Johann Henrich Mertz

Male12 December 1675–24 June 1750

Brief Life History of Johann Henrich

When Johann Henrich Mertz was born on 12 December 1675, in Frankenhausen, Kreis Dieburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire, his father, Johann Konrad Marth Martz, was 36 and his mother, Catharina Klippel, was 30. He married Anna Margaretha Elisabetha Poth on 10 June 1704, in Ober Ramstadt, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 24 June 1750, in his hometown, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Johann Henrich Mertz
1675–1750
Anna Margaretha Elisabetha Poth
1680–1746
Marriage: 10 June 1704
Johann Peter Merz
1705–1799
Elisabetha Margarethe Mertz
1706–
Johann Georg Mertz
1708–1788
Johann Heinrich Mertz
1709–1788
Margaretha Barbara Mertz
1711–1787
Anna Juliana Mertz
1712–
Anna Catharina Mertz
1714–
Anna Maria Elisabetha Mertz
1716–
Johann Wendel Mertz
1718–1721
Johann Christoph Mertz
1720–1801
Johann Jost Mertz
1724–1764

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Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 June 1704Ober Ramstadt, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
  • Children (11)

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    Siblings (9)

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    Name Meaning

    German: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Martin .

    German: variant of Martz . This surname (in any of the possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland.

    Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Merc: occupational name for a grain or salt measurer, from a vernacular form of merec ‘measurer’. Compare Merz .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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