John CHINN

Father: John Hamon CHINN
Mother: Mary WURTS


                                             _______________________
                     _______________________|
                    |                       |_______________________
 _John Hamon CHINN _|
|                   |                        _______________________
|                   |_______________________|
|                                           |_______________________
|
|--John CHINN 
|
|                                            _Samuel Grandin WURTS _
|                    _Samuel Grandin WURTS _|
|                   |                       |_Rebecca HOOPER _______
|_Mary WURTS _______|
                    |                        _______________________
                    |_Matilda CARTWRIGHT ___|
                                            |_______________________

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Clarence KIMBLE

Father: Acie or Asa KIMBLE
Mother: Pearlie SAVAGE


                                                 _______________________
                       _________________________|
                      |                         |_______________________
 _Acie or Asa KIMBLE _|
|                     |                          _______________________
|                     |_________________________|
|                                               |_______________________
|
|--Clarence KIMBLE 
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|                                                _______________________
|                      _William Lindsey SAVAGE _|
|                     |                         |_______________________
|_Pearlie SAVAGE _____|
                      |                          _Samuel Grandin WURTS _
                      |_Isabell (Belle) WURTS __|
                                                |_Matilda CARTWRIGHT ___

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Richard LITTERAL

Family 1: Bertha WURTS

       __
    __|
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|  |   __
|  |__|
|     |__
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|--Richard LITTERAL 
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Ethel Nelson PAGE

Father: Samuel Davis PAGE
Mother: Isabella Graham WURTS

Family 1: James LARGE


                                            ________________
                          _________________|
                         |                 |________________
 _Samuel Davis PAGE _____|
|                        |                  ________________
|                        |_________________|
|                                          |________________
|
|--Ethel Nelson PAGE 
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|                                           _John WURTS ____
|                         _William WURTS __|
|                        |                 |_Sarah GRANDIN _
|_Isabella Graham WURTS _|
                         |                  ________________
                         |_Elizabeth TATE _|
                                           |________________

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Richard PRITCHARD

Family 1: Sarah KING

Family 2: Mary E. KING


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|--Richard PRITCHARD 
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|      __
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!From THE HISTORY OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY, by Nina Mitchell Biggs and Mabel Lee Mackoy, 1951, p. 308-309. Sarah married Richard Pritchard of Ironton. They moved to Gate City, Alabama, and she was killed in a cyclone. After her death, Mr. Pritchard married her sister, Mary King.

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Matilda STEELE

Family 1: William Alfred WURTS
  1.  Matilda WURTS
  2. +William Alfred WURTS

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|     |__
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|--Matilda STEELE 
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|      __
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Susan Howard WARRENER

Family 1: Buckner Ashby WALLINGFORD
  1.  David Longworth WALLINGFORD
  2.  Ann Howard WALLINGFORD
  3.  Emily Ashby WALLINGFORD

       __
    __|
   |  |__
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|  |__|
|     |__
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|--Susan Howard WARRENER 
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Johannes Conrad WIRZ

Family 1: Anna GOETSCHI
  1.  Anna Maria Magdalen WURTZ
  2.  Conrad WURTZ
  3. +John WURTS
  4. +George WURTS
  5. +Peter WURTS
  6. +Maurice WURTS

    _click link below for more on all these lines_
   |  
 _Rev. Johannes Conrad Wirz_|
|  |  
|  |__________________________________________
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|--Johannes Conrad WIRZ 
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|   __________________________________________
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|_Magdalena Klingler_|
   | 
   |__________________________________________
     

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!Charles Pemberton Wurts, A GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE WURTS FAMILY, DESCENDANTS OF REV. JOHANNES CONRAD WURTS, 1889. [Reprint available from the Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA] - Johannes Conrad Wurts is: Entry #1.

!DATA-CHILDREN: Anna Maria Magdalen, Conrad, John (md. Sarah Grandin), George (md. Esther Hasbrouck), Peter, Maurice (md. Sarah Williamson).

