Münch (family lineage)

Family crest on the tomb of Konrad Münch von Landskron (d. 1371)

Münch von Landskron family crest in Bertschi's Wappenbuch (Augsburg 1515)

Beginning in 1232, when the Münchs were awarded their knighthood, they increasingly used a crest showing a black-robed, red shoed, bald monk with hanging hood, and hands raised in prayer in a white field. The Münch Dynasty began as monks of war. The emblem was adopted as modern day official coat of arms of the Münchenstein municipality. Note the 1st family members surname derived from monk were Monachus.

Dominus Hugo Monachus I, 1185 AD, Dominus Cunrat Monachus I, de Basilea, 1191 and Hugo Monachus II, 1221 AD were the first family members with the Latin surname Monachus. In Old High German language, the surname Münch is the equivalent for the Latin word Monachus meaning Monk. In the beginning church Latin was the only written Old High German language.

Konrad Münch, the Old High German surname, married Katharina von Löwenberg in 1371. Löwenberg means Lion Mountain. The Münch Dynasty acquired and ruled Muttenz, Switzerland and other properties acquired from the Laufenberg branch of the Habsburg Dynasty for Münch family military service. Following the marriage of Konrad and Katharina, the Münch Dynasty and Löwenberg, Lion Castle, Dynasty (inherited by Katharina) merged.

An alliance between the two great dynasties ensued and an gave rise to an alliance coat of arms, pictured in this document. The original Münch von Münchenstein coat of arms has only the Monk on the shield, aside pictured.

The Coat of Arms are inside and on outside towers of the St. Arbogast Church, in Muttenz, Switzerland, for over 1600 years. It is the only fortified church remaining in Europe. The coat of arms are there for everyone to see, paint and photograph. The coat of arms were published in Die Münch von Münchenstein by Dorris Huggel ed. by Kulturkommission der Bügergemeinde Münchenstein. 1999

The name Münch first appeared in an official document from the year 1185. Thereafter Hugo I Münch was mentioned repeatedly in official documents or in public records, alternatively as named Hugo cognomento Monachus, Hugo cognomine Monachus or Hugo Monachus.

The Münchs rose to commissionaires of the bishop of Basel. During this period the bishops' mentors and consultants were a privileged society. The first knight Münch was mentioned in 1232 and he lived in Burg, one of the most exclusive and aristocratic areas in the city, near the Basel Münster.

The family Münch von Münchenstein originated from the first son of Hugo I, Hugo II. Soon after, the family names Münch von Münchsberg and Münch von Büren/Sterenfels derived from this branch of the lineage. The family names Münchs von Landskron and Münch von Stettenberg/Alsace derived from the second son of Hugo I, Konrad II.

Within the various sectors of the family, those from Münchenstein were the most prosperous and in Basel and the surrounding areas and they won importance and significance. But Konrad II was the first renowned Münch. Between 1221 and 1239 he officiated as head of the bishops court. During this period the Münchs became richer and more powerful and in 1258 the knighted Konrad III Münch von Münchsberg was named privy counsellor.

During the middle of the 13th century the Münchs acquired their new and extensive residence in the city centre and they named it Münchhof. This was the birthplace of the controversial Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel, the bishop of Base, Hartung Münch, born 1265, died 25 October 1332. Around 1267 Heinrich I Münch, the father of Hartung Münch, was documented as the mayor of Basel.

The Stettenberg/Alsace branch died out soon after 1300, as did the Münchsberg branch in the year 1356.

The surname Münch and English euphonic dialectizations, Minnich, Minnicks, Minnix was derived from the ancient Swiss-German surname originating in Basel, Switzerland: the Münch Dynast [2]

The history of the Münch Dynasty, Basel, Switzerland unfolded within a period of about 300 years, between 1200 and 1500 AD. During this time the Münch family was one of the most influential family lineages in Basel. Münch Dynasty family members later became Münch de Meier. See below. The Münch Dynasty, Münch Von Münchenstein de Meier that originated in Basel, Switzerland were the ruling warlords, or monks of war, of Basel, Switzerland.

Etymology revealed that the Latin de minax, dominax, dominus Monachus evolved to Old High German-Swiss derMünch/Münich. The umlaut ü was pronounced ae, e and i, not u and the surname Münch was dialect lengthened to Münich/Muenich/Muennich/Muennick. Members of the family follow: [95. Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen by Josef Karlmann Brechenmacher ,1967]

German-Swiss Münch was derived from church Latin Monachus, meaning 'monk'. Church Latin was the written word for the original Old High German.

Dominus Hugo Monachus I, 1185 AD
Dominus Cunrat Monachus I, de Basilea, 1191 AD
Hugo Monachus II, 1221 AD

Now note that the 5 children of Hugo Monachus II became the family subdivisions:
Münch von Münchenstein
Münch von Mönchsberg
Münch von Büren

Hugo III Münch von Münchenstein, 1242
Berchta Münch von Münchenstein, 1254
Hugo IV Münch von Münchenstein, 1259
The 2 children became
Otto II Münch von Münchenstein
Götzman I Münch von Büren
Kunrad III Münch von Mönchsberg 1258
Sigfried Münch von Mönchsberg 1266
Kunrad Monachus II (I), 1221

Now note that the 2 children of Kunrad Monachus II became the family subdivisions:
Münch von Landskron
Münch von Stettenberg
Heinrich I, Münch von Landskron, 1251
Günther I, Münch von Stettenberg, 1262 [25. Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse by Aattinger, Godet and Turler. 1930], [26. Mittelhochdeutsches Namenbuch by Adolf Socin]

Münch von Münchenstein von Löwenberg de Meier was an allegiance of noble families. The family is well described in this reference. [365. Die Münch von Münchenstein by Dorris Huggel ed. by Kulturkommission der Bügergemeinde Münchenstein. 2000]

Some references describe the family and surname decreasing after the 1500s following their descent to “middle class”. The Münch family didn’t diminish and disappear; they proliferated with surname corruptions, abbreviations, subdivisions and sub-groups, unrecognized by the untrained genealogist.

The Münch family (zweigs/twigs/branches) of Basel connected to the family Münch of Huningue since 1517. The Münch family spoke both Old High German-Swiss and French. The family possessed the position of civil servants, de Meier, when it was under Basel rule following the Peasants War, when nobility was illegal in Switzerland. The Münch of Michelbach and Knörringen (High-Alsace) were the same zweigs. Members of the family remained in or returned to Basel. Huningue was located directly near the borders of Haut-Rhin, France and Basel, Switzerland. [25. Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse by Aattinger, Godet and Turler. 1930]

The Münch de Meier (Münchmeier) family zweigs possessed the civil services office and "sous-bailli" or bailiffs, deputy sheriffs for several years in Basel, Switzerland.

They were a "de Meier" zweig (Münchmeier) of the family Münch in Basel and Bern. They were the Münchsmeier or Münch de Meier or Münch-Mayer Münchenstein of Basel and Bern and other cantons in Switzerland and were also descendants of Catherina von Löwenberg, (Lion Mountain) and Konrad Münch von Münchenstein. [25. Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse by Aattinger, Godet and Turler. 1930]

Charles Sr. Minnix, was a constable in Franklin County, Virginia, 1810 U.S. Federal Census following his Revolutionary Service in the German Flying Camp, Frederick, Maryland 1775-1781. [Archives of Maryland, Records of Maryland Troops, Maryland Muster rolls, Maryland troops in the American Revolution, 1775-1783 vol. 17, p. 72] [numerical references above are from 'The Ancestors of Charles Minnix, Sr., Franklin County, Virginia,' by Micheal B. Minix, Sr., M.D.2004]

The ruins of Münchenstein Castle

Exactly how the Münchs attained the village of Kekingen (later Geckingen) during the second half of the 13th century is unknown. At this time Geckingen belonged to the cathedral chapter in Basel. Around the year 1260 the Münch family acquired the village on the hillside adjacent to the river Birs and established their estate there. The exact date of the construction of Münchenstein Castle remains unclear, but most likely building began in between 1260 and 1270.

The founder of the castle was Hugo III, as was mentioned in diverse public records circa 1270.[3][4] The Münchs named the castle on the rock (Stein) after themselves and the family henceforth named themselves Münch von Münchenstein. Later Hugo IV Münch von Münchenstein expanded the castle and built a ring wall around the village. After 1279 the village Geckingen was called Münchenstein. The Münchs could not keep the village and castle for long as their own Property. During 1280 ownership transferred to the Graf von Pfirt, who then let it to the Münchs in fief.

