Heimbach Genealogy


 

The following Family Group Sheets (FGS) have been painstakingly prepared by Paul Heimbach during the last two decades of the 20th Century.  Hopefully Paul’s work will be appreciated as a precious historical family resource.  Please feel free to contact him at either heimbach1941@aol.com or through his son Tom at heimbach@skytel.com. 

 

Last updated 2/11/2001

 


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Johannes Heimbach

Peter Heimbach I

Peter Heimbach II

Heinrich (Henry) Heimbach

Henry Heimbach Jr.

Levi Heimbach

Alfred Heimbach

Frank Heimbach

Roy Heimbach

Paul Heimbach

 


 

** (Double asterisk) denotes author’s ancestor

 

Johannes Heimbach

m

Anna Maria Angelica

b  ca 1680

ca 1703

b ca 1685

d

 

d

 

Records of Johannes and Anna Maria Angelica are located in the Catholische Bischofstum Archiv in Trier, Germany.  Trier (in the westernmost part of Germany, close to Belgium) is the oldest city in Germany, and is the German center of the Catholic faith.  The records in Trier cover Catholic parishes in the Palatine, and they are relatively easy to research.  Since the records are all in Latin and therefore written in the Latin alphabet (with which we English language speakers are all familiar), they are much easier to discern than are the German Protestant records, which are written, in “old German script,” sometimes referred to as “German Gothic Script.”  Most modern-day Germans are unable to read the old German script.  According to a dear German friend, Frau Margot Zein, our neighbor in Erzhausen in 1959 and 1960, the World War II era adults are the last generation to have regularly been taught the old German script.  I have learned to read these records with some degree of difficulty, having been taught by Frau Zein, who is still quite adept at reading the old German script records.

 

At the time Johannes’s family’s records were entered into the Kirchenbuchen (Church Record Books), the Catholic Church was very efficient at recording family events of church members.  Although the following entries recorded christenings, and not births, it is reasonable to assume that these children were only days to weeks old when they were christened.  Later in Pennsylvania, christenings might have occurred months after a child’s birth, in churches where pastors were not always in residence.  These records of christenings are invaluable in establishing the completeness of the family, however I did not find comparable records of marriages and deaths.  That could be a reasonable target of future researchers.

 

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CHILDREN:

1. Anna Margretha

christened  07 Jun 1704

 

 

 

2. Johannes Adamus

christened  03 Nov 1706

 

 

 

3. Johannes

christened  04 Feb 1709

 

 

 

4. Anna Gertrudis

christened  26 Apr 1712

 

 

 

 5. Anna Catharina

christened  28 Aug 1713

 

 

 

6. Joes Petrus (JohannesPeter)**

christened  04 Sep 1714

m (1) (ca 1735)

 

m (2) (ca 1747) 

Mary Louisa

 

Mary Elizabeth

7.  Anna Catharina

christened  28 Aug 1713

 

 

 

8. Joes Wilhelmus

christened  05 Dec 1720

 

 

 

9. Joannes Mathias

christened  09 Jul 1722

 

 

 

 

Before leaving Germany, Mathias Heimbach lived in Ilgesheim, as evidenced in the birth record of Maria Margretha Heimbach (Mathias was listed as a sponsor), his brother Peter’s first daughter.  At age 20 or 21 Mathias emigrated from the Palatinate (today Germany) to Pennsylvania in 1743, leading the way for his older brother, Peter, and others to follow him to the new world.  Typically a journey that ended in Pennsylvania in September, was begun from home in the Palatinate in the spring.  Travel down the waterways to Rotterdam or some other port, followed by a ship to England as an intermediate stop, then the final voyage to Pennsylvania took six months or more.

 

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** (double asterisk) denotes author's ancestor

Peter Heimbach I **

b likely 1714

chr  04 Sep 1714

d  -?-                          

m (1)

ca 1735

Mary Louisa

b   ca 1718

d   ca 1746/7

 

m (2)    

Mary Elizabeth

 

ca 1747

b

d

 

Peter arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in the fall of 1749 where he took the Oath of Allegiance to the King of England on 26 Sep 1749.  Peter and his first wife, Maria Louisa, had 5 children who were born in Germany where they lived in "Heimbach an der Nahe", a small village a few kilometers to the west of Baumholder where they attended church.  Records of this family are found in the Baumholder Lutheran Kirchenbuch, located today in the Evangelische Archiv in Boppard, Germany.  Some of the original records are viewable in the following: (Record 1, Record 2, and Record 3).  Modern images of the Baumholder Lutheran Church are viewable in the following: (Image1, Image2, Image3 and Image4).

