Valentinus Huenkleman

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherina married Peter Knauss about 1632 in Dudelsheim, Hessen, Germany. Peter (son of Hans Knauss and Barbara Diehl) was born in 1605 in Dudelsheim, Hessen, Germany; died on 29 Dec 1686 in Lindheim, Hessen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lukas had a brother Andreas b. 1647 d. 5 June 1737. The name Knauss is spelled in various forms in the records. We find it as Knoss, Knoos, Knausz. When the records was signed by the person himself in German, the spelling used was Knausz which would translate to the English Knauss.

Family/Spouse: Anna Klink. Anna (daughter of Reitz Klink and Katherina) was born about 1644 in Gross-Gumpen, Hessen, Germany; died on 12 Feb 1710 in Markobel, Hessen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigrant: 1723, Dittelsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; Ship: unknown Arrived: 1723 Whitmarsh, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Ludwig and his family emigrated in 1723 from Titelsheim,Wetterauia, in
the Palatinate region of Germany and settled at Whitmarsh,Montgomery
Co.PA.

Johann married Anna Margaret Gorlach on 16 Feb 1706/1707 in Dudelsheim, Hessen, Germany. Anna was born on 23 Nov 1687 in Dudelsheim, Hessen, Germany; died in Whitmarsh Twp, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After his marriage to Anna Eva, they settled in Whitehall,PA in 1745. He was Constable in 1753 and was naturalized in 1755. After the death of his wife, Anna Eva, he married the widow of John R. Benax, Regina Louisa. They were members of the Zion Reformed Church and Gottfried was buried on his farm at Schoenersville, today Schoenersville is next to the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport, bordering Northampton County.

Gottfried married Anna Eva about 1741 in Pennsylvania. Anna died in 1758 in Whitehall Twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Catherine Transue. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1778

Notes:

Military Service:
American Revolution (US)
Ranger of the Frontier
Also served on the Committee of Safety and Observation of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, which was a Standing Committee, the members being chosen Dec 21, 1774. He was also a private in Capt Joseph Siegfried's 8th Company, 2nd Class, Col. Michael Probat's Third Battalion, Northampton County., PA Militia, 1778.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Ritter. Elizabeth was born on 16 Jul 1753; died in 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1778, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; American Revolution (US) Northampton Co. Penn. Militia Elected Captain 22 May 1783 - 4th Co. 3rd Batt., Under Col Peter Trexler.

Notes:

Gottfried Jr. was a blacksmith by trade and had his shop in near Jordan,PA for 30 years. He served in the American Revolution as a Private in the 6th Company, 2nd Battalion of the Northampton County Militia in 1778 under Capt.Henry Ritz. Also in the 8th Company, 1st Battalion in 1782 under Capt. Ritz. On May 22, 1783 he was elected Captain of the 4th Company, 3rd Battalion, under Col. Peter Trexler, Jr. After the war in 1803, Gottfried was elected Commisioner of Northampton County. He was buried in Allentown,PA.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57867379/gottfried-knauss

Gottfried married Anna Maria Griesemer about 1771. Anna (daughter of Honorable John Griesemer and Anna Maria Brunner) was born on 11 Jul 1752 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; died on 24 Sep 1823 in Pennsylvania; was buried in Linden Street Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Youdt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Boeckel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eva married Conrad Snyder in 1786. Conrad was born on 3 Aug 1764; died on 5 Mar 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23656336/hannah-zerfass

Hannah married Abraham Zerfass on 19 Apr 1802 in Pennsylvania. Abraham (son of Captain Johan Adam Zerfass and Maria Elizabeth Shaffer) was born on 27 Nov 1772 in Whitehall Twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; died on 17 Dec 1837 in North Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married George Frederick Knauss about 1805. George was born on 3 Feb 1780 in Whitehall Twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; died on 27 Jul 1850 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Artman. John was born in 1784 in Pennsylvania; died on 8 Oct 1843 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Sparta Center Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Record of his birth/death - Henry Hartman Family Bible, The bible is written in German, but the family records are in English. In possession of Keith R. Kline, 115 Hamilton Rd, Wayland, New York (seen by Elmer J. Hartman, 1967. Handwritten copy of vital record information kept in Reuben Hartman's Family Bible, also in the possession of Keath Kline, Wayland,NY, seen by Andrew Burdett, April 1997)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23656380/elizabeth-hartman

Elizabeth married Henry Hartman about 1818. Henry (son of Harmon H. Hartman and Maria Catherina Weaver) was born on 29 Sep 1794 in Macungie, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; died on 29 Mar 1885 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by Jeannie Lugo Livingston County, NY Will Book Vol #14, page #429
LIVINGSTON COUNTY SURROGATE'S COURT
Last Will and Testament of
GEORGE ZERFASS, deceased.
BE IT REMEMBERED that heretofore, to-wit: on the 28th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two Henry Zerfass, executor named in the Last Will and Testament of George Zerfass late of the town of N. Dansville in the county of Livingston, deceased, appeared in open Court, before the Surrogate of the county of Livingston, and made application to have the said last Will and Testament which related to both Real and Personal Estate, proved: and on such application the said Surrogate did ascertain by satisfactory evidence who were the heirs at law and next of kin of the said testator, and their respective residences, and said Surrogate did thereupon issue a citation in due form of law, directed to the said heirs at law and next of kin, by their respective names, stating their respective places of residence, requiring them to appear before said Surrogate at his office in the village of Geneseo, in said county, on the 25th day of March A.D. 1882, to attend the Probate of said Will,
And afterward, to wit: in the 25th day of March A.D., 1882, satisfactory evidence by affidavit was produced and presented to said Surrogate, of the due service of said Citation in the mode prescribed by law, and on that day, no one appearing to oppose the Probate of such Will such proceedings were thereupon had in said Court afterwards, that the said Surrogate took the proofs of said Will hereinafter set forth, upon this 25th day of March A.D. 1882, and he thereupon adjudged the said Will to be a valid Will of Real and Personal Estate, and the proofs thereof to be sufficient, which said last Will and Testament and proofs are as follows, that is to say:
The last Will and Testament of George Zerfass of the town of North Dansville, County of Livingston and state of New York.
I George Zerfass, being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say:
FIRST, I do give and devise to my beloved wife Polly Zerfass my farm, situated in the towns of Sparta and North Dansville, consisting of one hundred acres, and a farm situate in the town of West Sparta, consisting of ninety-six acres, being the farms now occupied by Henry Zerfass, to have and to hold, to the said Polly Zerfass for and during her natural life.
SECOND, I do give and devise to my beloved brother Henry Zerfass the above mentioned and described real estate in fee simple to have and to hold the same to him the said Henry, and to his heirs and assigns forever, to be enjoyed by him after the death of myself and my said wife, subject nevertheless to the payment of six thousand dollars to the following named persons, such payments being made a charge upon the said real estate, viz:
To the heirs at law of my deceased sister Elizabeth late wife of Henry Hartman the sum of Five Hundred Dollars.
To Hannah Driesbach widow of Peter Driesbach Five hundred Dollars, or in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Hannah.
To the heirs at law of my deceased brother Abraham Zerfass Five Hundred Dollars.
To my sister Mary, widow of Jonathan Whetsone Five hundred dollars, or in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Mary.
To my sister Sally wife of Benjamin Keihle, Five hundred dollars or in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Sally.
To my sister Vienna wife of Henry Kanouse, Five hundred dollars, or in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Vienna.
To the heirs at law of my deceased sister Lydia, late the wife of Enoch Keihle Five hundred Dollars.
To my sister Margaret, wife of William Bailor, Five hundred dollars, and in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Margaret.
To my brother John Zerfass Five hundred dollars, and in case of his death before the same becomes payable, then to his heirs at law.
To my brother-in-law Henry Kanouse, five hundred dollars and in case of his death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Henry.
To Mary Ann Hauer and George Hauer, children of Samuel Hauer jointly Five Hundred Dollars.
To Elizabeth Sprague, wife of Harvey A. Sprague Five Hundred Dollars and in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Elizabeth.
And it is my intention that the above sums amounting to six Thousand dollars shall be paid by the said Henry Zerfass, his heirs or assigns in nine equal annual payments, without interest, the first payment to be made one year after the said Henry shall be entitled to the possession of said property by the terms of this will, and each of those payments to be equally divided between the legatees above named.
