Person:Johan Hetzler (1)
Johann Balthasar Hetzler
b.1730 Baden-Württemberg, Germany
d.23 Aug 1818 Aaronsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
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m. 9 Nov 1755
  1. Frederick Hetzler1757 - 1835
  2. Jacob HetzlerAbt 1758 - 1850
  3. Barbara Hetzler1763 - 1857
  4. John George Hetzler1765 - 1860
  5. Anna Maria Hetzler1767 - 1852
  6. Nicholas Hetzler1771 - 1855
  7. John Balthazar Hetzler1774 - 1834
  8. Christian Hetzler1778 -
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Name Johann Balthasar Hetzler
Alt Name[1] Balthasar Hetzler
Alt Name[4] Balser Hetzler
Alt Name[5] Johan Balthasar Hetzler
Gender Male
Birth[5] 1730 Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Emigration[2][3] 2 Sep 1749 Ship "Albany" sailed from Rotterdam
Marriage 9 Nov 1755 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesHeidelburg Twp.
to Anna Barbara Dohm
Military[1] Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesServed under Captain George Volck in 8th Company; held rank of private
Death? 23 Aug 1818 Aaronsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
Alt Death[5] 28 Aug 1818 Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial[2] Stover, Aaronsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States

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Johan Balthasar left Erbach, Wurttemberg, Germany during 1749 due to religious persecution and forced military service, as well as hard economic conditions. Johan arrived in America from Rotterdam on Saturday September 2, 1749 at Philadelphia Pennsylvania, aboard the ship "Albany."

On April 19, 1775 Revolutionary war broke out. On September 11, 1777 Johan Balthasar, his brother Johan Jacob, along with his sons Frederick and Jacob fought in the battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania, lead by General George Washington. Again, on October 4th, 1777 the Hetzlers followed General Washington at the battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania. They also spent the winter of 1777 at Valley Forge with the General.

Johan obtained a warranty for 150 acres of land surveyed June 20, 1785 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and moved there from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania a year or two later. His father had died during 1783 and he looked westward to what seemed to him "greener pastures". He made his new home at Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania where he lived until his death in 1811. He is buried there along with his wife and two sons at Wolf's Chapel Cemetery.

"[List 127 C] At the Courthouse at Philadelphia, Saturday, 2d Sept. 1749. Present: Thomas Graeme xxx Win. Allen Esquires. The Foreigners whose Names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Albany, Robert Brown, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes in England, did this day take the usual Oaths to the Government. By the List 108. Number of Souls 285, from Erpacht [Erbach] and Wirtemberg."

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 A065878, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 23045245, in Find A Grave.
  3. ↑ 1749 Albany, in Palatine Project.

    Johann Balthasar Hetzler, passenger on the ship, Albany, captianed by Robert Brown. Sailed by from Rotterdam by way of Cowes. Arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 02 Sep 1749. Number of Souls 285, from Erbach and Würtemberg.

  4. ↑ AFN 191P-1ZS, in FamilySearch - Search.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ancestry.com.
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