LANTZ GENEALOGY bequests. In 1834, he located on the farm now owned by L. E. Lantz and upon which the town of Jacksonburg was built. He died 1875. He had one child: Samuel, see family of Samuel Lantz (H291). H2a Elizabeth Lantz H2 Elizabeth Lantz, daughter of John Lantz received the balance of the land her father held in the States of Virginia and Pennsylvania. She married Wise. H31 George Lantz H5 George Lantz, son of Jacob and Maria (Miller) Lantz was born Mar. 5, 1788. In 1813 he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Painter (then spelt Bender), and they had two children. Elizabeth died Jan. 12, 1815 and Jan. 29, 1819, George married Christina Maphis, who was born 1795 and died Dec. 27, 1837. They had seven children. They lived in Shenandoah County on the old home place where he died Dec. 8, 1869. They had children: Jacob, see family of Jacob Lantz (H511); Elizabeth, see family of Elizabeth Maphis (H5120); John D., see family of John D. Lantz (H513) ; Samuel M., see family of Samuel M. Lantz (H514) ; Mary Ann, see family of Mary Ann Rinker (H515); Cath- erine, see family of Catherine Bennett (H516); Christina, see family of Christina Hammond (H517) ; George Washing- ton, see family of George W. Lantz (H5l8) ; and Robert M., see family of Robert M. Lantz (H5l9). M52 Mary Lantz Bowman H5 Mary, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Miller) Lantz married John Bowman. They were farmers and lived on the land afterwards given them by her father, Jacob Lantz. ANDREW LANTZ The Lantzs of Greene County, Penna. Andreas Lantz was born in Germany. He came to America in 1751 and settled in the western part of Penn- sylvania in what is now Greene County. In 1871 he was assessed with 50 acres of land and in 1786 he patented an additional 165 acres. He had one son, Andrew, and a foster son, Lot. He raised Lot and left all his property to one of his sons. He married Margaret. 53
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