Jacob HEFFELFINGER

Abt 1715 - 1786  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Jacob HEFFELFINGER
  Born	Abt 1715	Switzerland
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Bef 1728	PA
  Naturalization	Abt 1743	Philadelphia Co, PA
  Unknown	Bef 1758	Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA
  	Migrated
  _UID	67E5257B178244B0AEE6487046E9B705B082
  Died	Jan 1786	Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA
  Person ID	I625335195	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Calla HEFFELFINGER,   b. Abt 1692, Switzerland ,   d. Aft 1748, Lower Salford Twp, Montgomery Co, PA  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Mother	Catharine UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1692, Switzerland ,   d. Aft 1728, PA  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Married	Bef 1712	Switzerland
  Family ID	F549248337	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Barbara UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1715,   d. Aft 1750, PA  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Married	Bef 1735	PA
  Children	1. Henry HEFFELFINGER,   b. Abt 1735, PA ,   d. 1796, Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA  (Age ~ 61 years)   2. Catharine HEFFELFINGER,   b. Abt 1737, PA ,   d. Aft 1786, PA  (Age ~ 50 years)   3. Elisabeth HEFFELFINGER,   b. Abt 1739, PA ,   d. Aft 1786, PA  (Age ~ 48 years)   4. Ester HEFFELFINGER,   b. Abt 1741, PA ,   d. Aft 1786, PA  (Age ~ 46 years)   5. Barbara HEFFELFINGER,   b. Abt 1743, PA ,   d. Aft 1786, PA  (Age ~ 44 years)   6. Anna Maria HEFFELFINGER,   b. 18 Oct 1746, PA ,   d. Aft 1794, Bucks Co, PA  (Age 48 years)   7. Johannes HEFFELFINGER,   b. Abt 1750, Northampton Co, PA ,   d. May 1802, Lehigh Twp, Northampton Co, PA  (Age ~ 52 years)   8. Gertrude HEFFELFINGER,   b. Abt 1752, PA ,   d. Aft 1786, Springfield Twp, Bucks Co, PA  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2014
  Family ID	F549248336	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  sold 2 pack horses, 10 Jun 1758, toward French and Indian War (History of Lehigh Co) (listed under Whitehall Twp) 1761 tax list, Whitehall children are mentioned in OC of 22 Mar 1786. land was tract of Indian Land in Lehigh Twp. note - a Jacob Heffelfinger, witness to will of Abraham Clemens in 1776, Lower Salford Twp Jacob lived near Laury's Station in Whitehall Twp.,Northampton Co. (now Lehigh Co.), PA. He is said to have served in the militia in theFrench and Indian War. (Roberts, "History of Lehigh County, PA", Vol. 1, p. 96) Northampton Co. deeds: 1. Deed book F1, p. 6: Jacob of Lehigh gave land to son John dated 12 January 1768 (Deed poll is in German, index and names beside German deed are in English) 2. Deed book F1, p. 165: Jacob of Whitehall to Henry dated 5 May 1759 (Deed in German) 3. Deed book F1, p. 5: Jacob of Whitehall, farmer, to son Henry, yeoman, same place dated 8 August 1772. Land Jacob received by warrants dated May 1743, 29 August 1753, 26 September 1753. (These warrants are also listed in PA Archives under Land Warrants, the first one under Bucks Co., the other two for Northampton Co.) Northampton Co. estate file #1148: Jacob Heffelfinger died intestate. The administrators of his estate were sons Henry and John Heffelfinger, who signed a bond of administration on 31 January 1786. The sureties were Abraham Lebensberger and Dewalt Schafer. Northampton Co. orphans court book 5, p. 103: Petition of Michael Fabeyon of Springfield Twp., Bucks Co., 22 March 1786, husband of Gertrude Heffelfinger, one of the daughters of Jacob Heffelfinger, who died sone time ago, leaving eight children; Henry the eldest son, Catharine, married to William Sylvius, Elisabeth widow of Jacob Fried (had 10 children), Esther married to Andrew Moyer, Barbara married to Conrad Sylvius, Mary married to Casper Fabeyon, John, and Gertrude wife of petitioner.