Maria Catharina (?)

Maria Catharina (?)¹

• Birth*: 20 February 1735²
• Marriage*: Spouse=Jacob Seltzer³
• Death*: 5 June 1817; Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pennsylvania²
• Burial*: Zion Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pennsylvania²

Family:

Jacob Seltzer b. 31 Oct 1732, d. 18 Oct 1788

• Marriage*: Spouse=Jacob Seltzer³

Children:

Michael Seltzer⁶ b. a 1758, d. bt 1776 - 1781
Eva Catharine Seltzer⁷ b. 1 Jan 1759, d. 5 Aug 1828
Mary Margaret Seltzer⁷ b. 25 Dec 1762, d. 27 Jul 1822
Jacob Seltzer+ ⁷ b. 5 Sep 1764, d. 27 Feb 1825
Elizabeth Seltzer⁷ b. 19 May 1766, d. 8 Oct 1849
Maria Catharine Seltzer⁷ b. 18 Aug 1770, d. 11 Sep 1857

Notes

• Name Variation: Maria Catherine Hiester³
• Note*: Little or nothing is known of Maria Catharine wife of Jacob Seltzer. Her birth and death dates are given on her gravestone. She is named in contemporary records - deeds and a baptism, simply as Catharina. In her will she gives her name as Maria Catharina Seltzer. In abstracts of documents held by the Tulpehocken Settlement Society she is called Anna Maria Catherine Seltzer.
  
  Her maiden name is given as Hiester in Montgomery's book published in 1909 and in later modern works. No earlier source for this surname has been found by this compiler. She is not listed in several genealogies of the Hiester family. She is not named in contemporary Hiester wills.
  
  There is no evidence of whether not she immigrated from Europe, but given her age it seems likely.
• Note: Probate:
  
  Will abstract:
  SELTZER, MARIA CATHARINE, widow of Jacob SELTZER, Heidelberg.
  January 28, 1812 - July 19, 1817.
  Children: Elizabeth wife of Michael TRION, Jacob, Eva Catharine wife of
  Valentine RIETH, Margareth wife of Frederick SPANS, Maria Catharine
  wife of David DAVEES.
  Exrs: Son Jacob and son-in-law Valentine RIETH.
  By codicil of same date she devised land in Heidelberg, Berks Co., and
  Penn, Mahantango and Augusta Townships, Northumberland Co., equally
  among her children.
  Wit: Jacob MILLER, Jr. and John ERMENTROUT.
  
  Berks County estate file:
  On 19 Jul 1817 letters of administration granted to executors Jacob Seltzer & Valentine Reith.
  Will and codicil, in German, without translation, of Maria Catharina Seltzer.
  On 1 Aug 1817 inventory submitted, totaling £197.19.8 1/2, (listed in 1st account as $2603.90).
  On 16 Oct 1818 account by Jacob Seltzer & Valentine Reed, balance $2599.85.
  On 25 Jan 1834 final account by Adam Kalbach balance $659.20. Does not include distributions to heirs.
  
  Tulpehocken Settlement Society documents (name listed as Anna Maria Catherine Seltzer):
  Release by Elizabeth Seltzer Treeon, signed 20 Aug 1819, $514.60.
  Release by Catherina Seltzer, married to David Dewees an Inn-keeper, 1819, unsigned, $545.17.
  Release by Maria Margarade Seltzer, married to Frederick Spang, Ironmaster in Oley Township, 1819, unsigned, $542.78.^1,4,5