Franz Otto ^{1 2 3}

   Other names for Franz were Francis Otto and Frantz Otto.

  Research Notes:

Per http://www.papst-family.canadianwebs.com/custom2.html, "Mary Barbara married Franz Otto [brother of Gottlieb Otto]"
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From http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2591631&id=I530970754:

Baptismal Record of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Schoharie, NY (1728-1899)
Baptismal Date: 1762
Father: Franz Otto
Mother: Elisabeth
Item Number: 648
Child: Franz Sponsor: Matthes Baumann
Birth Date: 07 Nov
Comments: and wife

THE BLOODIED MOHAWK; Fort Plank historian,Ken.D.Johnson,Picton Press,2000. ----------------------------
page 510: " Francis Otto, born in Schoharie township,Schoharie County, New York Nov.6,1758. He was a brother to Johannes Gottlieb Otto who served as a private in Capt. George Rechtmyer's Co. of the United States districts of Scholharie and Duanaesburg District Regiment of militia. At various times during the war he served as a substitute for Gottlieb Otto, John Shaver, and Lomabard Lawyer in the Schoharie Valley forts" reference: RWPA S16216
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This book doesnt give the family genealogy....it's background information on all the men who served in the Schoharie Valley during indian troubles, Revolutionary War, etc. No Papst.

  Death Notes:

May have died on 4 March 1853

  Noted events in his life were:

• Served: in the 15th NY Regiment, Third Company during the Revolutionary War. under Colonel Peter Vrooman and Captain George Rechtmyer.

Franz married Maria Barbara Papst, daughter of Johan Adam Papst (U.E.L.) and Eva Marie Ham, on 20 May 1783 in Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schoharie Twp, (Schoharie), New York, United States. (Maria Barbara Papst was born on 7 Nov 1762 in Schoharie Twp, Albany (Schoharie), New York, (United States),⁴ died in 1798 in Wisconsin, United States and was buried in Perkins Twp, Erie, Ohio, United States.)