!Pastor of the Tohickon Reformed Church (Bucks Co., PA) from 1745 to 1748. Died and buried in York, York Co., PA, NOT in York, Lehigh Co., PA (I haven't yet found such place). Was buried under the altar in the Old First German Reformed Church on West Market Street near Center Square in York, PA, and later removed to an inside wall of Zion Reformed Church, York, PA, on 9 May 1914.

!Johannes Conrad Wirz (Wurts) died in York, York Co., Pennsylvania, NOT in York, Lehigh Co., as listed in some records. He was buried under the altar in the old First German Reformed Church erected during his pastorate on West Market Street near center Square, [York, PA], and later removed, on 9 May 1914, to burial in a wall of the Zion Reformed Church at York, Pennsylvania, where a bronze tablet marking the site was unveiled 17 Oct 1915, by Miss Elizabeth Reed Wurts. [see John S. Wurts, MAGNA CHARTA, Brookfield Pub. Co., Philadelphia, 1954, Part VII, p. xix]

PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU ARE DESCENDED FROM Johannes Conrad Wirz, or would like to investigate the possibility. DESCENDANT LINES INCLUDE THE SURNAME SPELLINGS WURTS, WERTS, and WIRTS, and can be found in some records as WURTZ and WERTZ.

!Charles Pemberton Wurts, A GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE WURTS FAMILY, THE DESCENDANTS OF REV. JOHANNES CONRAD WURTS..., 1889, (91+ pages), p. 16-19, 21, 49. [reprint available from the Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA, (508) 745-7170. Family History Catalog 15, p. 98. Be sure to specify HARDBOUND cover; $28.00]

[This is the coat of arms favored for display in the C. P. Wurts book.
A color photocopy was furnished by Kathleen Harrach (nee Wurts).
See my Wurts Heraldry page for C.P.W.'s discussion of Wirz arms.]




[the entry for Johannes Conrad Wirz is as follows: ]

"Johannes Conrad, son of the foregoing, was born in Zurich, Switzerland, November 30, 1706. He was the fifth son among a large family of children, three having received his name and died before his birth. His elder brother, Jacob, was a noted preacher, who having, by his talents, attracted the attention of the Princess of Wurtem burg, niece of the Queen of Prussia, was by her invited to become court preacher at Wurtemburg; but, after accept ing the offer, he was obliged to decline in consequence of an appointment to another parish by the ecclesiastical authorities.

Johannes Conrad, when a young man, entered the service of the King of the Netherlands as a cadet, probably led thither by the fact that a married sister, whose husband was an officer in the Dutch service, was residing at the Hague. He soon abandoned the military profession, however, and returned to his native city, Zurich, where he engaged in the practice of law. In the year 1734, he joined a company of more than 250 persons, men, women and children, who proposed to try to better their fortunes by emigrating to America. They left Zurich on the 4th of October, under the leadership of the Rev. Moritz Goetschi, their destination being the Carolinas, in regard to which high hopes and expectations had been raised by a certain pamphlet describing the country as a second Canaan. They encountered many hardships and difficulties on their way from Zurich to Rotterdam, not the least of which were occasioned by the opposition of the Swiss government to a movement which was probably regarded as but the forerunner of a still larger exodus. After reaching Holland, they were again subjected to many serious and vexatious detentions, so that many of their number were scattered and either found occupation in Holland or returned to their own country. Those who persevered in the enterprise did not sail for America until the following Spring, after being obliged by circumstances to change their plans so far as to make Pennsylvania their objective point, instead of the Carolinas. While they were thus detained in Holland, Johannes Conrad married Anna, daughter of Rev. Moritz Goetschi.

