Person:Christian Hoffarth (1)

Christian Hoffarth (Hoffert, Huffard)

By the 4th of November, 1762 the Hoffarth family was established in Frederick County, Maryland, USA where Christian signed a 21 year lease on a small parcel of land, small enough that it was likely the "place to live" and not the land to farm. This land was owned by the English royal, Lord Baltimore, and managed by a governor appointed by him. He also had a long term lease on 193 acres in Frederick County. He lost the property the 10th of October, 1781, when it was sold to Major Davidson for 1,300 pounds. Davidson paid with army pay certificates which he had been granted as a soldier of the "Maryland line." there was no way Christian could compete. He was 66 when he lost the land.

Elizabeth probably died before 1764 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA after the birth of her last child in 1762. Christian then married Anna Catharine _____ and they had ten children. all born in Frederick County, Maryland, USA in this order: Anna Catharina, was born in 1764, George (Jorick) was born in 1766, Elizabeth was born in 1768; Adam was born in 1769; Hannah was born in 1771; Jacob was born in 1772; Susanna was born in 1774; Johanna Magdalena was born in 1776; Rebecca was born in 1778; and Barbara Hoffart was born in 1780. Christian died in 1788 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. Anna Catharine died about October, 1807 in Fayette County, Kentucky, USA.

Christian Hoffarth will:

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Christian Huffert of Frederick County and State of Maryland, Farmer, being weak in Body but of sound disposing--Mind and Memory Thanks be Given unto God, calling unto mind the Moratality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form Following: that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my Body I Recommend to the Earth, to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God. And as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to Bless me in this life; I Give, demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. First, I Desire that all my Just debts be contented and paid within Convenient Time after my decease. Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Well Beloved Wife Ann Huffert besides her thirds my bed with its furniture whereon we now lie also a Cow and Calf and her Spinning Wheel. the rest of my Estate both Real and Personal I leave to be Sold at public sale and the moneys arising therefrom to be (after my Wife's part is deducted) divided among my Children in the following manner: Item. I give and Bequeath to my daughter Rebecca Huffert, the Sum of ten pounds Current Money, the above Legacys I leave to be paid to my two Children above named, as soon as the Estate is Settled and the Children Shall come to age, by my Executors. The rest of my Estate, after my just debts and Legacies are paid and my Wife's third is deducted; I leave to be equally divided among my Seventeen Children. Namely: Christian, Christiana, Philip, Margaret, Daniel, John, Casper, Catharina, George, Elizabeth, Adam, Hannah, Jacob, Susanna, Magdalene, Rebecca and Barbara Hufferts. And I nominate and Appoint my Trusty and Well Beloved Son in Law Adam Creiger my Executor of this my Last Will and Testament hereby Revolking all other Wills and by me heretofore made, ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal.

The burial sites of both Christian and Elizabeth are lost to history.

WAR RECORD: Estabilished as Revolutionary War "Patriot" by D.A.R.

“Under 15” when they arrived in America. Had 17 children, through his two wives. Land leased from Lord Baltimore. Lost his long-term lease when Revolutionary War ended. Sold out from under him. He had 2 year old child, and died within 6 years.

_KKN: Note: Christian Hoffarth (1716-1788) and Elizabeth Keim (1723-1764) were husband and wife for 18 years. It's not likely they were either's "first love" since he was about 29, and she was about 22 when they married. However, their 18-year marriag

_KKN: Note: e produced seven children in the normal two to four year breaks found in healthy marriages of those times.

_KKN: Note: Despite efforts, no marriage record has been found. The year of marriage is presumed to have been 1745 since their first child was born in July 1746. It is possible that there was a previous child who did not survive to christening which m

_KKN: Note: ight argue that for Elizabeth, at least, he was her first love.

_KKN: Note: Elizabeth's death date is presumed from the fact that she gave birth to a son in August 1762, and Christian's second wife gave birth to a daughter in 1764. Elizabeth vanished from the records.

_KKN: Note: For years, genealogists had presumed that all seventeen of Christian's children had the same mother. The Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR] continue to perpetuate that error. The initial clue to perceptive genealogists that the fir

_KKN: Note: st seven children had a different mother is in the confirmation records for Christian's first seven children. Under "parent," the pastor recorded only Christian's name. However, for children after the first seven, when they were confirmed,

_KKN: Note: the record noted both Christian and his second wife, Anna Catharine (last name KARFMAN, according to another researcher).

