John George Kurtz, of Anspach, was born in 1706 and died Oct. 18, 1787. He married Elizabeth Wannemacher, and had one son and five daughters. Upon his arrival in America, he located in the Lebanon Valley, somewhere between the Schuylkill and Susquehanna rivers. In that region the Indians committed many atrocious acts, among them having stolen a little son from Kurtz, on which account he removed to Wilkes-Barre. He remained there several years, then settled in Hanover township, now Lehigh County, where he obtained possession of a large tract of land, by patent deed, from the Penns. This property, after his death, passed to John George Kurtz, his son, and part of his tract is now owned by a Schneck. The borough of East Catasauqua embraces a large part of it.