Many different families combined through marriage to create the Ott family history


Baker Family Chart

UPDATED 11/20/2007

Many different families combined through marriage to create the Ott family history. The BECKER family, as it was known in Germany before coming to America, is first found in the Prussian Province of Rhineland in the small town of Framersheim.  The town is located in what is now western Germany near the Rhine River and the cities of Frankfurt, Mainz, and Wiesbaden. In the 1700s the area was known as “The Palatinate”, and its people were known as “Palatines”, although this name was often mistakenly applied to anyone of German descent. The Palatines made up the bulk of German immigrants to America in the 1700s.. The migrations of this branch of my ancestors took them from the Palatinate to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia in 1752, then to Harrison and Floyd Counties in southern Indiana in or about 1818, the route also followed by the SUMMERS and UTZ families.

Much of the information provided below comes from the book
"FROM THE RHEIN TO THE SHENANDOAH" by Prof. Daniel Bly, who is a Professor of History at Augusta County College in Virginia  and, I am proud to say, a distant cousin in both my BAKER and SUMMERS family lines.

Elizabeth BAKER, the great-great granddaughter of Johann Peter and Anna Petronella (WENDEL) BECKER, married Conrad UTZ in 1810.  Their daughter, Elizabeth UTZ, married Joseph SUMMERS in 1838.  Christina SUMMERS, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth, married William HOPPER in 1868.   Their daughter Susie HOPPER married my grandfather, William OTT, in 1901.

 

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(1) JOHANN PETER BECKER (1671 - 1748) m. ANNA PETRONELLA WENDEL (1678 - 1752) 
     daughter of Johann Jacob WENDEL

    (2) JOHANN NICOLAUS BECKER (1701 - 1762) m. ANNA MARIA SCHWARM (or SCHWORM)
          (1697 - 1738)  daughter of Valentine SCHWARM and Anna Catherina BUGLER

         (3) HEIRONYMOUS BECKER (1726 - 1806) m.MARIA GERTRANT PUNTSTEIN (1724 - ?)
               daughter of Johann Nicholas PUNTSTEIN and Maria Sybilla HASTER

             (4)   HEINRICH (HENRY) BAKER (1764 - 1822) m. ESTHER (HESTER) STOCKSLAGER
                    
(1767 - 1861) daughter of Alexander STOCKSLAGER and Esther KELLER

                  (5) ELIZABETH BAKER (1790 - 1867) m. CONRAD UTZ (1783 - 1855)
                        son of Heinrich Jacob (Henry) UTZ and Barbara NAGLE

                      (6) ELIZABETH UTZ (1821 - 1913) m. JOSEPH SUMMERS (1817 - 1893)
                            son of Jacob SUMMERS and Christiana VENIS

                           (7) CHRISTINA SUMMERS (1842 - 1919) m. WILLIAM HOPPER (1844 - ca 1899)
                                 son of Hiram HOPPER and Eliza Ann WHITLOCK

                                (8) SUSIE HOPPER
(1879 - 1971) m. WILLIAM OTT (1874 - 1963)

                                      son of Ferdinand OTT and Anna Maria ROTH

                                     (9) MERVIN OTT
(1905 - 1976) m. ROSE NOOYEN (1901 - 1952)
                                          
daughter of Alexis NOOYEN and Adelia HERMANS

                                          (10) JOHN D. "JACK" OTT

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(1) 1. JOHANN PETER BECKER
Birth Date: Nov 1671
Birth Place: Germany
Death Date: 10 Jun 1748
Death Place: Framersheim, Rhineland, Germany
Spouse: ANNA PETRONELLA WENDEL
Birth Date: 25 Aug 1678
Birth Place: Germany
Death Date: 15 Feb 1752
Death Place: Framersheim, Rhineland, Germany
Spouse Father: JOHANN JACOB WENDEL
Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1697
Marriage Place: Framersheim, Germany
Children: Johann Melchior, Anna Maria, Johann Nicolaus, Johann Phillip, Anna Petronella
              Johann Andreas, Johann Jacob, Maria Petronella, Johannes, Anna Wendelina,
              Anton, Catherina Elisabetha, Anna Gertraut

(2) 1.1 Johann Melchior BECKER (Johann Peter 1)
Birth Date: 5 Dec 1697
Birth Place: Framershiem
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ? 

(2) 1.2 Anna Maria BECKER (Johann Peter 1)
Birth Date: 4 Nov 1699
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ?

 (2) 1.3a JOHANN NICOLAUS BECKER (Johann Peter1)
  Birth Date: 19 Dec 1701
  Birth Place: Framersheim, Rhineland, Germany
  Death Date: 27 Dec 1762
  Death Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
  1st Spouse: ANNA MARIA SCHWARM (SCHWORM)
  Birth Date: 2 Jan 1698
  Birth Place: Niedermoschel, Rheinland
  Death Date: 10 May 1738
  Death Place: Framersheim, Rhineland, Germany
  Spouse Father: VALENTINE SCHWARM (SCHWORM) (1668-1714)
  Spouse Mother: ANNA CATHERINA BUGLER
  Marriage Date: 19 Jan 1723
  Marriage Place: Framersheim
  Children: Phillip Peter, Heironymus, Catherina Petronella, Johann Melchior, Maria Gertraut, Anton

2nd Spouses:  Maria Appolonia BAYER (see below)

NOTE: Johann Nicolaus BECKER and his family were the only known descendants of
Johann Peter BECKER to have emigrated to America. Nicolaus’ oldest son Philip Peter
left Framersheim first in 1749, and the remainder of the family followed about three years
later. By 1754 Johann Nicolaus and his family were living in the Shenandoah Valley, near Strasburg, VA. The family was among the original members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
in Strasburg.
 

(3) 1.3a.1 Phillip Peter BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 23 Dec 1723
Birth Place: Framersheim, Germany
Death Date: 28 Jan 1802
Death Place: Shenandoah Co., Virginia
Spouse: Barbara SCHNEPP (SNAPP)
Birth Date: 1730
Birth Place: Alsace
Death Date: Jan 1783
Death Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Marriage Date: 19 Nov 1751
Marriage Place: Framersheim
Children: Anthony, Phillip Peter, Anna Christina, Margaretha Barbara,
               Maria Rosena, Barbara

(4) 1.3a.1.1 Anthony BECKER (Phillip Peter 3, Johann Nicolas 2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1756
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ?

(4) 1.3a.1.2 Phillip Peter BECKER Jr. (Phillip Peter 3, Joh. Nicolas 2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1759
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: 2 May 1837
Death Place: ? 

(4) 1.3a.1.3 Anna Christina BECKER (Phillip Peter 3, Joh. Nicolas 2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 29 Sep 1765
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: 29 Nov 1790
Death Place: ? 

(4) 1.3a.1.4 Margaretha Barbara BECKER (Phillip Peter 3, Joh. Nicolas 2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1768
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: 1821
Death Place: ?

(4) 1.3a.1.5 Maria Rosena BECKER (Phillip Peter 3, Joh. Nicolas 2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 7 Aug 1771
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: About 1833
Death Place: ?

(4) 1.3a.1.6 Barbara BECKER (Phillip Peter 3, Joh. Nicolas 2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1774
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: 3 Jan 1850
Death Place: ?

(3) 1.3a.2 HEIRONYMUS BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1726
Birth Place: Framersheim, Rheinland
Death Date: About 1806
Death Place: Strasburg, VA
Spouse: MARIA GERTRANT PUNTSTEIN
Birth Date: Sep 1724
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: After 1795
Death Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Spouse Father: JOHANN NICHOLAS PUNTSTEIN
Spouse Mother: MARIA SYBILLA HASTER
Marriage Date: 28 Dec 1749
Children: Johann Georg, Christina Barbara, Maria Margaretha, Apollonia,
               Elisabeth, Johann Heinrich (Henry)

(4) 1.3a.2.1 Johann Georg BECKER (Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: About 1752
Birth Place: near Strasburg, VA
Death Date: 1804
Death Place: ? 

