Jakob Hirschmann *
Source: The Harshman-Haskman-Hershman-Hersman-Hirshman-Hurshman-Hursman Family
Birth: 1675, Kauerheim bei Nurnberg, Alfeld, Hersbruckkreis, Bayern, Germany
Death: 15 Mar 1745/1746, Gemmingen, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Father: Jakob Hirschmann *
Mother: Barbara (Hirschmann) *
- Married Apollonia Dorothea Haag * on 8 May 1703 at Boeckingen, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Child 1: Matthaeus Ulrich Hersman (Hirschman)* 19 Apr 1704 - 18 May 1801 m. (1) Anna Margaretha Vielhauer m. (2) Juliana Barbara Stoeser m. (3) Eva Frey *
- Child 2: Margaretha Magdalena Hirschmann 24 Nov 1710 -
- Child 3: Ulrich Hirschmann - BEF 10 Feb 1783 m. Catherine (Hirschmann)
Notes: Bio: Four Hirschmann immigrants came to America together on the ship"Duke of Wirtemberg" fro m Rotterdam via Cowes, landed in Philadelphia on October 16, 1751 (on passenger list 176-C) . [women and children were notincluded on the list.] Family tradition calls them "The Four Br others",but there is no direct evidence of their relationship. Col Harshman
"Johann Gottlieb Schloweisz is sought by his sister Catherine Ehlerin,from Kleebrun, Wurtembe rgg, who lately lived in Luneberg, near Halifaxand has now coome to Philadelphis. She is no w in her second marriage,with Mr. Hirschmann, of Luneberg. In Philadelphia she is staying wi th Johann Georg Schneider, apothecary, of Race Street." Sower's Newspaper,29 Oct 1757, cite d in Genealogical Data Relating to the German Settlersof Pennsylvania and Adjacent Territor y from Advertisments in GermanNewspapers Published in Philadelphia and Germantown, 1732-1800
Ulrich Harshman d. before 10 Feb 1783 m. Catherine ?
From at least 1762 to 1783 Ulrich lived near McGaheysville, now Rockingham Co., Virginia. Hi s son Ulrich Jr. married Catherine Lung.
Oldrick Herseman, 27 acres, Shenandoah River. Adjoining Lung (Long).May 12, 1763.
Catherine Hersman, executrix of Olery Hersman, 164 acres, between the South Mountain and he r own land. Adjoining Stephen Conrod. February 10,1783.
Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Rockingham HistoricalSociety, Harrisonburg, Virgin ia, printed by the Shenandoah Press, Dayton,Virginia
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