Berks County PA Archives History .....QUINTER History 1730-1810
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		ORIGIN OF QUINTER FAMILY IN BERKS COUNTY
    
    By Neil D. Scheidt  April 12, 2010
    
    The name Quinter does not exist in records in America until 1735 with a
    marriage of Thomas Quinter to Sarah Warren, in Massachuttes. And not 
    again until Revolutionary War records of Joseph and Jacob, Berks County
    Pa. volunteers.
    
    Although Quinters are of German origin, the name is not found in records
    of that country. This researcher believes that the name originates from
    common names in Berks County such as Guinter, Guinther and Kintzer. And 
    these names are a variation of the earliest immigrant, Nicholas Günter.
    Nicholas Günter arrived in 1730 from Herren Sultzbach, Bayern, and settled
    in the Tulpehocken region of Berks County. His family became Kintzer.
    There are further immigration records in 1737 and 1738 of three Jacob 
    Kintzers. 
    
    The earliest church records of the Quinter surname were at the Schwarzwald
    Church, Exeter, Berks, Pa. The name appears in early tax records of Amity
    and Exeter township. In 1791 there is a marriage record of Thomas Quinter
    of Amity to Susanna Roth. Thomas settles in the Chester County region.
    
    In the 1800 U.S. Census, there are five Quinter names in the entire country.
    Jacob-Union, Berks., Pa; Joseph N.-Hanover, Montgomery, Pa.; Parr-Albany, NY;
    Peter-Westchester, Pa.; and Thomas-Chester County, Pa. In the 1810 census
    all Quinters are listed only in Pennsylvania. These include Henry, Jacob,
    John-Exeter Twp, Berks County; Thomas in Chester County, Pa.
    
    Following are records found on Quinters in Berks County and immigration 
    records of Gintzers from 1730 through 1810:
    
    1730	Arrival of Nicholas Gintzer (Cünter) on ship Thistle
    1735	Marriage of Thomas to Sarah Warren, Massachuttes
    1737	Arrival of Jacob Gintzer (2)
    1738	Arrival of Jacob Gintzer
    1777	Joseph and Jacob Quinter in Revolutionary War, Berks County, Pa
    1779	Peter, Amity Twp. tax
    1780	Peter, Phillip, Exeter Twp. tax
    1784	Peter, Exeter Twp. tax
    1785	Peter, Joseph, Amity Twp. tax
    1785	Phillip, Exeter Twp. tax
    1786	Birth of Adam, Exeter Twp.
    1786	Marriage of Jacob and Hannah Rothermel, Amity Twp.
    1786	Birth of Jacob, father Phillip
    1789	Marriage of Joseph and Belle Weer, Amity Twp.
    1789	Birth of Peter, father Phillip, Exeter Twp.
    1790 	Census-Jacob, Joseph, Peter, Amity Twp.; Sabina, Exeter Twp.
    1790	Marriage of Sabina Quinter to Phillip Bayer, Exeter Twp.
    1791	Marriage of Thomas and Susanna Roth, Amity Twp.
    1800	Census- Thomas, Chester; Jacob, Union Twp., Berks; Joseph, Montgomery Co.
    1810	Census- Henry, Jacob, John, Peter, Exeter Twp., Berks Co; Thomas, Chester Co.