Johann Heinrich Flick (1753 - abt. 1820)

Born 1753 in Bermudian, York, Pennsylvania

Husband of Susannah (Varner) Flick — married about 1773 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 19 Dec 1820 at about age 67 in Hampshire, Virginia

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Biography

Johann was born in 1753. He was the son of Heinrich Flick and Elisabeth Unknown. He passed away in 1820.

Baptism

Henry was baptized Jan 7, 1753 in Bermudian, York County, Pennsylvania.^[1]. ^[2]

Marriage

Married to Suzannah Varner, date unknown, at Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania.^[3]

Residence

1820 in Hampshire County, Virginia^[4]. Henry is in the oldest age category and he is living with a woman in the oldest category, presumably his wife.

Will and Estate

Henry Fleek's Will

In the name of God Amen. I Henry Fleek Sr. of Hampshire Co., and State of Virginia considering the certainty of Death and the uncertainty of the time of it, Do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say:

1st I desire my just debts duly paid and my body decently interred at the discretion of my Executors.

2nd I give to my wife Susannah The Mansion House, gardain and one stable and the two blacks namely Rose and Wade, two cows, one horse, two sheep, 1 hog and as much produce and other necessities of or shall be sufficient for her support during her natural life to be furnished out of the payments of produce due to me from my two sons Henry and Solomon Fleek.

3rdly I desire that all my personal Estate otherwise shall be divided equally mongest all my sons and daughters, then to their heirs.

4thly I desire that my grand daughter Susannah Fleek be paid two hundred dollars to be raised out of the money due to me from the Said Henry and Solomon to be paid to the said Susannah when she becomes to be of age.

5thly After my wifes decease I sesire that the two before named Negros be sold by my Executors and all my personal estate be divided equally amongst my sons and daughters and to their heirs.

And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons John Fleek and Henry Fleek Executors of this my last Will and Testament Hereby revoking all others or former Wills or Testaments by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed seal this 31st day of July in the year of One Thousand Eight Hundred Sixteen and of Independency the Fortieth year.

Signed Sealed Published and declared as and for the Last Will and Testament of the above named Henry Fleek in presents of us.

John Spencer his George______ Henry X Fleek Seal Frederick_____ Abram Brookhart mark ^[5] The Estate of Henry Fleek deceased in A/C with Henry Fleek Jr his Executor. (Henry's death may have been 3 Aug 1821)

To amount paid Adam Fleek one of the legatees 16.00

To balance of Henry Fleek's note given to testator in his lifetime and retained by him on A/C of his proportion of Estate 56.00

To interest due thereon up to 18th Dec 1821 2.20

To bal of note given by Jacob Fleek one of the legatees to testator in his lifetime and allowed him on A/C of his proportion of Estate. 244.20

To amount of interest due thereon up to 18th Dec 1821 22.86

To amount paid John Fleek one of the legatees on A/C of his proportion of estate 66.40

To amount paid ditto on A/C of his proportion of Estate 15.00

To amount paid Solomon Fleek one of the legatees 20.20

To amount paid William Hatton one of the legatees 30.00

To amount paid William Hatton one of the legatees on A/C of his proportion of Estate 121.00

To Amount paid Nicholas Paugh one of the legatees $7.00

To amount of a note given by Nicholas Paugh one of the legatees to testator in his lifetime and allowance Paugh on A/C of his proportion of Estate at which time a distribution of the Estate might have been made. 147.00

Interest on ditto from III August 1821 to 18 Dec 1821. 3.38

To amount paid of a note given by Nicholas Paugh one of the legatees to testator in his lifetime and him on A/C of his proportion of Estate 50.00

To amount of interest due thereon up to 18th Dec 1821 5.00

To amount paid Robert Allen for appraising property 1.00

To amount paid Samuel Dobbins for appraising Estate 1.00

To amount paid Daniel Hollenback made Coffin for deceased 7.00

To amount paid Okey Johnson for appraising property 1.00

To amount paid James Marly by a credit on his note owed the Estate 20.00

To amount paid John Spencer for digging grave .50

To amount paid John B. White Clerk of Hampshire Co 4.37 .70

To amount paid ditto 4.37

To amount paid ditto .52

To amount paid ditto .52

To this amount of property charges the Executor in theappraisment and retained by widow agreeable to the will of testator. 805.49

Executor Compensation 68.71

Balance due the Estate 2180.86

B/F amount of appraisement 1566.41

To amount of interest due on notes given by legatees totestator in his lifetime and OKAYED to Estate and paid them on the debit side of this account 33.45

By this sum being the amount due at this time (6 Mar 1821) by Henry Fleek the Executor the land purchased oftestator in his lifetime by Henry & Solomon Fleek 81.00

By this amount being Henry Fleek's proportion of payment for land (6 Mar 1822) purchased of him and Solomon Fleekfrom testator in his lifetime and due this date 50.00

6 Mar 1823 ditto 50.00

6 Mar 1824 ditto 50.00

6 Mar 1825 ditto 50.00

10 Jun 1825 By balance due the Estate 458.37

I, Francis R. Armstrong do swear that I will to the best of my ...... and judgment faithfully discharge the duties of a commissioner in stating setting and adjusting the accounts of Henry Fleek Jr on the estate of Henry Fleek and make true and correct report thereof without favor partiality or affection so help me God.