(4) 1.3a.2.2 Christina Barbara BECKER (Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: About 1755
Birth Place: near Strasburg, VA
Death Date: 1823
Death Place: ? 

(4) 1.3a.2.3 Maria Margaretha BECKER (Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 1757
Birth Place: near Strasburg, VA
Death Date: After 1808
Death Place: ? 

(4) 1.3a.2.4 Apollonia BECKER (Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: About 1760
Birth Place: near Strasburg, VA
Death Date: After 1806
Death Place: ?
Spouse: Philip KOONTZ
Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1787
Children: Henry, Abraham 

(4) 1.3a.2.5 Elisabeth BECKER (Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: About 1762
Birth Place: near Strasburg, VA
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ?

(4) 1.3a.2.6 JOHANN HEINRICH (HENRY) BAKER (Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 1764
Birth Place: Near Strasburg VA
Death Date: Sep 1822
Death Place: Harrison Co. IN
Burial Place: Wolfe Cemetary, Floyd Co. IN
Spouse: ESTHER (HESTER) ANN STOCKSLAGER
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1767
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 1 Nov 1861
Death Place: Floyd Co., IN
Burial Place: Wolfe Cemetary, Floyd Co. IN
Spouse Father: ALEXANDER STOCKSLAGER (1727-1778)
Spouse Mother: ESTER KELLER (1747-1818)
Marriage Date: 9 Nov 1789
Marriage Place: Strasburg, VA
Children: Elizabeth, Magdalene, Benjamin, Mary, Charlotte, Christina,
               Susannah, Levi,  Isaac 

(5) 1.3a.2.6.1 ELIZABETH BAKER (Joh. Heinrich4, Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 25 Jul 1790
Birth Place: Shenandoah Co. VA
Death Date: 23 Feb 1867
Death Place: Floyd Co. IN
Burial Place: Wolfe Cemetery, Georgetown
Spouse: CONRAD UTZ Sr.
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1783
Birth Place: Lineberry, Baltimore Co. MD
Death Date: 2 Feb 1855
Death Place: Georgetown IN
Burial Place: Wolfe Cemetery
Spouse Father: HEINRICK JACOB (HENRY) UTZ (1740-1789)
Spouse Mother: MARIA BARBARA NAGLE
Marriage Date: 9 Jun 1810
Marriage Place: Shenandoah Co. VA
Children: Edward,  Henry B., Christina, Lucy Ann, Elizabeth, John, Conrad,
               Benjamin F.

 See the UTZ Family Chart for continuation of this ancestral line

(5) 1.3a.2.6.2a Magdalene "Polly Ann" BAKER (Joh. Heinrich4, Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: About 1792
Birth Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Death Date: 17 Feb 1851
Death Place: Floyd Co., IN
1st Spouse: Adam EVILSIZER
Children: Lewis, Addison, Anna Maria
2nd Spouses: Isaac MURPHY 

(5) 1.3a.2.6.3 Benjamin BAKER (Joh. Heinrich4, Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1795
Birth Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Death Date: 11 July 1879
Death Place: Floyd Co., IN
Spouse: Margaret MILLER
Birth Date: 20 Feb 1799
Birth Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Spouse Father: Isaac MILLER
Spouse Mother: Magdalene STOCKSLAGER
Marriage Date:  15 February 1821 

Marriage Place: Harrison Co., IN
Known Children: Isaac, Samuael, Benjamin Jr., Elizabeth, Jacob

(5) 1.3a.2.6.4 Mary BAKER (Joh. Heinrich4, Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 1794
Birth Place: Shenandoah Co, VA
Death Date: 1853
Death Place: ?
Spouse: Jacob BENCE (PENCE)
Marriage Date: 17 Apr 1814
Marriage Place: Kentucky 

