Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Birthabout 1794
Memo(age 56 in 1850 Census)
FatherHeinrich Mertz (N3a) (1765-~1821)
MotherMaria Blatner
Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation notes for Samuel Mertz (N3a1)
I know that Heinrich had a son Samuel. If his sons were named in order, Samuel was the second youngest and I know the youngest son was Joseph who was born in 1805. So for a while, I figured I was looking for a Samuel Martz born, say, in the early 1800’s. But I never found such a man. Instead I found one in the 1850 Census living in Barry Township, Schuylkill County born in about 1794. I have convinced myself this very likely was Henry’s son of that name. I believe he was also listed in 1820 in Manheim Township where I might have expected to find him and then in 1840 in West Brunswick Township, consistent perhaps with his brother Joseph being in the same place and his brother Philip being there the decade previous. Samuel is designated N3a1.
Known Sons notes for Samuel Mertz (N3a1)
From the 1850 Census, Samuel had sons Reuben born 1832, Solomon born 1836 and Samuel born 1838. Samuel, the father, was a blacksmith and all these three sons at one time or another reported their occupation as blacksmith.
But there also was a John Martz listed in Barry Township, where only Samuel had previously lived, in 1850. He was age 35, a blacksmith. I am quite comfortable believing that John was Samuel’s oldest son and he is designated N3a1a.
The question is whether the other sons deserve to be designated. Reuben, I don’t think, ever married and was also with his father in 1850 through 1880, no need for me to designate him. Solomon too lived at home through the 1870 Census and then disappears so no need for me to designate him.
And as to the younger Samuel, there is a find-a-grave memorial for Private Samuel Martz (1838-1864) who was killed at the Wilderness in the Civil War and that memorial tells his life story — he was a blacksmith when he enlisted in Company C, 50th Infantry at age 26 in 1864 (so born about 1838). He was no doubt the Samuel who registered for the draft in 1863 from Schuylkill Haven, age 26, a blacksmith. He was said then to have been married and I believe I have found the remnants of his family thereafter. So Samuel is also designated, in his case, N3a1c.
So who is N3a1b? There is a birth record for Ebesina Mertz baptized by her parents Samuel and Sarah in Easton, PA in 1826. I don’t know that Samuel. That baptism and his presence in the 1830 Census in Easton are the only two mentions of him I have found. It is nothing but a totally wild guess that Samuel, son of Heinrich, who is unaccounted for in 1830 — is Samuel briefly of Easton. There is no evidence whatsoever for this assertion. It is simply the coincidence that Samuel of Easton was only there in 1826-1830 while Samuel of Schuylkill went missing from 1820 to 1840.
Ebesina ends up in Monroe County, PA where she seems connected in various ways to Daniel Martz of that place. I don’t know Daniel. So I am making the, in this case, educated guess, that he was Samuel’s son. That he was Ebesina’s brother seems a safe guess, that she was Samuel’s father seems known, the guessing part is again that the Samuel in question is this Samuel of Schuylkill County. Daniel is designated N3a1b.
But there also was a John Martz listed in Barry Township, where only Samuel had previously lived, in 1850. He was age 35, a blacksmith. I am quite comfortable believing that John was Samuel’s oldest son and he is designated N3a1a.
The question is whether the other sons deserve to be designated. Reuben, I don’t think, ever married and was also with his father in 1850 through 1880, no need for me to designate him. Solomon too lived at home through the 1870 Census and then disappears so no need for me to designate him.
And as to the younger Samuel, there is a find-a-grave memorial for Private Samuel Martz (1838-1864) who was killed at the Wilderness in the Civil War and that memorial tells his life story — he was a blacksmith when he enlisted in Company C, 50th Infantry at age 26 in 1864 (so born about 1838). He was no doubt the Samuel who registered for the draft in 1863 from Schuylkill Haven, age 26, a blacksmith. He was said then to have been married and I believe I have found the remnants of his family thereafter. So Samuel is also designated, in his case, N3a1c.
So who is N3a1b? There is a birth record for Ebesina Mertz baptized by her parents Samuel and Sarah in Easton, PA in 1826. I don’t know that Samuel. That baptism and his presence in the 1830 Census in Easton are the only two mentions of him I have found. It is nothing but a totally wild guess that Samuel, son of Heinrich, who is unaccounted for in 1830 — is Samuel briefly of Easton. There is no evidence whatsoever for this assertion. It is simply the coincidence that Samuel of Easton was only there in 1826-1830 while Samuel of Schuylkill went missing from 1820 to 1840.
Ebesina ends up in Monroe County, PA where she seems connected in various ways to Daniel Martz of that place. I don’t know Daniel. So I am making the, in this case, educated guess, that he was Samuel’s son. That he was Ebesina’s brother seems a safe guess, that she was Samuel’s father seems known, the guessing part is again that the Samuel in question is this Samuel of Schuylkill County. Daniel is designated N3a1b.