Hans Jacob Butz

GEDCOM Note

Ellie's Book p. 1: Jacob emigrated from Germany in 1727 and settled in Philadelphia

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From the Americana Magazine Vol 15 article on Mixsell article:

(The Butz Line).
Arms-Argent,an eagle displayed azure.
Crest -A lion rampant proper.

I. Traditional Indications, as well as authentic sources, give Jacob Butz, the first of the family here recorded, descent
From Otto Butz, A D. 473, and the "Vienna Book of Heraldry" calls the original ancestor "Butrus," who was taken to Germany as a prisoner of war in A. D. 160. Jacob Butz, of the first generation of this chronicle, and father of the American ancestor, was the parent of the following children :
Jacob, of whom further; Henry, Christian, Peter, George, Abraham, Catharine, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Rachel, Mary, Michael.
II. Jacob(2) Butz, son of Jacob (1) Butz, left his German home
And came to America prior to the emigration of 1727. He settled in Eastern Pennsylvania, and was the father of Michael, of whom further, and perhaps others.