Information from Howard Dale Hartough states that Handrick was probably born around 1715. He married Anna Marie Leckenar and they lived in New York City where their first child, Catherine, was baptized at the First Reformed Church in 1744. They must have moved to New Jersey sometime before 1750 and he died there on his farm before or during the Revolutionary War. The immediate family for the most part remained and still live in New Jersey. Howard Dale also states that Handrick is a brother to Peter and that they both can be seen in the Janeway books of New Jersey. The lawsuit between Handrick and Peter is also described by Howard in his book "The Hartough Family in America", which was written in th 1970s.
It would seem that there was little or no contact between the families of Peter and Handrick after their separation in the 1750's. However, two pieces of information seem to contradict this. The first is, that George Hartsock, a great grandson of Peter, was sometimes described as being from New Jersey, when in fact he was probably from Maryland or Virginia. The second is, that Cornelius DeHart Hartough, the great-grandson of of Handrick, emigrated to Warren County, Ohio in the 1830's or 1840's. Not too far from where he lived near Lebanon, the families of George, William and Elijah lived between Waynesville and Xenia. There is no proof that they actually knew each other, but it is a little too coincidental that members of both families emigrated to the same location.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Zachariah Hartsough - 2nd Generation
The following information on Zachariah Herzog is quoted directly from Rev. Lewis Hartsough's "Hartsough Family".
"General George Hartsuff says three brothers came from Germany before the Revolutionary War. One settled about New York City, on in New Jersey, and the third near Wilmington, Delaware. There were in three generations a Hartsough named Zachariah. I do not know where the first Zachariah was born - no doubt in Germany - but he was one of three three brothers referred to, who settled in New Jersey. Among his children born in New Jersey was the second Zachariah and one Mary Hartough, who married Ananias Smith. Another daughter (name unknown) married one of the earliest pioneer Methodist preachers on central New York, Rev. Awing? or Owen."
"This second Zachariah was born about 1758 or 1760 in Rahway, N.J. and was the father by the same mother of 16 boys and 2 girls. The girls grew up but never married. The oldest son was named Nathaniel and was born about 1781. After his father's death he moved to Union County, Pennsylvania and changed the spelling of the name to Hartsuff."
"The youngest son, the 3rd Zachariah, was born near Wilkesburg (Wilkes-Barre), Pennsylvania in 1806. The Indian's burning of the tannery, sawmill and distillery in Hartsuff's Creek induced the second Zachariah to move with his family to Tompkins County, N.Y., near Ithaca, when the third Zachariah was only four or five years old."
"General George Hartsuff says three brothers came from Germany before the Revolutionary War. One settled about New York City, on in New Jersey, and the third near Wilmington, Delaware. There were in three generations a Hartsough named Zachariah. I do not know where the first Zachariah was born - no doubt in Germany - but he was one of three three brothers referred to, who settled in New Jersey. Among his children born in New Jersey was the second Zachariah and one Mary Hartough, who married Ananias Smith. Another daughter (name unknown) married one of the earliest pioneer Methodist preachers on central New York, Rev. Awing? or Owen."
"This second Zachariah was born about 1758 or 1760 in Rahway, N.J. and was the father by the same mother of 16 boys and 2 girls. The girls grew up but never married. The oldest son was named Nathaniel and was born about 1781. After his father's death he moved to Union County, Pennsylvania and changed the spelling of the name to Hartsuff."
"The youngest son, the 3rd Zachariah, was born near Wilkesburg (Wilkes-Barre), Pennsylvania in 1806. The Indian's burning of the tannery, sawmill and distillery in Hartsuff's Creek induced the second Zachariah to move with his family to Tompkins County, N.Y., near Ithaca, when the third Zachariah was only four or five years old."
Peter Hertzog - 2nd Generation -ca 1700 - 1763
"At this remote period there is no means of ascertaining certainly when the ancestors of the family came to America - but from family tradition - and historical records. it is inferred they came from "Rhenish Prussia" in the early part of the 18th century with the tide of emigration fleeing from Catholic persecution, and eventually settled in what is now "Bridgewater township, Somerset County, N.J., on the north side of the Raritan River near the junction of the north and south branches."
This was written by one of the earlier historians of our family. Although it seemed an impossible task even 10 or 20 years ago to obtain more information on the family, the increased interest, availability of records, and the ability to communicate faster have made the task less daunting.
The above writer gave us some information in the description of where they lived. If you look at the enclosed map just above the crossing of the longitude and latitude lines you will notice the word "Raritan" in italics. The dark line directly above it is the Raritan River. Follow it west (to the left) and less than an inch away are the words "Somer V." and "Raritan" above a road. These are the villages of Somerville and Raritan. A little farther west on the Raritan River a split into the north and south branches of the river can be seen. The Hertzog family probably lived just before the split occurred on the north (upper) side of the river.
Family history also states:
"The Peter Hertzog family were members of the First Reformed Church at Raritan (Somerville). Lived in Somerset County, New Jersey and Frederick County, Maryland..... They rented 100 acres of land from Lord Baltimore in 1759 and were still living on it in 1783."
The records of the First Reformed Church in Raritan (now Somerville), New Jersey show six children of Peter and Anna Margaretha being baptized there from 1733/34 until 1743. Mary Mae Hartsough and Leroy Eugene Hartsock show that 5 additional children were born to them from 1745-1753. Barnett McConnell, Jr., believes those children were the offspring of Anna Maria Margaritha Schmidt(en), while Mary Mae Hartsough, Leroy Eugene Hartsock, and Howard Dale Hartough attribute their maternity to Anna Margaretha Kones / Kuntze. There is a very good possibility that Peter was married twice, in 1722 to Anna Margaritha Schmidt(en) and in 1732 to Anna Margeretha Kones/ Kuntze. There seems to be documentation of both marriages with his first wife being shown in the records of Neuwied, Germany. The Archives of New Jersey show the will below that gives credence to the other marriage of Nicholas Kones' daughter, Margaret, to a Harsough. This seems to corroborate the histories of the three other families.
"1746, May 29 - Kones, Nicholas of the Mountains of Somerset County, Will of.
Wife, Cathrine
Sons - Jacob (oldest), Michael (sole exr., and heir of all land he now lived on, etc.), and Adam.
Daus - Barba Menton,
Margaret Harsough
Elizabeth Ranger
Mary Harpending
There are other Herzogs, who came over at a later date and lived in Frederick County, that may be the children of Peter and Anna Maria Margaritha Schmidt(en). They may have stayed with their grandparents until they reached maturity, and later decided to travel to the colonies. Among these are Conrad, another Peter, John, William, etc. Then again they may be related as cousins, nephews, etc., or not related at all.
Sometime before 1749, Peter moved to Frederick County, Maryland. The law suit brought against him by Henry Hartsoke (his brother/) states that he was late of Frederick County. This may be a continuation of the lawsuit Howard Dale Hartough described in his book that was filed in New Jersey by Handrick against his brother Peter. I have not been able to find the record of that suit. Mary Mae Hartsough transcribed the suit below and although a great deal is unreadable, it looks as if there was a
settlement of the grievance.
"Judgement Records, Frederick Co. 1748-50. June Court 1749. Page 73.
Peter Hartsoke per suit (against) non pras
Henry Hartsoke
Frederick County SS: It was commanded the Sheriff of the County aforesaid that he should take Peter Hartsoke, late of Frederick County, Farmer, if he should be found in his Bailiwick and him safe keep so that he should have his body before his Lordships Justices of his Lordships next County Court to be held at Fredricktown in said County on the third Tuesday in March there next to answer unto Henry Hartsoke of a plea of Trespass upon the case that thereof he should not fall at his peril and that he should have then and there that Witness --
At which day to wit the third Tuseday of March aforesaid in the Thirty-fourth year of his Lordships Dominion being the day of the return of the aforesaid Writ comes this said Henry Hartsoke in his proper person and the Sheriff of Frederick County to whom the same Writ was directed also Comes and makes return thereof to the Court there endorsed.
Copi John Thomas, Sherf -- and the said Peter Hartsoke by David Dulaney, Junior, his Attorney comes and defends the farce ? and injury when ?T and prays license thereof to Imparl here until the next County Court to be held at Frederick Town in the County aforesaid on the third Tuesday in June next and he has it and same day is given the said Henry Hartsoke here Ct at which day to wit the third
Tuesday in June aforesaid Come here at the Town aforesaid before the Justices of the Court here as well the said Henry Hartsoke in his proper person as the said Peter Hartsoke by his attorney afd. And the said Henry Hartsoke in his proper person aforesaid says that he will not further prosecute against this said Peter Hartsoke therefore the said Peter Hartsoke thereof go without ? day and the said Henry Hartsoke in Mercy Zd?.
June 20th, 1749
It is also considered by the Court here that the said Peter Hartsoke recover against the said Henry Hartsoke one hundred and ninety-six pounds of Tobacco for his costs and charges by him about his defense in this part sustained by the Court here of the said Lord the Proprietary of the ascent of the said Peter Hartsoke adjudged and that thereof he have Execution Zd?.
Note: It was impossible to decipher some of these words -MMH."
The next we know of Peter is that he leased property near the Monocacy River from Lord Calvert's agent who was probably Daniel Dulaney. The unusual component of this agreement is that it is leased to Peter Hertzog, but on the lives of his wife, Anna Margaretha and his son, Nicholas, not on his. Peter died in 1763 at the end of the French-Indian War. Near the end of this war, the Indians under Pontiac, attacked colonial outposts in an effort to repel them from their traditional lands. Since Frederick was on the frontier at that time could Peter have died as a result of that war? Since they didn't accept his life as collateral on the lease was he already an invalid or diseased in 1759? He was buried on his farm along with other family members, but that cemetery was plowed under around 1939.
