Person:Johann Heintz (2)

Records in Pennsylvania

[List 228 A] List of Foreigners imported in the Snow Good Intent, John Lasly, Commander, from Amsterdam and last from Gosport, qualified the 23rd October, 1754.

John Christopher Hentz

[List 228 B] Foreigners imported in the Snow Good Intent, Capt John Lasly, from Amsterdam, Qual. 23d October, 1754.

Joh. Christoph Heintz

[List 228 C] At the State House at Philadelphia, Wednesday the Twenty Third day of October, 1754. Present: Robert Strettell, Esquire.

The Foreigners whose names are underwritten, imported in the Snow Good Intent, Capt John Lasly, from Amsterdam but last from Gosport, did this day take and subscribe to the Qualifications. 7 Roman Catholicks. 81 Qual. From Hesse, Hanau, Palatinate & a few from Switzerland.

Joh. Christoph Heintz

[Source: "Pennsylvania German Pioneers, A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals In the Port of Philadelphia From 1727 to 1808", by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, LL.D., President of the Pennsylvania German Society, and Edited by William John Hinke, PH.D., D.D, In Three Volumes, Volume 1, 1727 - 1775, published by Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1934, pages 655 - 659.

Records in Virginia

Aug 3rd, 1757 Received from Colo George Wasington Ten pounds Virginia Currency in part of my wages for working in the Well.

10.0.4 John Christoph Heintz

Letter of Charles Smith: "On 7 Sept. 1758 Smith reported that the 'Miner, John Christopher Heintz who had charge of digging the well, had gone down 103 feet at Fort Loudoun still without any sign of water."

April 1, 1757 - Paid Christian Heintz in part for digging well in Fort Loudoun

July 5, 1757 - To Christopher Heintz - well digger

August 27, 1757 - To John Christian Heintz - well digger

October 7, 1757 - To John Christopher Heintz - well digger

April 22, 1758 - To John Christopher Heintz - for working in barracks yard 16 days in blowing rock - digging 48 feet in well of Fort Loudoun

[Source: "George Washington and Winchester Virginia 1748 to 1758" by Garland Quarles, Volume VIII of Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society Papers[.

The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Cameron in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia – To all to whom this present visiting shall come sends Greeting – Know ye that for good causes for & in Consideration of the amount of the annual rents & Covenents herein after reserved & exercised I have given granted & confirmed & by these Presents for me my Heirs & Assigns do give and grant & confirm unto Magdalene Heintz of Frederick County for & during the terms of her natural life & after her Decease to her son Christopher Heintz one certain Lot or half Acre of Land situate lying & being in an Addition to the Town of Winchester in the said County & within my said Propriety, it being the Lot No. 192, bounded on the Southward Side by Pallmall Street, on the Westward End by the Lot No. 215, on the Northward Side by the Lot No. 193 and on the eastward End by Cameron Street as by a Survey & Plot thereof made by Mr. John Baylis dated January the 1st 1758 –

To have and to hold the said recited Lot of Land No 192 with all & singular the Appurtenances thereunto belonging To her the said Magdalene Heintz during her Life & after her Death to him the said Christopher Heintz his Heirs & Assigns forever on the Conditions following viz: That she the said Magdalene Heintz, he the said Christopher Heintz or His Heirs or Assigns shall not build or cause to be built thereon any Dwelling House whose Dimensions shall be less than twenty by sixteen Feet with a Chimney thereto of Brick or Stone. Also the said Lot of Land with whatsoever Buildings shall be erected thereon shall be subject to the same rules and Government other Lots & Buildings in the said Town are subject unto – Furthermore also Yeilding & paying to me my Heirs or Assigns my or their Certain Attorney or Attornies Agent or Agents yearly & every year on the Feast Day of St. Michael the Archangel the Fee Rent or Sum of five Shillings Sterling Money for the said Lot of Land – Provided that if the said Magdalene Heintz, Christopher Heintz or his Heirs & Assigns shall not pay or cause to be paid the aforesaid annual Rent or Sum of Five Shillings Sterling Money to me, my Heirs or Assigns or their Certain Attorney or Attornies or Agents within the Space of Thirty Days next after the same shall become due & payable in any Year & lawfully demanded & not sufficient for Distress whereof the same may be lived then & in that Case the said Lot shall be forfeit & vested in me, my Heirs or Assigns so as if this Grant had never passed – In Witness whereof I Have hereunto set my Hand & Seal – Dated the Fifteenth Day of May 1753 – [Note: this is not the date of the deed, it was after 1758].

Fairfax

Magdalene Heintz &c Deed for

Lot No. 192 in Addition to

the Town of Winchester.

[1].

The Evangelical Lutheran Church.-The old Lutheran Church, as will be seen from the following records deposited in the corner-stone, was commenced in 1764, but it was not completed till 1793, which date it bore on the gable end. In 1821 the spire was erected. After the erection of the handsome edifice on Boscowen Street, the old one was used now and then for public meetings, celebrations, etc. Following is the record:

"In the name of God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Amen! The foundation of this temple, by the grace of God, was laid in the year of Christ, 1764, on the 16th of June.

