Hans Michael Zimmerman II (abt. 1732 - bef. 1762)

Born about 1732 in Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died before Jan 1762 before about age 30 in Province of North Carolina

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Biography

Hans Michael Zimmerman II, aka Michael, is believed to have been born in Pennsylvania about 1732. In North America, Zimmerman was sometimes anglicized in documents to its literal English translation, "Carpenter", or even adopted as a surname by entire Zimmerman families.

Michael married Ann Elisabeth (maiden name unknown) and they had at least two children together. He died in North Carolina before 27 January 1762, when letters of administration were granted to his step-father, Jacob Kurr, for his remaining property in what was then Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

After Michael's death, his widow, Ann Elisabeth, married John Killian. On 6 December 1785, a son and a daughter of Michael's were mentioned as his sole surviving children in a land transaction regarding his estate, which tacitly indicates they were of legal age.^[2] These are the same two Zimmerman children mentioned or implied in Elisabeth's Will from 1 March 1802^[3]:

• Michael Zimmerman, of whom little else is known except that he had some real estate transactions in Lincoln County, North Carolina with his half-brother, Jacob Killian, in 1794, with his half-brother, Philip Killian, in 1798, and appeared there in the census in 1800.
• Catherine Zimmerman, wife of Daniel Smith. Catherine was still alive in 1785 but Daniel is believed to have remarried to Elizabeth Hahn by sometime in the early 1790s.

Seven of Ann Elisabeth's Killian children were also mentioned in her will:

• Jacob Killian
• Marellis Killian, married Jacob Yount
• John Killian
• Philip Killian
• Mary Killian, married Martin Settlemire
• Abraham Killian
• Sarah Killian, married Jacob Dietz

Sources

1. ↑ Michael Zimmerman, "Philadelphia Co., PA Letters of Administration, 1762, No. 134". Letters of Administration for Michael Zimmerman, late of North Carolina filed 27 Jan 1762 in Philadelphia Co., PA by his step-father, Jacob [sic] Kuorr, who had "intermarried with Anna Elizabeth Zimmerman, mother" of the deceased.
2. ↑ [Only son & only daughter of] Michael Zimmerman, "Montgomery Co., PA Deed Book, Vol. 1" Page 207. Michael Zimmerman of [sic] Linkhorn County, North Carolina ("only son of Michael Zimmerman formerly of Upper Milford Township in the County of Northampton and the Province of Pennsylvania") & Catherine, wife of Daniel Smith, ("only daughter of the said Michael Zimmerman deceased") receive 467 £ 17 shillings & 8 pence of gold and silver on 6 December 1785 for the 333 acres of land originally granted to their father and his brother, George.
3. ↑ Will of Elisabeth Killion, widow of John Killian, "Lincoln County, North Carolina Original Wills: Goodson, Abner - Lewis, Mary". Heirs named in Elisabeth's will written 1 March 1802 (unknown probate date) include her:
   • son, Michael Zimmerman
   • son-in-law, Daniel Smith (married Catherine Zimmerman)
   • son, Jacob Killian
   • daughter, Marellis (Killian) Yount
   • son, John Killian
   • son, Philip Killian
   • daughter, Mary (Killian) Suttlemire
   • son, Abraham Killian
   • daughter, Sarah (Killian) Dietz