Honssinger Family

Germany to Canada & then to Drynob

John Honssinger Family

John Honssinger Sr. was born in Germany about 1760 according to the Federal Census. He married Margaret in Canada (?) about 1797. They migrated to Franklin County, Missouri by 1823. Then by 1828 they were living in Pulaski County according to the tax list.

Research Information

Reflected below just general research information that I have acquired that may help others research this family further. The Honssinger may have been originally Huntzinger. Here is a summary of what I'm trying to piece together:

	John Honssinger may come with his dad Johannes Huntzinger with the palatines imported in the ship Robert and Oliver, of Dublin, Walter Goodman, Commander, from Rotterdam, last from Dover. - 320 passengers one of the passengers listed is Johannes Huntzinger. Johannes Huntzinger lived in Allentown, PA.
	Johannes Huntzinger had three son's with him Johannes, Johannes Micheal and George. Maybe the first Johannes maybe John Honssinger since he had to have come over on the boat since the census had reflected he was born in Germany.
	Johannes Huntzinger had sworn support of the king and George had supported the King. After the war George was told to leave the U.S. and he and hundreds of others traveled the "Road of the black walnut" to ST. Catherines Ontario where he was deeded land by the King. Last known record is 1790 in the U.S.
	John must have went with the family to St. Catherines Ontario with the others. He met Margaret maybe in Canada (?) and had all five children there in Canada. Children: John b abt 1798, Jacob b 20 Jan 1799, Rebecca, Viney, and Mary b 2 July 1808.

I became aware that the Honssingers may actually be Huntzingers by finding these posts:

http://www.stonecabin.com/wwwboard/messages/373.html

http://www.stonecabin.com/wwwboard/messages/558.html

There is a Hunsicker Y-DNA in progress that reflects the results of the John Honssingers line. See kit 92015, John Honsinger:

http://www.kerchner.com/hunsicker/hunsickerdna.htm

These Y-DNA results suggest a very close ancestry with Hunsicker and Hunsinger.

I found this Sullivan Co., PA Site:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasulliv/

A John Hunsinger is reflected as an early settler under the map.

Carol Jo Biship found this site that mentions Phillip Honssinger:

http://www.genealogycanada.ca/norton/prehenry.htm

I went to my local library and found this information:

There was a Swiss man named Samuel Huntziger living in Switzerland until 1711. They stated they did not know where he moved to. (I wanted to make a copy of this but I ran out of change so I have to go back - so this reflects what I remember) The index did mention other similar names such as Hundsicker, Hunseker, Hunfinger, Hunsinger, and Huntsicker.

There was also a book called 'Rhineland Emigrants Lists of German Settlers in Colonial America' by Don Yoder. published 1981 ( I did copy this book's pages), page 133

Hunsicker (Honsaker, Hunsecker, Hunsinger, Hunzinger, Hunziker, Unziker) Of Aargau orgin to the Palatinate, Alace (BA 47). Valentine Hunsicker (1700-1771), 1717 to Montgomery Country, settled at Skippack; families in Pennsylvania, Illinos, Ohio (ME II: 844-845; MC 169-170)

Swiss form: Hunziker; in Cts Aargau, Bern (Schwarzhausen, Wynau, Thun) and Luzern (HBLS IV:324).
Elisabeth Hartman, and six children, named Huntseker, on the Pennsylvania Merchant, September 10, 1731 (PGP 1:43, 44)

Name Variations

Variations on the Hunsaker surname are: Hunsicker, Hunsecker, Hunsiker, Hunziger, Huntzinger and Hunsucker. Supposedly, the name derives from the origins of Valentine Hunsicker, in the centre of the Schwartzwald (the German Black Forest), about 70 miles north of Zurich where there is found a district which bears names from the time of Attila the Hun, in Hunstruck, Hunstruecker, Hunsbach, and in the center of the valley, Hunseck (Huns' Valley). It is believed that the name Hunsecker came from this valley and possibly this is the origin of the family.

I have also seen Honssinger spell as: Honsinger, Hunsinger, and Hinsinger.

John and Margaret's Descendants

John Honssinger Jr. , Son of John and Margaret Honssinger, was born in Canada about 1798. He married Matilda Gillespy in 1821. They are reflected on the Pulaski County tax list in 1828. They had 12 children.

In the one of the Laclede Co. History of John F Honssinger it states that they were originally from Canada, then moved to Franklin County, Missouri. In 1829 settled on Osage Fork River which is now part of Laclede Co.

The Laclede Co. History book, the George James' story states the Honssinger family came to Laclede Co, MO in 1835 from Tennessee in covered wagons drawn by oxen (this cannot be accurate if son Thomas was born in Franklin Co., MO in 1823 - I believe they may have lived either TN or KY prior to MO).