Re: HERR FAMILY part two
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HERR FAMILY
Cathy Farrell 11/28/09
“A Biographical History of Lancaster Co. Being a History of
Early Settlers and Eminent Men of the County” by Alex. Harris, 1827
Lancaster, Pa.: Elias Barr & Co., 1872
FRANCIS’S FAMILY.FRANCIS built the house torn down a few years ago by Gabriel Wenger, and farmed that property, owned by him now.He married FANNY BARR, a daughter of MR. BARR; who married a daughter of JOHN’S one of the five brothers.He had three sons: JOHN, FRANCIS and MARTIN; and five daughters: ANNA married HENRY MYLIN (a great grandson of the original HANS MYLIN who came in with the five HERR brothers); ESTHER married MARTIN ESHLEMAN, FRANCIS married BENJAMIN ESHLEMAN, MARTHA married ABRAHAM GROFF (saw miller), and LIZZIE died single.
(pg. 286) HENRY lived on the farm owned by Jacob Rohrer, in Strasburg Twp., north of Bunker Hill.
MARTIN lived on the farm now owned by his son ABRAHAM, alongside of his father and grandfather’s mill, across the creek.He was married three times; his first wife was a daughter of (Big) CHRISTIAN; the third wife was SUSAN BUCKWALTER.With the last wife he had ten children: Four boys, ABRAHAM, ADAM, JOHN and HENRY; six daughters, ESTHER was married to MR. METZLER, LIZZIE married MR. KREIDER, MARY married JACOB HUBER (a grandson of the original CHRISTIAN, one of the five brothers), SUSAN married REV. JOHN KINPORTS, ANNA to ABNER ROHRER, and MARTHA married CHRISTIAN MILLER.
ADAM lives on the home place, where his father lived, which property his father obtained with his last wife.He was married to ELIZABETH HERR, (a daughter of DAVID HERR, and great grand-daughter of the original CHRISTIAN, one of the five brothers).He had five sons, viz.: DANIEL, ADAM, CHRISTIAN, DAVID and JOHN.He had three daughter, viz.: MARTHA married DAVID HERR , (whose mother was a sister of MARTHA’S father, and from his father’s side he was great-great grandson of the original CHRISTIAN, one of the five brothers.)ELIZABETH married LEVI LEFEVER.
EMANUEL’S FAMILY.SAMUEL lived close by the mill formerly owned by JOHN HERR, (SQUIRE).The farm lay east or southeast of the mill.He was married to JOHN HERR’S (squire) sister, (great-granddaughter of the original CHRISTIAN, one of the five brothers).He had three sons, viz.: JOHN, BENJAMIN and EMANUEL; and two daughters; ANNA married FRANK KENDIG, and SARAH married ABRAHAM KEAGY.
REV. JOHN’S GRANDCHILDREN.JOHN lived at the mill formerly owned by his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather, EMANUEL, one of the five brothers.He married CHRISTIANA MYLIN, (who was a great granddaughter of HANS MYLIN, who came with the five HERR brothers).He had two sons, FRANCIS and MARTIN; and one daughter, LIZZIE, who married a man named ZERCHER.
JOHN lived on the farm now owned by his son, JOHN F. HERR, one-half mile north of Strasburg.He married (pg. 287) ELIZABETH GROFF, (who was a granddaughter of MR. FORRER, who married the daughter of JOHN, one of the five brothers).He had two sons, BENJAMIN G. and JOHN F., and six daughters; MARY was married to CHRISTIAN HERR, ELIZABETH to REV. DANIEL MUSSER, ANNA to HENRY FRANTZ, MARTHA to DR. JACOB MUSSER, NAOMI to DR. BENJAMIN MUSSER, and FANNY, died single.
FRANCIS’ father divided the homestead, and gave the eastern half to him; he lived on it; it is now owned by his son FRANCIS.He married FANNY NEFF, whose father, JACOB NEFF, married a granddaughter of JOHN HERR, one of the five brothers.He had three sons, AMOS, CYRUS and FRANCIS, and five daughters.ELIZABETH married ADAM HERR, who was a great grandson of EMANUEL; ANNA married MARTIN WEAVER, CHARLOTTE married HENRY HERR, (who was son of MARTIN and great grandson of EMANUEL); FANNY and AMANDA are single.
MARTIN lived on the home place with his father, FRANCIS.He married POLLY HERR, (daughter of JOHN HERR, granddaughter of ABRAHAM HERR, great granddaughter of REV. JOHN, and great-great-granddaughter of JOHN, one of the five brothers).He had two daughters; MARY married JOHN KENDIG, and MARTHA married GABRIEL WENGER.
MARTIN’S FAMILY.ABRAHAM lives in Lampeter Square, and married SUSAN HESS.
ADAM died single.
JOHN lives also in Lampeter Square.He married FANNY KREIDER, and has two sons and three daughters.
HENRY now lives in Lampeter.He, previous to this, carried on milling, where his son, REV. DANIEL K. HERR, carries on now.He was married three times.He had one son, D. K. HERR, (REV.) and two daughters; SUSAN, married to DANIEL MUSSER; and LIZZIE.
ADAM’S (Brother of MARTIN) FAMILY.DANIEL HERR lives on the Philadelphia Pike below Greenland.He was married to SARAH STROHM.He has three sons and three daughters.
ADAM lives on a part of the farm now farmed by his son ALPHEUS, and formerly owned by ABRAHAM GROFF(pg. 288) (saw miller).He married ELIZABETH HERR (daughter of FRANCIS and great-granddaughter of EMANUEL).He has one son and one daughter.
