Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameElenora Charlotta Hetzer/Hefer
Birthabt 1720
Misc. Notes
Some files list Elenora’s parents as Hetzer and her birthdate as Apr. 28, 1747 which is traceable to the following transcriptions. It was common or the tradition to name the child after one of the baptismal sponsors. Since the date is wrong the places become suspect also. I’d rather start from scratch. The Hetzer’s may be her parents but the date is incorrect. She would have been married 2 years before she was born. It’s all up for revision but I suspect it’s just an incorrect birthdate.

PARENTS BABY SPONSORS

Pg36 Hetzer, Philip Charlotta Hans George Beshaur & Wf.
& Elizabeth b. Apr 28, [1747]
bapt. Mar. 20, [1747]

Hans George Beshaur's wife is Charlotta according to Page 43, listed below. She is a sponsor in this case not the new Baby. The Hetzer’s are not her parents according to the Evangical Luthern Church records.


Pg39 Boeshorn, Georg Susanna Charlotta Peter Oberkehr & Wf
& Charlotta b. 4 weeks old
bapt. Nov. 9, [1747]

We know from other records that Peter Oberkehr's wife's name is Charlotta, also.

Pg 43 Lehn, Christian Catherina George Boshaar & Charlotta
& Anna Marg. b. 3 yrs old
Born Boesharin bapt. Mar. 12, 1750

Source: Records of Pastorial Acts at Evangical Luthern Church of New Holland, Lancaster, PA. published by the Pennsylvania German Society in 1977. I found a copy at the Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co., CA Library and transcribed my family names

Earl Twp was settled 1717; incorporated June 9, 1729.
New Holland was settled 1760; incorporated 1895 from Earl Twp.

THE SHIP SAMUEL
List of Men Passengers of Sixteen Years of Age & Upwards Imported in the
Ship Samuel, Hugh Percy, Master from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes.
Qualified August 30, 1737.
Pennsylvania German Society, Vol. XLII of the Proceedings of the Society,
Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Ralph Beaver Strassburg, Vol. I, 1727-1775.
Ship Lists: SAMUEL, 1737: Passengers who took the oath of allegiance
Hans Mechl Hetzer - 53

Lang was also on this list.
Spouses
Birth17 Mar 1716/17, , Schoharie Co., NY
Deathabt 1818, , , NC
Burialabt 1818, , Gaston Co., NC123
MotherMaria “Elizabeth” Wenrich (~1693->1779)
Marriage12 Mar 1745, New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA
ChildrenJohannes (1757-)
 George (1764-1851)
Last Modified 9 Oct 2001Created 6 May 2021 using Reunion for Macintosh