Johann Nickel WENTZ
Wentz Descendants, Joh Philip Wentz, 16 Jan 1732 - Ca 4 Dec 1815, pgs 2, 8, &12-13 (FHL#929.273 Al, #8889)
York County,Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century, Vol 3, pg 256 (FHL#974.841 K2b)
2000 Ordinance Index
Pennsylvania German Pioneers,by Strassburger & Hinke (FHL#974.8 B4pg Vol 42)
Eckwseiler,Rheinland,Prussia Lutheran Records (FHL#493,278)
Church Records, Lutheran & Reformed Union Congregation, Lower Bermudian,Adams County,Pennsylvania (FHL#020,489)
Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 (www.familysearch.org)
Pedigree Resource File
Google, Wentz genealogies
Ancestry.com Message Boards, re: Johann Nicolaus Wentz & Rebecca Fickes
New.familysearch.org, Aug 2011
The Famiy of Nicholas Wentz (online)
1779, 1783 Reading Twp., Tax Lists
NOTES: Possible Christening 5 Apr 1728 Johann Nickel WENTZ arrived 26 Sep 1749 on Ship Dragon from Palatine & Zweibruecken,Pfalz,Bavaria NAME: Nicolaus aka Nickel
NOTES: Lower Bermudian,York (Now Adams) County,Pennsylvania NAME: Margretha aka Margaret WENTZ aka VANCE
He married Rebecca Fickes Abt 1757 at of Reading, York, Pennsylvania . Rebecca Fickes was born at Huntington Twp, York, Pennsylvania Abt 1742 daughter of Valentin Fickes and Elizabeth .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Valentine Wentz
christened 28 Jan 1759.
Johann Peter Wentz
christened 15 Dec 1760.
Elisabetha Wentz
born 8 Jan 1763.
Johannes Wentz
born Abt 1765.
Anna Margretha Wentz
born 3 Aug 1766.
Rebecca Wentz
born 3 Aug 1766.
Maria Catharina Wentz
born 6 Sep 1768.
Susanna Wentz
born 25 Apr 1786.
Jacob Wentz
born Abt 1770.
Johann Nickel Wentz died Aft 1792 .
Rebecca Fickes died 23 Mar 1782 at York, Pennsylvania .