"Frederick County, Maryland. State of His Lordship's Manor of Monocacy. Monocacy, 1767, No. 65. Leased Sept. 29, 1759 to Peter Hertzog, 100 acres; Margaret Hertzog, tenant in possession; annual rent, 0-10-0; alienation fine, 1-0-0, leased on lived on Margaret Hertzog, age 55, and Nicholas Hertzog, age 32."
"At a large beech standing on the east side of Monocacy River at the north of a large run that proceeds from a great spring in the land called Olacip and falls into the Monocacy, the said beech being a boundary of a tract of land surveyed for Daniel Dulaney, Esq., called "Dulany's Lott".......We infer from the foregoing description that "Monocacy Manor" lies above the mouth of Linganore Creek, as it lies on a branch descending from the land called "Olacin" or "Olacip", and Linganore Creek is said to empty into Monocacy at the lower or southern end of this land. The meanders of the Monocacy River from the western boundary of the manor, while the eastern boundary is a straight line running
north and south. The manor runs north about 3 1/2 miles. A plot of the original survey is at the Maryland Records office. Apparently, the manor begins at or near the mouth of Glade Creek and extends north to about the latitude of Woodsboro, and east far enough to include Laurel Hill."
Peter's lease was in lot number 65. His neighbor in lot number 64 (12 acres; he also was in possession of 160 acres in lot 55, leased by Philip Howard) was Christian Hufferd (Hoffert/Hufford/Huffert/etc.). Peter's grandson (also named Peter, a son of Nicholas) married a Anna Catherine Huffert/Hufford, who was a daughter of Peter or Philip Huffert/Hufford. I have not been able to trace this Hufford to Peter's neighor, but it seems probable that maybe this is his grand daughter.
I believe that this Christian Hufferd is the same man in the Hufford Family lineage recorded in Volume IV, Issue 1, Winter 1982 edition of the Fairfield Trace, the Quarterly of the Fairfield County (Ohio) Genealogical Society. If so he was born 5 January 1716 in Schwaigern, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany, some 60 odd miles from where Peter was born in Neuweid, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. Christian Huffert's wife was named Anna Catherine and they had a daughter by the name of Anna Catherine, so it is possible that a grand daughter was also named for the grandmother and/or aunt. Christian's family is also tied to the Hartsough family of Fairfield, Perry, Licking Counties, Ohio, through other families.
Christian's son, Casper (by his first wife, name unknown) died in Fairfield County on 28 November 1825 and is buried in Hufford Cemetery, which was on the family famr, near North Bern, Pleasant Township, Fairfield County. Casper married Catherine Stihl/Stihli, a daughter of Christoph and Catharina Stihli. Another derivation of that name may be Stuhl/Stahl.Stall. If so, another of Peter's grandsons, Daniel, married Elizabeth Fundenburg/Funderburg, a daughter of Walter and Catherine (Stuhl/Stall/Stoll) Fundenburg/Funderburg/Von der Berg.
Casper's son, Abraham, married Elizabeth Plank, a daughter of Adam and Christina/Chritena Plank. Elizabeth's sister, Mary, married David Hartsock/Hartzog, the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Fundenburg/Funderberg) Hartsock.
Looking again at the leases of Monocacy Manor, William Berg, had rented lot number 42 (100 acres) on 26 October 1762. This is probably the son-in-law of Peter, who married Catherine/Catrina Herzog/Hartsock/Hardstock. The anglicized spelling of his name is Barrick. Information from the publication "Peter Barrick (1762-1841), Revolutionary Soldier of Crawford County, Illinois", by Chris H. Bailey, states that he was born around 1727, a son of Johann Wilhelm and Johanata Maria Catharina
(Andreas/Andrews) Berg of Nordhofen, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. Nordhofen is within 15 miles of Neuwied, Germany.
Another tenant of Monocacy Manor was George Devilbiss (lot number 15, 103 acres). This was probably Hans George Devilbiss/Debilbissen who married Anna Catherine Stull/Stuhl (possibly related to the Stihl/Stihli/Stuhl/Stoll family shown previously). He was born in Baden, Germany arounf 1715 and died in 1785. He was the father of Adam and Rosanna Devilbiss, who married children of William Berg/Barrick from the previous paragraph. Hans George was probably the ancestor of the Devilbiss family that went to the Fairfield, Licking, Perry County area of south-central Ohio, arounf the same time as the Hartsough branch of that area.
And then, there is Jacob Cramer/Cremer, tenant in possession of lot numbers 13 (132 acres) and 35 (200 acres). He married Catherine/Catharina Berg/Barrick, the sister of William Berg/Barrick discussed previously. Jacob Cramer's granddaughter, Elizabeth, (daughter of William/Wilhelm and Anna (Bayer/Boyer), was the wife of George Hartsock, the great grandson of Peter Herzog through his son, Nicholas and grandson, John. The Cramer family lived in the Greene/Warren/Montgomery Counties of Ohio near where George and his brother, William, emigrated in the 1820-30s.