_KKN: Note: The definitive proof that Elizabeth and Christian were married is found is a quit claim deed on her late father's property. In it she is named as the wife of Christian Hoffart. Dated 29-Apr-1762, titled "Release John Kihm [Keim] to George

_KKN: Note: Kihm [Keim]." It is a quit-claim deed for the 200-acre plantation in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA, formerly owned by Elizabeth's father Johannes KEIM. The opening clause of the deed follows:

_KKN: Note: This indenture, made the 29th day of April, 1762, between John Kihm, Stephen Kihm, Nicholas Kihm, John Henry Schneider and Catherine his wife (late Catherine Kihm), Christian Hoffart and Elisabeth his wife (late Elisabeth Kihm), Jacob Kihm

_KKN: Note: , Conrad Kihm, Jacob Yoder and Maria his wife (late Maria Kihm), Michael Witman and Barbara his wife (late Barbara Kihm) and Frederick Hung and Susannah his wife (late Susannah Kihm), hiers and representatives of John Kihm, late of Oley, i

_KKN: Note: n the County of Berks and Province of Penna., deceased of the one part and George Kihm, of Oley aforesaid Yeoman, of the other part.

_KKN: Note: At least their first child was born in Lancaster Co., PA. Their last child was born in Frederick Co., MD. Where the children in between were born in unknown.

_KKN: Note: By 4-Nov-1762, the family was established in Frederick Co., MD, where Christian signed a 21-year lease on a small parcel of land, small enough that it was likely the "place to live" and not the land to farm.

_KKN: Note: The owner of the 10 acres Christian leased was the English royal, Lord Baltimore. The land was being managed by a governor appointed by the English lord. Since the land in Monocacy Manor was not available for purchase, farmers signed long

_KKN: Note: term leases on various plots of land. After the Revolutionary War, the Maryland General Assembly took possession of the land because it had been owned by the British Lord, who obviously had sided with the British in the war. The long term

_KKN: Note: leases were voided, and the land was divided and sold.

_KKN: Note: In addition to the ten acres Christian leased in November 1762, he had a long term lease on 193 acres. On 10-Oct-1781, that long-term lease was sold to one Maj. Davidson for 1,300 pounds. The major was able to pay with army pay certificate

_KKN: Note: s that he had been granted as a soldier of the "Maryland line."

_KKN: Note: From Poverty in a Land of Plenty, Tenancy in Eighteenth Century Maryland, by Gregory A. Stiverson, pub. by Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1977, at page 132:

_KKN: Note: The auction of the Manor was held at Grost's Tavern in Frederick Town on September 10, 1782, and the tenants who assembled for the sale, many of whom were first generation German immigrants who had worked hard improving their leaseholds, m

_KKN: Note: ust have been appalled at the number of high-ranking army officers and affluent storekeepers who had come to bid against them for their land. Monocacy tenants were among the most prosperous of any on the proprietary manors, and yet few cou

_KKN: Note: ld hope to compete with men who could pay for land with certificates that had been acquired for only a fration of face value.

_KKN: Note: By the time Christian was dealt that blow, he was 66. He was also the father of a two-year-old daughter. In another six years, Christian was dead. His will was found by a determined genealogist who had been granted permission to rummage ar

_KKN: Note: ound in the attic of the Frederick Co., MD, courthouse. It was found in Will Book GM #2, pp. 289-290. All seventeen children were named in the will:

_KKN: Note: IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Christian Huffert of Frederick County and State of Maryland, Farmer, being weak in Body but of sound disposing -- Mind and Memory Thanks be Given unto God, calling unto mind the Moratality of my Body and knowing

_KKN: Note: that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form Following: that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God that g

_KKN: Note: ave it, and my Body I Recommend to the Earth, to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God. And as tou

_KKN: Note: ching such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to Bless me in this life; I Give, demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. First, I desire that all my Just debts be contented and paid within Convenient Time a

_KKN: Note: fter my decease. Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Well Beloved Wife Ann Huffert besides her thirds my bed with its furniture whereon we now lie also a Cow and Calf and her Spinning Wheel. The rest of my Estate both Real and Personal I leave

_KKN: Note: to be Sold at publick Sale and the Moneys arising therefrom to be (after my Wife's part is deducted) divided among my Children in the following manner: Item. I Give and Bequeath to my daughter Rebecca Huffert, the Sum of ten pounds Curren

_KKN: Note: t Money. Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Barbara Huffert the Sum of ten pounds Current Money, the above Legacys I leave to be paid to my two Children above named, as soon as the Estate is Settled and the Children Shall come to age

_KKN: Note: , by my Executors. The Rest of my Estate, after my just debts and Legacies are paid and my Wife's Third is deducted; I leave to be equally divided among my Seventeen Children. Namely: Christian, Christiana, Philip, Margaret, Daniel, John,

_KKN: Note: Casper, Catharina, George [hard to read after sealing of will], Elizabeth, Adam, Hannah, Jacob, Susanna, Magdalene, Rebecca, and Barbara Hufferts. And I Nominate and Appoint my Trusty and Well Beloved Son in Law Adam Creigher my Executor o

_KKN: Note: f this my Last Will and Testament hereby Revolking all other Wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal.

_KKN: Note: The burial sites of both Christian and Elizabeth are lost to history.

_KKN: Note: DATE 21 JUN 2003

_KKN: Note: TIME 13:56:30

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1. ↑ Alice Marie Beard alicemariebeard@@aol.com.