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He-Hekz

Hebel^FN:  in 1766 she married a Richter man in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#1012); by 1768 they apparently had settled in Urbach.

Hebel^FN: also see Goebel.

Hebeler{Johannes}: KS133 says he married Hech{Barbara} in Rosslau in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#836 footnote).  I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Hebenhausen^GL, Witzenhausen [Amt], Hesse: the GCRA found some evidence that the Haering man who went to Glueckstal came from^UC here; see their book for detail.

Heber^FN: said by KS:296 to have come to^UC Glueckstal, mistakenly giving census #38, from^UC Ossweil, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg, via Hungary.  However the CGRA established that they did not come to Glueckstal; see their book for detail.

Heberlein/Eberlein^FN{Christoph}: KS126 says this Eberlein man from^UC Rebgeshain near Lauterbach married in Buedingen Weber{M.Elisabeth}. They married there on 13 May 1766; that record said he was from^UC Reppeshain, Ulrichstein and that she was from^UC Ulrichstein (Mai&Marquardt#637).  The Walter FSL (#100) said he was from^UC Hilburghausen, Saxony and it provides some indirect evidence that she may have been a widow when she married him. I could not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Heberlin{Catharina E.}: on 15 June 1766 in Buedingen this woman from^UC Reppeshein married Bartholomaeus{Nikolaus} (Mai&Marquardt#694). KS134 says she was from^UC Rebgeshain, Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate 32 km W of Fulda city and gives her family name as Herl.    They were in the Walter FSL (#94) in 1767.

Hebsack^GL, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 6.4 miles E of Waiblingen town, and mistakenly said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home to the Nachtrieb who went to Glueckstal; according to the GCRA the Hebsack man went instead to Marienfeld in the Caucausus.  Mistakenly named by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#34) and KS:316 as a possible origin^UC for the Ilig family.

Hech: filed with Heck.

Hechingen^GL, Hohenzollern Principality: is some 14 miles SW of Reutlingen city.

Hecht^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Reitenken(?), Worms.  May later have been spelled Gegd (Mai1798:Gb43)?

Hecht^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Regensburg. 

Heck/Hess^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned) and to have married in Oranienbaum, Grapowsky..

Heck?^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Kerebach?. The 1798 Boregard census gives the wife’s maiden name as Jordan (Mai1798:Bb28).

Heck^FN{Anna}: said by Kuhlberg3154 and  the Huck FSL (spelled Reck in FSL) to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned; country not identified)

Hech{Barbara}: KS126 says she married Egge{Johann} in Rosslau on 25 May 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#836); a footnote there suggests tht her husband might have been an Egge.  KS133 says she married Hebeler{Johannes} in Rosslau.  I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Heck^FN: also see Hock Hoechs, and Hoeck.

Hecke?^FN: see Hesse.

Heckeberg(?)^GL, Hanau: an unidentified place said by the Kolb FSL to be home^UC to a Arnst family.  Try Hekeberkhental.

Heckel^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Laibstadt?, Nuernberg.  This family moved to Jost (Mai1798:Jo20,26,44).

Heckel^FN: see Hegel.

Hecken, Kurmainz[sic?]: said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Kolkepp family.  I found 5 Hecken b ut none of them so far as I could tell were then in lands then controlled by Kurmainz.

Heckenbergheim/Deckerbergheim/Ekebergen(?)^GL, Stolberg-Gedern County:  also see Hekeberkhental.  This was a “suburb” of Bergheim, 1 mile E of Ortenberg town, now in Hesse.  Home of the Braun family that went to Walter (FSL #80).  The Walter FSL (#98) said this was also home^UC to Steinmetz(J.Peter}.  Until 1742 Hanau administered what in the 1760s was known as Stolberg-Gedern.

Heckenbinder^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Wermen, Lothringen. I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

Hecker^FN: see Geker.

Heckert?^FN: see Geker.

Heckman^FN: this family name was found recorded in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Heckmann?{Adam}^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Heckmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Bz59).

Heckmann{A.Barbara}^FN: given by the Balzer 1798 census as the maiden name of frau Klein{Jacob Jr} (Mai1798:Bz67).

Heckmann{Elizabeth}^FN: given by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk 1798 census as the maiden name of frau Berg{Georg} who first settled in Balzer (Mai1798:St61).

Heckmann?{Michael}^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Heckmann in 1798 when the miaden name of the wife was given as Berg (Mai1798:Bz68, for others in this line see Mo41 and St30).

