Martin

MARTIN/MERTEN ancestry in Europe.

The ancestries of Johan Jost MARTIN/MERTEN (1698 Germany - 1758 VA) and wife Maria Katherina OTTERBACH/UTTERBECK (1699 Germany - 1734 VA) can be traced back to the 15th Century, in northwestern Germany and the Netherlands.

(L) Johan Jost MERTEN ancestors up to g-grandparents. (R) Three more generations of MERTEN line. Click for larger images.

MARTIN and BAUM Coats of Arms

The EICHEN/EYCHEN line. Since it seems that Johannes married a woman with the same name as his mother, there is probably a mistake. I'm looking into it. Click for larger image.

The OTTERBACH ancestry.

OTTERBACH and STUELL Coats of Arms

OTTERBACH family history

Spelling variations of the family include Utterbach, Utterback, Otterbach, Otterbeeck, Otterback and many more. First found of the town of Armorbach where Erkinbertus dictus de ottirbach, the first recorded bearer of this family name was living in 1298. Some of the first settlers were: Harman Utterback and his wife Elizabeth Heimbach, who emigrated from the Palatinate to Virginia with their two daughters, Elizabeth and Alice Catherine in 1714.

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The BEHR and STUELL ancestries, continued from the first OTTERBACH chart.

Gertrude (LATSCH) STUELL was burned alive as a witch by the religious authorities.

Two versions of the BEHR/BEER Coat of Arms, and the LATSCH Coat of Arms

The HEIMBACH and FISCHBACH ancestries, continued from the first OTTERBACH chart.

The HEIMBACH and FISCHBACH Coats of Arms