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

Heinrich1, Anthony2, Hans3, Madalen4

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.

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

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.

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

Hans1, Hans2, Anna3

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.

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

Jacob1, Anna Margaretha2

Hertzel Immigrants in Southeastern Pennsylvania

iii

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.

The seven children of Philip and Anna Margaretha (Hertzel) Schlauch:

1	George, son, born before 1738 and died before 1769.

2

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.

3

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.

4

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.

5

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}. 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 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.

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

7

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.

The two children of Philip Daniel and Anna Margaretha (Hertzel) Schlauch Gross:

1

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.

2

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.

iv	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.

The two children of Johann Dietrich "Rudi?" and Catharina (____) Hertzel:

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

2	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.

v	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.

The two children of Johann Leonard and Anna Maria (Frantz) Hertzel:

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

2	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.

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

____1, Barbel "Barbara"2

iii

Jacob, son, born 20 Aug 1745 and died Jun 1818. Jacob was married about 1770 to Maria Catharina Klein { was daughter of Gerlach Klein. She died after 1818}. Jacob was named in his father's will, and was surely the Jacob, Jr. assessed in Bethlehem townhip in 1772. He moved to York county where his brother Philip lived, but was in Unity township, Westmoreland county in western Pennsylvania, when he died testate in June 1818. The earliest record of interest in York county occurs when two Jacob Hartzeals were taxed in Berwick township in 1779 [Tax List of York County 1779, Third Series, PA Archives]. We know that Jacob's father Hans Jacob died in Northampton county in 1781, but it is possible that father and son were in York county together by 1779, with the father moving back north before his death. On the other hand, The DAR Patriot Index has a Jacob Hartzell, Private in Pennsylvania, born 27 Sep 1751, died 24 Mar 1839, married first to Mary Catherine Klein, second to Margaret Smith. Therefore we must note in what follows below that there were at least two Jacobs who have been confused in the Pennsylvania records. Jacob was as a member of the third class of the inhabitants of Berwick township's federal army quota 30 Jan 1781. No record of actual service at that time has been found. However, Jacob did see service as a private in a detachment of the fourth class of the county militia that year. He spent the two months from 16 Jul to 16 Sep guarding prisoners of war at Camp Security, for which he received £5 pay and £5.10 bounty. He was also listed as a private in the eighth company of Captain Peter Ickes, Seventh Battalion of the York County Militia, in the spring of 1785. Jacob Hartsell, wheelwright of Berwick township, had five inhabitants in his house in 1783. He had 1 house, 1 outhouse, 1 lot, and 1 horned cow worth a total of £36 on which he was taxed 15 shillings. Sunday, 11 Apr 1790 was a doubly blessed day for the Hertzels. On that day at the Arendtsville Lutheran and Reformed Church, Jacob and Catharina's daughter Christina Barbara was baptised, with the child's aunt and uncle Johann Philip and Christina Barbara (Kreiling) Hertzel standing sponsor. That same day, Johann Philip and Christina Barbara's grandson Jacob, son of Adam and Christina (Sink) Hertzel, was baptised with Jacob and Catharine sponsors. Jacob and his wife also sponsored children at Christ Lutheran Church in 1792. It's not known when Jacob left the area to go to wesern Pennsylvania. Jacob and Catharina's two children recorded in the Dryland Lutheran Church records were baptised 1771 and 1773. The first York county birth listed here, Eva, daughter of "Jacob and Catharina Hertzel", was recorded in the Abbottstown Reformed (now Emanuel Reformed) Church, sponsors Wilhelm and Eva Mummeyer. This latter couple were Maria Catharina's sister and brother-in-law. Abbottstown is on the eastern edge of what is now Adams county. In the second York county record Christina Barbara, "daughter of Jacob and Maria Catharina Herzel", was baptised in the Arentsville Lutheran and German Reformed church, sponsored by Johann Philip and Christina Barbara Herzel. It is from this second baptismal record, only, that we know that Catharina Klein's own baptismal name was Maria. This twenty one year range for only four children is unusual, however, and there may well be other children who were for some reason not recorded.

The four children of Jacob and Maria Catharina (Klein) Hertzel:

1	Anna Catharine, daughter, baptised 16 Jun 1771.

2	Leah, daughter, baptised 1 Aug 1773.

3	Eva, daughter, born 28 Oct 1781 in Abbottstown, York, Pennsylvania, and baptised 6 Nov 1781 in Abbottstown.

4	Christina Barbara, daughter, born 6 Mar 1790 in York, Pennsylvania, and baptised 11 Apr 1790 in Arendtsville, York, Pennsylvania.

iv

Regina, daughter, born 17 Dec 1747 and died 5 Oct 1823. Regina was married about 1763 to Johannes "John" Sendi (Santee). John first appeared in Lower Saucon on the assessment roles of 1761, and by 1763 he was in that part of Bethlehem township which became Lower Nazareth. That year with Jacob Hertzel he was a member of the Easton militia along with Valentine Sandy, father of Catharine who married Jonas Hertzel. In September 1776 John was commissioned Captain in the Norhampton County Associators, and was ordered in December to march to the Flying Camp with his company. Under the Militia Act of 1777, he served as Captain in the Sixth Battalion, and later in the Second. The records show that Philip Schlauch was his sergeant in 1780, and his son Adam, along with Adam Ritter, were privates in his company. His final residence was on the west side of the Bethlehem-Nazareth Road on land adjoining Jonas Hertzel's8 . Regina and John had nine children, Valentine, Magdalena, Leonard, Elizabeth, Sarah, George, Regina, Christina, and Margaret, born 1764 through about 1786.

v	Christina, daughter, born 5 Sep 1750. Christina was confirmed at Tohickon Reformed in 1766.

vi	Elizabeth, daughter, born 9 Sep 1758. Elizabeth was baptised at Tohickon Reformed 10 Oct 1758, her uncle Henry Ritter and his wife Mary Elizabeth stood sponsors.

vii

Anna Maria "Malley", daughter, born 9 Sep 1758. Anna Maria "Malley" married ____ Kridler. Malley and Elizabeth were twins, and Casper Ritter and his wife stood sponsor for Anna Maria at the Tohickon Reformed. She was confirmed at Tohickon Reformed on Easter, 1773. Her name Malley is spelled here as given in Jonas' letter, her full name is from the baptismal record cited by Roach. The Hartzell Ancestral Line says she married Sam or Daniel Kridler who had a blacksmith shop where her brother Jonas used to live and ran a tavern close to Allentown. According to the "Hartzell Ancestral Line", Malley's husband was either Sam or Daniel Kridler, "who had a blacksmith shop where Malley's brother Jonas used to live and ran a tavern close to Allentown". Her brother Jonas' daughter Regina marred George Kridler, most probably related.

viii

John, son, born 21 Aug 1762 and died 6 Mar 1847. John was married in 1781 to Catharine Schneider. John had 160 acres in Bethlehem township across the road from the Santees. In 1816 he lived in Allentown, and was the administrator of his mother's estate. John and Catharine had nine children, Elizabeth, Maria Magdalena, Jacob, John, Jonas, Isaac, Sarah, George, and Catharine born starting 1784.

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

Eberhard1, Christina Barbara2

ii

Catherine, daughter, born about 1769 and died in Ellerton, Montgomery, Ohio. Catherine married 20 Oct 1794 in Franklin County, Virginia,Jacob Mulenden {born in 1759 and died in 1841}. Katarina and Jacob came to Ohio with Adam in 1815. They had two children, Nance who married Francis Webb, and Abeon who married and had a son, Aaron. According to McMahon [1998], they then moved on to Indiana. However, the Hartzell Ancestral Line says that Katarine died at Ellerton, Ohio. I have also seen recorded somewhere (source now lost to my memory) that Jacob's surname was spelled Mulendore. The spelling Mulenden was recorded for their marriage [Jim Hartsell, http://www.jdhartsell.com/david/david.html].

iii

Abraham, son, born 23 Jan 1771 in Northhampton, Pennsylvania, and died May 1842 in Ellerton. Abraham married Eva Houtz on 23 May 1796 in Franklin County, Virginia. We know nothing about the life of this brother of Adam, but an Abraham Hartzel purchased federal land just north of Germantown, Montgomery, Ohio, 25 Mar 1805. It could well be that it was Adam's objective to join his younger brother that sent him off a decade later with his family. The Hartzell Ancestral Line says "We believe" that Abraham, as a very young man, was one of a group of about fifteen men who formed a fishing and hunting camp there, but left when the settlers came and formed the town of Germantown. He then later returned to the area, as he is buried in Ellerton, six miles north of Germantown. The record of Abraham and Eva's marriage is from "Marriage Bonds of Franklin County, Virginia" as relayed to me by Jim Hartsell (Personal Communication, 4 Feb 2003). An online record which I previously cited here incorrectly places this marriage in Bedford County, VA. Jim also wrote that "Surety was Christian Houtz. Also mentioned in these marriage records are Philip Hartzell (surety twice), his children Adam (surety), Margaret (bride), Catherine (bride), Elizabeth (bride), all from 1793 to 1798, and Adam's son Jacob (groom)."

iv

Maria Margaret, daughter, born 8 May 1773. Maria Margaret married Andrew Roland 25 Jan 1793 in Franklin County, Virginia. Maria Margaret was baptised 23 May 1773 at Dryland Reformed, her sponsors being Martin Gross and his wife Margaret, Maria's great aunt. Glenda Rowland, [Personal Correspondence], says that Maria Margaret Hertzell, born 8 May 1772, Northampton Co, PA, married Andrew Roland 25 Jan 1793 in Franklin Co, VA and that they had: Adam, born 5 Jan 1794 Abraham, born 15 May 1797 Jacob, born 30 may 1798

Glenda says the Franklin County marriage records shows "Rowland, Andrew, and Margaret Hartzell. Philip Hartzell, sur.-Jan. 25, 1793". She had received from Geneva Pickle of VA a copy of a page from the Franklin Co Marriage Records 1786 Through 1806, and copied it "exactly as written". The abbreviation "sur" stands for Surety, and apparently is at least approximately equivalent to "sponsor", or "he who gave away the bride". Jim Hartsell reports [http://www.jdhartsell.com/david/david.html] that Surety for Hartzell marriages that he ascribed to Philip's daughters included Philip Hartzell (for Margaret and Elizabeth) and Adam Hartzell (for Catherine). Glenda says there is also information on Family Tree Maker's Family Arhives Vol.III, and adds that Andrew and Margaret were in NC until after 1830, then they went to McMinn Co, TN. They were last in the census records in 1850 there. They came to TN with their 2 sons, Adam and Abraham and their spouses and children.

v

Elizabeth, daughter, born 17 Aug 1778. Elizabeth was baptised 13 Sep 1778 at Dryland Lutheran, her sponsors Philip Faas and his wife Elizabeth. Don Smith records [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~don46/hartzel.htm] that Elizabeth married 11 Sep 1798 Jacob (Kinsey) Kinzie, born 1780, died 17 Feb 1854, and traces the Kinzie line back to Switzerland.

vi	Unnamed, daughter. This last daughter, name unknown, is implied by the census of 1790 in which there were four daughters listed.

vii	Frederick, son, born 1786 in Pennsylvania, and died 1855 in Keokuk, Iowa. Frederick married Sarah Houghman. From the census I had this son, born after 1774. McMahan [1998] gives the name and data shown here. Her descent is from a son Peter born 1812 in Ohio.

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

Christina Sarah?1

ii

Jacob, son, born 21 Mar 1790 in York, Pennsylvania, and baptised 11 Apr 1790 in York. Jacob married Hannah Capper. Jacob's birth and baptism, as the son of Adam and Christina Herzel, are recorded at the Lutheran & Reformed Congregations of Arendtsville. Sponsors were Georg Leng (Lang? "George Lenz; Mar." in another record.) and Margreth. Baptised on the same day was Christina Barbara Herzel, daughter of Jacob and Maria Catharina Herzel, who was born 6 Mar 1790. Sponsors were Philip Herzel (Jacob's grandfather) and Christina11 . When his father took the family to Ohio in 1815, Jacob remained behind in Virginia, as did his grandfather, Johann Philip.

iii	Catherine "Kate", daughter. Catherine "Kate" was married in Virginia to ____ Murlachers.

iv

John, son, born 25 Sep 1793 in Northampton, Pennsylvania. John was married 19 Oct 1819 in Montgomery to Susanna Heck {born about 1802, daughter of Abraham Heck}. John and Susanna are the great-great-grandparents of Glenn Ray Hartzell of Dayton, Ohio, who provided us [Hartzell, 1990] with a copy of the 1816 letter to our ancestor Johann Philip Hertzel in Virginia from his brother Jonas [Hartzell, 1816]. Glenn also sent the eight page document entitled "Hartzell Ancestral Line" [Anon-09] which recounted several branches of the descendants of the immigrant Johann George Hirtzel. This he received "from a cousin long ago", and he also sent a copy to Charles Price, who cited it in the material he sent to Paul Middleton in 1980. He notes that there are "some discrepancies" which have to be resolved, but this appears to be the original source of our knowledge of the York County, Pennsylvania, and Franklin County, Virginia generations of our lineage. John and Susanna had eight chidren, according to the General Index to Miami Valley Pioneers, but the "Hartzell Ancestral Line" lists seventeen, including two consecutive sets of twins! These were Jacob, Joseph, Eliza, Levina, Allen, Clinton, John, David, Sarah, Abraham, Lewis, twins Susannah and Leonard, twins George and Mary, Elizabeth, and Henry. They were born between 1820 and 1845.

v

Jonas, son, born 6 Apr 1796 in York, baptised 3 Jun 1796 and died in Virginia. Sponsors at Jonas' baptism as the son of Adam and Sara Hertzel in the Arendtsville church were Leonhardt Herzel and Elisabeth Knaus, Leonhardt probably being the nineteen year old son of Johann George and Hannah (Kreiling) Hertzel, and second cousin to Adam. Adam's next son, it might be noted, he named Leonard, but no record of that baptism (or later ones) appears in the Arendtsville register.

vi	Leonard, son, born about 1799. Leonard's birth year and marriage are from Jim Hartsell (see below), who cites Susan McMahon's notes (GenForum, 7/21/99). I had originally "abt 1795", and his death in Virginia. Jim says he died 1878 in Iowa.

vii

Elizabeth "Betsey", daughter. Elizabeth "Betsey" was married 15 Oct 1818 in Montgomery to Moses Rentfrow, son of Turpin and Sarah (Troup) Renfrow, grandson of Moses and Elizabeth Dixon Turpin Renfrow [Personal Communication 25 May 2001 from Joan Smith; GenForum posts by Joan Smith, Joan Renfrow and Harlan Rentfrow]. The surname has also been spelled Renfro, possibly the original spelling in this country.

viii

David, son, born 1805 in Virginia, died in Indiana. David was married in 1836 to Barbara Nipp in Connersville, Fayette, Indiana. He died 5 Mar 1865 and is buried in Windsor Township, Shelby County, Illinois. David's birth, marriage and death are from Jim Hartsell, who presents an extensive and quite persuasive argument [http://www.jdhartsell.com/david.html] that David, son of Adam and Christina, is identical to his ancestor David who married Barbara Nipp. Jim's life of David, a project lasting most of Jim's own life, is wonderfully presented on another web page, http://www.jdhartsell.com/david/david.html. This is one of the most interesting and well executed examples of genealogical research that I've seen, and presents David's life in the context of the history of his time and place. On 24 Nov 2002 Jim wrote gain to report that he had found that Margaret Nievel, previously described here as the first wife of David (son of Adam), was actually the wife of David Hetzel, son of John and Catharina (Thomas) Hetzel. Thus this David's only wife was Barbara Nipp whom David met in Rush County Indiana, "near where Adam's son Leonard Hartzell was as of 1832", and they named their first daughter Margaret. From Jim's web page cited above: "It was David Hartzell's great-great grandfather Hans George Hirtzel who came to America in 1727, along with David's great-grandfather who was 11 years old. The family first settled in Pennsylvania, and moved to Virgina around 1794. David Hartzell was the son of Adam and Christina (Sink) Hertzell. David was born Nov. 22, 1805 at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, about 17 miles south of Roanoke. He was 10 when the family moved in 1815 to Ellerton, Montgomery County, Ohio, about 10 miles SW of Dayton. David appears to have moved to Union County Indiana before 1830, and was probably in Rush County Indiana around 1832. David was a shoemaker. He married Barbara Nipp on May 15, 1836 in Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana. They lived in Jennings Township, near Springersville, Fayette County, about 3 miles east of Connersville. In 1860, David and his family moved to Shelby County, Illinois, in the vicinity of Windsor. David Hartzell died Mar. 5, 1865 in Windsor Township, Shelby County."

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

John1, Mary Elizabeth2

Hartzell, Elizabeth, w/o Philip, died. 10 Feb 1837 in her 42nd year

Phil____, died 2 or 7, likely December in 1855

______ footstone P. H.

______ footstone C. B.

Hartzell, Sarah M., died/o ____ilip Ju )

___zell, _ary ) s/s

____el____, David, _____ Sep _____

Bolli(nger), Cat____, w/o _____H. 1836 (note below)

Hartzell, Mary, may read died. 1 Aug 1844, age __y, 1m __d

_____ field stone

iii	Elias, son, born about 1814 in Covington.

iv

Delila, daughter, born 1815/1820 in Covington. Delila was married in 1840 to Henry Reiber {born 1816 in Pennsylvania, son of Jacob and Catherine (____) Reiber and died 17 Oct 1886}. Delilah and Henry had eleven children. including Philip, Jacob, and Benjamin. Henry was the third of four brothers, the others being John, Peter, and Benjamin, born 1811 through 1818 in Perry county, Pennsylvania. He came to Ohio in 1835. In a few years he had saved enought to purchase 80 acres of land, to which he added in later years. He and Delila had eleven children, of whom three gave their lives in the Civil War. One died of the measles, one of diptheria, and one as a prisoner at the notorious Anderson prison.

