Peter Coblentz Sr1

#3774, (28 February 1732 - 9 June 1808)
Father*Nicholas Coblentz2 (1698 - )
Mother*Anna Catherina Orth3

Family 1

Susanna Keller b. c 1733, d. 1764
Children 1.____ Coblentz13 (1760 - c 1760)
 2.John Adam Coblentz13 (1762 - 1838)
 3.Elizabeth Coblentz13 (1764 - c 1822)

Family 2

Elizabeth Hesson b. 1744/45, d. 1824
Children 1.Mary Margaret Coblentz13 (1765 - 1849)
 2.Catherine Coblentz13 (1767 - 1849)
 3.Peter Coblentz Jr13 (1769 - 1851)
 4.Jacob Coblentz13 (1772 - )
 5.Julieana Coblentz13 (1775 - 1846)
 6.John Coblentz13 (1777 - 1848)
 7.John Philip Coblentz13 (1779 - 1859)
 8.George Coblentz13 (1783 - 1839)
 9.Daniel Coblentz13 (1787 - 1861)
Peter Coblentz Sr was also known as Joh. Peter Coblentz. 
Peter Coblentz Sr was also known as Peter Kobelenz.4 
Birth*28 February 1732He was born on 28 February 1732 at GermanyG.1 
7 October 1743He accompanied Nicholas Coblentz and Anna Catherina Orth on 7 October 1743 on the St. Andrew, from Rotterdam by way of Cowes to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.5,6 
Marriage*6 May 1759He married Susanna Keller on 6 May 1759 at Frederick Co., MarylandG.7,8 
Marriage*5 November 1764He married Elizabeth Hesson, daughter of Balthasar Hesson and Susanna Margretha Coblentz, on 5 November 1764 at First Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick, Frederick Co., MarylandG.9 
November 1796He appeared on the voter roll of November 1796 at Frederick, Frederick Co., MarylandG.10 
Death*9 June 1808He died on 9 June 1808 at MarylandG at age 76.1 
Burial*12 June 1808He was buried on 12 June 1808 at Christ Reformed Lutheran Church Cemetery, 12 S. Church Street, Middletown, Frederick Co., MarylandG.11,1 
14 May 1814Sale of Estate on 14 May 1814 at Frederick Co., MarylandG.12 

