Elisabetha Gertrude (Hähn) Fisher (1711 - 1768)

Born 11 Apr 1711 in Germantown, Columbia, New York

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Died 4 Jun 1768 at age 57 in Heidelberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania

Biography

From FindAGrave.com:^[1]

Name: Elizabeth Gertrude Hain

Gender: F (Female)

Birth Date: 11 Apr 1711

Birth Place: Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York, United States of America

Death Date: 4 Jun 1768

Death Place: Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cemetery: Saint John's Hains Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Has Bio?: Y

Father: George Hain

Mother: Veronica Hain

Spouse: Johan Wilhelm Fischer

Children:

Peter Fisher

Philip Fischer

Frederick Fischer

Michael Fischer

Johannes Fischer

Elisabetha Gertrude Heckert

Henry Fisher

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8694584/elizabeth-gertrude-hain

Alternate spellings of her surname: Hohn, Henn, Haines, Hain. Almost every record after her birth has Hain except for her will written 12/31/1764 where Haines was used by the transcriber (the original is in German). Livingston Manor refers to the property where they were indentured to.

Elisabetha Gertruat (Gertrude) Hain was born on Apr 11, 1711 in Germantown, Columbia, New York, USA (Kocherthal Colony (East Camp) or West Camp across the Hudson as the first child of Johan Geörg (George) Hain (Hëhn Hähn Haines) and Anna Veronica Schneider). She had nine siblings, namely: John Christian, Peter, Johannes, Johan George, Johannes Adam, John Frederick, Johan Henrich, Johan Caspar, and Joseph. She died on Jun 04, 1768 in South Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. When she was 21, she married Johan Wilhelm Fischer,son of Weigel (Weygel) Fischer and Anna Lörch, in 1733 in Wernersville, Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (St.. John's Reformed (Hain's Cacusi) Church).

Elisabetha Gertruat (Gertrude) Hain lived in Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA in 1723 (With parents from Schoharie). She signed her will on Dec 31, 1764 in Wernersville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Will attached). She was buried after Jun 04, 1768 in Wernersville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA ( St. John's (Hain's) Reformed Church Cemetery). Her cause of death was Haines Church Cemetery.

Johan Wilhelm Fischer and Elisabetha Gertruat (Gertrude) Hain had the following children:

