Johan Henrich DORNBACH (TURNBAUGH)

                   D-Will Dated 1 Nov 1762
Bur-Will Probated 1 Aug 1770 Berks Co. PA
Sources: Will of Henry Dornbach at Reading, Berks, PA. Will Bk 2 p. 78
"Westerwald to America" by Burgert & H.Z. Jones
Church in Hochstenbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany
Lutheran Par. Reg. of Hochstenbach, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Researched in Germany for Hank Jones Publication PALATINE FAMILIES OF NEW YORK.
Trinity Lutheran Ch. Bk. Reading, PA:
German Pioneers by Strassburger (Hinke Ed.) Vol 1 p 352, 353.
Immigrant 1744
Emigrants to the American Colonies in the 18th Century by Dr. F. Krebs, p. 29, 30.  Conrad and Ludwig Spiess from Essenheim.
German Settlers of Pennsylvania 1724-1800.
Arrivals at Philadelphia 8 Oct 1744:
Johannes Henrich Dornbach, Palatine from Germany, arrived on the ship "Aurora" from Rotterdam, by way of Cowes, England.

       Johan Henrich Dornbach arrived in Philadelphia on the ship Aurora, Capt. Robert Pickeman, on Oct 8, 1744 with John Mattheis Dornbach, Johan Deis (David) Dornbach and Johannes Dornbach.  They took the oath of Allegiance the same day.

AN ADVENTURE IN RESEARCH:
                    by Thelda Baker

       Some successes in tracing our ancestors are the result of placing queries in genealogical columns published in the localities where our ancestors lived.  It was through one of these that a miracle truly came about.  Mr schuyler Brossman publishes a column in the Lebanon Daily News called "Our Keystone Families."  He published my account of Dornbachs requesting further information and offering to exchange.  The column was read by Mr. Henry Z. Jones of Universal City, Calif.  He responded to me query telling me of his project and offering to locate our Dornbachs.  He was deeply involved in a very ambitious project tracing all of the 1709 German emigfants called Palatines because they came from the Palatine area of Germany.  They had been religously persecuted and endured a winter so bitterly cold that orchards and vineyards were frozen, even birds dropped dead in the air.  They were given refuge in England, then given a large tract of land in New York and sent there by Queen Anne.
       Mr. Jones was quite certain that while his researcher in Germany was searching for him she would locate my lines.  This was very exciting to me as I had scoured Pa. records searching for a clue to the Dornbach's place of origin.  I considered his offer a bargain and accepted it.  His researcher Carla found our Dornbachs in the parish of Hochstenbach in old Prussia.  There was the marriage of Heinrich and Elisabeth Maria and the christening of their eight children of which, sadly, only two survived infancy.  The marriage of Matthias and Elizabeth Catherine was there and the birth of Anne Maria.  Subsequently Carla found the birth of Elizabeth Catherine Spiess, with her parents and brothers and sisters.
       When Carla came to America to visit Hank Jones' family, I was invited to a luncheon and had the pleasure of meeting them.  I was very impressed with Hank Jones.  He was young, very knowledgable and skilled in genealogical research and by profession an actor  The halls of his home were covered with pictures from the movies he had played in.  He showed us his files of 13,000 work sheets of families from the church records.  While his actor friends were on the golf course or sitting in bars he was spending his free time compiling records for his volumes "The Palatine Families of New York."

JOHANN HENRICH DORNBACH

       The first mentions of the emigrants in the churchbooks at Hochstenbach was the marriage of Johann Henrich Dornbach and Elisabeth Maria (sic) at Hochstenbach on Apr 24 1714.  After their notations in the "family book was this entry, "1744 in American cam gezogen." They had eight children, only two survived.  (The names and dates are listed, and have been now entered into this database.)

REVOLUTIONARY MUSTER ROLLS - Berks Co.
       The following are the same men on different rosters.)
William Dornbach - Union Township (Union is on the boundary line of Chester and Mont.) Private, Capt. Weston's Brunswick Twp., 3rd Battallion, Berks Co. Militia. John Dornbach, Private, Capt, Jacob Ladishes Co., Berks, Co. Militia.  On another roll: Capt. Jacob Weston's Batallion, Berks Co., Militia, 1779
William Tornbach - John  Tornbach.
William Dornbach, Feb 5, 1776, Payroll of Capt. Morgan's Co., Berks Co., Militia.
John Dornbach, in service Oct., 1781, Capt.Lodichs Co., Berks.

WILL OF HENRICH DORNBACH:
        Reading Pa. Bk. 2, p. 78 (Translation, original in German)
       I Henrich Dornbach of Bern Twp. in the County of Berks have this first day of November, considering my mortality whilst, God be thanked, I yet have my natural understanding and order my small estate as follows -- My body I order, after my death, to be buried in a Christianlike manner.
       I give my wife Anna Barbara all my estate, of which I shall possess at the time of my decease, in cattle, bedding, kitchen utensils and implements of husbandry of what denominations whatsoever they may be.  And if my son Mathias Dornbach shall leave anything unpaid of the reservations belonging to me be it in money, goods or otherwise, it shall be also given to my wife who shall receive and enjoy the same to her use.  I do also hereby ordain my wife to be the executrix of this my last will and testament and annul all testaments by me herebefore made.  As witmess my hand and seal dated the first day of October one thousand seven hundred and sixty two.                                          his
                                                                 Henrich  X  Dornbach
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Witness Carl Schmidt, Johannes Hoffman

Berks Co.  Deeds Reading Bk B 3, p. 317
       Indenture between Mathias Dornbach, Burnswick Twsp. Berks, Pa. yeoman and William Dornbach of the same place, by virtue of a warrant 4 Mar 1750 there was conveyed to William Dewees, a tract of land in Brunswick Twp. on the West branch of the Schuykill River . . . adjoining the tract of Jacob Schoffer . . . Joseph Leddicks and Jacob Kern . . . containing 182 acres.  Jacob Kern by indenture 23 Oct 1773, granted the same to Matthias Dornbach . . . Now Mathias Dornbach, for natural love and affection he bears toward his said son, . . . for 368 lbs. conveys to the said William Dornbach, all the undivided or equal half part of the said tract of 182 acres, etc. . . . together with . . . all improvments, ways and water courses . .  Recorded 21 Jun 1778.

Will of Henry Dornbach at Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania; Will Bk. 2, p. 78