This was written by one of the earlier historians of our family. Although it seemed an impossible task even 10 or 20 years ago to obtain more information on the family, the increased interest, availability of records, and the ability to communicate faster have made the task less daunting.
The above writer gave us some information in the description of where they lived. If you look at the enclosed map just above the crossing of the longitude and latitude lines you will notice the word "Raritan" in italics. The dark line directly above it is the Raritan River. Follow it west (to the left) and less than an inch away are the words "Somer V." and "Raritan" above a road. These are the villages of Somerville and Raritan. A little farther west on the Raritan River a split into the north and south branches of the river can be seen. The Hertzog family probably lived just before the split occurred on the north (upper) side of the river.
Family history also states:
"The Peter Hertzog family were members of the First Reformed Church at Raritan (Somerville). Lived in Somerset County, New Jersey and Frederick County, Maryland..... They rented 100 acres of land from Lord Baltimore in 1759 and were still living on it in 1783."
The records of the First Reformed Church in Raritan (now Somerville), New Jersey show six children of Peter and Anna Margaretha being baptized there from 1733/34 until 1743. Mary Mae Hartsough and Leroy Eugene Hartsock show that 5 additional children were born to them from 1745-1753. Barnett McConnell, Jr., believes those children were the offspring of Anna Maria Margaritha Schmidt(en), while Mary Mae Hartsough, Leroy Eugene Hartsock, and Howard Dale Hartough attribute their maternity to Anna Margaretha Kones / Kuntze. There is a very good possibility that Peter was married twice, in 1722 to Anna Margaritha Schmidt(en) and in 1732 to Anna Margeretha Kones/ Kuntze. There seems to be documentation of both marriages with his first wife being shown in the records of Neuwied, Germany. The Archives of New Jersey show the will below that gives credence to the other marriage of Nicholas Kones' daughter, Margaret, to a Harsough. This seems to corroborate the histories of the three other families.
"1746, May 29 - Kones, Nicholas of the Mountains of Somerset County, Will of.
Wife, Cathrine
Sons - Jacob (oldest), Michael (sole exr., and heir of all land he now lived on, etc.), and Adam.
Daus - Barba Menton,
Margaret Harsough
Elizabeth Ranger
Mary Harpending
There are other Herzogs, who came over at a later date and lived in Frederick County, that may be the children of Peter and Anna Maria Margaritha Schmidt(en). They may have stayed with their grandparents until they reached maturity, and later decided to travel to the colonies. Among these are Conrad, another Peter, John, William, etc. Then again they may be related as cousins, nephews, etc., or not related at all.
Sometime before 1749, Peter moved to Frederick County, Maryland. The law suit brought against him by Henry Hartsoke (his brother/) states that he was late of Frederick County. This may be a continuation of the lawsuit Howard Dale Hartough described in his book that was filed in New Jersey by Handrick against his brother Peter. I have not been able to find the record of that suit. Mary Mae Hartsough transcribed the suit below and although a great deal is unreadable, it looks as if there was a
settlement of the grievance.
"Judgement Records, Frederick Co. 1748-50. June Court 1749. Page 73.
Peter Hartsoke per suit (against) non pras
Henry Hartsoke
Frederick County SS: It was commanded the Sheriff of the County aforesaid that he should take Peter Hartsoke, late of Frederick County, Farmer, if he should be found in his Bailiwick and him safe keep so that he should have his body before his Lordships Justices of his Lordships next County Court to be held at Fredricktown in said County on the third Tuesday in March there next to answer unto Henry Hartsoke of a plea of Trespass upon the case that thereof he should not fall at his peril and that he should have then and there that Witness --
At which day to wit the third Tuseday of March aforesaid in the Thirty-fourth year of his Lordships Dominion being the day of the return of the aforesaid Writ comes this said Henry Hartsoke in his proper person and the Sheriff of Frederick County to whom the same Writ was directed also Comes and makes return thereof to the Court there endorsed.
Copi John Thomas, Sherf -- and the said Peter Hartsoke by David Dulaney, Junior, his Attorney comes and defends the farce ? and injury when ?T and prays license thereof to Imparl here until the next County Court to be held at Frederick Town in the County aforesaid on the third Tuesday in June next and he has it and same day is given the said Henry Hartsoke here Ct at which day to wit the third
Tuesday in June aforesaid Come here at the Town aforesaid before the Justices of the Court here as well the said Henry Hartsoke in his proper person as the said Peter Hartsoke by his attorney afd. And the said Henry Hartsoke in his proper person aforesaid says that he will not further prosecute against this said Peter Hartsoke therefore the said Peter Hartsoke thereof go without ? day and the said Henry Hartsoke in Mercy Zd?.
