John Philip STONG & Barbara WENTZ

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John Philip STONG
Barbara WENTZ

Husband: Johann / John Philip STANG / STONG
Birth: 2 May 1757, Worcester, Philadelphia [now Montgomery] Co., PA
Baptism: 29 May 1757, Indiana Creek Reformed Church, Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA
Death: 25 Feb 1830, Worcester, Montgomery Co., PA
Father: Philip STONG
Mother: Anna Barbara HOFFMAN

Marriage:

Wife: Barbara WENTZ
Birth: 8 Apr 1763, PA
Death: 22 Jul 1818
Father: Frederick Peter WENTZ
Mother: Apollonia HARTMAN

Children — born in Worcester, Montgomery Co., PA:

1. Henry Wentz STONG, b. 9 Apr 1784
2. Jacob STONG, b. 5 Nov 1786
3. Elisabeth STANG / STONG, b./bap. 27 Feb 1788; d. 22 Jul 1848; m. Adam GRESSECH
4. John Wentz STONG, b. 26 Oct 1789 or 12 Dec 1789; d. 17 Aug 1848; bur. Wentz Church
5. Abraham STONG, b. 1792
6. Peter STONG, b. 13 May 1793
7. Apollonia STANG / STONG, b. 9 Jan 1795; m. 13 Jul 1817, Abraham BEIER
8. (Daughter A) STONG, b. 1794-1800
9. (Daughter B) STONG, b. 1794-1800
10. Philip W. STONG, b. 27 Jun 1801
11. (Daughter C) STONG, b. 1800-1810

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. John T. Humphrey. 1991-1998. Pennsylvania Births. 14 vols. Self-published, Washington, DC (Broderbund Family Archives: Birth Index: Southeastern PA, 1680-1800, CD-196):

Child Elisabeth Stang Peter Stang Apolonia Stang

Event Birth/Baptism Birth/Baptism Birth/Baptism

Event Date 27 Feb 1788 13 May 1793 9 Jan 1795

Church Wentz's Reformed Church

Township Worcester

County Montgomery

State Pennsylvania

Father Philip Stang Philip Stang Philip Stang

Mother Mrs. ??? Stang Mrs. Barbara Stang Mrs. Barbara Stang

Apolonia is a misspelling of Apollonia, feminine version of Apollo, from Greek mythology.

3. Family Data Collection (online at Ancestry.com):

Name: Philip Stong - Elizabeth Stong John Wentz Stong Peter Stong Appollonia Stong

Birth Date: 2 May 1757 - 27 February 1788 12 December 1789 13 May 1793 9 January 1795

Birth Place: Montgomery,
Worchester (sic) Twp, PA - Montgomery,
Worcester Twp, PA Montgomery,
Worchester (sic) Twp, PA Montgomery,
Worchester (sic) Twp, PA Montgomery,
Worchester (sic) Twp, PA

Death Date: 25 February 1830 - 22 July 1848 17 Aug 1848 - -

Death Place: Worchester (sic),
Montgomery, PA - - - -

Father: Philip Stang - Philip Stang Philip Stong Philip Stong Philip Song

Mother: Barbara - Barbara Barbara Wentz Barbara Wentz Barbara Wentz

Spouse: Barbara Wentz - Adam Gressech - -

Marriage Date: 1782 - - - - -

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These are patron submissions, so caveat emptor.

4. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #17 of 24 — list was roughly alphabetized in repeated series, so each series must have been one enumerator's list, therefore proximity on the list does correlate to closer proximity than just being in the same county; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

1790 PA Montgomery Co. Roll M637_9 p. 35 Ln. 7 Philip Stong (Jun^r) 1-3-2-0-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 free white male 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = John Philip (b. 1757)

3 free white males 15 or under 1774-1790 = Henry (b. 1784)
= Jacob (b. 1786)
= John Wentz (b. 1789)

2 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Barbara (b. 1763)
= Elisabeth (b. 1788

Listed next to our subject's father, Philip STONG.

5. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2 of 4 — indexed "Stoug"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

1800 PA Montgomery Co. Worcester Roll 41 p. 112 Ln. 16 Stong Philip Jn^r 31110-31010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 males 9 or under 1790-1800 = Peter (b. 1793)
= Abraham (b. 1792)
= John Wentz (b. 1789)

1 male 10-15 1784-1790 = Jacob (b. 1786)

1 male 16-25 1774-1784 = Henry (b. 1784)

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = John Philip (b. 1757)

3 females 9 or under 1790-1800 = Daughter B
= Daughter A
= Apollonia (b. 1795)

1 female 10-15 1784-1790 = Elisabeth (b. 1788)

1 female 26-44 1755-1774 = Barbara (b. 1763)

6. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3 of 4 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

1810 PA Montgomery Co. Worcester Roll 52 p. 1270 Ln. 11 Philip Stong 10201-13001-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 = Philip W. (b. 1801)

2 males 16-25 1784-1794 = Abraham (b. 1792)
= John Wentz (b. 1789)

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = John Philip (b. 1757)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Daughter C

3 females 10-15 1794-1800 = Daughter B
= Daughter A
= Apollonia (b. 1795)

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = Barbara (b. 1763)

Listed next to Philip's brother, Frederick STONG.

7. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 9; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

1820 PA Montgomery Co. Worcester Twp. Roll M33_100 p. 93A Ln. 11 Philip Stong 010011-01101-0-100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-15 1804-1810 =

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 =

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = John Philip (b. 1757)

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Daughter C

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 =

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = ???

1 person engaged in agriculture

Barbara is supposedly deceased, so who is the woman living with Philip? Did he remarry? Listed one line above Fred STONG.

8. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Philip dec'd.

9. Ellwood Roberts, ed. 1904. Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. T.S. Benham & Co. and Lewis Publ. Co., NY and Chicago (online in the USGenWeb archives).

p. 133 LEWIS B. STONG...
The earliest ancestor of the family of whom there is any authentic information was Philip Stang, born in 1760, at Stong's Mill, in Worcester township. He married Barbara Wentz, of Worcester, the daughter of the founder of Wentz's church, in that township. Their son, Henry Wentz Stong, also born at Stong's Mill, was the grandfather of Lewis B. Stong, and his son, Henry Cassel Stong, father of Lewis B. Stong, was born August 21, 1835, at the old Stong homestead...

10. Family Pedigrees: Everton's Computerized Family File. Vols. 2 & 3. Everton Publ., Inc. (Broderbund CD-13): Sheet #28913.

11. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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