CHRISTIAN lived on the farm now owned by DAVID KENDIG, in West Lampeter Twp.He married MARIA LIGHT, whose father was married to (Big) CHRISTIAN HERR’S daughter.He had two sons and two daughters.
DAVID kept store in Lampeter Square; afterwards went to Ohio.He was married to MARY LANDIS.He had six children, two sons and four daughters.
JOHN lives on a property close to the Green Tree Hotel, on the Beaver Valley Turnpike.He was married to ANNA HERR, daughter of the REV. CHRISTIAN HERR, of Pequea, and has but one son, BENJAMIN.
SAMUEL’S FAMILY.JOHN lived below Strasburg, and died there in 1871.
BENJAMIN died single.
EMANUEL lived on the place now owned by JOHN B. HERR.He went to Maryland 25 years ago.
JOHN’S (MILLER) FAMILY.FRANCIS received the mill from his father, but traded it with Michael Musselman for a piece of land in Paradise Twp.He was married to LYDIA BARR, and had two daughters; one married HENRY STEHMAN, and the other NATHANIEL MAYRS.
MARTIN lives on the farm alongside of John Musselman’s mill.He was married to ELIZA SNAVELY, and has one son and one daughter, both single.
REV. JOHN’S FAMILY.BENJAMIN G. lives on the farm alongside of that on which his father lived, and he devotes his time principally to literature; has written some eight or ten books of poems.He was a member of the Pa. Legislature for three years 1836 to 1838.He was married to MARY EMMA WITMER, and has five sons and three daughters.
JOHN F. lives on the homestead occupied by his father, REV. JOHN, and farms his father’s farm.He was a member of the Pa. Legislature for one term.He was married to MARTHA MUSSER, and has three sons and two daughters.
(pg. 289) FRANCIS’S CHILDREN.AMOS lives at Longenecker’s meeting house, and on the farm formerly occupied by John Longenecker.He was married and has four sons and five daughters.
CYRUS lives on the farm formerly occupied by David Miller, and adjoining the land south of the homestead of his father.He was married to MARY A. BRACKBILL, and has four sons and one daughter.
FRANKLIN lives on the home place occupied by his father before him.He was married to SARAH FRANTZ and has eight children; three sons and five daughters.
REV. D. K. HERR (MILLER) grandson of MARTIN and son of HENRY, lives on the mill property owned by his father, HENRY.He was married to SUSAN MUSSER, and has one son.
JOHN HERR, one of the original five sons that were the first settlers of the HERR family in Lancaster Co., built a homestead of a tract of land of 530 acres, which he bought of William Penn for (Written L crossed in the middle) 30 6s., with a rent of a silver English shilling yearly for every hundred acres; his title was dated July 3, 1711.He built his house of sandstone; said house being on the same site of JACOB HERR’S present house, who resides therein; said house being some five miles south of Lancaster, on the road from New Providence to Lancaster, in West Lampeter Twp.JOHN had six children; two sons and four daughters, named JOHN, CHRISTIAN; ANNA married a FORRER; one was married to a BURKHOLDER; one to a BARR, and one to ULRICH BRACKBILL.All the BRACKBILLS in the county come from this family - ULRICH being the only son; he (ULRICH) had one sister named BARBARA, who married a GROFF; they being the father and mother of my grandmother on my father’s side.This BRACKBILL family came to America in 1717.
JOHN was born in Europe, came in with his father, was a small boy at the time of his father’s coming in.He married and lived in the house built by his father, which was torn down by the REV. BENJ. HERR, a new house being on the same position, and occupied by CHRISTIAN B. HERR, (BENJAMIN’S son), said house being about three-fourths of a mile south of where his father lived, on the same road.He (pg. 290) had three children, two sons and one daughter, named ABRAHAM, CHRISTIAN, (PEQUEA); the daughter married BACHENSTOSE.
CHRISTIAN lived on the homestead where his father lived before him; he was married twice; first to ANNA KENDIG, then to FANNY GROFF.He had one son and five daughters, CHRISTIAN, FANNY, ANNA, MARY, ELIZABETH and BARBARA; the three older daughters by the first wife, and the two other by the last, CHRISTIAN being the youngest child.FANNY married G. BRESSLER; ANNA, BENJAMIN HERR, grandson of CHRISTIAN, one of the five brothers; MARY married ABRAHAM WITMER, who built the bridge across the Conestoga, near Lancaster, on the Philadelphia Turnpike Road.The two of the second wife were married; first, ELIZABETH, to JACOB NEFF; and BARBARA, to JOHN NEFF’S, two brothers.
ABRAHAM lived on the homestead, and married a BARBARA WEAVER, and had five sons, named JACOB, JOHN, ABRAHAM, MARTIN and JOSEPH.
CHRISTIAN lived on the place and in the same house now occupied by the REV. AMOS HERR.He married MISS BOWMAN; had one son, CHRISTIAN, and six daughters; one married to GEORGE DIFFENBAUGH; one to JOHN FUNK; one to CHRISTIAN ROHRER; one to HENRY BOWMAN; one died single.As CHRISTIAN lived close to Pequea Creek, he received the name PEQUEA, which has ever since adhered to his family.
CHRISTIAN’S CHILDREN.CHRISTIAN built a house across the road from where his father lived; this house was torn down a few years ago, and a new one erected by his daughter, ELIZABETH.He had four sons and three daughters; CHRISTIAN, JOHN, BENJAMIN and JACOB; FANNY and SUSAN, by his first wife, and the rest by the latter.FANNY married SAMUEL HERR, son of JOHN (MILLER), grandson of ABRAHAM, (miller), great-grandson of JOHN, and great-great-grandson of CHRISTIAN, one of the five brothers; SUSAN married BENJAMIN BRENEMAN, and ELIZABETH remained single.
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