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[3144] Perry r. Milesburg, PA and Florida. He is from the unverified Arbogast Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2013.
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[43651] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_I,_Countess_of_Burgundy.
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[46441] Find A Grave memorial 178024225 offers: "Note: No death or burial record has been found for Elizabeth. She was likely dead by 1723 when not mentioned in her husband's will. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Freeman and Elizabeth Noyes of Sudbury, Mass. This family is not closely connected to that of Edmond Freeman of Lynn and Sandwich, Mass., based on DNA evidence. Elizabeth was married in Sudbury 7 July 1670 to Thomas Gates, the son of Stephen Gates and Ann Neave of Hingham, Mass. They had eleven known children, born in Charlestown, Marlborough, Sudbury, and Stow, Mass., before they settled in Preston, CT where Elizabeth most likely died."
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| _Thomas THAYER ______|_Ursula Alice DIMERY _
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[35827] This person is from the unverified Bowditch Family History in Ancestry.com in 2013 which reports Moses was a Captain and a Deacon.
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She is not listed in (but assumed to relate to a family of) "The Hepler Family History," by Avice Hepler Morgan (1986) [Box 164 - Ridge Rd., Pitman, PA 17964].
Hepler information from Jack Paul (http://www.jtan.com/~jack/genealogy/hepler.html) 11/97: The name Hepler, (Heppler,Heppeler,Hoeppler, etc.) is a typically Swabian name and is found in many communities in Wuerttemberg, from Stuttgart the capital city, to remote villages. It appears to be one of those surnames derived in the Middle Ages, when families took permanent family names, from an occupation. There are several theories on the meaning of the name. The most generally accepted explanation is that it derives from the word Hepe, Heppe, or Hippe, a garden knife used to prune the trees, a small sickle, or, appropriate for Wuerttemberg, a curved vineyardist's knife used in trimming grapevines in the wine country and in cutting grapes in the vintage time. A Heppler or Heppeler was therefore a person who used such a knife. Source: Rudolf Zoder, Familiennamen in Ostfalen, 2 vols. (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968), I, 722,750. Similar names such as Hoebler, Hebler, and Haebler apparently come from other roots and therefore probably have no connection with our family, although for a time in the nineteenth century our Mahantongo Heplers were accustomed to spell their name, in German, Hebler. The similar but unrelated surnames Heb(e)ler and Haebler are said to mean "baker", from the Middle High German word Hebel or Hevel meaning yeast. Source: Hans Bahlow, Deutsches Namenlexikon: Failien-und Vornamen nach Ursprung und Sinn erklaert (Munich: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1967), p. 215. The same author calls Heppler a South German surname, meaning a vinedresser or vineyardist, from the Middle High German hepe, heppe, happe, a curved vineyardist's knife (p. 229). A second theory, suggested by the Swabian Dialect Dictionary, traces names beginning with the initial sound Hepp, such as Hepper and Heppeler, at least in part, not to the vineyard but to the Old-German personal names Hadu-brecht or Hadu-brand. Source: Schwaebisches Woerterbuch, column 1434. Just for the sake of the record, among the other theories on the etymology of our name is the curious one I found one time in a book of surnames of the city of Frankfort on the Main. This informs us that Heppeler so spelled, means: "ein Uebereilter Mensch, i.e., a person who is too much in a hurry, or a person who acts rashly or precipitately. Unfortunately for this theory, I have never known any of our family who fit this description. Most of the older Heplers whom I remember from Mahantogo were deliberate and unhasty, characterized by what one might call a Swabian or Pennsylvanian deliberation. The latest of the major dictionaries of German surnames derives Hepp(e)ler from the Swabian dialect verb haeppeln, meaning to act rashly; the name appears as Haepler and Hoeppeler. The surname Hoeppler or derives according to this source from the Middle High German verb hoppeln to walk with a hop or skip. And lastly, the similar name Hippler comes from Middle High German Hippe meaning a "waffle", hence Hippler means a waffle-maker. All this is conjectual, since the same source relates the surnames Hipper, Hepper, and Hippenmacher to Middle High German Heppe, later Hippe, meaning the crooked vineyard knife with which we began our discussion. Who knows after so many centuries? Source: Josef Karlman Brechenmacher, Etymologisches Woerterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen, 2nd ed, (Limburg/Lahn: C.A.Starke Verlag, 1957), I, 721, 700, 740. The history of the