HECKMAN

Looking to resolve once and for all WHERE the Norhampton County PA HECKMANs fit in the HECKMAN family tree. These folks came to Northampton County in the mid-1700s, eventually settled in the Drylands area - known today as "Hecktown" (could the town have been named after them?!?). Descendants include the Civil War Bigadier General Charles Adam HECKMAN and his brother, the Reverend George C. HECKMAN, and their ancestors - like Adam, who fought in the Revolutionary War, is said to have crossed the Delaware with George Washington, and who later opened a bar in Easton. Other relatives are equally as colorful!

I suspect that the Northampton County HECKMANs are related to the Berks County PA clan, who are from Rothenberg in Odenwald, Hessen, Germany - but I need your help to prove that! I would be very interested to hear your family stories, and I'd especially like to hear from those HECKMANs who beleive they are descended from the Northampton County clan.

Jeff Heckman

http://sites.google.com/site/heckmanfamilysite/home

	Northampton County Pennsylvania Index of Wills and Administration Records			1752	1850
1810	HECKMAN	George	Lower Nazareth	Adm	2721
1838	HECKMAN	George	Forks	Adm	4764
1824	HECKMAN	Henry	Allen	Adm	3618
1814	HECKMAN	John		Will	2960
1764	HECKMAN	Peter		Adm	368
1825	HECKMAN	Susanna	Lower Nazareth	Adm	3685
	Lehigh County Pennsylvania Index of Wills and Administration Records			1812	1850
	No Heckman's listed

 

Davis History of Bucks County 1905, page 142

Benjamin Jacoby lived until the spring of 1839, when he rented the farm to his son, Peter L. Jacoby, and removed to the village of Springtown, where he lived until his death, October 29, 1850. He served for three months in the army during the war of 1812-14, his company being stationed at Marcus Hook, to guard the approach to Philadelphia after the burning of Washington in 1814. His wife Margaret died in 1827, and he married in 1829 Margaret, daughter of Peter Werst, who died September 26, 1844, without issue. The children of Benjamin and Margaret (Landes) Jacoby were: Samuel, who finally settled at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Peter L., who lived nearly all his life on the Springfield homestead; Catharine, who married Aaron Heckman and settled near Milton, Pennsylvania; Caroline, who married John Schlieffer, of Springfield; Susannah, who married Samuel Fulmer, of Springtown; Anna, who died in infancy; Benjamin L., who during his later years resided in Philadelphia; John L., who lived for some years in Springfield and later removed to Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Levi L., who was a minister of the German Evangelical association and stationed at various points in New York state, being located at Newark, New York, at the time of his death.

 

EASTON'S CENTENARY. Page 61

... Thus we have six sons of one name in family line. Many of the descendants live in Easton and other parts of the State. General Heckman, of Philadelphia, and Rev. Dr. Heckman, of Reading, are descendants of this German family.

 

Page 67

Peter Snyder's daughter married John Heckman, who was the father of General Heckman, and Rev. Dr. Heckman, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Reading, Pa. Among the papers of Herman Schneider, the following quotation is found: "In the year 1753, the 5th of February, about 11 o'clock A. M., a son was born, who received the name of Peter, whom I brought up through the mercy of God, and who afterward intermarried the 27th of August, in the year of our Lord, 1780, with Susanna, the daughter of Peter Kichline, at Easton, Pa." From 1755 to 1789, Mr. Kichline was in office in the County of Northampton and town of Easton, and died in the "harness" of public service, while holding the office of Chief Burgess of the Borough of Easton.

Page 70

The first nine Councilmen elected at the Old Court House, were Joseph Burke, Thomas McKeen, Enoch S. Clarke, George Barnet, William Ricker, John Carey, Jacob Able, Charles J. Ihrie and John Bowers. They were sworn into office before Jefferson K. Heckman, Justice of the Peace, April 28, 1828.

The first Chief Burgess elected by the Town Councilmen, in 1828, was James M. Porter, who served one term and declined a re-election. Easton's executive officers from that date to this have been:

BURGESSES.

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Jefferson K. Heckman-1837 to 1839.

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The Palatine Immigrant
DECENNIAL INDEX
1985 - 1995
Volumes 11 - 20

 

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Papers Read Before the Bucks County Historical Society, PAGE 439 Colonel Arthur Erwin

Col. Arthur Erwin died seized of the Steuben County lands, and in the settlement of his estate, his administrators, who were four of his five sons, viz: Joseph, William, Hugh and Samuel, had considerable difficulty and litigation in connection therewith. Two of the sons, Samuel and Francis, (both of his second marriage), moved to Painted Post, where they became permanent residents, and where they lie buried. Samuel married Miss Rachel HECKMAN of Easton, Pa. They were the parents of ten children, many of whose descendants are living in the neighborhood of Painted Post at the present time.

 

 

 

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