Internet Version
Of
Hartlines in America
By James B. Hartline
c. 1978 Revised 1999, 2006, 2008
DEDICATION
Special recognition goes to the persons who first interested me in this work, myfather and mother, ORA JAMES HARTLINE, son of John Marvin and Ellen Elizabeth Gilreath Hartline, and ANNIE BERRY EVANS Hartline, daughter of Isaac Newton and Mary Francis Wininger Evans. My mother has been interested in this projectfrom the beginning, and has helped to collect information on both the Hartlines, Evans and connected lines. It was through her excitement that I first began tobe interested. Together with my dad, they literally combed the hills to obtain information on the more obscure lines. Many of the photographs contained herein
were located and copied by them, and they have worked continuously on this project.
So it is with much love and gratitude that I dedicated this Web Site to my parents, as
they celebrated their GOLDEN wedding Anniversary, September 29, 1978.
Ora James Hartline was born May 15, l908 and died March 25,1982. Annie Berry Evans
Hartline was born April 30, 1910 and died March 7, 1991. Both are buried at Hillcrest
Cemetery at Boaz, Alabama.
I also dedicate this family genealogy to our youngest brother, Doil N. Hartline, who
was the first of Annie And Ora's children to die, at age 60, and our dear sister Mary
Ellen Hartline Walden Tidmore who died a few years after Doil. They were much
loved by our family and friends.
NOTEWORTHY HARTLINES
Under this heading, we include those Hartlines whose performance and contribution to society has been exceptional. There are probably many of which we know nothing, and as we learn of then, they will be added to our list. Some of the NOTEWORTHY Hartlines are listed previously in this book, therefore, we will draw your attention to them first.
Isaac Hartline was a very successful farmer. His contribution was, however, the help he gave to others, by taking them into his home. On a later page are listed eleven of those whom he helped and perhaps there were others.
John Kelly Hartline was an inventor. To his credit are numerous patents on steam valves and other devices.
Daniel Schollenberger Hartline was Professor of Science at Bloomsburgh College in Pennsylvania. He also was the oldest man to climb to the peak of the Grand Teton Mountain in 1938 at age 68.
John Walter Hartline was the founder of the town of Hartline, Washington. He also laid out and incorporated the city of Longview, Washington. He ventured to Alaska and found rich minerals, but was never able to lay claim to them.
There are numerous ministers of the Gospel among Hartlines and Hartleins and some of them are: Rev. Paul W. Hartline, retired after 40 years as a Lutheran Pastor, Stewartsville, N. J., C. Ray Hartline, Seventh Day Adventist, Adelphi, Md., Rev. Jesse Lanning, Methodist, Linwood, N. C., husband of Mary Hartline Lanning, Rev. James A. M. Hanna, Th. M., United Presbyterian (a Hartline descendant), J. William Hartline, Church of Christ, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and there are likely others.
Deceased pastors include: John Marvin Hartline, Church of God, Fyffe, Alabama, William Thomas Hartline, Baptist Circuit, N. W. Georgia, Andy Bellamy, husband of Cora Hartline of Fyffe, Alabama, son-in-law of Rev. J. M. Hartline.
There are several NOTE WORTHY Hartlines living or more recently deceased today who are not previously listed in this book. They comprise the following:
Haldan Keffer Hartline A
1967 Nobel Prize Winner (1)
Haldan Keffer Hartline was born December 22, 1903, the only son of Daniel Schollenberger and Harriet Franklin Keffer Hartline, at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. His father, Daniel was head of the Science Department at Bloomsburg State Teacher's College and President of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science. Keffer, as he prefers to be called, grew-up in Bloomsburg and married Mary Elizabeth Kraus, born September 17, 1909. They were married on April 11, 1936 and had the following children:
Daniel Keffer, born December 1, 1939.
Peter Haldan, born January 1942, married Ann Catherine Hurley.
Frederick Flanders, born February 13, 1945.
Keffer was a much educated individual with a long list of credits, among which are an M. D. at Johns Hopkins, 1927, and Doctor of Science, Layfayette College 1959. He is listed in the 1968 Who's Who in America, where numerous other credits are recorded. (1)
THE FOLLOWING IS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, October 19, 1967: (2)
Haldan Keffer Hartline, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, was described Wednesday as "a devoted scientist who does his work because of a deep interest in finding out about nature."
The point was made by Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, who has worked with the new Nobel Prize winner for the past 30 years. They began their association at the University of Pennsylvania's Eldridge Reves Johnson Foundation for Medical Physics, where Bronk served as director .
Bronk is now president of Rockefeller University, where Hartline has been studying the optic nerves of horseshoe crabs since 1953. Hartline, who was born in 1903, in Bloomsburg, PA, served at the University of Pennsylvania center from 1931 to 1949, with a one-year interruption (1940-41) as physiology professor at the Cornell Medical College,
Prior to coming to Rockefeller, Hartline was professor and chairman of the Jenkins Department of biophysics at Johns Hopkins. The white-haired, soft-spoken scientist and his wife have three sons. Hartline said he is "not very comfortable about all the fuss. "
Another of the Nobel prize winners, Ragnar Granit of Sweden said of H. K. Hartline: ''Hartline is a great friend of mine. I am especially glad to share this with him. " The scientists were selected for "discoveries concerning the primary chemical and physiological visual processes of the eyes. "
Shortly before the beginning of our research for this book, the news was full of reports about the awarding of the 1967 Nobel Prize, and at the outset, we wrote to Professor Hartline and several other well known members of the Hartline family. Of those written, only a few replied. We were delighted that one of these was Keffer Hartline. After the initial contact, because of his busy schedule and the fact that his wife Elizabeth (Beth) is the genealogist in the family, we began corresponding with her. Our friendship grew, and we visited with Keffer and Beth in 1975 at Hydes, Maryland, near Baltimore. It was a pleasant afternoon and we sat for a long time outdoors, getting acquainted. Beth took Ruth and the our daughters for a walk in the wooded area near their home. I found Keffer to be one of the easiest persons to converse with that I have ever met. He is well versed in almost everything. Time passed too quickly, and as it began to get dark, we were invited inside for roast leg of lamb, a real treat. Keffer gave us a tour through the family album after dinner, and a look at the Nobel prize. He shared some interesting stories of his earlier years, his education in Germany and climbing Mt. Teton. In 1973 he and Beth went down the Colorado river on a raft. (3)
1- Personal research 2-Article somewhat re-written. 3-Personal interview.
Richard Sides Hartline A
(1923-
Richard Sides Hartline was born September 22, 1923 in Goshen, New York, a son of Franklin LeRoy and Helen Sides Hartline. He grew-up in East View at Westchester County Institution where his father was farm Superintendent. Richard entered the U. S. Military Academy in1942 and received his Batchlor of Science in 1945. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt., Corps of Engineers and served in the Philippines from 1945 to 1947, then with Omaha Engineers District from 1947 to 1949. He went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving a Master of Science in 1950.
Richard married November 25, 1950 to Harriet Louise Dicke of Newton, Massachusetts. He was assigned to the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project from 1950 to 1952, at which time his son Douglas Henry was born in Albuquerque New Mexico, December 25, 1951. Then he went to the Engineer Center, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, from 1952 to1954. He served in Korea from 1954 to 1955 and Okinawa from 1955 to 1957. A daughter, Nancy Louise, was born in Okinawa on May 23, 1956. Richard spent 1957 and 1958 at the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas and then was associate Professor at U. S. Military Academy from 1958 to 1962. He was commander of 10th Engineers Battalion in Germany from 1962 to 1964 and at Headquarters, U. S. Army Europe from 1963-1965. He was at Headquarters Dept. of the Army, Washington, D. C. 1965-1966 and attended National War College from 1966 to 1967, receiving a Master of Science in International Affairs, George Washington University, 1967. He was advisor to Vietnamese Chief of Engineers, 1967-1968 and vice-president of the Panama Canal Company and Lt. Governor of the Canal Zone, 1968-1971.
Richard retired in September of 1971 as a Colonel, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Since that time, he has been Assistant to the Regional Manager and Assistant Secretary of J. A. Jones Construction Company of Atlanta.
Richard and his lovely wife are Methodists, and live in Atlanta, Georgia. He is listed in Who's Who in America.
Source: Richard Sides Hartline.
ANN CATHERINE HURLEY HARTLINE
(1946- )
Ann Catherine Hurley Hartline was born in Chicago, Illinois December 6, 1946, daughter of John James and Dorothy (Saubee) Hurley. She has an A. B. degree from Stanford, 1967. She married Peter Haldan Hartline, son of Nobel Prize winner Haldan Keffer Hartline and wife Elizabeth Kraus Hartline. They were married July of 1969. She was a participant as aquanaut-scientist Tektite II Underseas habitat program, in 1970. Recipient of the Conservation award from the Department of the Interior. Member of the American Ecological Society, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Western Society, of Naturalists. Scripps Oceanographic Institute, LaJolla, California.
Contributing Editor
LAWANDA CARTER WILEY A
(1902-1998)
Lawanda Carter Wiley, editor of the Illinois branch of Hartlines was born March 14, 1902, daughter of Calvin and Mary Elizabeth Cauble Carter, born near Alto Pass, Union County, Illinois. She was married on November 11, 1922, to Carl Higgins Wiley, son of Charles H. and Marion Faris Wiley, born August 18, l901 at Anna, Illinois. Carl's grandfather, Col. Benjamine Ladd Wiley served in the Mexican and Civil Wars, and his great-grandfather, Winstead Davie, founded the town of Anna, Illinois, which he named for his wife, Anna Willard Davie.
Lawanda attended the Mackey district school and was Valedictorian of her graduating class. She worked as stenographer/bookkeeper, was a member of the Eastern Star, and of Ann Crooker St. Clair Chapter DAR, National No. 575146 through John George Hartline. She is a member of Naomi Circle, Centenary United Methodist Church at Effingham, Illinois.
Carl was reared at Anna, Illinois. At sixteen, he enlisted in the 147th Co. U.S. Marine Corps, WWI, serving nine months, returning to Anna to finish high school. He spent a year and a half with the U. S. Geological Survey and the Dominican Topographic Survey in the Dominican Republic. His College education was received at the University of Illinois, after which he was with the engineering department of Illinois Central Railroad for eight years, and thirty-five years with the Illinois Division of Highways, retiring as District Engineer of Local roads.
He is a registered professional engineer and land surveyor, a charter member and past president of the Effingham chapter of the Illinois Association of Highway Engineers and of the Ambraw Chapter of Illinois Society of Professional Engineers. He is past master of Effingham Lodge No- 149, A F & A M and a past District Deputy Grand Master of the Illinois Grand Lodge. A member of Effingham Post No. 120 American Legion, a Mason, and a member of the Board of Education of the Effingham school district. Member of the Centenary United Methodist Church, where he served on its board of administration and as chairman of its commission on finance.
Children: Richard Carter Wiley, born and died May 5, 1930, Chicago, IL
Carole Ann Wiley, born December 19, 1936.
Lawanda has spent many hours collecting, arranging and typing up information on the Hartlines of the Union County, Illinois area, and has followed up some other lines at the suggestion of this author. It is impossible to express enough gratitude for this task, she has made that part of the search for Hartlines so easy. The family thanks you, Lawanda. Lawanda Carter Wiley passed away February 5, 1998, age 96.
FOREWORD
Ever since the arrival of the first "Hartlines" in America, numerous books and publications have contained historical and genealogical information about Hartlines (various spellings). Church and county histories, pension and orphan court records, wills, deeds, military service records and family histories, which relate to Hartlines, all attest to our deep-seated and extensive American background.
In our search for information on Hartlines, we found no publication that included representative lines of all of the Hartline families in America under a single cover. Consequently, this is what we have done with Hartlines in America.
The Hartline history has been traced back to our early ancestors in Germany and covers a span of over two hundred years of family history. It is a book of genealogy of up to eleven generations. It is also a story of Hartlines who fought for their new country in the Revolutionary and Civil wars.
The information in this book will not always agree with some of the earlier publications, however, every attempt has been made to maintain complete accuracy, and the sources of our information are listed so that the facts may be readily sought out.
At the outset, we realized that some errors will of necessity crop-up, so we have been very diligent in obtaining as much "first-hand" information as possible. We traveled extensively into areas where our early ancestors lived and collected information all along the way.
ORIGIN
The origin of Herdleins, the early ancestors of present day Hartlines and Hartleins in America, was that region of Germany known as the State of Bavaria. and formerly a part of the "Upper Palatinate." The earliest recorded progenitor, Nikolaus Herdlein, lived in the district of Ansbach/Bavaria, in the village of Weigenheim, near Uffenheim.
He is believed to have been born in Wallmersbach, which is located a few miles from Weigenheim. The village of Weigenheim is situated about twenty miles south-southeast of Wurzburg, and about a hundred miles east of the river Rhine. It is so small that it appears on only a few German maps. Nikolaus Herdlein was apparently the ancestor of all of the Hartlines who were in America in the eighteenth century, and of the majority of the present day Hartlines and Hartleins.
ABOUT THE NAME
The name Herdlein is made up of the root-word "herd" and the diminutive "lein." Herd is German for hearth, meaning a fireplace, stove or just the center of something. Lein has several translations, one of, which means simply lineage of, or the line of. It appears that a literal English rendering of the name could be hearthling. The original man with this name was probably called Herd. His off-spring would then be called Herdlein, or of the line of Herd.
SPELLING OF THE NAME
Although the spelling of the name in German records was Herdlein, the name has taken on numerous spellings subsequently. Most of them are misspellings on various records where the name was written as it sounded. In Germany, we have found three spellings: Herdlein and Hertlein, which are interchangeable and Hardtlein as a third form, used in an area somewhat removed from Weigenheim. Of the later spelling, we have established no absolute connection with the others.
Some spellings found in America in the early generations:
Hartline, Hartnine, Hietlein, Herdlein, Hardtlin, Hardtlein, Hartlein, Hartlyon, Haertlin, Hertlin, Hertling, Hardtlyon, Hertlein, Haertline, Hardlin, Hardline, Hertleinen, Heartlin, Heartlein, and Heartline.