Hepler-Heppler-Hoeppler-Hepler-Heabler family in America begins in 1748, when Casper Hoeppler, his wife Susanna and two small sons landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From 1682 to 1776 the province of Pennsylvania was the objective point of emigration from Germany, France and Switzerland. As early as 1727 the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania passed a resolution tht the masters of the vessels importing Germans and others from Europe shall be examined whether they have permission to carry these people; that a list be taken of the emigrants, the place from which they came, their occupation and their reason for coming to America. Our immigrant Johann Casper Hepler was born July 10, 1713 and his wife Susanna Scheible December 18, 1718. A writing was drawn up which each emigrant must sign in his own handwriting declaring allegiance and subjection to the king of Great Britain and fidelity to the Proprietary of the Province. These ship lists are published in the "Colonial Records" and "Rupps Immigrants" and the originals are preserved in the Library at Harrisburg. It was early in 1748 when the Hoepplers - Casper, Susanna and their first born Jacob, and baby Christopher set sail on the ship Patience (John Browne, Master) from Rotterdam, Holland, for the New World. The passenger list of this boat shows Casper Hepler (Hoeppler) was the seventeenth person to sign the usual forms at Philadelphia Court House, on September 16, 1748. Although documentation is lacking to connect the above immigrant with the early settler, the family historian relates that Upper Milford Township in Northampton County was his destination. This is approximately 30 miles north of Philadelphia, in the southern part of present day Lehigh County, ten miles south of Allentown. The area is described: The soils of the Milfords is very productive and is well cultivated, which is the chief employment of the inhabitants. The Milfords are well-watered with the best and most wholesome water found in the Lehigh County or any county in Pennsylvania. The surface formation is very irregular, mountainous and hilly. In the southern part of Lower Milford is the Hosensack Hill or the great Mill Hill, commonly called "der Crosse Muehlberg". Although there are many acres of land untillable in the Milfords, these hills furnish fuel and timber... and are a great protection from destructive storms. The decision to settle here was unlikely based on proximity to market, since Philadelphia was a two-day wagon journey away. Availability of land was an important factor; since this was still frontier, property was obtainable, and 115 acres was claimed. The German language predominance and the Lutheran religion established would be additional conditons favoring settlement in then Northampton County, an area of largely German inhabitants, thus lessening the cultural shock. Casper and his family were members of this Dillingers Zion Lutheran Church. It was built as a church & school. As in many early communities, the local church was a significant binding element, and it is from the records of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Upper Milford (near Dillingersville) that the progress of the Hepler family is traced. The church was started about 1744. The church was abandoned about 1791. Member from this church formed the nucleus of the Lutheran Church at Zionsville. In 1757 a new congregation was organized at the Second Upper Milford Lutheran Congregation. This is the church at Old Zionsville and the present church is a stately old edifice with a beautifully kept cemetery. While Casper is not mentioned as one of the organizers, we find that he and his sons, Jacob and Christopher were communicants in 1765. The Reformed Church was also built in 1757. The church record book started at this time. The early history of the churches at Zionsville is somewhat confusing, but apparently there were separate Lutheran & Reformed church buildings from the beginning,said to have been log structures until 1818. At that time the building had become old & unsatisfactory & the Lutheran congregation decided to erect a new church. A number of the Reformed families then left the Reformed congregation & joined the Lutherans in erecting a Union Church. The arrangement continued until 1871 at which time the Reformed members sold their interest inthe building & rejoined the original Reformed Church. The genealogist in looking up baptisms at Zionsville must therefore remember 4 places to examine records. Dillingersville and Zionsville Lutheran Church records, Reformed that separated itself & the original Reformed record itself. The church records document at communion services, and the 1754, 1755, 1766, and 1757 rosters show Casper and Susanna Hepler (spelled Hopfeler, Hepper, Heppeler or Hoebler) present. One newborn son is mentioned - Michael Hepler (spelled Hoppler), born January 2, 1757 and baptized March 6, 1757, sponsored by Michael Scheibele and wife Barbara. Although Casper Hepler's name is listed in 1758 and 1760, the name of Susanna Hepler is no longer found after 1757 and it is presumed she died about this time. This era of six years peace and plenty was rudely broken when in 1755 General Braddock was defeated by the French and Indians in Western Pennsylvania. The red man immediately appeared in small groups in different sections of the settlements and began a murderous warfare against the unsuspecting settlers. A report in 12-11-1755 states that 200 hostile Indians were roaming about the plantations killing settlers, and burning down their houses. Such were the trials, tribulations and dangers the first families of settlers experienced in the new land, and in the midst of them was Casper Hepler with his growing family, now consisting of his wife and four children, Jacob, Christopher, Casper and George. In 1758 Susanna Hepler no longer appears. She probably died about this time and Casper re-married about 1762 to Anna Mary who survived him, and is mentioned in his will. The hardships of twenty years pioneer life told on Casper Hepler and on April 29, 1769, he made his last will and testament. When he died is not known but the will was probated August 1, 1769, at Easton, Pa. He was only fifty-seven years old. His estate was left to his wife Anna Mary as long as she remained his widow: at her death to his sons; Jacob, two fifths, Christopher, Casper Jr. and George, each one-fifth. He also willed to the overseers of the Lutheran Church of Upper Milford, presumably the church at Zionsville - twenty shillings, which gives us a good idea of his character and integrity. Twenty shillings seems a small sum now, but then 300 acres of land could be bought for that sum. His burial place, though urgently sought, has never been found but it is most likely at Zionsville. All the old stones have been removed as they were illegible. Casper Hepler was a weaver of cloth and worked at his trade. His farm which he acquired in 1753 was farmed by Michael Scheible, probably his brother-in-law. Anna Mary died about 1771, for it was then that the Venue of personal property was held and final account filed. Jacob the oldest son sold his two-fifth portion of the home farm to his brother Christopher, who in turn sold his share and the two shares he bought from brother Jacob to Casper. Jacob bought land in Luzerne County. Later Jacob relocated to Armstrong County, Pa. The youngest brother George sold his one-fifth to Casper and established a home in Whitehall Township. Christopher settled in North Carolina.
THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION - In 1775 Old Man Mars again looms up in the shape of Great Britain in its last and final efforts to subdue the spirits of the colonists. At once the four sons of Casper: Jacob, Christopher, Casper Jr. & George left their families of very young children to fight for their freedom against the British. Jacob at once joined the regiment under Colonel Seigfried at Bethlehem, Pa. This outfit was part of General Israel Putman's Brigade, the man who made famous the saying "Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eyes". Casper joined Colonel Kooken's Company, Second Battalion, Northampton County, Pa. and George Hepler in the Sixth Battalion,under Captain Jacob Peterman. Again in the Militia Rolls of 1785 appear the names of Casper Hepler, Jacob Hepler and Stoffel Hepler. Following the war Jacob sold his two-fifth portion to his brother Christopher, and bought land in Luzerne County. He lived there for sometime, later moving and buying a farm in Armstrong County, Pa. There are thousands of Heplers living there today. In 1785 Christopher sold out his portion of the farm to Casper Jr. Christopher took his young family and moved to North Carolina and settled in what was then Rowan County, now Davies. They traveled in large Conestoga wagons. Casper Jr. bought his brother Christopher's portion of the farm in 1785. He, his wife Anna Maria and their children lived there. December 9, 1795 he sold his farm to Balthaser Shultz. Casper set out in a north westerly direction to Mahantongo Township, Berks County, now Eldred Township, Schuylkill County, Pa. DAR records claim that George died in the war. His family at that time was living in Whitehall Township, then Northampton County, now Lehigh County, Pa. Johann Caspar Hepler, b. 10 Jul 1713, d. 1769, married Susanna Scheible, b. 18 Dec 1718, d. 1857. Children: Jacob Hepler (see below) b. 29- Jun 1744; d. 1808. Christopher Hepler b. 16- Jul 1746; d. 1816. Casper Hepler b. 20- May 1751; d. 27- Dec 1831. George Hepler b. 1755; d. ca. 1783. Michael Hepler b. 2- Jan 1757; d ? Jacob Hepler with his large family and many of his neighbors left Northampton Co. in 1785. They settled for a short time in Luzerne Co, Nescopeck Twp. Among taxables in 1790 were names like Henry, Casper, John and Adam, familar names in Western Pennsylvania, also Jacob,& Henry Hepler, a little later Henry & George Daubenspeck. This confirms the tradition of descendants of Christian Hepler that the Hepler's came to Luzerne Co. A part of Jacob Hepler's large family was recorded in this county in the 1790 census. There were two boys over 16 years old, Christian age 20 & Daniel age 18 years, five under 16 and one girl. Jacob had evidently traveled ahead to Allegheny Co., bringing with him 2 boys under 16 and 4 girls, making a family of 7 boys and 5 girls. In 1792 Jacob helped in the defense of the frontier against the Indians. In 1796,he began improvement on his tract of land in Buffalo Twp., northeast of the Allegheny river, on April 7, 1797 He began his improvement in July of 1796. He had the land surveyed in 1802, found that James McCoy had a warrent for the same land dated February 23 1794. Do not know how the affair was settled, but Jacob was living on this tract or part of it at the time of his death. Jacob Hepler lived on this land in Armstrong Co., PA. He perhaps was permitted to keep the part he had improved by 1802. In 1807 Frederick Shoop had 416 acres of James McCoy's land surveyed and encountered the same opposition as Jacob Hepler, but through some arrangement Frederick Shoop sold this land to the Harmons, Lunberrys and Blains Inc., including a portion of land occupied by Jacob Hepler. Buffalo Township became a part of Sugar Creek Township later. Jacob & Elizabeth are buried on White Oak Cemetery. [NOTE: Isaac Paullin (Sr.) is ALSO buried here, suggesting a possible relationship with Isaac's wife's family - is Elizabeth a child of Jacob and Elizabeth?] A new tombstone was erected in 1941. A new Government tombstone was also erected at that time, states that Jacob was a pvt. in the 4th Battalion Pennsylvania Militia, Revolutionary War.
(Georg) Jacob Hepler b. 29 Jun 1744, d. 1808
Elizabeth - b. 1745, d. 1809
Known Children:
Anna Margaretha Hepler
b. 1768 d. ?
Christian Hepler
b. 12- Jun 1770 d. 1850/58/60
Daniel Heper
b. 1772 d. 1849/61
John Hepler
b. 1774 d. 1828
Jacob Hepler Jr.
b. 1- Jul 1777 d. 8- Aug 1842
Christopher Hepler
b. 10- Jun 1780 d. 31- Jul 1859
David Hepler
b. 1781/82 d. 1- Aug 1853
Casper Hepler
b. 1785/87 d. 1855
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"The History of Westmoreland County's Jacob Hepler Family" - Revised 1 Dec 1996
Compiled by: Arthur B. Hepler. 1722 Greensburg Pike, West Newton, PA 15089 - (412) 872 8904
FROM: Westmoreland County Court House Records, Census Records, Church Records by Paul Miller Ruff, Cemetery Records, Westmoreland County Histories, Personal Records, "Hepler Family History" by Avice Hepler Morgan:
2/1 Hepler, Jacob b. 29 Jun 1744 d. 1808
S/O Johann Caspar Hepler III & Susanna Scheible
Elizabeth b. 1745 d. 1809
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Jacob Hepler, was born in Vaihingen Germany, in the Baden-Wurttenberg Area. He arrived in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on Sept. 16, 1748 aboard the Ship "PATIENCE" along with his father, mother, and younger brother Christopher. He grew up in Northampton County about 10 miles South of Allentown Pennsylvania. Jacob was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He was a private, 4th Battalion Pennsylvania Militia under Colonel Seigfried at Bethlehem Pennsylvania, part of General Israel Putman's Brigade. The man who made famous the saying "Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eyes". After the war he sold his portion of the land inherited from his father to his brother. About 1796 Jacob with his family moved to the Barren Run Area of South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The Direct Tax of 1798 records Jacob Hepler as living in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. At that time he was living on a place of 343 acres with a house (17X17) and barn (40X25). 202 acres of this land was owned by Samuel Rule and 141 acres was owned by Thomas Shields. In 1798 Jacob's neighbors were Henry Hoffman and George Sherbondy. Henry Hoffman died in 1802. His Will specified that the sale of his farm was to be used to build a church. A few years later the First Brick Church in Western PA was built on the Henry Hoffman land patent and dedicated in 1813. The present Hoffman Church, built in 1866 was located not far from this first brick church. Rules's and Shield's lands laid some what northeast and southeast of Hoffman's. This information places our Jacob Hepler in 1798 residing within an eastern 2 mile radius of the present Hoffman Church, most likely along the Barren Run Road. The 1800 census showed Jacob (last name spelled Helper), his wife, three sons, and two daughters living in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, probably at the same 1798 location. About 1802/3 Jacob left his four younger sons in Westmoreland County and removed to Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania where his older son Jacob Jr., had settled. Jacob remained in the Sugar Creek Township area of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania until his death in 1808. Jacob and Elizabeth are buried at White Oak Cemetery, Fairfield Township. Butler County, Pennsylvania. The grave is in the woods behind the main Cemetery.