The dynasty expanded further, but the various branches separated and in time each family followed its own politics. The Münchs acquired further territories and bought and/or built additional castles. The main influence in this expansion was probably Konrad VIII. (1324–1378), son of Hartmann I. Münch von Münchenstein (who died in 1334). Konrad VIII (called "Hape") married Katharina the hereditary daughter from Löwenburg in 1340. Katharina Münch von Münchenstein-Löwenberg died in 1371 and Konrad VIII inherited governance of Muttenz and the three fortresses in the Wartenburg district. The inherited estate of the Löwenburgs was an advantage to the Münchs von Münchenstein.

During the 15th century the Münchs's prosperity started to deteriorate. This progressed as the bishops authorities weakened and the significance of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel decreased. The Münchs's decline was also due to failed political decisions, especially in periods of conflicts. They quickly got poorer and lost influence to the benefit of the new upper class.

Jerg Münch von Büren/Sterenfels died in 1449, he was the final offspring in this branch of the family.

When Johann IX. Münch died in 1460, as last family member of the Münchs in Landskron, the family branch in Alsace disappeared completely. His brother Burkhard VII. Münch was probably the most renowned of the Münchs from Landskron. Being a Habsburg faithful, he rode as cavalier in 1444 with Dauphin Louis XI and Jean V. de Bueil doing duty as translator and guide for the Armagnacs. The Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs was fought on 26 August 1444. This was a battle of the Old Zürich War. During the battle the Swiss pikemen suffered heavy casualties and were virtually wiped out by the Armagnac forces. Following the bloodbath, Burkhard VII. rode across the slaughter field with a raised visor and was sarcastically mocking the Swiss band of soldiers, as one of the dying pikemen threw a stone into his face. Burkhard VII. died from his wounds three days later. In Swiss patriotic historiography, Burkhard VII has acquired dubious celebrity, as a foil for the stoic bravery of the defenders of St. Jakob an der Birs in 1444.

The process utilized in this research was a method of ‘Data Mining Genealogical Spreadsheets For Diminutive Surnames’ searching for informative, analytical, letter sequences with patterns and trends, which were adopted by families for abbreviated, diminutive surnames, which were derived from the lengthy compound noble surname: MüNCH VON MüNCHENSTEIN-MUTTENZ VON LöWENBERG DE MEIER, when The Münich Dynasty Imperial Reichstag collapsed and nobility in the newly formed Swiss Confederation became unlawful.

Beginning in the 12th Century, during the Middle Ages (1100 to 1453), the Old High Basel Swiss German surnames and Old High Bernese Swiss German and Old High Bernese Swiss French (OHBerSG-OHBerSF) and mixed OHBerSG-OHBerSF surname derived 1st from the Latin word Monachus, meaning monk, then from the compound, noble surname, Münch von Münchenstein-Muttenz von Löwenberg de Meier (the Münch Dynasty), after religious (Bishops), governance(administrative aristocrats for the Habsburg dynasty) and military (mercenary soldiers) attainment, and then transitioned back to many diminutive, extremely different, abbreviated-like surnames. Only bits and pieces of the lengthy, compound surname were recorded. Just imagine the possibilities for simple one worded surnames from the compound surname, Münch von Münchenstein-Muttenz von Löwenberg de Meier (the Münch Dynasty) and the other Münch Dynasty subdivisions. There were many zwigs (twigs / branches) derived from the Münch Dynasty family. The Mischler / Minnix line possibly descended from Hans Thüring II Münch von Münchenstein-Muttenz von Löwenberg.[5]

Many members of the Münch von Münchenstein-Löwenberg family emigrated to the American colonies in the late 17th century up to the start of the American Revolution. "The Ancestors of Charles Minnix Sr.", (by Micheal B. Minix, Sr, MD) traces one family from the Münch von Münchenstein-Löwenberg home in Basel, Switzerland to Franklin County, Virginia. Present-day Münnich, Minnix, Minnich, Minnick, Minnig and other surname variation members of the family are scattered all over the continental United States.