"The hearers and founders of this temple are all and each members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, at this time, residing in the city of Winchester, to wit:

"Thomas Schmidt, Nicholas Schrack, Christian Heiskell, David Dieterich, Christopher Wetzell, Peter Holferstein, George Michael Laubinger, Heinrich Becker, Jacob Sibert, Jacob Braun, Stephen Fraeneker, Christopher Altrich, Tobias Otto, Eberhard Doring, Andreas Friedly, Amanuel Burger, Christopher Heintz, Donald Heigel, Jacob Trautwine, John Segmond Haenli, Johannes Lemley, Johannes Lentz, Christian Newberger, George Schumacher, Michael Roger, Michael Warnig, Christopher Lamber, Samuel Wendell, Michael Gluck, Julius Spickert, Balthazer Poe, Jacob Koppenhaber, Heinrich Weller.

"Under whose care and inspection, and at whose expense this temple was built, at that time bore rule George II, King of Great Britain, our most element master, and his officers and governor in Virginia, Francis Fauquier, in Williamsburg, then presiding with highest authority, and Thomas Fairfax, chief magistrate of this whole district, at that time residing not far from this city, who has given to us gratuitously and of good will, two lots of ground, comprising one acre, for sacred use.

"This temple has been consecrated to the Triune God, and to the Evangelical Lutheran religion alone; all sects whatsoever name they may bear, and all others who either dissent from, or do not fully assent to, our Evangelical Lutheran religion being forever excluded. As a permanent record of which to our posterity, this paper is here placed and has been deposited for everlasting remembrance in this corner-stone. Drawn up in Winchester April 16, MDCCLXIIII. (1763).

Notes

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Richard Haynes and his Descendants Quaker family of Burlington County, New Jersey, since 1682 by John Wesley Haines spells the name Christopher Haines.

1.   Garland R. Quarles. The Churches of Winchester, Virginia- A brief History of Those Established Prior to 1825. (1960)
   Pages 28, 30, 32, 30 Aug 1997.

   We have a more complete record of the beginning of a house of worship in the case of the first Lutheran Church in Winchester than is available with respect to any other of the early churches in the town. This is the result of the fortunate circumstances which induced the fathers of the Lutheran congregation of inlude in the corner-stone of the building a comprehensive account of the occasion and of the status of the congregation at that time. The years were to be long and diffcult before this first church could be said to have been completed, but the time of its official beginning is in no doubt whatever. The document contained in the corner-stone reads as follows:
   
   "In the name of God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Amen.
   The foundations of thes Temple, by thge Grace of God, were laid in the year of Christ 1764, on the sexteenth day of April.
   
   The hearers and founders of this Temple are all and each members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, at this time residing in thes city of Winchester, to wit:
   
   There does not seem to be much doubt that the Christoph Heintz, named in the Lutheran Church cornerstone document was the well digger of the Ft. Loudoun well.
   Christoph Altrith
   Henrick Becker
   Jacob Braun
   Imanuel Buger
   David Dieterick
   Everharrd Doring
   Andreas Friedly
   Michael Glueek
   Joh. Sigmond Haenli
   Peter Helfenstein
   Christoph Heintz
   Christoph Heusckel
   Dewald Hiegel
   Jacob Koppenhaber
   Johannes Laemly
   Christoph Lambert
   George Michael Laubinger
   Johannes Lentz
   Christian Neuberger
   Tobias Otto
   Balthazar Poh
   Michael Roger
   Jacob Siebert
   Thomas Schmidt
   Nicolaus Schrack
   George Schumacher
   Julius Spickert
   Stephen Traenekel
   Jacob Trautwein
   Michael Warnig
   Henrich Weller
   Samuel Wendel
   Christoph Wetzel
   
   At that time bore rule George III, King of Great Britain, Our most element master, and his officers and governors in Virginia, Francis Fauquier in Williamsburg, there presiding with highest authority, and Thomas Fairfax, Chief Magistrate of this whole district, at that time residing not far from this city, who has given to us gratuitously and of good will two lots of ground, embracing one acre for sacred uses.
   
   This temple has been consecrated to the Triune God and to the Evangelical Lutheran Religion alone, all sects whatever name they may bear, and all others, who either dissent from or do not fully assent to our Evangelical Lutheran Religion, being forever excluded.
   
   As a permanent record of which to our posterity this paper here placed and has been deposited for everlasting remembrance in this corner stone
   
   Drawn up in Winchester April 16, MDCCLXIIII.
   
   Johann Caspar Kerchner , at that time Minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
   
   Scribe, Ludwig Adamus
   
   Antony, School Master in this city"
   
   Pages 30 & 31
   Winchester has long been interested in the well at Fort Loudoun, which is still preserved and which was dug during the building of Fort Loudoun 1756-1758, allegedly through solid rock to a depth of over 100 feet. Washington's Account Book has several significant entries concerning this historic undertaking:
   "April 1, 1757= Christian Heint (Christoph Heintz?)
   in part pay for digging well in Ft. Lodoun" (Page 47)
   "July 5, 1757- Christopher Heint (Christoph Heintz?)
   well digger"- (Page 60)
   "August 27, 1757- John Christian Heintz- well digger" (Page 60)
   "October 7, 1757- John Christian Heintz- well digger" (Page 63)
   "April 22, 1758- John Christopher Heintz- Working in barracks yard 16 days in blowing rock - Digging and blowing 48 feet in well of Fort Loudoun." ( Page 72)

2.   Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. (Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research, 2006)
   pg. 657.

   Name: Joh Christoph Heintz
   Arrival Year: 1754
   Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   Source Publication Code: 9041
   [STRASSBURGER, RALPH BEAVER. Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Edited by William John Hinke. Norristown [PA]: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934. 3 vols. Vols. 1 and 3 reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1964. Repr. 1983. Vol. 1. 1727-1775. 776p.]

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