Ancestry of
Janis Joplin

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Johann Jost Merten

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Janis Joplin — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 740 
  • Father:
  • Hans Jacob Merten 
  • Mother:
  • Anna Barbara Wurmbach   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 May 1691 
  • Birth Location:
  • Müsen, Nassau-Siegen, Germany 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 1757 to 1759 
  • Death Location:
  • Germantown, Fauquier, Virginia 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Maria Cathrina Otterbach
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  • Children:
  
  

  Henry Martin (Ahnentafel No:370 )

  Eva Martin

  • Notes: 

  • Germanna Colonist

    Johann Jost Merten was a member of the 1714 (or First) Germanna Colony.

    Johann Jost Merten's surname is also seen as Martin and Merdten.

• Sources for Johann Jost Merten

  • ¹ Germanna Foundation Database of Descendants, ID-I050769, Record for Johann Jost Merten.