Note: Either Johann Michael or his son (of the same name, b. 1751) was a Revolutionary War patriot. The only record, so far, is a newspaper account that lists the men returning from war.

Christening of Johann Michael Kuntz:
"1717. On the 27th of December had the same as above a young son at the same place christened, by the name of Michael. Witnesses have been Johann Adolph Weber and his housewife, and Burkhardt Lisch and his housewife."
[Otterberg, Germany -- Reformed Church Parish Records]

Parents: Johann Nicolaus Kuntz and Catharina Margretha Weber Kuntz
of Otterberg, Pfalz, Germany. Catherina Margretha Weber was the son of Hans Valentin and Anna Barbara Weber. Johann Nicolaus Kuntz was the son of Hans Adam and Elizabeth (Edelmann) Kuntz of Kaiserslautern and Otterberg, Germany. Elizabeth Edelmann's father was Johann Jacob Edelmann of Zweibrucken, Pfalz, Germany.

Migration from Germany to Ireland:
"In the year 1709 the Kuntz family left the Wallon-city (Otterberg). This was at a time, when the Protestant English tried to force the establishment of the Reformation with hard and several unfair steps in the Catholic Ireland. The disembarking harbor for the families from Otterberg should have been Cork in the south of the Green Island, because only 22 kilometers east of the city of Cork the Reformed minister Walther Atkin christened in Midleton several more children of the Kuntz family (see notes for Margaretha, Maria Elisabetha, and Michael). After 9 years residing abroad the families Kuntz and Weber decided to return to their home country. Nikolaus Kuntz asked for a written extract from the Christening book of Midleton for his there born children, which was signed by the minister Walther Atkin on 23 April 1718. After arriving in Otterberg, he presented the christening documents to the minister: 'This according to the christening document which was brought along, and the extract out of the church book of the parish Middleton, dated 23 April 1718, and signed by a Walther Atkin.' In the German Reformed church book the minister placed Margaretha and Maria Elisabetha on page 179 and 195 in the christening register, and Michael on page 204. Under his entry the Wallon-Reformed minister Johann Peter Engelmann made the following remark: 'The christening documents were presented to me, but because they are so worn-out, I copied them into this book, on the 18 June 1725.'"
[Heinrich Herzog, Kaiserlautern, Germany, 10 July 1995]

"The following was written into the Otterberg Reformed Church Records on the return of the Nicolaus Kuntz family to Otterberg from their stay in Ireland: 'This according to the christening document which was brought along, and the extract out of the church book of the parish Middleton, dated 23 April 1718, and signed by a Walther Atkin.' An additional old German dialect paragraph was entered into the Otterberg Reformed Church Records along with the Christening records from Ireland and was met with more difficulty by Fraulein Petra Suess translating in to an English version. Following is a free translation of why the Christening entries of the three children born in Ireland were entered into the Otterberg 'Kirckeprotocollis': 'In 1709 families left Otterberg for a foreign country, because of the hard times, even all the way to Ireland. They were good Christians, of good character, conducting a good life, being highly respected in the community, and they did not desert from their country, but left with permission. The parents were legally married and the children legally christened in Ireland and the parents asked him to enter the children's Christenings into the church records. He states that he thought it necessary to mention this statement into 'Kirckeprotocollis'."
[Heirich Herzog/David Reynolds Koontz]