After the passing of her husband Martin in 1811, Esther moved with her Overholt children to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where she died several years later during a spotted fever epidemic.
From FAG member Karen (83429882) :
A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz, and a Complete Genealogical Family Register to the Fourth Generation:
with Accounts and Addresses Delivered at the Fretz family reunions held at Bedminster, PA, 1888, 1893, 1898, and 1903
by A J Fretz
*** her father, page 113 ...
John Fretz was twice married, his first wife was Barbara, daughter of Hans Meyer, pioneer of Upper Salford, Montg. Co. Pa., by whom he had the following children, viz: John, Jacob, Christian, Abraham and Elizabeth.
His second wife was Maria, (maiden name unknown), had three children, Mark, Henry, Barbara.
*** Esther, page 115 ...
Of the other daughter, Esther Fretz, it was our good fortune, when compiling the Oberholtzer history, to discover her descendants. She was born about 1748, married Martin Overholt of Bedminister. They lived in early life in Tinicum Twp. In 1800 they emigrated to Westmoreland Co. Pa.
About 1810 he went to Ohio, and selected land in Coshocton and Tuscarawas counties, intending to move there, but a few weeks before they were ready to move, he was taken sick and died. His family, however, all except the daughter, Agnes Stauffer and family, after his death removed to Ohio, where the widow, Esther, and several of the family died during an epidemic of spotted fever in Feb 1813.
Their children, 14 in number, were
Elizabeth, wife of Rev Abraham Welty;
Agnes, wife of Christian Stauffer;
Christian;
Barbara, wife of Rev Mathias Barchfield;
Henry, died single;
Mary, wife of Christian Noffzinger;
Magdalena, wife of John Mumma;
Martin;
Abraham;
Isaac, died single;
Esther, died single;
Sarah, wife of Philip Welty:
Joseph;
and Anna, wife of Gabriel Weimer. The last named, Anna, was born when her mother was 55 years old.
*** also interesting
https://www.masthof.com/blogs/mfh-articles/the-bucks-county-pennsylvania-oberholtzers-who-moved-to-alverton-pennsylvania
After the passing of her husband Martin in 1811, Esther moved with her Overholt children to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where she died several years later during a spotted fever epidemic.
From FAG member Karen (83429882) :
A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz, and a Complete Genealogical Family Register to the Fourth Generation:
with Accounts and Addresses Delivered at the Fretz family reunions held at Bedminster, PA, 1888, 1893, 1898, and 1903
by A J Fretz
*** her father, page 113 ...
John Fretz was twice married, his first wife was Barbara, daughter of Hans Meyer, pioneer of Upper Salford, Montg. Co. Pa., by whom he had the following children, viz: John, Jacob, Christian, Abraham and Elizabeth.
His second wife was Maria, (maiden name unknown), had three children, Mark, Henry, Barbara.
*** Esther, page 115 ...
Of the other daughter, Esther Fretz, it was our good fortune, when compiling the Oberholtzer history, to discover her descendants. She was born about 1748, married Martin Overholt of Bedminister. They lived in early life in Tinicum Twp. In 1800 they emigrated to Westmoreland Co. Pa.
About 1810 he went to Ohio, and selected land in Coshocton and Tuscarawas counties, intending to move there, but a few weeks before they were ready to move, he was taken sick and died. His family, however, all except the daughter, Agnes Stauffer and family, after his death removed to Ohio, where the widow, Esther, and several of the family died during an epidemic of spotted fever in Feb 1813.
Their children, 14 in number, were
Elizabeth, wife of Rev Abraham Welty;
Agnes, wife of Christian Stauffer;
Christian;
Barbara, wife of Rev Mathias Barchfield;
Henry, died single;
Mary, wife of Christian Noffzinger;
Magdalena, wife of John Mumma;
Martin;
Abraham;
Isaac, died single;
Esther, died single;
Sarah, wife of Philip Welty:
Joseph;
and Anna, wife of Gabriel Weimer. The last named, Anna, was born when her mother was 55 years old.
*** also interesting
https://www.masthof.com/blogs/mfh-articles/the-bucks-county-pennsylvania-oberholtzers-who-moved-to-alverton-pennsylvania
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