I would suspect that the Heidelberg Township that I am interested in is the
one that is right next to Tulpehocken township because all the children were
baptized at Christ Church, Tulpehocken. I know that area has seen several
county border changes over the years. My original msg was a shot in the dark
having just turned on my computer after a 5 hour drive down from
Stroudsburg. Last night I noticed that there was a Bastian Zimmerman in
Heidelberg township, Dauphin County in 1758. I wonder if he is the same as
Sebastian Zimmerman, or if anyone know about him...
Kurt S. Laidlaw
klaidlaw(a)earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~klaidlaw/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <jpatter(a)epix.net>
To: <ZIMMERMAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ZIMMERMAN-L] Zimmermans Dauphin County
"Charles E. Fies, Retired" wrote:
>
> Kurt Laidlaw wrote:
> >
> > I just returned from a research trip to Monroe County, PA. I
discovered
the
> > original deed for property purchased by my Zimmerman
ancestor (John
George
> > aka George) in Smithfield Township. The deed says he was
from
Heidelberg
> > Township, Dauphin County. The date of the deed is 1802. He
paid 4000
pounds
> > (Pennsylvanian) for the property. To me that means he must
have had
property
> > in Dauphin County--one does not usually come across that
sum of money
in a
> > shoe box, even in the late 1700's! Does anybody have
Zimmermans in
> > Heidelberg Township in the late 18th C?
> >
> > Kurt S. Laidlaw::)~
>
> You would be better off checking in BERKS COUNTY, PA. That's
the
only
> one I see that has a Heidleberg today, and there are ZILLIONS
of
> ZIMMERMAN ancestors down there.
>
Berks, Lebanon, York and Lehigh Counties each has a Heidelberg Twp.
--
joe