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4. | HERSPERGER, Heinrich (1.Anna1) was born 05 Aug 1694, Diepflingen, Switzerland; died 20 Dec 1747. Heinrich married MOHLER, Dorothea 18 Jul 1719, Wintersingen, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 7. HERSPERGER, Barbara was born 30 Mar 1721.
- 8. HERSPERGER, Heinrich was born Jan 1722/23; died 23 Jun 1745.
- 9. HERSPERGER, Anna was born 17 Sep 1724.
- 10. HERSPERGER, Ursula was born 16 Feb 1725/26; died Died young.
- 11. HERSPERGER, Johannes was born 23 Dec 1727; died 02 Apr 1767.
- 12. HERSPERGER, Sara was born 19 Jun 1729.
- 13. HERSPERGER, Adam was born 24 Aug 1732.
- 14. HERSPERGER, Bernhard was born 13 Nov 1735, Sissach, Basell, Switzerland.
- 15. HERSPERGER, Ursula was born 08 Apr 1742; died 17 May 1742.
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11. | HERSPERGER, Johannes (4.Heinrich2, 1.Anna1) was born 23 Dec 1727; died 02 Apr 1767. Johannes married EGLI, Anna 23 Sep 1748. Anna (daughter of EGLI, Bernhard and BUSER, Salome) was born 27 Aug 1724, Kaannerkinden. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 16. HERSPERGER, Hans Heinrich was born 05 Aug 1749; died 08 Feb 1815.
- 17. HERSPERGER, Ludwig was born 01 Jan 1750/51; died 12 Aug 1772, Alexandria, Switzerland.
- 18. HERSPERGER, Bernhard was born 23 Jul 1752, Zunzgen, Switzerland; died 30 Sep 1820.
- 19. HERSPERGER, Anna was born 24 Sep 1754.
- 20. HERSPERGER, Johannes was born 18 Jul 1756, Sissach, Switzerland; died 23 Jan 1828.
- 21. HERSPERGER, Salome was born 28 May 1758.
- 22. HERSPERGER, Dorothea was born 14 Oct 1759.
- 23. HERSPERGER, Hans Jacob was born 24 Mar 1765; died 30 Mar 1765.
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14. | HERSPERGER, Bernhard (4.Heinrich2, 1.Anna1) was born 13 Nov 1735, Sissach, Basell, Switzerland. Notes:
Herschberger is spelled in a variety of ways - Hershberger, Hersperger, Hershperger, Hersberger. The last is reportedly the most common spelling in Indiana although this was not the spelling given to David Spang by Carl and Audrey Hinshaw.
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Bernard Hershberger and George Scott served on the Observation Committee of Frederick County, Maryland for the colonies in the Revolutionary War. (Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. II, pp 168-173)
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Bernard laid out New Town, later called Jefferson, on one corner of his farm.
Bernard and his wife were buried on the farm but Bernard's body was later moved to the cemetery in Jefferson, Maryland. His wife's body could not be found.
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Swiss Records of Bernhard Hersperger’s Immigration to the Colonies in 1772
“1772, I. Emigrants recorded in MP.
MP records the names of the heads of the emigrating parties followed by the number of the members of which each party consists in figures, the first denoting men, the second women and the third children. A few times also the father’s name is added and usually ‘unmarried’ in case of the single persons. Besides, the tax and manumission dues paid, or the release from their payment, are recorded as in 1771. The amount of the property on which the tax was levied and all other items have been taken from other sources.” p. 185
In the section on Basel records, 1772, Amt [district] Farnsburg, from Sissach, p. 187, is listed:
“Bernhard Hersperger, 1.1.6
Pays:Manumission......................................................20.---
Ten percent tax (on lb 2024.-).........................202.- 222.---
Elisabeth Nebiger, his wife
Their children:
1. Heinrich, bapt........................................................... ?
2. Barbara, bapt..............................................…............Apr. 8, 1762
3. Dorothea, bapt..............................................…..........July 3, 1763
4. Elisabeth, bapt............................................................June 23, 1766
5. Maria, bapt......................................................…........Dec. 6, 1767
6. Eva, bapt.....................................................................Jan. 22, 1771"
“...II. Emigrants not recorded in MP, Sissach (Amt Farnsburg):
Anna Wurtz from Rumlingen, stepdaughter of Bernhard Hersperger above. Had permission and paid for the letter through her stepfather (AA, ‘Ausfertigung der Frenlassungen’), but was not recorded in MP. In 1784 (GAV 19, 452) Martin Riggenbacher collected lb 646.10 for her.” p. 197.
