Johann Velten {Valentine} Shultz

Abt 1706 - 1786  (~ 80 years)

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• Name	Johann Velten {Valentine} Shultz
  Born	Abt 1706	Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	11 Sep 1738	Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 3]
  	on Ship "Robert & Alice"
  Name	Hans Velten {Valentine} Shultz  [1]
  Reference Number	6023
  Died	1786	Greenwich, Warren, New Jersey, USA
  	will proved 30 Nov 1786
  Person ID	I6023	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	Anna Kunigunde Unknown,   b. Abt 1706
  Married	Germany   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Shultz,   b. Aft 1725  [natural]   2. Georg Heinrich Shultz,   b. 6 Mar 1727, Thaleishweiler-Froeschen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany  [natural] + 3. Johann Peter Shultz,   b. 24 Jun 1729, Thaleishweiler-Froeschen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany ,   d. Between 1790 and 1791, Sussex, New Jersey, USA  (Age 60 years)  [natural]   4. Anna Barbara Shultz,   b. 7 Jan 1732, Thaleishweiler-Froeschen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany  [natural]   5. Johann Georg Shultz,   b. 7 Jun 1734, Thaleishweiler-Froeschen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany ,   d. 16 May 1737, Thaleishweiler-Froeschen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany  (Age 2 years)  [natural]   6. Johann Reinhardt Shultz,   b. 7 Jun 1734, Thaleishweiler-Froeschen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany ,   d. 22 Feb 1736, Thaleishweiler-Froeschen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany  (Age 1 years)  [natural]   7. Sarah Shultz,   b. Aft 1734  [natural]   8. Anna Magdalena {Lany} Shultz,   b. 11 Jan 1737, Thaleishweiler-Froeschen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany  [natural] + 9. Philip Shultz,   b. 1741, USA ,   d. 5 Apr 1816, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   10. Eve Shultz,   b. 1 Jan 1751, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F1639	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Arrival - on Ship "Robert & Alice" - 11 Sep 1738 - Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA Died - 1786 - Greenwich, Warren, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  shultz val will Documents related to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol VI, 1781-1785 by Elmer T Hutchinson pub 1939

  
  

• Notes

  BIRTH: 1706 in Germany. From 1727 to 1737 he had six children appear in the birth records for Froeschen in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. PARENTS: Unknown IMMIGRATION: 11 Sep 1738 Valentine Schults appears on the arrival list in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA on ship “Robert & Alice”. The Register zu den Evangelish-Lutherischen Kirchenbuchern Der Pfarri Thaleishweiler 1720-1798 FHL Film # 193184 mentions the birth of Johann Velten’s daughter Anna Magdalena along with a note that the family moved to America. No date is given for the note. Nothing else is known about his life in Froeschen (which today is called Thaleishweiler-Froeschen in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) MARRIAGE: Anna Kunigunde Unknown by 1727. Based on birth of first known child. CHURCH: Valentine was a member of the St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church or "Old Straw Church" in Greenwich. This Lutheran Church was erected by 1762. It was constructed of logs, about 30' by 40' with a thatched roof made of straw, hence the name. It was enlarged and rebuilt in 1790 with stone, but it was still referred to as the Old Straw Church. (citation: The Early Germans of New Jersey, Their History, Churches and Genealogies" by Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers publication date unknown p625) Records of the St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church (Communion Records of St. James Lutheran ("Straw") Church Greenwich, Warren County, NJ 1770-1773 from the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Volume VIII, 1932-33 as appears at http://www.raub-and-more.com/straw/strawcommunion1.html) show that Valentin Schultz took communion on the following dates: 26 Oct 1771 29 May 1773 11 July 1774 2 Dec 1780 A list of names signed to the "articles of faith and order" in 1772 at the Old Straw Church includes Peter Schaultz. (citation: The Early Germans of New Jersey, Their History, Churches and Genealogies" by Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers publication date unknown p626) DEATH: 1786 in Greenwich, Warren, New Jersey BURIAL: Unknown PROBATE RECORDS: from "Documents related to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol VI, 1781-1785 by Elmer T Hutchinson published 1939: 1771, July 12, Shults, Valentine, of Greenwich, Sussex Co., Yeoman: will of. Daughter, Lany Shoults, all real and personal estate during her life, and then to be sold, and given to the rest of my children, Peter, Phillip, Barbary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Eve Shults. Son, Peter, £9. Executors-son, Peter, and friend, Abraham Kline. Witnesses-Jacob Lunger, Abraham Lunger, Fredrick Eveland. Proved Nov 30, 1786. Lib 28, P. 457. CHILDREN: George Heinrich b. 6 Mar 1727 in Froeschen, Germany Johann Peter b. 24 Jun 1729 in Froeschen, Germany m. Mary Weller d. 1790-1791 Sussex, New Jersey Anna Barbara b. 7 Jan 1732 in Froeschen, Germany Johann Georg b. 7 Jun 1734 in Froeschen, Germany d 16 May 1737 Froeschen, Germany Johann Reinhardt b. 7 Jun 1734 in Froeschen, Germany d. 22 Feb 1736 Froeschen, Germany Anna Magdalena b. 11 Jan 1737 in Froeschen, Germany Philip Shultz b. 1741 probably in New Jersey Eve Shultz b. b. 1 Jan 1751 Elizabeth (name in will) Sarah (name in will) NOTES: I have seen an online tree showing the father of Johann Velten to be Ferdinandus Schulte baptized 5 Dec 1677 in a catholic church in Coesfeld. Coesfeld is about 250 miles from Froeschen. Our ancestor was a member of the Evangelich Church, not Catholic. This identification without evidence seems highly doubtful. However, there is a different Ferdinandus Schultz who had baptized Johann Valentin Schultz on 10 Oct 1706 in the Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche, Dackenheim, Bayern, Germany. Dackenheim is about 50 miles from Froeschen. That is not outside the realm of possibility, but we have no corroborating evidence that this is the same person. The record can be found at familysearch.org.

  
  

• Sources

  [S562] Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America Vol II, Annette Kunselman Burgert, (Name: Pennsylvania German Society; Location: Birdsboro, Pennsylvania; Date: 1985;), p.289-Information from the Thaleishweiler Lutheran Kirchenbuch (Church Book)--It is noted in the church book that the immigrant left for America, although no date is entered for this information. [S333] Lineage of Henrich thomas, Valentine Shultz, Jagli Baer, Jacob Miller, James R Thomas, (Name: James R Thomas; Date: 6/2010;). [S566] Emigrants from the Palatinate to the American COlonies in the 18th Century, Dr Friedrich Krebs, edity by Milton Rubincam, (Name: Pennsylvania German Society; Location: Norristown, Pennsylvania; Date: 1953;), P29 of Vol. 1.