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Author: John Mark DeNicola
Johann Michael Mitzel was born 22 April 1745, at Baden-Wurttenburg, Germany. He arrived at Philadelphia aboard the ship Tyger from Rotterdam, via Cowes, England.
He took the Oath of Allegiance to the Colonies, 19 November 1771. He moved to York County, Pennsylvania, as evidenced by the birth of his daughter, Mary, 19 August 1773, in the records of Wolf’s (Saint Paul’s) Reformed and Lutheran Church of West Manchester, York County.
Mitzel married Susanna before 1772. They were the parents of Mary, Anna, Michael and Peter.
Mitzel was a private in the company of Captain George Geiselman of the Seventh Battalion of the York County Militia, from 1777 through 1780.
He died in 1790 at Codorus, York County, Pennsylvania.
Service reference:
Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Vol. 2, Pg. 697.
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