• Elisabetha Gertraut (Gertrude) Fischer was born about 1734 in Heidelberg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (Lancaster bef. 1752). She died after Jul 25, 1801 in Lower Mahanoy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA (Not at FaG). She married Johannes Heckert (Heckard, Heckardt) in 1754 in Wernersville, Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (St.. John's Reformed (Hain's Cacusi) Church).
• Johan Peter Fischer was born on Sep 08, 1735 in South Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on Nov 23, 1787 in Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Anna Elisabetha before May 31, 1752 in Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Could be another Peter). He married Appolonia Heckert between Apr 17–May 16, 1758 in Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (St. John's Reformed (Hain's) Church by Rev. Waldschmidt; no date but between records of the above dates).
• Johan Philip Fischer was born on Sep 25, 1736 in South Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (from tombstone). He died on Aug 14, 1803 in South Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (First Ref. Ch. Reading deaths age 66/10/14). He married Anna Maria Marschall before 1768 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (1758 Ancestry unsourced; prob. St. John's Reformed (Hain's) Church).
• Johan Henrich Fischer was born on Jun 10, 1739 in South Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Was 1740 conflicts w/ Johannes. Follow up!). He died on Apr 08, 1822 in Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Fr. estate; Death notice 4-30-1822 Adler age 81-10-20). He married Christina Durst on Sep 28, 1761 in Wernersville, Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (St.. John's Reformed (Hain's Cacusi) Church by Rev. Waldschmidt (Lanc. Co. Ch. Records of the 18th Century)).
• Johannes Fischer was born on Mar 02, 1740 in Heidelberg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (First Reformed Church Burials; abt. 1738 in Hist. St. John's Reformed (Hain's) Church/Lancaster bef. 1752/lancaster bef. 1752). He died on Mar 12, 1812 in Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Hist. St. John's Reformed (Hain's) Church; also in First Reformed Church Burials age 72-0-10; can't find in Adler). He married Anna Catharina Marshall about 1762 in Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Assuemd fr. son George b. 1763? probably St. John's Reformed (Hain's) Church. Likely Waldschmidt ).
• Johan Michael Fischer was born on Jan 24, 1741/42 in South Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (or 23/26 Jan 1742/43; sources differ. Michael JR on St. John's Reformed (Hain's) Church Rev War plaque (ERROR)). He died on Jan 18, 1822 in Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Reading Adler 1-22-1822 d. @ age 80. Jan 20 in Hist Hains Ch is funeral). He married Catharina Bollman about 1773 in Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Assumed; in Heidelberg in 1771 and 1779).
• Susanna Fischer was born about 1743 in South Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. She died before Oct 01, 1791 in Cumru, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Rosina (Rosanna) Fischer was born about 1745 in South Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. She died about 1837 in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA (Assumed). She married Peter Grauel (Growl, Cowell) on Apr 10, 1764 in Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Rev. Waldschmidt; St. John's Reformed (Hain's) Church?).
• Johan Frantz Fischer was born on Jun 07, 1747 in South Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Burgert says this is the bapt. date; this is incorrect). He died between 1771–1834 (Cannot locate record of death; in Wilhelm's will).
• Johann Friederich Fischer was born on Mar 05, 1749/50 in Heidelberg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (Lancaster bef. 1752. 1 dau. d. infant). He died on Oct 17, 1828 in Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Gertraut (Gertrude) Faust on May 18, 1775 in Lower Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (St. John's Reformed (Hain's) Church).
• Johann Georg Fischer was born on May 03, 1752 in South Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. He died after 1803 (Alive in 1777. Was 1789; Source? Could be aft. 1803 ; see notes.). He married Maria Catharina Bollman (Bulmann, Buelman) about 1780 (unsubstantiated (Ancestry tree) Spon Michael's son George bapt. with Maria Catharina Bollman so unmarried in 1774. ).

Notes

Note N13632Heighsen is not a name. Don't know where this BS comes from. She didn't have a child named Casper with George. The only George Heckmans I see are in Alsace & Douglasville.

Last Will and Testament of Veronica Hain (Fronica Heighsen)

1766 Heidelberg Twp

Written the 31st December in the year 1764

Acknowledge I Fronica Heighsen that I my daughter heir promised, “by my understanding” what my daughter Elizabeth shall have before my other children here, that they shall have nothing to such what I have let them in write. Piece for Piece namely the new Great Bible that Casper has in his house. And the women saddle and my Great Copper kettle and my three Marriage Dollars and all my clothes and my shift(?) and my trunk and all what in the trunk is my cap with the box and all what in the box and also the bedstead and my small copper kettle and my round iron pot and all my pewter except the middle sized dish and that dish Catharine shall have and my daughter shall have all the spoon pewter and the yellow ladle (???) and the shimmer and the shoes and stockings and my two pair of spectacles and my spinning wheel and my iron pot rack and my frying pan my two tubs big and little and my butter churn and the two small wooden paddles and my Psalm Book and my Prayer Book called Faberman and another book (title unreadable) and the lantern and my sheep sheers and other sheers and the letter that I have from Casper and that letter my Elizabeth also shall have from the home and that she the money shall have and she shall let the Bond be signed to her while I cannot do it myself and when I am dead so shall my daughter Elizabeth all the things directly fetch without my hindrance.

Fronica X (her mark) Heighsen

George Heckman as Evidence Ana Margarata as Evidence

Translator unknown

Submitted by Michelle.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8694584.

• Mentioned in Baptism of son:

Name: Mrs. ??? Fischer

Event: Baptism

Residence Date: 31 May 1752

Residence Place: Berks Co., PA

Church: Heidelberg, Cacusi, St. John's or Hain's

Role: Mother

Household Members:

Name Role

Mrs. ??? Fischer Mother

Wilhelm Fischer Father

Johann Georg Fischer Baptized

Johann Reichman Sponsor

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Extracted from microfilmed transcriptions of the original church records. The microfilmed records are located at the Family History Library.