Hans Adam Sontag
and his wife Anna Elisabetha Pfaff
and Some of Their Descendants

The name

Sontag is the German word for the first day of the week, which in English is Sunday. This immigrant family began very early to use both versions of the name, interchangeably. However, by the third generation, Sunday was consistently used.

It was not unusual for German families of this early period to give several sons the first name of John (Johann or Hans) and to distinguish them by the middle name. So our imigrant ancestor is commonly called Adam Sontag.

Sources

Two sources that provide aboundant information on this family are:

Ralph W. Sunday, Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag (Robesonia, PA: by the author, 1950).

Berger, Kathy Jo and Mary Alice. "Strausstown Roots." Website. The New Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding, by Darren Lythgoe. Strausstown Roots. www.bergergirls.com : 2019.

Unfortunately, I have only seen notes from the first source, and have not been able to look at it myself. The second source, which is on line, covers only the Pennsylvania segment of the Sontag family history. I have used these two sources in my research. However, wherever I have found primary documentation, I have preferred to use that.

THE PENNSYLVANIA GENERATIONS OF THE SONTAG/SUNDAY FAMILY
First Generation

HANS ADAM1 SONTAG was born at Selchenbach, in the duchy of Zweibrücken, and baptized at Konken, Kusel, on 12 March 1714 a son of Hans Adam Sontag and his wife Maria Catharina,[1] and died at Brunswick Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, before 14 November 1788.[2] He married ANNA ELISABETHA PFAFF. She was baptized at Pfeffelbach, Kusel, Palatinate, on 15 December 1717, the child of Valentine Pfaff and his wife Maria Margaretha.[3]

Adam and Anna Sontag swore a deposition, recorded in the Berks County land records, in which they surrendered any right to an inheritance from Adam's father. This deposition provides us with the datails of their parents and their places of origin:

To all people to whom the presents shall come, John Adam Sontag of the township of Tulpehocconin in the County of Berks in the Province of Pennsylvania, yeoman (one of the sons of John Adam Sontag late of Selchenbach in the upper Bailewick of Lichtenberg in the duchy of Zweybrück deceased) and Anna Elisabeth his wife (late Anna Elisabeth Paff, one of the daughters of Valentine Paff late of Schwartzenehren in the Bailewick of Lichtenberg aforesaid deceased) send greeting. Know ye that the said John Adam Sontag and Anna Elisabetha his wife and in consideration of the natural love and affection which they have and do bear to Nicholas Sontag of Selchenbach aforesaid one of the Brothers of the said John Adam Sontag and also for divers other good Causes and Considerations them hereunto moving have given granted and confirmed and by these Presents do give grant and confirm unto the said Nicholas Sontag all and singular the inheritances and Estates Real and Personal of them the said John Adam Sontag and Anna Elisabetha his wife in Selchenback and Schwartzenehren aforesaid and elsewhere in whose hands custody or possession the same may be within the Duchy of Zweybrück aforesaid, To have and to Hold and enjoy all and singular the Estates Real and Personal aforesaid unto the said Nicholas Sontag . . . [4]

When Adam Sontag left Europe, the area that we now call Germany was divided into many small principalities. Adam and Anna both came from the duchy of Zweibrücken, which was located in the extreme south of what is now the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the borders of France and the German state of Saarland. Selchenbach was a small town in the duchy, located about 40 kilometers north of the city of Zweibrücken. The duchy had adopted Protestantism in 1533, and soon became a center of the Reformed faith. In the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) the whole area was devastated, including the town of Selchenbach, which was destroyed. When France invaded the Rhineland about 1670, Selchenbach was again turned into ruins.

Hans Adam Sontag, age 27, came to America on the Snow Molly, which departed from Rotterdam, and arrived at Philadelphia on 26 October 1741.[5] Hans Adam and Anna Elisabetha had married either shortly before or soon after his immigration (Not all lists of ship's passengers list the women).