“After 1736, or possibly 1738, roughly speaking the emigration from Basel was directed mainly to Pennsylvania, whence some proceded to the colonies further South, very few to those further North.” p. 83.
“The spelling of names varies greatly, not only between different sources, but also in the same source, sometimes even in KB [Parish Registers]. In the first place variations arise from...then the interchanges between b and p, especially sb and sp. ... We give therefore the names simply in the spellings and forms of the leading source and add variants only where the former are faulty or unusual. ...” p. 84-85.
“...all financial statements of this treatise are made in Basel pounds. ... corresponded in 1737 to 2/15 Pennsylvania pounds. It may however be assumed that some of the emmigrants had at least a little more money at their disposal than they admitted.” p. 85
“Amt Farnsburg was one of the largest districts in the Canton of Basel. The Canton of Basel of the eighteenth century comprised both the present Canton of Basel-Stadt and the Canton of Basel-Land. ... Even today one-third of Basel -Land is covered with forests. ... The city had control of the whole Canton and kept its subjects until 1790 in the state of serfdom in which it had acquired them from the bishop of Basel and other rulers.... The Church was the Reformed Church. ... Church discipline was very strict. Wilful and continuous absence from public worship...could be punished by banishment.” pp. 86-87.
“1771-1772-The immigration of these two years suddenly equals that of the year 1749 and was undoubtedly caused by hard times. ... most of the emigrants of the preceding years [1771-72] were poor and had sought other countries and better sustenance on account of the high prices and unemployment....” p. 173.
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Faust, Albert Bernhardt and Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus, editors. Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies, Volume II. From the State Archives of Bern and Basel Switzerland. Washington, DC: The National Genealogical Society, 1925. Republished with Volume I, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1976.
Bernhard married NEBIKER, Elisabeth 11 Dec 1759, Neuburger, Sissach, Switzerland. Elisabeth (daughter of NEBIKER, Heinrich and BUSER, Barbara) was born 22 May 1732, Haefelfingen, Basell, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]
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18. | HERSPERGER, Bernhard (11.Johannes3, 4.Heinrich2, 1.Anna1) was born 23 Jul 1752, Zunzgen, Switzerland; died 30 Sep 1820. Bernhard married STRUB, Maria 03 Jun 1777. Maria (daughter of STRUB, Ulrich and HONEGGER, Anna) was born 16 Apr 1747, Laufelfingen, Switzerland; died 30 Nov 1803. [Group Sheet]
Bernhard married FREY, Anna Maria 26 Jun 1804. Anna was born 09 May 1762, Biberstein, Aargau, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]
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20. | HERSPERGER, Johannes (11.Johannes3, 4.Heinrich2, 1.Anna1) was born 18 Jul 1756, Sissach, Switzerland; died 23 Jan 1828. Johannes married LOLIGER, Elisabeth 10 Apr 1780. Elisabeth (daughter of LOLIGER, Fridli and MARTIN, Elisabeth) was born 18 May 1755, Pratteln, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]
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26. | HERSPERGER, Johannes (13.Adam3, 4.Heinrich2, 1.Anna1) was born 24 Dec 1758, Sissach, Switzerland; died 30 May 1824. Johannes married HAFELFINGER, Verena 10 Jul 1781. Verena (daughter of HAFELFINGER, Hans Jakob and MULLER, Verena) was born 26 Aug 1759, Sissach, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]
Johannes married RUESCH, Ursula 03 Oct 1791, Gelterkinden. [Group Sheet]
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29. | HERSPERGER, Heinrich (14.Bernhard3, 4.Heinrich2, 1.Anna1) was born 16 Nov 1760, Switzerland. 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)[ctspangb3.FTW]
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