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Paul R. Swan March 2004

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HARTZELL CHAPTER

HIRZEL, JACOB ¹ born 1580 Switzerland, died 1634 Switzerland
married MADALEN KELLER born 1581 Switzerland, died Switzerland

HIRZEL, HEINRICH ² born 1619 Switzerland, died 1663 The Palatinate
married MARIA STEINER born 1625 Switzerland

HIRTZEL, CLEMENS ³ born 1659 The Palatinate, died 1707 The Palatinate
married ANNA SINTER baptised 1664 The Palatinate, died 1738 The Palatinate

HIRTZEL, HANS GEORG ⁴ baptised 1686 The Palatinate, died 1747 Pennsylvania
married ANNA MARGARETHA CONRAD born 1690 The Palatinate, died 1726

HERTZEL, HANS JACOB ⁵ baptised 1716 The Palatinate, died 1781 Pennsylvania
married Barbel "BARBARA" RITTER born 1721 The Palatinate, died 1807 Pennsylvania

HERTZEL, JOHANN PHILIP ⁶ born 1743, died 1815 Virginia
married CHRISTINA BARBARA KREILING born 1745

HERTZEL, ADAM ⁷ born 1768 Pennsylvania, int Ohio
married CHRISTINA SARAH? SINK born 1768, int Ohio

HARTZELL, PHILLIP ⁸ born 1787 Pennsylvania, died 1855 Ohio
married MARY ELIZABETH MILLER born 1795 Ohio, died 1837 Ohio

HARTZELL, ADAM LEONARD ⁹ born 1827 Ohio, died 1913 Missouri
married LOUISA RICKER EATON born 1835 Lower Canada, died 1923 Missouri

HARTZELL, JOHN EATON ¹⁰ born 1862 Kansas, died 1904 Oklahoma Territory
married MARY JANE "MERRIE" ALFORD born 1866 Iowa, died 1942 Missouri

HARTZELL, MILDRED LOUISE ¹¹ born 1903 Oklahoma Terr., died 1989 Kansas
married PAUL REESE SWAN born 1903 Kansas, died 1953 Kansas

Introduction

The earliest known generations of our Hirzel family lived in Pfäffikon Parish of the Zürich Canton in Switzerland, some ten miles east of the city of Zürich. Lake Pfäffikon is the site of one of the largest prehistoric settlements built on pilings in the marshes of that region. Three levels of construction were found, dating back to the lowest, stone age strata of 3000 B.C.

Near Zürich See (Lake) lies the village of Hirzel, and my first guess was that the family name might have originated in that area. However, I see now that such an assumption is false. In a message to Steve Hartzell's online "Seneca Hartzell Guestbook", Annemarie (Hirzel) Fariña wrote: "This village has absolutely nothing to do with the origin of the Hirzel family. At the beginning of the 14th century the name of the village was still "Hirsol", a word that is related to "Hirse" which is the name of the crop "millet". In 1378 the name was changed in to "Hirtzlen" to become much later the modern "Hirzel" village. In this same 14th century your and my family name was spelled "Hürzel" or "Hürtzel". Annemarie in a private communication [e-mail, 28 Mar 2001] provided me with her main source for this information, Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, or, in English, Historical-Biographical Encyclopedia of Switzerland. She went on to write: "According to this encyclopedia, all the Hirzels have their origin in Pfäffikon, Canton Zürich. My genealogical tree starts with Niklaus Hirzel who lived from 1402 till 1446 at Pfäffikon. According to the first official document dated 811 AD the village was then "Faffinochova"; in the year 1308 AD it is documented as "Pfeffinkon". In my private library I have a detailed history book of 456 pages just on Pfäffikon."

Bob Hartsell [Personal Communication, March 2002] writes that the surname Hirzel was registered as early as 1530 in Maur, Pfäffikon, Seegraeben, Uster, Wetzikon and Winterthur, all in Pfäffikon parish. He also mentions that the earliest mention of the name was "Waltherus (Walter) called Hürzel in Pfäffikon in 1318". In his discussion of the name of the village, Bob points out that the pronunciation sounds like "here", not "her", and the "z" has the same "tz" sound as in "Mozart".

The Winterthur branch of the Hirzels, undoubtedly related in some way and contemporaneous to our earliest known generations, lived about ten miles north of Pfäffikon. Both of these branches in the third known generation emigrated to The Palatinate, an area of Germany that had suffered huge population loses during the Thirty Years War.

Our Hartzell line extends from Jacob Hirzel, born about 1580 in Switzerland, through ten more generations, named successively Hirtzel, Hertzell, and Hartzell, down to our mother, Mildred Louise Hartzell born in 1903. Successive families of this direct line lived in The Palatinate, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma Territory when it became a state, and Kansas.

The tracing of this line is from several essential sources. Charles H. Price Jr., of Telford, Pennsylvania, compiled, printed, bound, and published A Hartzell-Price Family History and Genealogy [Price, 1971], an impressive tome on the descendants of Jacob¹ Hirzel and of the Price family into which the Hirzels married. He traced the family from Switzerland to Reihen, Baden, The Palatinate, and identified those who emigrated to America, including our Hans Georg⁴. The research in Switzerland was carried out for him by genealogist J. Arnold of Zürich, and in Germany by Pastor Henry Schuchman and by Dr. Fitz Braun of Kaiserslautern.

Hannah Benner Roach published a well documented article, "Hans Georg Hertzel, Pioneer of Northampton County and His Family" in The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine [Roach, 1966; pp. 151-184] on the Pennsylvania immigrant and his descendants down to his grandson Johann Philip⁶ Hertzel. Roach, however, did not have all of the children of Johann Philip identified. In particular, Adam⁷, our ancestor, was missing from the records to which she had access.

Johann Philip's brother Jonas in 1816 wrote an extensive genealogical letter to him while he was in Virginia [Hartzell, 1816], the last line of which mentions specifically "your oldest son adam", thus establishing this missing link. The letter specifically traces the line from his grandfather "old george" to Jonas and then to his own grandson, and lists all of Jonas' siblings, including our Johann Philip, with birth dates. The original of the letter is in the possession of a sister of Glenn R. Hartzell of Dayton, Ohio, who provided us with a copy [Hartzell, 1990]. Jim Hartsell has scanned and made available on his web site a copy of this 1816 Letter .

Glenn, our fourth cousin, also sent an eight page document, "Hartzell Ancestral Line" (author and date unknown) which recounted several branches of the descendants of the immigrant Johann George Hirtzel. This he said he received "from a cousin long ago". He had also provided a copy to Charles Price, who cited it in material he sent to Paul Middleton in 1980. Glenn notes that there are "some discrepancies" which have to be resolved, but this appears to be the earliest source of our knowledge of the York County, Pennsylvania, to Franklin County, Virginia, to Montgomery County, Ohio, generations of our lineage.

Again, however, a crucial link in the lineage was missing. Paul Middleton entered into correspondance with Charles H. Price before the latter's recent death, and succeeded in unearthing a letter written by Roxie Louise (Hartzell) Winn, a daughter of Adam Leonard Hartzell; [Price, 1980]. This letter of 1931, addressed to D. J. Culver Hartzell, names one of her uncles and two of her aunts by their given and married names, thus establishing beyond doubt that Adam Leonard was the son of Philip and Mary Elizabeth (Miller) Hartzell of Ohio. Our own family records from Adam to his granddaughter Mildred Louise thus complete the eleven generations of Hartzells.

In October, 1997 another Hartzell researcher, Dave Leebrick, was found on the Internet and contacted by e-mail. He sent an extensive writeup on our early Hartzell lineage with very complete documentation. His additions to this present account are cited as [Leebrick, 1997], with his own citations appended as appropriate.

Jacob¹ Hirzel & Madalen Keller

Jacob¹, Heinrich², Clemens³, Hans Georg⁴, Hans Jacob⁵, Johann Philip⁶, Adam⁷, Phillip⁸, Adam Leonard⁹, John Eaton¹⁰, Mildred Louise¹¹

Heinrich¹, Anthony², Hans³, Madalen⁴

Jacob was born about 1580 in Pfäffikon Parish, Zürich, Switzerland, and was christened 14 Feb 1581 in Fehraltorf, Zürich, Switzerland. He died before 1634 in Balm, Pfäffikon Parish, Zürich, Switzerland.

Jacob and Madalen married 2 Aug 1601 in Pfäffikon Parish.

Madalen was born 14 Feb 1581 in Fehraltorf, Zürich, Switzerland, the daughter of Hans and Madalen (Bosshart) Keller, and died in Balm.

According to Price [1971] Jacob's parents and place of birth are unknown, but George T. Hartzell ["Ahnentafel back to Jacob Hirzel, with Kreiling sisters identified", Personal Communication, 11 May 1992.] states that Jacob was christened in Fehraltorf, Zürich, Switzerland, and that he and Madelyn both died in Balm [Hartzell, 1992]. Annemarie Fariña [op. cit.] pointed out that the modern town has its own web site, Fehraltorf Homepage, which shows the historical progression of the name of this community. This explains why George T. Hartzell had Madalen's birth town as Altdorf, actually the same place. Leebrick [1997] provides similar information, and cites the "SWISS Newsgroup" on the internet. However, whether the church pictured on the Fehraltorf web page (follow the "Kirchen" link) was built before or after these 1581 christenings I do not know.

Price lists other couples whose names appear in the Pfäffikon Parish records from 1601 to 1634. He and his researcher, Mr. Arnold, "believe" these are the brothers and sisters of Jacob, citing their appearance as godparents. We list them here for possible future research in the Pfäffikon parish records.

Hans Hirzel of Pfäffikon, married 23 Aug 1601 Anna Dieterich from Altorff (Fehraltorf).

George Hirzel, married Pfäffikon 17 Nov 1611 to Anna Wetzstein from Russikon, these being the godparents of the last two sons of Jacob.

Barbel Hürtzel of Pfäffikon was a godmother 6 Jun 1613.

Margreth Hürtzel, married before 1620 to Jacob Erni of the parish.

Verena Hirtzel, married before 1634 to Hans Venner of Sulzberg of the parish.