A history of Schuylkill County reported the following:

Hans Adam Sontag landed at Philadelphia, October 26, 1741. There was surveyed for him, on the Little Swatara, north of Rehresburg, 248 acres of land. He assigned this land to Martin Triester, who received a patent therefor, July 31, 1750. He lived in the Tulpehocken after this date, but there is no record of his taking up land. Adam Sontag, April 18, 1757, had a mortgage recorded on a tract of land in Tulpehocken Township. Fifty acres of land was warranted, March 7, 1746, for the use, in trust, of the Blue Mountain (Zion) church, east of Strausstown. Adam Sontag appears as one of the trustees. [6]

Zion Blue Mountain Church, a Reformed Church, now part of the United Church of Christ, was the spiritual home of the Sontag family, and the location of the baptisms of their children. The church is located in Upper Tulpehocken Township, but at the time in question it was part of Tulpehocken Township, near the village of Strausstown. Adam and Anna Elisabetha were still living in Tulpehocken Township in 1768, but at some point moved to Brunswick Township[7] (after the formation of Schuylkill County in 1811, Brunswick became part of the newer county). Adam died sometime before 14 November 1788, when Berks County Probate Court appointed eldest son Jacob to administer the estate of Adam Sunday.[8]

Adam Sontag and his wife Anna Elisabeth Pfaff had the following children:

  1. MARIA CATHARINA2 SONTAG bp. at Tulpehocken on 11 August 1745;[9] m. on 6 August 1768 JOHN CONRAD LITZINGER.[10]
  2. JOHN JACOB2 SONTAG bp. at Tulpehocken on 2 June 1748. (See below)
  3. JOHN HERMAN2 SONTAG bp. at Tulpehocken on 20 March 1751;[11] m. BARBARA ________.[12]
  4. ANNA CATHARINE2 SONTAG b. at Tulpehocken on 30 October 1753, bp. there on 17 November 1753.[13]
  5. ADAM2 SONTAG b. at Tulpehocken on 5 June 1764;[14] d. at Gregg Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, on 24 April 1855; m. at Brunswick on 1 December 1789 MARY ELISABETH MINNICH,[15] b. on 19 November 1774, d. at Gregg on 14 November 1859.[16]

Second Generation

JOHN JACOB SUNDAY (Adam1 ) was baptized at Zion Blue Mountsin Reformed Church, Tulpehocken, on 2 June 1748, a son of Hans Adam Sontag and his wife Anna Elisabetha Pfaff,[17] and was living in 1818.[18] He married MARGARETHA LONG. She was a daughter of NICHOLAS LANG.[19]

Margaretha's father may be the Nicholas Lang, age 34, who came to America from Rotterdam on the Harle, arriving in Philadelphia on 1 September 1736.[20] Or he could be the Nicholas Lang who came on the John and Elizabeth, arriving at Philadelphia on 7 November 1754.[21] Whichever is the correct identification, he settled at Tulpehocken Township. On 3 November 1756 his house was burned down by Indians. On 20 June 1763 he received 50 acres in Tulpehocken Township. On 23 September 1765 he received 150 acres of land in Pine Grove Township, then part of Berks County. During the French and Indian War English soldiers were quartered in his house.[22]

Jacob Sunday paid taxes in Brunswick Township in 1771, and in Pine Grove Township in 1774 and 1775, when he was living with his father-in-law.[23]

In 1779, when Margaret's father died, Jacob and Margaret received land at Pine Grove, which they sold. In those records, Jacob was described as a shoemaker living in Lebanon Township, Dauphin County[24] (Lebanon became the county seat of the new Lebanon County when it was formed from Dauphin County in 1813).

From 1780 to 1784 Jacob Sunday paid taxes in Brunswick Township. In 1784 he paid taxes for 50 acres, 1 house, and 1 cow; there were 6 in the family.[25]

The 1790 Census reported Jacob Sunday in Dauphin county; the family consisted of one male over 16, three males under 16, and 6 females. This includes four more females than we have records for in this family.[26]

The 1800 Census reported the Jacob Sunday family at Lebanon Township. It reported a total of 13 persons in the family.[27]

According to the Sontag Genealogy by Ralph Sunday, Jacob Sunday served in the Revolution, an ensign third class in Capt. Philip Hetrick's Company of Berks County Associations and Militia.[28] However I have not found this record.