Mink [P]. Meenach, Minnix, Mynix (Meenich,; Mince, Minch [O], or Minnich[P]; Muench, Munch = [P]) [Münk, Münnig] [German Family Names in Kentucky Place Names John Leighly, American Name Society, 1983 - Names, German - 84 pages] Minix: a nickname for one who was a monk[6] Minnix: a nickname for one who was a monk[7] The name Mannix means- monk [meaning of names, Ancestry.com]

Minnig is German, a variant of Minnich.[Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford Univ Press] Minnich Name Meaning - German: from Middle High German münich ‘monk’ (see Monk) ‘Oh, that Minnick is an Irishman; he spells his name with a k,’ illustrates the ignorance of the people in regard to their own names; for Minich and Minnick both come from the original Münch / Muench .”[The German and Swiss settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania.[8]

The altered, diminutive, American surnames MINNIX AND MISCHLER, were derived when the Münich Dynasty collapsed and lost their noble status. The middle class descendants adopted diminutive surnames formed in this family from 1. the core surname Latin Monachus [L.] and the core Swiss German Münch / Mönch / Münnich / Mönnich / Bernese Swiss German Minnig / Münnix / others 2. and the Basel Swiss German Münchler and Bernese Swiss French Mueschler / Meeschler / Mischler / Mishler / Messler / many others from the compound noble alliance surname: MüNCH VON MüNCHENSTEIN-MUTTENZ VON LöWENBERG DE MEIER a. from abbreviated diminutive letter sequence with missing letters derived from the complete compound surname above. b. Swiss and German suffixes -ler and -lerin are usually attached to nouns and designate a person with a particular function. c.the original family functions of Minnix and Mischler descendants were administrative aristicrats of the Habsburg Dynasty, Bishops of Basel, mercenary soldiers, governors, lords and civil servants of the MüNCH VON MüNCHENSTEIN-MUTTENZ VON LöWENBERG DE MEIER Reichstag and civil servants of the Swiss Confederation 3. and other surnames 4. Descendants then spread far and wide to every continent.

Jacob Ulrich Mischler OHBS-French surname was the father of Charles Minnix, Sr. Franklin County, Virginia. The family spoke both very difficult to understand Old High Bernese Swiss(OHBS)-French, when the records identified Old Order Swiss Brethren, Jacob Ulrich Mischler, and OHBS-German, when records identified, his son, Revolutionary War German Flying Camp Unit, veteran, Cpl Charles Minnix, Sr. whose military service in the German unit and frequent entries in German Church Records, Frederick County Maryland plus Jacob Ulrich Mischler’s business and Old Order Swiss Brethren associations are the reasons.

"There are in Botetourt County, Virginia, Germans who spell their name differently i.e. (Minnic, Minnix and Minnich)." 222.

"the Münches....spoke both French and German"....who migrated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. 399.

More specifically, they spoke Old High Bernese Swiss-French and –German. The English euphonic dialectization of Münch sounds like Minnix when written in English records.

The Old High German phonation of Münch /Münnich in 17th and 18th Centuries sounded similar to Menk /Minck and Minnick / Mennix when 3 Old High German language rules are applied to the Münch /Münnich surname: 1. umlaut, -ü is translated-to and sounds-like -ae, -ee or -i Mü = Mee or Mi or Me, long or short e 2. surname undergoes dialect lengthening and -nch becomes –nich, Minch = Minnich. The original Latin surname, Monachus, was a lengthened form. The Latin had been Old High German shortened from the beginning. Minnich / Minnix was the lengthened form similar to Monachus. 3. Old High German graphemic shift from -ich to -ix when applied to Münch / Münnich became Minnicks / Minicks / Minnix / Menix.

The Old High German dialect was different because it was the written classical Church Latin and spoken Alemanni German. The interface was the resultant language. The Old High German Period was from 800-1050AD. The Old High German spoken language was first written in Classical and Church Latin, was preserved years after the period. The Latin written language was used by the Roman Catholic Church to enhance the suppression of paganism and spread Christianity. Old High German was derived from Latin. 350.

In the reference that follows, Jacob Ulrich Mischler surname was also identified in records, when Germanized, Mock, Minach, Meier and Myers or Mockkmeier, Minachmyers, because the family descended from the ancient noble Basel, Switzerland, Münch Dynasty, Münch von Münchenstein-Muttenz von Löwenberg de Meier, the complete, lengthy, compound surname.

The middle class title, after the Münch Dynasty's descent for nobility was de Meier, which stood for government official, minister official, bailiff, mercenary soldier and then written Münchmeier, Münchmayer, Münch de Meier, Münch-la-Meier, Messmer. The place of residence von Münchenstein, the monks stone fortress, and Muttenz diminutive surnamese were Münich, Monochon, Stein meaning stone, Menzinger (Münchensteiner)

Diminutives were single or compound in Old High German; z often denoted an abbreviation of the rest of the diminutive core name Münch and Muttenz to Mantz, Munz, Menz and many others listed in reference below. [The Pennsylvania-German, Volume 8, Philip Columbus Croll, Henry Addison Schuler, Rev. P.C. Croll, 1907 - Pennsylvania Dutch]

Examination of the family lineage diminutive, abbreviated surnames listed below clearly demonstrates the surnames derived from fragments of the noble lengthy compound surname MüNCH VON MüNCHENSTEIN-MUTTENZ VON LöWENBERG DE MEIER.

Just like many of the siblings and cousins listed in the 2016 Zürich Telephone Book, who have different characteristics, but are derived from the same ancestor(s), many of the different surnames are derived from the same precursor(s) surnames.

Family lineage diminutive, abbreviated surnames derived from fragments of the noble lengthy compound surname MüNCH VON MüNCHENSTEIN-MUTTENZ VON LöWENBERG DE MEIER listed in the Telephone book in Zürich, Switzerland 2016: Landenberg Landenberger Leuenberger Lienberger Lundberg Lundeberg Low Löw Lowe Löwen Luttenberger Lundeberg Lustenberger Le Maire Le Meur Le Meyer Lumineau Lundberg Lundeberg Macher Machi Mächler Magener Mager Maier Mainberger Mair Maire Maisch Maisinger Majer Major Manas Manaz Mancic Manecke Manega Manegg Manesh Manetsch Mang Manga Manger Mangia Mangisch Mani Manic Manickam Manixab Männer Mannes Manni Manyak Manz Manz Maschke Matzinger Mauberger Mauch Maucher Mauchle Mauer Maunz Maurer Mauz Mayer Maynou Mayor Mayr Mayer Maynou Mayor Mayr Mechler echner Mecke Meichtry Meienberg Meienberger Meier Meijer Meinecke Meinen Meiner Meiners Meissburger Meisser Meissner Meixger Meixner Ménager Menara Ménard Menexes Meng Menga Mengel Menk Menke Menker Menninger Mensch Menschen Mensik Mentek Menthe Mentzner Messe Messer Messerer Messerle Messerli Messinger Messmer Messner Meunier Mex Meyenberg Meyenberger Meyer Meynadier Meyner Meynadier Meyner Miesch Mindek Ming Minger Mini Minit Mink Minney Minnig Minos Minsch Mire Mirer Mischa Mische Mischke Mischler Mischlinger Mitsch Mische Mischke Mischler Mischlinger Mitsch Mitsche Mixanig Mock Möckel Mockert Möckli Möcklin Moeck Zürich Moennig Moeschler Moeschlin Moesler Moessner Möhn Mohn Moini Moix Monag Mönch Monchau Monego Moni Monica Monies Mönig Monika Monikaheim Monin Moning Moniz Monnier Monod Monsch Monschein Monse Monstein Moog Mookan Moosbrugger Mooser Moosmann Mosbach Mosbacher Mosberger Mösch Mosch Moscheni Möschinger Mösenbacher Moser Moser Moshe Mosimann Mosnak Mössner Moucha Mouche Mounni Moxon Moyer Mozer Mucha Muchenberger Mucher Mucho Mück Mucnjak Muensch Müessli Müggler Muggler Muggli Mugglin Mugnier Munari Muncan Münch München Münchhalde Münchhofen Münchinger Münchow Münchsteig Mund Munderich Mundschin Mundt Mundzic Mundzic Münger Munitic Muniz Munkacsy Munkert Münnix Munoz Munsch Münst Münsterberg Munz Münz Münzel Münzen Münzenmayer Münzenmeier Münzer Munzinger Münzner Muth Müther Muther Muths Muthukumar Mütsch Mutschler Muttenz Mutz Mutzbauer Mutzner Muuse Muzar Myers [Telephone book names in Zürich, Switzerland 2016]

Please see the following for more data and references: MEN OF BERN: 1798 Bürgerverzeichnisse of Canton Bern, Switzerland[9] The following concisely stated Franklin County and Virginia historic accurate records demonstrate Jacob Ulrich Mischler OHBS-French surname change to Minnix in property willed to his daughters, variations in Charles Minnix, Sr. OHBS-German surname and other family lineage name characteristics, variations and relations.

