Descendants of Johannes (1712) HAHN
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Johannes (1712) HAHN1 was born on 12 Jun 1712 in Freckenfeld, Germany. He died on 21 Apr 1793 in Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina. Family Tree Maker has made a number of errors in this family's history. If this is your first foray into genealogy, be very careful about the FTM information.
The primary source for this work is "German Speaking People West of the Catawba River 1750-1800" by Lorena Shell Eaker. She alsopublished The Shoe Cobbler's Kin, A Genealogy of the Peter Eaker Sr. Family 1701-1976 Vol. I and 1985 Vol. II. The Hahn family is detailed in this as well, along with many other Catawba County, NC families.
The names are very confusing. For instance, I found Johannes, Johann, Johan, John; Uttilla, Othelia, Othile, who may be sisters or may be the same person; Anna, Anna Mary, Anna Magdalena, Magdalena, Magdalina; Marie, Maria; Catherine, Catharine; Catherina, Catharina; Simpson, Sampson; and many, many names that were the same as an aunt or mother, uncle or father, cousin, and in some instances similar names within a family.
Note from Linda: often while searching census records, I found the surname spelled Hawn rather than Hahn. There is a rumor that Johannes changed his surname to Hahn to honor King George but I have yet to see any proof. If someone has proof, please let me know. I can't imagine how changing his name would in any way honor King George.
I also found conflicting information in databases compiled by other people but it's obvious these people are only copying what they saw somewhere else. I used Mrs. Eaker's work because of her personal viewing or reports from people knowledgeable in the field when viewing and recording documents. Family Tree Maker has made a number of errors in this family's history.
The following is from Shoe Cobbler's Kin by Lorena Shell Eaker, used by permission:"Johannes Hahn b. 6-12-1712 Freckenfeld, Germany (Rhenish Bavaria) m. (1) ca 1736-37 Freckenfeld (?) Elizabeth Margaretha Forster b. ca 1715 Germany d. ca 1760 Pa.
His second marriage was in 1763 Pa. to Agnes Langlin b. 4-14-1730 Darnmsatdt, Pfalz, Germany d. 4-13-1814 Lincoln Co., N.C., dau. of Johannes Langlin, who came to the colonies Sept. 26, 1737 on Ship St. Andrew Galley bringing his family with him. Agnes was baptised on Nov. 7, 1734 at Dirmstein, Germany (about 20 miles
south of Freckenfeld). Johannes and Elizabeth Margaretha arrived in
Philadelphia, Pa. on Ship Janet (or Ganet) 10/17/1751. Elizabeth died in Pa. Johannes married Agnes 1765. Johannes Jacob Hahn Jr. appears in the Freckenfeld Lutheran Church records on 8 April 1736 as
the single son of Johan Jacob Hahn."Elisabetha Margaretha appears on the same date as single daughter of Jonas Forester or Forster. However, the names Conrad and Johann Jacob Jr. appear as brothers on church documents. They immigrated to Pa. with other Hahns. Birth records of Maria Catherina, Maria Margaretha, Johannes Jr., Anna Maria, Johannes Jacob, Elizabeth Margaretha, Benedict, Joshua and George were taken from birth records of the Lutheran Church at Freckenfeld Pfalz, Germany, now in the State Archives at Speyer, Germany."
(Note from Linda: Family Tree Maker and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints lists brothers of Johannes as Conrad, b. 1714 Renish, Bavaria, Germany; and Johann Jacob Hahn Jr. b. Feb. 1726/27.)
From Mrs. Eaker's account: "Johannes and wife, Elizabeth Margaretha, came with the surviving children to America on Ship Janet. He subscribed and took the oath of allegiance on Oct. 7, 1751...left an account of his life...
"I, Johannes Hahn born June 12, 1712 Freckenfeld in Germany near Landau in the Two Bridge community named Gutenberg. In the year 1751,I came to this part of the world called America. Written Sept. 12, 1789.
"Walter Hahn makes note that the Two Bridge Community was on the estate or domain of two bridges. Freckenfeld is located some nine miles west of the Rhine River and about the same distance south of the city of Landau. This district is now known as Freckenfelt, 1d,Pf. Germany. Landau can be located on some maps on the extreme southern border of Bavaria...
