Person:Simon Hirsch (2)

Will Abstract

Will of Simeon Harsh, dec'd, of West Bethlehem Township and County of Washington.

Names "Mary my beloved wife", son Philip, son Henry, son George, son John, daughter Elizabeth Ristrihee [?], daughter Frances Myers, heirs of Sarah Stoupher my daughter, daughter Margaret Friend, daughter Barbarra Hansel.

Appoints Henry Harsh my son and Stophel Sonnalicker Executors.

Dated 26 October 1798

[Signed] Simeon Harsh [Seal]

Signed in the presence of Henry Harsh, John Restorck [?], C. Denkins

Washington County. Be it remembered that on the sixth day of April, Anno Domini 1807. before me Isaac Kerr, Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the county aforesaid, came Henry Harsh, John Restoick and Eleazer Jenkins Esquire, the subscribing witnesses to the within last will and Testament of Simeon Harsh, late of the county aforesaid deceased and being sworn as the law directs, depose and say that they were personally present, and did see the Testator therein named sign and seal this Will, and that they heard him publish pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and testament, that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of their apprehesions of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding; and that they respectfully subscribed their names as witnesses in the presence of the Testator, and at his request, and in the presence of each other.

[Signed] Henry Harsh [his mark], Johannes Reuyloreif [?], E. Jenkins - Sworn to and Subscribed before me Isaac Kerr, Register.

Registered 6th April 1807 - [signed] Isaac Kerr, Register.

[Washington County, Pennsylvania, Will Books, Vol 001-002, 1781-1814].

1.   Hansel, Marion Fern. The family name of Hansel (Hentzel). (1959).

   According to "HARSCH (HARSH) and ORWIG GENEALOGY", by James R. Harsch of Toledo, Ohio, Marie Barbara’s grandfather was thought to have been CONRAD HENRY HIRSCH, who around 1740 settled in Upper Salford Tp., Philadelphia Co. (now Montgomery Co.), Pa. Nothing is known relative to his wife. There were at least six children, they being Philip, Simon, Johanes, Lewis, Eva, and Anna Barbara. "Rupp’s 30,000 Names of Germans, etc." showed PHILIP HIRSCH, age 22, on Boat "SAMUEL" in 1739 (Johan Lorentz Hentzel on this same boat); also, Simon HIrsch, age 18, and Johanes Hirsch on Boat "LYDIA", arriving Philadelphia Sept. 27, 1740. According to Hinke and Strassburger’s "PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN PIONEERS", Vol. I, Simon and Johannes were shown on Page 276 as "HERSH", page 277 as "KERSH", and on page 278, when SIMON subscribed to the government and took oath, as "SIMON HIRSCH", with his mark (x). SIMON HIRSCH, father of Marie Barbara, was born in 1722 and died In 1807. In either 1756 or 1757, according to church records, which were later questioned, he married a "LAWAR". The question was to which one of the daughters. Her name could have been Maria Elizabeth, Anna Maria Elizabeth or Mary. Simon (Simeon) HARSH made a will Oct. 26, 1798, which was probated Apr. 6, 1807. As to the family, it listed a wife, "MARY", and children, PHILIP, HENRY, GEORGE, JOHN, ELIZABETH (NISTRIKE), FRANCES (MYERS), Heirs of SARAH (STOUPHER), MARGARET (FRIEND), and BARBARA (HORNSEL).
   
   Henry (1758-1839); John and George were said to have served in the Revolutionary War.
   
   https://ia800708.us.archive.org/13/items/familynameofhans00hans/familynameofhans00hans.pdf

2.   Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania, United States. Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2015).

   Name: Simeon Harsh
   Probate Place: Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
   Inferred Death Place: Pennsylvania, USA
   Item Description: Index to Wills, A-L, 1781-1935

3.   United States. 1790 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M637).

   Name: Simon Harsh
   Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Washington, Pennsylvania
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
   Free White Persons - Females: 2
   Number of Household Members: 3
   
   Henry Harshe Junr., Henry Harshe, Henry Harshe, Philip Harshe, Lewis Harshe, Tobias Friend, Philip Friend, Christopher Friend, George Myers, Nicholas Myers, John Myers,

4.   United States. 1800 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M32).

   Name: Simon Harske
   [Simon Harshe]
   Home in 1800 (City, County, State): West Bethlehem, Washington, Pennsylvania
   Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1755 or before]
   Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1755 or before]
   Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
   Number of Household Members: 2

5.   Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801.

   Name: Simon Hearsh
   Year: 1781
   Town or Ward: Bethlehem
   County: Washington
   Archive Rollname: 339
   Info: 50 acres, $14 Rate
   2 horses, $8 Rate
   4 Cows, $7 Rate
   5 Sheep, $1 Rate
   Total Rate: $30 Rate

6.   Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801.

   Name: Simon Hersh
   Year: 1788
   Town or Ward: Bethlehem
   County: Washington
   Archive Rollname: 341
   Info: 150 acres - $30 Rate
   2 horses - $10 Rate
   3 Cows - $6 Rate.
   Total Rate: $46.0 Rate

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

   Name: Simon Hersh
   Age: 18
   Birth Year: abt 1722
   Arrival Year: 1740
   Arrival Place: Pennsylvania
   Primary Immigrant: Hersh, Simon
   Source Publication Code: 1804
   Annotation: Taken from original manuscripts in the state archives. Names given throughout pages 1-677. Foreigners arriving in Pennsylvania named on pages 521-667. No. 3776, Kelker, supplements this.