Johann Adam "John" Heilman
BIRTH 16 Nov 1715
Zuzenhausen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
DEATH 25 Sep 1770 (aged 54)
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL
Hill Church Cemetery
Cleona, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Son of John Jacob and Anna Maria Heilman, married Anna Maria Catharina Steger, about 1744 [s/b 1737], Pennsylvania.
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Inscription: In memory of John Adam Heilman. Born November 16, 1715. Emigrated from Zutzenhausen in the Palatine in 1738 and settled in North Annville Township, Lebanon County. One of the Elders of the Reformed Congregation Hill Church in 1745. Died September 25, 1770. Aged 54 yrs 10 mo& 8 days.
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Reported in John Adams Heilman (Hans Adam Heylman) and His Descendants by Robert A. Heilman (1992): "John Heilman left his native town of Zuzenhausen on April 30. 1738 to emigrate to America, he sailed aboard the ship, "Two Sisters" commanded by James Marshall and landed on September 9, 1738 at Philadelphia, PA "from whence he, with his wife, Anna Maria and others, worked their way in land to a point later known as "Heilman Dale." Before he left his homeland he was given a certificate of good character by the Burgermeister (mayor) and which was signed by all the members of the town council. Sometime in the autumn of 1738, settled in Lebanon Township, Lancaster Co., Pa. within a mile of John Peter Heilman, the immigrant of 1732. Here he secured 366 acres of land for which paid the sum of 66 shillings. He was warranted 150 acres of land on May 18.1750. On October 13, 1761 he received a patent for 256 acres of land. His name appears on the tax list of 1755 and in 1759 he paid a tax of 10 shillings. "He was elder of the Reformed congregation and served as the Baumeister (building master) for his congregation in the construction of the Berg Kirche (Hill Church), a union church (Lutheran and Reformed), which was first dedicated on August 12, 1744. He also took part in providing for a Gotte Akre (burial ground) in which he is now interred. "John Adam Heilman and his neighbor, John Peter Heilman, were not related so far as we know. (Tree in Ancestry.com by TLMTOCSIN@AOL.com listed them as brothers). -- Jean Quentmeyer
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