KNOWN AS MARTIN BOTTORF IN DAR - PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Martinus, son of John Adam Battorf and his wife, born 30 Oct 1748, bap Nov 1 1748, Sponsors: Martinus Battorf and wife (Source: Records of Pastoral Acts at Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Part I, Baptisms, 1743-1819, Frederic S Weiser, 1989, published by The Pennsylvania German Society, page 5)

Mentioned in Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families in The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Volume III, Stauffer-Zerbe, page 452 - Martin is the son of John Adam Battorf and Anna Elizabeth Zeller .( See Anna Elizabeth Zeller info )

Martin Battorf is the son of John Adam Batdorf born abt 1720 and Anna Elizabeth Zeller born abt 1725, and the grandson of Johann Martin Batdorf born abt 1698 and Maria Elizabeth Walborn born 1696.

Martin Battorf married on 31 Dec 1770 In Jackson Twp, Lebanon County, Pa, at the Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church to Maria Barbara Hautz born 1748, daughter of Philip Lorentz Hautz born 1713 and Eva Walborn born abt 1720. (Source: Pennsylvania Marriages, 1769-1864)

Martin took the Oath of Fidelity and Support in 1778 in Maryland. (Patriotic Service-DAR)

Martin and Barbara (Hautz) Battorf moved first to Maryland where some of their children were born, and later to Kentucky. Martin died in Jefferson County KY.

Martin Battorf 1748 and Maria Barbara Hautz born 1748 children are:
-Maria Christina born 1771 MD
-Martin born 1773-died 1860 married Elizabeth Coons
-Eva Elizabeth born 1774 married Jacob Schrader
-Anna Maria born 1776-died 1844 married John Coons
-George born 1778-died 1850 married Nancy Philips
-Barbara born 1782 married Robert L Plaskett
-John born possibly 1783 married Mary Hoke
-Jacob 1786 married Rhoda Allen
-Andrew born 1788 married Abigail Allen
-Henry born 1790 married Phebe Crum
-Catherine married Jacob House in 1811 (probably the youngest)

Family members are not sure where in Jefferson County KY Martin Battorf is buried. Many say it was in the part of Jefferson County that became La Grange Oldham county, KY.

This Battorf Family Cemetery was made to honor him and connect him to his children.
We dont know when his wife Maria Barbara Hautz died, but we know it was after 12 Mar 1790, when Martin Battorf and Barbara Battorf both signed a paper in Berks county Pa to receive money from Maria Barbara Hautz Battorf's father(Philip Lorentz Hautz)'s estate.
It was after this March 12 1790 date we believe they moved back to Kentucky.