Johann Conrad Zittel — known as Conrad Zittle — was the son of Susanna Dorothea (née Ritzer) and Daniel Zittel, born in or near Göllheim, now in Germany's Rhineland-Palatinate state. The Zittle family emigrated in 1774 from Germany to America, landed in Philadelphia, and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Conrad Zittle in 1803 purchased land as a speculator in the Town of Porter, Niagara County, New York. He settled there later, and was in 1815 an overseer of the poor and a poundkeeper, and in 1819 an overseer of the poor and a commissioner of highways.
Conrad Zittle and Asenath Tucker were married on 7 April 1823 in Youngstown, a village in the Town of Porter. Aseneth (née Roberts) was the widow of Stephen Tucker, junior. Conrad and Asenath had two children—
• Daniel Zittle (1824 – 1849)
• Susanna Zittle McCollum (1826 – 1885)
Conrad Zittle died at Zittle's Corner (now officially Porter Center, in the Town of Porter, but still called Zittle Corner by locals). His widow Asenath moved to Iowa with the family of Lois Hatt (née Tucker), her daughter from her first marriage. Asenath died in 1855 in Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa.
Notes
German birth and baptism records: "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NCRJ-MSQ : accessed 27 Nov 2014), Joh. Conrad Zittel, born 17 Nov 1770; citing EVANGELISCH, GOELLHEIM, PFALZ, BAVARIA; FHL microfilm 193864.
"List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship Sally, John Osmond, Master, from Rotterdam, Last from Cowes. Qualified Oct. 31, 1774" in: Names of Foreigners who took the Oath of Allegiance in the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, William Henry Egle, ed. (Harrisburg; Edwin K. Myers, State Printers, 1892), p. 517.
Elizabeth Jayne Blair and Leona Miller Hart, in their The Descendants of Michael Zittle, Sr. (Anchorage, Alaska: n.p., 1995), p. 336. Year of birth for "Asenath Tucker Roberts" is incorrect.
1810 U.S. Census, Town of Cambria, Niagara Co., New York; p. 242.
[10.] C. Zittle.
• Male aged 26-44.
1820 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 233A-B, 7 Aug 1820.
[35.] Conrad Zittle.
• Three persons in household including a male aged 26-44 and a female aged 26-44.
1830 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 322.
[last line:] Conrad Zittle.
• Seven persons in household including a male aged 50-59 and a female aged 40-49.
1840 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 108 (printed).
[12.] Conrad Zittle.
• Five persons in household including a male aged 60-69 and a female aged 40-49.
"Conrad Zittle, who was known among the early settlers as 'Coonrod' Zittle, came from Lancaster county. Pa., and located at the place now known as 'Zittle's Corners.'" (Sanford & Co., History of Niagara County, N. Y. (New York: Sanford & Co., 1878) p. 332.)
"McCollum, Abram M., was born in Porter, October 29, 1842, a son of Abram Howe and Susanah (Zittle) McCollum [...] The maternal grandfather, Conrad Zittle, was born in Germany in 1765, and came to the United States with his mother in 1774, who died in Pennsylvania. Mr, Zittle came to Porter about 1809 or 1810, and settled on the farm at Tower's Corners by the Four-mile Creek; he sold to Peter Tower and settled at Zittle's Corners about 1816 or 1817, where he lived and died April 11, 1850." (Landmarks of Niagara County, New York, William Pool, ed. (Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897), p. 135. Additional information on Conrad Zittle on p. 45 and pp. 255-58.)
Conrad Zittle died intestate. His widow, "Aseneth Zittle of Porter Niagara County New York" was appointed administrator of his estate, 1 May 1850.
"The people of the state of New York, to Abraham H. McCollum and Susanna his wife of Porter, Niagara county, N.Y., and William Little, of or near Niagara, Canada West, and all other persons interested in the estate of Conrad Zittle, late of the town of Porter in the county of Niagara, deceased.
"Whereas, Aseneth Zittle, administratrix of the goods, &c. of the said deceased, has applied to our surrogate's court of our county of Niagara, for a final settlement of her accounts, and more than eighteen months having elapsed since her appointment by our said court; therefor, you and each of you are hereby cited to appear in our said surrogate's court, and before our county judge of the said county of Niagara, at his office in the village of Lockport in said county, on the 14th day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to attend the final settlement of the accounts of the said adminstratrix.
