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Ancestors of Elizabeth Hetzler
Generation No. 1
1. Elizabeth Hetzler, born June 16, 1819 in Monroe Co., NY; died August 18, 1846 in Richland Twp., Venango County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of 2. Johannes Hetzler and 3. Margaret. She married (1) Daniel Bley March 21, 1836 in Monroe County, New York. He was born 1813 in Germany, and died January 31, 1875 in Richland Twp., Venango County, Pennsylvania.
Notes for Elizabeth Hetzler:
In the 1840 U.S. Pennsylvania census, Elizabeth and Daniel were neighbors of her parents.
In the 1900 U.S. Pennsylvania census, Elizabeth Bly (Elizabeth Hetzler's daughter) states that her mother was born in Pennsylvania.
More About Elizabeth Hetzler:
Burial: Unknown, Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania1
Notes for Daniel Bley:
Daniel Bley is found in the 1840 U.S. Census records residing in Rockland, Venango County, Pennsylvania (p. 112).
Daniel Bley petitioned for U. S. citizenship naturalization on August 28, 1849. The petition states that he came to the U.S. prior to the age of eighteen years.
In the 1850 U.S. Census, Daniel (it lists his name as "Blythe") is residing with wife, Susanna, and seven children, in Rockland, Venango County, Pennsylvania (visit 110). It lists his occupation as Farming and the value of his real estate as $1000.
The 1860 Pennsylvania census records Daniel as age 47, a farmer, born in Germany, and owning $2000 in Real Estate and $200 in Personal Property. At that time he was married to Susan, age 35. Ten children are residing in the household in Richland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (p. 480).
The 1870 Pennsylvania census records Daniel as age 57, a farmer, and owning $3000 in Real Estate and $828 in Personal Property. At that time he was married to Susan, age 44. Six children are residing in the household in Richland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (p. 7).
More About Daniel Bley and Elizabeth Hetzler:
Marriage: March 21, 1836, Monroe County, New York
Generation No. 2
2. Johannes Hetzler, born November 18, 1787 in Haines Twp. Center Co., Pennsylvania; died January 06, 1879 in Venango Co., Pennsylvania. He was the son of 4. Frederick Hetzler and 5. Barbara Singer. He married 3. Margaret Bef. 1817.
3. Margaret1, born 17911; died 1827 in Venango County, Pennsylvania1.
Notes for Johannes Hetzler:
John was baptized June 8, 1788, by Rev. Michael Enterline at St. Peter's (Fetterhoff's) (Evangelical) Lutheran and German Reformed Christ, Armstrong Valley, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (The second Fetterhoff Church is at 1493 Armstrong Valley Road, two miles northeast of Halifax, in Halifax Township); sponsor: Maria Zimmerman.
John served in the war of 1812, with Captain Rufus M. Cady's Company (as a private) of the New York Militia (Western New York); pension file SC 19415. John took part in the battle of Black Rock, where he was captured by the British, imprisoned in Montreal for three months before being exchanged.
He lived in Genessee County, New York, near Caledonia, circa 1813 - 1818. He came to Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, from Monroe County, New York, circa 1818 - 1820 (Supposedly, he purchased 100 acres in 1818, returned to New York and moved family to Pennsylvania in 1819.); first appeared on Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, tax lists in 1820 (140 acres and two horses); first two deeds recorded on April 28, 1834, for 52.4 acres purchased in 1834 and 100 acres purchased in 1833. He returned to Monroe County, New York, in 1832 to care for his father and step-mother and stayed until 1837 to settle his father's estate.
John purchased an additional 133.6 acres in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1844, 25 acres and 167 perches in Rockland Township in 1851 and 100 acres in Richland Township in 1856.
John built a double brick house in 1843; it was still standing in 1919. He owned the first thresher in the vicinity of Rockland Township, Venango County. He was a member of the Lutheran Church; he attended the German Reformed Church at St. Petersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, which was 12 miles from his home in Rockland Township.
John spoke German and never learned to speak English.
In the 1850 U.S. Pennsylvania census, John and Betsy were found residing in Rockland Township, Venango County, PA.
The 1860 U.S. Pennsylvania census records John living in Rockland Township, Venango County, PA. Elizabeth has passed away prior to this census (in 1855).
John is buried in the rear of the Rockland Cemetery, behind the Veterans' Memorial.
More About Johannes Hetzler:
Burial: Unknown, Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania1
More About Margaret:
Burial: 1827, Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania1
More About Johannes Hetzler and Margaret:
Marriage: Bef. 1817
Children of Johannes Hetzler and Margaret are:
i. Salley Hetzler, born May 30, 1817; died Unknown.
ii. John Hetzler, Jr., born May 12, 1818 in Monroe County, New York; died March 16, 1903 in Venango County, Pennsylvania; married Maria Smith 1843; born 1825; died February 14, 1914 in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
Notes for John Hetzler, Jr.:
John Hetzler was a surveyor and held many county government offices. Purchased a farm in the Red Valley Oil District. The first two schools in the township were on this farm. (1)
(1) from the Pennsylvania Genweb Project, Venango County - Rockland Twp.
