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32. Johann Georg Huntzinger, born August 18, 1715 in Widdern, Germany; died bef. 1790. He married 33. Maria Magdalena Schweitzer on March 9, 1736 in Widdern, Germany.

33. Maria Magdalena Schweitzer, born October 24, 1712 in Leibenstadt, Mosbach, Baden, Germany. She was the daughter of 66. Lorenz Matthias Schweitzer and 67. Anna Juliana Dietscher.

Notes for Johann Georg Huntzinger:

John R. Hunsinger did extensive research on the origin of Johann Georg in Germany, including several trips to Germany to research him, and provided the following information:
"There is a small town in Germany, called Widdern, which was also the home of a George Michael Teubert/Deibert. He was born in 1718, married in 1743, and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1753 and settled in the same area as Johann Georg. Here in PA, he had a daughter, Anna Maria, born in 1755, that married John George's 1st first born son, John George 2nd. It is too much of a coincidence that they didn't know each other back in Germany."
Based on these facts that J.R. uncovered in Widdern, Germany, it pretty much establishes the birth and marriage information on Johann Georg Huntzinger. They had 5 children born at Widdern and it is not known if the daughters survived, came to America with the father, or remained behind with other family members. He came to America on the ship Jacob which sailed from Amsterdam, Holland. The captain was Adolph Degrove and the ship carried 249 Palatinate Germans from Swabia, Wirtemberg and Darmstadt, Germany. The ship docked in Philadelphia on Oct. 02, 1749. His wife may have come with him but is not listed on the passenger rolls as was the custom at that time. The voyage to America was probably as bad as that described in the Oxford History of the American People, chapter X, which quotes Gottlieb Mittleburger who described his voyage in 1750
"...Bad drinking water, putrid salt meat, excessive heat and crowding, lice so thick they could be scraped off the body, seas so rough that the hatches were battened down and everyone vomiting in the foul air. Children under seven years of age rarely survived the voyage. Passengers succumbed to dysentery, typhus, cankers and mouth rot. On his ship no fewer than 32 died".
The name Johann Georg Huntzinger does not appear on any of the published tax records for the ensuing years and it is possible he died about 16 years after his arrival in America. His date of death and where he is buried are unknown. However, in the biography of Rev. Franklin Krick Huntzinger, on page 488 of the History of Berks Co., PA, it states that his great-grandfather John George Huntzinger died in 1802.