45 i. Anna Maria10 ZELLER, born 08-May-1747.
46 ii. Frantz Paul ZELLER, born 26-May-1751.
47 iii. Anna Catharina ZELLER, born 23-April-1753.
48 iv. Margaret ZELLER, born 03-February-1755.
14. Anna Elizabeth9 ZELLER (John Heinrich8, James(Jacques)7, Hans
Rudolph6, Hans Heinrich5,
Heinrich4, Stephen II3, Stephen I2, Christian1) was born Abt. 1725 in
Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co. Pa.,
and died Bef. 1803 in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co. Pa.. She married (1)
John Adam Battorf Abt. 1746 in
Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co. Pa.. He died Abt. 1758 in Tulpehocken Twp.,
Berks Co. Pa.. She married
(2) Philip Leonard SCHWARTZ 12-November-1758 in Bethel Twp., Berks Co.,
Pa., USA. He was born
Abt. 1728 in Bethel Twp. Berks Co. Pa., and died Bef. 05-August-1803 in
Berks Co., Pa..
Children of Anna ZELLER and John Battorf are:
49 i. Martin10 Battorf, born 01-November-1747.
50 ii. John Peter Battorf, born 26-December-1749.
51 iii. Andrew Battorf, born 03-July-1751.
52 iv. Eva Elizabeth Battorf, born 08-April-1753.
53 v. John Henry Battorf, born 01-January-1755.
54 vi. Simon Battorf, born 14-November-1756.
Children of Anna ZELLER and Philip SCHWARTZ are:
55 i. John10 SCHWARTZ, born 23-December-1759.
56 ii. Henry Ludwig SCHWARTZ, born 07-June-1761.
57 iii. Maria Barbara SCHWARTZ, born 07-August-1762 in Berks Co., Pa.,
USA; died in Berks Co., Pa.,
USA. She married Johannes LOSCHER, Jr. 10-February-1784 in
Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co.
Pa.; born 22-June-1760 in Berks Co., Pa., USA; died Abt. 1803 in Berks
Co., Pa., USA.
58 iv. Anna Maria SCHWARTZ, born 14-December-1766.
15. Johann George9 ZELLER (John Heinrich8, James(Jacques)7, Hans
Rudolph6, Hans Heinrich5,
Heinrich4, Stephen II3, Stephen I2, Christian1) was born Abt. 1725 in
Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., Pa.,
and died Bef. 21-April-1792 in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co. Pa.. He
married Anna Maria Barbara
HAAS 06-February-1753 in Millbach Reformed Church, Berks Co., Pa.,
daughter of Ludwig HAST. She
was born Abt. 1731, and died 30-July-1815 in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co.
Pa..
Children of Johann ZELLER and Anna HAAS are:
59 i. Anna Maria10 ZELLER, born 26-June-1754.
60 ii. Andrew ZELLER, born September-1755.
61 iii. Elizabeth ZELLER, born 31-May-1757 in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks
Co. Pa.; died Abt. 1820 in
Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co. Pa.. She married Johannes REIGLE; born
11-March-1750/51 in
Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co. Pa.; died 13-January-1792 in Pa., USA.
62 iv. Margaret Elizabeth ZELLER, born 15-June-1758.
63 v. Susanna ZELLER, born 15-June-1767.
64 vi. John ZELLER, born 14-February-1768.
65 vii. Jacob ZELLER, born 25-January-1770.
66 viii. Peter ZELLER, born 25-December-1771.
Endnotes
1. The Bridge Builder, Vol. 8, No# 1, Page 36, Described as "simple" in
his father's will..
2. The Bridge Builder, Vol. 8, No# 1, Page 36.
3. The Bridge Builder, Vol. 8, No# 1, Page 37, Married by the Rev,
Johann Casper STOEVER on 14 Jan. 1743.
4. The Bridge Builder, Vol. 8, No# 1, Page 37, Baptisted by Rev. Johann
Casper STOEVER on 1 April 1744.
5. The Bridge Builder, Vol. 8, No# 1, Page 37, Baptisted by Rev. Johann
Casper STOEVER on 25 Oct. 1747..
6. The Bridge Builder, Vol. 8, No# 1, Page 37, Baptisted by Rev. Johann
Casper STOEVER on 18 Aug. 1851.
....Michael Reck
moreck(a)juno.com
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