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JOHANN JACOB BENTZ 1673–1748 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1673

Birth Location: Elsenz, Eppingen, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany

Death Date: abt 1748

Death Location: Cub Run, Augusta, Virginia, British America

Father: Hanß Bentz

Mother: Helene Kern

Spouse(s): ANNA HEPPNER

Children(s): JOHANN I

JOHANN JACOB BENTZ was born in 1673 in Elsenz, Eppingen, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany, the child of Han Thomas Bentz And Helene Margarethe Kern. JOHANN JACOB BENTZ married Anna Maria Susanna Heppner, and had children including Johann Jacob Bentz Pence I. JOHANN JACOB BENTZ passed away in 1748 in Cub Run, Augusta, Virginia, British America.

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Biography

  • JOHANN JACOB BENTZ was born in 1673 in Elsenz, Eppingen, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany, the child of Han Thomas Bentz And Helene Margarethe Kern.
  • JOHANN JACOB BENTZ married Anna Maria Susanna Heppner, and had children including Johann Jacob Bentz Pence I.
  • JOHANN JACOB BENTZ passed away in 1748 in Cub Run, Augusta, Virginia, British America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hanß Bentz
1631–1726
Birth Location: Neckarbischofsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
HB
Helene Kern
1644–1688
Birth Location: Reihen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
HK

Spouses(s)

ANNA HEPPNER
1676–1748
Birth Location: Iggelheim, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
AH

Children(s)

JOHANN I
1710–1751
Birth Location: Ottmarsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
JI

JOHANN BENTZ's Ancestors

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JOHANN BENTZ
1673–1748
Birth Place: Elsenz, Eppingen, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
Parents
Hanß Thomas Bentz
1631–1726
Neckarbischofsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Helene (Margarethe) Kern
1644–1688
Reihen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

JOHANN BENTZ's Descendants

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JOHANN (JACOB) BENTZ (1673–abt 1748) m. ANNA (MARIA Susanna) HEPPNER (1676–1748)
  1. 1. JOHANN (JACOB BENTZ PENCE) I 1710–1751 m. Mary (Catherine) Magrieder 1712–1803
    1. 1. Captain (Johann John George Pence) Bentz 1743–1816 m. Margaret (Jane Zimmerman Carpenter) Pence 1761–1828
      1. 1. Anna (Barbara Pence) Kern 1783–1855 m. George Kerns 1775–1857
      2. 2. Nancy Pence 1785–1853
      3. 3. David Pence 1798–1868
      4. 4. Jacob Pence 1793–1860
      5. 5. Joab Pence 1800–1860
      6. 6. Jonathan Pence 1803–1824
      7. 7. Lydia Pence 1790–1804
      8. 8. Sarah (Salone Pence) Cook 1786–1857 m. Jacob Cook 1789–1835
        1. 1. Catherine (McQueen Cook Long) McQueen 1822–1901
        2. 2. Jacob (P) Cook 1825–1859
        3. 3. Mary (Cook Hopkins) Parrish 1816–1897
        4. 4. Sarah (Cook) Carter 1821–1855
        5. 5. Margaret (Cook) Irwin 1818–1849
        6. 6. Absolem (G) Cook 1829–1912
      9. 9. William Pence 1795–1865

JOHANN BENTZ's Timeline

2 Records

1673
1673
Birth of JOHANN JACOB BENTZ in Elsenz, Eppingen, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
Elsenz, Eppingen, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
1748
abt 1748
Age 75
Death of JOHANN JACOB BENTZ in Cub Run, Augusta, Virginia, British America
Cub Run, Augusta, Virginia, British America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1673
    Event Place: Elsenz, Eppingen, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1748
    Event Place: Cub Run, Augusta, Virginia, British America
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