Of Middlesex county, Massachusetts

Phillip Andrew Mentzer [1] was born about Mar 1793. [2–3]

He obtained a marriage license to marry Orinda Miles on 16 Mar 1816 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [4–6]

He married Orinda Miles on 23 May 1816. [1,7–9]

He was the father of William Andrew Mentzer who was born on 2 Oct 1816 in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [10–12]

He was the father of Cyrus Mentzer who was born on 14 Dec 1817 in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [11–14]

Phillip lived in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1820. [15] He was listed as Philip A. Mentzer on the 1820 census with 3 males under 10, 1 male 26-45, and 1 female 16-26 in the household.

He was the father of John Mentzer who was born on 24 Jan 1820 in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [11–12]

He was the father of Charles Lewis Mentzer who was born on 17 Oct 1824 in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [11–12,16–18]

Phillip purchased land called the swamp containing six acres from Rufus Hosmer for $35 on 3 Jun 1825 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [19]

He sold land being about 7 acres to Joseph Miles for $97.61 on 1 May 1827 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [20]

He was the father of Rufus Mentzer who was born on 26 Feb 1828 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [11–12,21–23]

Phillip purchased land being 11 acres for $59.25 from John Brown on 7 Nov 1829 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [24]

He was the father of Hannah Augusta Mentzer who was born on 2 Jun 1830 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [12,22,25]

He lived in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on 1 Jul 1830. [26] He was listed as Andrew Mentzar on the 1830 census with 1 male under 5, 2 males 5 to 10, 3 males 10 to 15, 1 male 30 to 40, 2 females  under 5, 1 female 30 to 40 in the household.

In 1832, Phillip won best of show for a 1 year old heifer in a cattle show in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [27]

He purchased meadowland containing 3 acres for $300 from Jesse Parmenter on 1 Jan 1835 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [28]

He  purchased land being 11 acres for $100 from Silas Stow on 5 Feb 1835 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [29]

Phillip was the father of Sarah A. Mentzer who was born on 12 Feb 1835 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [11–12,22–23,30–32]

He lived in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on 4 Dec 1837. [33] Gave an order to Phillip A Mentzer for eighteen dollars and seventy five cents in full for labour on the road on Boons plain

He was the father of George Mentzer who was born on 12 Jun 1838 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [11–12,22–23,34]

Phillip lived in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1839. [35]

He lived in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1840. [36] Philip A. Mentzer was listed on the 1840 census with 1 male under 5, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-40 and 1 female 40-50 in the household.

He sold land being 7 1/2 acres to William Burrage on 7 Mar 1844 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [37]

Phillip purchased land being a plot of woodland containing about nineteen acres from John Brown on 9 Dec 1844 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [38]

He died on 19 Dec 1845 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States at the age of 52. [2–3,23,39] of small pox

He was buried after 19 Dec 1845 in Hillside Cemetery, Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [3]

Phillip had his estate probated on 12 Feb 1846 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [40]

ENDNOTES

1. Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)

2. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records 1620-1988, Abigail Mentzer, 9 April 1834; database of Vital Record volumes, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016).

3. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online August 2016), memorial for Phillip Andrew Mentzer, Jr. (1793-1845), Find a Grave Memorial no. #141447227, created by James Bianco, citing Hillside Cemetery, Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts;, Phillip Andrew Mentzer, JR.

4. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001. Phillip Andrew Menzer, 15 Mar 1816; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 5 October 2020.

5. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001. Phillip Andrew Menzer, 16 Mar 1816; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 5 October 2020.

6. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records 1620-1988, Phillip Andrew Mentzer, 1816; database of Vital Record volumes, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).

7. Jonas Michael Miles, Miles Genealogy: John Miles of Concord, Massachusetts and His Descendants (Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Company, 1920), page 12; books.google.com viewed online November 2016.

8. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Philip A. Mentzer – Orendia Miles, 23 May 1816; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017).

9. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com). : viewed online 13 March 2022.

10. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, William A. Mentzer, 5 January 1876; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 13 September 2020). Original Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840-1911.

11. Massachusetts, Middlesex County. Deeds, vol. 573-575.  Film #439022 DGS 7441704. heirs Phillip Mentzer, 11 Aug 1849; Vol 574: page 252; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 4 June 2022.