Price gives a very poor account of the locations in which the children of Jacob and Madalen were baptised. First, he fails to distinquish between the town and parish of Pfäffikon, so unless he gives specifically some other town by name, we have to assume that he is referring to the parish. Even then, there are contradictions from page to page. The best that can be reconstructed is that the couple were married and had their first five children in the parish of Pfäffikon, that they were "in Hochfalden in the congregation Hittnau, same Parish" in 1610 and 1611. After that they were in the towns of Balm and/or Fierersbalm, probably for the rest of their lives, but we have no death record for either. All of these locations are within a few miles of the town of Pfäffikon.

Pat Visiting Pfäffikon, Zürich, Switzerland

Leebrick [1997] quotes from a Richard Hirtzel, otherwise unidentified:
"The name Hirzel is very well known in Zürich, where eleven of them have served as the burgermeister or mayor. There are several volumes of history and genealogy published on the prominent Hirzel line in Switzerland. At least one of these is in the library at SLC. It is in German, and takes the genealogy of the Hirzels back to the early 1300s. The Herzel genealogy is painted on the wall of the family that I visited in Zürich, plus the fact that they have several books on the family. The point is that the Hirzel family is known to be connected with Pfäffikon".
Price indicates that his researcher, Mr. Arnold, was somewhat confused by the Keller family records that he found. However, he did not specify in what way the records were confusing, so we can only note here that there must be some problem. The fairly clear implication of his research is that Madalen's parents, Hans Keller and his wife Madalen Bosshart of Hittnau, were brother and sister to Andreas Keller and his wife Vreny Bosshart of Hittnau. This is based on the correspondance of names and places, and in that Jacob Hirzel was godfather to one of the grandchildren of Andreas and Vreny, while the latters' daughter-in-law Margreth Gubler, wife of Georg, was godmother to one of Jacob and Madalen's sons.
This family connection is not noted in the FHL AF entry for Madalen and her ancestors, which has her grandfather as Anthony Keller, of Ruti, Fehraltorf. That would be an unusual given name, indeed, for a German-Swiss by the name of Heinrich Keller to give to his son in the early part of the sixteenth century! Clearly, a more careful examination of the parish records of Pfäffikon would be most useful.
Leebrick [1997] cites Gloria C. Hartzell and Shirley Jo Watkins in listing two other children of Madalen and Jacob as Clemons and Peter, without further details.
The eleven children of Jacob and Madalen (Keller) Hirzel were Jacob, Hans Jacob, Anna, Hans, Hans Heinrich, Barbel, Marx, Hans Felix, Urseli, Heinrich² and Elsbet.

i
Jacob, son, baptised 25 Jan 1603 in Pfäffikon Parish, Zürich, Switzerland, and died about 1603 in Pfäffikon Parish. Price says this first son died "probably 1603/04", but notes that there are no death records in the parish before 1634. There may have been a notation of his death in the baptismal records, as was the custom, but Price does not say.

ii
Hans Jacob, son, baptised 20 May 1604 in Pfäffikon Parish. Hans Jacob was married 12 Jun 1627 in Pfäffikon Parish to Regel Gubelmann.
Hans Jacob and Regel were "both from Balm" in the record of their marriage. As they have no children recorded in Pfäffikon, Price presumes that they moved from the parish after their marriage.

iii
Anna, daughter, baptised 1 Dec 1605 in Pfäffikon Parish.

iv
Hans, son, baptised 24 Mar 1607 in Pfäffikon Parish.

v
Hans Heinrich, son, baptised 8 Jan 1609 in Pfäffikon Parish. Hans Heinrich's godmother was Margreth Gubler, from Fierersbalm, the wife of Andreas Keller who was probably Madalen's uncle.

vi
Barbel, daughter, baptised 13 Mar 1610 in Hochfalden, Zürich, Switzerland. Barbel's godfather was Gerold Gubler of Fierersbalm, probably a relative of her presumed aunt Margreth (Gubler) Keller ¹.

vii
Marx, son, baptised 24 Nov 1611 in Hochfalden.

viii
Hans Felix, son, baptised 31 Jul 1614 in Balm, Pfäffikon Parish, Zürich, Switzerland, and died before 1671. Hans Felix was married 10 Sep 1639 in Uster, Pfäffikon Parish, Zürich, Switzerland to Lisabeth Ehrhart.
Hans Felix was so named at his marriage, but his baptism apparently gives his name only as Felix. His marriage record states that he was from Balm, but his children were subsequently baptised in Sulzberg, Pfäffikon parish. By 1657 the record notes that "Hans Felix Hürtzel is employed in Wittenbergerland", an area in what is now Germany.
Lisabeth's marriage record describes her as being from Uster, a town a couple of miles southwest of Phäffikon. Her origins, however, have not been found. No record of her birth, nor of her marriage, nor of any Erhart lineage could be found in the Uster records. It is possible, according to Price, that her name perhaps could have been Eberhart.

The five children of Hans Felix and Lisabeth (Ehrhart) Hirzel:

1
Caspar, son, baptised 14 Jan 1640 in Pfäffikon Parish and died before 1641 in Pfäffikon Parish.

2
Caspar, son, baptised 7 Feb 1641 in Pfäffikon Parish and died before 1650. The records are confused concerning the two Caspars, and their ages. The name could not be found in the 1650 record book.

3
Ulrich, son, baptised 18 Apr 1643 in Pfäffikon Parish and died before 1646 in Pfäffikon Parish.

4
Beath Ludwig, son, baptised 7 May 1648 in Pfäffikon Parish. Price gives his name parenthetically as "Beatludi".

5
Jagli, son, baptised 24 May 1654 in Pfäffikon Parish.

ix
Urseli, daughter, baptised 21 Apr 1617 in Balm.

x Heinrich, son, born 12 Jan 1619.

xi
Elsbet, daughter, baptised 1 Jul 1621 in Pfäffikon Parish. It is unclear in Price's account as to whether Elsbet was baptised in Balm or in Fierersbalm.

Heinrich² Hirzel & Maria Steiner

Jacob¹, Heinrich², Clemens³, Hans Georg⁴, Hans Jacob⁵, Johann Philip⁶, Adam⁷, Phillip⁸, Adam Leonard⁹, John Eaton¹⁰, Mildred Louise¹¹

_____¹ Maria²

Heinrich was born 12 Jan 1619 in Pfäffikon Parish, Zürich, Switzerland, and was christened 28 Feb 1619 in Pfäffikon Parish. He died 23 Jun 1663 in Reihen, Baden, The Palatinate.

Heinrich and Maria married 12 Jan 1646 in Lysslingen, , Switzerland.

Maria was born about 1625 in Switzerland, the daughter of ____ and Maria (Frey) Steiner of Batterckingen, Berner District, Switzerland.

It is unclear from Price's account as to whether Heinrich was baptised in Balm or in Fierersbalm, in the parish.

Heinrich and Maria were married in Lysslingen District, which Price says is today "Mt. Solothrun". There is a Solothurn town and canton in Switzerland, north of Bern, and this is probably meant. The marriage was also recorded in Pfäffikon, where it is stated that Heinrich was from Balm, and Maria was "of Batterckingen, Bern district". After their marriage they resided in Sulzberg with his brother Felix, and both brothers emigrated in the early 1650's to different parts of Germany.

Price notes that the name Heinrich Hirzel was quite common in the parish. One, born 1612, was living 1640 next to Hans Keller of Altdorf, Madalen's father; a second, born 1616, was a hired man in 1634 to Jac. Wyrt, a Deputy Bailiff; a third, born 1621, was from Balm in a 1637 record, and there were one or two others recorded up to 1646 in Pfäffikon.

Between the births of their third and fourth children, in 1652 and 1654, Heinrich and Maria emigrated to Reihen, Kries Sinsheim, Baden, The Palatinate.

The six children of Heinrich and Maria (Steiner) Hirzel were Catharina "Catrin", Verena, Hans Heinrich, Anna, Maria Barbara and Clemens³.

i
Catharina "Catrin" [Hirtzel], daughter, baptised 5 Mar 1648 in Sulzberg, Pfäffikon Parish, Zürich, Switzerland, and died 1678 in Kirchardt, Kriessinsheim, Baden, The Palatinate. Catharina "Catrin" was married 23 Jan 1672 in Reihen, The Palatinate to Johann Lofenius Zirckel {born 1650 in Hamback Solms, Braunre, Germany, son of Conrad and Barbara (____) Zirckel, and died after 1686 in Babstadt, Baden, Germany}.
Leebrick [1997] citing Shirley Jo Watkins, Shirljo@aol.com, the Zirkle Family Association, vol. 4, no. 3, and an unidentified GEDCOM, says Katherina was born in 1647 in Aubikon, Pfeffikon, Switzerland. She was christened on 5 Mar 1648 in Aubikon, Pfeffikon parrish, Switzerland. She died on 6 Oct 1683 in Kirchardt, Palatinate, Germany. Godparents were Hans Jugli Stutz from Bussenhusen. These data differ considerably from those obtained from the Price 1971 source.
Leebrick [1997] gives the children in this family as Hans Jacob, Heinrich, Anna Maria, Hans Georg and Katherina Ursula, born 1672 through 1682 all in Kirchardt, Baden, Germany. Heinrich emigrated with three of his children, Ludwig, John, and Anna Mary, in 1730 [Price, 1971] .
Johann Lofenius was a blacksmith. He and Catrin had seven children in Kirchardt. Leebrick [1997] gives his vital data, names his mother as Barbara, and states he was a Lutheran.

ii
Verena [Hirtzel], daughter, baptised 14 Jul 1650 in Sulzberg. Verena was married 24 May 1670 to Abraham Edelmayer. Abraham was a cooper from Mulhassen in Elsass.

iii
Hans Heinrich [Hirtzel], son, baptised 6 Apr 1652 in Sulzberg and died 15 Mar 1716 in Reihen. Hans Heinrich was married (1) 9 Jul 1676 in Reihen, Duchy of Baden, The Palatinate to Margaretha Rudi. He was married (2) 29 Nov 1695 to Veronica Rossberger.
Hans Heinrich's godparents were Hans Heinrich Muller from Sulzberg and Regula Baumberger and Ulrich Keller from Fehraltorf [Leebrick, 1997]. He emigrated 1652-1655 to Reihen, Duchy of Baden, The Palatinate. His two marriages listed here are from Price.

