[149-1] GEORGE SCHOLTZE[E 55], b Feb. 8, 1710; d Mar. 21, 1784; s Balthasar and Susanna (Dietrich) Scholtze [149]; m May 3, 1737, in the presence of witnesses and elders, ANNA HOFFMAN [E 102], b 1712; d Jan. 16, 1796; dau Rev. Balthasar and Ursula (Beier) Hoffman [106-2]. George Scholtze came to Pa. in 1734 with his parents, and after marriage settled on a farm in Upper Hanover Twp., Pa. [Plate C XVII]. He was naturalized Apr. 10, 1760; both George Scholtze and wife are buried in the Washington Schw. Cem.
Children (6):
George Scholtze bought from Benedict Strohm and wife at the price of 23 pounds and 7 shillings, 102 acres and 78 perches of land on Mar. 14, 1744, which he and his wife sold for 150 pounds on Nov. 16, 1751, to John Nicholas Fink. The Henry H. Shultz farm at Clayton, Pa. (1922) was part of this tract. (This tract is not marked on the charts reproduced in this book, as they were already completed before this ownership was ascertained.) George Scholtze afterwards purchased and oceupied a “‘stony piece of land” which he sold again (“‘Am Fusz des langen hohen Berges.” —-Isaac Schuliz).
Parents’ family: [149] Susanna (Dietrich) Scholtze
Children’s own families: