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Hans Heinrich HERTZEL Jr was born in 1684. Immigrated in 1732. Parents: Hans Heinrich HIRTZEL Sr. and Margaretha RUDI.

He was married to Elizabeth SCHUCH in Reihen, Swiss?.

Hans Heinrich HERTZEL was born on 25 Sep 1681 in Reihen, Baden, Germany.⁽⁴²²¹⁾ Immigrated 1732. According to Gloria C Hartzell, immigrated on ship "Pink Plaisance, arriving port of Philadelphia on 9-21-1732 with their family or at least their son Leonard. Parents: Clemens HIRTZEL and Anna SINTER.

Children were: Anna Christina HERTZEL, Hans Leonard HERTZEL, Jacobina HERTZEL.

Hans Jacob HERTZEL was born in 1716. He was christened on 16 Feb 1716 in Reihen, Baden, Germany. He died on 9 Feb 1781 in Northampton Co, PA.⁽³⁹⁰³⁾ Parents: Hans (John) Georg HIRTZEL Sr. and Anna Margretha CONRAD.

Children were: Jonas HARTZELL, Johann Philip HARTZEL, Regina HARTZELL, Christina HARTZELL, Jacob HARTZELL, Anna Marie HARTZELL, Elizabeth HARTZELL, John HARTZELL.

Hans Leonard HERTZEL was born in 1708. He died. Died between 1790 and 1793. Settled in Wms twp, Northampton Co, Pa. Parents: Hans Heinrich HERTZEL and Anna Barbara UMBERGER .

Hans Paul HERTZEL was born in 1677. Immigrated 1732 Parents: Hans Heinrich HIRTZEL Sr. and Margaretha RUDI .

Children were: George Heinrich HERTZEL.

Hans Ulrich HERTZEL was born in 1705 in Reihen, Baden, Germany. He died in 1771.⁽⁵⁰²⁾ Crossed the Atlantic with his brother Hans Georg Hertzell and family in ship "William and Sarah" from Rotterdam, landed Philadelphia 18 Sept 1727. Parents: Clemens HIRTZEL and Anna SINTER.

Children were: George HERTZEL, Jacob HERTZEL, Ulrich HERTZEL, Henry HERTZEL, John Mark HERTZEL, Margaret HERTZEL, Barbara HERTZEL.

Henry HERTZEL⁽⁵⁰²⁾ was born in 1745. He died in 1799. Parents: Hans Ulrich HERTZEL and Margaret LNU.

Jacob HERTZEL⁽⁵⁰²⁾ was born in 1734 in Bucks Co, Pa.⁽⁴²²²⁾ Parents: Hans Ulrich HERTZEL and Margaret LNU.

Children were: Jacob HARTZELL, Elizabeth HARTZELL, Paul HARTZELL, Hannah HARTZELL, Michael HARTZELL, Abraham HARTZELL, Isaac HARTZELL, Jonas HARTZELL.

Jacobina HERTZEL was born in 1717. Parents: Hans Heinrich HERTZEL and Anna Barbara UMBERGER.

Johan Leonard HERTZEL was christened on 29 Sep 1726 in Reihen, Baden, Germany. He died in 1774.⁽⁵⁰²⁾ Parents: Hans (John) Georg HIRTZEL Sr. and Anna Margretha CONRAD.

Children were: George HARTZELL, John HARTZELL, Leonard HERTZEL, Jonathan HERTZEL.

Children were: Susanna HERTZEL , Sara HERTZEL.

Johann Dietrich HERTZEL was christened on 31 Aug 1722 in Reihen, Baden, Germany. He died in 1779. Parents: Hans (John) Georg HIRTZEL Sr. and Anna Margretha CONRAD.

Children were: George HERTZEL, Eva Catharine HERTZEL.

John HERTZEL⁽⁴²²³⁾ was born on 29 Sep 1741 in Lower Saucon township, Northampton Cty, Pa.⁽⁴²²⁴⁾ He died in 1777 in Allen Township, Northampton Co, Pa.⁽⁴²²⁵⁾ Was a shoemaker from a "prominent" Pennsylvania family, moved to Salisbury township after the sale of his father's plantation. Parents: Hans (John) George HERTZEL Jr. and Catharine SCHMETZER.