Jacob and Margaretha Sunday appear in the records of Kimmerlings Reformed Church, North Lebanon, from 1800 to 1818.[29] This is the last reference to them I have found.

Jacob Sunday and his wife Margaretha Long had the following children:[30]

  1. ANDREW3 SUNDAY b. at Pennsylvania about 1779-80. (see below).
  2. EVA3 SUNDAY m. at Dauphin County on 22 January 1810 HEINRICH WEBER.
  3. JACOB3 SUNDAY m. at Dauphin County on 11 June 1811 ELIZABETH WANN. Children of Jacob and Elizabeth:[31]
    1. Catharina Sunday b. at North Lebanon Township, Dauphin County, on 12 November 1811.
    2. Augustus Sunday b. at North Lebanon, Lebanon County, on 9 September 1813.
    3. Adam Sunday b. at North Lebanon on 20 December 1814.
    4. George Sunday b. at North Lebanon on 16 August 1816.
    5. Anna Maria Sunday b. at North Lebanon on 6 October 1818.
  4. ANNA3 SUNDAY b. on 23 January 1799.

Third Generation

ANDREW3 SUNDAY (Jacob2, Adam1) was born at Pennsylvania about 1779-80,[32] a son of John Jacob Sunday and his wife Margaretha Long, and died at Centre County on 1851.[33] He married at Lebanon on 9 September 1803 ELIZABETH BRUGH.[34] She was born at Pennsylvania about 1781-2,[35] a daughter of David and Hannah Brugh. She died at Centre County on 1853.[36]

Andrew Sunday and Elizabeth Brugh married at the Reformed Church, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1803. Their children were born in nearby Schaefferstown through 1811.

This family moved to Centre County, Pennsylvania, where Andrew paid taxes in 1813, in Potter Township.[37] His uncle, Adam Sunday, had already settled in Centre County in 1800,[38] the year the county was created. Census records reported Andrew Sunday in Haines Township in 1820,[39] Gregg Township in 1830,[40] and Potter Township in 1840[41] and 1850. Gregg Township had been created in 1826 from parts of Potter, Haines, and Miles townships. All of these locations are on the eastern side of Centre County.

The 1850 Census reported Andrew's family as follows:[42]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
39. Andrew Sunday 70 M none $300 PA
40. Elizabeth Sunday 68 F PA cannot read or write
41. Andrew Sunday 28 M laborer PA
42. May Sunday 27 F PA cannot read or write
1. May Sunday 7 F PA
2. Francis Sunday 5 M PA
3. Priscilla Sunday 3 F PA
4. Elizabeth Sunday 6/12 F PA

Andrew and Elizabeth's youngest surviving son, his wife and children, lived with them.

Most of the family lived nearby. Eldest Son Jacob had died, but his widow and children resided in Potter Township as follows:[43]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
33. Sophia Sunday 42 F PA cannot read or write
34. Jackson Sunday 16 M laborer PA
35. Christina Sunday 12 F PA school
36. Lewis Sunday 5 M PA
37. Jacob Sunday 4 M PA

Daughter Christina and her family also lived in Potter Township:[44]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
5. John Metzler 42 M laborer PA
6. Christina Metzler 40 F PA cannot read or write
7. Sarah Metzler 6 F PA
8. Margret Metzler 5 F PA
9. Antes Metzler 4 M PA

Daughter Elizabeth and her family also lived in the same township:[45]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
15. William Hennigh 32 M laborer PA
16. Elizabeth Hennigh 32 F PA cannot read or write
17. Sarah Hennigh 9 F PA school
18. Jane Hennigh 1 F PA
19. David Hennigh 6 M PA school
20. William Hennigh 5 M PA

Son John also lived in Potter Township with his family:[46]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
37. John Sunday 36 M laborer PA
38. Sarah Sunday 32 F PA cannot read or write
39. Sarah Sunday 9 F PA school
40. Emanuel Sunday 7 M PA school
41. Henry Sunday 6 M PA
42. Amelia Sunday 4 F PA
1. Jacob Sunday 1 M PA

That adds up to twenty grandchildren living in the same township with their grandparents! Daniel had moved west to Ohio, and would later settle in Indiana. Daughter Rebecca had died; I have not found her widower and children in the 1850 Census, but he would die in Centre County. Son David had died, and his widow remarried; I have not found them in this census. Some of the family would later follow Daniel to the West. The families of Elizabeth and John moved to Berrien County, Michigan. Andrew moved to Michigan, although some of his children would remain or return to Pennsylvania. A couple of Christiana's children would move to the upper Midwest.

Ralph Sunday, in Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag listed twelve children of Andrew and Elizabeth; Strausstown Roots lists ten. Catherine Sunday, born in 1799, listed by Ralph Sunday in this family, Strausstown Roots places in the family of Andrew's uncle, Adam Sunday, and his wife Mary Minnich. As she was born four years before the marriage of Andrew and Elizabeth, I will follow Strausstown Roots in this case. Ralph Sunday listed Margaret, born in 1805, as a child of this family. Strausstown Roots omits Margaret, but attributes her birthday to Rebecca, who, according to Ralph Sunday, was born about eighteen months later. As the Strausstown Roots record appears to be the kind of mistake that can be made in transcription, I will follow Ralph Sunday.

Andrew Sunday and his wife Elizabeth Brugh had the following children:

  1. JACOB4 SUNDAY b. at Schaefferstown on 1803; d. on 1848; m. SOPHIA WORMER, b. at Pennsylvania about 1808, d. about 1852.[47] Children of Jacob and Sophia:
    1. John Andrew Jackson Sunday b. at Lancaster County on 7 November 1833.[48]
    2. Elizabeth Sunday b. at Lancaster County on 19 November 1835, d. at Halfmoon, Centre County, on 24 November 1912;[49] m. George Sigel b. on 1830, d. on 1898.[50]
    3. Christina Sunday b. at Pennsylvania on 19 November 1838, d. at Yeagertown, Miflin County, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1911; m. Aaron Smith b. on 1839, d. on 21 December 1880.[51]
    4. Lewis Sunday b. at Centre County on 11 April 1843, d. at Potter on 12 January 1909;[52] m. Mary E. Colpetzer b. on 2 July 1843, d. on 3 April 1896.[53]
    5. Jacob Sunday b. at Pennsylvania about 1845-6.[54]
  2. MARGARET4 SUNDAY b. on 3 September 1805.[55]
  3. REBECCA4 SUNDAY b. at Schaefferstown on 6 March 1807; d. at Centre County about 1836; m. PETER BREON, on 15 November 1799, d. at Centre County on 8 March 1868.[56] Children of Rebecca and Peter:[57]
    1. George Breon b. abt 1825; m. Eliza Evans b. on 7 October 1823, d. on 13 March 1879.
    2. Daniel Breon b. on 24 July 1826, d. on 12 May 1875.
    3. Peter Breon b. on 16 April 1828, d. on 29 November 1897; m. Catherine Grove b. on 17 March 1831, d. on 22 June 1854.
    4. Hannah Breon b. on 26 March 1831' m. John Crater.
    5. Elizabeth Breon b. on 23 November 1833; m. Benjamin ripka b. at Lebanon County on 7 April 1819, d. at Gregg on 17 August 1907.
    6. Catherine Breon.
    7. Sally Breon m. Simon Weaver
    8. Caroline Breon b. at Centre County on 26 September 1836; m. Jonathan Yeagly.
  4. DANIEL4 SUNDAY b. at Schaefferstown on 26 March 1809.
  5. DAVID4 SUNDAY b. at Schaefferstown on 18 August 1811; m. ELIZABETH ________; she m(2) GEORGE STAHL.[58]
  6. JANE4 SUNDAY b. about 1813.[59]
  7. CHRISTIANA DIANA4 SUNDAY b. at Centre County on 2 October 1815; d. at Potter on 22 March 1881;[60] m. about 1842 JOHN METZLER,[61] b. at Germany on 2 May 1808, d. at Centre County on 12 March 1881.[62] Children of Christiana and John:
    1. Sarah Elizabeth Metzler b. at Centre County on 24 April 1843, d. at Harris, Centre County, on 17 May 1926;[63] m. Christian Gingrich b. on 9 October 1812, d. on 3 December 1892.[64]
    2. Margaret Metzler b. at Pennsylvania on 7 March 1845, d. at Brown, Miflin County on 8 June 1922;[65] m. Amos Bediyon[66] b. at Dauphin County on 31 December 1836, d. at Potter on 13 January 1908.[67]
    3. Andrew Metzler b. at Pennsylvania on 3 October 1846, d. at Sawyer County, Wisconsin, on 1 May 1933; m. Eliza Jane Kreighbaum[68] b. at Pennsylvania on 26 April 1846, d. at Minnesota on 16 February 1920.[69]
    4. William Metzler b. on 5 July 1853.[70]
    5. Catherine Ann Metzler b. at Centre County on 6 August 1856, d. there on 1859.[71]
    6. John Metzler b. on 1 November 1857, d. at Illinois on 1878.[72]
    7. Jacob Samuel Metzler b. at Pennsylvania on 5 November 1858, d. at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, on 2 January 1829;[73] m. Ella Frances Buttorff[74] b. at Yeagertown, Mifflin County, on 25 March 1858, d. at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, on 14 November 1915.[75]
  8. ELIZABETH4 SUNDAY b. at Centre County on 16 August 1818; d. at Oronoko, Berrien County, Michigan, on 4 April 1886;[76] m. WILLIAM HENNEY, b. at Pennsylvania about 1817-18, d. before 1870.[77] Children of Elizabeth and William:[78]
    1. Sarah Henney b. at Pennsylvania about 1840-1.
    2. David Heney b. at Pennsylvania about 1843-4.
