Person:Henry Hiestand (1)

Acquisition of Land in Orange County, Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:

• Pages 417-420. 21-22 Sept. 1743. Philip Long of Orange County to Henry Heastand of same. Lease and release; for £54.16.6. 205 acres... Sharendo River side... (signed) Philip Long. Wit: John Newport, Christopher Zimmerman, Abraham Strigler, Joseph Bloodworth. 22 Sept. 1743. Acknowledged by Phillip Long. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 7, Dorman, pg. 64].

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1742-1775, Volume 2:

• M-6: Henry Hestant of Frederick County, 264 acres on South River of Shannondoah in said County. Surv. Mr. George Hume. Adj. Old Messinuttin Tract, John Bumbarner, 2 Aug. 1762. [Virginia Northern Neck Grants 1742-1775, pg. 143].

About Henry Hiestand

"Henry Heistand was born about 1709, probably near Zurich, Switzerland, and married about 1732. He was a Mennonite and probably moved to Pennsylvania and then to Orange (now Page) County, Virginia, where he lived as early as September 22, 1743, when he bought 205 acres on the banks of the Shenandoah River from Philip Long for £54.16.6; this was the area known as Powell's Fort. On August 2, 1762, he received a 264 acre grant from Lord Fairfax on the south side of the South River of Shenandoah adjoining the old Massanutten tract, and on June 3, 1778, as assignee of Peter Teas, he received a 400 acre grant from Lord Fairfax on Passage Creek in Powell's Fort.

Heistand made his will on March 22, 1777 giving his property to his five sons and three daughters, and on March 24, 1777, he sold 230 acres on the south side of the Shenandoah River to his son Peter for £100. Also on March 24, 1777, he sold 232 acres in the area to his son John for £100, and at the same time he evidently loaned money to his son Abraham to buy 300 acres from Lord Fairfax. His estate was probated on August 28, 1783." ^[1]

Will Abstract

Will of Henry Hiestant living in Dunmore County in the Province of Virginia

Names: Eldest son Jacob, "my three daughters", "youngest Daughtrr Magdalena shall have Ten Pounds less in her Legacy than the other Children", son Daniel, "my Eldest Daughter Barbara Shall have Nothing of this Legacy so long as She lives in Wedlock with this man ____ but when she comes to be a widow woman then she shall have her share what comes to her by Right like the above mentioned Six Children, but if she should die before her husband then her Children shall have her Legacy in her stead as they come to their age". Further I declare what my Daughter Barbara has Received of me toward her legacy which amounts to Forty Pounds and twelve shillings, here with I ordain and shall be justly kept that after my decease shall be distributed to the poor Ten Shillings of my Estate...

[Signed] Henry Hiestant

Dated 22 March 1777

John Krick C.C.

"to the Following it is my Will and Confession and ordaining in this my Will and Testament that my grandson Christel Harnish shall receive no more of this Legacy because he has already received more than his other Brothers and Sisters have Legaciated.

[Signed] Henry Hiestant

Signed of us the 22d. March 1777

Joh. Krick Clk.

Jacob Heistand

Peter Heistand

Andrew Gimling?

Henry Heistant Last Will & Testament

Translated Ret. Aug 1783

No. 2, Recorded folio 2, Exmd. B-2.

1. ↑ Compiler: Dr. David B Trimble. Hiestand Family of Page County, Virginia. (Dr. David B Trimble, 2506 Hartford Rd, Austin, Texas, 1989)
   page 1.

   Estate probated in 1783

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Hiestand, in Davis, Richard W. Mennosearch
   Aug 2012.

   'Heinrich Hiestand, b. 27 Sep 1704. d. 5 Oct 1779, Shenandoah County, Virginia.'
   His parents were in Herrnsheim, Germany (near Worms) in 1698 when their daughter Elisabeth was born. No evidence that they lived in Switzerland, although Heinrich's grandparents probably did.