The two children of Hans Heinrich and Margaretha (Rudi) Hirtzel:

1
Hans Paul, son, baptised 13 Aug 1677 in Reihen and died before 1745 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Hans Paul was married 23 Jan 1703 in Reihen to Anna Catherine Wagner { was daughter of Hans Georg and Anna Ursula (Beer) Wagner. She died in Montgomery}.
Hans Paul brought his family to America, arriving by 21 Sep 1732 on the Pink Plaisance, where he was listed as Pallus Hartsligh, age 50 [sic, 54]. Also with him were his younger brother Hans Heinrich, his cousin Hans Heinrich, brother of our Hans Georg, and Anna Catharine's parents with their family. Since Price was unable to find any record of Hans Paul until his son Georg Heinrich purchased land in 1737, he believes it possible that they lived with our Hans Georg for that five year period. This is certainly possible, but we have no evidence to support the idea, and they might as well have lived with the Wagners in the Goshenhoppen region.
There was also on the Captain's list an Urigg Hartsell, sick, 18 who has not been identified in any of the three Hirtzel families on board the ship.
Very little is known of their lives in Pennsylvania, but it is thought that Hans Paul and Anna Catharina were living in either Franconia or Rockhill townships. Price concludes that Hans Paul died before 1740, as he was not with the family when they took the oath that year. His son purchased land for over £300 in 1737, and that may have been a inheritance at the death of Hans Paul. Their probable burial place is Fuhrman's Graveyard, south of Christ Reformed Church at Indian Creek in Franconia, west of Telford, Pennsylvania.
Anna's age was given as 51 on the Captain's list when she immigrated, but her husband, age given as 50, was actually 54, so these this source cannot be relied on.

The four children of Hans Paul and Anna Catherine (Wagner) Hirtzel:

i
Johann George, son, born 25 Jan 1706 in Reihen and died 26 May 1706 in Reihen.

ii
Hans Paulus, son, born 17 Oct 1707 in Reihen. This Hans Paulus was confirmed in 1721, at the traditional age of 14, but did not accompany his parents when they emigrated 1732.

iii    Anna Christina, daughter, born 5 Oct 1712 in Reihen.

iv
George Heinrich, son, born 10 Jan 1715 in Reihen. George Heinrich married Margaretha ____.
On the Captain's list of the pink Plaisance, arriving 21 Sep 1732, was a "Hendrix Hartsligh, Junr. 17". His name was listed after that of the Hans Heinrich who was recorded as "Hendrix Hartsligh 40" [sic 47], who in turn followed "Henrick Hartsligh 50", his cousin. Susan McMahan reports [Personal Communication, 21 Jul 1998] that this was the son of Hans Paul and Anna Catherine Wagner Hirtzel. She writes that in this case, "Junr" indicated "younger", not son, and so distinguished him from his uncle.
George Heinrich purchased land in 1737 and in 1740, the first at a cost of £306, a tidy sum for a young man of twenty-two. This might hav been his inheritance, for we don't know when his father, Hans Paul, died after arriving in this country. In 1740, "George Heinrich Hartsle" and his first cousin "George Hartsell, of Bucks County" took the Oath of Allegiance Sep 25 1740 before the Supreme Court of Philadelphia. Another cousin taking the oath at that time was "Dedrick Rudey", i.e., Rudi, who lived in Rockhill township, and with these three was Philip Heinrich Seller, a friend of the family. These men were among the founding fathers of the Reformed Church at Indian Creek. John William Straube, who came over on the Plaisance with the Hirtzels was the first teacher-minister of that church.
George Heinrich signed as witness to the will 8 Mar 1745 of his father's cousin Heinrich Zirckel, the son of Catharina (Hirtzel) and Johann Löfenius Zirckle.
George Bitto [Personal Communication, bitto@juno.com, 26 Aug 2001] wrote "There is extensive documentation on Abraham Stout because he was a delegate to the US Constitutional Convention from Pennsylvania. In the public record, and in a few books, it is mentioned that his wife's name was Mary Magdalene or Maria Magdalena or sometimes just Maria. In one source (sorry, no documentation) her father was mentioned as being George Henry Hartzell."
Henrich Hartzell died June 21, 1784, aged over ninety years, and was buried at Christ Reformed Church, Indian Creek. He left a will which was dated May 17, 1784, and proved August 5, the same year. As no mention of his wife is made, she was doubtless deceased. He names his sons, Michael, Paul and Henry, and son-in-law, Abraham Stout, as executors. From the exact apportioning of the land and the time and manner of payments designated in the will, it may be reasonably assumed that Henry Hartzell was very orderly in his habits of life.
There is an extensive excerpt from The Strassburger Family and Allied Families of Pennsylvania, by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, 1922, pp. 233-256, entitled "The Hartzell Family" which reports what is known about Heinrich in this country:
"Henrich Hartzell died June 21, 1784, aged over ninety years, and was buried at Christ Reformed Church, Indian Creek. He left a will which was dated May 17, 1784, and proved August 5, the same year. As no mention of his wife is made, she was doubless deceased. He names his sons, Michael, Paul and Henry, and son-in-law, Abraham Stout, as executors. From the exact apportioning of the land and the time and manner of payments designated in the will, it may be reasonably assumed that Henry Hartzell was very orderly in his habits of life."
Strassburger then lists the eleven children, first the three sons and then the eight daughters, presumably in the order they are listed in the will. I have from other sources the birth dates for Christina and Margaret, and approximate years for some of the others, but otherwise the order below follows Strassburger.
The eleven children of George Heinrich and Margaretha (____) Hirtzel were Catherine, Christina, Margaret, Michael, Paul, Sophia, Maria Magdelena, Henry, Elizabeth, Hannah and Susanna. Most of these children spelled their surname as Hertzel:

1
Catherine, daughter, married her cousin Jacob, son of Ulrich Hartzell of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
2
Christina, daughter, born 19 Oct 1741 and died 18 Apr 1821. Christina married Abraham Cope {born 11 Aug 1734 and died 2 Jun 1799}.
3
Margaret, daughter, born 6 Aug 1743 and died in 1813. Margaret married John Adam Cope {born 6 Jul 1731 and died 2 Dec 1799}.
4
Michael, son, probably born in Switzerland, accompanied his parents to Pennsylvania, inherited a farm in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, but died four years after his father; married Catherine Leidy. Michael and Catherine had two sons, George Henry, born about 1770, who married Susanna Allum, and Jacob Leidy, born about 1771, who married Margaret Rebecca Niece. Children of these two families are also known.
5
Paul, son, born about 1750, married Catharine Wambold. Paul and Catharine had three sons, George Henry, Jacob and Henry Wambold. The first two, at least, were generally recorded as Hartzells.
6
Sophia, daughter, married John Althouse.
7
Mary Magdalena, daughter, born 1751, died Nov. 8, 1811, married Abraham Stout.
8
Henry, son, born about 1752, married Susanna Margreda Dickenscheid. Their six children, all sons, were Andrew, George Henry, John, George D., William D. and Michael. These men generally spelled their name Hartzell.
9
Elizabeth, daughter, married Henry Bleyler.
10
Hannah, daughter, married Henry Drumbore.
11
Susanna, daughter, married Peter Scholl.

2
Hans Heinrich, son, born 5 Oct 1684 in Reihen. Hans Heinrich married Elizabeth Schuch.
Hans Heinrich emigrated on the Pink Plaisance with his brother Hans Paul and his cousin Hans Heinrich, son of Clemens, arriving Philadelphia by 21 Sep 1732. It is believed by Price that he lived in Franconia and Salford townships, but no records to support this have been found. Price identified Eliz. Hezelain, on the Captain's list, as his wife, but this was actually a name on the list of children. No Elizabeth appears on the list of women, so she probably died before this date.
Also on the Captain's list of the Pink Plaisance was a "Hendrix Hartsligh, Junr. 17". His name was listed after that of this Hans Heinrich, appearing as "Hendrix Hartsligh 40 [sic 47]", who in turn followed "Henrick Hartsligh 50", his cousin. Since neither of these two Hans Heinrichs recorded the baptism of a son Heinrich in Reihen, it is difficult to tell which of the two is the father of this Heinrich, Jr. However, assuming he followed his father in the list, I have added him as a son to this family. I have also listed here as a daughter the child Elizabeth mentioned above, as neither Hans Heinrich's brother Hans Paul nor his cousin Hans Heinrich had a known daughter by that name, and their wive's names were both Anna.
There was also on the Captain's list an Urigg Hartsell, sick, 18 who has not been identified as an "Ulrich" in any of the three Hirtzel families on board the ship.

The two children of Hans Heinrich and Elizabeth (Schuch) Hirtzel:

i    Hans Heinrich, son, born about 1715.

ii    Elizabeth, daughter, born after 1716.

iv
Anna [Hirtzel], daughter, born 29 May 1654 in Reihen, Kries Sinsheim, Baden, The Palatinate. Anna was married in 1676 to Peter Knecht.
I originally had 5 May for her baptismal date, but don't know the source.
Anna's and Peter's grandson George Peter Knecht emigrated 1732 to Pennsylvania where he married Christina Hirzel, grandaughter of Anna's brother Clemens.
Price gives the dates of Anna and her younger siblings as birth dates, rather than baptismal dates, which is curious, but has to be accepted until primary records can be examined.

v Maria Barbara [Hirtzel], daughter, born 28 Dec 1656 in Reihen.

vi Clemens [Hirtzel], son, born 20 Feb 1659.

Clemens³ Hirtzel & Anna Sinter

Jacob¹, Heinrich², Clemens³, Hans Georg⁴, Hans Jacob⁵, Johann Philip⁶, Adam⁷, Phillip⁸, Adam Leonard⁹, John Eaton¹⁰, Mildred Louise¹¹

Hans¹, Hans², Anna³

Clemens was born 20 Feb 1659 in Reihen, Kries Sinsheim, Baden, The Palatinate, and died 25 Mar 1707 in Reihen, Duchy of Baden, The Palatinate.

Clemens and Anna married 23 Nov 1680 in Reihen, Baden, The Palatinate.

Anna was christened 20 Mar 1664 in Reihen, the daughter of Hans and Margaretha (Nayer) Sinter, and died 13 Nov 1738 in Reihen.

Clemens' godfather was the Rev. Clemens Hirzel, Pastor of the Reihen Evangelishe (Reformed) Kirche. The pastor emigrated from Winterthur, north of Pfäffikon, and indeed may have headed the emigration from that area of Switzerland to Reihen. He started his pastorate 23 Aug 1651.

The connection between these two Hirzel communities in Zürich canton is unknown. However, they were surely related, since this Clemens' father Heinrich followed the pastor to Reihen within a couple of years, and the latter stood as godfather to Clemens. Both families changed the spelling of their name to Hirtzel after they immigrated to The Palatinate, possibly to ensure the continued sounding of the "tz" implicit in the "z" of the Swiss dialect.

Anna at the time of her marriage was a midwife in Reihen, and continued this profession throughout her life. Three of the sons of Clemens and Anna -- Hans Heinrich, Hans Georg, our ancestor, and Hans Ulrich -- emigrated to America, as did at least one grandson, Hans Melchoir, son of Stauffel.

Leebrick [1997] gives Anna's mother's maiden name as Nayer, rather than Mayer.

The ten children of Clemens and Anna (Sinter) Hirtzel were Hans Heinrich, Hans Georg⁴, Maria Esther, Christoph "Stoffel", Hans Jonas, Anna Christina, Johann Jacob, Maria Margretha, Anna Margretha and Hans Ulrich.

Hans Heinrich, son, baptised 25 Sep 1681 in Reihen. Hans Heinrich married Anna Barbara Umberger.

This is another of the descendants of Jacob Hirzel who emigrated from Reihen to Pennsylvania. Hans followed his younger brothers Hans Georg and Hans Ulrich by just five years, arriving by 21 Sep 1732 in Philadelphia on the Pink Plaisance, John Parrett, Master, from Rotterdam by way of Cowes, England. On the voyage with him were his cousins Hans Paul and Hans Heinrich, sons of Hans Heinrich and Margretha (Rudi) Hirtzel. Hans Heinrich and Anna Barbara came with their daughter Christina 27, son Leonard 24, and daughter Jacobina 15. Price did not follow this line to any great extent, and only two grandchildren of the immigrants are given here.

There was also on the Captain's list an "Urigg Hartsell, sick 18" who has not been identified in any of the three Hirtzel families on board the ship. His name appears on the list immediately following Leonard, and he may have been a son in this family whose baptism in Reihen was missed.

Hans Heinrich and Anna Barbara settled in the Skippack area by 1736, and were associated with the Reformed Church there. The Rev. John Henry Goetschy preached in that congregation before he became Pastor of the New Goshenhoppen Reformed, and performed the marriage of their daughter Christina in 1736.

The three children of Hans Heinrich and Anna Barbara (Umberger) Hirtzel:

Anna Christina, daughter, born about 1705 in Baden, The Palatinate. Anna Christina was married 22 Jun 1736 in Skippack, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to George Peter Knecht.

Christina and George Peter settled first in the area where she was raised, now northern Montgomery county, then later in Lower Saucon township, Upper Bucks county (now Northampton), where her uncle Hans George was by then located. Their descendants can be found buried in both of those areas. Their sons Hans Leonard and Ulrich married sisters Margaret and Maria Catharina Schlauch, daughters of Anna Margaretha Hertzel, Anna Christina's cousin.

The two children of George Peter and Anna Christina (Hirtzel) Knecht:

Hans Leonard, son, born 18 Jan 1737. Hans Leonard was married 1 Jan 1760 to Margaret Schlauch {born 9 May 1739, daughter of Philip and Anna Margaretha (Hertzel) Schlauch and died 20 Apr 1810}. Margaret and her sister Maria Catharina married brothers. She and Hans Leonard had six children, Maria Margaret, Christine, Clara Catharine, Sarah, John, and Anna Dorothea born 1760 through 1779.

Ulrich, son, born 18 Feb 1738 and died 26 Feb 1818. Ulrich was married 17 Jul 1759 to Maria Catharina Schlauch {born 13 Feb 1741, daughter of Philip and Anna Margaretha (Hertzel) Schlauch, baptised 5 Apr 1741, died 27 Jul 1781}. Maria Catharina and Ulrich had nine children, Maria Margaret, Barbara, Catharina, Philip Daniel, John, Elizabeth, John George, Jonathan, and Christian, born 1760 through 1780.

2	Hans Leonard, son, born about 1708 in Baden. Hans Leonard married Maria Magdalena Thoren. Leonard emigrated with his parents, and he and Maria Magdalena settled in Lower Caucon township, Northampton county. Price gives their children from the "J. E. C. Index" by a Mr. Cope.

The four children of Hans Leonard and Maria Magdalena (Thoren) Hirtzel:

i	Christian, son. Christian married Anna Maria Bruch.

ii	Elizabeth, daughter. Elizabeth married Nicholas Koch.

iii

Gertrude, daughter, born 24 Dec 1740. Gertrude married Nicholas Brotzman.

iv	John, son.

George, son, born 25 May 1713 in Reihen, Baden, The Palatinate, married Barbara _____.

Information provided by Susan McMahan [Personal Communication, 21 Jul 1998] for George:

"Arrived in Philadelphia in 29 Aug 1730 on the ship "Thistle". Proprietary tax, Northampton Co Bethlehem twp, 1772, farmer. Federal tax, Northampton Co Bethlehem twp, 1785, 1 horse 2 cows. Federal tax, Northampton Co Bethlehem twp, 1786, shoemaker, 2 acres 1 horse 2 cows. Federal tax, Northampton Co Bethlehem twp, 1788, shoemaker, 2 acres 1 horse 2 cows. 1790 census, Northampton Co, 1 female (Lanah)"

Jacobina, daughter, born 13 Jan 1717 in Baden and died 1778 in Hatfield Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Jacobina was married before 1739 to Paul Leidy {born about 1717, son of Jacob and Hanna (____) Leidy and died Dec 1752}.

Jacobina emigrated with her parents in 1732, her name on the Captain's list of children appearing as "Jacob Benia Hatslin". Paul and his parents were of Franconia township, Montgomery county. She and Paul purchased the first tract of an eventual 240 acres farm in Hatfield township, across the township line from his father's farm.

The five children of Paul and Jacobina (Hirtzel) Leidy:

i	John, son.

ii	Anna Maria, daughter, born about 1747. Anna Maria married Henry Scheib.

iii

Conrad, son, born about 1750. Conrad married Anna Maria ____.

iv	Margaret, daughter. Margaret married John Kunkle.

v	Catharine, daughter. Catharine married ____ Hoffman.

ii Hans Georg, son, was born 30 May 1686.

iii
Maria Esther, daughter, baptised 9 May 1688 in Reihen and died 20 Oct 1714. Maria Esther was married 13 Jan 1711 to Hans Leonard Dörr.

The only child of Hans Leonard and Maria Esther (Hirtzel) Dörr:

1
Anna Maria, daughter Anna Maria married Martin Schuch. Martin emigrated 1751, and the Schuch homestead was the next farm north of that of Hans George Hertzel.

iv
Christoph "Stoffel", son, baptised Nov 1690 in Reihen and died 16 Dec 1734 in Reihen. Christoph "Stoffel" was married 2 Feb 1717 in Reihen to Maria Magdalena Düringer.

The four children of Christoph "Stoffel" and Maria Magdalena (Düringer) Hirtzel:

1
Hans Melchoir, son, baptised 10 Apr 1718 in Reihen. Hans Melchoir married Anna Maria ____.
Hans Melchoir was confirmed 1732, and is probably the Melchoir Hertzel who arrived 21 Sep 1742 in Philadelphia on the Snow Betsey. Melchoir and wife Anna Maria had sons baptised in 1757 and 1760 in the Tohickon Reformed Church in Bedminster township, Bucks county.

The two children of Hans Melchoir and Anna Maria (____) Hirtzel:

i    Henry [Hertzel], son, baptised 10 Oct 1757 in Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania.

ii    Unnamed [Hertzel], son, baptised 1760 in Bedminster.

2
Nicolaus, son, baptised 1 Feb 1722 in Reihen. Nicolaus was married 6 Aug 1748 in Reihen to Maria Catharina Dotterer.
Nicolaus was confirmed 1732.

3    John Christoph, son, baptised 23 Dec 1725 in Reihen and died 31 Oct 1746 in Reihen.

4    Charlotte, daughter, born 23 Aug 1732 in Reihen.

v Hans Jonas, son, baptised 1 Jul 1694 in Reihen and died 1 Dec 1714 in Reihen.

vi
Anna Christina, daughter, baptised 3 Feb 1697 in Reihen and died 19 Oct 1714 in Reihen. Anna Christina died just six weeks before her older brother Hans Jonas, and it seems likely that they may have both suffered from some contagious disease.

vii Johann Jacob, son, baptised 27 Dec 1699 in Reihen and died 1 May 1708 in Reihen.

viii
Maria Margretha, daughter, baptised 27 Dec 1699 in Reihen and died 28 Aug 1702 in Reihen. Maria Margretha and Johann Jacob were twins, and both died in their childhood.

ix
Anna Margretha, daughter, baptised 24 Sep 1702 in Reihen. Anna Margretha was married in 1724 to Johannes Leipp. Johannes and Anna emigrated 1727.

