Samuel Mentzer

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Mentzer was born in 1769, in Maryland, United States, his father, Johann Michael Mentzer, was 28 and his mother, Anna Maria Breidenstein, was 23. He married Catherine Derr in 1796, in Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 18 July 1831, in Ridgeville, Carroll, Maryland, United States, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Mentzer
1769–1831
Catherine Derr
1777–1831
Marriage: 1796
Barbara Mentzer
1797–1876
Catherine Mentzer
1799–1892
Sarah Mentzer
1801–1883
Anna Mary Mentzer
1803–1888
Jacob Mentzer
1806–1860
Elizabeth Mentzer
1808–1859
Magdalean Mentzer
1810–1880
Susanna Mentzer
1813–1912
Samuel D Mentzer
1816–1894
John Mentzer
1820–1894

Sources (16)

  • Samuel Menzer in entry for Elisabeth Menzer, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
  • Samuel Menzer in entry for Jacob Menzer, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
  • Samuel Mentger in entry for Samuel Mentger, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

Maryland is the 7th state.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

German: habitational name with the agent suffix -er, either from Mainz, earlier Mentz, derived from the medieval Latin name Mogontia (from Latin Mogontiacum, probably from the Celtic personal name Mogontios); or from Menz in Brandenburg and Saxony.

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

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