v

Christine "Tennie", daughter, born 21 Sep 1820 and buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Newton Townhship, Miami County. Christine "Tennie" was married 11 Feb 1841 in Miami County, Ohio toJoseph Jones{born 15 Jan 1817, died 23 Dec 1877 and buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery}. The marriage and burial data for Joseph and Christine comes from Joe Bosserman [OHMIAMI-L@rootsweb.com, 7 May 2001], who writes "In 1850 Joseph Jones was listed as a Wagon-Maker in Newberry Township, Miami County Ohio". He also reports that "Joseph's gravestone reads, died 23 Dec 1877, aged 60y-11m-8d, Christina's reads, died 30 Oct 1896, aged 76y-1m-9d", from which I calculate their birth dates.

vi

Susannah "Susan", daughter, born 23 Feb 1819 in Newberry Twp., Miami, Ohio, died 1913/1914 and was buried in Sugar Grove Cem. Susannah "Susan" married (1) Rudolph R. Bollinger. There was a Rudolph Bollinger censused in 1835 in Newton Township, Miami County, and the somewhat unusual name makes in a distinct possiblility that that man was this Rudolph. Susannah was married 1 Jul 1852 in Miami County, Ohio to John Cassel (2) {born 1818 in Pennsylvania, son of John Cassel, died 24 Feb 1887 and was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery}. In April, 1853, John Cassel purchased from Philip Hartzell Sr., "and his heirs", a farm of 160 acres, NW corner, Section 36, Range 4, where they [John or Philip?] lived in Miami county [Price, 1980; citing Miami County, Ohio Land Records, Book 44, p. 344] .

vii

Philip, son, born 23 Jan 1824 in Darke, Ohio, and died 7 Nov 1907 in Newberry Twp. Philip married Elizabeth Swisher {born 29 May 1829, daughter of Jacob Swisher and died 8 Jul 1885 in Newberry Twp.}. Philip grew up in Newberry township, attending the first schoolhouse on Greenville Creek. After he left his father's farm, he worked at millwrighting and bridgebuilding, and became a contractor. He was the principal contractor in the area, having build almost all of the bridges of that time in Miami county. After a fall from a collapsing bridge which he was repairing, his head was crushed by the falling timbers. He recovered, but a scar and depression covered a silver plate used to replace the destroyed skull bones. He built and lost two mills, the first due to economic losses in the depression, the second to fire. He then traded into a coal mining company, and traded that for another mill property which he greatly improved before it, too, was burned. Having no insurance, he was unable to invest again, and resumed his trade of contractor. A much more detailed account of Philip's life may be found in "Memoirs of Miami Valley", vol. 3. Also from that reference we have: "He was married in 1846, to Elizabeth Swisher, daughter of Jacob Swisher, who was an early resident of this county, and resided in the same neighborhood with the Hartzells, but at the time of her marriage she was a resident of Darke Co.; they have seven children." Philip was buried next to his wife in Highland Cemetery, along Ingle Road on the north edge of Covington, Miami, Ohio [Bosserman, 197?]. From this record we get his birth and death dates. Elizabeth was an early resident of Miami county, residing in the same neighborhood as the Hartzells. At the time of her marriage to Philip, however, she was living to the west in Darke county. She and Philip had seven children.

viii

Elizabeth, daughter, born about 1826 in Ohio, and died before 1 Apr 1853. Elizabeth married George F. Sullenberger {born in 1813 and died before 1 Jul 1850}. There was a George Sulenberger, Jr. censused 1835 in Newberry Twp., Miami County, probably this man. On the basis of this record, and another for John Sulenberger also in the township, I've changed the spelling of this surname from Sullenberger [Hartzell, 1934] to the version with one "l". Price [1980] cites Hartzell [1934] for this family. Elizabeth died between 22 Sep 1852 and 1 Apr 1853

ix	Adam Leonard, son, born 17 Mar 1827.

x

Sarah, daughter, born 1830 in Covington. Sarah married Henry Freeman {born in 1819}. Henry was a Hatter living in Newberry township, Miami county according to the 1850 census. Sarah's sister Malinda was living with them at the time. There was a David Freeman living in the township in 1835, possibly Henry's father.

xi	Malinda, daughter, born 5 Nov 1834 in Covington. Malinda was married 20 May 1851 in Miami to Isaac Lehman. Malinda and Isaac's marriage from the Index to Marriage Records, which records five other Lehman marriages in Miami county from 1832 through 1851

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

Peter1, William2, Peter3, William4, John5, William6, Benjamin7, David8, Jonathan9, John Clements10, Louisa Ricker11

Louisa Ricker (Eaton) Hartzell (1835-1923)

ii

Edgar Alfred, son, born 26 Feb 1865 in Clinton, Missouri. Edgar Alfred was married 1 Feb 1899 to Louise D. "Lula" Heisler {born 1870, died 1944, buried Greenlawn Cemetery}. Sometimes recorded as Alfred Edgar, he was censused as a young man as "Edgar A.", and mentioned in his father's obituary as "E. A.". He was buried in Greenlawn, but the tombstone death date was not legible.