x
Hans Ulrich, son, born 21 Aug 1705 in Reihen, baptised 1720 in Reihen, died 11 Feb 1771 in Upper Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Old Goshenhoppen. Hans Ulrich married Anna Margaret ____.
Hans Ulrich is the only child in the family for whom Price mentions a baptism, and this when he was fifteen years old. He arrived 18 Sep 1727 with his older brother Hans Georg on the William and Sarah. The Captain's list reads "Hans Jer. Herzels - 4 Persons", and "Ulrick Hertsell, Skipach - 2 Persons" [Strassburger and Hinke, 1934]. The notation "Skipach", when compared with other similar entries on the Captain's list, indicates that Ulrick, Hans Georg's much younger brother, had previously been in Skippack (in what is now Montgomery county), and was returning to this country after a visit back to the Palatinate. This is an example of the common practice that a young, unmarried son of the family would scout out the land, so to speak, then return to the homeland to report his findings, possibly take a wife, as did Ulrich, and guide the rest of the family to the new country. The second person in Ulrick's party was undoubtedly his wife, Anna Margaret.
His presence in the area of Lower Salford Township was first evidenced by his signature as a witness in a land transaction 19 May 1730. On 20 Feb 1734 he received a warrant from the Proprietaries of the Province for a tract of 150 acres in Upper Salford township "to pay quitrent of half penny Sterling yearly per acre". On Patent No. 297 he received for this, dated 3 Jul 1761, his name is spelled Hartzell. Ulrich's family were members of the Old Goshenhoppen Reformed congregation, just west of the present East Greenville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
He and his son John Mark (Hans Marx) were buried in Deetz's Burying Ground on the same date, but nothing is recorded as to what event caused this. "It is said" that they were buried in the same grave, one on top of the other, but Price doesn't quote his source for this bit of arcanum. This graveyard, also known as Reller's Burying Ground and believed to have been originally an Indian burying place, is one mile west of Tylersport, Salford township.
The children in this family are from Price, with the addition of a very late son Philip from Old Goshenhoppen Church, also by Charles H. Price, Jr. In the last chapter of his 1971 book, Price reports in great detail the results of extensive research he carried out on Ulrich and his descendants, including a four page inventory of his estate. Hannah Benner Roach cites various primary sources for Ulrich, including his will, but gives no details [Roach, 1966] .
Six of their sons were confirmed at Weiss's Goshenhoppen Church between 1748 and 1758, but only four survived Ulrich. I had this statement, and several others for the descendants of Hans Ulrich and Anna Margaret, attributed to Roach, but that was incorrect. At this point, I do not know what reference should have been cited for some of the information concerning this collateral line of descent. The line itself comes from Price, except possibly for the youngest son, Philip, and extends here to third cousins of our direct ancestors, i.e., great-grandchildren of Hans Ulrich and Anna Margaret.

The eight children of Hans Ulrich and Anna Margaret (____) Hirtzel:

1
John George [Hertzel], son, born Oct 1732, baptised 20 May 1733 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, and died 11 Dec 1795. John George married Catharine (Hahn) Nyce.
John George was the only son of Ulrich and Anna Margaret whose baptism was entered in the register of Weiss's Goshenhoppen Church. He and his son, John George, were the last slaveholders in Franconia township ² . He is listed in the DAR Patriot's Index as a private of Pennsylvania.
George paid taxes on three slaves until 1788, and on two until 1795. At his death, George left one of his slaves, named Cuff, to his son with the proviso that he be given his freedom after four years of service, and that he should give him three pounds each year in addition to his board, lodging, and apparel. The other slave, a woman named Betz, was left to his widow.

The only child of John George and Catharine (Hahn) (Nyce) Hertzel:

i
John George [Hartzell], son, born about 1769. John George married Catherine Krohan.

2
Jacob [Hertzel], son, born about 1734 and died after 1771. Jacob married Catharine Hartzell.

The seven children of Jacob and Catharine (Hartzell) Hertzel:

i    Jacob, son, born about 1768. Jacob married Anna Elizabeth Morex.

ii    Unnamed, son, born about 1772 and died about 1772.

iii    Paul, son, born about 1776. Paul married Elizabeth Young.

iv    Michael, son, born about 1779. Michael married Anna Stott.

v    Abraham, son, born about 1783. Abraham married Hannah Felman.

vi    Isaac, son, born about 1785.

vii    Jonas, son, born about 1793. Jonas married Maria Housekeeper.

3
Ulrich [Hertzel], son, born about 1736 and was buried 14 Feb 1771. Ulrich married Catharina ____.
Ulrich lived in Upper Salford Township. His funeral was conducted by the Reverand John Theobald Faber who was pastor of the Great Swamp Reformed church in Lower Milford township, and possibly the godfather of John Theobald Ritter, nephew of Barbel Ritter who married Hans Jacob Hertzell.

The three children of Ulrich and Catharina (____) Hertzel:

i    Jacob, son, born about 1764 and died about 1764.

ii
Johann Jacob, son, born about 1768. Johann Jacob married Maria ____.

iii
Margaretha, daughter, born about 1770. Margaretha married George Hartzel?.

4
Henry [Hertzel], son, born about 1745 and died after 1771. Henry married Sophia ____.

Henry lived in Springfield township, Bucks county.

The only child of Henry and Sophia (____) Hertzel:

i    Heinrich, son, born about 1767.

5
Hans Marx [Hertzel], son, born 18 Nov 1746 and died Feb 1771. Hans Marx married Elizabeth Nyce.
Hans Marx also appears in the records as John Mark. He was aged 24 years, 3 months when buried the same day as his father.

The two children of Hans Marx and Elizabeth (Nyce) Hertzel:

i
Philip Nyce, son, born about 1769. Philip Nyce married Elizabeth Gerhart.

ii    George Nyce, son, born about 1770 and died about 1770.

6
Anna Margaret [Hertzel], daughter, born about 1757 and died after 1771. Anna Margaret married Michael Schwarz.

7
Barbara [Hertzel], daughter, died after 1771. Barbara married Adam Smith.

8    Philip [Hertzel], son, born 4 Sep 1767.

Hans Georg was christened 30 May 1686 in Reihen, Baden, The Palatinate and died after 12 Nov 1747 in Lower Saucon, Bucks, now Northampton, Pennsylvania.

Hans Georg and Anna Margaretha married before 1714 in Reihen.

Anna Margaretha was born about 1690 in Reihen, Duchy of Baden, The Palatinate, the daughter of Jacob Conrad, and died after 1726.

Hans Georg³ emigrated from The Palatinate, arriving in Philadelphia by 18 Sep 1727 on the William and Sarah, William Hill, Master, from Rotterdam by way of Dover.

Patrick Gordon, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, informed the Council that "here is lately arrived from Holland a Ship with four hundred Palatines, as tis said", and said he had information they would very soon be followed "by a much greater Number, who design to settle in the back parts of this province". In order to prevent their continuing as "a distinct people from his Majesties Subjects", the Council decided that registration was necessary. They ordered that the masters of the ships provide a list of the names of those they imported, and that the male passengers sign a document declaring allegiance to the King, fidelity to the Proprietary of the province, and obedience to its laws and the laws of Pennsylvania. Thus this ship bears the distinction of being the first to arrive in Philadelphia for which records of passengers were taken.

William Hinke [Strassburger and Hinke, 1934] reads from the Captain's list "Hans Jer. Herzels - 4 Persons", and "Ulrick Hertsell, Skipach - 2 Persons"⁴. From the oath of allegience Hinke read "Hans Jerg Hertzel", while Roach read the signature as "hans Jerg hertzel". Thus it seems that from the very first in this country, the family name was spelled with two letters "e".

Hinke's interpretation of the "4" and "2" as persons seems to be incorrect. Jim Hartsell [Personal Communication, 26 Feb 2004] pointed out to me a Palatine Project web page, 1727 William & Sarah, which interprets these numbers as "freights", with an adult being one freight and a child counting as half. Thus the 4 for Hans Georg works out fairly well when interpreted as himself, his wife, and four children, but Johann Leonard, a babe in arms when they embarked, seems to have qualified for free passage.

Heading the list of passengers on the William and Sarah was Georg Michael Weiss, a young minister who came with the immigrants as their pastor. Born 23 Jan 1700 at Eppingen, Württemberg, Weiss had been ordained May 1726 at the Reformed Church at Heidelberg where he had matriculated at the University in 1717. He became the first pastor of the New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, located west of the present East Greenville, Montgomery County.

Hans Georg settled first in an area some thirty miles north of Philadelphia⁵ . Soon afterward, by a decree of the court in 1728, this area was organized as Salford township, Philadelphia county. Some three years later, Hans Georg's name appears on a Petition for the establishment of part of that township as a new township, Franconia, the decree being entered in the Court of Philadelphia 31 Mar 1731. (Over fifty years later, Montgomery County was erected out of Philadelphia county to encompass these townships on the border of Bucks county.) This petition is the only record we have of Hans Georg in that location, but neither Price nor Roach examined deeds or other Philadelphia county records, and a search may identify just where he lived, and for how long. The location of this township, and others of the area where the immigrant Hertzel relatives located, is shown below.

On 23 Apr 1735 Hans Georg was granted a warrant for the survey of 300 acres, on the east branch of Saucon Creek, to which he gave the name "Partnership". This was located some twenty miles north in Bucks county. Very late in life he conveyed half of this property to his son-in-law Philip Schlauch, soon after he had conveyed the first half to Nicholas Transue. Nicholas was presumably the other man in the "Partnership", but we don't have any other records to indicate the relationship between the two men.

The actual survey of the land, by Nicholas Scull for "George Hatzell", was not made until 24 Dec 1737. Two weeks before, land to the west of his had been surveyed by Schull for his son Hans Georg, Jr., and in later years land just to the north was warranted and surveyed to his sons Jacob and Leonard, and his son-in-law Philip Schlauch. These must have been attractive farm lands then, but all are now covered by the slag dump of the Bethlehem Steel Company. The surveys of these lands south of the Lehigh River and north of the Hellertown road are shown on a map by Roach [1966].

By the end of May 1738 George and his neighbors needed a better way to get to the lower part of Bucks county. They submitted a petition to the County Court of Quarter Sessions, in which they "humbly begg the fawour you would please to take into Consideration that there might be a Road laid out ower Tohickon beginning at the Recorded Road att Thomas Morris fence in Hill Town & from thence to Nathaniel Irish mill att the mouth of Saugh Coung [Saucon]". This petition was accepted by the Court for what eventually became the Old Bethlehem Road, which turned out to need successive improvements over the years. Hans Georg and his sons signed most of the numerous petitions, and from one, dated March 1743, Roach reproduces his signature.

In June 1742 the settlers "on and near Sawcum being desirous to have a Township laid out" again wrote up a petition. In September a constable, George Marsteler was appointed, and in March 1743 a plan of Lower Saucum township was approved by the court. This was still Bucks county 12 Nov 1747 when Hans Georg, then aged 61, sold the southern half of his land to his son-in-law Phillip Schlauch, husband of Anna Margaretha. Since, as is mentioned in that deed, he had already conveyed the northern half to his original partner, and so divested himself of his entire estate, Hans Georg died without a will or any court recorded actions. Consequently, neither the date of his death nor his place of burial are known.

