George Zinn

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MARYLAND. DAR Ancestor # A130968

George & Mary Ann Saylor Zinn had a total of 11 children. The second Jacob Zinn listed does not belong to this family and neither does the listed George E. Zinn. The actual son George (14 Jan 1774-07 Oct 1851) is buried in Jackson Cemetery, Benton, Elkhart County, Indiana.

In over 50 years of research on George Zinn I have encountered at least a dozen supposed parents of George Zinn but no source is ever offered. Perhaps one of those 12 is actually his parents but the other 12 or more are in error. From Peter Zinn's will filed in Berkeley County, WV (it was Virginia at the time) on 22 Dec 1800 it appears Peter was George's brother and there were sisters Jane and Elizabeth. Peter and George co-owned lot 209 in Elizabethtown, MD (known today as Hagerstown).

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George Zinn did not die in Preston County - he and his wife Mary had moved to present day Barbour County (near Philippi) to be near 3 of their sons and a daughter who had moved there.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/history/hrc005.txt

The Zinns.--After the Lowthers and the Willards came the Zinns. This family trace their ancestry to the Fatherland. George Zinn and his wife, Mary Saylor Zinn, with her brother, William Saylor, emigrtated from Germany to America in the year 1776. It is not positively known where they first lived in Ohio, and the rest probably remained in this state.

John Zinn, the second son; whose history concerns us most, married Miss Ruth Gandy, and they, with their family, and their married son, J. W. Zinn, came from Preston county in the late thirties, and settled on the farm that is now the home of H. C. Zinn--the son of J. W. Zinn. Here the remainder of their lives were spent, and in the Baptist churchyard, at Oxford, they sleep.

The elder Zinn was a tanner by trade, and he opened the first tannery in this part of the country; and his son run a horse-mill for the convenience of the public.

John and Ruth Gandy Zinn were the parents of thirteen children, twelve of whom married and reared families of their own; and not a few of the substantial citizens of this, and sister counties, are descended from this worthy couple. Their children were as follows:

Samuel, George Q., Manley, J. W., Granville, Preston, Rachel, Narcissus, Fernandez, Amelia, Delila, Elizabeth, and Thomas, who died at the age of fourteen years.

J. Wesley Zinn, who, with his father, settled the H. C. Zinn farm, was born on Augusts 14, 1814, and died in 1852, and was laid in the Oxford churchyard. He married Miss Eliza Hoskins, of Preston county, and they were the parents of -- W. B. Zinn, Mrs. Mary E. (Taylor) Cox, of Wirt county; Mrs. Sebra (Thomas) Law, Edward D., and C. N. Zinn, of the West; and H. C. Zinn, of Holbrook.

Q. Manley Zinn, some time after the arrival of the family, married Miss Lucy Ann Wilson, sister of Isaac Wilson, and settled at the mouth of Bear run, on the farm that is now the property of his son, M. B. Zinn. Here he passed away in 1868, at the age of fifty-four years, and in the baptist churchyard

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                DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE ZINN

Don Norman 1.GEORGE ZINN

George Zinn was born about 1750. He married Mary Anna Seiler.
Mary, a daughter of John Seiler was born about 1760.

Known children of George and Mary Anna (Seiler) Zinn.

 2.  (1). Jacob                   b.c.     1775

m.Sarah "Sallie" (Byrne) Bland
3. (2). John Zinn b.Jul 24 1778 d. 1848
m.Ruth Gandy Jan 1804
4. (3). Peter B.Mar 12 1793 d.Aug 2 1876
M. Catherine Phoebe Jan 9 1812
2.JACOB ZINN 1.GEORGE ZINN

   Jacob Zinn, a son of George and Mary Anna (Seiler) Zinn, was born

about 1775. He married Sarah "Sallie" (Byrne) Bland. Sarah, a daughter

of Samuel and Clarissa (Buckner) Byrne, was born February 11, 1768 and

died March 7, 1831. She was the widow of Thomas Bland Jr.

Children of Thomas and Sarah (Byrne) Bland.

(Step children of Jacob Zinn)

5. (1). John
6. (2). Samuel
7. (3). Thomas III b.Jan 19 1793
m. Mary "Polly" Newlon Feb 17 1815
Children of Jacob and Sarah (Byrne) [Bland] Zinn.

 8.  (1). Major William B.

9. (2). Charles B.
10. (3). Peyton
11. (4). Clara
12. (5). Permelia b.May 4 1804 d.Apr 7 1886
m.Samuel Byrne Brown 1820

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He went by George Zinn. Sources indicate he was born Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt (now Hesse), Germany. Starkenburg at the time was one of 3 provinces in Hesse, with numerous towns & villages, so the exact location of his birth is not specifically known yet.

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Tombstone photo by: CAC, added April 21, 2011 to Find A Grave Memorial# 68717754

George and Mary Ann had 10 children:

Jacob, 20 1773-15 Apr 1857

George, 14 Jan 1774-04 Oct 1851

Elizabeth, 06 Apr 1775-unk.

Michael, 1780-unk.

Henry Saylor, 1781-Apr 1854

William, 18 Jul 1872-15 Apr 1857

Samuel, 1787-1857

Alexander, 1788-1824

Mary Catherine, 1790-unk.

Peter,

Source: Curt Hofemann

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Arrived in a Pennsylvania Port and settled in Lancaster, PA

1717 - Married Mary Ann Saylor

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George Zinn BIRTH 7 Jun 1749 New Hanover, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 22 Dec 1826 (aged 77) Barbour County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Mount Olive Old School Baptist Church Cemetery Philippi, Barbour County, West Virginia,

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Children Jacob Zinn 1773–1857

Photo George Zinn 1774–1851

Photo Elizabeth Zinn Grim 1775–1830

Photo John W. Zinn 1778–1848

Michael Zinn 1780–1864

William Zinn 1782–1857

Photo Peter Zinn 1788–1866