12. Massachusetts, Middlesex County. Deeds, Vol. 578-580.  Film #439024 DGS 7441717. Phillip Mentzer heirs, 8 Jan 1850; Vol 578: Page 136; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 5 June 2022.

13. “Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850,” database online, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 1 December 2020), Cyrus Mentzer.

14. Massachusetts, Death Records 1841-1915, Cyrus Mentzer, 13 June 1892; database online, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 1 December 2020).

15. 1820 U.S. Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, page 498 (Image 3 of6), Image 3 of 6, Philip A. Mentzor; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 16 March 2022).

16. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Charles L Mentzer, 9 November 1850; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).

17. “Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850,” database online, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016), Mentzer; Westford Births.

18. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records 1620-1988, Charles Lewis Mentzer, 17 October 1824; database of Vital Record volumes, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).

19. Massachusetts, Middlesex County. Deeds, vol. 340-341 1835.  Film #554181 DGS 7450576. Phillip A. Mentzer, 3 Jun 1925; vol. 340: page 341-342; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 5 June 2022.

20. Massachusetts, Middlesex County. Deeds, vol. 281-283 1828.  Film #554143 DGS 7450538. Philip A. Mentzer, 1827; vol. 281: page 4; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 5 June 2022.

21. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records 1620-1988, Rufus Mentzer, 26 February 1828; database of Vital Record volumes, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).

22. Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), page 58; digital copy, Archive.org, http://www.archive.org viewed online 6 June 2022.

23. History of Allen and Woodson Counties Kansas (Iola, Kansas: Iola Register, Printers and Binders, 1901), page 712; digital images, Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com viewed online 3 September 2023.

24. Massachusetts, Middlesex County. Deeds, vol. 340-341 1835.  Film #554181 DGS 7450576. Phillip A. Mentzer, 7 Nov 1829; Vol. 340: page 342; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 5 June 2022.

25. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records 1620-1988, Hannah A Mentzer, 2 June 1830; database of Vital Record volumes, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).

26. 1830 U.S. Census, Middlesex County Massachusetts, population schedule, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, page 205, Image 41 of 60, Andrew Mentzur; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 14 March 2022).

27. “Concord Cattle Show,” New England Farmer (Boston, MA), 17 October 1832, page 3; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 6 June 2022).

28. Massachusetts, Middlesex County. Deeds, vol. 340-341 1835.  Film #554181 DGS 7450576. Phillip A. Mentzer, 1 Jan 1835; vol. 340: page 346-347; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 5 June 2022.

29. Massachusetts, Middlesex County. Deeds, vol. 340-341 1835.  Film #554181 DGS 7450576. Phillip A. Mentzer, 5 Feb 1835; Vol. 340: page 345-346; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 5 June 2022.

30. Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Edward F Green, 10 March 1871; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 13 September 2020).

31. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 10 December 2020), memorial for Sarah A Mentzer Green (1835-1918), Find a Grave Memorial no. #126243617, created by originally created by Bruce Filgate / maintained by Boylston Cemetery Research Project, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts;, Sarah A Mentzer Green.

32. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records 1620-1988, Abigail Mentzer, 9 April 1834; database of Vital Record volumes, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).

33. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records 1620-1988, Phillip A Mentzer, 4 December 1837; database of Vital Record volumes, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).

34. , “The George Mentzer Family,” In the Beginning, Woodson County Historical Society, 3 No. 11 (July 1970): p. 9-12.

35. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records 1620-1988, Phillip A Mentzer – Tax Assessments and Abatements, 1839; database of Vital Record volumes, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).

36. 1840 U. S. Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Image 15 of 16, Philip A Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 3 September 2023).

37. Massachusetts, Middlesex County. Deeds, vol. 438-439 1844.  Film #554245 DGS 7450620. Phillip A Mentzer, 7 March 1844; Vol 439: page 375-377; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 5 June 2022.

38. Massachusetts, Middlesex County. Deeds, Vol. 506-507.  Film #438996 DGS 7441661. Phillip A. Mentzer, 9 Dec 1844; Vol 507: page 278-279; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 6 June 2022.

39. Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), (Doc. #: Mentzer.MA.001)

40. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records 1648-1924, Phillip Mentzer, February 1846; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016).