John Herzel (1756 - 1841)

Born 25 May 1756 in Northampton, Pennsylvania

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Died 3 Nov 1841 at age 85 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Private John Herzel served with 1st Battalion, Northampton County Militia, Pennsylvaia Militia during the American Revolution.

John was born 25 May^[1] 1756.^[1][2] He was the son of John Hertzel and Maria Theren.

During the Revolutionary War, he served as a Private 1st Class in the Northampton County Militia. He was in Captain Frederick Kleinhans' 6th Company of the 1st Battalion.^[2][3]

On 24 November 1776, John sponsored the baptism of his nephew, John Jacob Koch.^[1]

It has been said John was a bachelor and a cobbler, and he was known as "old Uncle John."^[4]

He passed away on 3 November^[1] 1841.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Rev. Henry Martyn Kieffer, D.D. Some of the First Settlers of "The Forks of the Delaware" and Their Descendants, Being a Translation from the German of the Record Books of the First Reformed Church of Easton, Penna From 1760 to 1852. Easton, Pennsylvania, 1902. sponsor of baptism p 96 digital page 111, death p 341 digital page 361. FamilySearch "record books, First Reformed Church".
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Williams Township Bicentennial Committee Contributors. Bicentennial History of Williams Township. Edited by Ned D. Heindel. Williams Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania: Williams Township Bicentennial Committee, 1976. p 10.
3. ↑ Lehigh County Historical Society. History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families. Edited by Charles Rhoads Roberts, John Baer Stoudt, Thomas H. Krick, William Joseph Dietrich. Allentown, Pa.: Lehigh Valley Publishing Co., 1914. Archive.org. "Revolutionary War Record".
4. ↑ Hartzell, Sarah Margaret and Hartzell Langzettel, Edith. Sarah Hartzell Manuscript, Abr. ed. Absecon, NJ: Mary Hartzell Duran unpublished, 1991. Williams Township, Pennsylvania: Sarah Margaret Hartzell, unpublished 1953.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1810". database with images, FamilySearch "1810 United States Census". John Hartzell, Upper Milford, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 38, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 51; FHL microfilm 193,677.
• "United States Census, 1820". database with images, FamilySearch "1820 United States Census". John Hartzell Sr, Williams, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 304, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 104; FHL microfilm 181,409.
• "United States Census, 1830". database with images, FamilySearch "1830 United States Census". Abraham Hartzell, Williams, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 38, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 156; FHL microfilm 20,630.
• "United States Census, 1840". database with images, FamilySearch "1840 United States Census". Abraham Hartzell, Williams Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 93, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 479; FHL microfilm 20,553.