BINNS GENEALOGY 1790 VIRGINIA TAX LIST (This is a tax list which indicates business transactions, not residence) Charles Mayner Franklin Co 1788 Personal B page 18 (Charles Minnix-Mayer or French Meunier/ Monnier) Cisley Minner Franklin Co 1788 Personal B page 16 (Cisley Minnix-Mayer or French Meunier/ Monnier) Minach,Jacob(Ulrich)Augusta 1790 Personal A page 17 Miers, Jacob Loudoun 1789 Personal B page 14 Myers, Jacob Shenandoah 1789 Personal B page 16 Mouser, Jacob, Sen Frederick 1791 Persona lA page 14 Moires, Jacob Frederick 1791Persona lB page 20 Mincen, Jacob Frederick 1791 Persona lA Page 14 Micely, Jacob Rockingham 1789 PersonalA 23 Moier, Jacob Rockingham 1789 PersonalB 20 Muckler, Jacob Loudoun 1789 PersonalA 30 Moyer, Jacob Albemarle 1789 PersonalA 13 Moyer, Jacob Botetourt 1789 PersonalB 08 Myers, Jacob Shenandoah 1789 PersonalB 16 BINNS GENEALOGY 1800 VIRGINIA TAX LIST Charles Miunix Franklin Co 1799 Personal B page 15 Christian MoyersFranklin Co 1799 Personal B page 15 Jacob Myers Franklin Co 1802 Personal C Minach, Jacob Augusta 1800 Persona lA 17 Muckler, Jacob Loudoun 1789 PersonalA 30 Mock, Jacob Loudoun 1802 PersonalA 11 Mitinger, Jacob Loudoun 1802 PersonalB 10 Urner, Jacob Shenandoah 1799 PersonalB 43 Urmey, Jacob(Ulrey) Botetourt 1799 PersonalB 1

FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL BOOK #1: ● witness Charles Minnig 228. (High German graphemic shift from -ig back to –ix) [228. Franklin County, Virginia Wills, 1786-1812 by T.L.C. Genealogy 1991] ● Charles Minnix was a constable in Franklin County, Virginia. ● page 41. inquest taken at Peter Geerheart's Jan, 1789 John was accidentally killed by shotgun. Charles Minix (Mynix) inquired. Witnesses Peter Gearhart, Abram Gearhart, others page 44. ● inquisition at the house of Peter Kingery death of Jacob Kingery fell off a horse and hit a stump and died. Investigated by Charles Mynix, Peter Gerhart, others ● page 77. will of Richard Brown wit Charles Minnix ● page 149. inventory and appraisement of Abraham Gearhart's estate signed Charles Minnix