Children were: Elizabeth HERTZEL, George Adam HERTZEL, Mary HERTZEL, Susannah HERTZEL, Leah HERTZEL.

John HERTZEL was born on 3 Sep 1774 in Northampton Co, PA.⁽¹⁰⁰⁸⁾ He was christened on 25 Sep 1774 in Dryland Reformed Lutheran Church, Bucks Co, PA.⁽¹⁰⁰⁸⁾ Parents: John Adam HERTZEL Sr and Anna Maria Clara SCHLAUCH.

John Adam HERTZEL Sr⁽⁴²²⁶⁾⁽⁴⁰²⁰⁾⁽¹⁰⁰⁸⁾ was born on 24 Apr 1747 in Hertzels, Lower Saucon twp Bucks Co Pa. He died on 1 Jan 1824 in Mount Pleasant Twp, Westmorland Co, Pa.⁽¹⁰⁰⁶⁾ Death date is given as 1840 in "Kansas Pioneers". Place given as Rock Island county, Il.
Merged General Note:
Moved from Northampton County, Pennsylvania to Mount Pleasant township, Westmoreland county, Pa in 1794.

Merged General Note:
Served as a private 5th class, 1st company, 2nd Battalion, Northampton County Pa Militia

Appears on page 310 of DAR Patriot Index.

Following notes contained in Middleton GEDCOM: They moved from Forks township, Northampton Co, PA to Westmorland Co, PA about 1790. Their form was located at the headwaters of the Sewickley Creek, in Mt. Pleasant township, Westmorland Co, PA. John Adam Hartzell was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and is listed in the 1966 DAR Patriot Index on page 310. John Adam Hertzel, like this father and his grandfather, dropped his first name of John and is commonly known as Adam Hertzel. He was by trade a cordwainer (shoemaker) according to the released deed. He lived first in Bethlehem Township, Northampton Co, where the acreage of his farm is listed on early tax lists, and later on a farm in Forks Township, adjacent to Bethlehem Twp. PA Archive Third Series, Volume 19. Hertzel, Adam, pg24 1772 Northampton, Bethlehem Twp Farmer Tax 1L 12s. pg 143 1785 Bethlehem Forks, Farmer, 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cattle, Tax 1L 0s 6d. Hertzel, Adam pg 198 1786, 180 acres 2 horses 2 cattle Tax 1L 2s 6d. Hertzel, Adam pg 368 1788 180 acres 2 horses 3 cattle Tax 1L 5s 2d.

Adam Hertzel enlisted from Forks Township and served in the American Revolution as Private 5th Class, First Company, Second Battalion, Northampton County Militia; Captain, Jacob Buss; Colonel Roubp in Command. The 1790 US Census of Northampton Co lists Adam Hertzell of Forks Township, pg 63, 1 male over 16, 3 under 16, 4 females. The first Reformed Church of Easton, Pa., included charges of Williams, Lower Saucon, Plainfield, Dryland and others. Records contain the names of many members of the Hertzel family including baptisms of 12 children of Adam and Anna Maria Clara Hertzel, who attended the German Reformed and Lutheran Union Church in Hecktown (Dryland), a few miles from "Hartzells".

"Adam Hartzell, Sr. moved from eastern PA and settled in Westmoreland Co, PA in 1794. A deed from Mr. Wm. McGray, Sr. to Adam Hartzell, Sr. recites that a tract of land was patented by John Penn the older and John Penn the younger on June 14, 1794 to Wm. McGray, and by him conveyed to Adam Hartzell, Sr. Nov 6, 1794. (Deed book 8, pg 310). On August 29, 1808, Adam Hartzell, Sr. divided the above tract among his sons, Adam Jr, John George, John and Leonard Hartzell. Adam Hartzell, Sr. built a stone house on the above tract in which I was born. A tablet in the gable was marked "A.H. 1804". This dewlling stood for nearly 100 years. The above tract of land is located on the head waters of Sewickly Creek, in Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland, PA" The above is wuoted from a letter written by George S. Rumbaugh of Greensburg, PA, July 19, 1929, to Dr. J. Culver Hartzell.