June 20th, 1749
It is also considered by the Court here that the said Peter Hartsoke recover against the said Henry Hartsoke one hundred and ninety-six pounds of Tobacco for his costs and charges by him about his defense in this part sustained by the Court here of the said Lord the Proprietary of the ascent of the said Peter Hartsoke adjudged and that thereof he have Execution Zd?.
Note: It was impossible to decipher some of these words -MMH."
The next we know of Peter is that he leased property near the Monocacy River from Lord Calvert's agent who was probably Daniel Dulaney. The unusual component of this agreement is that it is leased to Peter Hertzog, but on the lives of his wife, Anna Margaretha and his son, Nicholas, not on his. Peter died in 1763 at the end of the French-Indian War. Near the end of this war, the Indians under Pontiac, attacked colonial outposts in an effort to repel them from their traditional lands. Since Frederick was on the frontier at that time could Peter have died as a result of that war? Since they didn't accept his life as collateral on the lease was he already an invalid or diseased in 1759? He was buried on his farm along with other family members, but that cemetery was plowed under around 1939.
"Frederick County, Maryland. State of His Lordship's Manor of Monocacy. Monocacy, 1767, No. 65. Leased Sept. 29, 1759 to Peter Hertzog, 100 acres; Margaret Hertzog, tenant in possession; annual rent, 0-10-0; alienation fine, 1-0-0, leased on lived on Margaret Hertzog, age 55, and Nicholas Hertzog, age 32."
"At a large beech standing on the east side of Monocacy River at the north of a large run that proceeds from a great spring in the land called Olacip and falls into the Monocacy, the said beech being a boundary of a tract of land surveyed for Daniel Dulaney, Esq., called "Dulany's Lott".......We infer from the foregoing description that "Monocacy Manor" lies above the mouth of Linganore Creek, as it lies on a branch descending from the land called "Olacin" or "Olacip", and Linganore Creek is said to empty into Monocacy at the lower or southern end of this land. The meanders of the Monocacy River from the western boundary of the manor, while the eastern boundary is a straight line running
north and south. The manor runs north about 3 1/2 miles. A plot of the original survey is at the Maryland Records office. Apparently, the manor begins at or near the mouth of Glade Creek and extends north to about the latitude of Woodsboro, and east far enough to include Laurel Hill."
Peter's lease was in lot number 65. His neighbor in lot number 64 (12 acres; he also was in possession of 160 acres in lot 55, leased by Philip Howard) was Christian Hufferd (Hoffert/Hufford/Huffert/etc.). Peter's grandson (also named Peter, a son of Nicholas) married a Anna Catherine Huffert/Hufford, who was a daughter of Peter or Philip Huffert/Hufford. I have not been able to trace this Hufford to Peter's neighor, but it seems probable that maybe this is his grand daughter.
I believe that this Christian Hufferd is the same man in the Hufford Family lineage recorded in Volume IV, Issue 1, Winter 1982 edition of the Fairfield Trace, the Quarterly of the Fairfield County (Ohio) Genealogical Society. If so he was born 5 January 1716 in Schwaigern, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany, some 60 odd miles from where Peter was born in Neuweid, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. Christian Huffert's wife was named Anna Catherine and they had a daughter by the name of Anna Catherine, so it is possible that a grand daughter was also named for the grandmother and/or aunt. Christian's family is also tied to the Hartsough family of Fairfield, Perry, Licking Counties, Ohio, through other families.
Christian's son, Casper (by his first wife, name unknown) died in Fairfield County on 28 November 1825 and is buried in Hufford Cemetery, which was on the family famr, near North Bern, Pleasant Township, Fairfield County. Casper married Catherine Stihl/Stihli, a daughter of Christoph and Catharina Stihli. Another derivation of that name may be Stuhl/Stahl.Stall. If so, another of Peter's grandsons, Daniel, married Elizabeth Fundenburg/Funderburg, a daughter of Walter and Catherine (Stuhl/Stall/Stoll) Fundenburg/Funderburg/Von der Berg.
Casper's son, Abraham, married Elizabeth Plank, a daughter of Adam and Christina/Chritena Plank. Elizabeth's sister, Mary, married David Hartsock/Hartzog, the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Fundenburg/Funderberg) Hartsock.
Looking again at the leases of Monocacy Manor, William Berg, had rented lot number 42 (100 acres) on 26 October 1762. This is probably the son-in-law of Peter, who married Catherine/Catrina Herzog/Hartsock/Hardstock. The anglicized spelling of his name is Barrick. Information from the publication "Peter Barrick (1762-1841), Revolutionary Soldier of Crawford County, Illinois", by Chris H. Bailey, states that he was born around 1727, a son of Johann Wilhelm and Johanata Maria Catharina
(Andreas/Andrews) Berg of Nordhofen, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. Nordhofen is within 15 miles of Neuwied, Germany.