● Abstracts of eighteenth Century Deed books of Franklin County, Virginia: 229. Db # 1 Oct, 1787 Wit: Peter Gearheart and Charles Minnix, mentions beside Charles Menix conditional line on Hatchet Run. DB # 1 Feb 1787 Wit: Charles Minix, Jacob Boon DB # 1 Oct 1787 mentions Sicely Mennix Conditional Line DB # 3 Nov 1793 Wit: Charles Menix mentions Rentfrows line DB # 3 Sept 1795 Wit: Charles Minnix DB # 3 April 1796 Wit: Charles Mennix mentions to John Boon and Sicily Minnix conditional line ● A deed from Thos. Miller & Elizabeth his wife Jno. Willis & Phoebe his wife to Chas. Menix. A deed from Thos. Miller & Eliza. his wife, to Seicily & Catherin Minnix. p.91. ● Elizabeth the wife of Thos. Miller came into court & volentiarily relingusish'd her right of dower in a tract of land conveyed to Sicily & Catharine Minnix the same to Chastin Minnix (Charles Christian) p.101 ● A deed from Thomas Miller to Charles Minnix and to Catherine and Cecily Minnix same317. ● Charles Minnix paid tax on 150 acres of land from 1788-1807 in Franklin County, Virginia 46. ● Sicily and Catherine Minnix (his sisters) paid tax on 150 acres from 1788-1807 in Franklin County,VA. 46. ● Jacob Mishler deed from Peter Ikengberry (sic) Franklin County, Virginia 1801 ● Jacob Mishler purchased 260 acres from Peter Ikengberry. Deed: 2 Jan 1801 - 260 acres - Peter Ikenberry of Franklin County, Virginia to Jacob Mishler of the same. signed: Partrom Cerfinbeery. Jacob Mishler died in Franklin County, Virginia. The (Ekenbergh family lived in Elizabeth Township, Frederick Maryland c. 1776, near Jacob Mischler and Charles Minnix, Sr.) ● Jacob Mishler II died in 1802 left his home and land in Franklin County, Virginia to his daughters Catharina and Cecilia Mishler - Old High Bernese French (Minnix - German), sisters of Charles Minnix. ● Will of Jacob Mishler1802 March 2, 1802 - The Franklin County, Virginia Will Book 1. contained the will of Jacob Mishler. He left all his estate to his daughter Caty Mishler (Minnix) except for 100 acres of the upper end of the tract of land "I now live on". To the children of his daughter Anna Read {Cecilia / Sicily Minnix} he left that 100 acres but to be lived on by Anna and Martin Read with stipulations and conditions. The will was read and proved in court June 4, 1804. On documents handed by English scribes, he signed with his mark – X – and stamped with his seal ⓪. Since transactions with Peter Ikengberry and others were consummated in the name of Mischler, with – X – and ⓪ Mishler surname continued for him until his death in Franklin County Virginia. [228. Franklin County, Virginia Wills, 1786-1812 by T.L.C. Genealogy 1991] [Virginia Wills/Administration: Moyer, Jacob. ● Publication 1795, Part of index to Botetourt County Wills and Administrations (1770 - 1800) .402-403. Inv. & Appr. rec. July 1795. Sicily Minnix transferred by deed Sicily’s land to Caty in 1804 46. “Jacob (Ulrich) Mishler’s will was read and proved in court June 4, 1804.” {sic - Sicily Mishler / Minnix transferred land to Caty.) ● Sicily Minnix transferred by deed Sicily’s land to Caty in 1804 in compliance with the will of Jacob Mishler [228. Franklin County, Virginia Wills, 1786-1812 by T.L.C. Genealogy 1991] [Jacob Mishler Deed 2 Mar 1802 will book 1. pp. 240-241, research by Franklin County, Virginia Historical Society received 24 Jan 2014] [Virginia Wills/Administration: Moyer, Jacob. Publication 1795, Part of index to Botetourt County Wills and Administrations (1770 - 1800) . 402-403. Inv. & Appr. rec. July 1795.] ● Will of Catherine Minnix, June 4, 1835 left her estate to Polly Kingery wife of Henry Kingery 46. ● (Jacob) Ulrich Messler (Mishler) II , who died in 1802, purchased 500 acres called “Locust Thicket” on Quaker Hill Road, in Union Bridge, Frederick, Maryland in 1767, (Historic Registry.Locust Thicket, Maryland Historic Trust Inventory of Historic Properties # CARR-947) and 1802 bequeathed the home and “Locust Thicket, [ Maryland Historic Registry] to his eldest son, John. That part of Frederick County, Maryland later became Carroll County, MD. Allen Farquhar sold “Locust Thicket”, Maryland to Ulrich Messler [Archives of Maryland online (Biographical Series). Historic Registry, Locust Thicket, Maryland Historic Trust Inventory of Historic Properties # CARR-947 – Ulrich Messler house and farm, Union Bridge] ● Jacob Ulrich Mischler also had land probated in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 Name Probate Date Probate County Table of Contents Jacob Ulrich 15 May 1802 Montgomery Name: Jacob Ulrich Probate Date:15 May 1802 Probate Place:Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1802 Inferred Death Place: Pennsylvania, USA Item Description: Wills, Vol 1-2, 1784-1808

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• THE ANCESTORS OF CHARLES MINNIX, SR., LIBER II, FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, MüNCH VON MüNCHENSTEIN VON LöWENBERG DE MEIER, MINNIX / MINNICK, MINNICH (American Names) (English Euphonic Dialectization of German Core Surname Münch / Münich / Minnig), BY MICHEAL B. MINIX, SR., M.D., MARCH 24, 2014 available in the Franklin County Historical Society 460 S. Main Street, Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151.
• THE ANCESTORS OF CHARLES Minnix, Sr. FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA Münch Dynasty, Münch Von Münchenstein, Münch de Meier 2004, LIBER I BY MICHEAL B. MINIX, SR., M.D, available in the Franklin County Historical Society (FCHS) (Virginia) located at 460 S. Main Street, Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151 and DAR Library, Constitution Hall 1776 D St NW, Washington, DC 20006.

• Münchenstein Heimatkunde. Verlag des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, Liestal 1995, ISBN 978-3-85673-522-7.
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