John Adam Hartzell paid $663 for the land mentioned which contained 500 Acres and was located about 6 miles from Greensburg, county seat of Westmoreland Co. The Greensburg Gazette (Westmoreland Co) for January 9, 1824, (copy to be found inthe State Library at Harrisburg, PA), carries a notice of the death of Adam Hartzel, stating that he died in his 77th year at Mount Pleasnat Twp after a lingering illness of nearly 12 years. It further says that he was "and old and respectable inhabitant of Westmoreland County". This from the work of Helen Jackson Black.

Flags: Veteran=N Parents: Hans (John) George HERTZEL Jr. and Catharine SCHMETZER.

He was married to Anna Maria Clara SCHLAUCH in Jun 1768 in Bucks Co, Pa.⁽¹⁰⁰⁸⁾ Children were: Catherine HERTZEL, Anna Maria HERTZEL, Anna HERTZEL, John HERTZEL, Sarah HERTZEL, Maria Margaret HERTZEL, John Adam HARTZELL Jr., Jonathan (Johannes) HERTZEL , Leonard HERTZEL, Susanna HERTZEL, John George HARTZELL, Eva Christine HERTZEL.

John Mark HERTZEL⁽⁵⁰²⁾ was born in 1746. He died in 1771. Parents: Hans Ulrich HERTZEL and Margaret LNU.

Jonathan HERTZEL⁽⁵⁰²⁾ was born in 1773. He died in 1838. Parents: Johan Leonard HERTZEL and Esther LEIB.

Jonathan (Johannes) HERTZEL⁽²⁰¹⁾ was born on 25 May 1782. He was christened on 4 Jun 1782 in Dryland Reformed Lutheran Church, Bucks Co, PA.⁽¹⁰⁰⁸⁾ Parents: John Adam HERTZEL Sr and Anna Maria Clara SCHLAUCH.

Leah HERTZEL⁽⁴²²⁷⁾. Parents: John HERTZEL and Anna Barbara HITTEL.

Leonard HERTZEL was born on 26 Nov 1783. He was christened on 23 Dec 1783 in Dryland Reformed Lutheran Church, Bucks Co, PA.⁽¹⁰⁰⁸⁾ Parents: John Adam HERTZEL Sr and Anna Maria Clara SCHLAUCH.

Leonard HERTZEL⁽⁵⁰²⁾ died in 1822. He was born 17631. Parents: Johan Leonard HERTZEL and Esther LEIB.

Magdalena HERTZEL was born on 26 Aug 1737 in Pennsylvania. She died in 1817.⁽⁵⁰²⁾ Parents: Hans (John) George HERTZEL Jr. and Catharine SCHMETZER .

Margaret HERTZEL⁽⁵⁰²⁾ was born in 1757. Parents: Hans Ulrich HERTZEL and Margaret LNU.

Maria Margaret HERTZEL was born on 25 Feb 1778. She was christened on 12 Apr 1778 in Dryland Reformed Lutheran Church, Bucks Co, PA.⁽¹⁰⁰⁸⁾ Parents: John Adam HERTZEL Sr and Anna Maria Clara SCHLAUCH.

Mary HERTZEL⁽⁴²²⁸⁾ Parents: John HERTZEL and Anna Barbara HITTEL.

Melchoir HERTZEL was christened in 1718. Parents: Christoph Stoffel HERTZEL.

Nathan HERTZEL was born about 1753.⁽⁵⁰²⁾ Purchased land in Luzern county Pa, near Wiles-Barre. Parents: Hans (John) George HERTZEL Jr. and Catharine SCHMETZER .

Sara HERTZEL⁽⁵⁰²⁾ was born in 1749. Parents: Johan Leonard HERTZEL and Anna Maria FRANTZ.