Heckmann?^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Schlechtenwald?, Boehmen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Heckmann{Daniel}: he apparently was in Zug in 1778 when his daughter left there to marry in Ober-Monjou; they appear in no FSL and may have been Zug first settlers.

Hecks^FN: see Hoechs.

Heckster?^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Klinstadt(?), Holstein.

Heckwald^FN: see Hegwald.

Heddersdorf^GL, Hersfeld-Hesse: is some 6 miles WSW of Bad Hersfeld, Hessen, and is said by the Norka FSL to be home^UC to a Schmer family.

Heddesbach^GL, Eberbach [Amt], Baden: is 6 miles W of Eberbach town and 8 miles NE of Heidelberg city.  The GCRA may have found here the Coellmer woman who was listed in the Glueckstal census as frau Goebel.  See their book for detail.

Heddesbach^GL, Kurmainz: this is the same place as the previous entry, just a few decades and a country change earlier.

Heddesheim [Amt], Heidelberg [Oberamt], Baden: is 7 miles NNW of Heidelberg city.

Heddesheim^GL: also see Hedersheim.

Hede?^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Rieben, Dessau.  Spelled Gedde in 1769, 1792 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv263,Mv264,Mv327,Bx35) and Hidde in 1798 (Hm5).  His wife's maiden name was given as Riel in 1792 (Mai1798: Mv327).

Hederich ^FN{A.Margaretha}: she married in Luebeck on 26 May 1766 Beckmann{J.Christian} (Mai&Marquardt#63, KS120).   I could not find them in any published FSL.

Hedersheim(?)^GL, Pfalz: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Engelstaedter’s wife.  It probably is Heddesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, some 20 miles WSW of Mainz city center.

Hedersleben^GL: see Hadersleben.

Hedicke ^FN: according to a Rosslau ML this woman married a Schuster man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#907).  See also Gedek.

Heeb ^FN : see Ackermann{Johannes}.

Heege^FN: using FHL#1,184,780 the GCRA proved she was from Hausen-an-der-Zaber, married Klooz and later died in Kassel.  See their book for detail.

Heel ^FN : see Ackermann{Johannes}.

Hefebach?, [Kur-]Trier: an unidentified place said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Diel family.

Hefele^FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be from^UC Schulzendorf?, Renberun?.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Heffele (Mai1798:Dr04).

Hefeneder^FN: see Heffeneder and Heifeneider.

Hefeneider^FN: see Heifeneider.

Heffele^FN: see Hefele.

Hefersweiler^GL, Niederkirchen [parish], Kusel [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz: was 2 miles N of Niederkirchen and 12.5 miles E of Kusel town. Using FHL#415,842 was proved by the GCRA to be home to the Bosche/Boschee family that settled in Kassel. 251

Heffele^FN: see Hefele.

Heffenider^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Schlitz [County] (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 this was spelled Hefeneder, and the wife’s maiden name was given as Wacker (Mai1798:Nr209.  For other family members in 1798 see Mai1798:Bd84. 

Hefnerhessel^GL, Wittenberg: an unidentified place said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Wolet? family.  This surely is Haefnerhasslach, Wuerttemberg.

Heft^FN: by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality indicated).  And said by the Stumpp version to be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality indicated).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz48 and 111.

Hefter^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Festsolzig?, [Kur-]Sachsen.  I could not identify him or any offspring in Mai1798.

Hegel^FN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#5, 8, 101) and KS:275 and 297, all without origin.  Also spelled Heckel and Geckel.  The GCRA found evidence that they may have come from^UC Seivatz, Nus Canton, France.  See their book for more.

Hegel^FN: see Hetzel.

Hegele^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Augsburg (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Hegelein: see Heglein?{Michael} of Luzern.

Heger^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Glueck.

Heger^GL: also see Haiger.

Heglein?{Michael}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Medewitz (Lk51).  In 1798 he was spelled Geglain?. The family name has not been found in any FSL, no prior colony is indicated; so he and his wife, Jaeger{Kunigunde}, are likely to to have been a Luzern first settler family.   They were married, name spelled Hegelein, in Luebeck in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#64).

Hegner^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Hallerndorf.

Hegwald^FN: by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality indicated).  Spelled Hochwald in 1766 (Kuhlberg#40140) , Heckweld in 1775 and  Egewald in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr199 and 164). 

Hehn^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned) and a Hubert brother-in-law was living in the household.  The family name was spelled Henne in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo56,20).

Hehnlein^FN: according to a Rosslau ML this woman married in 1766 a Lang man; by 1767 this couple was in Hoelzel (Mai&Marquardt#1024).

Heib^FN: see Gib.

Heick^FN: this orphan boy was said by the Koehler FSL to be living in the Frick household.  I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

Heid^FN: mistakenly said by the 1816 Neudorf census (#81) to have come from^UC Eschelbronn, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.   Using FHL#193,085-6, the GCRA proved their origin in Nussdorf, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz. Using FHL#193,023, the GCRA proved that at least one of their children was born in Leinsweiler, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.  Better spelled Heil.

Heide^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned).

Heide^GL, Holstein: is some 42 miles WSW of Kiel, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Samder and probably an Altmann family.

Heidecker^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Luxembourg (no locality mentioned).  A Luebeck ML says this Heydecker man married in 1766 a Krueger woman (Mai&Marquardt#125).

Heidel^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.

Heidel^FN: also see Heindel.

Heidelbach^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Erzein(?), Darmstadt.  A Luebeck ML says this man married a Mueller woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#135).

Heidelberg, [Kurpfalz]: is a city some 11 miles SE of Mannheim.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Blank family.  Said by the Stephan FSL to be home^UC to a Schaefer{Albert} family.

Heidelberg^GL, Baden: the GCRA found a record indicating that this was the origin^UC of the Quade family that spent at least 20 years in Kassel.  This is the same place as the next entry, but is 50 years later.

Heidelberg^GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to a Meier family.  Said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Geiger and possibly a Walter family.  This surely is the same place as the preceding entry.

Heidelberg Oberamt^GL, Kurpfalz: is the district that contains Heidelberg city and the surrounding villages, and is said by the Anton FSL to be home to Albrecht, Arnhold, Baer, Baumgaertner, Eichner, Engelhardt, Erder?, Ewig, Focht, Fuchs, Ganshorn, Kunzmann, Metzger, Mueller, Paul, Reuter, and Wenzerich? families.

Heidelsheim, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden: is 2 miles SE of Bruchsal city, and was mistakenly said by both the 1816 Kassel census (#104) and KS:262 to be home^UC to the Diehl/Dehl {Philipp} family. Said by KS:250 to have been home^UC to Eberhard{Michel} who it mistakenly said went to Neudorf.

Heideman^FN: see Heidemann.

Heidemann^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Wittenberg.  Spelled Heineman in 1769 (Mai1798:Mv261) and Heideman in 1798 (Mai1798: Zr27).

Heidemann ^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Ondenbrun?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Heidemann^FN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be from^UC Bissersheim.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Heidemann^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Fledang(?), Mecklenburg.

Heidenfeld?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: is 27 km NE of Wuerzzburg city and was said by the Susannental FSL to be home^UC to the Mueller{Adam} family.

Heidenheim [Amt]^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 11 miles S of Aalen city and was a District administrative center.

Heidenreich^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Gelstein, Henburg County.  The Walter Research Group has identified this as a Heitzenrider family from Hellstein, Hesse.  I think there is an outside possibility that Hellstein about 1766 was under the control of the Henneberg Duchy.

Heidenreich^FN: also see Rendenreich.

Heider?^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Oberlind(?).

Heider^FN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says this orphan was living with a Schoenebeck family from^UC Nasnitz(?).

Heidgardt^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of a frau Schnell.

Heidle^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673) to be from Krummhardt, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,184,642), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Heydle and Haidle.

Heidt^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Lies (Mai1798:Pp6).  Might be Heldt??

Heidt^FN: also see Heit and Heyd.

Heier^FN: said by KS:298 to have come from^UC Oberwaldach, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg going to Neudorf.   However, GCRA determined that no such family was ever in Neudorf.  See their book for more.

Heifeneider^FN: see Heffeneder.

Heikelheim^GL: probably is Reichelsheim, Erbach.

Heil{A.Cath.}^FN: said by the Balzer FSL (#96a) to be the mother-in-law living in the Engel household.  She surely died prior to the 1798 Volga census.

Heil{A.Margaretha)^FN: said by the1798 Balzer census to be the maiden name of frau Engel (Mai1798:Bz7).

Heil{Conrad}^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality identified).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz6, Hk46, 62, Lw18.

Heil^FN: according to the Grimm FSL a Heil orphan (no origin indicated) was living with a Schmidt family from Darmstadt (no locality indicated).

Heil^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Egenik?, Schwaben.    Spelled Heile in 1798 and the wife’s maiden name is given as Paul (Mai1798:Gf01).

Heil^FN: a Luebeck ML says this woman married a Meyer man in 1765; by 1766 this couple was in Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#21).

Heil^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Doering.

