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.