It should be mentioned here that there were others of this family name who immigrated to Pennsylvania over the next few years who are not known to be relatives of Hans Georg, but may well have been. George and Ludwig Hertzel were on the Thistle, qualifing 29 Aug 1730. Conradt, Jacob (Hans Georg had a brother Johann Jacob), and Jacob, Junr. Hertzel were on the Enterprise and qualified 8 Dec 1738. Matthias Hirtzel was on the Snow Betsey, qualifying 27 Aug 1739, and others came in 1750 and later. Coincidently, the Snow Betsey was the ship which brought over Hans Georg's nephew Hans Melchoir in 1742.

Roach [1966] says that Anna Margaretha's father Jacob was of Ittlingen. The Martin Conrad who bought half of the "Partnership" plantation of Hans Georg, after it had been purchased by Philip Schlaugh, might have been her cousin or nephew. As discussed above, it is uncertain as to whether Anna Margaretha died before or after the family came to America. The Hans Leonard Conrad who came in 1732 on the Pennsylvania with her future daughter-in-law Barbel Ritter might well, also, have been a relative, and research on the Conrads in this part of Pennsylvania might provide a lead to her ancestry in The Palatinate.

The five children of Hans Georg and Anna Margaretha (Conrad) Hirtzel were Hans Georg, Hans Jacob⁵, Anna Margaretha, Johann Dietrich "Rudi?" and Johann Leonard.

Hans Georg [Hertzel], son, born 8 Sep 1714 in Reihen and died 21 Jan 1762 in Easton, Northhampton, Pennsylvania. Hans Georg was married [Hartzell, 1992] before 1737 in Pennsylvania to Catharina ____ (1) {born 3 Mar 1713, died 20 Sep 1796 in Lower Saucon, Bucks, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Lower Saucon}. He was married after 1751 to Brendel ____ (2).

Hans Georg, Jr., by his birth date, is probably the "Urig", age 18, who was sick when the Pink Plaisance arrived in Philadelphia in 1732. One month after their first child was born, Hans George Jr. obtained a warrant, 20 Dec 1737, for 200 acres surveyed the following December adjoining his father's plantation to the northwest.

During the Supreme Court session of 25-27 Sep 1740, George and his relatives and friends, because they were foreigners and minors when they immigrated, journeyed to Philadelphia and each made his Declaration of Allegiance. They, having "inhabited and resided the space of seven years and upwards in his Majesty's Colonies in America, and not having been absent out of the said Colonies for a longer space than two months, at any one time, during the said seven years", and having produced a certificate showing they had "taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in some Protestant or Reformed Congregation in this Province", swore to and signed the prescribed oaths and desclarations entitling them to the benefits of natural born subjects of Great Britain. It was not just in Puritan New England that religious qualifications were prerequisites to civil rights. Here, in the colony founded by William Penn some sixty years before to provide a haven of religious tolerance, membership in a Protestant church was a requirement for full citizenship.

In this record his name appears as "George Hartsell, of Bucks County", the earliest example of the use of an "a" instead of the "e" of Hertzel. In March of 1743, the record shows that Hans George and his brother Johann Leonhard did not appear in court, whereupon their bonds were forfeited. No record as to why they were to appear in court has been found.

During the early years of their married life, there was little opportunity for Hans Georg and Catharine to record the births of their children, as they depended on occasional visiting ministers for baptisms. John, in 1741, and Anna Maria margaretha, in 1743, had their baptisms entered, but Roach does not specify where those records can be found. In 1756, some five years after their youngest child was born, John Egidius Hecker opened books for the Reformed congregation in Lower Saucon, and the names of all of their children were entered in the registers. On 1 Jan 1761 George, as a member of the congregation's consistory, signed the church accounts.

A year later, Hans George and George Heckman were both drowned at Easton, probably as they attempted to cross the Lehigh River. Both men were buried by the Rev. Hecker three days later. George's will, written in German 21 Feb 1757, was proved at Easton 3 Feb 1762. In it, he declared that Catharina was to have full power over all of his estate, so long as she did not marry. His children who were left with their mother he directed "shall be obedient and secure her in Every helpful Thing", but if she remarried, they were to be taken from her "if they are fit to Learn a Trade". His entire estate, including bonds and bills due, amounted to £493, according to the inventory 15 Feb 1762. A vendue held 28 Apr 1762, probably to raise cash to pay off debts, brought in almost £25 from his relatives and neighbors.

The family continued to live on the farm until all of the children were married. Then, 1 Feb 1769, his son-in-law Jacob Gross purchased the plantation for £401, paying to the other heirs their equal shares. A final vendue of the personal estate brought in another £161 two months later, and the final accounting rendered 10 Aug 1769 came to a total estate of £638, a mark of the success Hans George, Jr., attained during his life.

Magdalena, daughter, born 26 Aug 1737 and died 8 Jan 1817 in Plainfield Twp., Northampton, Pennsylvania. Magdalena was married about 1755 to Johann Jacob Gross {born 7 Jun 1734 and died 7 Dec 1792}. Johann Jacob was probably the immigrant on the John & Elizabeth who qualified 7 Nov 1754. He was of Bethlehem township until he acquired his father-in-law's plantation, to which he moved.

The ten children of Magdalena and Johann Jacob Gross were Philip, Johann George, Johann, Anna Christina, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrick, Matthias, Conrad, Susanna, and Maria Sarah, born 1756 through 1778. Johann George was baptised in the Tohickon Reformed church over two years after his birth, and Johann some fourteen months after his. This is probably due to the lack of a minister in those early years. Anna Christina and Johann Jacob baptised in the Dryland Lutheran, while Johann Friedrick and Maria Sarah were baptised in the Lower Saucon Reformed. The other children are known only from their burial records.

Anna Christina, daughter, born 28 Jan 1739. Anna Christina married Matthias König {born about 1734 and died before 31 Jul 1810}.

Anna Christina was confirmed 11 Nov 1753 in St. Paul's (Blue) Church. She and Matthias were sponsors 7 Apr 1765 to her niece Anna Christina Gross.

Matthias immigrated on the Janet, qualifing 7 Oct 1751. They lived first in that part of Bethlehem Township which became Lower Nazareth, and moved later to Westmoreland County. His German will was proved 31 Jul 1810 at Greensurg, Pennsylvania.

Their eleven children were Maria Magdalena, John Jonathan, Susanna, Eva Christina, a daughter, George Adam, a child, Johannes, George David who died as an infant, George David, and Henry, born 1754 through about 1778. Their first child was baptised at Old Williams, the next two at Tohickon Reformed, Eva Christina at St. Paul's (Blue) church, and most of the rest at Dryland Lutheran. Henry is known only by being named in his father's will.

John, son, born 29 Sep 1741 and died before 24 Jun 1779. John married Barbara Hittel.

John was confirmed at Pentecost, 1757 at "Lohr Sacconheim" according to the records of the Tohickon Union Church, Bedminster township, Bucks, Pennsylvania. He was a shoemaker, and moved after the sale of his father's plantation to Salisbury Township where he was assessed 1772 "for the land he lives on". He died intestate.

Barbara's parents were of Salisbury township.

The six children of John and Barbara were Elizabeth, George Adam, Maria Leah, Mary, Susanna, and John Philip, born about 1764 through 1776. The only baptismal records are for Maria Leah at the Lower Saucon Reformed, and John Philip at the Dryland Lutheran. On 24 Jun 1779 Adam Edelman was named guardian for the children except for Elizabeth, then over fourteen.

Anna Maria Margaretha, daughter, born 27 Apr 1743 and died before Dec 1819. Anna Maria Margaretha was married about 1761 to Johann Philip Stuber {born 16 Jun 1736 in The Palatinate, son of Johann Wilhelm and Maria Amalia (Römer) Stuber, and died before 10 Aug 1816 in Lower Nazareth}. Johann Philip was born in Offenbach am Glam, The Palatinate, and immigrated at age nine years, qualifying at Philadelphia 26 Sep 1752, having arrived with his parents and siblings on the Richard and Mary. The family settled in Lower Saucon where his father was an elder in the Old Williams Lutheran church. After his marriage, Johann Philip purchased 150 acres in Alenn Township from George Santee. Late in life he purchased five acres in Lower Nazareth township where he and Anna Maria lived until his death.

The couple had eight children, Jacob, Catharine, Johann George, Johann Jacob, a child whose name Roach failed to record, Johann Adam, Maria Margaretha, and Maria Christina, born 1762 through 1792. The children from Johann George through Maria Margaretha were baptised at the Dryland Reformed church, and Maria Christina at the Schoenersville Christ Reformed.

Friedrich, son, born 2 Apr 1745. Friedrich was a party to the release of his father's plantation Feb 1769, and took a mortgage 1774 took a mortgage on Philip Stuber's property in Allen township when he was living there. No further definite record of him has been identified, but he may have been the Friedrich who was assssed in Salisbury township 1786 and 1788, and the one censused 1790 in Menallen township, York, with two males over sixteen, two under, and three females in his household.

Johann Adam, son, born 24 Apr 1747 and died Jan 1824 in Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Johann Adam was married about 1768 to Anna Maria Clara Schlauch {born about 1746, daughter of Philip and Anna Margaretha (Hertzel) Schlauch}.

Johann Adam was assessed in Bethlehem township 1772, and by 1783 had moved to Forks township where he was censused 1790. Subsequently he moved to Westmoreland county, possibly with this brother-in-law Matthias Konig.

Roach appends a question mark to Anna Maria Clara's name, indicating some doubt about her identity as the daughter of Anna Margaretha Hertzel. Clara and Johann Adam had twelve children born 1769 through 1790, Catharine, Anna Maria, Anna, and John, all baptised in the Dryland Reformed, Sarah, Maria Margaret, Adam, who married Catharina Schram, Jonathan, Leonard, John George, Balli (Polly or Maria?), and Eva, all baptised in the Dryland Lutheran.

Johann George, son, born 8 Feb 1749 and died 3 Nov 1824 in Menallen Twp., Adams, Pennsylvania?. Johann George was married about Jul 1769 to Hannah Kreiling {born 31 Oct 1751, daughter of Eberhard and Catherine (____) Kreiling and died 2 Feb 1830 in Menallen Twp., Adams, Pennsylvania}.

Johann George was probably the shoemaker who lived in Bethlehem township through 1788. However, he was not listed there in the 1790 census, as he and his wife Hannah moved to York county where her sister Christina and Johann Philip Hertzel were living.