Francis R. Armstrong

Sworn to before me David Gibson a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire County. David Gibson

In obedience to an order of the County Court of Hampshire I have examined stated and settled the EstateA/C of Henry Fleek Senior and respectfully submit the above as my report. Francis R. Armstrong

At a court held for Hampshire County on the 20th day of June 1825 this estate A/C of Henry Fleek deceased was presented in court and ordered to be recorded. Teste John B. White CHC^[6]

Inventory of remains of the personal Estate of Henry Fleek deceased that was left to his wife during her life being previously appraised and now sold at Public Sale on the 7th day of July 1838 by Henry Fleek Executor for the said estate to wit;

(Items following are reordered by name)

Meridith Ad...., 2 pot tramels 2.00

Caphes Culp, 1 sugar box .56

Ceaphes Culp, 1 tin box .53, 1 hackel 1.50

Elijah Culp, 1 Griddle .35, 1 tub .52, 1 pr smoothing irons .60, 1 pr handirons .25

James Culp, 1 pr shovel & tongs 1.00, 1 kag .29, 1 bowl .34, 1 table .25

Samuel Dobbins, 2 ladle & fork .85, puter dishes 1.04, 1 gun 2.85, 1 set pewter plates 2.35, 1 barrett .12, 1 puter basin 1.40, 1 set of tea cups & saucers .50, 3 plates & some dishes 1.25

Solomon Elifrets, 2 calves 12.05

Henry Flick, 1 pars. of pinchers & iron .28, 1 pan stilards 1.00, 1 tea kettle 1.00, 1 tainchock .12, 1 looking glass .47, 2 barrels .83

Jacob Flick, 1 iron kettle 3.00, 1 little wheel 2.55

Jacob Flick Jr, 1 Stone $6.00, 4 knives/forks .27, old lumber .25, 1 bucket .25, 1 lot old iron 1.25, 1 chest 2.51

Jacob Flick Sen, 1 pot .25, Cotton & churs(?) .28

Peter Flick, 1 churn .63, 1 big wheel 2.00, 1 coffee mill .40, 1 set of plates .62, old lumber .27

John Hull, 2 crocks .25

James Huskel, 1 blk man slave 753.00

Joshua John, 1 pr sheep shears .41

Joseph Keller, 1 tray .60

Jacob Linkafusr, 1 cow & calf 28.50

Randle Motts, 1 bed & bedding 2.99

John Singleton, 2 bottles .40, 1 blk woman slave 356.00

Alex Spencer, 3 churn (?) 1.25, old lumber .25

Alexandria Spencer, 1 Saddle & Bridle 1.12 3/4, 1 tub & iron .37, 1 rul .50

John Spencer of Juuy(?), 1 bed & bedding 8.25

John Spencer Jr, 1 half bushel Measan .25, 1 lot bu baskets .36, old stone plates .12

John Spencer Sen, 1 downing fork .31, 1 pr saddle bags 1.25

Otha H. Spencer, 1 cutting box .87

John Stagg, 4 sheep 7.25

John Umpstott, 1 lot of wool 3.00, 1 box .62

John Umstott, 1 pan .51, 1 pot 1.31, 1 oven .29, 1 table .50, 1 chest .50, 1 cupboard 4.00, 8 tubs .50, 1 cow 28.50

Simon Umstott, 2 skillets & lead .70, 1 side saddle 2.00,

Total 1261.30

I certify that the foregoing is a true list of the sale of the personal estate of Henry Flick deceased as sold by me on the 7th day of July 1838 'at a credit of 12 months'? Henry Flick Executor of Henry Flick deceased. At a court held for Hampshire County the 27th day of August 1838 This sale bill of the estate of Henry Flick deceased was presented in Court and ordered to be recorded.

Sources

1. ↑ Lineages, Inc., comp.. York County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1744-69: Jacob Lischy's Private Pastoral Record [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Records transcribed from the LDS Family History Library microfilm copies of church records for this locality. For more information, see the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) for FHL #20495.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CT5-RJ5G : 11 January 2021), Johann Heinrich Flick, 1753.
3. ↑ Inferred from baptism of children; Source: Births and baptisms of Somerset Co., Pa. : Reformed and Lutheran church records of Berlin, Somerset County, PA, Saylor, E. C. (Ezra C.) , LDS Family History Library, Film 22054
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBQ-9F52?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-NQV%3A1586984702%2C1586986649%2C1586984616 : 16 July 2015), Virginia > Hampshire > Not Stated > image 45 of 79; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Will book #7, Hampshire Co VA, page 478
6. ↑ Will book #1, Hampshire Co VA, Page 211.

• Southworth, George, "Another Family of Fleeks",from "George Fleek and his Descendants", Pub: Edwards Brothers, Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1958), Appendix I, pp 105-107.
• Pennsylvania Tax and Exoneration
• y-DNA Results page: Flick/Fleck/Fleek/Fleak y-DNA Project on FamilyTreeDNA states that a "project member who traces their paternal line back to Johann Heinrich Sr. was an identical Y-chromosome DNA match [37 markers] to descendants of a Jacob Flick who lived in Butler County, PA from the late 1790s to 1820. This Jacob Flick shows up in the census records for Middlesex Twp, Butler County in 1800 and was married to Mary Katherine (or Catherine) Mathews."