Johann Martin HERRE
Birth:
27 May 1720
Zillhausen, Hesse, Germany
Death:
30 Aug 1788
Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
Burial:
Aug 1788
Lutheran Burian Ground, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
Marriage:
1782
Hagerstown, Md, Usa
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
DOCUMENTATION: Baptism Record from Zillhausen, Germany
List of Hagerstown Cemetery.
Immigration Lists: Krebs: Annotations to Strassbuerger & Hinke.
Hanss Martin Herre
W: Anna Marie Sassler
with 3 children
To America 1749: on Sailing Vessel: Fane from Rotterdam under command of
Captain William Hyndman.
Signed the Oath of Allegience: Manchester, York Co. PA Sep 24, 1763 at
court held in Philadelphia the capital of the American Colony.
Court held in Philadelphia, Sept. 24 1763 - Naturalization - Martin Harry of
Manchester, York, Co. (having resided 7 years & upward in some of His
Majesty's plantations. PA Archives, 2nd seres. Vol 2, page 383.
WILL: naming wife Elizabeth & 7 sons - names: Jonathan, David, Charles, Martin,
Jacob, John, Andrew,
CENSUS: 1776 Frederick Co. Maryland
Harry, Martin 56
Mary 46
Jonathan 31
Dorothea 27
David 25
Martin 20
Jacob 19
John 16
Andrew 9
Mary 3
EMPLOYMENT: Farmer (Annapolis 1779) Tavernkeeper - with wife Annamaria (Annapolis 1777)
Moved to Hagerstown, MD & established "Mary Ann Town" named for his
wife. Mary Ann Town & Elizabeth Town (named for Elizabeth Hager) later
combined to become Hagerstown. He was a Tavern Keeper & land owner in
the area.
Will on file in Hagerstown, MD courthouse & National Genealogical Society -
records in Appendix 1 or Nat'l Gen Mag Vol XVIII page 31.
Volume 1: Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Strassburger: "At the Court House at Philadelphia, Tuesday the 17th of October 1749. Present: Thomas Lawrence, Mayor; The Foreigners whose names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Fane, Capt. William Hyndman, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes in England, did this day take the usual Oaths to the Government. Palantine, Wurtenger, Rottenstein. By the list 119 persons."
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Krebs, Dr. Friedrich: "Einige Amerika-Auswandere des 18. jahrhunderts aus wuerttember,: The article translation: "A hasty examination of the records of the records of the government of Wuerttemberg for 1749-1750, now on file at State Archieves in Ludwigsburg, revealed a number of entries concerning persons who had expressed the desire to emigrate to America, i.e.,
Pennsylvania. Hans Martin Here, from Zillhausen, county of Balingen, son of the local magistrate & tax collector Simon Herre. According to a record date 6 May 1765 Hans Herre had married in 1743 Anna Marie Sassler. In 1749 they & three children 'had emigrated to the American island of Pennsylvania.' 'Hans Martin Herr' arrived in October 1749 on the ship Fane: Oathe of Allegience 17 Oct. 1749. In 1765 Hans Herre re-visited his old home, to get his share in the settlement of an estate."
MILITARY: Served in Revolutionary War.
Will: Will of Martin Harry, Senior, of Elizabeth Town.
Will dated 28 February 1787: wife Elizabeth, sons Jonathan, David,Charles,
Martin, Jacob, John and Andrew. Wit. Alexr. Clagett, Elie Williams, Peter
Baker. Proved 6 September 1788. Recorded Washington Co. Will Book A:84.
[taken from much more complete abstract in Western Maryland Genealogy10:84
(April 1994)]
Notation: Elizabeth, widow of George Scholtz, married a second time toMartin Harry.
Notation: Children of George SCHOLTZ and Elizabeth _____:
i. Daughter.
ii. Daughter.
iii. Dauthter.
iv. Mary, b. ?, d. after 1814, m. Henry Sites.
v. George, b. 1751, d. June 18, 1810, m. Christiana ______.
vi. David, b. Sept. 16, 1763, d. 1843, m. ______.
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Elizabeth SCHULTZ
Birth:
Death:
Aft 1788
Augusta, Virginia
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
DOCUMENTATION: Widow of George Schultz. They had no children. After the death of Martin she
moved to "Augustin Co. VA where she gave a deed dated Sept 24, 1789 to
Henry Ash of Washington Co. in compliance with the will."
Notice: Elizabeth, wife of Martin harry, Sr. who is proprieter of Mary Ann town.
Elizabeth Harry, alias Schultz, late wife of Geo. Schultz, Sr. deceased.
Children
Marriage
No Children Recorded
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Johann Martin Herre - Elizabeth Schultz
Johann Martin Herre
was born at Zillhausen, Hesse, Germany 27 May 1720.
His parents were Simon David Herre and Lucia Haag.
He married Elizabeth Schultz 1782 at Hagerstown, Md, Usa .
Johann Martin Herre died 30 Aug 1788 at Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland .
Elizabeth Schultz died Aft 1788 at Augusta, Virginia .