The Hitts of Mississippi and related families

/par Joseph was the son of Johannes Kuntz and his wife Elsa Schuster. All four sons of Johannes Kuntz were members of the Steelsmiths and Toolmakers Guild of Ferndorf, Freudenberg, and the Four Villages. Joseph's wife, Gertrude, died soon after they came to Virginia, and in 2 CONT 1724 he married Catherine, daughter of John Henry Weaver (1714 immigrant) and his wife, Anna Margaret Huttman. Joseph died in 1731 at Germantown, and he, his wife, and three of his children are buried there.

Stafford County Will Book 1729-48, pages 22-23: Will of Joseph Cowntz, dated October 18, 1730 and probated February 10, 1731, leaves to son Henry my plantation,'' and if he die without issue, it is to go to my daughter Mary Cowntz; to son Tilamn Cowntz 100 acres bought of William Russell; daughter Ann Elizabeth (wife of) Tilman Weaver; daughter Anna Catherine; daughter Mary; daughter Catherine 40 acres on Licking Run joining Jacob Holtzclaw; Tilman Weaver is appointed executor, and is to havemy servant Jeremiah'' and the 4 youngest children until they come to maturity; test, Jacob Holtzclaw, John Kemper, Joseph Martin, Peter Hitt.

Fauquier County Deed Book 1, page 323, May 27, 1762, Joseph Hitt and Mary, his wife, Harman Kemper and Kathering, his wife, and Ann Elizabeth Weaver (Tilman Weaver was dead at this time) sell 100 acres which they inherited from Tilman Cowns, deceased. This deed shows that the descendants of Joseph Cuntz are to be found only through these three daughters, since the other children had died without issue.