[--rmww comment--Johannes and Anna were actually married at Neiweid, Germany, (on the Rhine river) along with two other couples, according to a chronicle of the journey published by the Pennsylvania-German Society, in a Chapter entitled "The Ministry of John Henry Goetschy", that also includes the ship Mercury (1735) passenger lists.
Another publication from the Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY, "The Goetschy Family and the Limping Messenger", has another interesting (rather critical) account of the first part of the journey (from Zurich to Rotterdam), from an individual that changed his mind and returned to Zurich, and also identifies the individuals in Goetschy's Colony (per Faust's Swiss Emigrants)--]

After a long and perilous passage of twelve weeks, they landed at Philadelphia, where Goetschi, who had been ill during the voyage, was attacked with a serious malady, which quickly terminated his life.

Precisely in what part of Pennsylvania the emigrants made their home, we are not informed ; but a long and very pathetic letter from the widow of Herr Goetschi to her sister in Zurich is on record among the public archives of that city, in which she lamented the unhappy lot of herself and family in the absolute wildemess, and bewailed the folly which had led them to forsake the friends and the comforts of her Swiss home for this land of "wild beasts, barbarians and Anabaptists."

We now lose sight of Johannes Conrad for some years. It is probable that his thoughts were soon turned to the ministry, for which his early education had fitted him, and that, as soon as the opportunity offered, he began to worK for the spiritual good of his fellow-men The following is an extract from a paper prepared by George S. Mott, D.D., of Flemington, N. J., for the New Jersey Historical Society, entitled " The First Century of Hunterdon County, N. J."

"The colony of Germans who passed over the York Road in 1707 was the beginning of a large and continued immigration. Some settled at Mt. Airy and around Ringos, others near Round Valley ; some at length passed over to Stillwater and Newton in Sussex County. By the year 1747, a German Reformed congregation was worshipping in a log church which stood in the old graveyard at Larison's Corner, a mile from Ringos. The first pastor was John Conrad Wirz, who, for ten years, until 1751, had charge of that and the churches of Lebanon, German Valley and Fox hill."
---
From "A History of the Presbyterian Church (Amwell)," published since the above was written, Dr. Mott has also sent the writer the following extract relating to the Rev. Johannes Conrad Wirz :
"From 1750 to 1762 he supplied the Rockaway and Fox Hill congregations as pastor, and resided near one of these churches. It appears that he served Amwell a part of the time, but how frequently or for how long a period is not known. Pressed by a sense of the destitution of the churches he had preached for a season near Easton, Pa., without ordination or ecclesiastical connection. When Mr. Schlater became superintendent of the German churches, he applied to him to be inducted regularly into the ministerial office. Failing here, he was ordained by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, after laboring two years in New Jersey. After his labors in this region were ended he removed to York, Pa., where tradition has preserved his name in good savor as an earnest, pious minister. "
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This brings us to the closing years of his life. As related above,he was called to take charge of the German Reformed Church at York, Pa. He accepted and removed to York in May, 1762. His connection with this church, however, was of short continuance, as he died September 21, 1763. It is said that "the congregations under the pastoral care of Rev. Wirz prospered greatly; that he was much loved, his influence long felt and his memory revered." It is recorded of him that at the laying of the corner-stone of his new church at York, he said : "In the church now to be erected may piety preside, holiness reign, truth prevail, love and harmony dwell, that the congrega- tion may triumphantly flourish."

