Matthaeus Ulrich Hersman (Hirschman)*

Source: Pedigree Resource File

Birth: 19 Apr 1704, Boeckingen, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death: 18 May 1801, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Beaver Run Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Mineral Co., West Virginia, USA

Matthaeus Ulrich Hersman (Hirschman)*
Jakob Hirschmann *	Barbara (Hirschmann) *	Leonhard Haag *	Anna Maria Kuhn *

Jakob Hirschmann *		Apollonia Dorothea Haag *

m. (1) Anna Margaretha Vielhauer


Matthaeus Hersman (Hirschman)	Andreas Hersman (Hirschman)	Matthaeus Hersman (Hirschman)	Johann Adam Hersman (Hirschman)

m. (2) Juliana Barbara Stoeser


Maria Margaretha Hersman (Hirschman)	Johann Jakob Hersman (Hirschman)	Johann Georg Hersman (Hirschman)	Christian Hersman (Hirschman)

m. (3) Eva Frey *


Christianus Hersman (Hirschman)	Johann Caspar Hersman (Hirschman)	Johann Jakob Hersman (Hirschman)	Johann Dietrich Christopher Hersman (Hirschman)*	Johan Georg Hersman (Hirschman)	Philip Hersman (Hirschman)	Catherine Hersman (Hirschman)

Father: Jakob Hirschmann *
Mother: Apollonia Dorothea Haag *

Married (1) Anna Margaretha Vielhauer on 19 May 1727 at Gemmingen, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany: Child 1: Matthaeus Hersman (Hirschman) 17 Jun 1728 - 5 Jul 1728; Child 2: Andreas Hersman (Hirschman) - BEF 9 Jan 1794 m. Catherine (Hersman); Child 3: Matthaeus Hersman (Hirschman) 10 Feb 1731/1732 - BEF 2 May 1769 m. Susanna (Hersman (Hirschmann)); Child 4: Johann Adam Hersman (Hirschman) 31 Mar 1733/1734 - 1785 m. Anna Maria Pflieger

Married (2) Juliana Barbara Stoeser on 19 Apr 1735 at Gemmingen, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany: Child 1: Maria Margaretha Hersman (Hirschman) 2 Jun 1737 - AFT 1815; Child 2: Johann Jakob Hersman (Hirschman) 18 Nov 1738 - 23 Sep 1742; Child 3: Johann Georg Hersman (Hirschman) 11 Mar 1740 - 4 Jan 1743; Child 4: Christian Hersman (Hirschman) 31 Jan 1742 - 28 Sep 1743

Married (3) Eva Frey * on 16 Jul 1743 at Gemmingen, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany: Child 1: Christianus Hersman (Hirschman) 22 Apr 1744 - 26 Oct 1816 m. Catherine Grossnickle; Child 2: Johann Caspar Hersman (Hirschman) 30 May 1745 - between 7 Sep and 3 Dec 1813 m. (1) Anne (Hersman) m. (2) Agnes (Hersman) m. (3) Mary (Hersman); Child 3: Johann Jakob Hersman (Hirschman) 19 Feb 1747 - between 18 Mar 1819 and 8 Jan 1822 m. Catrina (Hersman); Child 4: Johann Dietrich Christopher Hersman (Hirschman)* - 3 Feb 1844 m. Margret Cunningham *; Child 5: Johan Georg Hersman (Hirschman) 21 Oct 1750 - Jun 1830 m. Barbara (Hersman); Child 6: Philip Hersman (Hirschman) ABT 1753 - ABT 1830 m. Hannah Roderick; Child 7: Catherine Hersman (Hirschman) - m. George W. Utt

Notes: Matthias Ulrich, Ulrich, Andreas,and Johann Adam Hirschmann arrived on the ship "Duke of Wirt emberg" from Rotterdam via Cowes, landed in Philadelphia on October 16, 1751 (on passenger li st 176-C). Matheus was on board (presumably sick) and did not sign the oath book. Matthias (M atheus) Hirschman, died on or before 10 Feb 1783, married Eve. Said to have had several wives , but Eve was his widow. He was a Dunkard. Matthias Ulrich is said to have had eleven childre n; no record has been found of additional children.
Ship's records and Col. Harshman

Moved from Böckingen to Gemmingen in 1717 with sister and parents (NW of Heilbronn in the Nec kar Valley); arrived in Philadelphia, PA 16 Oct 1751 on the "Duke of Wirtenburg" along with s everal family members; originally stayed in Lancaster, PA; went down the Monocacy River to MD , where he was a founding father of the Grossnickle Church of the Brethren in Frederick Co; t hen went to Augusta Co, VA, where the part in which he lived was made into Rockingham Co; liv ed on Patterson Creek, near Headsville, Hampshire Co, VA (now in Mineral Co, WV, just above t he mouth of Beaver Run, where he was a founding member ofthe Beaver Run Church of the Brethre n; Will of 1797 left all to Eva except one sterling shilling to each son. [Dave Van Doren ]

Buried Beaver Run Dunkard Cemetery,Hampshire Co. Va. (now Mineral Co. W. Va.)

He had lived there on Patterson Creek, near Headsville, just above the mouth of Beaver Run. J une 13, 1801 issue of "The Philadelphia Repository and Weekly Register" carried the followin g obituary"-On the 18th ult.on Patterson's Creek, Hampshire County (Vir) Matthias A. Hersmon , a native of Germany, aged by most accurate counts 125 years. He lived on a low diet and dra nk but little spirits; had three wives in Germany and one in this country." He was 97years on e month however. This may also explain why the name Eve appears on land records and will. a f ourth wife has not been recorded Friedrich R. Wollmershauser, a genealogist in Ostelsheim, G ermany verified records in Gemmingen including the Evangelical Lutheran Church records. Sta n Miller

See also LDS Pedigree Resource File 359970-071799131453 submitted by Mark Earl Miller (---)P. O. Box 2856, 688 Zachery St. #57, W. Wendover, NV 89883

Matthias Hunsman? Witnessed the will of Michael Beigler in 1763 (Frederick Co. Will Abstract s in Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 2, no.3, 1986; Will Book A I:227-8

AUGUST 19, 1766.
(194) Mary Owler qualified admx. of husband. Wm. Owler. John Felts, Michael Cogar, Woolric k Horshman, and Jacob Shell, appraisers of Owler estate.

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