John Huffman
BIRTH 1 Jan 1756
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 4 Feb 1823 (aged 67)
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, USA
BURIAL
Herman Church Cemetery
Iona, Knox County, Indiana, USA
John Huffman was the son of German immigrant (?), Rudolph Huffman (1732-1794) and an unknown first wife. Rudolph Huffman married 2nd, on 8 May 1758 to Pennsylvania born Elisabeth Dorothea Weiss (1736-1812). John's father, Rudolph, was born in Germany. His mother, Elisabeth, whose parents were also born in Germany, was born in Frederick Township, Frederick Co., Pennsylvania.
Married twice, John's first marriage was in 1777 to Margaret Upp (1763-1786) in Lancaster Co., PA. At the time of their marriage John was 21, Margaret just 14. Like John, she was born in Lancaster Co., PA. Her parents are currently unknown.
John and Margaret were married for about nine years and had six children. Their children were Elizabeth "Betsy" Huffman (1779- ?), George William Huffman (1781-1854), Michael Huffman (1782-1823), Mary "Polly" Huffman (1784-1840), Peggy Huffman (1785- ?) and Sally Huffman (1786- ?). Margaret may have died from childbirth complications.
John was left with six young children, ages abt 7-abt 1, to provide for. In 1786, not long after the death of his first wife, John married Nancy Sprinkle (1764-1851 ?), another native of Lancaster County. John was 30, Nancy 22. They were married for 37 years.
Nancy was the daughter of Johann "John" Michael Sprinkle (1732-1816) and Maria Elisabeth Weigel (1738-1816). Both of Nancy's parents were born in York Co., PA and both died in Henderson, Henderson Co., Kentucky. Her paternal grandparents were immigrants from Germany.
John was a Revolutionary War soldier. His name appears on page 199 of Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, published in 1938.
John died on Feb. 4, 1823 in Vincennes, Knox Co., IN at the age of 67. He is buried in the Herman Church Cemetery in Iona, Knox Co., IN. His wife, Nancy, who did not remarry, is also buried in the Herman Cemetery.
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