"According to tradition, Johannes and Agnes' first child, Christian,was born on the first night of their arrival in Lincoln Co., N.C.where they were camped on the east bank of Clark's Creek."
You can read the account by Col. George Yoder at the request of Abel Quincy Hawn and the addendum by Abel Quincy's great-granddaughter Allie Hawn Glenn here. Col. Yoder is short on facts and long on supposition but in those days he would have had little to draw from.
More supposition intersperspersed with fact from Walter Hahn, "Walter Hahn's note: Johannes Hahn took up camp at that location for four weeks and within this period of time, in company with his sons, set about to locate their home in the south. After a few days prospecting, he located and selected a homesite on both sides of Henry's River, now Burke and Catawba County line. After a house, the next building erected was a building to shelter the stock, and a loom house, for his loom, since he was a weaver by trade. The location of the above homesite of Pioneer Hahn is five miles east or southeast ofthe present city of Hickory, N.C.
Living in the wide open spaces, families had to call on all their resources just to survive. For instance, the efforts of Johannes Hahn's daughters on one occasion are recounted in Dr. Gary Freeze's "The Catawbans," a historical perspective of the region.
"Tories rode up unexpectly on the farm of John Hahn one day. Hahn, who lived a mile south of Henry Weidner, had stood with other Whigs in the pledge of loyalty under the famous oak. Hahn was in the weave shed and quickly hid a bag of money under the floor. When Hahn refused to reveal the location of the bag, the Tories found a rope, looped it around his neck and according to G. M. Yoder, "drew him up till he turned blue." Exasperated, the Tories left the gasping Hahn and went to his barn to steal his horse. Two daughters rushed from the house, stationed themselves at the stable door, armed with axes, and announced to the bandits that "they intended to make sausage" of the first man to enter the door. The bandits left. Since Hahn lived until 1791, the daughters must have then rushed to free his neck."
Col. Yoder continued in the Hahn document, "In North Carolina he reared a second family. In addition to Christian, there were Peter, Jacob, Frederick, Utilla, Sarah and possibly one named Othelia. The earlier accounts on this family lists one unnamed daughter as having married Andrew Marks. One account only lists her name as Othelia. Grandfather Hahn did not indicate her name in the will. Perhaps she was the same as Utilly and had two marriages."
Mrs. Eaker was unable to determine anything further by the records in the N.C. State Dept. of Archives regarding the settlement of the estate.
"Legal document: Lincoln County, N.C. Deedbook 16 pg. 301: Oct. 12,1790 Christian Neigh of Lincoln County, N.C. to Martin Speagle and John Hawn, Trustees of the Lutheran Congregation on Jacobs River, the South Fork of the Catawba River, for five pounds lawful money of the state of North Carolina. Ten acres for the purpose of these Deutsch Lutheran congregation for divine Worship and school to instruct youth. Part of 20 acres of land granted to Christian Neigh of the then county of Burke on Warrant Fe. 10, 1779 and granted May 18, 1789 in Lincoln Co., N.C. Signed Michael Cline, Johannes Hahn, Andrew Stockinger, Christian Nei.
"The first church structure was a two story log affair about 30 by 36 ft. and finished with neatness and considerable ornament for that period. There was a balcony across the south end, but only those who sat on the front row of the balcony could see the pastor, the beauty of the pulpit and the chancel. A sounding board was placed over the pulpit.
(Mrs. Eaker's note: the foregoing description was found in the N.C. State Dept. of Archives in the church records. A similar account was given in "History of Catawba County" edited by Charles J. Preslar Jr. which also gives the following record about our Hahn progenitor:
("The edifice of the church was completed during the latter part of 1791. A granddaughter of Trustee (Johannes) Hahn, Saloma Weaver (daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth Margaret Hahn Weaver, was born March 18, 1791 and the grandfather was especially anxious that the child be baptised in the new church. The father, however, not being pleased with the idea of deferring the baptismal, had the child baptised at St. Paul's Church) (a few miles away)." Please see the history of Zion Church elsewhere in these pages.
(Mrs. Eaker's note: the dispute must have been no small one to have been recorded in the county history. The Deutsch Lutheran Church later changed the name to Zion Lutheran Church and is still in existence today and sits atop a small knoll off of Highway 127 five miles south of Hickory, N.C. She continues, "History records that Grandfather Johannes Hahn was one of the very first if not the first to be buried in the cemetery adjoining that church lot."