    3. William Henney b. at Pennsylvania about 1844-5.
    4. Jane Henney b. at Pennsylvania about 1848-9.
  9. JOHN4 SUNDAY b. at Centre County on 29 September 1819; d. at Baroda, Berrien County, on 28 January 1895;[79] m. before 1840 SARAH BRININGER, b. at Pennsylvania on 24 June 1817, d. at Baroda on 12 July 1899.[80] Children of John and Sarah:
    1. Sarah Elizabeth Sunday b. at Pennsylvania on 27 November 1842, d. at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, 12 May 1803;[81] m. Jacob Henry Gephart b. at Pennsylvania on 30 July 1827, d. at Saint Joseph, Berrien County, on 15 November 1901.[82]
    2. Emmanuel Sunday b. at Centre County on 2 March 1843, d. at Pennsylvania on 26 December 1899;[83] m. about 1866-7 Lydia Ann Gates b. at Centre County on 2 April 1846, d. at Centre County on 12 Augist 1929.[84]
    3. John Henry Sunday b. at Pennsylvania on 23 April 1845, d. at Oronoko on 22 April 1894;[85] m. at Oronoko on 19 September 1869 Lovina Smith[86] b. at Michigan about 1849-50.[87]
    4. Amelia Sunday b. at Pennsylvania about 1845-6.[88]
    5. Jacob Sunday b. at Pennsylvania on 16 January 1850, d. at Berrien County on 13 January 1872.[89]
  10. ANDREW4 SUNDAY b. at Centre County on 15 October 1822; d. at Zurich, Rooks County, Kansas, on 31 August 1888;[90] m. before 1842 MARY ANN FULTZ,[91] b. at Pennsylvania on 23 March 1822, d. at Rooks County on 20 October 1888.[92] Children of Andrew and Mary Ann:
    1. Mary Angeline Sunday b. at Pennsylvania on 1843, d. at Rooks County on 16 February 1887; m(1). on 11 September 1862 Conrad Lingle d. at Dinwiddie County, Virginia (Battle of White Oak Road) on March 1865; m(2). on 30 April 1867 Samuel Clay Treaster[93] b. at Miflin County on 5 March 1842, d. at Milroy on 6 February 1912.[94] Child of Mary and Conrad:
      1. James William Lingle b. on 1 July 1863.
      Children of Mary and Samuel:
      1. Arthur A. Treaster b. at Milroy, Armagh, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, on 7 February 1868; d. at Derry, Mifflin County, on 10 December 1946.[95]
      2. George A. Treaster b. at Milroy on 15 September 1869, d. at Derry on 14 August 1954.[96]
      3. Anna M. Treaster b. at Pennsylvania about 1871-2.[97]
      4. Charles H. Treaster b. at Pennsylvania about 1872-3.[98]
      5. Howard Irvin Treaster b. at Armagh on 16 April 1874, d. at Derry on 11 April 1953.[99]
      6. Florence Treaster b. at Milroy on 2 February 1876, d. at Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, on 29 May 1947; m. William C. Stouffer.[100]
      7. Elizabeth Treaster b. at Pennsylvania about 1877-8,[101]
      8. Harrell Treaster b. at Kansas about September 1879.[102]
    2. Francis Edmond Sunday b. at Milroy on 27 June 1846, d. at Burnham, Miflin County, on 18 October 1933;[103] m. before 1870 Anna Ward b. at Miflin County on 4 May 1840, d. there on 4 January 1921.[104]
    3. Pricilla Agnes Sunday b. at Centre County on 9 April 1848, d. at Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, on 19 February 1914;[105] m. Henry Markel b. at York County, Pennsylvania, on 4 March 1838, d. at Plainville, Rooks County, on 7 April 1897.[106]
    4. Ellen Elizabeth Sunday b. at Centre County on 21 February 1850, d. at Spring, Centre Clounty, on 26 September 1822;[107] m. on 1867 George W. Miller b. at Aaronsburg, Centre County, on 7 May 1847, d. at Boggs, Centre County, on 13 October 1930.[108]
    5. John Sunday b. at Pennsylvania about 1858-9.[109]
    6. Daniel Sunday b. at Pennsylvania about 1860-1.[110]
    7. Charles V. Sunday b. at Pennsylvania about 1864-5.[111]
  11. SOLOMON4 SUNDAY b. at Centre County about 1824-5.[112]

NOTES

1Kathy Jo and Mary Alice Berger, "Strausstown Roots," website, The New Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding, by Darren Lythgoe, Strausstown Roots (bergergirls.com : accessed 15 February 2019), Hans Adam Sontag, no. I004655
2Berks County, Pennsylvania, Probate Files 1752-1799, Sunday Adam, 1788; digital images, Family Search (familyserch.org: accessed 4 March 2019).
3Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Anna Elizabeth Pfaff, no. I000838.
4Berks County Recorder of Deeds. Deeds, vol. 5, p. 352; digital images, County of Berks, Pennsylvania (http://www.co.berks.pa.us : accessed 4 March 2019).
5Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia From 1727 to 1808 (Norristown, Pennsylvania: n.p., 1934), 1:314,315.
6Ella Zerbey Elliott, Blue Book of Schuylkill County: Who Was Who and Why (Pottlsville, Pennsylvania: Pottsville Republican, 1916), 266.
7Ralph W. Sunday, Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag (Robesonia, PA: by the author, 1950).
8Berks County Probate, Sunday Adam, 1788.
9"Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 March 2019), Blue Mountain Church - Upper Tulpehocken Township; Baptism
10Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag. Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Maria Catharine Sontag, no. I026848.
11"Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881," database. Blue Mountain Church - Upper Tulpehocken Township; Baptism.
12Berger, "Strausstown Roots," John Herman Sontag, no. I004658. Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag
13"Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881," database Blue Mountain Church - Upper Tulpehocken Township; Baptism.
14Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Adam Sontag, no. I108072. Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
15United States, "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files," digital images, Fold 3 (fold3.com : accessed 4 March 2019), Adam Sonday; NARA M804
16Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Adam Sontag, no. I108072. Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
17"Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881," database Blue Mountain Church - Upper Tulpehocken Township; Baptism.
18Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
19Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Margaretha Long, no. I108311. Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
20Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, 1:155-60.
21Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, 1:665,668,670.
22Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
23Ibid.
24Deeds, vol. 20, p. 24; County of Berks, Pennsylvania (http://www.co.berks.pa.us : accessed 4 March 2019).
25Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
26First Census of the United States: 1790, population, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, roll 8, p. 224, Jacob Sunday; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication M637; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..
27Second Census of the United States: 1800, population, Lebanon, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, roll 40, p. 216, Jacob Sunday; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication M32; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..
28Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
29Ibid.
30Ibid.
31Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Jacob Sontag, no. I108313.
32Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Potter, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 763, p. 88B, household 1119, Andrew Sunday family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 February 2018); NARA Microfilm Publication M432; Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
33Emanuel Union Cemetery, Tusseyville, Centre County, Pennsylvania, Find a Grave, database (findagrave.com : 26 February 2019), Andreas Sontag; Created by: Marilyn.
34Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Andrew Sontag, no. I040177. Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
351850 Census, Potter, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 763, p. 88B, household 1119, Andrew Sunday family.
36Emanuel Union Cemetery, Tusseyville, Elizabeth Brugh Sontag; Created by: Marilyn.
37Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
381800 Census, Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 37, p. 502, Adam Sunday.
39Fourth Census of the United States: 1820, population, Haines, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 98, p. 286, Andrew Sunday; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication M33, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
40Fifth Census of the United States: 1830, population, Gregg Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 165, p. 359, Andrew Sunday; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication M19; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
41Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, p. 176, Andrew Sundy; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
421850 Census, Potter, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 763, p. 88B, household 1119, Andrew Sunday family.
431850 Census, Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 763, p. 93B, household 1191, Sophia Sunday family.
441850 Census, Potter, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 763, p. 168, household 1024, John Metzler family.
451850 Census, Potter, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 763, p. 75B, household 939, William Hennigh family.
461850 Census, Potter, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 763, p. 88A, household 1111, John Sunday family.
47Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Jacob Sontag, no. I139538. Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
48Berger, "Strausstown Roots," John Andrew Jackson Sontag, no. I139596.
49Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 106575, Elizabeth Sigel, 1912; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 March 2019); Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Series 11.90. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
50Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Elizabeth Sontag, no. I139597.
51Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Anna Sontag, no. I139606.
52Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, Centre Co., no. 1331, Lewis Sunday, 1909.
53Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Lewis Sontag, no. I139613.