The two children of Alfred Edgar and Louise D. "Lula" (Heisler) Hartzell:

1	Samuel Allen, son, born 2 Dec 1899. Samuel Allen married (1) Harriett Chenoweth. He married (2) an unknown person.

The two children of Samuel Allen and Harriett (Chenoweth) Hartzell:

i

Gladys Merle, daughter, died 8 Oct 1990. Gladys Merle married (1) H. F. White. She married (2) Clarence Handy. Gladys Merle married (3) Claude Englehardt. Gladys and Clarence had a son Charles S. Walker, according to Ollie May [op. cit.]. Whether this was an adopted son, or a misprint in her notes, I don't know. Charles had a son Kevin and and daughter Aimee.

ii	Emma Jean, daughter. Emma Jean married Jack R. Glass { died before 1992}. Emma Jean's correct first name and descendants are from Ollie May, July 1992.

2

Alfred Leslie "Duck", son, born 2 Nov 1902 and died 1976 in Plattsburg. Alfred Leslie "Duck" married (1) Julia Bernadette ____}. He married (2) Julia Mallen. Alfred Leslie Hartzell, Age Six Months Alfred Leslie, as recorded in the family bible, seems to have been called Leslie A. in later life, and was known by all of his many friends in Plattsburg as "Duck". At his death he was survived by his wife Julia, three sons James, Jeff, and John, and two daughters, Mary Lou Curfman of Peoria, Illinois, and Judy Blankenship of Kansas City, as well as by five grandchildren. Julia was survived by three sons and one of her daughters, Judy, and by two brothers and six sisters. This wife and children were given by Ollie May in her July, 1992, letter to Pat [op. cit.]. The reference is slightly ambiguous, but I believe she meant this to be a second wife to Alfred Leslie. Ollie May also included a notation "died 25 Nov 90", but it's not clear whether this refers to husband or wife.

The four children of Alfred Leslie "Duck" and Julia (Mallen) Hartzell:

i	Judith, daughter. Judith married ____ Blankenship.

ii	James, son.

iii	Jeff, son.

iv	John, son.

iii	Roxie Louisa, daughter, born 5 Jan 1867 in Clinton and died in Plattsburg. Roxie Louisa was married 14 Nov 1894 to George Emmett Winn { born 1856, died 1936 in Plattsburg and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery}.

The five children of George Emmett and Roxie Louisa (Hartzell) Winn:

1	Unnamed, daughter, born 29 Aug 1895 and died 29 Aug 1895.

2	Virginia Louise, daughter, born 30 Nov 1897 and died 20 Aug 1939.

3	Rex Hartzell, son, born 13 Nov 1900 and died 3 Sep 1960.

4	Unnamed, child, born 4 May 1902 and died 4 Jun 1902.

5	Grace Roxie, daughter, born 4 Jun 1905. Grace Roxie was married about 1939 to Dwight Siler. Grace Siler's address in 1990 was Route 1, Box 11, Plattsburg, Missouri 64477.

iv	Mary Miller "Mayme", daughter, born 29 Dec 1868 in Clinton. Mary Miller "Mayme" was married 17 Dec 1890 to Morton A. Porter.

The four children of Morton A. and Mary Miller "Mayme" (Hartzell) Porter:

1	Vera Ione, daughter, born 1 Jan 1892. Vera Ione married Harry Essex.

The two children of Harry and Vera Ione (Porter) Essex:

i	Una Maxine, daughter, born 10 Mar 1914.

ii	Hartzell Porter, son.

2	Essig Upton, son, born 21 Dec 1893. Essig Upton married Mae ____.

The three children of Essig Upton and Mae (____) Porter:

i	Essig Upton, Jr., son.

ii	Shirley Jean, daughter.

iii	Jerry Richard, son.

3	Jennetta Louise, daughter, born 12 Sep 1896. Jennetta Louise married William Craig.

The two children of William and Jennetta Louise (Porter) Craig:

i	Helen Marie, daughter.

ii	Jack Lawrence, son.

4	Gladys Edna, daughter, born 29 Nov 1899. Gladys Edna married Cecil Green.

v	Dollie Edna, daughter, born 2 Oct 1871 in Clinton. Dollie Edna was married 29 Mar 1893 to Harry C. Hale.

