Article on the descendents of "Michael Frantz III", by Elizabeth Miller Lane, on pp. 44-48 of the Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 3, Fall 1990. The article cites inscriptions of birthdates for Michael, his wife "Marian Elizabeth" and his 9 children from a family bible written in German by Michael Frantz, now in the possession of his great-great-granddaughter, Agnes Kessler, LaFontaine, IN. Although it has a great deal on his descendents, it does not have any marriage information for Michael other than the given names of his first wife. Mrs. Lane's article, as well as Our Garst Family, refers to this Michael as "Michael Frantz III", and identifies him with the Michael son of Michael Frantz Jr., but Arthur J. Shanks, E. Harold Frantz et. al., and Lorraine Frantz Edwards have shown him to really be the son of Christian III of Berks Co.

Will written 16 Sept 1833.

1810 census of Botetourt Co., VA, lists on p. 623, line 7:
Frantz, Michl (younger): 2 m < 10, 1 m 10-15, 2 m 16-25, 1 m > 44; 2 f < 10, 1 f 10-15, 1 f 16-25, 1 f 26-44.
This does not quite match the Bible record, which lists 3 sons and 6 daughters, whereas the census lists 5 young males and 4 young females. Anna at 21 was probably already married, but both Susannah 13 and Magdalena 12 should be in the f 10-15 bracket. Perhaps the Bible record was filled in after the children were grown, and omitted a couple sons who died in childhood, or perhaps there are children from another family included in this 1810 household.

Her birthdate as recorded by her husband in the Michael Frantz family bible was 27 Feb 1767.

However, Tabor Reformed Church Records, records the baptism (christening) on May 29, 1768 by Dewalt Gerst and wife, of a daughter Marie Elizabeth, sponsors Heinrich Schlosser and Marie Elizabeth Gerst. No date of birth was recorded in the baptism. (This record is cited both in the Dore M. Frantz notes and in Our Garst Family7 on p. 283.) Note that the batism is a year and three months later than the birthdate from the bible, an unusually long time between birth and christening in the Reformed Church. Furthermore, it conflicts with the christening record of her sister Barbara, who was baptised on 15 Feb 1767, and whose birthdate of 28 Jan 1767 was recorded at that time.

Apparently Michael misentered the year of birth of his wife. So I am using the 27 Feb from the bible record, but entering the year as 1768, based on the church records.