Inscription on the tombstone in German, translated by Walter Hahn, "The one on the cross is my love, My love is Jesus Christ, Johannes Han, born June 12, 1712, Died April 21, 1793."
A letter from Louis Fournier, which can be found in the letters section, says says that Johannes died at the age of 77 years.
Agnes Langlin Hahn is buried by his side with only a crude stone marker indicating her grave.
Sources:
*Hahn family history compiled by G. M. Yoder at the request of A.Q.
Hahn, a great-grandson of John (Johannes) Hahn and your author's
great-grandfather. Additional
information by Allie Hawn Glenn in April 1949 .
**Papers of Walter Hahn, Hickory, N.C. and W. P. Yount, Missouri, copied by Mary Hahn Abernethy. The papers are in the archives of Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, N.C. Additional information by Sarah Whitener Abernethy from research.
**Birth records of the Lutheran Church at Freckenfeld Pfalz, Germany,
now in the State Archives at Speyer, Germany. Additional information
also obtained by Sarah Whitener Abernethy from research.
**L.D. (Joe) Laughridge, 742 Wayne Avenue, Pocatello, Idaho 83201
from LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints/Mormon)
records.
**Milly Hunt, 4111 Chambers Lake Dr. SE, Lacey, WA 98503
**Gladys Edwards, 1712 147 Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98006
**Neil Bost Glenn, 210- Clarkson Lane VeroBeach, Fla 32963
**Phyllis Ferguson, 1303 Langford St., College Station Texas 77840
**Donna Bartholow, bbartho@sprynet.com
**Vickey Hahn, LiztheLady@aol.com
(Thanks to Vickey Hahn, LiztheLady@aol.com for information on this
line.)
First Marriage
Johannes (1712) HAHN and Elizabeth Margaretha FORSTER were married about 1737 in Freckenfeld, Germany.2 Family Tree Maker says the marriage date is 1736. Elizabeth Margaretha FORSTER3 (daughter of Jonas FORSTER) was born about 1720 in Germany. She died about 1757 in York Co., Pa..
LDS records say she died in 1760 in Berks County, PA. LDS records say Elizabeth Margaretha was born 1715 and died 1760
Johannes (1712) HAHN and Elizabeth Margaretha FORSTER had the following
children:
+2 i. Maria Catherina HAHN, born on 29 Jul 1738, Freckenfeld, Germany; married Simon CRON, on 18 Feb 1757, Canadochly Union Church, York Co., Pa..
3 ii. Maria Margaretha HAHN4 was born on 28 Mar 1741 in Freckenfeld, Germany. Mrs. Eaker says Maria Margaretha married a Shenberger in York Co., PA and remained there. Not identified in US record.
4 iii. Johannes , Jr. HAHN5 was born on 20 Dec 1743 in Freckenfeld, Germany. He died on 24 Dec 1743 in Freckenfeld, Germany. Buried in Freckenfeld, Germany
5 iv. Anna Maria (1) HAHN6 was born on 5 Nov 1744 in Freckenfeld, Germany. Has not been identified in US records.
+6 v. Johann Jacob HAHN, born on 27 Dec 1747, Freckenfeld, Germany; married Rosina NIGH, in 1770, Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina; died on 1 Nov 1801, Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina.
7 vi. Elizabeth Margaretha HAHN was born on 29 Mar 1749 in Freckenfeld, Germany. She died on 17 Apr 1749 in Freckenfeld, Germany.
+8 vii. Benedict HAHN, born on 4 May 1750, Freckenfeld, Germany7; married Unknown HOUCK, about 1771, Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina; died between 1806 and 10, Bollinger County, Mo..
+9 viii. Joshua HAHN, born about 1753, York Co., Pa.; died about 1807, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
10 ix. Samuel HAHN8 was born on 1 Dec 1755 in York Co., Pennsylvania.9 No further record nor any indication he ever arrived in N.C. Probably died young. Could this be Joshua?
11 x. Rebecca HAHN was born on 12 Dec 1756 in York Co., Pennsylvania. No further record. Might have married Andrew Marks.
