ID: I314
Name: Christian HOFFART
Sex: M
Birth: 5 JUL 1716 in Schwaigern,Neckar,Wurtemburg,Germany
Death: 1788 in MonacacyManor,Frederick Co.,Maryland
Note: Appears in church records of Lutheran Church in Schwaigern, Neckar, Wurttemburg, Germany. This is according to information which appeared in Florence Grove Woods' "Hufford Family Research and Records," Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan. 1983. Contributed to newsletter by Shirley A. Hufford Hegeman, a descendant of Casper's brother Phillip. Mrs. Hegeman is a professional researcher and retired legal secretary whose address is 64 Woodside Ave., Oneonta, NY 13820.
Note: WILL: Frederick County, MD, Register of Wills: Will Book GM #2, pp. 289-290. All seventeen children named in will.
Note: DAR: Established as Revolutionary War "Patriot" by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Christian's Patriot number is A-056231. This researcher is a member of the DAR and came in on Christian's line; her DAR National number is 893094. She descends from Christian's son Casper's son Abraham's son Andrew's daughter Elizabeth's daugher Sarah Catherine's son George Irvin's son Miles.
Note: LAND: From "Maryland Records, Vol. II," by G. M. Brumbaugh, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967, page 56: "No. 64. Leased Novr. 4, 1762 to Christian HUFFERD for 21 years: 10 acres." The owner of the land was the royal Lord Baltimore. The land was being managed by a governor appointed by the English Lord. The land in Monocacy Manor was not available for purchase so farmers signed long term leases on various plots of land. After the Revolutionary War, the Maryland General Assembly took possession of the land because it had been owned by a British Lord who obviously sided with the British in the war. The long term leases were voided, and the land was divided and sold. The book "History of Western Maryland, Vol. I," by J. Thomas Scharf, published 1968, notes that 193 acres of land on which Christian Hufferd had a long-term lease was sold 10-Oct-1781 to Maj. Davidson for 1,300 pounds. The major was able to pay with army pay certificates which he had been granted as a soldier of the "Maryland line." From "Poverty in a Land of Plenty, Tenancy in Eighteenth Century Maryland," by Gregory A. Stiverson, 1977: "The auction of the Manor was held at Grost's Tavern in Frederick Town on September 10, 1782, and the tenants who assembled fo the sale, many of whom were first generation German immigrants who had worked hard improving their leaseholds, must have been appalled at the number of high-ranking army officers and affluent storekeepers who had come to bid against them for their land. Monocacy tenants were among the most prosperous of any on the proprietary manors, and yet few could hope to compete with men who could pay for land with certificates that had been acquired for only a fration of face value."
Note: According to well-respected Brethren genealogist and historian Merle C. RUMMEL (author of "Four Mile Community), regarding the American Revolution, "The Brethren read the Bible to say that they should support the King, as legal ruler of the land. Many felt a personal gratitude to the King, for providing them a refuge from the horrors of the destruction of war in Germany. They also believed in pacifism, not fighting, due to their background in Germany. The result was persecution, which had a long lasting effect on the church, and changed the pattern of church life. While many youth succumbed to the pressures of their peers, and joined the local militia, and even the Continental Line, most of the Brethren refused to be part of the military action. Instead, as battles were fought locally, they did medical and humanitarian work. Many sold food to Armies in the locale. (Some major Brethren leaders are accredited DAR recognition for this.)"
Father: Hans Jorich HOFFART b: 15 FEB 1674 in Schwaigern,Neckar,Wurtemburg,Germany
Mother: Anna Margaretha MOST b: 7 SEP 1675 in Germany
Marriage 1
Elizabeth KEIM b: FEB 1723 in Oley Valley,Berks Co.,Pennsylvania c: 25 DEC 1752 in St. Michaels Ch.,Germantown,Philadelphia Co.,Pennsylvania
Children
Christian HOFFART b: 12 JUL 1746 in New Hanover,Montgomery Co.,Pennsylvania c: 5 OCT 1746 in Lutheran Church,New Hanover,Montgomery Co.,Pennsylvania Christina HOFFART b: 1749 Philip HOFFART b: 3 SEP 1750 Anna Margareth HOFFART b: ABT OCT 1752 in ,Pennsylvania c: 25 DEC 1752 in St. Michaels Ch.,Germantown,Philadelphia Co.,Pennsylvania Daniel HOFFART b: ABT 1755 in Montgomery Co.,Pennsylvania John HOFFART b: ABT 1758 in Whitpain Twp.,Montgomery Co.,Pennsylvania Casper HOFFERT b: 31 AUG 1762 in Frederick Co.,Maryland Marriage 2
Anna Catharine
Children
Anna Catharina HOFFART b: 1764 in Frederick Co.,MD George Jorick HOFFART b: 1766 in Frederick Co.,Maryland Elizabeth HOFFART b: 20 DEC 1767 in Frederick Co.,Maryland c: 4 JUL 1768 in Rocky Hill Luth.,Woodsboro,Frederick Co.,MD Adam HUFFORD b: 30 MAY 1769 in Frederick Co.,Maryland c: 30 JUL 1769 in Rocky Hill Luth.,Woodsboro,Frederick Co.,Maryland Hannah HOFFART b: 12 APR 1771 in Frederick Co.,MD c: 29 JUL 1771 in Rocky Hill Luth.,Woodsboro,Frederick Co.,MD Jacob HUFFORD b: 14 NOV 1772 in Woodsboro,Frederick Co.,Maryland c: 21 MAY 1773 in Rocky Hill Luth.,Woodsboro,Frederick Co.,MD Susanna HOFFART b: 12 OCT 1774 in Woodsboro,Frederick Co.,MD c: 25 FEB 1775 in Rocky Hill Luth.,Woodsboro,Frederick Co.,MD Johanna Magdalena HOFFART b: 10 OCT 1776 in Frederick Co.,MD c: 25 MAR 1777 in Rocky Hill Luth.,Woodsboro,Frederick Co.,MD Rebecca HOFFART b: 3 JUN 1779 in Frederick Co.,Maryland Barbara HOFFART b: 5 JUN 1780 in Frederick Co.,MD | |