Of these spellings, at least four of them are used in America today: Hartline, Hartlein, Hertlein and Hertling. It appears that most of the descendants of Nikolaus Herdlein use the first two spellings: Hartline and Hartlein. The others in many instances are descendants of other Herdleins who have come to America in later times, perhaps after 1800. To date, no authentic coat-of-arms has been located, although some have been offered for sale which are made up of the two parts of the name, but are not traceable to German origin.
A CAPSULE HISTORY OF GERMAN CIVILIZATION
The first Germani war-like tribes migrated from northern Europe to present day Germany about 1000 B. C., settling long the Danube and Rhine rivers. They were made up of Goths, Franks, Cimbri, Germani and Vandal tribes, but the Romans called them all Germani tribes and their land Germania. The Romans attempted to conquer Germania in A. D. 9, but failed and by the fifth century, Germanic armies had divided Rome up into small tribal kingdoms.
In 486, a Germanic king of the Franks defeated the Roman Governor of Gual, now France. In 800, the Empire of Charlemagne, the greatest Frankish ruler, was established with its capital at Aachen and extended all the way to the Elbe river.
In 843, the "Treaty of Verdun" divided Charlemagne's Empire into three kingdoms, one for each of his grandsons, and Louis II received lands east of the Rhine, which later became Germany.
In 911, German dukes established the first German Monarchy and elected King Conrad I.
The year 962 saw the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire. And between 1024 and 1125, there was a long power struggle under the Silian Dynasty which weakened the Holy Roman Empire.
The practice of serfdom started in Germany in the twelfth century. Peasants worked for the German nobles as serfs. They were slaves and were not allowed to leave their lord's estates. The Hapsburg family of Austria ruled the Holy Roman Empire almost continuously from 1438 to 1806.
Martin Luther, a German Monk, attacked the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church in 1517. Nobles and peasants very quick to join this rapidly expanding movement of Protestantism. The period from 1520 to 1660 was the age of Reformation with its frequent religious and dynastic wars. The peasants revolted against their lords in "The Peasants War," beginning in 1524, but by 1525, the revolt was crushed.
The "Peace of Augsburg" treaty in 1555 legalized the Roman Catholic-Lutheran split and Germany remained free from religious war for more than sixty years, but peace did not last. The old deep-seated hostilities between the German Catholics and protestants surfaced again and again, until another war began in 1618. That war, known as "The Thirty Years War," devasted the areas of Germany along the Rhine and many other areas so severely that it took two hundred years for its recovery.
The "Treaty of Augsburg" had recognized only the Catholic and Lutherans and did nothing for the many "Calvinists" in south and central Germany, who also demanded recognition. This war was touched off by an order to destroy a protestant church, handed down by the Archbishop of Prague. The "Thirty years War" began in Bohemia and quickly spread throughout western Europe. Art, trade, science and industry were at a standstill. Homes, farms and even entire cities were totally obliterated.
The chief cause of death was famine, disease and brutality. The armies plundered, tortured, burned and killed with no regard for the helpless people. About one-third of the population was killed and the property loss was even greater. The period between 1660 and 1715 saw general political, social and intellectual development in Germany. However, progress was slow and reports from America of available new land and religious freedom enticed thousands to migrate from Germany to America. Many went to America via England, passing through the straits of Dover.
Early Hartlines
In researching the areas of Germany from which our early ancestors came, we turned up several families, which we have not been able to directly relate to our known genealogy. It is easy to suppose that these were either brothers and sisters, or cousins of the known lines. therefore, since a connection may be established later, we are including those families as representative early Hartlines in Germany. The following is a letter, which indicates the marriage of a Hardtlein girl in the 1600s. This appears to be the earliest record of a Hardtlein, although the year of this marriage is not listed, it is known to be in the mid 1600S because of its placement in the records. It is entirely possible that the Christoph Hardtlein listed in this letter is the father of our earliest known ancestor, since there are only a few miles between the towns in which they lived.
Pfaffer Gerh. Geyer 6.3.76 (March 6, 1976)
8704 Weigenheim Nr. 1
Dear Mr. Hartline:
From the Catholic Clergy at Uffenheim your inquiry came to me. I am sorry that our church books do not go back beyond 1642. In my summary, where the names occur alphabetically, the name Hartline is only mentioned once in the form Hardtlein. I give the extract literally:
On July 27, ( ) after three proclamations in the church here were married: Johann Georg Ehrmann, farmer from Weigenheim.. to Maria Barbara Hardtlein, ledig (means never married previously), daughter of the late Christoph Hardtlein, farmer from Pfahlenheim and likewise deceased wife Eva Barbara Hardtlein, whose maiden name was Dull, from Gnotzheim.
Certified a true copy by Gerh. Geyer, Pfarrer, March 6, 1976.
Another letter, this one from M. Tratz, Evang.-Luth. Pfarramt, Uffenheim, Wallmersbach Church records, lists a marriage under somewhat different circumstances:
George Hahn and Barbara Hertlein of Wallmerbach, got married at Gulchsheim, behind the curtain, because of unchastity out of order and as the girl was already delivered from child. Never-the-less, they were punished here (at Uffenheim) and had to pay the usual fee, Thursday May 3, 1690. Barbara Hertlein is believed to be a sister to Nikolaus Herdlein of Wallmersbach, the earliest established ancestor to American Hartlines. This type of marriage was due to the odd circumstances during and after the Thirty Years War, (1618-1648). In order to get a normal situation into the families, all people who were reported to the office at Uffenheim for unchastity were seriously punished (mostly 6-10 floggings) and got married by order of the office, most of them in the prison. Hahn and Hertlein probably had a special allowance to spare them this shame, as they were married in the neighborhood village of Gulchsheim in the church, but behind the curtain. The father of Nikolaus Herdlein, likely born between 1630 and 1640 is believed by German genealogist Roland zu Dortmund to have been born in the village of Wallmersbach, Franconia, District of Ansbach Bavaria, which is some six miles southwest of Uffenheim.
The following two Hertlein listings are believed to be brothers of Nikolaus. Bear in mind that the spellings Hertlein and Herdlein are synonymous.
Note--Of the two Hartline brothers who came to America on the ship "Snow Molly" the sir names were spelled differently. List one, both were Hartlyn. List two, both were Hertlein and on the third list, one was Hertlein and the other was Herdlein. Whoever wrote it spelled it like it sounded to him.
MARTIN HERTLEIN
(1666-1723)
Martin Hertlein, Basket weaver, born in 1666 and believed to be a brother of Nikolaus Herdlein, married Margaretha Lippold. They had the following children:
Johann Ludwig born 1689, died 1698.
Maria Catharina born 1693 married Matthaus Meier, money lender.
Anna born 1695, married George Samann (widower) in Herbolzheim.
Dorothea born 1699, married Georg Roth in Welbhausen.
Margaretha, died in 1720 at the age of sixty-one and Martin married again in 1721 to Magdelena Friedrich, daughter of shepard Johann Wolfgang Friedrich of Adelhofen, near Weigenheim, Germany.
Martin and Magdelena had only one child, a son, George Martin, born in 1722 At the occasion of Lichtmess, on the evening of February 2, 1723, Martin Hertlein was walking in an open field, intoxicated. He was found dead the following morning in a ditch filled with snow and water, age 56. On May 5, 1724, 15 months after Martin's death, his son George, age two, was found drowned in an open water pit.
Magdelena, being considerably younger than Martin, married again to Johann Nicol in 1723.
Source: Records, Evang.-Luth. Pfarramt, 1804 Wallmersbach, Uber Uffenheim.
GEORGE HERTLEIN
(1687-1741)
George Hertlein born 1687, married July 29, 1721 to Maria Eva Diethmeyer, daughter of Georg Diethmeyer, who worked at odd jobs. George Hertlein was a widower at the time of this marriage. He died June 27, 1741, at the age of fifty-four. George Hertlein could be a nephew of Nikolaus Herdlein.
Maria died in 1752 at the age of seventy-seven.
They had one child:
Maria Magdelene, born April 19, 1722 in Uffenheim.
Source: Records, Evang.-Luth. Uffenheim, near Weigenheim.
Our next entry is somewhat removed from the Uffenheim area, but within fifty miles, and the name is spelled differently:
FRANCISCUS CASPARA HARTLEIN
(1680-1737)
Franciscus Caspara Hartlein was born in Bad Mergentheim, West Germany, about 1680, and married April 24, l703 in Bad Mergentheim, to Maria Agatha Hollenbachin, born February 4, 1685. Franciscus and Maria had six children:
Joes Jacobus, born August 2, 1704, died October 12, 1734.
Margaretha Ursula, born October 21, 1706.
J. Wolfgangus, born August 28, 1711, died August 24, l719.
Maria Catharina, born August 27, 1714, died April 10, 1719.
J. Paula, born August 18, 1717, married 1740.
Franciscus died January 15, 1737 and Maria died April 20, 1752.
AUTHENTICATED, VERIFIED LINES
Up to this point, We have listed scattered information about early Hartlines without established connection to the present day Hartlines in America. From this point forward, all lines are authentic and footnotes give reference to the sources of authentication. Heads of households with their respective families will be listed by date of birth, beginning with 1663.
If an individual wishes to arrange his personal lineage on consecutive pages, he needs only to find the name of his father (or grandfather or other ancestor) in the index and click on it. This will take you to the father and mother, the heads of household for the page. One can then click the "A" beside the father's name to go to his father's listing. These pages can then be printed arranged in consecutive order in a note book. This allows any member of the Hartline or Hartlein family to have his own line at his fingertips and in order.
