Nicklas Pontius^[1]

1749 - 1831  (81 years)

• Name	Nicklas Pontius
  Born	23 Oct 1749
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	22 Nov 1749	Zion's Blue Mountain Church, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  	name: Nicholas Pontius parents: John & wf sponsors: Nicholas Pontius & wf
  Military Service	Private, Capt. John Clarke's Co., Northumberland Co. Associators, 1776; Lieut. in Northumberland Co. militia
  Died	28 Jan 1831
  Buried	Pontius Cemetery, Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I006111	Strausstown Roots | ~HasslerFreeman
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Johannes Pontius,   b. 18 Aug 1717, Berglangenbach, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 16 Jun 1792, Union County, Pennsylvania  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Catarina Zeller,   b. 1724, Schoharie County, New York ,   d. 1794, Union County, Pennsylvania  (Age 70 years)
  Married	14 Jan 1743	Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F01747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Apollonia Wilhelm,   b. 03 Oct 1757, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 May 1815, Union County, Pennsylvania  (Age 57 years)
  Married	Feb 1778
  Children	+ 1. Catherine Pontius,   b. 20 Nov 1778,   d. about 1818  (Age 39 years)   2. Adam Pontius,   b. 18 Jan 1782
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2013
  Family ID	F20754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S410] Snyder County Annals (1), George W. Wagenseller, (The Middleburgh Post, 1919), Volume 1, page 25. Pontius, (John) Nicholas, born 1749 in Berks Co.; died 1831. Private, Capt. John Clarke's Co., Northumberland Co. Associators, 1776; Lieut. in Northumberland Co. militia. He married, Feb. 1778, Maria, Appolonia Wilhelm. He was a son of John Pontius married 1743 Anna Catherine Zellers.