Maria Barbara (Hammelsbach) Happolt (abt. 1728 - abt. 1800)

Born about 1728 in Rosenthal, Hessen-Kassel, Heiliges Römisches Reich [uncertain]

Wife of Johann Ludwig Christoph (Happolt) Hawbolt — married 25 Jan 1753 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died about 1800 at about age 72 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

Name: Maria Barbara Hammelsbach. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} AKA, Mary, Hamilsbach, Hammelbagin ^{[2] [7]}

Arrival 3 Sep 1752, "Gale," Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ^{[7] [8]}

Marriage
1-Surname, 2-Given Name, 3-Event, 4-Date, 5-Source, 6-Spouse
"HAMMELSBACH","Mary Barbara","M","1753-01-25","SPAH","Happold, Gotlieb"^{[9] [10]}

Notes

Bob Meehan suggested that Maria Barbara Himmelman was the daughter of George Philipp and Maria Barbara Himmelman without providing any sources.^[11] In response to a query, he provided the passenger list for the ship Gale arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1752 with George Hemelman and Johann Philipp Himmelman on board ^[12] Bob's George Philipp and the list's Johann Philipp Himmelman are probably the same man, since his full name was Johann-Philipp George Himmelman. However, the list Bob cited lists only the males. On the original passenger list, the other passengers were listed by number under the "Freight" section^[13] A more complete and reliable source for the Lunenburg immigrants is Dr. Winthrop P. Bell's Register of the Foreign Protestants of Nova Scotia (ca. 1749-1770), and it does not list Maria Barbara as a child of Johann Philip Himmelman.^[14] Neither does the authoritative Wiki Tree profile for Johann-Philip George Himmelman. Smith & Smith's Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, derived from the original manuscripts, also lists Maria Barbara Hamilsbach separately from Barbara Himmelman, although they did arrive on the "Gale" at the same time. ^[8]

Maria Barbara's surname was something like "Hammelsbach," not Himmelman. Maria Barbara Himmelman, daughter of Johann Philip and Maria Barbara Bell, was a completely different woman. We know for certain that her name was closer to Hammelsbach because there is a marriage record for a Maria Barbara Hammelsbach who married Gotlieb Happold in 1753. She is on a passenger list arriving as a primary passenger in 1752. Bell clearly lists "Hamelsbach/Hammelsbag[in]" separately from "Himmelman/Hemelman/Heimelman/Himelman". ^[15]. Bell also lists her as being present on two victualing lists. ^[16] He further states, "Note that these are all females. Also many end in "-in", which would be an old German way of designating, e.g., a widow, or lone woman. E.g. "Wurtzin" would be perhaps a widow whose husband's name had been "Wurtz"....Some of these women are perhaps mothers-in-law or sisters-in-law who came out as second or third (not specially listed) adult females with families of other surname."

To further explain the name "Hamilsbach" and its spelling variations, remember that names were often spelled the way they sounded. "Hammelsbach" and "Hammelsbag" are both pronounced similarly in German. The ending "-in" was feminine and was sometimes added to the surnames of women, thus "Hammelsbagin."

It is possible that Maria was the widowed sister of Johann Philip Himmelman, who travelled with her on the "Gale," but until we find a definitive source for that, I do not think we should connect them.

Research Notes

Searched Ship Passenger Lists to Nova Scotia, Canada: Miscellaneous Ships for Hammelbagin but found nothing.