NIKOLAUS HERDLEIN
(1663-1733)
Nikolaus Herdlein was born in 1663 near Weigenheim, probably in the little village of Wallmersbach, six miles from Weigenheim, Franconia, District of Ansbach Bavaria. (1) He married on September 5, 1689 to Barbara Hess who was born on December 16, 1668 in Welbhausen, Germany, a village near Weigenheim.
Nikolaus and Barbara had the following children: (2)
Johann Peter, born December 12, 1689 and baptized that same day, died May 26, 1703 at age13, and was buried at Weigenheim, Ansbach Bavaria, Germany.
Leonhard, baptized July 4, 1692, died December 5, 1692.
Anna Barbara, baptized January 5, 1697, died October 15, 1700, buried in Weigenheim, October 16, 1700, age three.
Johann Michael, baptized September 8, 1699. D
Barbara, born January 27, 1702, baptized January 28, 1702. D
Kunigunda, born November 17, 1704, baptized November 18, 1704.
Johann Lorenz, born May 5, 1705, baptized May 6, 1705, died June 22, 1705 and was buried at Weigenheim on June 24, six weeks old.
Michael, born August 18, 1707, baptized August 19, 1707. D
Nikolaus and Barbara Herdlein made their home in Weigenheim, Germany. His occupation was that of a Hacker, (pronounced "Hecker") a vine-grower or small farmer. Since not much information is available on their early lives, we assume them to be typical of their times. We do know that four of their nine children never reached maturity. Of those who did, four eventually came to America.
In early 1731, Barbara, at sixty-one, contracted a fever which was believed to come from washing clothes in the river. On February 16, 1731, she died of "fluss und brustfieber" (river and breast fever). She was buried at Weigenheim on February 18, 1731. On February 12, 1733, Nikolaus Herdlein died at the age of Seventy. He was also buried at Weigenheim.
The Herdleins were not among the first to leave Germany For America, remaining in Germany for two generations after the conclusion of the "Thirty Years War," the first child of Nikolaus to migrate to America was apparently Leonhard, born in 1694. The exact date of his arrival in America has not been established, but was prior to 1734. (3)
1-Roland zu Dortmune, genealogisch-heraldische Arbeitsgemeinschaft 46 Dortmund-Wickede, den Duttelstrasse 1, hereinafter: Roland zu Dortmund.
2-Church at Weigenheim, Pfaffer Gerh. Geyer, 8704 Weigenheim Nr.1 3-Registrar of Deeds, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA, book F-7, p51, land sale.
LEONHARD HERDLEIN A
(1694-17 )
Leonhard Herdlein was born in Weigenheim, Germany on March 1, 1694, a son of Nikolaus and Barbara Hess Herdlein of Weigenheim. (1) It is not known if Leonhard married in Weigenheim, such a marriage is not on record, but he did travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sometime prior to 1734, and to the best of our knowledge was the first Herdlein to set foot on American soil.
Leonhard was a weaver by trade, and lived in Gwynned township (now Montgomery County), Pennsylvania. On the twelfth of March, 1734, he sold his plantation and buildings to Philipp Wintermut for 123 pounds, 15 shillings. The property consisted of 119 and one-half acres and buildings. (2) Leonhard was recorded in a list of foreigners naturalized in Pennsylvania between 1700 and 1738. This list is to be found in Pennsylvania Archives. (3) He is also listed on a naturalization list of May 19, 1739. (4)
Source:
1-Lutheran Church, Weigenheim, Germany 2-Registrar of deeds, City Hall, Philadelphia, Book F-7, p51. 3-PA Archives, 2nd Series, vol VII, Leonhard Hartlein, Phil. 1738. 4-H. Frank Eshleman, Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneers of Pennsylvania, pp 268, 269, 1917.
JOHANNES MICHAEL HERDLEIN A
(1699-ca.1775*)
Johann Michael Herdlein was born in Weigenheim, Germany, on September 8, 1699, to Nikolaus and Barbara Hess Herdlein. (1) On September 28, 1726, he married Anna Catharina Drechsler of Burghaslach, Germany. (2) They were the parents of the following Children: (3)
Johannes Jacob, who died at the age of one and one half years.
Anna Margretha, who was born in 1729 in Weigenheim, (5) D
Anna Dorothea, born in 1734 in Weigenheim, died in 1736.
