Kutztown derived its name from the Kutzes. It therefore goes without saying that the Kutzes must have been here prior to the founding of the place. So they were. Jacob Kutz, a native of Switzerland, emigrated to America on the ship "Pink Plaisance" in the year 1732. at the age of 58. He settled in Maxatawnv township, on the tract now known as the Stock Farm and of which the Kutztown Fair Association owns a part. He had a son, Jacob, 2d, who married Christina Bossert (Buzzard on her tombstone in the old burial ground of the Union Church). They had sons and daughters. Among them we find Jacob, 3d, who was married to Susanna Geehr. He was born in 1770 and died in 1835. Of their children a few need mention as the immediate ancestors of our present townspeople. They are Benjamin, born, 1806 and died 1874: David, Samuel, Toseph and several daughters. The first named, Benjamin, was the father of the late Wm. S. Kutz. who died at the old homestead on Normal Hill in July, 1914. His son, Wilson B., and several children of another son, Harry, who died some years ago, are the only surviving relatives.15