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TOBIAS EMIGRATED FROM ZELLERTAL, DONNERSBURGKREIS, RHEINLAND-PFALZ IN 1770:
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY REGISTER OF EMIGRANTS FROM SOUTHWEST GERMANY, PG. 165,
EDITED BY PROFESSOR WERNER HACKER. (ENGLISH). 1994.
(VOL.)X. AUSWANDERUNG AUS DER RHEINPFALZ UND DEM SAARLAND, #05296.
EDITED BY PROFESSOR WERNER HACKER. (GERMAN). 1987.
DONNERSBURG (THUNDER MOUNTAIN) IS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN RHEINLAND-PFALZ.
ZELLERTAL IS THE NAME OF THE RIVER VALLEY THAT RUNS FROM DONNERSBURG TO
WORMS. TAL MEANS VALLEY IN GERMAN.
ZELLERTAL IS ALSO THE NAME OF A VILLAGE IN THE ZELLERTAL.
KREIS IS EQUIVALENT TO A COUNTY.
RHEINLAND-PFALZ IS A STATE IN GERMANY BORDERING LUXUMBOURG AND FRANCE.
TOBIAS CAME TO AMERICA ON SHIP CRAWFORD ARRIVING 23 NOV 1770 IN PHILADELPHIA.
NAMES OF FOREIGNERS WHO TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE...
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY ENGLE, PG. 494. 1892.
COLLECTION OF UPWARDS OF THIRTY THOUSAND NAMES....
COMPILED BY PROF. I DANIEL RUPP. 1876.
LAND RECORD, LISTS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY, PA IN 1779: HARTMAN REPORT, PG 330.
DEED FOR FIRST PROPERTY IN YORK COUNTY STATES THAT TOBIAS WAS FROM
STRASBURG TOWNSHIP IN LANCASTER COUNTY IN 1779
FAMILYHART OWNS THIS DEED:
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1779 TAX RECORD, STRASBURG TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
150 ACRES, 1 HORSE, 2 CATTLE, 5 SHEEP.
1783 TAX RECORD, YORK COUNTY: HARTMAN REPORT, PG 315.
WILL: DATED 1 DEC 1810, PROBATED 16 AUG 1817,
N458: HARTMAN REPORT, PG 316.
ADDENDUM (CODICIL) TO WILL DATED 6 MAY 1816.
ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT: HARTMAN REPORT, PG 320.
POSSIBLE SURNAME OF WIFE IS HOUSEWORTH? ALSO POSSIBLY FORRY OR FERREE?
THIS HARTMAN FAMILY IS FROM THE Y-CHROMOSOME HAPLOGROUP J2.
THERE WAS A JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE VILLAGE OF WACHENHEIM-ZELLERTAL,
WHICH IS ABOUT 2 KM EAST OF ZELLERTAL.
ZELLERTAL IS ABOUT 18 KM WEST OF WORMS & THE RHEIN RIVER.
ZELLERTAL IS ABOUT 100 KM SOUTH OF MAINZ, AND 50 KM NORTH OF SPEYER.
WORMS, MAINZ, AND SPEYER HAD VERY LARGE JEWISH COMMUNITIES PRE-WWII.
WORMS WAS THE CENTER FOR THE JEWS OF GERMANY.
IN 1096, THE FIRST CRUSADE RAVAGED THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES
OF WORMS, SPEYER, AND MAINZ.
DURING WWII, THE JEWS WERE IRRADICATED BY ADOLPH HITLER.
WORMS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE OLDEST CITY IN GERMANY.
WORMS WAS ONE OF THE CENTERS FOR THE CAROLINGIAN RULERS.
WORMS WAS THE WINTER RESIDENCE OF CHARLEMAGNE.
THE CAROLINGIAN RULERS WERE DESCENDANTS OF THE MEROVINGIAN FRANKS,
WHOM ORIGINALLY CAME FROM SCYTHIA.
WORMS WAS KNOWN AS LITTLE JERUSALEM IN MIDEVIL TIMES.

1. Johannes HARTMANN b: 6 JUL 1761 in , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
2. Ludwig HARTMANN b: 6 JUL 1763 in , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
3. Elizabeth HARTMANN b: ABT 1765 in , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
4. Maria Philibina HARTMANN b: 1769/1770 in , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
5. Anna Maria HARTMANN b: 1771 in Strasburg Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
6. Tobias HARTMANN b: 5 MAR 1774 in Strasburg Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
7. Friederich HARTMANN b: 4 JUL 1777 in Strasburg Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania