Person:Johann Shultz (4)

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Johann Peter Shultz
d.Bet 1790 and 1791 Sussex, New Jersey, USA
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Name Johann Peter Shultz
Gender Male
Birth[1] 24 Jun 1729 bp/Thaleishweiler-Froeschen, Germany
Marriage to Mary Weller
Death[2] Bet 1790 and 1791 Sussex, New Jersey, USA

Peter's will (from sussexcountyhistory.org):

SHOULTS, Peter of Greenwich. 507S - W. 15 Dec 1790; Filed 15 Feb 1791. Sons: John, Henry, Peter, Philip and Jacob. Daughters: Elizabeth, Sarah, Lenea and Mary. Others:Peter s/o John; Jacob s/o Peter; Philip s/o Peter. Executors: John CLINE and William WEIR. Witnesses: Philip WILLER, Jacob WALLER and John Wm. POWERS.

another abstract of the same will (from "The Early Germans of New Jersey, Their History, Churches and Genealogies" by Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers publication date unknown p494) : PETER SHOULTS [Schults, Schultz, &c], of Greenwich, Warren Co. His will, PETER SHOULTS [Schults, Schultz, &c], of Greenwich, Warren Co. His will, 15 Dec., 1790, prob. 15 Feb., 1791, names ch.: I. John H., inherit* 100 acres ; II. Henry, inherits 150 acres ; III. Peter, inherits 130 acres ; IV. Philip, inherits 300 acres ; V. Jacob, receives £150 ; VI. Elisabeth Shoults ; VII. Sarah Shoults ; VIII. Lenah Shoults ; IX. Mary Shoults.

A list of names signed to the "articles of faith and order" in 1772 at St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church or "Old Straw Church" in Greenwich. includes Peter Schaultz. (citation: The Early Germans of New Jersey, Their History, Churches and Genealogies" by Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers publication date unknown p626)

References
  1. Annette Kunselman Burgert. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America Vol II. (Name: Pennsylvania German Society; Location: Birdsboro, Pennsylvania; Date: 1985;)
    p.289-Information from the Thaleishweiler Lutheran Kirchenbuch (Church Book)--It is noted in the church book that the immigrant left for America, although no date is entered for this information.
  2. Dr Friedrich Krebs, edity by Milton Rubincam. Emigrants from the Palatinate to the American COlonies in the 18th Century. (Name: Pennsylvania German Society; Location: Norristown, Pennsylvania; Date: 1953;)
    P29 of Vol. 1.