According to Roach [1966], he and Hannah were married ca. 1768. His death record in at Bender's Lutheran Cemetery, however, says he "lived 55 yrs. 4 mos with Hanna, his wife". As he died in Nov 1824, this implies July 1769, the month in which their first child was born. The phrase "lived ... with", rather than "married to", may have been well chosen.

In 1780 George "Hartsill (Hurtsil)" was in the sixth class of Menallen township, which class was required to provide "one able-bodied recruit for the Continental Army to serve during the War". There is no record of whether this requirement was met, nor whether George ever performed actual service. George "Hertzil" of Menallen township in 1783 was taxed £6.2.5 on 150 acres of land, 1 house, 2 outhouses, 4 horned cattle, 4 horses, and 6 sheep valued at £189.10. He had eight inhabitants in his house at that time.

George's will, wherein he was named"George Hartzell of Menallen Township", was probated 13 Nov 1824 in York county.

Hannah's second name was listed as "Philitz" but indicated to be an error by Roach [1966], and may be Felicia according to Hartzell [1992]. Note that her sister married Johann George's cousin Johann Philip, our ancestor.

From the Dryland baptismal records we know the first eight of their children: Christina and Matthew baptised in the Dryland Lutheran church, John George (died 12 Dec 1838 York county) and John Philip (twins), Catherine and Leonard (died 17 Feb 1824 York) all four in the Dryland Reformed, and Sarah and John in the Dryland Lutheran, born 1769 through 1779 [Roach, 1966]. From George's will we find that Catharine had married Henry Bream, Sarah was unmarried, and by their absence, that Christina and Matthew must have died, the others all being named.

For two of the sons mentioned above we may have more information. Daniel, son of Philip and Elisabeth Hertzel, was born 21 Feb 1819 and baptized 20 Jun of that year, with Leonhardt Hertzel and Sarah sponsors, according to the Register of Christ's Lutheran Church, Gettysburg.

Also mentioned in George's will, probated 13 Nov 1824, in addition to his wife Hannah, were seven additional children who must have been born after the family left Bethlehem township: Henry, Elizabeth wife of William Meal, Hannah wife of Philip Long, Susanna wife of Henry Kosser, Mary wife of Jacob Bentzel, Barbara, and Jacob. However, the order here is not significant, as the older children appeared in the list mixed in random order with these. Leonard also was named although he had died in 17 Feb of that year, so George probably wrote and signed the will sometime before that earlier date.

Hanna's will, probated 8 Feb 1830, has some intriguing names, although the terse synopsis in the Hartzell-Hartzler Report leaves much to be desired in understanding the implications. As Hannah Hartzell of Menallen Township, widow, she named her son Henry, deceased, and his issue (who were not named in the synopsis), Hannah, Peggy (a nickname for Margaret), Sallyan (presumably Sarah), Polly (Mary), George Washington, Jacob Franklin, Kasiah, and Emeline. It is hard to believe that her son baptised as John George was this George Washington, and similarly for Jacob, and the last two names do not correspond to any of her known children. Therefore I'm assuming that the synopsis of her will failed to distinquish among her children and grandchildren.

Susanna Catharina, daughter, born 18 Jan 1751. Susanna Catharina was married about 1768 to George Thürheimer {born about 1740, died 20 Jul 1803 and was buried in Dryland Cemetery}. George is first recorded in Bethlehem township in 1764. In 1788 he was assessed as an inmate, i.e., not a land owner, and by 1790 was living in that part of Bethlehem which had become Nazareth township.

Susanna Catharina and George had eight children, Anna Catharine, Maria Margaret, George Michael, John, George Adam, Abraham, Isaac, and Joseph, all of whose surnames were recorded as "Derhammer". They were born between 1769 and 1790, all being baptised in the Dryland Lutheran church except Maria Margaret, who was baptised in the Dryland Reformed.

Anna Margaretha [Hertzel], daughter, baptised 17 Apr 1719 in Reihen and died after 1781. Anna Margaretha was married about 1737 to Philip Schlauch (1) { died in 1755}. She was married 29 Jun 1756 in Lower Saucon, Northampton, Pennsylvania to Philip Daniel Gross (2) {born about 1727}.

Anna Margaretha remarried the year after Philip Schlauch's death. They had recently stood sponsors for the son oftheir friends Philip Daniel Gross and his wife Leonora, but Leonora and her infant son were soon dead. (Philip's younger brother Johan Jacob Gross had married Anna Margaretha's niece, Magdalena Hertzel, daughter of Hans George.) Margaret, as she was by then known, and the widower Philip Gross married and eventually added two more children to their family. Philip also joined with her in the administration of her husbands estate, distributing £180 to her seven children, all of whom but one were under age. It is an interesting commentary on the procedures of those times that daughters Margaret and Catharine, minors over fourteen, chose with the permission of the court their neighbor Rudolph Oberle as guardian, while her son Jacob, also over fourteen, chose his step-father. For the three youngest children, all under fourteen, the court appointed Margaret's brother George "Heartswell" as guardian.

While Philip Gross surely acted as the head of the combined family in these early years, the legal requirements for the protection of her own children essentially ignored the reality of Margaret's remarriage. The wisdom of this is apparent in that within a few years, Philip and his step-son Jacob Schlauch were at odds in court over the distribution of his father's half share of the "Partnership" land. Apparantly relations were strained between the Gross and Schlauch children, and the Grosses had moved to Germantown by the time the land question was settled. After Philip's death, Jacob purchased the other half of the land, and a new patent granted 15 Jun 1770 reunited the original 300 acre estate settled by Hans Georg Hertzel some thirty five years previously.

Philip immigrated on the Dragon, qualifying 30 Sep 1732. Under a 6 Dec 1734 warrant he took up 150 acres "near New Cowissioppin", Bucks county, in what is now Lower Milford township, Lehigh. On 3 Nov 1739 he received a warrant for 100 acres which his brother-in-law Leonard Hertzel had surveyed 15 Oct 1751. On 10 Dec 1741 he sold his original land and in 1747 bought half of his father-in-law's "Partnership" farm in Saucon.

It was at Anna Margaretha and Philip's home that the Lutheran "Congregaton of the Augsburg Confession in Saucon" met, although we do not know when this started, but John Jacob Justus Birckenstok opened the books under that name in 1740. For some unknown reason, no children of theirs had baptisms entered in the book after their first two, and the book was after Philip's death used in a new church on Jurg Schenck's land in Williams township, two miles to the east.

Philip died intestate, and the inventory of his estate totaled £294 12sh. Five spinning wheels and a weaer's loom and gears probably indicated that one of his trades was that of a weaver, but he managed a sizable farming enterprise as well. Margaretha and her brother George were granted administration 25 Apr 1755, posting a bond of £300.

Margaret, daughter, born 9 May 1739 and died 20 Apr 1810. Margaret was married 1 Jan 1760 to Hans Leonard Knecht {born 18 Jan 1737, son of George Peter and Anna Christina (Hirtzel) Knecht}.

Margaret and her sister Maria Catharina married brothers. She and Hans Leonard had six children, Maria Margaret, Christine, Clara Catharine, Sarah, John, and Anna Dorothea born 1760 through 1779.

Maria Catharina, daughter, born 13 Feb 1741, baptised 5 Apr 1741 and died 27 Jul 1781. Maria Catharina was married 17 Jul 1759 to Ulrich Knecht {born 18 Feb 1738, son of George Peter and Anna Christina (Hirtzel) Knecht and died 26 Feb 1818}.

Maria Catharina and Ulrich had nine children, Maria Margaret, Barbara, Catharina, Philip Daniel, John, Elizabeth, John George, Jonathan, and Christian, born 1760 through 1780.

Johann Jacob, son, born 14 Feb 1743 and baptised 6 Mar 1743. Johann Jacob married Anna Maria ____.

Johann Jacob bought his father's estate for £260, paying to the other heirs their shares. He is probably the Jacob who with wife Anna Maria had a daughter Maria Magdalena in 1784 who was sponsored by Jacob Gross and Magdalena.

Anna Maria Clara, daughter, born about 1746. Anna Maria Clara was married about 1768 to Johann Adam Hertzel {born 24 Apr 1747, son of Hans Georg and Catharina (____) Hertzel and died Jan 1824 in Mt. Pleasant Twp}.

Rosina, daughter. See the comments regarding her brother Philip, below, as to Rosina's age and order of birth in the family.

Philip, son. Philip married (1) Rosina ____. He married (2) Mary Catharina ____. Philip was confirmed 22 May 1768 at Old Williams. The next year, June 1769, he was between fourteen and twenty-one years of age at the settlement of his father's estate, so must have been born 1748-1755. However, Rosina, listed before him by Roach, was under fourteen, so her ordering of the children is questionable. A first hand inspection of the relevant court documents might resolve this inconsistency.

Philip and Rosina had four children, Anna Rosina, Susanna, John Jacob, and Maria Magdalena from 1768 through 1773.

Philip and Maria Catharina had three children, John George, John, and Anna Margart born 1777, 1784, and 1787.

George Daniel, son, born 26 Mar 1757, baptised 11 Apr 1757, died 16 Mar 1803 and was buried in Christ Lutheran, Upper Mt. Bethel, No. George Daniel was married about 1784 to Catharine ____.

George Daniel was listed in the 1790 census immediately following John Santee, Jr., his brother-in-law.

George and Cathaine had four children, Philip Christian, Maria Magdalena, John George, Elizabeth, and Sebastian born 1785 through 1799.

Maria Magdalena, daughter, born 1 Jul 1759, baptised 17 Jul 1759 and died 27 Nov 1848. Maria Magdalena was married 19 Feb 1782 to John Santee. John was a carpenter by trade, and according to Roach was "probably" the son of John Santee, Sr., by a first wife before he married Regina Hertzel. He was granted a pension for his service in the Northampton County militia during the Revolution.

John and Maria Magdalena had eight children, Susanna, George Daniel, Joseph, John, Maria Catharina, David, Elizabeth, and Sarah born 1784 throught 1799 or later. Their son John married 11 Jan 1811 Anna Maria Ritter, born 28 Aug 1792, who could well have been a grand-niece of Barbel Ritter, Maria's aunt by marriage to Hans Jacob Hertzel, as Barbel's brother Paul had a daughter with that given name.

