Schwenkfelder Families
About a month ago, I came across Laura HEEBNER, who had written
a have nice story for "CONNECTING THROUGH ROOTSWEB." I recognized
the surname HEEBNER--knowing this was my daughter-in-law's,
ancestor's surname, who came over on the Ship "St. Andrew" & was of
the Schwenkfelder Families from the Palatinate area of Germany.
I contacted Laura & found out that her & her husband Gerald (Jerry)
HEEBNER are managing a project up at the Schwenkfelder Library &
Heritage Center that was begun by the Exile Society in 1980. They (we)
are looking for descendants of the people listed in the Genealogical
Record (G.R.) to bring the information up to date.
I think there may be a lot of people out there that descend from
the "Schwenkfelder Families" & have not been recognized or found,
& especially from the Berks Co. area. There was more than one ship
the "Schwenkfelder Families" came over on. Here is "St. Andrews"
passenger ship list, 21 Sep 1727, Philadelphia, PA.
ANDER George
ANDERS Baltzar
ANDERS George
BANSCH George
DEK Nicholas
DIHL Abraham
DIHL Valentine
DREYHER George
DREYHER Christopher, Jr.
FREIDEL Peter
FREY Conrad
HEIBNER George
HEIBNER Melchior
HENRICH Valentine
HERTTRANFT Tobias
HEYDRICK Baltzar
HEYDRICK Casper
HEYDRICK George
HOFFMAN Baltzar
HOFFMAN Baltzar, Jr.
HOFFMAN George, Sr.
HUBNER Hans
JACKELL Abraham
JACKELL Baltzar
JACKELL Baltzar (sic)
JACKELL Casper
JACKELL Christopher
JACKELL Christopher (sic)
JACKELL George
JACKELL Hans Henrich
JACKELL Jeremias
JACKELL Matthias
JAGER Peter
JOHN Casper
KRIEBLE Casper
KRIEBLE George
KRIEBLE Melchior, Jr.
KRIEBLE Melchior, Sr.
MARKER Matthias
MEISTHER Gergorius
MENTZELL George
MENTZELL Melchior
MESCHTER David
MESCHTER Melchior, Jr.
MEYER George
NEWMAN Christopher
NEWMAN Melchior
PAUS Christopher
POTT Degenhart
POTT Wilhelm
REINWALT Christopher
RIEGER Jacob Hendrich
RINNALD George
ROMFIELD Hendrich....E.
ROOMFULT Jacob
RUNTZ Johan Yorg.
SCHEPS Friedrich
SEIBT David
SEIBT Christopher
SHOEBART Christopher
SHOEBART David
SHOEMAKER Peter
SHOLTZE Christopher
SHOLTZE George
SHOLTZE George (sic)
SHOLTZE Gergorius
SHOLTZE Melchior
SINGER Johannes
SPIES Ulrich
STEINBACH Barnhard
STORLLER Casper
URDANS H. Lutwigh
Van DULIKE Johannes
WEIGNER Christopher
WEIGNER Christopher (sic)
WEIGNER George
WEIGNER Hans
WEIGNER Melchior
WEYS George
WILFANG Johannes
WILHELM Jacob
WINDER Nicholas
WITZEN Wilhelmus
Note: Eighty-nine (89) Palatines with their families, making in all two
hundred sixty-one (261) persons. I hope I did not miss anyone when I
copied them & put them in alphabetical order. The following is our
HEEBNER Line:
Hans HEEBNER c1684-1754
+ Maria SCHOLTZ
Hans George HEEBNER 1720-1792
+ Anna DOTTERER
Margaret DOTTERER 1759-1823
+ John NYCE
George H. NYCE 1793-1826
+ Maria LINSENBIGLER
Elizabeth NYCE 1824-1910
Jacob I. BOSLER 1856-1938
+ Anna EYNON
Edith BOSLER 1878-1939
+ Isaac SWYMELAR
Grace SWYMELAR 1907-1993
+ Lloyd WANDRESS, Jr.
Robert WANDRESS 1936-1999
+ Nancy GRAHAM
Deborah WANDRESS 1958 (my d-i-l)
+ Wm J. FOSS 1959 (my son)
Wm A. FOSS 1996 (my g-son)
Please contact me if you are interested in this project & the
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center's Grand Opening next Spring.
Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS)