Welcome to the family genealogical site dedicated to the descendants of Wilhelm Wurtz, who was born about 1703 in the Tauberbischofsheim, Baden area of Germany. He came to America September 23, 1753 on the ship Neptune to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With him was his wife Anna Catharina, sons, Wilhelm Wurtz, Jr., Philip Peter Virtzs, Conrad Wirtz and daughter Maria Elisabeth Wurtz. Wilhelm was naturalized on April 10, 1761 in Philadelphia and was living in the Lancaster, Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania. His journey took him from Philadelphia to Frederick County Maryland and then to Loudoun County Virginia where he settled about 1767 near Lovettsville. Many of Wilhelm's descendants left Loudoun County for the Roanoke area of Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. Over the years the spelling of the last name has taken on many variations such as Verts, Vertz, Virts, Virtz, Werts, Wertz, and Wirts. © 1999-2005 Gary E. Virts Copying is permitted for noncommercial, educational use by individual scholars and libraries. All commercial use requires permission of the authors. |