The ancestor of this family was John Jacob Kuntz, who arrived at Philadelphia from Rotterdam, Holland, on the ship, Charming Nancy, on Nov. 9, 1738. He was born Feb. 19, 1692, in Niederbronn, Alsace, the son of John George Kuntz, and his wife, Anna Catharine, daughter of John Jacob Miller. John Jacob Kuntz married, in 1719, Anna Margaretha Palsgraff, born Sept. 22, 1695, the daughter of John Jacob and Margaretha Palsgraff. His wife died on the voyage to America in 1738. He married the second time, in l742, Susanna Klein, born in 1711, the daughter of John Jacob Klein, a weaver of Hangeweiler, Upper Alsace, and his wife, Anna Catharine.

John Jacob Kuntz settled in that part of Philadelphia county, which afterwards became Berks county, shortly after his arrival, and in the Journal of the Proprietary Land Office, under date of March 3, 1739, is this entry: "Hans Jacob Kuhns, rec'd in part for land in Colebrookdale, Five Pounds."