When Private John George Ott was born on 24 June 1745, in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Hans Michael Ott, was 39 and his mother, Mary Magdalena Steinbach, was 36. He married Maria Catherine Kutz in 1765, in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790 and Penn Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1781. He died on 13 February 1814, in Snyder Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Old Lutheran Cemetery, Selinsgrove, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1752: Northampton, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
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21 March 1772 -- Northumberland County is formed from Cumberland, Northampton, Lancaster, Berks and Bedford Counties; all of the Snyder County area is included in the new county; Penn Township covers all of now Snyder County except for now Monroe Township. Sunbury is county seat
German: from a short form of ancient Germanic compound names based on the element aud, ōd ‘wealth, prosperity’ (see Otto and 2 below).
English (London): from the Old Norman French personal name Ode, Odde, Odes, Otto, Otes, Otton (ancient Germanic Audo, Odo, Oddo, Otto), originally a short form of ancient Germanic compound names based on the element aud ‘wealth, prosperity’. Many of these names were Latinized as Odo. Odo was the name of the half-brother of the Conqueror, archbishop of Bayeux, who accompanied the Norman expedition to England and was rewarded with 439 confiscated manors. Compare Oates .
Chinese: possibly from Taishanese form of the Chinese name 達 (meaning ‘eminent’), a monosyllabic personal name or part of a disyllabic personal name of some early Chinese immigrants in the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesMilitary Service Based on the Revolutionary War Muster Rolls on the following dates: Nov. 15, 1781: 6th Class, 1st Battalion, Northampton County PA Militia, under Lt. Col. Henry Giger April 29, 178 …
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