References

1. ↑ Source: #S1623 Lunenburg County Births, Marriages and Deaths, letter "H," entry for Mary Barbara Hammelsbach and Gotlieb Happold, accessed 9 Oct 2019 Link: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/1H.htm
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: #S1623 Lunenburg County Births, Marriages and Deaths, letter "Hatt," entry for Ann Barbara Hawbolt, daughter of Gottlieb and Maria Barbara Hawbolt, accessed 9 Oct 2019 Link: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/1HATT.htm
3. ↑ Source: #S1623 Lunenburg County Births, Marriages and Deaths, letter "Hatt," entry for Apollonia Eliz Hawbolt, daughter of Chris Gott and Maria Barb Hawbolt, accessed 9 Oct 2019 Link: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/1HATT.htm
4. ↑ Source: #S1623 Lunenburg County Births, Marriages and Deaths, letter "Hatt," entry for Eliz Margaret Hawbolt, daughter of Chris Gott Hawbolt and Maria Barb, accessed 9 Oct 2019 Link: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/1HATT.htm
5. ↑ Source: #S1623 Lunenburg County Births, Marriages and Deaths, letter "Hatt," entry for Henry Hawbolt, son of Chris Gott Hawbolt and Maria Barb, accessed 9 Oct 2019 Link: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/1HATT.htm
6. ↑ Source: #S1623 Lunenburg County Births, Marriages and Deaths, letter "Hatt," entry for Leonard Hawbolt, son of Chris Gott Hawbolt and Maria Barb, accessed 9 Oct 2019 Link: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/1HATT.htm
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Source: #S1249 citing Smith, Leonard H., Jr. A Dictionary of Immigrants to Nova Scotia. Vol. 1: Pre-Confederation Peninsular Immigrants from Manuscript Sources. Clearwater, Florida: Owl Books, 1985, p.94, entry for Maria Barba. Hamilsbach Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7486&h=2633450&indiv=try
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Source: #S1624 Entry for Maria Barbara Hamilsbach
9. ↑ Shankle, Don, compiler, Lunenburg County and Queens County Birth, Marriage and Death Records From Primary Sources (Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia GenWeb Project, online database), Lunenburg County Births, Marriages and Deaths, letter "H," entry for Mary Barbara Hammelsbach and Gotlieb Happold, http:/freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy1H.htm, accessed 9 Oct 2019
10. ↑ Source: #S1228 Record for Gotlip Happolt
11. ↑ Himmelman-89 was created by Bob Meehan through the import of Robertemeehangedcom121215.ged on Dec 12, 2015.
12. ↑ Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Genealogy (http://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/lunenburg/shiplist5.html, 11 Sep 2019).
13. ↑ Ship Manifest Lists, Foreign Protestants Society (https://explore.foreignprotestant.net/ship-manifests?shs_term_node_tid_depth=10058, 12 Sep 2019).
14. ↑ Bell, Winthrop Pickard. 2003. Register of the Foreign Protestants of Nova Scotia (ca. 1749-1770). 2 vols. Compiled & prepared for publication by J. Christopher Young, Guelph ON. Sackville NB: Mount Allison University.
15. ↑ Index to foreign Protestants and families, 1749-1775, FHL microfilm 2113582, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39J-L95S-L?i=17&cat=1177354 (see attached image)
16. ↑ image 52 for "Gale" 1752 No Matchings, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39J-L95Q-P?i=51&cat=1177354, attached).

Sources

• Lester George Bank, "Johann Christoph Gottlieb Happolt," Geni.com, online database, http://www.geni.com/people/Johann-Hawboldt/6000000030335682937, accessed 10 Oct 2019
• Alexis Anderson, "Johann Christoph Gottlieb Ludwig Happolt," Cunninghams of SW Nova Scotia, http://laurenandtristan.net/datafolder/p2289.htm#i69822, accessed 10 Oct 2019.
• Source: S1249 Filby, P. William, ed. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Gale Research, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 2012; Ancestry.com, online database;
• Source: S1623 Shankle, Don, compiler Lunenburg County and Queens County Birth, Marriage and Death Records from Primary Sources Publication: Name: Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia GenWeb Project, online database; NOTEShankle must have standardized the spelling of surnames and possibly given names. For example, Feder and Hawbolt are the only spellings listed on their respective pages, but cross-referencing the other spouse for marriages, one finds the spellings Fehder, Haubold, Happold, etc.
• Source: S1624 Smith, Leonard H. Jr. and Norma H. Smith, compilers, Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1992; Ancestry.com, online database and digital images), Vol. I, pp. 101, 110 & 111, entries for Maria Barbara Hamilsbach & Barbara Himmelman & family. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/flhg-nsimmigrantsi/. [see attached image]