More About John Hetzler, Jr.:
Burial: Unknown, Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania1
More About Maria Smith:
Burial: Unknown, Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania1
More About John Hetzler and Maria Smith:
Marriage: 1843
1 iii. Elizabeth Hetzler, born June 16, 1819 in Monroe Co., NY; died August 18, 1846 in Richland Twp., Venango County, Pennsylvania; Stepchild; married Daniel Bley March 21, 1836 in Monroe County, New York.
iv. Frederick Hetzler, born 1821; died 1849 in Venango County, Pennsylvania1; Stepchild.
More About Frederick Hetzler:
Burial: Unknown, Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania1
v. Daniel H. Hetzler, born 1825; died 1847 in Venango County, Pennsylvania1; Stepchild.
More About Daniel H. Hetzler:
Burial: Unknown, Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania1
Generation No. 3
4. Frederick Hetzler, born January 11, 1757 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died April 29, 1835 in Scottsville, Monroe County, New York. He was the son of 8. Johan Balthasar Hetzler and 9. Anna Barbara Dohm. He married 5. Barbara Singer 1783 in Lancaster County, New York.
5. Barbara Singer, born 1762 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania2; died December 14, 1810 in Scottsville, Monroe County, New York2.
Notes for Frederick Hetzler:
Frederick's will was signed November 10, 1834, and probated June 30, 1835; Monroe County, New York, Will Book 1, page 524.
Frederick was listed in 1781 and 1783 Londonderry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, tax list (no land).
More About Frederick Hetzler:
Date born 2: January 11, 1757
Burial: Unknown, Judy Family Cemetery, Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio3
More About Frederick Hetzler and Barbara Singer:
Marriage: 1783, Lancaster County, New York
Children of Frederick Hetzler and Barbara Singer are:
i. Magdalane Hetzler, died Unknown.
ii. John Jacob Hetzler, born 1783; died Unknown; married Hannah; died Unknown.
iii. Frederick Hetzler, born 1784; died Unknown.
iv. Balthasar Hetzler, born 1785; died Unknown.
2 v. Johannes Hetzler, born November 18, 1787 in Haines Twp. Center Co., Pennsylvania; died January 06, 1879 in Venango Co., Pennsylvania; married (1) Margaret Bef. 1817; married (2) Elizabeth H. Troutner Aft. 1827.
vi. Barbara Hetzler, born 1789; died Unknown; married James DeGraw; died Unknown.
vii. Henry Hetzler, born 1791; died Unknown.
viii. Daniel Hetzler, born 1793; died Unknown.
ix. George Frederick Hetzler, born 1795; died Unknown.
x. Christian Hetzler, born 1797; died Unknown.
xi. Conrad Hetzler, born 1799; died Unknown.
xii. Nicholas Hetzler, born 1801; died Unknown.
xiii. Frederick Hetzler, born 1805; died Unknown.
Generation No. 4
8. Johan Balthasar Hetzler, born 1730 in Erbach, Wurttenberg, Germany; died August 23, 1818 in Aaronsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania4. He was the son of 16. Johan Georg Hetzler and 17. Eva. He married 9. Anna Barbara Dohm November 09, 1755 in Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
9. Anna Barbara Dohm, born 1734 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania4; died 1794 in Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania4. She was the daughter of 18. Jacob Thomen and 19. Barbara.
Notes for Johan Balthasar Hetzler:
The Hetzler (Hetchler) family generated from Erbach, Wurtenburg, Germany, which is located 15 miles southwest of Ulm (south of Frankfurt and north of Heidelberg). Balthasar arrived in America on September 2, 1749 aboard the ship Albany, entering at the port of Philadelphia, from Rotterdam via Cowes, England, with 284 other immigrants from Erbach. He did not immigrate with his father, may have immigrated with his mother, sisters and younger brother. He is not listed in the grantor index for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, deeds. He is listed on 1758, 1771 and 1772 Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, tax lists (listed as a laborer on his father-in-law's land in 1758; listed as an inmate (married renter) in 1771 and 1772; not on the 1763 - 1770 tax lists). (1)
He lived in Londonderry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1779 - 1783 (now part of either Lebanon County or Dauphin County). In 1779 he owned 100 acres, two horses, two cows and four sheep. In 1782 he owned 100 acres, two horses and four cows. He is listed in the 1785 Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, tax list. "Balser Hetsler" lived in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, during 1790 U.S. Census, with wife and one son who was over age 15. "Baltzer" Hetzler had 70 acres surveyed in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on November 7, 1792. (1)
(1) Denise Fisher
More About Johan Balthasar Hetzler:
Burial: Unknown, Wolf's Chapel Cemetery, Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania4
More About Anna Barbara Dohm:
Burial: Unknown, Wolf's Chapel Cemetery, Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania4
More About Johan Hetzler and Anna Dohm:
Marriage: November 09, 1755, Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Children of Johan Hetzler and Anna Dohm are:
4 i. Frederick Hetzler, born January 11, 1757 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died April 29, 1835 in Scottsville, Monroe County, New York; married (1) Hannah; married (2) Dorothy Thompson; married (3) Elizabeth Fips; married (4) Barbara Singer 1783 in Lancaster County, New York; married (5) Elizabeth Fips Troutner 1811.
