Immigrant's surname: Glantz
Immigrant's given name(s): Hieronymus
Ship name: Adventure
U.S. arrival date: 23 Sep 1732
Port: Philadelphia, PA
Place of origin: Palatinate, Germany
Source: Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Volume I by Ralph Beaver Strassburger

The surname has been seen with different spellings (Glantz, Clonch, Claunch, Clansh, Clanch, Clounch) in the following records:

1733: Hieronymus Glantz married Erna Barbara Mack, 15 October 1733 in Philadelphia.
[Source: Ancestry.com database, "Early Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages in Southeastern Pennsylvania, as per Claunch Family GenForum Message #288 posted August 11, 2001]

1744: Jeremiah Claunch received 354 acres by patent dated 6 June 1744 on South Fork of Allen's Creek.
[Source: M. L. "Matt" Claunch/ Ralph L. Hayes]

1749: Jeremiah Clansh on tithe list of Lunenburg Co., VA.
[Source: M. L. "Matt" Claunch/ Ralph L. Hayes]

1750: Jeremiah Clanch on tithe list of Lunenburg Co., VA with George Mack in his household.
[Source: M. L. "Matt" Claunch/ Ralph L. Hayes]

1751: Jeremiah Clansh on tithe list of Lunenburg Co., VA with George Mack in his household.
[Source: M. L. "Matt" Claunch/ Ralph L. Hayes]

1752: Jeremiah Claunch on tithe list of Lunenburg Co., VA with George Mack in his household.
[Source: M. L. "Matt" Claunch/ Ralph L. Hayes]

The following land surveys were conducted, possibly after his death and for the purpose of division of property for the heirs:
1765: Survey of 400 acres on Buffaloe Creek in western part of original Brunswick Co., VA for Jeremiah Claunch. This land probably in Henry Co., VA.
1766: Survey of 400 acres on Crack Creek where the New River passes it for Jeremiah Clounch.
1766: Survey of 400 acres on South Fork of Goblin Town Creek for Jeremiah Clounch.
1768: Survey of 400 acres at a branch called Claunches Branch near Richard Adamses line for Jeremian Claunch
[Source: M. L. "Matt" Claunch/ Ralph L. Hayes]

1768: Jeremiah Claunch (unknown if this is father or son) was exempted from payment of levies in Pittsylvania Co., VA (Pittsylvania Co. was formed from Lunenburg and Halifax Counties in 1767.)

More about the connection between Hieronymus Glantz (Jeremiah Claunch) and Dennis Clonch:

"I have not made a positive connection from my earliest Clonch ancestry (Dennis Clonch of Kanawha Co., (W) VA to the emigrant Hieronymus Glantz). I have no doubt, however, that a connection exists. The problem, of course, is getting the correct intermediate families in the correct order. In 1732 our ancestry family arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Adventure. We have an "English" ship captain or his clerk who, for whatever reason, lists our ancestry as Jerimy Glance with a wife and two children. On the captain's list we also find Hance Micalle Glance and Hans Michal Meik. Hans and/or Hance can also, be presumed to be "John". There is on board the Adventure a young girl named Anna Margreate Glance, age 9. Philadelphia required all ships to produce three lists of immigrants: 1) captains list providing name, place of birth and occupation; 2) Oath of allegiance to the Crown for males over 21; and 3) Oath to support the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for males over 21.
List 23A (captain's list): A list of ye names of all ye men and ages on board ye Adventure (Robt. Curson, Mr. from Rotterdam. Qualified Sep 23, 1732.) included the following names: Jerimy Glance, age 29; Marrea Medl. Glance, age 30; Anna Margreate Glance, age 9; Hance Micalle Glance, age 4; Hans Michal Meik no age given.
List 23B (Oath to the Crown): Names of males over 21 included the following: Hieronymus Glantz and Georg Michael Mack
List 23C (Oath to the Commonwealth): Names of males over 21 included the following: Hieronymus Glantz and Georg Michael Mack.
There can be little doubt that Jerimy Glance and Hieronymus Glantz are the same person and that Hans Michal Meik and Georg Michael Mack are the same person. The ship's list was made by a clerk and B and C from signatures. Hieronymus is said to mean Jerome, shortened to Jerimy. It is also said that Hans can be translated as John or Johann.
The records of the LDS church indicate that on 15 Oct 1733 in what would eventually be a part of Lebanon Co., PA, an Hieronymus Glantz married Erna Barbara Mack. This is a documented connection of Glantz to Mack."
[Source: Ralph L. Hayes]

NOTE: I believe that several more children were born to this couple than listed in this database. The sons most likely named a son after Jeremiah which causes much confusion as several Jeremiah's show up along the way. The lineage I have given here: Dennis Clonch, Jeremiah Claunch Jr., Jeremiah Claunch Sr., and Heironymus Glantz (a.k.a. Jeremiah Claunch) is an assumption on my part. I have evaluated all the data from other researchers and find that this is a good possibility.
[Source: Personal comment by Cathy Meder-Dempsey]

• Married: ABT 1723 in Europe

1. Anna Margreate Glance b: ABT 1723
2. John Michael Clontz b: ABT 1728 in Europe

• Married: 15 OCT 1733 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
• Note: http://www.chm.davidson.edu/PAGenWeb/records/stoevermarriages.txt

1. Jeremiah CLONCH b: ABT 1734