Citations

  1. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, old standing marker. Peter Coblentz, b. 28 Feb 1732 [prob. Germany], d. 9 Jun 1808, aged 76y 3m 12 d [sic]. Narrative: Citations include a family diary written by Peter (in family's possession), a translation of the diary made for Lyman Oral Coblentz of Ohio, Brumbaugh's Colonial Records (II:506) and The Coblentz Family in America 1743-1982 compiled by Ruth Coblentz. Son of Hans Nicolaus Koplentz (1697 - ____); marr. (1) Susanna Keller Coblentz (1733 - 1764), (2) Elizabeth Hesson Coblentz (1745 - 1824). Children:
    Infant Son Coblentz (1760 - ____)
    John Adam Coblentz (1762 - 182) 38)
    Elizabeth Coblentz Bear (1764 - 1822)
    Mary Margaret Coblentz Biser (1765 - 1849)
    Catherine Coblentz Suman (1767 - 1849)
    Major Peter Coblentz (1769 - 1851)
    Jacob Coblentz (1772 - ____)
    Julieana Coblentz (1775 - 1846)
    John Coblentz (1777 - 1848)
    John Philip Coblentz (1779 - 1859)
    George Coblentz (1783 - 1839)
    Daniel Coblentz (1787 - 1861)
    Find A Grave Memorial# 21214448. Memorial Christ Reformed Cenetery, Middletown, Frederick Co. MD. Originally created by and photo added by The Guardian (inactive), maintained by GeneSearcher.
  2. [S486] Palatine Project (Passenger Lists), online www.progenealogists.com/palproject/, 1743 St. Andrew; [List 103 A, B, C] St. Andrew; Captain: Robert Brown; From: Rotterdam By Way of: Cowes; Arrival: Philadelphia, 7 Oct 1743; Niclaus Coblentz, 45; Anna Catharina, Johann Adam, Johann Philipp, Johann Peter, Johann Herman, Maria Margaretha, Anna Maria, 3, Johanna Dorothea [Kobelentz, To Adams Co.].
    Citation: Source: Burgert, Annette Kuntzelman: Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers. Myerstown, Pennsylvania:AKB Publications, 2000. [Available from AKB Publications, 691 Weavertown Road, Myerstown, PA 17067-2642.]
  3. [S486] Palatine Project, online www.progenealogists.com/palproject/, 1743 St. Andrew; [List 103 A, B, C] St. Andrew; Captain: Robert Brown; From: Rotterdam By Way of: Cowes; Arrival: Philadelphia, 7 Oct 1743; Niclaus Coblentz, 45; Anna Catharina [wife], Johann Adam, Johann Philipp, Johann Peter, Johann Herman, Maria Margaretha, Anna Maria, 3, Johanna Dorothea [Kobelentz, To Adams Co.].
    Citation: Source: Burgert, Annette Kuntzelman: Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers. Myerstown, Pennsylvania:AKB Publications, 2000. [Available from AKB Publications, 691 Weavertown Road, Myerstown, PA 17067-2642.]
  4. [S452] Robert Barnes, compiler, Maryland Marriages 1634–1777 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975), online Ancestry.com, Kobelenz, Peter, 5 Nov 1764, Elizab. Hesson; 4 FR-1143 First German Evangelical Reformed Church; copy made in 1903, at MHS; marriages begin in Volume III, pp. 1103-1187.
  5. [S486] Palatine Project, online www.progenealogists.com/palproject/, 1743 St. Andrew; [List 103 A, B, C] St. Andrew; Captain: Robert Brown; From: Rotterdam By Way of: Cowes; Arrival: Philadelphia, 7 Oct 1743; Niclaus Coblentz, 45; Anna Catharina, Johann Adam, Johann Philipp, Johann Peter, Johann Herman, Maria Margaretha, Anna Maria, 3, Johanna Dorothea [Kobelentz, To Adams Co.].
    Citation: Source: Burgert, Annette Kuntzelman: Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers. Myerstown, Pennsylvania:AKB Publications, 2000. [Available from AKB Publications, 691 Weavertown Road, Myerstown, PA 17067-2642.] Note: this list prepared prior to embarkation and all listed names may not have sailed.
  6. [S1549] I. Daniel Rupp, compiler, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French, and Others Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 2nd Revised Edition (Philadelphia: Ig. Hohler, 1876), p. 166. Foreigners imported in the ship St. Andrew, Robert Brown, Captain, from Rotterdam via Cowes. Niclaus Kobelentz. Apparently heads of families only listed.
  7. [S483] Ruth Coblentz, The Coblentz Family in America 1743-1982 (Indiana: n.pub., 1982), citation in several web sites on Coblenz family; available at LDS Research Library.
  8. [S484] Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, Maryland Records, Vol. II (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.), online Ancestry.com, Brumbaugh's Colonial Record, p. 506. Hereinafter cited as Maryland Records, Vol. II.
  9. [S452] Robert Barnes, Maryland Marriages 1634–1777, Peter Kobelenz and Elizabeth Hesson, marr. 5 Nov 1764; 4 FR-1143 [First German Evangelical Reformed Church; copy made in 1903, at MHS; marriages begin in Volume III, pp. 1103-1187].
  10. [S485] Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, Maryland Records, Vol. I (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1915, 1993), online Ancestry.com, Poll list of Presidential election Nov. 9-12, 1796; candidates for Elector John Tyler (Federalist) and Geo. Murdock (Democrat-Republican); Peter Coblentz, voted Federalist (p. 272).
  11. [S451] Jacob Mehrling Holdcraft, compiler, Names in Stone Vol. 1 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966), p. 253. Peter Coblentz, 28 Feb 1732 - 9 June 1808 (Mdltn Refd. 147); wife Elizabeth, 14 Feb 1745 - 11 Dec 1824 (Mdltn. Refd. 147) [Middletown Reformed Church].
  12. [S488] Frederick County Maryland Chancery Court Index and Abstracts 1761-1850, online \http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/…\, Wolfe, Miller, Westfall vs Coblentz and Hesson- Petition to Sell - 14 May 1814 (MSA S512- 5801; 1/37/2/85-5689; 2 folders)
    Peter Wolfe and wife Magdalena; Peter Miller and wife Elizabeth; John Westfall and wife Louise vs. Jacob, Philip and Barbara Coblentz; Catherine, Baltzer, Anna M. and Jacob Hesson.
    Philip Coblentz d. intestate, leaving 9 children, viz.
    - Magdalena (Coblentz) wife of Peter Wolfe
    - Elizabeth (Coblentz) wife of Peter Miller
    - Louise (Coblentz) wife of John Westfall
    - John Coblenyz of Ohio
    - Jacob Coblentz
    - Philip Coblentz
    - Catherina (Coblentz) wife of Baltzer Hesson
    - Barbara (Coblentz)
    - AnnMaria (Coblentz) w/o Jacob Hesson
    Land - "Ohio" (at Piney Creek), "Black Oak Levell", "Addition to Shuors/Shiers Bottom"; 273 acres contiguous, from Samuel Owings (wife Deborah) of Baltimore County in 1799; neighbors were George Stoner, George Miller, Henry Rinedollar.
    Sale was advertised in Bartgis’ Republican Gazette and in the Allegany Freeman in Cumberland, MD and in German newspapers in adjoining counties of Pennsylvania. Commissioners: Henry Kuhn, William Shields, Bernard Welty, Thomas Adams, John Galt of Fredericktown.
    On 22 Mar 1815, sale made to Jacob Coblentz at $30/acre for a total of $8,190, with widow’s 1/3 dower laid out; each 1/9 share was $873.70.
    Also mentioned, regarding appointment of a guardian on 4 Apr 1815 was: Apalonea Cramer, Simon Crumbaugh vs. Philepenia, Susanna, Catharine, and George Devilbiss with Jacob Cramer to act as commissioner.
    Transcription from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/…. Hereinafter cited as Frederick Co. MD Chancery Court Index 1761-1850.
  13. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, Peter Coblentz, 28 Feb 1732 – 9 Jun 1808, Find A Grave Memorial# 21214448, q.v.