Nicholaus, born in 1736 in Weigenheim, died in 1741 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Johannes Michael, Anna Catharina and children came to America by way of Amsterdam, through the Straits of Dover, and after beginning the voyage in 1736, finally arrived at the Port of Philadelphia aboard the ship, "Snow Molly," September 10, 1737. The ship, with John Howell as master, arrived at Philadelphia with ninety-five passengers, listed as Palatines. (6)
Later that same day, Johannes Michael qualified at the Courthouse in Philadelphia before Clement Plumstead, Esquire, mayor. Both Parents of Johannes Michael Herdlein were deceased prior to his departure from Germany. (7) Anna Catharina Drechsler was the daughter of Johann Christian Drechsler and wife Appolonia of Burghaslach, Germany. She was born in Burghaslach on July 27, 1694. (8)
After arriving in America, Johannes Michael Herdlein settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the Oley Mountains. He worked as a woodchopper and farmer. The area of the mountains where they lived had the appearance of Germany, and the community was called Woodchoppertown. (9)
The Herdleins were active Lutherans, attending the St. Joseph's Union Church, today known as "Hill Church," because of its location atop a hill in Pike township, Berks County.
Johannes Michael was one of eight elders of Hill Church in 1747, the year the church was organized. (10) He was still an elder in *1764. An interesting entry in the church records reads: "Today, August 12, 1764, in the presence of the entire church council, a resolution was adopted providing two keys for the church chest.
(Apparently that part of the altar in which the Sacred vessels were kept.) One of the keys was for the elders and the other for the deacons. The elders include Jacob Miller, (John) Michael Haertlein, Conrad Boehm, Tobias Schall, John Gerber, Frederick Meyer, Tobias Mareck and John Reitenauer." (11)
The Original building (Hill Church) was built (in 1747) of logs and stood 38 years. Some of the families who were interested at the beginning have died out, but some still live and are taking the greatest interest in the welfare of the church. The names Schults, Miller, Hartlein and Reitnaur are found throughout the entire church history." (12)
1-Church, Weigenheim. 2-St. Joseph's Union Lutheran (Hill Church), Berks County, PA. 3-Ibid. 4-Church history, New Hanover Lutheran, New Hanover, PA. 5-PA German Society Proceedings, p 511, Vol. 7 (Trappe Church). 6-Passenger lists 45A, B & C, "Port of Philadelphia" ship Snow Molly, 1737. 7-Church, Weigenheim. 8-Dr. Irwin Hoch DeLong, Pioneer Palatine Pilgrims, Lancaster, PA 1928, herin after Delong. 9-Joseph Hartline, personal knowledge, Hartline Rd., Berks Co. 10-Hill Church. 11-Lutherans in Berks County, 1723-1923, Reading Conference of the Evang. Luth. ministerum of PA and adjoining states p 186, hereinfater Lutherans in Berks. 12-Hill Church History.
(1702-17 )
Barbara Herdlein was born January 27, 1702 in Weigenheim, Germany, daughter of Nikolaus and Barbara Hess Herdlein. Barbara married in 1725 to Johannes Christoph Grohmann, son of Johann Georg Grohmann, of Kottenheim. Young Christoph was a weaver by trade (Leinenwebermeister).
In 1736, they began a journey to America, along with her husband and two of her brothers, Johann Michael and Michael. They arrived at the Port of Philadelphia on September 10, 1737, (2) and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. (3)
Children:
Michael Grohmann, born January 6, 1734 in Weigenheim, Germany. August 31, 1762 he married Eva Maria Ackerman, born May 16, 1744, died May 9, 1814.
Johann Rudolph Grohmann was born in 1742 or 1743. He married Catherine, born ca. 1749. (4)
1-Church, Weigenheim. 2-Passenger list, Snow Molly 3-New Hanover Church, Montgomery Co., PA
4-Church records located Rudolph in 1759 as follows: "Johannes Rudolph Grauman (Grohmann) Christoph Grauman in attendance at New Church, New Hanover, Pennsylvania in 1759 at the age of sixteen, with his uncle, Michael Herdlein, Barbara's brother.
MICHAEL HERDLEIN A
(1707-17 )
Michael Herdlein was born in Weigenheim, Germany, August 18, 1707, son of Nikolaus and Barbara Hess Herdlein. (1) On July 14, 1733, he married Eva Brehm, daughter of Johann Brehm, a miller from Gollhofen, on the Jorg-Muhl, Germany, not far from Weigenheim. (2)
Michael and Eva had five children:
George Lorentz, born in 1734 in Weigenheim. D
Eva Catharina born in 1738 in Montgomery County, PA, confirmed May 20, 1753, (3) buried February 8, 1759, age 21. (4)
Maria Susanna, born in 1741, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, confirmed April 20, 1755 (5) married Mattheus Krug, November 1, 1761, in Providence, Pennsylvania. At her confirmation at age 14, a statement was recorded: "She knows her catechism only middling well." They had at least two sons: Johann Michael Krug, born August 1, baptized November 21, 1762 and Johan Georg Krug, born October 23, 1764. (5b) Maria died November 26, 1764, age 24 years. (5c)
Elizabeth, born in 1743, confirmed April 17, 1756, age 13, married Jost Fullman in 1756. (6)
John Leonhardt, born August 28, 1748, baptized September 21, 1748. (7) D
Michael and Eva came to America, arriving at the Port of Philadelphia, September 10, 1737, aboard the ship "Snow Molly," and Michael swore allegiance to the British Crown at the Courthouse in Philadelphia, before Clement Plumstead, Esquire, mayor, that same day, along with his brother Johann Michael, and brother-in-law, Christoph Grohmann. (8) They settled in Limerick township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. (9) In 1769, Michael owned two cows and two horses. (10) They attended church at Trappe Lutheran in Montgomery County, (11) and at New Hanover Lutheran Church, (12) New Hanover, Pennsylvania, also in Montgomery County.
