Genealogy Ludwig » Marcus Oberholtzer (1664-1726)

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1. Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940, via http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi...

   Marcus "Mark" Oberholtzer Birth: 1664 Death: Sep. 23, 1726 Among the early immigrants was the progenitor of our branch of the Overholt family, Marcus Oberholtzer. As part of this migration, Marcus and his wife Elizabeth made their way to Germany, then to Holland. Here, they soon found themselves to be refugees in Queen Anne's War. Their only recourse then was to turn their heads west -- to the new world, America. Within one year, more than 6,000 set sail. Within this exodus, seven Oberholtzer families,likely related, came to America in the early 18th century. Marcus and his family were in a group of 852 refugees from the Palatinate who were taken to London in a troopship departing Holland April 1709, arriving on May 3rd. The family remained in England for more than a year before traveling on. This was Marcus, his wife Elizabeth and five children: Jacob, Samuel, Nanny, Marcus and Elizabeth. The family eventually arrived in America 23 September 1710 on the ship Mary Hope. Soon after reaching America they settled on a 500 acre tract on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania, across from Pottstown in present East Coventry Township, Chester County. The family prospered. The oldest list of settlers in Coventry Township were the tax rolls of 1718 which lists Marcus Overhult. He appears again in 1724. Marcus died in 1724. Some of his sons held the farm in Coventry, while others migrated to Plumstead Township, Bucks County in 1725. Jacob,the oldest son is known to have farmed south of Deep Run Mennonite church there. Marcus and Elizabeth had seven children. Richard Warren Davis stated, in "Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners, Vol 1, 1995 (An Aid to mennonite Family Research)", "He died at Coventry Twp., Chester Co., PA in 1726. He was age 45 in 1709 when he arrived in London. His widow was living at Coventry Twp., in 1727 with her son Jacob. Mark and family arrived in England on 6 May 1709 and arrived in Pennsylvania in 1709 or 1710. He was mentioned in the 1715 estate settlement of William Fairman of Philadelphia. He settled on 300 acres in Coventry Twp., Chester County sometime before 1711 which he bought from William Fairman. Mark was married to Elizabeth who agreed in 1727 to have her son Jacob act as the administrator of her husband's estate. In Mark's inventory which was made on 21 Nov 1726 it shows that when he died he owned 300 acres and numerous farm animals." Family links: Children: Jacob Oberholtzer (1699 - 1763)* Samuel Oberholtzer (1701 - ____)* Elizabeth E Oberholtzer Kolb (1708 - 1766)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Unknown Created by: Ralph Brown Record added: Oct 10, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 78023207

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