"In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our said surrogate's court to be hereon impressed. Witness, Hiram Gardner, our said county judge, this 10th day of November, A. D. 1851. H. GARDNER, County Judge and Surrogate." (Page from an 1852 issue of The Albany Argus, Albany, New York.)
"One was Conrad Zittle. Local [Niagara Co., New York] family history says he was born in Germany in 1768, son of Daniel Zittle, a shipbuilder. They settled in Lancaster Co. and after Conrad's parents died, he moved up to this area around 1803." (Vee L. Housman, "ZITTLE, MCCOLLUM—and who knows!," PENNA-DUTCH-L Archives (mailing list), 4 Jan 1998.)
A modern headstone is inscribed: "CONRAD ZITTLE / BORN JUNE 27, 1769 / ALSACE LORAINE GERMANY / DIED APRIL 11, 1850 / PORTER NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK" The inscribed date and place of birth do not correspond with an index drawn from original church records. The inscribed date of death varies by a few days from other sources.
Reviewed 27 October 2023.
Conrad Zittle in 1803 purchased land as a speculator in the Town of Porter, Niagara County, New York. He settled there later, and was in 1815 an overseer of the poor and a poundkeeper, and in 1819 an overseer of the poor and a commissioner of highways.
Conrad Zittle and Asenath Tucker were married on 7 April 1823 in Youngstown, a village in the Town of Porter. Aseneth (née Roberts) was the widow of Stephen Tucker, junior. Conrad and Asenath had two children—
• Daniel Zittle (1824 – 1849)
• Susanna Zittle McCollum (1826 – 1885)
Conrad Zittle died at Zittle's Corner (now officially Porter Center, in the Town of Porter, but still called Zittle Corner by locals). His widow Asenath moved to Iowa with the family of Lois Hatt (née Tucker), her daughter from her first marriage. Asenath died in 1855 in Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa.
Notes
German birth and baptism records: "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NCRJ-MSQ : accessed 27 Nov 2014), Joh. Conrad Zittel, born 17 Nov 1770; citing EVANGELISCH, GOELLHEIM, PFALZ, BAVARIA; FHL microfilm 193864.
"List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship Sally, John Osmond, Master, from Rotterdam, Last from Cowes. Qualified Oct. 31, 1774" in: Names of Foreigners who took the Oath of Allegiance in the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, William Henry Egle, ed. (Harrisburg; Edwin K. Myers, State Printers, 1892), p. 517.
Elizabeth Jayne Blair and Leona Miller Hart, in their The Descendants of Michael Zittle, Sr. (Anchorage, Alaska: n.p., 1995), p. 336. Year of birth for "Asenath Tucker Roberts" is incorrect.
1810 U.S. Census, Town of Cambria, Niagara Co., New York; p. 242.
[10.] C. Zittle.
• Male aged 26-44.
1820 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 233A-B, 7 Aug 1820.
[35.] Conrad Zittle.
• Three persons in household including a male aged 26-44 and a female aged 26-44.
1830 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 322.
[last line:] Conrad Zittle.
• Seven persons in household including a male aged 50-59 and a female aged 40-49.
1840 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 108 (printed).
[12.] Conrad Zittle.
• Five persons in household including a male aged 60-69 and a female aged 40-49.
"Conrad Zittle, who was known among the early settlers as 'Coonrod' Zittle, came from Lancaster county. Pa., and located at the place now known as 'Zittle's Corners.'" (Sanford & Co., History of Niagara County, N. Y. (New York: Sanford & Co., 1878) p. 332.)
"McCollum, Abram M., was born in Porter, October 29, 1842, a son of Abram Howe and Susanah (Zittle) McCollum [...] The maternal grandfather, Conrad Zittle, was born in Germany in 1765, and came to the United States with his mother in 1774, who died in Pennsylvania. Mr, Zittle came to Porter about 1809 or 1810, and settled on the farm at Tower's Corners by the Four-mile Creek; he sold to Peter Tower and settled at Zittle's Corners about 1816 or 1817, where he lived and died April 11, 1850." (Landmarks of Niagara County, New York, William Pool, ed. (Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897), p. 135. Additional information on Conrad Zittle on p. 45 and pp. 255-58.)
