Henry Mumma Sr (abt. 1758 - 1809)

Born about 1758 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Juliana (Heckmann) Mumma — married 22 Apr 1780 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1809 at about age 51 in Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Henry Mumma was born about 1758 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. the sixth of ten known children and the third of five sons of George and Barbara Weber Mumma.

Further birth information: We know little about his early life and his birth is not found in any church records, probably because his mother, Barbara Weber, was Mennonite. He appears on the tax rolls of Hempfield Twp., Lancaster Co., PA from 1777-1796. From this we could assume that he was born about 1756, but not before his brother, George Jr. who I believe was born in 1752. Also, the age group in which he is recorded in the 1800 census, suggests he was born after 1755.

On 22 April 1780, when he was in his mid-twenties, he married Juliana Heckmann in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster County . She bore him two known children, both sons:

1. Henry Mumma
2. Joseph Mumma

When his father died in 1786, Henry was named in his father's Will to receive about 1/3 of his father's land, but he was required to pay his siblings a fair price for the land he acquired.^[1]

On 20 October 1809 , when he was in his mid-fifties, Henry died of unknown causes in Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland.

From Mumma.org

Henry Mumma

Born: BET 1755 AND 1756 Hempfield Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; Died: 20 OCT 1809 Sharpsburg, Washington Co., MD1; Buried: 22 OCT 1809 Sharpsburg, MD; Military Service: Revolutionary War

Notes: Data source and researcher is Douglas Mumma, 2123 Farmington Place, Livermore, CA 94550

Henry was born and raised in Hempfield township of Lancaster County, PA. We know little about his early life and his birth is not found in any church records, probably because his mother, Barbara Weber, was Mennonite. He appears on the tax rolls of Hempfield Twp., Lancaster Co., PA from 1777-1796. From this we could assume that he was born about 1756, but not before his brother, George Jr. who I believe was born in 1752. Also, the age group in which he is recorded in the 1800 census, suggests he was born after 1755.

Henry and Juliana Heckmann were married in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster, PA on 22 April, 1780. Both were single and of age. Henry apparently did not personally follow the Mennonite religion in which his mother was raised.

1790 Census - Hempfield Twp., Lancaster Co., PA - Henry MUMA

2 males over the age of 16 (Henry the father & an unidintified male)

3 males less than 16. (John, Henry, Joseph)

2 females any age (wife Juliana and Barbara)

This census accounts for all of his children in 1790 with correct ages.

When his father died in 1786, Henry was named in his father's Will to receive about 1/3 of his father's land, but he was required to pay his siblings a fair price for the land he acquired.

It appears that Henry found this too large a burden and was unable to pay his siblings. From various tax bills, his portion of the land granted to him by his father was classified as "poor" land. On November 28, 1798 he sold his land to Christian Kauffman and Martin Greider to satisify his various debets. At that time of the sale, Henry and Juliana are still living in Hempfield township of Lancaster County, PA. This indenture was recorded on 20 May, 1803 in Lancaster County [Copy on file with the Lancaster County Historical Society Deed Book N, Vol 3, page 32] URL: http://www.mumma.org/archives/Deed-PA-Lanc-N-v3-32_HenryMumma.pdf. This deed is a key document that identifies Henry Mumma as the son of George Anthony Mumma and that he married a woman named Juliana, thus confirming that they were the Henry Mumma and Juliana Heckman listed int the Trinity Lutheran Church records.

On or shortly after this sale, Henry moved his family to Sharpsburg, Maryland where his brother had moved a few years prior. By the 1800 census, they are living in Washington County, Maryland near Sharpsburg.

1800 Census, MD, Washington Co., Sharpsburg 100, p. 109

Henry MUMA

3 males, age 0-10 (Jacob + ??- probably Henry and Joseph in the wrong age bracket)

1 male, age 10-16 (John)

1 male, age 26-45 (Henry - calculated birth year would be between 1755-1774)

2 females, age 0-10 years (Maria + ??

1 female 16-26 (Barbara)

1 female 26-45. (Juliana)

In this census, there are the correct number of males, but not in the correct age brackets. There is one extra female listed being between 0-10 years who has not been accounted for. Possibly this child died as an infant before her father's estate was administered in 1809. Also, one of the girls is listed in the wrong age bracket. In this census, Henry is listed as owning no slaves, but his brother, Jacob, owned 2.

Henry and his younger brother, Jacob, appear on the tax rolls of the "Sharpsburg 100" in 1803-1804. These original tax records are stored in the Washington County Public Library, Western Maryland Room. These records have been scanned and may now be viewed online. URL: http://www.whilbr.org/WashCoTaxes1803/index.aspx A review of the records reveals that his younger brother, Jacob Mumma, was the wealthist man in the Sharpsburg 100. Henry owned no slaves or land, but had 5 horses, 4 cows, 2 stills & personal property. His taxation value was 88 English pounds. His brother Jacob, however, owned 512 acres, a male and female slave (consistent with the 1800 census which listed him as having 2 slaves), 16 horses, 46 cows, 25 hogs/sheep, 3 stills and personal property. He was taxed on a total value of 2008 English pounds.

Henry died intestate in 1809. His death is recorded in the diary of Christian Newcomer, the "circuit riding" minister and bishop of the United Brethren in Christ Church. The entry he made in his diary is as follows:

"Sunday 22d [November 1809] - We had a Quarterly Meeting at Jacob Thomas's in the old church; I had to leave the meeting and preach a funeral discourse at the burial of Henry Mumma in Sharpsburg."

Jacob Thomas was involved with the United Brethren in Christ church and he lived between Keedysville and Boonsboro, MD. Often church meetings were held at his house, so it is likely that this is where the "Quarterly Meeting" was being held which Christian Newcomer had to leave. The distance to Sharpsburg would have been 4-5 miles, an easy walk or horseback ride.

For a long time I [Doug Mumma] was unable to determine the relationship of Christian Newcomer to Henry Mumma. Richard Huffman's book suggested that the releationship was through the marriage of George Mumma's sons to Newcomer girls. George and Henry are brothers, but this would not make any kind of relationship with Henry, George's brother. It turns out that Christian Newcomer's mother, Elizabeth Mandelin Weber, was the sister of George Anthony Mumma's wife, Barbara Weber. So the relationship of Christian Newcomer to all of George Anthony Mumma's children is that of a first cousin. This is why Christian Newcomer stopped and visited his Mumma relatives during his travels to Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio.

We do not know exactly where Henry is buried. This was not mentioned in Christian Newcomer's diary. No tombstone has been found for him. While he possibly could have been buried in his brother's Cemetery on the Mumma farm at Antietam, I now feel it is unlikely or Christian Newcomer would have stated where he was going differently. He was most likely was buried in the Mount Calvary Lutheran Cemetery or the Reformed Church Cemetery, both of which are in Sharpsburg and were active cemeteries in 1809. His name does not appear on any of the tombstones or other records, however.

Although Henry left no Will and died intestate, there is a complete administration of his estate which is filed in the Maryland archives in Annapolis. These estate filings identify his wife and six children, four boys and two girls. The estate proceedings also show that by the time of his death, he still owned one slave valued at $40 out of a total estate of $55

http://www.mumma.org/archives/Estate-MD-Wash-HenryMumma-1809-12-05_Admin_VolB_p74.pdf

http://www.mumma.org/archives/Estate-MD-Wash-HenryMumma-1809-12-19_Inventory_VolD_pp129-131.pdf

http://www.mumma.org/archives/Estate-MD-Wash-HenryMumma-1809-12-20_PublicVendue_VolC_pp327-332.pdf

http://www.mumma.org/archives/Estate-MD-Wash-HenryMumma-1811-03-30_Accounting_Vol4_p27-28.pdf

http://www.mumma.org/archives/Estate-MD-Wash-HenryMumma-1811-03-30_Distribution_p86.pdf

Henry's youngest son and my [Doug Mumma’s] ancestor, Jacob Mumma, was only 15 years of age at the time of his father's death. The Orphan's court records of Washington County, MD show that on 6 March 1810, Jacob's older brother, Joseph Mumma (age 23), was appointed as his estate guardian and their uncle, Jacob Mumma (the one who bought the Mumma Farm that was later in the middle of the Battle of Antietam), and Joseph Shank were appointed the guardianship sureties..

Two women have joined the DAR using Henry as their Revolutionary War Patriot. Initially I am still skeptical that he "served", however membership is allowed if your ancestor paid for a sustitute soldier or provided materials, etc. Henry and his brothers were raised by a devot Mennonite mother and most Mennonites did not serve. Henry and his brother were recorded on the "Non-associators" list and fined for not attending meetings. However, Henry is recorded in one document as sending a substitute to serve in his place, thus qualifying him as a "Patriot".

The information listed below is from the DAR applications of Annie and Susie Muma. Of note, for unknown reasons, their father changed his birth name from Solomon Franklin Mumma to Benjamin Franklin Muma. There is one significant error in their applications. Henry Mumma married Julianna Heckman, not a Barbara Hertzler. It was Henry's brother, Jacob, who married a Hertzler. I am not sure how they estimated a birth year for Henry of 1758, but it is probably fairly close.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Volume 161, page 137

Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Muma Lee. DAR ID Number: 160414 Born in San Simeon, Calif. Wife of D. M. Lee. Descendant of Henry Mumma, as follows:

1. Benjamin Franklin Muma (1825-1907) m. 1872 Martha Jarmon (1847-1910). 2. Jacob Mumma (Muma) (1794-1871) m. 1816 Mary Blessing (1796-1875). 3. Henry Mumma m. - Hertzler. Henry Mumma served as private in Capt. Alexander Scott's company, Colonel Seigler's 4th battalion, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania militia, 1781. He was born, 1758; died in Maryland.

Mrs. Susie Muma Williams. DAR ID Number: 160415. Born in San Simeon, Calif. Wife of Griffith John Williams. Descendant of Henry Mumma, as follows:

1. Benjamin Franklin Muma (1825-1907) m. 1872 Martha Jarmon (1847-1910). See No. 160414.

NOTE: Errors in Robert Moomaw's 1990 book. For the family of Henry Mumma (1755-1809), Bob's book lists 7 children. That is in error as confirmed by Henry's estate proceeding. There were six children by the names of John, Barbara, Henry, Joseph, Maria & Jacob. Robert's book lists John, David, Jacob, Henry, Isaac, Barbara & Joseph. The book says David moved to Michigan, but there was no David. Likewise there was no Isaac. I believe many of the errors came from Miss Edna P. Mumma, a descendant of Henry Mumma's oldest son, John Mumma. Edna lived her entire live in the area of Port Byron, IL and never married. She corresponded with her cousin, Frank Ward who provided his collected information to H. Warner Klopfer who compiled the first Moomaw-Mumma genealogy. I have many of the original letters that were exchanged between Edna and her cousin, Frank Ward. Most of the errors listed in Bob's book were contained in her letters. She did not know the name of her great grandfather, Henry, other than he came from Maryland. Many of her family legends and traditions were in error, but were passed on to others and have since become "truths". A warning to all researches to be careful of what you copy or see listed on the Internet because errors propagate

Sources: Title: Christian Newcomer - His Life and Journal; Author: Christian Newcomer, John Hildt is the editor.; Publication: Published in 1834 by the F.G.W. Kapp book printer of Hagerstown. Note: This is a translated and transcribed version of Christian Newcomer (1749-1830) who was a United Brethren Bishop and circuit riding minister. This book is an accounting of the last thirty-five years of his life, up until a few days before he died. Note: reprinted by the United Methodist Church in 1996. page 183. Text: Sunday 22d - We had a Quarterly meeting at Jacob Thomas's in the old church; I had to leave the meeting and preach a funeral discourse at the burial of Henry Mumma, in Sharpsburg.

From Findagrave.com

Henry Mumma

Birth: 1758 Hempfield, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Death: 20 Oct 1809 (aged 50–51) Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA. Burial: Unknown. Memorial #: 97414318.

Bio: Henry was a son of George Anthony Mumma. Henry and his wife, Juliana Heckmann, sold their property in Hempfield township of Lancaster county about 1798 and followed his brother, Jacob, to Sharpsburg, Maryland. It is unknown exactly where he lived, but it may have been on Jacob's property. Henry died 20 October 1809 of unknown causes in Sharpsburg. He would have been around 55 years old. Henry's burial was noted in Christian Newcomer's personal journal in which he recorded events while he served as a circuit riding minister with the United Brethren in Christ Church. His journal was originally printed by John Hildt (Hagerstown MD, printed by F.G.W. Kapp Book Printer, 1834). Later reprinted in 1996 by the United Methodist Church, Lancaster, PA. On page 183 of the original printing, the following entry was made by Christian Newcomer in his journal: "Sunday 22d (1809) -- We had a Quarterly meeting at Jacob Thomas's in the old church' I had to leave the meeting and preach a funeral discourse at the burial of Henry Mumma, in Sharpsburg." Christian Newcomer and Henry Mumma were 1st cousins. Their mothers, Barbara Weber MUMMA and Elizabeth Maudlin Weber NEWCOMER were sisters. Henry's wife was Juliana Heckmann and she died sometime between 1820 census and 1827 when most of the children left Maryland for Ohio. Her date of death or her burial location have not been identified. Their eldest son, John Mumma, migrated with his family to Belmont county, Ohio, about 1815. The remaining children, Barbara Warble, Henry, Joseph, Maria, and Jacob lived in Washington County or in Frederick County, MD, prior to their migration to Springfield and Dayton, Ohio, in 1827/1828. One son, Joseph Mumma, remained in the Sharpsburg area. Nothing is known about him after the 1830 census.

Gravesite Details: He was most likely buried in the Reformed Church Cemetery in Sharpsburg, which was an active cemetery in 1809. His name does not appear on any of the tombstones or other records. Several of his children attended this church.

Family Members: Parents: George Anthony Mumma (1722-1786), Barbara Weber Mumma (1723-1788); Siblings: George Mumma (1752-1835), Barbara Mumma Sherrick (1765-1840), Jacob Mumma (1766-1848); Children: John Mumma (1782-1817), Barbara Mumma Warble (1783-1864), Henry Mumma (1785-1853), Joseph Mumma (1786-Unknown), Maria Mumma Peffley (1793-18330, Jacob Mumma (1794-1871).^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The following plus additional information can be found at http://www.mumma.org/cgi-bin/igmget.cgi/n=mumma?I24947
2. ↑ Doug Mumma (47027337), “Henry Mumma,” Findagrave.com. Record added 19 Sep 2012. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97414318. Accessed 30 March 2019.

• Doug Mumma, comp., "Henry Mumma, b 1755, Mumma, Moomaw, Mumaw & Muma Database. URL: https://www.mumma.org/cgi-bin/igmget.cgi/n=mumma?I24947 Accessed 30 Mar 2019.
• George Anthony Mumma, Will, Hempfield, Lancaster, PA - Will Book E- vol 1- p368.

Acknowledgments

• Mumma-174 was created by Patricia Hickin through the import of L_MUMMA-Leonhard and desc -- 6 gens 20121214.ged on Dec 14, 2014.
• Mumma-194 was created by Gary Smith through the import of Smith Family Tree-2.ged on Feb 7, 2015.