Johann Dietrich "Rudi?" [Hertzel], son, baptised 31 Oct 1722 in Reihen and died before 16 Nov 1779. Johann Dietrich "Rudi?" married Catharina ____.

In the communion record at St. Paul's Lutheran (Blue) Church in Upper Saucon township, in Nov 1753, it was noted that Johann Dietrich was blind.

George, son, born 1 Apr 1758 and baptised 16 Apr 1758. George was baptised at Tohickon Reformed Church.

Catharine, daughter, born 13 Dec 1760 and baptised 20 Mar 1761. Eva Catharine was also baptised at Tohickon Reformed Church, her sponsors where John Hickman and wife.

Johann Leonard [Hertzel], son, baptised 29 Nov 1726 in Reihen. Johann Leonard was married 6 Apr 1747 to Anna Maria Frantz.

The marriage of Johann Leonhard and Anna Maria was entered in the records of the Old Williams Township Church. The baptisms of their two daughters were recorded there, also.

Maria Susanna, daughter, born 2 Dec 1747. Maria Susanna's sponsors were Paul and Anna Maria Frantz, her grandparents.

Sarah, daughter, born 12 May 1749 and baptised 23 Jul 1749. Sarah's sponsors at her baptism were Jacob and Barbara Hertzel, her uncle and aunt.

Hans Jacob was christened 16 Apr 1716 in Reihen, Baden, The Palatinate. He died 11 Feb 1781 in Bethlehem Twp., Northampton, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Dryland Cemetery, Northampton, Pennsylvania.

Hans Jacob and Barbel "Barbara" married about 1743 in Northampton, Pennsylvania.

Barbel "Barbara" was born 26 Apr 1721 in The Palatinate, the daughter of ____ Ritter. < She died 7 Dec 1807 in Pennsylvania, and was buried in Dryland Cemetery.

Hans Jacob⁶ and his wife apparently lived on his father's homestead, at least until it was sold to Philip Schlauch in 1747. On 13 May 1749 Jacob obtained a warrant for fifty acres to the north and east of his brother Goerge, Jr.'s land, and bounded on the east by that of his brother Johann Leonhard and Philip Schlauh.

Hans Jacob moved about 1755 to Bethlehem Township in the recently erected Northampton county with his brother-in-law Casper Ritter. His land lay on the west side of the road from Bethlehem to Nazareth where the road to Easton crossed it. In the fall of 1763 he, together with John Sandy (Santee), signed articles of association for defense against the Indians. John's son John Jr. married a niece of Hans Jacob, Maria Magdalena Gross, daughter of Anna Margaretha Hertzel.

Hans Jacob was assessed there 1766 as an innkeeper and farmer, with an estate of 50 acres cleared and 110 acres uncultivated rated at £20. By 1772 he had given the inn over to his son Jonas, and worked only as a farmer [Roach, 1966]. They were taxed that year £5 and £1, as a farmer and a laborer, so why the inn was not taxed explicity is unknown. His brother, Jonas, however, was taxed as an innkeeper that year, so the transfer to Jacob, Jr. is somewhat problematial.

There were also taxed that year in Bethlehem a George Hertzel and an Adam Hertzel, both farmers, whose relationships to the family have not been identified. Possibly that same Adam was taxed 1785, 86, and 88 in Forks township, Northampton county, on 180 acres of land, as our Adam, grandson of Hans Jacob, had by that time had moved with his father to York county. The FHL IGI has some badly garbled records which seem to identify an Adam Hartzell, son of George, whose will was written 21 Feb 1757, and a Johann Adam Hertzel and Anna Maria Clara Schlauch who had a son Adam Hertzel christened 24 Sep 1780 in Hecktown, Lower Nazareth, Northampton county, or 24 Sep 1789 in Dryland Reformed Lutheran in Bucks.

Hans Jacob's will⁷ , drawn 3 Jan 1781 and proved 6 Apr 1781, left his house and 260 acres to Barbara for life or widowhood. After that the estate was to be divided among his eight children.

Barbel emigrated Sep 1732 from The Palatinate with others of her family. Although described as Barbara in almost all American reports, she was born as Barbel, as were several Hertzels in the previous century in Europe. See the Ritter chapter for details. I especially recommend the web pages of Barbara Morgenstern, RITTER Family from Germany, which comprises one of the most extensively researched and compiled genealogies I've encountered, particularly noteworthy as to the completeness of the source citations she provides.

The names and birth dates of the children in this family are as given by Jonas in his 1816 letter (see below), and used in the "Hartzell Ancestral Line", except that Jonas names the second twin only as "Malley". His information is extended by Roach, who cites the original baptismal records for most of the children. She clearly did not have access to Jonas' letter, however, as she had no birth dates for a few of the children, and was in error for that of Jonas.

The eight children of Hans Jacob and Barbel "Barbara" (Ritter) Hertzel were Jonas, Johann Philip⁶, Jacob, Regina, Christina, Elizabeth, Anna Maria "Malley" and John.

Jonas, son, born 26 Feb 1741 and died 1824 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Jonas was married about 1763 to Catharina Sendi (Santee) (1) { was daughter of Valentin and Maria (____) Sendi. She died 9 May 1804}. He was married 22 Apr 1810 to Margaret Grube (2) {born 20 Nov 1747 and died 22 Apr 1817}. Jonas married (3) Susanna ____ { died after 1824}.

Jonas was confirmed at "Lohr Sacconheim" on Pentacost, 1757, and eleven years later was treasurer of the church. In 1772 he was taxed £3 12sh in Bethlehem township as an innkeeper, and in 1786 as a tavernkeeper. He was probably the most public figure of the family, rising to political prominence as a member of the Committee of Correspondence in 1776, sheriff 1779, and Assemblyman 1781 through 1783. He was in 1789 elected to the Supreme Executive Council, served again as sheriff in 1790, and was a justice of peace in the county.

James Boney writes [Personal Communication, Feb. 2006] that, while remodeling a home in Snickshinny, PA, he found a legal document, dated 1791, that mentions Jonas as Sheriff of Northampton County.

On 6 Oct 1816 Jonas wrote a letter to his brother Philip who was at that time in Rocky Mount, Franklin, Virginia. This letter, dated at Allentown, is two legal size pages long. The first page starts off by chiding Philip for not writing since "25 august 1813 - which Letter was delivered to our Brother John Hartzell By the same man that you gave it to". There was no organized postal delivery service which could be depended upon to take a letter from Virginia to Pennsylvania. It then goes on to provide a chatty account of various items of family news, and says that their brother John will send Philip's share due from their mother "as sun as the Bank notes of the united States will be in Circulation".

The second page of Jonas' letter is almost entirely a genealogy of the family. Jonas mentions first the death dates of their parents, then gives the birth dates of all of the children of the family, with a calculation of the intervals between each birth. He then copies a "memorandom given By me Jonas Hartzell to my son Isaac & his Sons it Being from Jonas and philips grand father, down to our grand Children in the mail Blod down to the present fifth generation - to Jonas and philip Hartzels grand Children". He then lists "old george" and his son Jacob, both born in Germany, and gives the years of their birth and death. Then himself, "as god pleases yet Living in the year of our Lord 1816". Finally, he lists the dates of birth of his son Isaac and grandson Thomas.

At the end of the letter he says that he has sent this to Isaac to be "Entered in his Bible for our great grand Children", and requires that Philip must also send a copy "to your oldest son adam & then his sons if any". This provides the only documentary evidence we have that our ancestor Adam is the son of Johann Philip Hertzel.

The relationship of Catharina's father to Johannes Sendi and his son John Santee, who both married into the Hertzel family in this generation, is unknown. The father married as his second wife Regina Hertzel, sister of Jonas, about the same time as Jonas and Catharina were married, and his son married twenty years later Maria Magdalena Gross, daughter of Jonas' aunt Anna Margaretha Hertzel and her second husband Philip Gross. Valentin may have been the signer of a petition 1733 in Warwick township, Bucks, for which Roach cites History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania by W. W. H. Davis, Doylestown, 1876.

The nine children of Jonas and Catharina were Isaac, Regina who married Philip Knecht, Jonas who enlisted in New Jersey and was killed in the war, Sarah, Elizabeth, Maria Catharina, Catharina Elizabeth who married Jacob Derhamer, Margaret "Bege" who married Georg Kridler, and Jacob born 1764 through 1786 [Roach, 1966].

The Hartzell Ancestral Line lists also a son Jonas, born Northampton Co., "married and went to Jersey to his wife's relatives. He did not do well. He enlisted, ... and the family heard that he was killed" in the War of 1812. Jonas Sr., bought a house and cared for his widow and her children.

Jacob¹, Heinrich², Clemens³, Hans Georg⁴, Hans Jacob⁵, Johann Philip⁶, Adam⁷, Phillip⁸, Adam Leonard⁹, John Eaton¹⁰, Mildred Louise¹¹
_____¹	Maria²

1	Catherine, daughter, married her cousin Jacob, son of Ulrich Hartzell of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
2	Christina, daughter, born 19 Oct 1741 and died 18 Apr 1821. Christina married Abraham Cope {born 11 Aug 1734 and died 2 Jun 1799}.
3	Margaret, daughter, born 6 Aug 1743 and died in 1813. Margaret married John Adam Cope {born 6 Jul 1731 and died 2 Dec 1799}.
4	Michael, son, probably born in Switzerland, accompanied his parents to Pennsylvania, inherited a farm in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, but died four years after his father; married Catherine Leidy. Michael and Catherine had two sons, George Henry, born about 1770, who married Susanna Allum, and Jacob Leidy, born about 1771, who married Margaret Rebecca Niece. Children of these two families are also known.
5	Paul, son, born about 1750, married Catharine Wambold. Paul and Catharine had three sons, George Henry, Jacob and Henry Wambold. The first two, at least, were generally recorded as Hartzells.
6	Sophia, daughter, married John Althouse.
7	Mary Magdalena, daughter, born 1751, died Nov. 8, 1811, married Abraham Stout.
8	Henry, son, born about 1752, married Susanna Margreda Dickenscheid. Their six children, all sons, were Andrew, George Henry, John, George D., William D. and Michael. These men generally spelled their name Hartzell.
9	Elizabeth, daughter, married Henry Bleyler.
10	Hannah, daughter, married Henry Drumbore.
11	Susanna, daughter, married Peter Scholl.