Michael Butz, father of Christian Butz, was born in Springfield Township. Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and his father was a native of the Pfalz region in Germany. Michael Butz removed in 1763 to Northampton comity, and settled upon a farm of three hundred and twenty acres. which he purchased that year (May 10) from Paul Abel. He was a member of the first military company organized in Easton, in 1763 and during the Revolutionary war he was with the patriot army as a teamster, using his own team. He lived to an advanced age, and died in Palmer Township, Northampton County.