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.