. The centennial history of Kutztown, Pennsylvania : celebrating the centennial of the incorporation of the borough, 1815-1915. A Vol. 31page 354 &c. Witness my hand and Seal of saidOffice July 29th A. Dom. 1820. (Seal) of Recording Office. It may be added that another portion,130 acres, of these original 1000 acrespatented b_v Peter Wentz, was conveyed byhim in 1755—the year of the laying- out ofthe Easton Road to George Kutz (Coots), who in 1779 laid out the town, naming itafter himself, Cootstown. Were time available research among therecords of this early time, preserved in thepublic offic
. The centennial history of Kutztown, Pennsylvania : celebrating the centennial of the incorporation of the borough, 1815-1915. A Vol. 31page 354 &c. Witness my hand and Seal of saidOffice July 29th A. Dom. 1820. (Seal) of Recording Office. It may be added that another portion,130 acres, of these original 1000 acrespatented b_v Peter Wentz, was conveyed byhim in 1755—the year of the laying- out ofthe Easton Road to George Kutz (Coots), who in 1779 laid out the town, naming itafter himself, Cootstown. Were time available research among therecords of this early time, preserved in thepublic offices in Philadelphia, (in whichcounty Maxatawny then was) in the StateCapitol, in the office of the Recorder atReading, and among the deeds in the pos-session of other present holders of the lands,would reveal much of interest concerningthe earliest settlers of this section, the datesof their arrival, and the location of theirholdings. Some such information concern-ing a few of the more prominent of thefirst comers and their descendants is em-bodied in the following accounts of familiesstill resident in this Pi<Easant Vikw Stock Farm and Reservoir ok the Kutztown Water Company (SITE OF HOME OF The pioneer, JACOB KUTz) CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF KUTZTOWN 21 PROMINENT FAMILIES OF MAXATAWNY THE SIEGFRIED FAMILY Johannes Siegfried was one of the first, if notthe first white settler in the vicinity of and his good wife Elisabeth had taken upresidence in Oley, where their daughter Cath-arine was born November 14, 1719. Some timeprior to 1732 Johannes Siegfried and his familycrossed the Oley Hills and settled on a largetract of land at what is now known as SiegfriedsDale. Here was born their daughter Mary Elisa-beth, who is said to have been the first whitechild born in the Maxatawny region. She wasmarried to Johannes Rothermel and removed toWindsor Township. Prof. A. C. Rothermel, theprincipal of the Keystone State Normal School,is a direct descendant of Johannes
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