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 1760 - 1812 (52 years)
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| Name |
HERSPERGER, Henry B. |
| Born |
16 Nov 1760 |
Switzerland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
03 Dec 1812 |
Maryland |
| Buried |
Jefferson Cemetery, Jefferson, Maryland |
| Person ID |
I1143 |
Connecticut Spangs |
| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Father |
HERSPERGER, Bernhard, b. 13 Nov 1735, Sissach, Basell, Switzerland , d. Bef 22 Sep 1798, Frederick County, Maryland (Age < 62 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
NEBIGER, Elizabeth, b. 22 May 1732, Haefelfingen, Basell, Switzerland , d. Bef 22 Sep 1798 (Age < 66 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
11 Dec 1759 |
| Family ID |
F620 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
RAMSBERGH, Catherine, b. 21 Dec 1762, d. 02 May 1824 (Age 61 years) |
| Married |
07 May 1787 |
| Children |
| | 1. HERSBERGER, George, b. 1788, Frederick County, Maryland , d. Bef 1813, Frederick County, Maryland (Age < 25 years) |
| | 2. HERSBERGER, John Bernard, b. 23 Sep 1789, Maryland , d. 16 Oct 1829, Jefferson, Maryland (Age 40 years) |
| | 3. HERSPERGER, Mary, b. 02 Dec 1791, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 16 Apr 1874, Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. HERSPERGER, Henry, b. 17 Sep 1794, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 10 Jan 1859, Broad Run, Frederick County, Maryland (Age 64 years) |
| | 5. HERSPERGER, Elizabeth, b. 24 Nov 1796, Frederick, Maryland, USA , d. 06 Dec 1864, Jefferson, Frederick, Maryland, USA (Age 68 years) |
| | 6. HERSPERGER, Ferdinand, b. Abt 1799 |
| | 7. HERSPERGER, Catherine, b. 02 Jan 1802, Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 30 Mar 1837, Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland (Age 35 years) |
| | 8. HERSPERGER, Thomas, b. Abt 1803 |
| | 9. HERSPERGER, Susan, b. 23 Mar 1806, d. 08 Aug 1857, Jefferson, Maryland - Age 83 (Age 51 years) |
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| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Family ID |
F622 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- Henry inherited the farm from his father. He and his wife were initially buried on the farm but later moved to the cemetery in Jefferson, Md.
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Sometime after his death, the children of Henry and Catherine seemed to change the spelling of their name from Hershberger to Hersperger, except for John and his descendants who spelled it Hersberger. Also, Aaron Hersperger changed the spelling of the name to Hersberger for his descendants (Henry P. Hersperger, unpub., Nicholasville, Kentucky]
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The following is copied from ?The History of Frederick County, Maryland? by T.J.C. Williams and Folger McKinsey; and originally published in 1910. You will note the German spelling of Hershberger and the reference to Bernard being from Germany when, in fact, he was from Switzerland and he spelled his name Hersberger.
Bernard Hershberger, great-grandfather of Miss Elizabeth Dare, of Jefferson, Frederick County, Md., was a native of Germany and brought his wife and family with him when he came to America, but how many children he and, and what were their names, cannot be ascertained nor is it known whether they landed at New York or at Baltimore. It is certain, however, that they came in 1798, and they brought money with them, for it is stated that Bernard and his little son, Henry, had money in their belts. Bernard Hershberger bought 160 acres of land in what is now Frederick County, and on a part of this land the town of Jefferson was laid out by him, and called New Town. By Act of the Legislature, 1832, it was named Jefferson. His whole life was spent cultivating and improving the land which he had purchased. He owned a large number of slaves, but he could not believe that such a traffic or ownership was right and just; he therefore set all his slaves free some time before the war of 1812. Bernard Hershberger had several sons and four daughters, three of whom married men by the name of Kemp. There is an amusing story related concerning the marriage of one of the daughters. She was engaged to be married to a young man who lived in Baltimore. For some reason, however, Miss Hershberger changed her mind, and desired to remain mistress of herself. The distance to Baltimore was great, and means of
communication slow and uncertain. But no obstacles could daunt the determined lady. She mounted her horse, rode the long distance to Baltimore, found the young man, and secured the much desired release.
Bernard Hershberger gave one acre of land to be used as a cemetery, and after deeding a portion to each of his daughters, he left the remainder to his son, Henry.
Henry Hershberger, grandfather of Miss Elizabeth M. Dare, was a child only five years old when he came with his parents to America. He spent his life in improving and beautifying the land which he inherited from his father. If, as the old saying has it, that man is a public benefactor who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before, what do we not owe to the men who by their sacrifices and unceasing toil, have turned the frowning forest into a blooming garden.
Henry Hershberger was married to Catherine Remsberg who was then in her twenty-fifth year. Their children are: 1, John B., married Miss Wiles, died in Jefferson, Md., some time before 1872; 2, Mary, married first to George Herring, and after his death to Peter Boyer, her brother-in-law, the husband of her sister, Catherine, deceased, she died in Jefferson, aged eighty-three; 3, Henry, married Julia Scott, has twelve children, died at Broad Run, Frederick Co., Md.;4, Elizabeth (Mrs James Wiles), deceased; 5, Catherine (Mrs. Peter Boyer), died in Jefferson; 6, Thomas, moved to the West in early manhood, married Miss Dever; 7, Susan, married John Dare, father of Miss Elizabeth Dare of Jefferson, died aged eighty-three. Henry Hershberger built the second house in Jefferson, now the rear of a dwelling and store owned by R. L. Shaff. On this site Mr Hershberger had a wagon shop and a smithy which he afterwards rented to Mr. Bell
for twenty-five years. Henry Hershberger and his wife were devout members of the Reformed Church. After Mr Hershberger?s death, the Hershberger land passed into the hands of his widow, who lived at the homestead for twelve years. Three years after her death, it was divided among the heirs.
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Political Intelligencer (Maryland) -- April 8, 1801
DOLLAR REWARD
Went away from the Subscriber on the 25th day of March last an apprentice lad named Peter Fifher, he is a little upwards of twenty years old, by his indenture, he being free sometime in August next; about five feet six or seven inches high, had on when he went away a coloured pankeen coat, swan-down jacket, striped trowsers, and furr Hat. Any person securing the said lad for me shall be entitled to the above rewards.
April 8, 1801 Henry Hersperger
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Political Intelligencer (Maryland) -- April 22, 1803
STRAY MARE
Was taken up, by the subscriber, on the 4th instant, a black mare, about 7 or 8 years old, 14 hands high, has four white feet, a white nose, a small scar on her forehead, and a bobtail. The owner is desired to prove property, pay the charges, and take her away. HENRY HERSPERGER,
near the Trap.
April 8, 1803
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