THIRD, I give and bequeath to my said wife Polly all my household furniture of whatever manner or kind and all the residue of the personal property of which I shall die possessed, after paying all just debts then owing by me and the necessary expenses of executing this will.
FOURTH, in case the personal property left by me shall be insufficient to pay the aforesaid debts and expenses, it is my will that the same be paid by the said Henry Zerfass; in which case the amount so paid by him shall be deducted from the six Thousand dollars above directed to be paid by him, and from the first of said payments.
FIFTH, I do hereby constitute and appoint my said wife Polly and the said Henry Zerfass Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of December A.D. 1860.
[Signed] George Zerfass (L.S.)
The foregoing instrument, consisting of one sheet was on the day of the date thereof subscribed by the Testator George Zerfass in our presence, who declared the same to be his last Will and Testament, and we at his request and in his presence and in presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
John A. VanDerlip Dansville, Liv. Co., NY
Jane Richardson Dansville, Liv. Co., NY
James M. McCurdy Dansville, Liv. Co., NY
James M. McCurdy being sworn in this matter, testifies as follows - I know George Zerfass in his lifetime, that about two years ago last fall the said George Zerfass told witness that Mrs. Gordon, formerly Jane Richardson was a witness to the execution of his will and had moved to Virginia and if anything happened to him it would be difficult to get her attendance or testimony to prove the Execution of the will. He produced the paper now shown in witness and stated that was his last Will and desired witness to subscribe his name as a witness, and the witness thereupon subscribed his name to said paper as it now appears on the will.
Sworn this 25th day of March 1882 before me [signed] James M. McCurdy
[signed]E. A. Nash
Surrogate
Livingston County Surrogate's Court,
In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of George Zerfass, deceased.
John A. VanDerlip being first duly sworn in open Court upon his corporeal oath doth depose and say that he is one of the subscribing witnesses to the last Will and Testament of George Zerfass late of the town of North Dansville in the county of Livingston, and State of New York, deceased. And this deponent does further say that the said deceased did in the presence of this deponent and Jane Richardson subscribe his name at the end of the instrument in writing, which is now here shown to these deponents, and which purports to be the last Will and Testament of the said deceased, and which bears date on the 1st day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty. That the said deceased did, at the time of subscribing his name to the said instrument as aforesaid, declare the same to be his last Will and Testament; and this deponent and said Jane Richardson did thereupon subscribe their own respective names at the end of said instrument, as attesting witnesses to the execution thereof, each at the request of said deceased, and in his presence and in the presence of each other; that the said deceased at the time of so describing his name to said instrument as aforesaid, and publishing said instrument as aforesaid, was upwards of twenty-one years of age; and a citizen of the United States; that he appeared to be, and deponents believe he was of sound mind, memory and understanding, and not under any restraint, and as deponents verily believe, in all respects competent to devise real estate; that this deponent and said Jane Richardson saw the other sign his name to said instrument in the presence of the said deceased.
[Signed] John A. VanDerlip
Alexander McKinnon being sworn in this matter says, that he resides in West Sparta, Liv. Co. that he knows Jane Gordon, formerly Jane Richardson, and that she resides in Hanover County, state of Michigan, that deponent was at her house in said County in February last and know I that is her residence, that she lives on a farm at some distance from any city or village, and it would be difficult to get her testimony by commission.
[Signed] A. M.Kinnon
Livingston County, SS
It appearing upon the proofs duly taken in respect to the Last Will and Testament of George Zerfass late of the town of N. Dansville in the County of Livingston, and State of New York, deceased, that the said Will was duly executed, and the said George Zerfass at the time he executed the same, was in all respects competent to devise real estate, and not under restraint; the said Last Will and Testament and the proofs and examinations are herebyo recorded, signed and certified by me, pursuant to the provisions of the Revised Statutes, this 25th
day of March A.D., 1882.
[Signed] H.P.Kersh[illegible]

