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| Birth: | 5 Jul 1716 in Schwaigern,Neckar,Wurtemburg,Germany |
| Death: | 1788 in MonacacyManor,Frederick Co.,Maryland |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Hans Jorich Hoffart b. 15 Feb 1674 in Schwaigern,Neckar,Wurtemburg,Germany |
| Mother: | Anna Margaretha Most b. 7 Sep 1675 in Germany |
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| Elizabeth Keim (Wife) b. Feb 1723 in Oley Valley,Berks Co.,Pennsylvania
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| Divorce: | N |
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 Christian Hoffart b. 12 Jul 1746 in New Hanover,Montgomery Co.,Pennsylvania
- Christina Hoffart b. 1749
- Philip Hoffart b. 3 Sep 1750
- Anna Margareth Hoffart b. About Oct 1752 in ,Pennsylvania
- Daniel Hoffart b. About 1755 in Montgomery Co.,Pennsylvania
- John Hoffart b. About 1758 in Whitpain Twp.,Montgomery Co.,Pennsylvania
- Casper Hoffert b. 31 Aug 1762 in Frederick Co.,Maryland
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| Anna Catharine (Wife) |
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| Marriage: | ABT 1764 |
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- Anna Catharina Hoffart b. 1764 in Frederick Co.,MD
- George Jorick Hoffart b. 1766 in Frederick Co.,Maryland
- Elizabeth Hoffart b. 8 Jan 1768 in Frederick Co.,MD
- Adam Hoffart b. 30 May 1769 in Frederick Co.,Maryland
- Hannah Hoffart b. 12 Apr 1771 in Frederick Co.,MD
- Jacob Hufford b. 14 Nov 1772 in Woodsboro,Frederick Co.,Maryland
- Susanna Hoffart b. 12 Oct 1774 in Woodsboro,Frederick Co.,MD
- Johanna Magdalena Hoffart b. 10 Oct 1776 in Frederick Co.,MD
- Rebecca Hoffart b. 3 Jun 1779 in Frederick Co.,Maryland
- Barbara Hoffart b. 5 Jun 1780 in Frederick Co.,MD
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Individual:
Appears in church records of Lutheran Church in Schwaigern,
Neckar, Wurttemburg, Germany. This is according to information which appeared
in Florence Grove Woods' "Hufford Family Research and Records," Vol. 1, No. 1,
Jan. 1983. Contributed to newsletter by Shirley A. Hufford Hegeman, a
descendant of Casper's brother Phillip. Mrs. Hegeman is a professional
researcher and retired legal secretary whose address is 64 Woodside Ave.,
Oneonta, NY 13820. WILL: Frederick County, MD, Register of Wills: Will Book GM #2, pp.
289-290. All seventeen children named in will. DAR: Established as Revolutionary War "Patriot" by the Daughters of the
American Revolution. Christian's Patriot number is A-056231. This researcher
is a member of the DAR and came in on Christian's line; her DAR National number
is 893094. She descends from Christian's son Casper's son Abraham's son
Andrew's daughter Elizabeth's daugher Sarah Catherine's son George Irvin's son
Miles. LAND: From "Maryland Records, Vol. II," by G. M. Brumbaugh, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967, page 56:
"No. 64. Leased Novr. 4, 1762 to Christian HUFFERD for 21 years: 10 acres."
The owner of the land was the royal Lord Baltimore. The land was being managed
by a governor appointed by the English Lord. The land in Monocacy Manor was
not available for purchase so farmers signed long term leases on various plots
of land. After the Revolutionary War, the Maryland General Assembly took
possession of the land because it had been owned by a British Lord who
obviously sided with the British in the war. The long term leases were voided,
and the land was divided and sold. The book "History of Western Maryland, Vol.
I," by J. Thomas Scharf, published 1968, notes that 193 acres of land on which
Christian Hufferd had a long-term lease was sold 10-Oct-1781 to Maj. Davidson
for 1,300 pounds. The major was able to pay with army pay certificates which he
had been granted as a soldier of the "Maryland line." From "Poverty in a Land
of Plenty, Tenancy in Eighteenth Century Maryland," by Gregory A. Stiverson,
1977: "The auction of the Manor was held at Grost's Tavern in Frederick Town on
September 10, 1782, and the tenants who assembled fo the sale, many of whom
were first generation German immigrants who had worked hard improving their
leaseholds, must have been appalled at the number of high-ranking army officers
and affluent storekeepers who had come to bid against them for their land.
Monocacy tenants were among the most prosperous of any on the proprietary
manors, and yet few could hope to compete with men who could pay for land with
certificates that had been acquired for only a fration of face value." According to well-respected Brethren genealogist and historian Merle C. RUMMEL
(author of "Four Mile Community), regarding the American Revolution, "The
Brethren read the Bible to say that they should support the King, as legal
ruler of the land. Many felt a personal gratitude to the King, for providing
them a refuge from the horrors of the destruction of war in Germany. They also
believed in pacifism, not fighting, due to their background in Germany. The
result was persecution, which had a long lasting effect on the church, and
changed the pattern of church life. While many youth succumbed to the pressures
of their peers, and joined the local militia, and even the Continental Line,
most of the Brethren refused to be part of the military action. Instead, as
battles were fought locally, they did medical and humanitarian work. Many sold
food to Armies in the locale. (Some major Brethren leaders are accredited DAR
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