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Note: The Hunsakers lived in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The Swiss gove rnment confiscated all Mennonite land and deported and jailed all suspe cted Mennonites/Anabaptists. On a list of those jailed in in the dunge on of the Island Castle in Bern in 1728 appeared the names of Jacob Hon acre, Rudoph Honacre, and Hartmen Honacre. It is believed this is actu ally "Hunsaker." Hartmann gave his home as Katzbach. Hartman and his family lost their lands and possessions and left at the request of the s tate government. They went to Wiesbaden, Germany, but the Mennonites we re not extremely welcome there either. He applied for Relief and help f rom the Mennonite Committee at Amsterdam where "Hartman Huntinger with w ife and seven children apply to emigrate to Pennsylvania", probably bec ause William Penn had offered homes to religious dissenters who wanted t o enjoy liberty in matters of religion.
Birth: 27 JAN 1689/90 in Katzbach, Bern, Switzerland
Immigration: 10 SEP 1731 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Note: Listed in the Amsterdam Archives (No. 2274) on a list dated 23 June 173 1 of Palatines who were prospective Pennsylvania emigrants requiring he lp from the Mennonite Relief Committee. They sailed from Rotterdam on the ship "Pennsylvania Merchant", John Stedman, Commander, with wife Ann a and six children: Frena, Elizabeth, Anna, Ursul, Meyer and Hannes. L ast name was spelled "Huntseker".
A list of the ship's passengers show the following members of the family: Hartman Huntseker; over 16 years o f age - Anna, Eliz. (Elizabeth), and Frena (Verene); under 16 years of a ge - Urse (Ursula), Meyer (Mary), Anna, and Hannes (John). The ship arrived in Philadelphia on 10 Sep 1731 and Hartmann signed his oath of allegiance the next day. Briefly settled near Germantown, Pennsylvania, but eventually settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Residence: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Note: The family lived first in Germantown, Pennsylvania, but within a few ye ars moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by which time they had nin e children - eight daughters and one son.
Death: 1733 in Frederick Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Note: The Hunsakers lived in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The Swiss gove rnment confiscated all Mennonite land and deported and jailed all suspe cted Mennonites/Anabaptists. On a list of those jailed in in the dunge on of the Island Castle in Bern in 1728 appeared the names of Jacob Hon acre, Rudoph Honacre, and Hartmen Honacre. It is believed this is actu ally "Hunsaker." Hartmann gave his home as Katzbach. Hartman and his family lost their lands and possessions and left at the request of the s tate government. They went to Wiesbaden, Germany, but the Mennonites we re not extremely welcome there either. He applied for Relief and help f rom the Mennonite Committee at Amsterdam where "Hartman Huntinger with w ife and seven children apply to emigrate to Pennsylvania", probably bec ause William Penn had offered homes to religious dissenters who wanted t o enjoy liberty in matters of religion.
Birth: 27 JAN 1689/90 in Katzbach, Bern, Switzerland
Immigration: 10 SEP 1731 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Note: Listed in the Amsterdam Archives (No. 2274) on a list dated 23 June 173 1 of Palatines who were prospective Pennsylvania emigrants requiring he lp from the Mennonite Relief Committee. They sailed from Rotterdam on the ship "Pennsylvania Merchant", John Stedman, Commander, with wife Ann a and six children: Frena, Elizabeth, Anna, Ursul, Meyer and Hannes. L ast name was spelled "Huntseker".
A list of the ship's passengers show the following members of the family: Hartman Huntseker; over 16 years o f age - Anna, Eliz. (Elizabeth), and Frena (Verene); under 16 years of a ge - Urse (Ursula), Meyer (Mary), Anna, and Hannes (John). The ship arrived in Philadelphia on 10 Sep 1731 and Hartmann signed his oath of allegiance the next day. Briefly settled near Germantown, Pennsylvania, but eventually settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Residence: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Note: The family lived first in Germantown, Pennsylvania, but within a few ye ars moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by which time they had nin e children - eight daughters and one son.
Death: 1733 in Frederick Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
INFO CITED FROM : http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thezubers&id=I13843
Note: The Hunsakers lived in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The Swiss gove rnment confiscated all Mennonite land and deported and jailed all suspe cted Mennonites/Anabaptists. On a list of those jailed in in the dunge on of the Island Castle in Bern in 1728 appeared the names of Jacob Hon acre, Rudoph Honacre, and Hartmen Honacre. It is believed this is actu ally "Hunsaker." Hartmann gave his home as Katzbach. Hartman and his family lost their lands and possessions and left at the request of the s tate government. They went to Wiesbaden, Germany, but the Mennonites we re not extremely welcome there either. He applied for Relief and help f rom the Mennonite Committee at Amsterdam where "Hartman Huntinger with w ife and seven children apply to emigrate to Pennsylvania", probably bec ause William Penn had offered homes to religious dissenters who wanted t o enjoy liberty in matters of religion.
Birth: 27 JAN 1689/90 in Katzbach, Bern, Switzerland
Immigration: 10 SEP 1731 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Note: Listed in the Amsterdam Archives (No. 2274) on a list dated 23 June 173 1 of Palatines who were prospective Pennsylvania emigrants requiring he lp from the Mennonite Relief Committee. They sailed from Rotterdam on the ship "Pennsylvania Merchant", John Stedman, Commander, with wife Ann a and six children: Frena, Elizabeth, Anna, Ursul, Meyer and Hannes. L ast name was spelled "Huntseker".
A list of the ship's passengers show the following members of the family: Hartman Huntseker; over 16 years o f age - Anna, Eliz. (Elizabeth), and Frena (Verene); under 16 years of a ge - Urse (Ursula), Meyer (Mary), Anna, and Hannes (John). The ship arrived in Philadelphia on 10 Sep 1731 and Hartmann signed his oath of allegiance the next day. Briefly settled near Germantown, Pennsylvania, but eventually settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Residence: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Note: The family lived first in Germantown, Pennsylvania, but within a few ye ars moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by which time they had nin e children - eight daughters and one son.
Death: 1733 in Frederick Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Note: The Hunsakers lived in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The Swiss gove rnment confiscated all Mennonite land and deported and jailed all suspe cted Mennonites/Anabaptists. On a list of those jailed in in the dunge on of the Island Castle in Bern in 1728 appeared the names of Jacob Hon acre, Rudoph Honacre, and Hartmen Honacre. It is believed this is actu ally "Hunsaker." Hartmann gave his home as Katzbach. Hartman and his family lost their lands and possessions and left at the request of the s tate government. They went to Wiesbaden, Germany, but the Mennonites we re not extremely welcome there either. He applied for Relief and help f rom the Mennonite Committee at Amsterdam where "Hartman Huntinger with w ife and seven children apply to emigrate to Pennsylvania", probably bec ause William Penn had offered homes to religious dissenters who wanted t o enjoy liberty in matters of religion.
Birth: 27 JAN 1689/90 in Katzbach, Bern, Switzerland
Immigration: 10 SEP 1731 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Note: Listed in the Amsterdam Archives (No. 2274) on a list dated 23 June 173 1 of Palatines who were prospective Pennsylvania emigrants requiring he lp from the Mennonite Relief Committee. They sailed from Rotterdam on the ship "Pennsylvania Merchant", John Stedman, Commander, with wife Ann a and six children: Frena, Elizabeth, Anna, Ursul, Meyer and Hannes. L ast name was spelled "Huntseker".
A list of the ship's passengers show the following members of the family: Hartman Huntseker; over 16 years o f age - Anna, Eliz. (Elizabeth), and Frena (Verene); under 16 years of a ge - Urse (Ursula), Meyer (Mary), Anna, and Hannes (John). The ship arrived in Philadelphia on 10 Sep 1731 and Hartmann signed his oath of allegiance the next day. Briefly settled near Germantown, Pennsylvania, but eventually settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Residence: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Note: The family lived first in Germantown, Pennsylvania, but within a few ye ars moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by which time they had nin e children - eight daughters and one son.
Death: 1733 in Frederick Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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