. A brief history of John and Christian Fretz and a complete genealogical family register to the fourth generation : with accounts and addresses delivered at the Fretz family reunions held at Bedminster, PA, 1888, 1893, 1898, and -21 — i![. Isaac Fretz, b Feb. 12, 1771, d Nov. i, 1843, tnSusanna Kratz of Hilllovvn Twp. May 28, was b Sept. 3, 1775, d Mar. 20, 1798. C: (JY)Abraham, , Susanna. He m second wife Ver-onica Kratz, of Skippack, Montg. Co. in iSoo. Shewas b Oct. 28, 1778, d in 1821. C: (fV) John,Elizabeth, Jacob, Isaac, William, Mahlon, Mary,Samuel. He m third wi

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. A brief history of John and Christian Fretz and a complete genealogical family register to the fourth generation : with accounts and addresses delivered at the Fretz family reunions held at Bedminster, PA, 1888, 1893, 1898, and -21 — i![. Isaac Fretz, b Feb. 12, 1771, d Nov. i, 1843, tnSusanna Kratz of Hilllovvn Twp. May 28, was b Sept. 3, 1775, d Mar. 20, 1798. C: (JY)Abraham, , Susanna. He m second wife Ver-onica Kratz, of Skippack, Montg. Co. in iSoo. Shewas b Oct. 28, 1778, d in 1821. C: (fV) John,Elizabeth, Jacob, Isaac, William, Mahlon, Mary,Samuel. He m third wife Betsey Landis, in was b Nov. 16, 1799, d Feb. 13, 1S87. In earlylife Isaac Fretz followed farming. He owned andlived on the farm in Tinicum Twp. now owned byHenry F. Myers. He also for a time liad teams onthe road freighting goods from Philadelphia toEaston, Bethlehem, and Nazareth, witli an occasion-al visit to Pittsburg and other points west. Duringhis absence from home, Mar. 4, 1804, his barn wasstruck by lightning and burned. On this occasionhis wife Veronica displayed heroic energy, in res-cuing horses and cattle from the burning spite of all efforts to rescue the cattle from theflames, one horse and

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