541850 Census, Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 763, p. 93B, household 1191, Sophia Sunday family.
55Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
56Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Rebecca Sontag, no. I139539. Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
57Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Rebecca Sontag, no. I139539.
58Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
59Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Jane Sontag, no. I139540. Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
60Emanuel Union Cemetery, Tusseyville, Christiana Diana Sunday Metzler; Created by: Emery Metzler.
61Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Christina Sontag, no. I139541. Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
62Emanuel Union Cemetery, Tusseyville, John Metzler; Created by: Emery Metzler.
63Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 61007, Sarah Gingrich, 1926.
64Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Sarah Elizabeth Metzler, no. I139585.
65Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 61024, Margaret Bedlyon, 1922.
66Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Margaret Metzler, no. I139584.
67Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 1168, Amos Bedlyon, 1908.
68Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Andrew Metzler, no. I139583.
69Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 March 2019), Eliza Jane Metzler, no. 296125; 1920.
70Berger, "Strausstown Roots," William Metzler, no. I139588.
71Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Catherine Ann Metzler, no. I139589.
72Berger, "Strausstown Roots," John Metzler, no. I139586.
73Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 10219, Jacob Samuel Metzler, 1929.
74Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Jacob Samuel Metzler, no. I139587.
75Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 109205, Ella Metzler, 1915.
76Michigan Department of Community Health, Death Records, 1867-1950, Berrien Co., Deaths, 1886, p. 93, e. 150, Elizabeth Henny; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 March 2019); Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan..
77Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Elizabeth Sontag, no. I139542.
781850 Census, Potter, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 763, p. 75B, household 939, William Hennigh family.
79Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950, Berrien Co., Deaths, 1895, p. 108, e. 79, John Sunday.
80Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950, Berrien Co., Deaths, 1895, no. 315, Sarah Sunday.
81Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950, Berrien Co., no. 577, Sarah Elizabeth Gephart, 1903.
82Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950, Berrien Co., no. 819, Jacob Gephart, 1901.
83Gatesburg Cemetery, Centre County, Pennsylvania, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2019), Emanuel-Lydia Sunday; Created by: Emery Metzler, Photo added by Clancy Hassler. Day month and state provided by informant
84Gatesburg Cemetery, Emanuel-Lydia Sunday; Created by: Emery Metzler, Photo added by Clancy Hassler. Day month and county provided by informant
85Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950, Berrien Co., no. 111, John Sunday, 1894.
86Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940, Berrien Co., 1869, p. 65, e. 325, Sunday-Smith; digital images of registers, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 6 March 2019).
87Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Lake Township, Berrien County, Michigan, roll 663, p. 201B, household 42, John Sundy family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
881850 Census, Potter, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 763, p. 88A, household 1111, John Sunday family.
89Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950, Berrien Co., no. 127, Jacob Sunday, 1872.
90Zurich Cemetery, Zurich, Rooks County, Kansas, Find a Grave, database (findagrave.com : 26 February 2019), Andrew “Andy” Sunday; Created by: Ronald McCartney.
91Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.
92Zurich Cemetery, Mary Ann Fultz Sunday; Created by: Ronald McCartney.
93Zurich Cemetery, Mary A. Sunday Treaster; Created by: Ronald McCartney.
94Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 15366, Samuel C. Treaster, 1912. Information on Conrad Lingle and son from: Katrina Rounsefell Lawson, "Sunday Genealogy," electronic mail to Charles A. Maxfield, 7 December 2020.
95Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 107247, Arthur E Treaster, 1946.
96Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 68330, George A Treaster, 1954.
97Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Walton, Rooks Co., Kansas, enumeration district (ED) 267, roll 395, p. 450D, household 57, Sml. E. Treaster family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
981880 Census, Walton, Rooks Co., Kansas, ED 267, roll 395, p. 450D, household 57, Sml. E. Treaster family.
99Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 36018, Howard Irvin Treaster, 1953.
100Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, no. 44244, Florence Amelia Stouffer, 1947.
1011880 Census, Walton, Rooks Co., Kansas, ED 267, roll 395, p. 450D, household 57, Sml. E. Treaster family.
102Ibid.
103Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, Mifflin Co., no. 89581, Francis Edmond Sunday, 1933.
104Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2019), Anna-F.E. Sunday; Originally Created and Photo by: Mona Anderson, Maintained by: Emery Metzler.
105Plainville Cemetery, Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas, Find a Grave, Pricilla A. Markel; Originally Created by: shirleyw55, Maintained by: Find A Grave, Photo added by danielle wells. Day month and place provided by informant
106Plainville Cemetery, Henry Markel; Originally Created by: shirleyw55, Maintained by: Find A Grave, Photo added by Suz. Day month and place provided by informant
107Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, Centre Co., no. 83428, Ellen E. Miller, 1922.
108Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906–1966, Centre Co., no. 94354, George W. Miller, 1930.
1091870 Census, Harris, Centre County, Pennsylvania, roll 1321, p. 528B, household 296, Andrew Sunday family.
110Ibid.
111Ibid.
112Berger, "Strausstown Roots," Solomon Sontag, no. I139545. Sunday, Descendants of Hans Adam Sontag.

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