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The Genealogy of the Matthias Frantz Family of Berks County, Pennsylvania


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Michael Frantz Sr., Balser Frantz, and Christian Frantz Sr. arrived in Pennsylvania from Switzerland in 1727 and 1732. Matthias Frantz, son of Christian III and Anna, was born August 2, 1769 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. About 1790, Matthias married Elizabeth Boeshore.




A Brief History of Bishop Jacob Mast and Other Mast Pioneers


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with Biographies of their Descendants from the earliest available records to the present time; with Portraits and other illustrations.







The Link Family


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John Jacob Link (Hans Jacob Linckh) was born at Grossgarthach near Heilbronn, Germany on 20 October 1682. He married Elizabeth König in 1708, and Anna Magdalena Neuwirth in 1720. They immigrated to Philadelphia in 1733, and settled in Oley Hills, Pennsylvania. He died in 1738. Descendants have resided throughout the United States.