(5) 1.3a.2.6.5 Charlotte BAKER (Joh. Heinrich4, Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 1798
Birth Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Spouse: John McCULLOUGH
Marriage Date:  28 September 1820
Marriage Place: Harrison Co., IN

(5) 1.3a.2.6.6 Christina "Tena" BAKER (Joh. Heinrich4, Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: About 1800
Birth Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ?
Spouse: John H. ARGENBRIGHT

Marriage Date: 15 April 1818
Marriage Place: Harrison Co., IN

NOTE: After the death of Henry BAKER in 1822, his widow Esther eventually moved into the Greenville, IN, home of the Argenbright's. The 1850 Census for
Floyd County
, IN lists her in the household at age 83.
 

(5) 1.3a.2.6.7 Susannah BAKER (Joh. Heinrich4, Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1801
Birth Place: Strasburg, VA
Death Date: 18 Feb 1859
Death Place: Floyd Co. IN
Spouse: Thomas Jefferson ENGLEMAN
Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1826
Marriage Place: Floyd Co. IN

(5) 1.3a.2.6.8 Levi BAKER (Joh. Heinrich4, Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: About 1805
Birth Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ?

(5) 1.3a.2.6.9 Isaac BAKER (Joh. Heinrich4, Heironymus3, Joh. Nicolas2, Joh. Peter1)
Birth Date: 3 Apr 1808
Birth Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Death Date: 1834
Death Place: Floyd Co., IN
Spouse: Elizabeth COTTINGHAM

Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1832
Marriage Place: Floyd Co, IN

(3) 1.3a.3 Catherina Petronella BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 1729
Birth Place: Germany
Death Date: (Died in infancy)
Death Place: Germany

(3) 1.3a.4 Johann Melchior BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 1732
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: (died in infancy)
Death Place: Framersheim

(3) 1.3a.5 Maria Gertraut BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 1735
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: (died in infancy)
Death Place: Framersheim 

(3) 1.3a.6 Anton BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 1736
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: 1816
Death Place: Hardy Co., (West) Virginia
Spouse: Barbara ?
Children: Anthony, Elizabeth, Catherine, Barbara, Mary, Nicholas 

(4) 1.3a.6.1 Anthony BECKER Jr. (Anton3, Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: About 1761
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: About 1835 

(4) 1.3a.6.2 Elizabeth BECKER (Anton3, Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: ?
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ?
Spouse: Adam HARNESS
Birth Date: ?
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ? 

(4) 1.3a.6.3 Catherine BECKER (Anton3, Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: ?
Death Date: ?
Spouse: Michael SEE 

(4) 1.3a.6.4 Barbara BECKER (Anton3, Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: ?
Death Date: ?
Spouse: Frederick TROUTWINE 

(4) 1.3a.6.5 Mary BECKER (Anton3, Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: ?
Death Date: ?
Spouse: Andrew BYRNES 

(4) 1.3a.6.6 Nicholas BECKER (Anton3, Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: ?
Death Date: ?  

(2) 1.3b JOHANN NICOLAUS BECKER (continued, second marriage)
2nd Spouse: Maria Appolonia BAYER
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1712
Birth Place: Germany
Death Date: About 1762
Death Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Marriage Date: 25 Oct 1738
Marriage Place: Framersheim, Germany
Children: Appolonia, Anna Margaretha, Catherine Elizabeth, Johann Melchior,
               Johann Nicolaus Jr., Petronella, Johann Phillip, Catherine

(3) 1.3b.1 Appolonia BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 1740
Birth Place: FramersheimGermany
Death Date: 1817
Death Place: Columbiana Co., OH
Spouse: John MAURER (MASON)
Birth Date: About 1730
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: 1812
Death Place: Columbiana Co., OH
Marriage Date: About 1762
Marriage Place
: Virginia
Children: Phillip, Catherine, Christina, John, George, Elizabeth, Apollonia

NOTE: The children of John and Apollonia assumed the anglicized surname MASON. According to Daniel Bly and Clarence Busch, John MASON, Sr., built the western Pennsylvania frontier Fort Mason in 1774, “…which served as an important defense of the frontier at the time of the American Revolution.” 

(4) 1.3b.1.1 Phillip MASON
Birth Date: 1763
Birth Place: prob. Virginia
Death Date: 17 Feb 1748
Death Place: Beaver Co., PA 

(4) 1.3b.1.2 Catherine MASON
Birth Date: ?
Burial Date: ?
Spouse: John CATT
Birth Date: ?
Death Date: ?
Marriage Place: Columbiana Co., OH 

(4) 1.3b.1.3 Christina MAURER (MASON)
Birth Date: ?
Death Date: ?
Spouse: Henry FRANKS 

(4) 1.3b.1.4 John MASON Jr.
Birth Date: About 1772
Birth Place: Fayette Co., PA
Death Date: After 1812
Death Place: ? 

(4) 1.3b.1.5 George MASON
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1774
Birth Place: Fayette Co., PA
Death Date: 27 Apr 1851
Death Place: Beaver Co., PA 

(4) 1.3b.1.6 Elizabeth MASON
Birth Date: 1778
Death Date: 1855
Spouse: Peter RICH
Marriage Place
: Ohio 

(4) 1.3b.1.7 Apollonia MASON
Birth Date: 1780
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ?
Spouse: Aaron MAPLE
Marriage Place
: Pennsylvania 

(3) 1.3b.2 Anna Margaretha BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1741
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: After 1799
Death Place: Fayette Co., PA
Spouse: Reinhart PUNSTEIN

  NOTE: Reinhart was the brother of Gertrant PUNSTEIN, wife of Heironymous
             BECKER.  The children of Reinhart and Anna Margaretha assumed the
             anglicized version of their surname, changing it to POUNDSTONE.

Birth Date: 15 Jan 1736
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: 1799
Death Place: Fayette Co., PA
Spouse Father: JOHANN NICHOLAS PUNTSTEIN
Spouse Mother: MARIA SYBILLA HASTER
Marriage Date: About 1764
Children: George, Philip, Nicholas, Catherine, John 

(4) 1.3b.2.1 George POUNDSTONE
Birth Date: 1767
Death Date: 1843
Death Place: Fayette Co., PA 

(4) 1.3b.2.2 Philip POUNDSTONE
Birth Date: About 1770
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: ?  

(4) 1.3b.2.3 Nicholas POUNDSTONE
Birth Date: About 1775
Death Date: ?
Spouse: Elizabeth EVERLY 

(4) 1.3b.2.4 Catherine POUNDSTONE
Birth Date: About 1780
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: After 1801
Death Place: ? 

(4) 1.3b.2.5 John POUNDSTONE
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1785
Birth Place: ?
Death Date: ?  

(3) 1.3b.3 Catherine Elizabeth BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 21 Jul 1743
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ?
Spouse: Joseph YEAGER 

(3) 1.3b.4 Johann Melchior BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1745
Birth Place: Germany
Death Date: After 1804
Death Place: Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia 

(3) 1.3b.5 Johann Nicolaus Jr. BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1748
Birth Place: Germany
Death Date: After 1810
Death Place: Washington Co., PA 

(3) 1.3b.6 Petronella BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 2 Sep 1750
Birth Place: Germany
Death Date: (died in infancy) 

(3) 1.3b.7 Johann Phillip BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 7 Sep 1751
Birth Place: Germany
Death Date: After 1800
Death Place: Fayette Co., PA 

(3) 1.3b.8 Catherine BECKER (Johann Nicolas2, Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 1755
Birth Place: Shenandoah Co., VA
Death Date: (died in infancy) 

(2) 1.4 Johann Phillip BECKER (twin) (Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1703
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ? 

(2) 1.5 Anna Petronella BECKER (twin) (Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1703
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ? 

(2) 1.6 Johann Andreas BECKER (Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 7 Jun 1705
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ? 

(2) 1.7 Johann Jacob BECKER (Johann Peter1)
Birth Date: 29 May 1707
Birth Place: Framersheim
Death Date: ?
Death Place: ? 

 

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