Another tenant of Monocacy Manor was George Devilbiss (lot number 15, 103 acres). This was probably Hans George Devilbiss/Debilbissen who married Anna Catherine Stull/Stuhl (possibly related to the Stihl/Stihli/Stuhl/Stoll family shown previously). He was born in Baden, Germany arounf 1715 and died in 1785. He was the father of Adam and Rosanna Devilbiss, who married children of William Berg/Barrick from the previous paragraph. Hans George was probably the ancestor of the Devilbiss family that went to the Fairfield, Licking, Perry County area of south-central Ohio, arounf the same time as the Hartsough branch of that area.
And then, there is Jacob Cramer/Cremer, tenant in possession of lot numbers 13 (132 acres) and 35 (200 acres). He married Catherine/Catharina Berg/Barrick, the sister of William Berg/Barrick discussed previously. Jacob Cramer's granddaughter, Elizabeth, (daughter of William/Wilhelm and Anna (Bayer/Boyer), was the wife of George Hartsock, the great grandson of Peter Herzog through his son, Nicholas and grandson, John. The Cramer family lived in the Greene/Warren/Montgomery Counties of Ohio near where George and his brother, William, emigrated in the 1820-30s.
The Origins of the Family in America
Information by Barnett McConnell, Jr. in his work entitled "Hartsock Heritage, A Three Hundred Year Chronicle of the Hartsock Family of Southwest Virginia" provides very good documentation that Engelbert and Anna Catharina Herzog / Hertzog are the parents of our immigrant ancestors. He states "Peter Hertzog's father and mother, Engelbert and Anna Catharina Hertzog were living at 5450 Rodenbach in the parish of Feldkirchen near Neuwied as early as 1689. They had four sons and one daughter living in their household during the 1690-1700 time period. We know very little about Engelbert except he was referred to as a Landmesser at Rodenbach, that he was living in Feldkirchen as late as 1709, but was recorded as deceased when his son Peter married in 1722."
"The Palatine Families of New York and New Jersey" by Henry Z. Jones, states:
"HENRICH WILHELM HERTZOG
HIERONIMUS HERTZOG
PETER HERTZOG?
(Hartshook, Herzog)
This family was documented at 5450 Rodenbach in the parish of Feldkirchen near Neuwied (1 km. N. of Niederbieber, Chbks. Missing). In the Furstl. Wied Archiv (File #30-9-1) is a specification of those who left for America ca. 1722/23; on that wonderful roll are the names of Hieronimus and Henrich Wilhelm Hertzog, "brothers of Rodenbach," who left 15 May. In carefully examining the surviving files regarding the parish of Feldkirchen, only one man of that surname was head of a household in Rodenbach (or any other village in the parish) at that time: Engelbert Hertzog. File #27-7-2 notes that Engelbert Herzog of Rodenbach signed a "permanent money-interest list in 1689. Engelbert Hertzog of Rodenbach was found on a guard-money-list dated 1696 (File #27-7-3). In File #27-7-4, Engelbert Hertzog of Rodenbach was registered ca. 1690-1700 with 4 sons and 1 daughter. Engelbert Hertzog was noted in the parish Heb-Register in 1706. The Neuwied Chbk. Records a sp. 8 Oct 1709 for Anna Catharina, w/o Engelbert Herzog from Rodenbach.
Hieronimus Hertzog appeared on Janeway Store Accounts 1735/37 in N.J. and then his way to Schoharie Valley, for on 8 Dec 1738 Jacob, s/o Heronymues Herzoog and wife Anna Margaritha Winther, was bpt. At the Schoharie Ref. Church. Henrich Wilhelm Hertzog was noted on the Janeway Accounts in N.J. 1735 - 44. Henrick Wilhemus Herzog sp. Henrich Weber in 1738 at the Montgomery Ref. Church, Orange Co., N.Y.
There was a Peter, s/o the late Engelbert Herzog - Landmesser at Rodenbach in the Ksp. Feldkirchen, who md. 29 Jan 1722 Anna Maria, d/o the late Johann Tonis Schmidt(en) - inhabitant here, at 5450 Heddesdorf/Neuwied. I have often wondered if he was the Peter Hertzog who is eventually found in N.J. on the Janeway Accounts 1735-36 and who has ch. Bpt. 1733/34 - 1745 with his wife (called both "Anna Maria" and "Anna Margaretha" on various entries) at the Somerville Ref. Church."
Engelbert, Anglebert, Engleburt was a common first name among the offspring of the brothers during the first generations.
Originally I had the father of the brothers as Jacob Andreas Hertzog. In the book "Immigrants to the Middle Colonies", there is an entry for one Jacob Andreas Hertzog, husbandman and vinedresser, Lutheran, age 38, arriving at Walworth, England in 1709 with his wife, one son 14 years old, one son 10 years old, one son 8 years old, a daughter six years old and a daughter 4 years old. Also on the same ship was a Caspar Hertzog, husbandman and vinedresser, Reformed, age 34, with his wife, a
son 7 years old and a son 4 years old. There is no mention of Jacob Andreas Hertzog in America. There was a Casper Hertwig listed as one of the male Palatines living at Livingston Manor, New York, in the winter of 1710 and summer of 1711.
