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Descendants of Hirzel/Hartzel

Generation No. 5


5. ULRICH5 HIRZEL (CLEMENS4, HEINRICH3, JACOB2, HIRZEL/HARTZEL1) was born August 21, 1705 in Reihen, Baden, West Germany, and died February 11, 1771 in Upper Salford Township, Montgomery Co., Pa.. He married ANN MARGARET Abt. 1725 in Reihen, Baden, Germany. She was born Abt. 1707 in Reihen, Baden, Germany, and died Aft. 1771.

Notes for ULRICH HIRZEL:
Ulrich Hirtzel was the youngest of ten children and was reared in the small village of Reihen,
a village of farmers whose farm land surrounded the village and located twenty miles southeast of the city of Heidelberg. He resided here until the time he emigrated to Pennsylvania, at the age of 22 years, on the Ship William and Sarah from Rotterdam, and qualified in Philadelphia, Sept.18,1727.
He was among the party headed by Rev. George Michael Weiss, who was from Eppingen a town near Reihen and who became the first pastor of the New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, just west of present East Greenville, Penna., of today. Prof. William J. Hinke,Ph.D., in " A Hundred Years of
History in Old Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, 1730-183011 as recorded in The Perkiomen Region, Vol.4,No.1 - WN 15, states," That his companions were really Reformed people is proven by the fact that we find later four of them as members of the Reformed congregation at Philadelphia, three at Skippack, two at Conestoga(Laneaster), one at Great Swamp and six at Goshenhoppen, These last six were: John Frederick Hilligas, John Huth, John Michael Zimmerman, Benedict Strohm, John George Welcker and Ulrich Hertzel, " Another member of this party in 1727 was the brother of Ulrich,
Hans George Hirtzel who had settled in Franconia Township, Philadelphia County, now Montgomery. His name appears on a Petition for the establishment of Franconia Township, the Decree was entered in Court of Philadelphia on March 31,1731, He later removed from Franconia Township to Lower Saucon
Township, now Northampton County,, Penna., where many of his descendants are found.
Both Ulrich and George lived in the area by 1730 or before as is evid enced by the Indenture for the purchase of 103 acres by Christian Allebach from Henry Ruth and wife. Modlena, dated May 19,1730, On this Indenture Ulrich Hartzel is a witness along with John Isaac Klein and Jacob Wilhelm.
The tract was located in Lower Salford Township, and Indenture was proved before Rowland Evans on Sept.29,1750.
In 1734 Ulrich received a Warrant from the Proprietary's of the Province of Pennsylvania for a tract of 150+ acres in Upper Salford Township, "to pay quitrent of 1 half penny Sterling yearly per acre", and for which he received Patent No. 297... Dated July 3,176.1 (Bk.AA,Vol.l,p.459)On this his name is spelled Ulrich Hartzell
This 150 acres tract in Upper.Salford Township was the residence of Ulrich Hartzel from the time he settled on it, prior to 1734, how long before we do not know but we do know it was a common practice for the settlers to be settled on their tract before receiving title to it, and he resided there until his death on February 11, 1771, after having been ill for some time, as shown in his Will dated January 24,1771, where it states," being very sick and weak but of good understanding praised be to God for the same". His son John Mark Hartzel died about the same time and both were buried on the.same day.in the Deetz's Burying Ground. It is said that they were buried in the same grave, one above the other.


THE WILL OF JOHN UIRICH HERTZEL

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, Amen,
I, John Ulrich Hertzel of Upper Salford Township in the County of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania being very sick and weak but of Good understanding praised be God f or the same, do hereby make my last Will and Testament as follows : First it is my Will that after my decease my Heirs which I shall leave behind me shall bury my Body in Christian like manner and my Soul I recommend unto the Hands of my Jesus.
Secondly, it is my Will that all my Funeral Expenses and Just debts shall be paid out of my Estate or out of the Goods I shall have behind me, all of which shall be sold after my decease.
And, Thirdly, it is my Will that my Wife Anna Margaret shall as soon as the money of the Goods sold is come in, receive One Hundred Pounds Current Money for her support, and she shall not have share with the children.
And, Fourthly, it is my Will that my children shall go in equal shares, the Girls as much as the Sons.
And, Fifthly, it is my Will after my wife shall have received her One Hundred pounds, which I have given her for her support then the Children shall have each their Shares, the Younger shall not wait longer then the Elder.
And, Sixthly, it is my Will that my daughter Ann Margaret shall have before hand One pound ten shillings Currency for Household Furniture which is yet wanting her and also a Cow. For as much as the Law of our Country gives the Eldest Son Two Childts shares so I give him for the one Child's share five shillings and for the rest he shall go in equal parts with the other children,.
And, Seventhly, it is my Will that my son George, and my Son Jacob shall be Executors and shall punctually execute the above Articles. Dated the 24th day of January in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy One.

Signed and Sealed in-the presence of

Philip Ziegler Ulrich Hertzel SEAL
Johannes Egg

(The original Will is in the File and is in neat German Script it was translated and recorded by Lewis Weiss - Sworn the 6th of Mar.ch 1771 - Before me BENJAMIN CHEW Reg. Gen'l

Philadelphia 4arch the Sixth 1771 personally appeared Philip Ziegler
and Johannes Egg the Two Witnesses to within written Will and oath did
declare that they saw and heard Ulrich Hertzel the Testator therein named
sign seal and publish and declare the Same Will for and a last Will and
Testament and that the Execution thereof he was of sound and disposing
mind Memory and Understanding to the best of their knowledge and Belief,
Benjamin Chew Reg. Gentl
Proved March 6,1771 - Inventory filed by George Hertzel and Jacob Hertzel
- 6th day of April next --- account of just administration on or before
Sixth day of May. 1772 Phila.Reg,of Wills,City Hall Annex, Willbook P,
No.49, page 71. )

More About ULRICH HIRZEL:
Burial: February 12, 1771, Old Goesnhoppen Church Cemetery
Christening: August 21, 1705, Reihen, Baden, Germany
     
Children of ULRICH HIRZEL and ANN MARGARET are:
  i.   GEORGE6 HARTZEL, b. October 1732, Upper Salford, Montgomery Co., Pa.; d. December 11, 1795; m. CATHERINE HAHN NYCE.
  More About GEORGE HARTZEL:
Christening: May 20, 1733, New Gosenhoppen Church , Montgomery Co, Pa.
  ii.   JACOB HARTZEL, b. Abt. 1734; m. CATHERINE HARTZEL.
  iii.   ULRICH HARTZEL, b. Abt. 1736, Upper Salford, Montgomery Co., Pa.; d. 1816; m. CATHERINE.
6. iv.   HENRY HARTZEL, b. 1745, Upper Salford, Montgomery Co., Pa.; d. Abt. 1793.
7. v.   JOHN MARK HARTZEL, b. November 18, 1746, Upper Salford Township, Montgomery Co., Pa.; d. February 11, 1771.
  vi.   MARGARET HARTZEL, b. Abt. 1747, Upper Salford, Montgomery Co., Pa.; m. MARK SCHWARZ.
  vii.   BARBARA HARTZEL, b. Abt. 1749, Upper Salford, Montgomery Co., Pa.; m. ADAM SMITH.


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