 

Boppard is an absolutely beautiful town southeast of Koblenz (toward Frankfurt) on the Rhine River just a short distance from the fabled Lorelei Rocks where the legend of Mermaids was born.  Specifically, the legend claims that Mermaids lured unsuspecting sailors to their destruction on the Lorelei Rocks in the misty fog on the Rhine. I highly recommend a visit or vacation to Boppard.  It has long been a favorite vacation spot for many British citizens with the result that many of the local citizenry speak English.

 

The Evangelishe Archiv now (since about 1996) houses all protestant records from the old Palatinate.  This includes both Lutheran and Reformed congregations of the past.  According to the archivist in Boppard, there is no longer a Lutheran Church in Germany, since the Lutherans have merged with the Reformed to form the Evangelische (Evangelical) Churches.  The archive has a minimal staff and it is not open to the public every day, so care must be taken to properly schedule visits.  If you plan to do research, do plan to spend some time visiting the surrounding countryside in order to maximize the effect of your visit. 

 

Although no marriage records have been located, it is believed that Peter re-married, to a woman named Mary Elizabeth, after Maria Louisa died.  Assuming that the birth dates which we have for Peter's "second family" are correct, he and Mary Elizabeth had two children before, and several more children after, the journey to the new world.

 

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CHILDREN:  (Mother - Maria Louisa)

1.  Joh. Peter II **

b  26 Dec 1737

d  29 Dec 1817

bur Grubb's Church, Chapman Township, Snyder County, PA

 

m

ca 1735

Mary Barbara -?-

b

d

2. Joh. Adam

b 12 Sep 1740

d No trace has been found of this child, so perhaps he died enroute to America.

 

 

 

3. Maria Margretha

b 27 Dec 1742

d

(One of Maria’s sponsors was Mathias Heimbach, of Ilgesheim. Mathias emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1743)

 

 

 

4.  George Hennrich

b 13 July 1745

d before 1749 in Germany

 

 

 

5.  Anna Maria

b 14 Sep 1746

d

 

 

 

CHILDREN (Mother – Mary Elizabeth)

 

 

6. John

b 1748

d

 

m

 

b

d

7. George

b 1749

d

 

m

 

b

d

8.  Philip

b 1753

d 1833

 

m

Elizabeth Barbara Werthmann

b

d

9. Jacob

b 1755

d

 

m

Dorothea

b

d

10. George Henry

b 8 Jun 1760

d 1822

 

m

Catherine Neff

b

d

11. John Michael

* b 18 Jun 1762 / 21 Jun 1785

d 9 Dec 1837

Heimbach Tp., Columbia Co, Pa

 

m

Katharina Werthmann

b Aug 1765

d

 

* Data from Susan Hornbeck, descendant from Metamora, MI indicates 18 Aug 1762, BUT Daniel Schumacher, p 282: born 18 Jun 1762, bp 29 Aug 1762.

 

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Peter Heimbach II **

b 29 Dec 1738 (gravestone)

b 26 Dec 1737 (German church record)

d 29 Dec 1817   (gravestone)

bur  Grubbs/Botschaft Cem, Snyder Co

m

ca 1764

Mary Barbara -?-

b

d Dec 1822/ Jan 1823

Prob bur Grubbs Cem

 

 

 

Author of this sheet believes that Peter was an Immigrant from Germany on the Ship "Dragon" in 1749, along with his father, Peter Heimbach.  I refer to them as Peter I and Peter II, simply to distinguish between these two very important Heimbach immigrant ancestors.  Records show that Peter I took the Oath of Allegiance on 26 Sep 1749 in Philadelphia, Pa.

 

When Peter II and Mary Barbara were married is unknown, however it is estimated to be 1764 or 1765 since Peter II was taxed as a single man in 1763, yet had his first child in 1766.

 

Peter II  was a Private 8th Class, 4th Battalion (Lt Col Philip Boehm, Commander), 8th Company (Captain John Wagner, Commander), Northampton County Militia, in approximately 1780.  The specific return of the "Associators" which included Peter II is undated.  The Northampton County Militia participated in the “Battle of Trenton,” which has been immortalized in the painting of “Washington Crossing the Delaware.”  Perhaps Peter II fought in this important battle as a part of securing American liberty from England.