Of his call to the church at York and his acceptance, we have an interesting account in the following entry by himself in the Eirchenbuch of that church :
"On the 21st day of August, in the year of our dear Redeemer, Jesus Christ, 1761, I, Johannes Conrad Wirz, minister of the word of God and installed pastor of the congregations of Rockaway and German Valley in Jersey, received an invitation from this congregation by the hands of Mr. Balthasar Spangler, to visit and preach to them, in the hope that a gracious God would incline our hearts to an affectionate union, and thus again supply this forsaken flock with a faithful pastor and teacher. With the divine blessing and favor, I concluded to accept this invitation, and determined to undertake the journey accompanied by the afore- mentioned Mr. Spangler. Accordingly, we set out on the 27th day of August and arrived here safe and in good health on the first day of September. On the following Sabbath, I preached my first sermon, and, by request, delivered three or four additional discourses subsequently, which were so blessed by the Father of Light that the respected congregation, with unfeigned affection unanimously desired me to become their pastor, inasmuch as the Rev. Mr. Lischy, had forsaken them, and as the members, individually, had confidence in me. A formal and regular call, dated September 12, 1761, and signed by the elders and members was tendered to me, which I was unable to decline, yet accepted only on condition that I should be able to obtain the consent of my congregations in New Jersey and of the reverend Presbytery of New Brunswick, by which I had been ordained to the work of the ministry. Subsequently, on obtaining the consent of my congregation and receiving a dismissal from the reverend Presby-. tery of New Brunswick, dated October 24, 1761, I removed to this place, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and arrived on the 5th of May, 1762, and on the following Sabbath, being the 9th day of May, preached my introductory sermon from Rev. X. 10, having resolved to serve this congregation according to the grace of God in the preaching of the Word and the administration of the sacraments, whereunto may a merciful God, for Jesus' sake, grant and communicate the grace, strength and aid of his Holy Spirit. JOHANNES CONRAD WIRZ, V.D.M. May 12, 1762."

!***See link above to my "Ancestors of Reed M. W. Wurts" database which takes the male Wirz line back through generations of Swiss Knights to the great-granddaughter of Charlemagne***

Also, see the web site of Buckner Ashby Wallingford II for another database of the Wirz ancestry with biographical information from the C.P. Wurts book. (Gendex indexed)

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Albina Hasbrouck WURTS

Father: Jacob David WURTS
Mother: Arabella BLOOMER


                                          _Jacob WURTS ______
                      _David WURTS ______|
                     |                   |_Catherine DUBOIS _
 _Jacob David WURTS _|
|                    |                    ___________________
|                    |_Albina HASBROUCK _|
|                                        |___________________
|
|--Albina Hasbrouck WURTS 
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|                                         ___________________
|                     ___________________|
|                    |                   |___________________
|_Arabella BLOOMER __|
                     |                    ___________________
                     |___________________|
                                         |___________________

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Notes

!Charles Pemberton Wurts, A GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE WURTS FAMILY, DESCENDANTS OF REV. JOHANNES CONRAD WURTS, 1889, p 47. [Reprint available from the Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA] - #247, Albina Hasbrouck Wurts, b. 3 Oct 1878, New Paltz, N. Y.

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Ann Bronson WURTS

Father: Edward Vanuxem WURTS
Mother: Elizabeth White ROBINS


                                                           _William (2nd) WURTS _______
                           _Theodore Frelinghuysen WURTS _|
                          |                               |_Lucretia Jeanette LATHROP _
 _Edward Vanuxem WURTS ___|
|                         |                                ____________________________
|                         |_Anna VANUXEM _________________|
|                                                         |____________________________
|
|--Ann Bronson WURTS 
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|                                                          ____________________________
|                          _______________________________|
|                         |                               |____________________________
|_Elizabeth White ROBINS _|
                          |                                ____________________________
                          |_______________________________|
                                                          |____________________________

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!A nurse, unmarried, took care of her father.

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Cornelia WURTS

Father: David WURTS
Mother: Albina HASBROUCK

Family 1: Charles W. DEYO
  1.  Anna Wurts DEYO
  2.  Elizabeth DEYO
  3.  Maurice DEYO
  4.  Charles David DEYO

                                         _George WURTS _____
                     _Jacob WURTS ______|
                    |                   |_Esther HASBROUCK _
 _David WURTS ______|
|                   |                    ___________________
|                   |_Catherine DUBOIS _|
|                                       |___________________
|
|--Cornelia WURTS 
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|                                        ___________________
|                    ___________________|
|                   |                   |___________________
|_Albina HASBROUCK _|
                    |                    ___________________
                    |___________________|
                                        |___________________

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Notes

!Charles Pemberton Wurts, A GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE WURTS FAMILY, DESCENDANTS OF REV. JOHANNES CONRAD WURTS, 1889, p 41. [Reprint available from the Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA] - #166, Cornelia Wurts, married Charles W. Deyo, 8 Feb 1868. Her children are Anna Wurts, Elizabeth, Maurice, and Charles David.

!WFT 9, #1635 has their marriage date as 4 Feb 1868.

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George WURTS

Father: Cornelius WURTS
Mother: Margaret LEFEVRE


                                        _George WURTS _____
                     _Jacob WURTS _____|
                    |                  |_Esther HASBROUCK _
 _Cornelius WURTS __|
|                   |                   ___________________
|                   |_Maria HOORNBECK _|
|                                      |___________________
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|--George WURTS 
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|                                       ___________________
|                    __________________|
|                   |                  |___________________
|_Margaret LEFEVRE _|
                    |                   ___________________
                    |__________________|
                                       |___________________

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Notes

!Charles Pemberton Wurts, A GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE WURTS FAMILY, DESCENDANTS OF REV. JOHANNES CONRAD WURTS, 1889, p 42. [Reprint available from the Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA] - #177, George Wurts.

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George WURTS

Father: Jacob WURTS
Mother: Catherine DUBOIS

Family 1: Cornelia LEFEVRE
  1.  Elizabeth WURTS
  2.  Jacob WURTS
  3.  Catherine WURTS
  4. +Mary WURTS
  5. +John WURTS

                                         _Johannes Conrad WIRZ _
                     _George WURTS _____|
                    |                   |_Anna GOETSCHI ________
 _Jacob WURTS ______|
|                   |                    _______________________
|                   |_Esther HASBROUCK _|
|                                       |_______________________
|
|--George WURTS 
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|                                        _______________________
|                    ___________________|
|                   |                   |_______________________
|_Catherine DUBOIS _|
                    |                    _______________________
                    |___________________|
                                        |_______________________

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Notes

!Charles Pemberton Wurts, A GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE WURTS FAMILY, DESCENDANTS OF REV. JOHANNES CONRAD WURTS, 1889, p 31. [Reprint available from the Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA] - #76, George Wurts married Cornelia Lefevre, 20 Aug 1825.

!other source has md. to Cornelia Lefevre on 2 Aug 1825, in Ulster Co., NY

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John Francis WURTS

Father: William WURTS
Mother: Elizabeth TATE


                                    _Johannes Conrad WIRZ _
                   _John WURTS ____|
                  |                |_Anna GOETSCHI ________
 _William WURTS __|
|                 |                 _______________________
|                 |_Sarah GRANDIN _|
|                                  |_______________________
|
|--John Francis WURTS 
|
|                                   _______________________
|                  ________________|
|                 |                |_______________________
|_Elizabeth TATE _|
                  |                 _______________________
                  |________________|
                                   |_______________________

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Notes

!Charles Pemberton Wurts, A GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE WURTS FAMILY, DESCENDANTS OF REV. JOHANNES CONRAD WURTS, 1889, p 29. [Reprint available from the Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA] - #65, John Francis Wurts.

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John Halsey WURTS

Father: William Hogencamp WURTS
Mother: Jean HALSEY

Family 1: La_Vonne WHITNEY
  1. +William Whitney WURTS
  2.  Sally WURTS

                                                           _George WURTS ________
                            _William Lawrence Ross WURTS _|
                           |                              |_Elizabeth Camp ROSS _
 _William Hogencamp WURTS _|
|                          |                               ______________________
|                          |_Florence HOGENCAMP __________|
|                                                         |______________________
|
|--John Halsey WURTS 
|
|                                                          ______________________
|                           ______________________________|
|                          |                              |______________________
|_Jean HALSEY _____________|
                           |                               ______________________
                           |______________________________|
                                                          |______________________

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Notes

!From Elizabeth La Vonne Wurts.

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