Children: Anna, Christian, Jacob, John, Daughter, Daughter,
Christopher, Daniel, Casper, Daughter, Daughter, David
3/1 Hepler, Anna Margaretha b. 1768
D/O Jacob Hepler & Elizabeth
3/2 Hepler, Christian b. 12 Jun 1770 d. 1850/60
S/O Jacob Hepler & Elizabeth
Margaret b. d.
D/O
Daubenspeck, Christine Ann b. d.
D/O
Christian and family settled in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The Census of 1800 recorded him as Christian Hipler with a wife, one son, and two daughters of ten years or younger. See "THE HEPLER FAMILY HISTORY" by Avice Hepler Morgan for more information.
3/3 Hepler, Jacob Jr. b. 1 Jul 1772 d. 8 Jun 1864
S/O Jacob Hepler & Elizabeth
Pollins, Mary b. d.
D/O Pollins
Yockey, Elizabeth b. d.
D/O Yockey
Jcob and family settled in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. See "THE HEPLER FAMILY HISTORY" by Avice Hepler Morgan for more information.
Christopher Hepler (Stoffel), was born in Northampton County, PA. Then about 1790, moved with his father to southwestern Pennsylvania. About 1800 married Rebecca Waltz of South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Early tax records indicate his occupation was a shoemaker, and a tenement farmer. By 1821 he was a prosperous farmer. Then on Feb. 10, 1826 Christopher bought 182 acres of land just South of Mendon Pennsylvania in South Huntingdon Township, being the remaining portion of his father-in-law's Daniel Waltz Estate. Later that same year Rebecca died. He remarried to Barbara Hammon about 1831. Christopher, Rebecca, and Barbara are buried in the Hoffman Cemetery near Smithton, Pennsylvania. Rebecca's Children: Joseph, Jacob, Mary, Susannah, Rebecca, Hannah. Barbara's Children: Christopher, David, Henry, Cyrus, Barbara.
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The 1800 census indicates that the daughters of Jacob Helper were born between 1790 and 1784. Another Hepler family living in Armstrong County was the Christian Hipler family. He had two daughters born between 1800 and 1790. This is where Jacob Jr and wife Mary Pollins lived. A Web site with a "dead" email address (in 2004) lists Elizabeth Hepler, b. 3 Sept 1798 in Toby Twp., Armstrong Co., PA, daughter of Christian Hepler and Christine Ann Daubenspeck, but offers no information concerning spouse or children or date or place of death.
See the Hepler genealogy site at http://home.jtan.com/~jack/genealogy/hepler.html and the Hepler surname research site at http://members.tripod.com/~HEPLER_SRC/
[36] See http://home.jtan.com/~jack/genealogy/hepler1.html
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[55962] Theunverified file KCXG-FDS in familysearch.org offers: "When Nancy Eunice Johnson was born on 23 July 1819, in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jeremiah Johnston, was 34 and her mother, Lydia Davis, was 25. She married Stillman Wilson Gray on 25 June 1848, in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 4 June 1849, in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 29."
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[16361] Joshua m. (1) in Jan, 1734/5 at Kittery, ME Abigail Fernald (d. Aug, 1761) and he m. (2) Margaret Ross (VR of Kittery - no date given). Abigail is dau. of John Fernald and Sarah ______. Joshua had four children with Margaret and six with Abigail. See "Old Eliot: A Monthly Magazine of the History and Biography of the Upper Parish of Kittery, Now Eliot", Vol. 6, pp. 30 & 34.