Also important, was the listing as one of the passengers on this same ship, a Nicol Kuntze, his wife and children. It was stated that he was also a member of the Reformed Church. The fact that the Kuntz / Kones family lived near or with the Hertzog family in New Jersey and that records show Anna Margaretha Kuntze / Kones as being the wife of Peter Hertzog gives rise to speculation that these Hertzogs were somehow related to our ancestors.
The following is excerpted from "Immigrants to the Middle Colonies":
"The following lists are copied from the original documents preserved in the British Museum Library, London, England, and should be of the greatest genealogical interest to those families in the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and elsewhere, which claim descent from the so-called Palatine settlers.
Board of Trade Miscellaneous. Vol. 2 D. 64
The second list of 1193 Palatines lately come over from Germany into this kingdom taken at Walworth, 27th of May, 1709, by Mr. John Tribbeko and Mr. Ruperti, German Ministers.
Name Age Wife Sons Daus. Church
HUSBANDMEN AND VINEDRESSERS
Hertzog, Jacob Andreas 38 wife 14,10,8 6,4
Luth.
Hertzog, Casper 34 wife 7,4
Ref.
WHEELWRIGHTS
Kuntze, Nicol 33 wife 8,7,4 <
Ref."
Information on our original ancestors is sketchy, but family history relates that three brothers, Peter, Handrick (Henry) and Zachariah came to New York or New Jersey in the early 1700s. Information from Barnett McConnell, Jr. states that there were 4 brothers and a sister. Peter, Handrick Wilhelm and Hieronimus are found in the Janeway Accounts of New Jersey in the 1730s. They are also mentioned as brothers in the works of Mary Mae Hartsock, Leroy Eugene Hartsock and Barnett McConnell, Jr. Zachariah is mentioned by both Mary Mae Hartsough and Leroy Eugene Hartsock, but doesn't appear in records that have been seen thus far with the others. He is seen in the census records of Cayuga and Tompkins coutnies in New York. His family which includes General George Hartsuff of Civil War fame and the Rev. Lewis Hartsough state in the "Hartsough Family" by Rev. Lewis Hartsough that he is one of three brothers. Also Howard Dale Hartough mentions him as a brother in the history of the Handrick William Hartough family.
Howard Dale Hartough searched records in Amsterdam for the identity of the brothers' parents. Since the colony of New Jersey was first a part of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (also the fact that his family used the Dutch equivalent of Hertzog, Hartog), it was thought that the brother might be from Holland. He found several individuals who could have been the parents, but reached no definite conclusions.
There was a Hermanus (Harmanus) Hertogh (Hertoogh), who appears to have been a trader-merchant in New Amsterdam during the 17th century. He died in the colony before 1662 and his will left his estate to his oldest brother in the Netherlands. There is some evidence he married (Mr. Hartough thinks there is a possibility his wife was Indian), but no record of his having a family in America. By leaving his estate to his brother, the indication may be that there was no survivor in America, and that he was not married. In those times, though, it was a custom for the children of a family to will upon death their possessions back to the head of the family. The duty of the family head was to keep the family fortune from dissipating into other hands, and to be responsible for the keep and well-being of a brother's widow and heirs. Records show that Hermanus was 24 years old in 1653 (born 1629). His father was named Bastaen Hertogh.
"The Palatine Families of New York and New Jersey" by Henry Z. Jones, states:
"HENRICH WILHELM HERTZOG
HIERONIMUS HERTZOG
PETER HERTZOG?
(Hartshook, Herzog)
This family was documented at 5450 Rodenbach in the parish of Feldkirchen near Neuwied (1 km. N. of Niederbieber, Chbks. Missing). In the Furstl. Wied Archiv (File #30-9-1) is a specification of those who left for America ca. 1722/23; on that wonderful roll are the names of Hieronimus and Henrich Wilhelm Hertzog, "brothers of Rodenbach," who left 15 May. In carefully examining the surviving files regarding the parish of Feldkirchen, only one man of that surname was head of a household in Rodenbach (or any other village in the parish) at that time: Engelbert Hertzog. File #27-7-2 notes that Engelbert Herzog of Rodenbach signed a "permanent money-interest list in 1689. Engelbert Hertzog of Rodenbach was found on a guard-money-list dated 1696 (File #27-7-3). In File #27-7-4, Engelbert Hertzog of Rodenbach was registered ca. 1690-1700 with 4 sons and 1 daughter. Engelbert Hertzog was noted in the parish Heb-Register in 1706. The Neuwied Chbk. Records a sp. 8 Oct 1709 for Anna Catharina, w/o Engelbert Herzog from Rodenbach.
