Jeremiah Wentz was the fourth of four children born to John Andrew Wentz, Jr. (1751-1827) and his second wife Catherine Starnes (c.1774-before 1816), who were married in 1791. Jeremiah married twice Nancy Sibley (17 Aug. 1808-25 April 1853) on 24 May 1824, and Margaret R. Stillwell (12 Dec. 1807-30 Jan. 1883) in 1854. Twelve children, all born to the first wife: Elizabeth A. Wentz (c.1826, may have m. Phillip Fisher, but this is uncertain), Mary A. Emeline Wentz (1829, m. John Penegar in 1851), Daniel C./Dewitt Clinton Wentz (1830, could be the Daniel C. who died in 1914, in Meck. Co.), Absolem Brown Wentz (1832-?), Adam Clark Wentz (1834-1922, Washington, NC, Confederate soldier, m. Elizabeth June Pyron in 1856), Margaret P. Wentz (1836, m. George Penegar 1853), Jane H. Wentz (1838, m. William L. Simpson in 1855), Sarah Matilda Wentz (1840-1929, m. James M. Wentz in 1856, bur. at Old Bethel, who was he?), Susan F. Wentz (1844, m. William J. House in 1864), Harriet C. Wentz (1846, m. E. C. Phillips in 1863), Nancy R. Wentz (1850, m. John Condor), Amanda V. Wentz (1851-not with parents in 1870).
Jeremiah Wentz was the fourth of four children born to John Andrew Wentz, Jr. (1751-1827) and his second wife Catherine Starnes (c.1774-before 1816), who were married in 1791. Jeremiah married twice Nancy Sibley (17 Aug. 1808-25 April 1853) on 24 May 1824, and Margaret R. Stillwell (12 Dec. 1807-30 Jan. 1883) in 1854. Twelve children, all born to the first wife: Elizabeth A. Wentz (c.1826, may have m. Phillip Fisher, but this is uncertain), Mary A. Emeline Wentz (1829, m. John Penegar in 1851), Daniel C./Dewitt Clinton Wentz (1830, could be the Daniel C. who died in 1914, in Meck. Co.), Absolem Brown Wentz (1832-?), Adam Clark Wentz (1834-1922, Washington, NC, Confederate soldier, m. Elizabeth June Pyron in 1856), Margaret P. Wentz (1836, m. George Penegar 1853), Jane H. Wentz (1838, m. William L. Simpson in 1855), Sarah Matilda Wentz (1840-1929, m. James M. Wentz in 1856, bur. at Old Bethel, who was he?), Susan F. Wentz (1844, m. William J. House in 1864), Harriet C. Wentz (1846, m. E. C. Phillips in 1863), Nancy R. Wentz (1850, m. John Condor), Amanda V. Wentz (1851-not with parents in 1870).
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