Sarah HERTZEL was born on 18 Jan 1776 in Northampton Co, PA.⁽¹⁰⁰⁸⁾ She was christened on 18 Feb 1776 in Dryland Reformed Lutheran Church, Bucks Co, PA.⁽¹⁰⁰⁸⁾ Parents: John Adam HERTZEL Sr and Anna Maria Clara SCHLAUCH.

Susanna HERTZEL⁽²⁰¹⁾ was born in 1786. She died on 29 Jul 1876. Parents: John Adam HERTZEL Sr and Anna Maria Clara SCHLAUCH.

Susanna HERTZEL⁽⁵⁰²⁾ was born in 1747. Parents: Johan Leonard HERTZEL and Anna Maria FRANTZ.

Susanna Catharina HERTZEL was born on 18 Jan 1751. Parents: Hans (John) George HERTZEL Jr. and Catharine SCHMETZER .

Susannah HERTZEL⁽⁴²²⁹⁾. Parents: John HERTZEL and Anna Barbara HITTEL.

Twin Boy HERTZEL was born in 1699 in Reihen, Baden, Germany. He died CHILD in Reihen, Baden, Germany. Parents: Clemens HIRTZEL and Anna SINTER.

Twin Girl HERTZEL was born in 1699 in Reihen, Baden, Germany. She died CHILD in Reihen, Baden, Germany. Parents: Clemens HIRTZEL and Anna SINTER.

Ulrich HERTZEL⁽⁵⁰²⁾ was born in 1736. He died in 1816. Parents: Hans Ulrich HERTZEL and Margaret LNU.

HERTZELL

Children were: Otto L HERTZELL, Lena HERTZELL, Fred HERTZELL.

Fred HERTZELL (Private). Parents: HERTZELL and Anna Maria LIEBRICH.

Lena HERTZELL⁽⁴²³⁰⁾ was born in 1885 in Oh. She appeared on the census on 18 Apr 1910 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH.⁽⁴²³¹⁾ Parents: HERTZELL and Anna Maria LIEBRICH.

Otto L HERTZELL⁽⁴²³²⁾ was born in 1878 in Germany or OH.⁽⁴²³³⁾ He appeared on the census on 18 Apr 1910 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH.⁽⁴²³⁴⁾ Wonder if this is the same person as Otto Liebrich, adopted son of Michael Hirtzell? Parents: HERTZELL and Anna Maria LIEBRICH.

He was married to Augusta W LIEBRICH on 15 Aug 1900.⁽⁴²³⁵⁾

Elizabeth HERTZLER⁽⁴³⁾.

Abraham HESS⁽¹¹⁰⁸⁾ died in Oh.

Children were: Mary E HESS.

Mary E HESS⁽¹¹⁰⁸⁾ was born in 1845 in near Dayton, OH.⁽⁴²³⁶⁾ She appeared on the census on 1 Aug 1870 in Washington Twp, Johnson Co, Mo.⁽⁴²³⁷⁾ She died about 1891 in Johnson Co, Mo. Parents: Abraham HESS and Susannah REYNOLDS.

She was married to Cyrus Alexander CONNER on 19 Apr 1866. Children were: William Sherman CONNER, Agnes CONNER, Lucy Mabel CONNER, Elizabeth Ann CONNER, Arthur A CONNER, Lucian Stanley CONNER, Mary Louisa CONNER, Walter Otto CONNER, Luther Cyrus CONNER.

Deborah HEYET⁽¹²⁷⁷⁾

Children were: Jan DEMAREST.

Elizabeth HICKERSON⁽¹⁹¹⁶⁾.

Mary HICKERSON⁽²⁹⁵⁾.

She was married to James HURST on 14 Aug 1849.

Mack Lee Roy HICKEY (Private).

Alfred HICKMAN⁽¹⁸⁶²⁾ died before 1915.

Catharina HICKMAN⁽⁵⁰²⁾.

Children were: George HERTZEL, Eva Catharine HERTZEL.

Susanna HICKMAN was born about 1745.

H. C. HICKOK⁽⁴²³⁸⁾.

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