There were 4 VOLTZ families in the Shenandoah Valley about the same time...all with similar names! Having spent years at this, I know with absolute certainty that Johann Martin VOLTZ (1721-1782) and Johann Peter VOLTZ (1730-1811) - who were 2nd cousins - came from the small towns of Boeckingen and Grossgartach, respectively, in Neckar (sort of like our county), Wuerttemberg, in what is now Germany. With equal certainty I know that Johann Georg (Hans Jurg or Joerg) VOLTZ (1729-1733) and his wife Christina Barbara JACKE b 1731 came from the towns of Griesbach and Gundershoffen, respectively, in the province of Alsace. After landing in Pennsylvania, the latter couple settled in what is now Pendleton Co., WV and was then Augusta Co., VA.
It's the Johannes VOLTZ and his wife Catherine of Rockingham (now Page) Co., VA who have always been a puzzle. There is simply no information linking them back further than 1758.
Perhaps it would help if I gave you a little something on all 4 families so you can see who belongs with whom. I never set out to do 4 genealogies when I began my husband's, but that's what I had to do in order to sort them out.
Family #1:
Johann Martin VOLTZ b Oct 1721 Boeckingen, Neckar, Wuerttemberg m Anna Margaretha (Maiden Name Unknown). Settled in Shenandoah Co., VA abt. 1750
Children:
1. Catherine b abt 1753 m1 in 1773 George LENTZ m2 Bernhard "Barney" SHIREMAN
2. Rosanna VOLTZ b abt 1754 m Christian HISEY, Jr.
3. Elizabeth VOLTZ m in 1796 Henry ROHRER
4. Margaret VOLTZ b abt 1756 d 1828/1829 m in 1808 Jacob NISWANDER
5. Johannes "John" VOLTZ b bef 1761 d 1818. Never married.
6. Daniel VOLTZ b abt 1762 b 1799 m Magdalene RUBY
7. John Martin VOLTZ b bef 1765 d abt 1728 m Susanna SHUTZER. Moved to IN.
8. Frederick VOLTZ (1765-1843) m 1792 Hannah HANGER
9. Christiana VOLTZ (1768-1837) m 1793 William PHILLIPS
10. Anna Maria "Mary Ann" VOLTZ d abt 1828 m 1788 William CRONK. Moved to IN.
11. Magdalena "Polly" VOLTZ m 1800 John HAMMON
Family #2:
Johann Peter VOLTZ b 1730 Grossgartach, Neckar, Wuerttemberg d 1811 m Maria Elisabetha MINTZIN. Settled Shenandoah Co., VA abt 1755.
Children:
1. Magdalena VOLTZ b abt 1752 m1 Emmanuel DELLINGER m2 Joshua COFFMAN
2. Mary VOLTZ b abt 1753 m John WILFANY
3. Susannah VOLTZ b abt 1754 m John Henry HOSHOUR, Jr.
4. Catharine VOLTZ b 1755 m 1772 Godrey Daniel STOUT. Moved to TN.
5. Elizabeth VOLTZ b 1756 m 1775 Jacob STICKLEY
6. Margaret VOLTZ (1756-1814) m George DELLINGER
7. Joshua VOLTZ 1760-1833) m?1 abt 1779 Betty WAGGONER (daughter of Ulrich. There is no record of a wedding, although she did bear him a son, also named Joshua b 20 Jul 1779). m2 Jan 1783 Dorothea DELLINGER.
8. Joseph VOLTZ (1763-1834) m 1781 Anna Maria ELSIN
9. Julianah VOLTZ b abt 1766 m 1783 Peter HOSHOUR
10. George Peter VOLTZ (1767-1847) m 1786 Eva Maria "Mary" Rugle, d/o Johannes ROOGHEL
11. Eva Maria "Eve" VOLTZ (1768-1850) m 1786 Christian DELLINGER, Jr.
12. Rosina VOLTZ (1770-1835) m 1788 Georg Jacob HELSLEY, Jr.
13. Anna Barbara VOLTZ b Jul 1774 m 1793 George ANDRICK
Family #3:
Johann Georg VOLTZ b Jan 1729 Griesbach, Alsace (son of Hans Jurg VOLTZ & Anna Maria AMMAN) m 1750 in Gundershoffen, Alsace to Catharina Barbara JACKE b 1731 to Kilian JACKE and his wife Anna Margaretha WEYL of Gundershoffen.
Children:
1. Anna Barbara "Hanna" VOLTZ b 1752
2. Maria Eva "Eve" VOLTZ b aft 1750.
3. Georg VOLTZ b 1753
4. John Philip VOLTZ (1754-1824) m 1778 Elizabeth COIL/COYLE (1762-1836). Moved to Ohio.
5. Susanna VOLTZ b abt 1763
Family #4:
Johannes VOLTZ b? d 1806 Rockingham (now Page) Co., VA m Catherine (Maiden Name Unknown). Settled in Rockingham (now Page) Co., Va aft 1758.
Children:
1. Johann Georg "George" VOLTZ b 1755 Rockingham/Page Co., VA d 1830 in TN m bef 1777 Catherine KITE
a1. Elizabeth b abt 1777 m Daniel HARSHMAN
a2. John b abt 1778-1780 d 1815 m Christina KITE
a3. Catherine/Katherine b abt 1781-1784 m Henry MONGER
a4. Elias Joseph b 1784
a5. George b abt 1785 m Catherine FAWLEY
a6. Christian b abt 1787 m Susan FAWLEY
a7. Ephraim b abt 1789-1791 m Ruth MEYERS
a8. Daniel b 1791 m Philadelphia THOMPSON
a9. Adam b 1793 m _________ NUNLEY
2. John VOLTZ (1757-1810) m Margaret KISER
3. Sebastian VOLTZ (1759-1803) m Barbara KISER
4. John Philip VOLTZ (1761-1847) m Mary Ann PERKEPINE
5. David VOLTZ (1765-1831) m1 Madeline PENCE m2 Elizabeth HUFFMAN
6. Catherine VOLTZ (1767-aft Mar 1814) m Joerg "George" BOWERS
7. Elizabeth "Betty" VOLTZ m 1791 Ludwig "Lewis" BOWERS
8. Margaret VOLTZ (1770-1819) m 1790 Henry HUFFMAN
9. Jacob VOLTZ b 1772 m1 Catherine Maiden Name Unknown m2 Christina WALTERS
10. Christina (called "Tina" or "Dinah") VOLTZ (1774-1873) m 1800 Jeremiah HUFFMAN