Hieronimus Hertzog appeared on Janeway Store Accounts 1735/37 in N.J. and then his way to Schoharie Valley, for on 8 Dec 1738 Jacob, s/o Heronymues Herzoog and wife Anna Margaritha Winther, was bpt. At the Schoharie Ref. Church. Henrich Wilhelm Hertzog was noted on the Janeway Accounts in N.J. 1735 - 44. Henrick Wilhemus Herzog sp. Henrich Weber in 1738 at the Montgomery Ref. Church, Orange Co., N.Y.
There was a Peter, s/o the late Engelbert Herzog - Landmesser at Rodenbach in the Ksp. Feldkirchen, who md. 29 Jan 1722 Anna Maria, d/o the late Johann Tonis Schmidt(en) - inhabitant here, at 5450 Heddesdorf/Neuwied. I have often wondered if he was the Peter Hertzog who is eventually found in N.J. on the Janeway Accounts 1735-36 and who has ch. Bpt. 1733/34 - 1745 with his wife (called both "Anna Maria" and "Anna Margaretha" on various entries) at the Somerville Ref. Church."
Engelbert, Anglebert, Engleburt was a common first name among the offspring of the brothers during the first generations.
Originally I had the father of the brothers as Jacob Andreas Hertzog. In the book "Immigrants to the Middle Colonies", there is an entry for one Jacob Andreas Hertzog, husbandman and vinedresser, Lutheran, age 38, arriving at Walworth, England in 1709 with his wife, one son 14 years old, one son 10 years old, one son 8 years old, a daughter six years old and a daughter 4 years old. Also on the same ship was a Caspar Hertzog, husbandman and vinedresser, Reformed, age 34, with his wife, a
son 7 years old and a son 4 years old. There is no mention of Jacob Andreas Hertzog in America. There was a Casper Hertwig listed as one of the male Palatines living at Livingston Manor, New York, in the winter of 1710 and summer of 1711.
Also important, was the listing as one of the passengers on this same ship, a Nicol Kuntze, his wife and children. It was stated that he was also a member of the Reformed Church. The fact that the Kuntz / Kones family lived near or with the Hertzog family in New Jersey and that records show Anna Margaretha Kuntze / Kones as being the wife of Peter Hertzog gives rise to speculation that these Hertzogs were somehow related to our ancestors.
The following is excerpted from "Immigrants to the Middle Colonies":
"The following lists are copied from the original documents preserved in the British Museum Library, London, England, and should be of the greatest genealogical interest to those families in the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and elsewhere, which claim descent from the so-called Palatine settlers.
Board of Trade Miscellaneous. Vol. 2 D. 64
The second list of 1193 Palatines lately come over from Germany into this kingdom taken at Walworth, 27th of May, 1709, by Mr. John Tribbeko and Mr. Ruperti, German Ministers.
Name Age Wife Sons Daus. Church
HUSBANDMEN AND VINEDRESSERS
Hertzog, Jacob Andreas 38 wife 14,10,8 6,4
Luth.
Hertzog, Casper 34 wife 7,4
Ref.
WHEELWRIGHTS
Kuntze, Nicol 33 wife 8,7,4 <
Ref."
Information on our original ancestors is sketchy, but family history relates that three brothers, Peter, Handrick (Henry) and Zachariah came to New York or New Jersey in the early 1700s. Information from Barnett McConnell, Jr. states that there were 4 brothers and a sister. Peter, Handrick Wilhelm and Hieronimus are found in the Janeway Accounts of New Jersey in the 1730s. They are also mentioned as brothers in the works of Mary Mae Hartsock, Leroy Eugene Hartsock and Barnett McConnell, Jr. Zachariah is mentioned by both Mary Mae Hartsough and Leroy Eugene Hartsock, but doesn't appear in records that have been seen thus far with the others. He is seen in the census records of Cayuga and Tompkins coutnies in New York. His family which includes General George Hartsuff of Civil War fame and the Rev. Lewis Hartsough state in the "Hartsough Family" by Rev. Lewis Hartsough that he is one of three brothers. Also Howard Dale Hartough mentions him as a brother in the history of the Handrick William Hartough family.
Howard Dale Hartough searched records in Amsterdam for the identity of the brothers' parents. Since the colony of New Jersey was first a part of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (also the fact that his family used the Dutch equivalent of Hertzog, Hartog), it was thought that the brother might be from Holland. He found several individuals who could have been the parents, but reached no definite conclusions.
There was a Hermanus (Harmanus) Hertogh (Hertoogh), who appears to have been a trader-merchant in New Amsterdam during the 17th century. He died in the colony before 1662 and his will left his estate to his oldest brother in the Netherlands. There is some evidence he married (Mr. Hartough thinks there is a possibility his wife was Indian), but no record of his having a family in America. By leaving his estate to his brother, the indication may be that there was no survivor in America, and that he was not married. In those times, though, it was a custom for the children of a family to will upon death their possessions back to the head of the family. The duty of the family head was to keep the family fortune from dissipating into other hands, and to be responsible for the keep and well-being of a brother's widow and heirs. Records show that Hermanus was 24 years old in 1653 (born 1629). His father was named Bastaen Hertogh.
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