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• FSID: LX8F-K7K

Johann married Haines, Margaret on 5 Mar 1831 in Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA. Margaret was born in 1752 in West Virginia, USA; died on 5 Mar 1831 in Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Haines, Ann Maria was born on 10 Oct 1783 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA; died in 1855 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 1855 in Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA.

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• Alternate Birth: 19 Mar 1691, Kusel, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Will: 22 Dec 1774, Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, USA
• Will: 27 Aug 1781, Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

This document traces the first two generations of descendants of Johan Philip Hentz. Philip immigrated with his family from Kusel, Germany, arriving from Rotterdam to the port of Philadelphia 9 September 1738 on the ship Glascow (28). He was of the Reformed faith and was most likely escaping religious persecution that was prevalent at the time in the Pfalz or Palatine region of Germany. Philip was listed as a member of the Reverend Jacob Lischy’s Reformed Church in York, Pennsylvania on the Codorus, March of 1745 (3). In March 1746 he had a daughter baptized at the Kreutz Creek settlement in Hellam Township so he probably lived east of York prior to purchasing property.

It is not known if Philip’s first wife Susanna Maria made the voyage to America but she died sometime before 1744. There’s a possibility several children could have been born by her in Pennsylvania if she made the voyage. Philip remarried a Barbara [Wolf?] sometime before 1745 (3). Philip continued to have children with his second wife Barbara.
Land records show Philip’s son Marcus or Mark purchasing 150 acres in 1746 in what is now West Manchester Township and then 293 acres in 1755 in Spring Garden Township along Codorus Creek (29). Philip purchased 200 acres and his son Philip Jr. purchased 250 acres both in 1767. Their lands were in what is now West Manchester Township(29). Philip Sr.’s property was situated near the North-East quadrant of the intersection of present day South Salem Church Road and Route 234. Philip’s son Nicholas inherited his father’s property sometime before 1779 and lived there until sometime in 1794 or 1795 at which time he moved with his family to Shepherdstown, Virginia [now WV] (25). Several of Nicholas’s sons and half brothers were living in Shepherdstown as early as 1763 (72e). Most of Nicholas’s family eventually moved to Ross County, Ohio. His brother Marcus moved to a Moravian community in North Carolina with his family in 1774 (4). Philip Jr. died in York in 1777 and his land was sold after his death (6).

It is interesting to note the variations of spellings of our family name while researching this document. Early York records have it spelled Hentz, Heintz, Haintz, Hanz, Hayns, Hens, Hans, Heins, Hoehns and Hoens. After they moved to West Virginia the records show mostly Hains or Haines. Family members that remained in West Virginia retained the spelling Haines. The family members that moved to Ross County Ohio used the spelling Haynes and retained this spelling, I am descended from this line. Family members that moved to North Carolina eventually spelled their name Hanes. The Hanes hosiery empire is descended from this line.