 

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CHILDREN:

 

1. Johannes Peter III                                          m                                 Christina Luke

b  ca 9 Oct 1766                                                21 Jun 1807                  b ca 1772

bp  13 Nov 1766                                                                                    d 1826

d 1854                                                                                                  Harrison City, OH

Harrison City, OH

 

 

2. Maria Elizabeth                                              m                                 -?- Hafflich (Christina's bro?)

b  17 Dec 1767                                                                                      b

bp 27 Dec 1767                                                                                     d _?_

d

 

 

** 3.  Heinrich                                                    m                                 Catherine Haines

b  24 Aug 1769                                                  1795                             b  10 Nov 1771

d  29 Sep 1823                                                                                     d  25 May 1860

bur New Berlin, PA Cemetery                                                                bur:  New Berlin, PA Cemetery

 

 

4. William                                                          m                                 Nancy Hendricks

b  ca 1772                                                                                             b  _?_

d  _?_                                                                                                   d  _?_

                                                                             

(Info provided by John Beals, Chico, CA, Great3 grandson)

 

 

5. Catharine Barbara                                          m                                 Frederick Haines

b 4 Apr 1773                                                                                         b  _?_

bp 25 Apr 1773                                                                                     d  _?_

d  before 1828

 

 

6. John  George                                                m                                 Christina Hafflich

b ca 25 Feb 1775                                                                                 b  _?_

bp  2 Apr 1775                                                                                      d  _?_

d 1828                                                                                                  father Jacob Hafflich                 

                                                                                    mother  Margaret Hafflich

 

 

7. John Jacob                                                   m                                   ?  

b  ca  9 Jun 1777                                                                                   b  _?_

bp  20 Jul 1777                                                                                     d  _?_

d  _?_

 

 

8. Catherine                                                      Not married

b 8 Jan 1783

d 24 Oct 1860

age 77y 9m 16d

bur  Grubbs/Botschaft Cem

 

 

9. Susanna                                                        Not married

b

d  _?_

bur  probably at Grubb's church

 

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Heinrich (Henry) Heimbach **

b 24 Aug 1769

d  29 Sep 1823

age  54y 1m 5d

father  Peter Heimbach

mother  Mary Barbara _?_

m

1795    

Anna* Catherine Haines

b  10 Nov 1774

d  25 May 1860

age  85y 6m 15d

father  John Haines

mother  Regina Schuster

 

Both Heinrich and Catherine are buried in New Berlin, Pa Cem. 

* Anna as Catherine’s first name is found in John Haines deed.

 

John Haines, buried in the Freeburg, PA Lutheran Church graveyard, was a Revolutionary War soldier, so descendants of Peter Heimbach and John Haines will qualify twice for membership in the Sons or Daughters of the Revolution (SAR or DAR).

 

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CHILDREN:

 

1. John                                                             m                                Salome (Sally) Hubler

b  11 Dec 1797                                                                                      b   5 Aug 1803

d  11 Feb 1877                                                                                      d  14 Apr 1864

age  79y 2m                                                                                          age  60y 8m 9d

both bur  Dreisbach Cem                                                                       father  John Hubler

mother  Catherine -?-

 

 

2. George                                                         m                                Christiana Dauberman

b  25 Aug 1799                                                                                      b  21 Apr 1804

d  23 Oct 1860                                                                                       d  26 May 1888

age  61y 1m 28d                                                                                   age 84y 1m 5d

bur  New Berlin Cem                                                                             bur  Dreisbach Cem

father

mother

 

Sons Charles and Robert are buried with Christiana

           

3. Rebecca                                                       m                                 Henry Hubler

b  16 Feb 1801                                                                                      b  12 Feb 1801

d  21 Mar 1877                                                                                      d    3 Jul 1874

age  76y 1m 5d                                                                                     age  73y 4m 21d

both bur  Dreisbach Cem                                                                       father  John Hubler

mother  Catherine -?-

 

4. Henry Jr. **                                                   m                                 Elizabeth Hook

b 14 Feb 1804                                                                                       b  25 Aug 1809

d 18 Oct 1884                                                                                        d  12 Feb 1860

age  80y 8m 4d                                                                                     age  59y 5m 18

bur  Hassinger White Cem                                                                     bur  Hassinger White Cem                                                                                                                                


5. Mary/"Polly"                                                  m                                 _?_  Castleton

b 1806                                                                                                  b

d                                                                                                          d

age                                                                                                      age

bur                                                                                                       bur

father

mother

 

 

6. Samuel                                                         m                                Elizabeth Bower

b  27 Feb 1808                                                                                      b  10 Mar 1806

d  27 Jun 1884                                                                                      d 2 Mar 1882

age  75y 11m                                                                                        age  75y 11m 4d/24d?

bur  Dreisbach Cem                                                                              father

mother

 

Both Samuel and Elizabeth are buried in front and to the right of a HUGE Pine tree.