George married Polly Kanouse on 12 Apr 1838. Polly (daughter of George Kanouse and Elizabeth Driesbach) was born on 15 Jan 1819 in Steuben County, New York; died on 23 Feb 1872 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Peter Driesbach. Peter (son of Henry Driesbach and Maria Catherine Hecker) was born on 21 Feb 1788 in Pennsylvania; died on 11 Aug 1858 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in South Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18931969/abraham-zerfoss

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth H. Brightman. Elizabeth (daughter of Pardon Brightman and Ruth Harrison) was born on 18 Aug 1800 in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Oct 1870 in Delaware County, Iowa; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Masonville, Delaware County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Moved to Wisconsin.

Birth:
Possibly born Sep 1810

Family/Spouse: Jonathan Whetstone. Jonathan was born in ca 1804 in Pennsylvania; died in Sep 1859 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Enoch Kiehle about 1840. Enoch (son of Abraham Kiehle and Elizabeth Hughes) was born on 3 Jan 1819 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; died on 6 May 1879 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Kiehle Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Saloma married Benjamin Kiehle on 28 Feb 1839. Benjamin (son of Abraham Kiehle and Elizabeth Hughes) was born on 23 Feb 1816 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; died on 16 Sep 1889 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Kiehle Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1870 living in North Dansville, next to George Zerfass and William
Hartman.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23656381/john-zerfass

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Weidman. Elizabeth (daughter of George Weidman and Catherine Knights) was born on 2 Sep 1818 in Macungie, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; died on 26 Apr 1889 in Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vienna married Henry Knouse about 1838. Henry (son of George Kanouse and Elizabeth Driesbach) was born on 13 Jul 1807 in Pennsylvania; died on 5 Apr 1869 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vienna married Benjamin Kiehle about 1872. Benjamin (son of Abraham Kiehle and Elizabeth Hughes) was born on 23 Feb 1816 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; died on 16 Sep 1889 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Kiehle Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1880 living with her brother George in Cumminsville

Family/Spouse: William Bailor. William was born in ca 1820 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1860(census) Sparta, Farmer; real estate value $7,300, personal
property $1,039.

Henry married Julia Ann Hamsher about 1858 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York. Julia (daughter of Conrad Hamsher and Judith Hughes) was born on 26 May 1832 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; died on 6 May 1912 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Clarice Piatt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cornelius Kiehle. Cornelius (son of Abraham Kiehle and Elizabeth Hughes) was born on 29 Nov 1809; died in 1896; was buried in Union/Scottsburg Cemetery, Conesus, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Julia Ann Geiger. Julia (daughter of John Geiger and Elizabeth Mary Prussia) was born in 1823 in New York; died on 5 Jul 1886 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Reeds Corners Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Henry Hamsher on 8 Feb 1836 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York. Henry (son of Adam Hamsher and Elizabeth Overpeck) was born on 19 Feb 1812 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania; died on 05 Oct 1895; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Enos married Alice Ann Pickle in 1847. Alice (daughter of Nicholas Searle Pickle and Elizabeth Gray) was born in 1828 in Conesus, Livingston County, New York; died on 6 Apr 1883 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Sparta Center Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frances J. Farington. Frances was born in 1834; died in 1897; was buried in Sparta Center Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Kuhn. Anna (daughter of Jacob Kuhn and Eleanor Prusia) was born in 1831 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; died on 21 Jan 1873 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Sparta Center Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane Vantilburg. Jane was born in 1831; died on 14 Jun 1863 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Sparta Center Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lewis Coller. Lewis was born about 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]