Joseph ZENTMEYER

Notes:

1820 Census in Elizabeth, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1820 tax records as a blacksmith
1830 Census in Osnaburg, Stark, Ohio (as Zentinyer)
1840 Census Nimishillen, Stark, Ohio

Joseph — Mary FETTER. Mary was born Abt 1795; died 10 Mar 1856, Stark County, Ohio; was buried Mudbrook Cemetery, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio Row 46. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(Johann) Jacob Zentmeyer, third surviving son of (Johann) Bernhard Zentmeyer and (Maria) Salome Roth Zentmeyer. Birth year on headstone does not agree with church records in Bischwiller. A blacksmith and farmer, he lived in Cocalico Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, and farmed at least 50 acres there on land between present-day Lincoln Gardens Rd. and Hackman Rd.

Johann — Catharine Susanna ZARTMAN. Catharine was born 3 Dec 1751, Brickerville, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Oct 1833, Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Keller's Cemetery, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Here lies Catharina Zentmeyer wife of Jacob Zentmeyer born Zartman was born the 3rd of January 1751 died October 1833 was 82 years 9 months and 5 days old

Birth date on headstone is at odds with church records.

Notes:

Bernhard was the Patriarch of the Zentmeyer/ Zentmyer/ Zentmire/ Santmyer/ Santmyers families in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and later into Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Nebraska.

There is a Bernhard Nicholas Santmyer listed in FamilySearch records and elsewhere as a member of this family, but he never actually existed, he is an unfortunate synthesis of several records by an unidentified compiler. I am working diligently with FamilySearch to remove this fabrication from the record.

Bernhard is also not related to Henricus Zentmaÿr of Brilon, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany, an actual person, who had been incorrectly linked to this family in good faith by Dorothy Zentmyer Jones

Penn Township was formed out of Warwick Township in 1846.

Johann married Maria Salome ROTH 16 Feb 1739, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. Maria (daughter of Jacob ROTH and Catharina WALTHER) was born 16 Mar 1712, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died 1774, Warwick Twp., (now Penn) Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Union (White Oak) Cemetery, Penryn, Penn Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Headstone Inscription:
(East Face) Here lies with God Salome Zentmeyer was buried in the year 1774
(West Face) Was 61 Years Old
Salome was born 16 Mar 1712 per church records (Kirchenbücher) in Bischwiller, so she must have died before March 1774.

Other Events:

• Possessions: 1703, Roigheim, D-74255; farmland
• Possessions: Bef 1716, Roigheim, D-74255; farm called Peterslehen
• Status: 1726, Roigheim, D-74255; citizen (Bürger)

Notes:

The Surname was also frequently seen as Centmeyer. In German, words beginning with Z and C both begin with an identical "TS" sound, so the name was recorded as the scribe chose to write it.



According to the note from Marlies Kibler in 2017, Jacob had been a soldier at some point.

Possessions:
Lagerbuch der Stiftungspflege Möckmühl, S. 238 (StadtA Möckmühl).

Possessions:
Sells the Peterslehen to Michael Vierling for 18 fl. in 1716, pays 54 x. purchase tax (HStA Stuttgart, Best. A 302, Bd. 8494, S. 62).

Johann married Ursula WALTER 1699, Roigheim, Württemberg, Germany. Ursula was born Bef 1681; died 2 Jul 1720, Roigheim, D-74255. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Inventory no. 130, 1720 Aug 19.

Notes:

27 Aug 2017

Heimatkundlicher Arbeitskreis Möckmühl

"Hi Gary,
It is a long time since I heard from you. Wednesday is the day when we meet at the Archive. Ilse Saur is just re-sorting old documents and came across a paper concerning Roigheim. Joseph Walter had died about 10 years ago (inventory dated February 19, 1695, unfortunately this does not exist anymore) and he owed money to the church which he had borrowed. His possessions were very unimportant, some property in a bad condition or place that nobody wanted to buy, until finally one daughter (he had 9 children) got married to Jacob Centmayer, now bürgher (citizen -Ed) of this place, a former soldier. Unfortunately, it does not say where from. So, it was Ursula née Walter who Jacob Centmayer married in 1699.
It is not much information but I wanted to pass it on to you.
With best regards,

Marlies Kibler"

(This is the source for the surname of Jacob's wife Ursula)

Jacob — Catharina WALTHER. [Group Sheet]