The following information is from the "History of Ischua, New York" by Sally Squire Pettengill: Several families from Northampton County (now Monroe County) migrated to Cattaraugus County, New York in the 1820's, among them were Conrad, Learn, Frantz, Flyte, Shafer, Young, Miller and Raub families. In 1823 Peter Frantz arrived in Cattaraugus County. Johannes Peter Frantz was born October 14th, 1783, and was baptized at the Hamilton Church. His parents were Jacob and Susannah Conrad Frantz, and the sponsors at his baptism were his maternal grandparents, Peter and Veronica Heller Conrad, who were also the parents of John and Henry Conrad. Peter's wife, Margaret Silvius Frantz, was born about 1786 and died before 1865. They had eight children: Margaret, also known as Fanny, who married Thomas Lockwood; Edward, Linford, and Sarah, who married Amasa J. Wilbur. Elias may have been another son. Three of the above children were born in Lower Smithfield, PA. The family apparently moved there from the Hamilton area before going to Cattaraugus County. There is more information on the above families in this book. Judy

Wow- Thankyou so very much Aurora. This is just the kind of information I need. Nancy J. (Smith) Hendricks in Vero Beach, Florida ----~------~-----~----~---~---Researching--~---~----~------~-------~--- Betz-Bomberger-Cassel-Conner-Copenhaver-De Voss-Fischer Funk-Frantz-Hager-Helfrick-Koenig-Kolb-Landis / Landes-Light Lutz-Naf-Peiffer-Portz-Reiff-Smith-VanSintern-Vautrin / Wotring Visit my website at: http://home.comcast.net/~NJHendricks/ ----~------~-----~----~---~--My Ancestors-~---~----~------~-------~---- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:16 PM Subject: [PANORTHA] Frantz > The following information is from the "History of Ischua, New York" by > Sally > Squire Pettengill: > > Several families from Northampton County (now Monroe County) migrated to > Cattaraugus County, New York in the 1820's, among them were Conrad, Learn, > Frantz, Flyte, Shafer, Young, Miller and Raub families. > > In 1823 Peter Frantz arrived in Cattaraugus County. Johannes Peter > Frantz > was born October 14th, 1783, and was baptized at the Hamilton Church. > His > parents were Jacob and Susannah Conrad Frantz, and the sponsors at his > baptism > were his maternal grandparents, Peter and Veronica Heller Conrad, who > were > also the parents of John and Henry Conrad. Peter's wife, Margaret > Silvius > Frantz, was born about 1786 and died before 1865. > > They had eight children: Margaret, also known as Fanny, who married Thomas > Lockwood; Edward, Linford, and Sarah, who married Amasa J. Wilbur. Elias > may > have been another son. Three of the above children were born in Lower > Smithfield, PA. The family apparently moved there from the Hamilton area > before > going to Cattaraugus County. > > There is more information on the above families in this book. > > Judy > http://pa-roots.com/~northampton/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have seen so much on this list about the FRANTZ (and derivatives) name; it is my understanding that that was the maiden name of my great-grandmother, Barbara, who m. Adam BECHTOLD in about 1865. I believe the parents of both came from Germany--but I don't know when. Everything I have indicates they only lived in NewYork-New Jersey, but now I'm wondering if they (or Barbara's parents) actually lived in Pennsylvania. Does anyone recognize any of these names? Judy Stromsted