The two children of Harry C. and Dollie Edna (Hartzell) Hale:

1	Ronald Hartzell, son, born 25 Aug 1894. Ronald Hartzell married Cora Harrison.

The seven children of Ronald Hartzell and Cora (Harrison) Hale:

i	Dorothy Joyce, daughter.

ii	Mary Edna, daughter.

iii	Harry Harrison, son.

iv	Ronald Vernon, son.

v	Vivian Frances, daughter.

vi	Allene Berdine, daughter.

vii	Gene, son.

2	Leonard Ethan, son, born 6 Jul 1901. Leonard Ethan married Virgil Gravens?.

vi

Charles Leonard, son, born 5 Sep 1874 in Plattsburg and died 19 Jul 1960 in Plattsburg. Charles Leonard was married 18 Jun 1902 to Hattie Frances Carter {born 12 Sep 1876 and died 29 Oct 1923}. Charles may have been living in Oklahoma when his brother John Eaton died in 1904, as the latter "gave his brother, Charlie, directions about his business affairs on the way to the hospital" according to the death notice in the Mulhall Enterprise. Charles' death notice says that Mr. "Hartcell" was a retired merchant and farmer who was a longtime resident of Lathrop and Plattsburg, Missouri. Funeral services were held at Crunk Chapel in Lathrop, and he was buried in Lathrop Cemetery, his nephew Leslie being one of the pallbearers.

The three children of Charles Leonard and Hattie Frances (Carter) Hartzell:

1	Lucile Esteline, daughter, born 8 Jan 1906. Lucile Esteline married George A. Owen { died about 1955}. George and Lucille resided 1960 in Kansas City, and they had two sons and a daughter. In 1990 Lucille was residing in Augusta, Kansas.

The three children of George A. and Lucile Esteline (Hartzell) Owen:

i	Marjorie Ann, daughter, born 22 Feb 1927 and died 30 Dec 1988. Marjorie Ann was married 4 Dec 1955 to Paul L. Sundberg { died 29 Jan 1983}.

ii	Charles E., son, born in xxxx. Charles E. was married 6 Jun 1954 to Anita Sauder.

iii	Eleanor L., daughter, born in xxxx. Eleanor L. was married 23 Sep 1956 to Curtis E. Goldsmith.

2	Virginia Ruth, daughter, born 17 Dec 1908 and died 26 Jul 1963. Virginia Ruth married Elmer S. Whitmer { died in 1969}. Elmer's surname may have been Whitman. In 1960 they were residing in Richmond, Missouri.

The two children of Elmer S. and Virginia Ruth (Hartzell) Whitmer:

i	Charles D., son, born in xxxx. Charles D. married Marjorie Lillard.

ii	Alvin D., son, born in xxxx. Alvin D. married ____ Gloria.

3	Margaret Frances, daughter, born 8 Jul 1915. Margaret Frances kindly provided us with copies of the family bible recording Adam Leonard's children and grandchildren. She is an insurance agent, and has been residing since 1960 in Cameron, Missouri. Her mailing address is Box 133, Cameron, MO 64429.

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

Michael1, Hugh2, John Weller3, Mary Jane "Merrie"4

Mary Jane "Merrie" Alford and John Eaton Hartzell

	Lawrence, 6 years, Lillian, 5 years and Mildred, 20 months

i

Lawrence Eaton, son, born 17 Jun 1898 in Oklahoma Terr., died 24 Jul 1982 in Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado, and was buried in Rosebud Cemetery, Glenwood Springs. Lawrence Eaton was married 22 Dec 1923 in Springfield, Missouri to Ollie May Soper {born 12 Sep 1906 in Oakley, Kansas, daughter of John and Laura Myrtle (Tinsley) Soper}. Lawrence came with his mother and sisters to Topeka about the time of his nineteenth birthday. He apprenticed as a boiler maker at the Santa Fe shops, and when his apprenticeship was finished, was sent to Clovis, New Mexico. Just after his arrival there, the Santa Fe employees went on strike, so Lawrence moved to Springfield, Missouri, where he went to work for the Frisco Railray Shops as an electric welder, the job he followed for the rest of his life. He and Ollie May married in Springfield, and in 1925 they moved to Louisville, Kentucky, the home of her parents for many generations, where he went to work for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. When the depression hit, he became unemployed and could not find work in Kentucky. They came back to Missouri, and lived in and around Kansas City for some twenty-five years, where he held jobs as a welder with several companies. It was during this period that he designed and made the unique stainless steel bracelets that many in the family prize highly. Ollie May remembers that one railroad job Lawrence accepted took him to Cheyenne, Wyoming. After one day there, he called home andsaid he was sending her a pass to come visit and see the place, but she was to first call his former boss and get his old job back. This she was able to do, as he had been a senior welder in the company where his work was well appreciated. She went to Wyoming for a short visit, and they took in Denver on the way back to Kansas City. One day in Wyoming was enough! In 1955 Lawrence and Ollie May moved to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, but Lawrence's "retirement" merely meant that he worked many different types of electric welding jobs, as his talents were much in demand. Most mornings for the rest of his life he spent in the basement doing cabinet work, and most of the beautiful furniture in her home today came from his hands. Ollie May was one of seven children, Charles Henry, Ray Tinsley, Marie Frances, John, Ollie May, Berry Collins, and Anna Laura. She worked for much of her life as a telephone operator, particularly for General Electric in the Power and Light Company building in Kansas City. She now resides in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, at 101 Polo Road, 945-5625.

ii

Lillian Roxie, daughter, born 29 Aug 1899 in Oklahoma Terr. and died 9 Jan 1988 in Torrance, Los Angeles, California. Lillian Roxie was married 27 Aug 1921 to Frank Edwin Middleton {born 6 Jun 1899 and died 1952 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas}. Lillian and Frank were married 27 Aug 1921, divorced, and then remarried 26 Apr 1930.

The three children of Frank Edwin and Lillian Roxie (Hartzell) Middleton (dates for living persons deleted):

1	Clyde Edwin, son, born in Topeka. Clyde Edwin was married in Macon, Bibb, Georgia to Mary Francis Rushin (1) {born 21 Dec 1921 in Cairo, Grady, Georgia, and died 14 Mar 1972}. He was married (2) to Jean Frances (Holden) Shelman.

The two children of Clyde Edwin and Mary Francis (Rushin) Middleton:

i	Janet Marie, daughter, born in Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia. Janet Marie was married to Gerald Yves Roser.

ii	Clyde Edwin, son, born in Cairo.

2	John Lawrence "Larry", son, born in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma. John Lawrence "Larry" was married 17 Dec 1950 in Torrance to Barbara Jeanne Jenkins {born in Springville, Utah, Utah}. Her mother Sarah was born 23 Apr 1900.

The four children of John Lawrence "Larry" and Barbara Jeanne (Jenkins) Middleton:

i	Linda Jeanne, daughter, born in Oceanside, San Diego, California. Linda was married to Rex Alan Brown, and they have six children:

1	Austin Lee, son.
2	Troy Alan, son.
3	Ryan Kent, son.
4	Tyler Ray, son.
5	Rebecca Jeanne, daughter.
6	Darren John, son.

ii	Paul Lawrence, son, born in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California. Paul was married first to Judith Arline Nichols. After Paul and Judith divorced, he married Jennifer (Harwell) Carter. Paul has five children and five step children. The five children of Paul and Judith:

1	Rochelle Arline, daughter.
2	Gina Laurin, daughter.
3	Kyle Steven, son.
4	Leah Nicole, daughter.
5	Nicole Renee, daughter.

The five children of Jennifer by her previous marriage:

1	Ben Richard Carter, son.
2	Jennifer Jill Carter, daughter.
3	Cindi Linn Carter, daughter.
4	Terri Lee Carter, daughter.
5	Ty Edward Carter, son.

iii	Karen Lynn, daughter, was born in Torrance. She was married on to Doyle "B" Garner, and they have eight children:

1	Dacia Jeanne, daughter.
2	Chad Nathan, son.
3	Thane B., son.
4	Brett Ray, son.
5	Brody John, son.
6	Shantel May, daughter.
7	Kariana Lynn, daughter.
8	Riley, son.

iv	Laura Kay, daughter, was born in Harbour City, Los Angeles, California. Laura was married to E. Niedrauer.

3	Elizabeth "Betty" Marie, daughter, born in Tulsa. Elizabeth "Betty" Marie was married 16 Apr 1954 in Torrance to Henry Randolph Jean {born in Lake Arthur, Jefferson Davis, Louisiana}.

The four children of Henry Randolph and Elizabeth "Betty" Marie (Middleton) Jean:

i	Russell Wade, son, born in Torrance.

ii	David Allen, son, born in Torrance.

iii	Curtis Randall, son, born in Torrance. Curtis Randall was married to Donna Sue Barnes.

iv	Kevin Marshall, son, born in Torrance.

iii	Mildred Louise, daughter, born 11 Jan 1903.

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

William1, Charles2, James W.3, James Albert4, Paul Reese5