Conrad Zittle died intestate. His widow, "Aseneth Zittle of Porter Niagara County New York" was appointed administrator of his estate, 1 May 1850.
"The people of the state of New York, to Abraham H. McCollum and Susanna his wife of Porter, Niagara county, N.Y., and William Little, of or near Niagara, Canada West, and all other persons interested in the estate of Conrad Zittle, late of the town of Porter in the county of Niagara, deceased.
"Whereas, Aseneth Zittle, administratrix of the goods, &c. of the said deceased, has applied to our surrogate's court of our county of Niagara, for a final settlement of her accounts, and more than eighteen months having elapsed since her appointment by our said court; therefor, you and each of you are hereby cited to appear in our said surrogate's court, and before our county judge of the said county of Niagara, at his office in the village of Lockport in said county, on the 14th day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to attend the final settlement of the accounts of the said adminstratrix.
"In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our said surrogate's court to be hereon impressed. Witness, Hiram Gardner, our said county judge, this 10th day of November, A. D. 1851. H. GARDNER, County Judge and Surrogate." (Page from an 1852 issue of The Albany Argus, Albany, New York.)
"One was Conrad Zittle. Local [Niagara Co., New York] family history says he was born in Germany in 1768, son of Daniel Zittle, a shipbuilder. They settled in Lancaster Co. and after Conrad's parents died, he moved up to this area around 1803." (Vee L. Housman, "ZITTLE, MCCOLLUM—and who knows!," PENNA-DUTCH-L Archives (mailing list), 4 Jan 1998.)
A modern headstone is inscribed: "CONRAD ZITTLE / BORN JUNE 27, 1769 / ALSACE LORAINE GERMANY / DIED APRIL 11, 1850 / PORTER NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK" The inscribed date and place of birth do not correspond with an index drawn from original church records. The inscribed date of death varies by a few days from other sources.
Reviewed 27 October 2023.
Johann Conrad Zittel — known as Conrad Zittle — was the son of Susanna Dorothea (née Ritzer) and Daniel Zittel, born in or near Göllheim, now in Germany's Rhineland-Palatinate state. The Zittle family emigrated in 1774 from Germany to America, landed in Philadelphia, and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Conrad Zittle in 1803 purchased land as a speculator in the Town of Porter, Niagara County, New York. He settled there later, and was in 1815 an overseer of the poor and a poundkeeper, and in 1819 an overseer of the poor and a commissioner of highways.
Conrad Zittle and Asenath Tucker were married on 7 April 1823 in Youngstown, a village in the Town of Porter. Aseneth (née Roberts) was the widow of Stephen Tucker, junior. Conrad and Asenath had two children—
• Daniel Zittle (1824 – 1849)
• Susanna Zittle McCollum (1826 – 1885)
Conrad Zittle died at Zittle's Corner (now officially Porter Center, in the Town of Porter, but still called Zittle Corner by locals). His widow Asenath moved to Iowa with the family of Lois Hatt (née Tucker), her daughter from her first marriage. Asenath died in 1855 in Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa.
Notes
German birth and baptism records: "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NCRJ-MSQ : accessed 27 Nov 2014), Joh. Conrad Zittel, born 17 Nov 1770; citing EVANGELISCH, GOELLHEIM, PFALZ, BAVARIA; FHL microfilm 193864.
"List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship Sally, John Osmond, Master, from Rotterdam, Last from Cowes. Qualified Oct. 31, 1774" in: Names of Foreigners who took the Oath of Allegiance in the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, William Henry Egle, ed. (Harrisburg; Edwin K. Myers, State Printers, 1892), p. 517.
Elizabeth Jayne Blair and Leona Miller Hart, in their The Descendants of Michael Zittle, Sr. (Anchorage, Alaska: n.p., 1995), p. 336. Year of birth for "Asenath Tucker Roberts" is incorrect.
1810 U.S. Census, Town of Cambria, Niagara Co., New York; p. 242.
[10.] C. Zittle.
• Male aged 26-44.