On occasions, the Michael Herdlein family would visit his brother's family, that of Johnann Michael Herdlein, in Berks County, about ten to fifteen miles away, and on several of these trips they attended church services at Hill Church. (13)
Michael and Eva lived near Michael's sister Barbara and her family, the Graumans (Grohmann). (14)
Most of the history books in eastern counties of Pennsylvania indicate Michael and Hans Michael Hartlein to be the same person, as also they show George Lorentz and John George as if they were the same. Careful research has revealed however that Michael is the younger brother of Hans (Johann) Michael and George Lorentz is the first cousin of John George. All of the information contained in this book concerning these two families, which are the direct-line ancestors of most of us, has been carefully sought out and verified by all possible sources.
We have obtained records of the births of Michael and Johann Michael from Germany, and church records from Pennsylvania which show beyond a doubt these two distinct lines.
1-Church, Weigenheim. 2-Roland zu Dortmund. 3-7-New Hanover Church. 5-Pennsylvania German Society Proceedings, Vol. 7, p 505, Trappe Church records. 5b-5c(PA German Church Records, New Hanover Lutheran Church. Supplied by Tim Sands.) 8-Passenger list "Snow Molly." 9-PA German Soc. Proc. Vol.7, p 528, Trappe Church. 10-1769 Tax records, Montgomery County, PA. 11-Church records, Trappe Church. 4-New Hanover Church. 3-Hill Church records.
Anna Margretha “Margaret” Hartlein (1) A
(1729- )
Anna Margretha “Margaret” Hartlein was born in 1729 in Weigenheim, Germany, a daughter of Johannes Michael and Anna Catharina Drechsler Hartlein. They came to America aboard the “Snow Molly” arriving in Philadelphia on September 10, 1737. In 1745, she was confirmed at Trappe Lutheran Church in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Margaret married on April 13, 1750 in Berks County, Pennsylvania to Johann Wit. (2)
They had two sons:
Johann Wit, Jr., born March 12, 1751.
Jacob Witt, Sr., born November 15, 1754. D
We do not know if they had other children.
An entry in the Pennsylvania German Society lists: "Hartleinen, Anna Margretha, confirmed at age 16 in 1745, 'Could read a little, had also embraced a fair conception." (3)
1-Church, Weigenheim. 2-Church History, New Hanover Lutheran, New Hanover, PA. 3-PA German Society Proceedings, p 511, Vol.7 (Trappe Church.)
JOHN GEORGE HARTLEIN A
(1732-1794)
John George Hartlein was born October 21, 1732 in Weigenheim, Germany, the son of Johann Michael and Anna Catharina Drechsler Herdlein. (1) He came to America with his father, mother, and other relatives aboard the ship "Snow Molly," arriving in Philadelphia, September 10, 1737. (2)
John George was reared in the Oley Hills of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the community locally known as Woodchoppertown. The father of John George, Johann Michael was an elder at Hill Church, and in 1755, (3) John George married the daughter of another of the elders.
The following entry is recorded at the Old Goshenhoppen Church in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: John George Hartlein ledig. (never before married) to Maria Christina Boehm, ledig., Proclamation 1st. January 10, second January 25, third February 2, at the Old Goshenhoppen Church and married February 9, 1755, at the house of Conrad Boehm. (4)
George and Maria had the following Children:
Catharina, born December 17, 1755, baptized January 1, 1756, (5)
Jacob, born July 30, 1758, baptized August 13, 1758. (6) D
Hanna, born July 3, 1761, baptized July 25, 1761, married Peter Miller. (7)
Peter, born November 13, 1763, baptized January 1, 1764. (8) D
Elizabeth, born September 4, 1765, baptized at Hill Church, married Henry Casper June 7, 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina. (9)
Mary Magdalena, born November 15, 1766 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, (10) baptized December 8, 1766 and married Peter Lenz July 2, 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina. (11) D
John George, Jr. February 1, 1768 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, baptized March 2, 1768, and Married Maria Ann Aronhart D
Jacob, born October 24, 1769, no further record. (12)
1-Church Weigenheim 2-Passenger list "Snow Molly." 3-5-6-7-8-10-Hill Church. 4-Old Goshenhoppen Church, Montgomery Co., PA. 9&11-Marriage records, Organ Lutheran Church, Rowan County Courthouse, NC. 12-Hill Church.
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