 

Issue: Catherine, Hattie, Mary, Jonathan, Rachael, Elias, Beckie, Infant (dec'd), John, Simon and Martha, Susan (Data from Bennage History, provided by Jackie Rotering) & Mary Neidig, Sunbury, PA

 

Document Reference: Samuel Hinebach of east Buffaloe township Union County, Blacksmith, having attained my age of twenty one years... Daniel Pannebecker, my guardian... my late father Henry Hinebach... & my grant father’s estate Peter Hinebach... Set hand and seal 7 May 1830... Recorded May 18, 1830... Witnessed by brother George.

 

7. Sarah                                                            m                                 Young/Jacob Morr

b 1811                                                                                                  b

d ?1894                                                                                                d

age                                                                                                      age

bur                                                                                                       bur

father

mother

 

Sarah and her husband purportedly moved to Lehigh Co, Pa.

 

8. SON

b

d

 

Heinrich's gravestone indicates that he and Catherine Henz (Haines) had 8 children, 5 sons and 3 daughters.  Therefore, one son is unaccounted for.  Perhaps it was a boy who died as an infant or youth.

 

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Henry Heimbach Jr. **                                      m                                 Elizabeth Hook

b  14 Feb 1804                                                 ca 1828                         b  25 Aug 1809

d  18 Oct 1884                                                                                       d  12 Feb 1860

age  80y 8m 4d                                                                                     age  50y 5m 18d

text  2 Samuel 1:27                                                                                text  John 17:11

father  Heinrich Heimbach                                                                      bur  Hassinger's (old/white) Cemetery

mother  Catherine Haines                                                                      

bur  Hassinger's (old/white) Cemetery, 2 miles west of Middleburg, PA on Rt. 522.

 

CHILDREN:

 

1. Levi **                                                           m                                 Harriet Moyer

b ca 1829                                                          24 Apr 1848                  b  10 Jan 1829

d 10 May 1864                                                                                      d  21 Apr 1913, Mon

age  34y+                                                                                             age  84y 3m 11d

bur  Zions Cem

father  John Moyer

mother  Susannah Hackenberg

 

Levi was killed in "Upton's Charge" on the Rebel Lines during the "Battle of Spotsylvania Court House" in the Civil War.  He was probably buried as an "Unknown" in the Fredericksburg area since we have found no record of his body being recovered and/or buried.  Harriet’s cousin, Lt. George E. Hackenburg was in the 49th PVI as well, in Company I.  Lt. Hackenburg was killed at Saylor’s Creek, just as the war was about to end.

 

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2. Edward                                                         m                                 Barbara  Long

b ca 1832                                                          13 Apr 1851                  b ca 1832

d                                                                                                         d

age                                                                                                      age

                                    father  Peter Long, Farmer, b ca 1803

                                    mother  Anna -?-, b ca 1808

 

 

3. George Henry                                               m                                 Susanna  Sortman/Zartman

b  ca Jul 1835                                                   29 Sep 1854                 b    ca 1835

d  27 Jul 1864                                                   by Rev Hackman           d

age  ca 29y-                                                      M.G.                             age      ca 37y

bur Arlington Natl Cem                                                                           bur  Bellevue, OH

Sect 13, Grave 6972,                                                                             father  Henry Zartman

07/28/1864                                                                                            mother  Elizabeth Kuehne/Cooney

 

George Henry was a Pvt, E Company, 53rd Pa Vols in Gen Winfield Scott Hancock's II Corps (1st Div, 4th Bde).  He was wounded on 12 May 1864 in the "Battle of the Bloody Angle", only a few hundred yards from the place where his brother Levi was killed two days earlier, on 10 May 1864.  He was removed on 18 May 1864 to the Judiciary Square Hospital in Washington, D.C. where he died from his wounds, on 27 Jul 64.  He was buried on 28 Jul 1864 in Arlington Cemetery with his gravestone marked "G. H. Higenbaugh".  Susan is listed on page 300, Zartman Family History as dying “unmarried” in Seneca County, Ohio.  The author(s) of the Zartman Family History neglected to indicate she had been widowed on 27 July 1864.

 

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4. Mary A  (Margaret)                                         m                                 Daniel Stettler

b ca 1836                                                         1 Oct 1857                    b ca 1839

d                                                                                                          d

age                                                                                                      age

bur                                                                                                       bur

father Henry Stettler

mother  Sarah -?-

 

Issue: Avilda b ca 1859; Millard b ca Mar 1860.  1860 Census (pp 442, wp 106) shows children, and Mary’s younger sister, Malinda Heimbach (age 13) living with them.<