1820 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 233A-B, 7 Aug 1820.
[35.] Conrad Zittle.
• Three persons in household including a male aged 26-44 and a female aged 26-44.
1830 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 322.
[last line:] Conrad Zittle.
• Seven persons in household including a male aged 50-59 and a female aged 40-49.
1840 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 108 (printed).
[12.] Conrad Zittle.
• Five persons in household including a male aged 60-69 and a female aged 40-49.
"Conrad Zittle, who was known among the early settlers as 'Coonrod' Zittle, came from Lancaster county. Pa., and located at the place now known as 'Zittle's Corners.'" (Sanford & Co., History of Niagara County, N. Y. (New York: Sanford & Co., 1878) p. 332.)
"McCollum, Abram M., was born in Porter, October 29, 1842, a son of Abram Howe and Susanah (Zittle) McCollum [...] The maternal grandfather, Conrad Zittle, was born in Germany in 1765, and came to the United States with his mother in 1774, who died in Pennsylvania. Mr, Zittle came to Porter about 1809 or 1810, and settled on the farm at Tower's Corners by the Four-mile Creek; he sold to Peter Tower and settled at Zittle's Corners about 1816 or 1817, where he lived and died April 11, 1850." (Landmarks of Niagara County, New York, William Pool, ed. (Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897), p. 135. Additional information on Conrad Zittle on p. 45 and pp. 255-58.)
Conrad Zittle died intestate. His widow, "Aseneth Zittle of Porter Niagara County New York" was appointed administrator of his estate, 1 May 1850.
"The people of the state of New York, to Abraham H. McCollum and Susanna his wife of Porter, Niagara county, N.Y., and William Little, of or near Niagara, Canada West, and all other persons interested in the estate of Conrad Zittle, late of the town of Porter in the county of Niagara, deceased.
"Whereas, Aseneth Zittle, administratrix of the goods, &c. of the said deceased, has applied to our surrogate's court of our county of Niagara, for a final settlement of her accounts, and more than eighteen months having elapsed since her appointment by our said court; therefor, you and each of you are hereby cited to appear in our said surrogate's court, and before our county judge of the said county of Niagara, at his office in the village of Lockport in said county, on the 14th day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to attend the final settlement of the accounts of the said adminstratrix.
"In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our said surrogate's court to be hereon impressed. Witness, Hiram Gardner, our said county judge, this 10th day of November, A. D. 1851. H. GARDNER, County Judge and Surrogate." (Page from an 1852 issue of The Albany Argus, Albany, New York.)
"One was Conrad Zittle. Local [Niagara Co., New York] family history says he was born in Germany in 1768, son of Daniel Zittle, a shipbuilder. They settled in Lancaster Co. and after Conrad's parents died, he moved up to this area around 1803." (Vee L. Housman, "ZITTLE, MCCOLLUM—and who knows!," PENNA-DUTCH-L Archives (mailing list), 4 Jan 1998.)
A modern headstone is inscribed: "CONRAD ZITTLE / BORN JUNE 27, 1769 / ALSACE LORAINE GERMANY / DIED APRIL 11, 1850 / PORTER NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK" The inscribed date and place of birth do not correspond with an index drawn from original church records. The inscribed date of death varies by a few days from other sources.
Reviewed 27 October 2023.
Conrad Zittle in 1803 purchased land as a speculator in the Town of Porter, Niagara County, New York. He settled there later, and was in 1815 an overseer of the poor and a poundkeeper, and in 1819 an overseer of the poor and a commissioner of highways.
Conrad Zittle and Asenath Tucker were married on 7 April 1823 in Youngstown, a village in the Town of Porter. Aseneth (née Roberts) was the widow of Stephen Tucker, junior. Conrad and Asenath had two children—
• Daniel Zittle (1824 – 1849)
• Susanna Zittle McCollum (1826 – 1885)
Conrad Zittle died at Zittle's Corner (now officially Porter Center, in the Town of Porter, but still called Zittle Corner by locals). His widow Asenath moved to Iowa with the family of Lois Hatt (née Tucker), her daughter from her first marriage. Asenath died in 1855 in Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa.