Second marriage
Johannes (1712) HAHN and Agnes LANGLE LEGNIN LANGLIN (The confusion comes about because there is no certainty which last name is proper) were married on 26 Jul 1757 in York Co., Pennsylvania, United States. Agnes was baptised on Nov. 7, 1734 at Dirmstein, Germany (about 20 miles south of Freckenfeld).
Family Tree Maker leaves out Agnes, Maria, Eva, Conrad and Peter in the birth order for Johannes and Agnes. Agnes LANGLE LEGNIN LANGLIN (daughter of Johannes Langlen LANGLIN) was born on 14 Apr 1730 in Darmstadt, Germany. She died on 13 Apr 1814 in Lincoln, Catawba, North Carolina, United States.16-21 Buried Zion Lutherran Church near Hickory, NC Darmstadt is about 20 miles south of
Freckenfeld
Johannes (1712) HAHN and Agnes LANGLE LEGNIN LANGLIN had the following children:
12 i. Maria Barbara HAHN22 was born on 21 Apr 1758 in
York Co., Pennsylvania, United States. First child of Johannes and Agnes. Might have married Andrew Marks, who is said to have married Othelia and Rebecca. It's unclear which one he married.
+13 ii. Eva HAHN, born on 1 Sep 1759, York Co.,
Pennsylvania, United States; married Andrew BALDORSER, on 11 Oct 1785, Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina; died on 31 Aug 1808, Grayson Co, VA.
+14 iii. Elizabetha Margaretha HAHN, born on 13 Dec 1760, York Co., Pa.; married Conrad WEAVER, about 1785, Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina; died on 20 Nov 1808, Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina.
+15 iv. Conrad HAHN22, born between 1762 and 4, York Co., Pa.; married Maria Anna MILLER, about 1790, Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina; died in 1815, Clark Co., IN.
16 v. Peter HAHN23 was born about 1765 in York Co., Pa.. He died in Clark Co., IN. Peter Hahn, son of Johannes Hahn and Agnes Langlin is listed in N.C. records as having gone to Indiana in 1811. Both he and his wife were listed on Lincoln County records in 1810 census as being over 45 years of age and on 1820 census of Clark Co. He may have had sons George and John. Peter was confirmed at South Fork in 1779. He may be the one listed in the estate records of Henry Reep 11 Jun 1816 Clark Co. Peter Hahn who went to Clark Co., Ind. appears to have had a son George and a George appears in Mo. 1820- 1830, both near same age and both too young to have been Johannes' sons or to fit the slot on which George was depicted. LDS records say Peter was
born 1768 in Lincoln County, NC.
+17 vi. Christian HAHN, born on 27 Oct 1765, Lincoln
(Catawba County), North Carolina; married Anna Magdalena SHELL, in 1795; died on
19 Feb 1849, Lincoln, Catawba, North Carolina.
+18 vii. Johann Jacob (2) HAHN, born about 1767, Lincoln
(Catawba County), North Carolina; married Elizabeth BURNS, on 5 Nov 1788,
Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina; died before 15 Aug 1839, Lincoln
(Catawba County), North Carolina.
+19 viii. Otellia HAHN, born in 1774, Lincoln, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; married Elias YODER, about 1800, Lincoln (Catawba
County), North Carolina.
+20 ix. Sarah HAHN, born about 1775, Lincoln, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; married Henry (Reep) REAP, about 1805, Lincoln (Catawba
County), North Carolina; died in 1844, Bartholomew Co., Ind..
+21 x. Frederick HAHN, born on 15 Jan 1777, Lincoln
(Catawba County), North Carolina; married Elizabeth FISHER, on 30 Mar 1808,
Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina; died on 12 May 1857, Catawba County,
North Carolina.
Note: History has always and forever recorded Frederick Hahn's wife's name as Elizabeth Fisher; however a chest handed down through the Abel Quincy Hawn family was inscribed on the back in berry juice, "Caroline Fisher Hahn" and a date, which is unavailable because the chest has been refinished.It is presumed that Elizabeth's name was Caroline, either as a first name, a middle name or a nickname. It is now owned by the Neil Bost Glenn family of Vero Beach, FL. Neil Glenn is a direct descendant of Johannes through his son, Frederick Hahn. LHS.
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