ii. Jacob Hetzler, born 1758; died Unknown.
iii. Barbrey Hetzler, born 1763; died Unknown.
iv. John George Hetzler, born 1765; died Unknown.
v. Anna Hetzler, born 1767; died Unknown.
vi. Nicholas Hetzler, born 1771; died Unknown.
Generation No. 5
16. Johan Georg Hetzler, born 1708 in Erbach, Wurttemberg, Germany4; died Bet. December 27, 1782 - April 28, 1783 in Pennsylvania. He was the son of 32. Johan Jacob Hetzler. He married 17. Eva Abt. 1728.
17. Eva, died Unknown.
Notes for Johan Georg Hetzler:
Erbach is located 15 miles southwest of Ulm.
Johan George Hetzler is not on any ship list of immigrants to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; possibly he immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland. He had 26 acres and 7 perches surveyed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 1767. He was listed on the 1758 to 1781 Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, tax lists. In 1769 he had 50 acres. In 1771 he had 50 acres, one horse and one cow. In 1773 he had 60 acres, one horse and one cow. No Hetzlers were recorded in the 1782 and 1783 tax lists. Johan George came with his sons, Johan Balthasar and Johan Jacob, to Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1758 (from tax lists). Not listed in the grantor index for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, deeds. He was recorded as the foster father of Anna Maria Hlubornon (circa 1755) in 1772 (confirmation record, Trinity 1772, St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church (formerly known as the "Heidelberg Congregation"), Schaefferstown, Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, now part of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania). He was listed as George Hetzler of Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in his will filed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Will Book Y, Volume 2, page 257 (dated December 27, 1782, and probated April 28, 1783).
More About Johan Georg Hetzler:
Burial: Unknown, Schaefferstown Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania4
More About Johan Hetzler and Eva:
Marriage: Abt. 1728
Children of Johan Hetzler and Eva are:
8 i. Johan Balthasar Hetzler, born 1730 in Erbach, Wurttenberg, Germany; died August 23, 1818 in Aaronsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania; married Anna Barbara Dohm November 09, 1755 in Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
ii. Johan Jacob Hetzler, died Unknown.
iii. Anna Christina Hetzler, died Unknown.
iv. Catherine Hetzler, died Unknown.
v. Mary Hetzler, died Unknown.
vi. Anna Magdalena Hetzler, died Unknown.
18. Jacob Thomen, died Unknown. He married 19. Barbara.
19. Barbara, died Unknown.
Notes for Jacob Thomen:
From US Genweb Archives Wills (Lancaster County, PA):
THOMEN, JACOB Elizabeth Twp.
August 15, 1769 November 6, 1770
Wife: Barbara Thomen.
Children: Elizabeth wife of --- Grunner, Anna wife of --- Gernler,
Magdalena wife of --- Schlecht and Barbara wife of --- Hetzler.
Ex.: Jacob Frantz.
Children of Jacob Thomen and Barbara are:
9 i. Anna Barbara Dohm, born 1734 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 1794 in Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania; married Johan Balthasar Hetzler November 09, 1755 in Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
ii. Elizabeth Dohm, died Unknown; married ? Gumer; died Unknown.
iii. Anna Dohm, died Unknown; married ? Gernler; died Unknown.
iv. Magdalena Dohm, died Unknown; married ? Schlecht; died Unknown.
Generation No. 6
32. Johan Jacob Hetzler, born 1682; died Unknown.
Child of Johan Jacob Hetzler is:
16 i. Johan Georg Hetzler, born 1708 in Erbach, Wurttemberg, Germany; died Bet. December 27, 1782 - April 28, 1783 in Pennsylvania; married (1) Eva Abt. 1728; married (2) Mary Magdalene Bodeschertzer Abt. 1761 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Endnotes
1. Rockland Cemetery.
2. ancestry.com.
3. Familysearch.com.
4. ancestry.com.