Notes
German birth and baptism records: "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NCRJ-MSQ : accessed 27 Nov 2014), Joh. Conrad Zittel, born 17 Nov 1770; citing EVANGELISCH, GOELLHEIM, PFALZ, BAVARIA; FHL microfilm 193864.
"List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship Sally, John Osmond, Master, from Rotterdam, Last from Cowes. Qualified Oct. 31, 1774" in: Names of Foreigners who took the Oath of Allegiance in the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, William Henry Egle, ed. (Harrisburg; Edwin K. Myers, State Printers, 1892), p. 517.
Elizabeth Jayne Blair and Leona Miller Hart, in their The Descendants of Michael Zittle, Sr. (Anchorage, Alaska: n.p., 1995), p. 336. Year of birth for "Asenath Tucker Roberts" is incorrect.
1810 U.S. Census, Town of Cambria, Niagara Co., New York; p. 242.
[10.] C. Zittle.
• Male aged 26-44.
1820 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 233A-B, 7 Aug 1820.
[35.] Conrad Zittle.
• Three persons in household including a male aged 26-44 and a female aged 26-44.
1830 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 322.
[last line:] Conrad Zittle.
• Seven persons in household including a male aged 50-59 and a female aged 40-49.
1840 U.S. Census, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., New York; p. 108 (printed).
[12.] Conrad Zittle.
• Five persons in household including a male aged 60-69 and a female aged 40-49.
"Conrad Zittle, who was known among the early settlers as 'Coonrod' Zittle, came from Lancaster county. Pa., and located at the place now known as 'Zittle's Corners.'" (Sanford & Co., History of Niagara County, N. Y. (New York: Sanford & Co., 1878) p. 332.)
"McCollum, Abram M., was born in Porter, October 29, 1842, a son of Abram Howe and Susanah (Zittle) McCollum [...] The maternal grandfather, Conrad Zittle, was born in Germany in 1765, and came to the United States with his mother in 1774, who died in Pennsylvania. Mr, Zittle came to Porter about 1809 or 1810, and settled on the farm at Tower's Corners by the Four-mile Creek; he sold to Peter Tower and settled at Zittle's Corners about 1816 or 1817, where he lived and died April 11, 1850." (Landmarks of Niagara County, New York, William Pool, ed. (Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897), p. 135. Additional information on Conrad Zittle on p. 45 and pp. 255-58.)
Conrad Zittle died intestate. His widow, "Aseneth Zittle of Porter Niagara County New York" was appointed administrator of his estate, 1 May 1850.
"The people of the state of New York, to Abraham H. McCollum and Susanna his wife of Porter, Niagara county, N.Y., and William Little, of or near Niagara, Canada West, and all other persons interested in the estate of Conrad Zittle, late of the town of Porter in the county of Niagara, deceased.
"Whereas, Aseneth Zittle, administratrix of the goods, &c. of the said deceased, has applied to our surrogate's court of our county of Niagara, for a final settlement of her accounts, and more than eighteen months having elapsed since her appointment by our said court; therefor, you and each of you are hereby cited to appear in our said surrogate's court, and before our county judge of the said county of Niagara, at his office in the village of Lockport in said county, on the 14th day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to attend the final settlement of the accounts of the said adminstratrix.
"In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our said surrogate's court to be hereon impressed. Witness, Hiram Gardner, our said county judge, this 10th day of November, A. D. 1851. H. GARDNER, County Judge and Surrogate." (Page from an 1852 issue of The Albany Argus, Albany, New York.)
"One was Conrad Zittle. Local [Niagara Co., New York] family history says he was born in Germany in 1768, son of Daniel Zittle, a shipbuilder. They settled in Lancaster Co. and after Conrad's parents died, he moved up to this area around 1803." (Vee L. Housman, "ZITTLE, MCCOLLUM—and who knows!," PENNA-DUTCH-L Archives (mailing list), 4 Jan 1998.)
A modern headstone is inscribed: "CONRAD ZITTLE / BORN JUNE 27, 1769 / ALSACE LORAINE GERMANY / DIED APRIL 11, 1850 / PORTER NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK" The inscribed date and place of birth do not correspond with an index drawn from original church records. The inscribed date of death varies by a few days from other sources.
Reviewed 27 October 2023.
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