Johan Heinrich HÄFFNER

Male 1754 - 1825  (70 years)


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  1. 1.  Johan Heinrich HÄFFNER was born 23 Nov 1754, Richmond Twp, Berks Co, PA; died 27 Jun 1825, Richmond Twp, Berks Co, PA.

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    died 27 Jun 1825
    or 19 Jul 1825

    Johannes 1783, sp Johannes Hager Jun, and Magdalena Haefnerin
    Heinrich 1787, sp Johannes Kohler and wf Maria

    Hana 1798, sp Jacob Haefner Jr and Hana Dreibebisin, single


    Henry, w/o Catharine, mentioned in will of Mag. Rothermel, 1787, Richmond Twp

    1800 census, Windsor, 22111-01101
    (Hepner/Hefner)

    Johann Heinrich Heffner. grandfather of Abraham, was born Nov. 23, 1754, and
    died June 27, 1825. He was the first born of his parents, and was a farmer in
    Richmond township, living on his father's land, which was acquired by patent
    from the Commonwealth in 1784. He married Anna Katherine Kohler,
    daughter of John and Anna Maria Kohler. of Greenwich township. They
    had ten children, namely: Daniel; John;Henry; Abraham; Samuel;
    Solomon; Polly, who was lame and died single aged sixty-six years;
    Kate, m. to Lansing Knapp, of West Penn township, Schuylkill county;
    Hannah, m. to Daniel Underkoffler, of Mohrsville; and Jacob.

    While Heinrich Heffner was a prisoner during the Revolutionary war,
    he was confined in a church in New Jersey, and there a great-uncle
    of Samuel Heffner, of Moselem Springs, was frozen to death.

    The following legal document is on
    record in the Court House of Berks county: 'Berks County, ss: Whereas
    Heinrich Heffner, of Jacob Baldy's Co., in Col. Philip Gehr's
    Battalion, has made complaint to us, the Subscribers, Commissioners
    of said county that he could not attend at Muster and Field days in
    1777-1778 as he was a prisoner of War and not exchanged, and we find
    his complaint just, do therefore, agreeable to an Act of General
    Assembly, passed the 27th day of March. 1789, acquit and exhonerate
    the said Henry Heffner from the fine which he might have incurred
    from not attending said Muster and Field days. Given under our hands,
    the fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand,
    seven hundred and ninety. (Signed) JohnKeim. Henry Speyker. Jacob
    Beyer.'

    Johan married Anna Catharine KOHLER Abt 1777, Berks Co, PA. Anna was born 26 Sep 1759, Berks Co, PA; died Aft 1804, Berks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]