Heil{Leonhard+w+2c}: Kulberg131 said they were Catholic from^UC Schwaben.  Not found in T or in any published FSL.

Heil{Adam}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Orb, [Kurmainz] and to have moved to  Luzern in 1768 (Lk59), which would make this couple a Luzern first settler couple. A son moved in 1791 from Luzern to Ober-Monjou (Mai1798:Mv1619, Om71).

Heil{Johannes}:  said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Merzhausen  and to have gone to Luzern in 1768 (Lk82).  Likely Luzern first settlers, but neither they nor their son have been found in Mai1798.

Heil ^FN:  According to the Buedingen ML this woman from^UC Unternaubel married in 1766 Wiederhold{J.Heinrich} from^UC Niedergruendau; by 1767 they were in Messer (Mai&Marquardt#707).

Heil^FN: see Heid of Neudorf.

Heil^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Fulda.  His wife's maiden name is given as Dinger (Mai1798:Pf05).

Heil^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Laubuseschbach, [Wied-]Runkel [County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Lz5.

Heil{Philipp}: I did not find them in Kulberg.  They are a probable Zug first settler family said by Recruiter Beauregard’s 1768 list (Lk60) to have been from^UC Orb. 

Heil^FN: this family name was found recorded in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Heil^FN: also see Veil.

Heiland^FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be from^UC Neustadt, Kurmainz.  I could not find this family in  Mai1798es.

Heiland^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Kiel, Holstein.

Heiland^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Worms.

Heiland^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Kamberg, Kur Trier.

Heilberscheid, [Kurtrier]: is 4 km SE of Montabaur city and was said by the Stephan FSL to be home^UC to a Guenter{J.Heinrich} family.

Heilbronn^GL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: origin proved here for the Gebhard family that went to Glueckstal; see the GCRA book for detail.

Heilbronn^GL, Kurmainz: said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Kohlmeier family.  I can find no Heilbronn in Kurmainz lands.  This very likely was Heilbronn Imperial City.

Heilbronn, Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: said by the Reinwald FSL to be home^UC to the Laub family.  Heilbronn was then an independent country, not part of Wuerttemberg, but it was surrounded on three sides by Wuerttemberg lands and the family may have obtained Wuerttemberg travel documents, just in case.  Same as the next two entries.

Heilbronn-am-Neckar^GL: is in Baden-Wuerttemberg some 23 miles N of Stuttgart and is said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to Beider, and Pless/Bless? families. .  In the 1760’s it was an independent state: see Heilbronn [Imperial City]^GS.

Heilbronn [Imperial City]^GS: a free imperial city from 1281, now Heilbronn-am-Neckar in Baden-Wuerttemberg, some 23 miles N of Stuttgart.  As best I can tell all of villages and towns it controlled were within a few miles of the city on both sides of the Neckar River. None of the following references indicate a locality.  Said by the Doenhof FSL to be home^UC to Faber, Hans, Schneider, and possibly Ort families. Said by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to an Edel family.  Said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to a Brant family.  Said by Kuhlberg to be home^UC to these families: Hassenfuss198, 195, 196, and Hill197, Said by the Reinwald FSL to be home^UC to Dubs, Hoffstetter, Kober, Koerber{HansGeorg}, and Ledererfamilies, as well as frau  Nor? [nee Hofstetter].  Said  by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Bollinger and Hermann{Johannes} families.  Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to Hohlmann and Schmidt families.

Heilbrun^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate] (no locality indicated).   For 1798 see Mai1798:Dt29, 50.

Heildesheim, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden:

Heile^FN: see Heil.

Heilig?^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Bibra.  Spelled Hellwig in 1771 and 1798 (Mai1798: Mv273, Mt03).

Heiligencreutz^GL, a village in the Barony of Thuengen, northern Bavaria.  Home^UC to an Appel family of Stahl-am-Karaman, per Buedingen ML – locality not yet confirmed.

Heiligenstadt^GL: an unidentified place said by the Hildmann FSL to be home^UC to Gallinger{Konrad}, {Johannes} families.  There are at least 6 places of this name in Germany and Austria.  Jerry Frank says that a Gallinger married a Steinwald in Hopfau and that there is a place called Heiligenzimmer only 12 km SE of Hopfau …

Heiligenstadt, [Kur-]Mainz: is 14 miles SE of Goettingen city, and said by the Hildmann FSL to be home^UC to a Koch family.

Heiligkreutz in the Odenwald (northeast of Schriesheim): is 17 km ENE of Mannheim city centre.  Gerhard Lang proved it th birthplace of Albrecht{A.Barbara} who married Engelhardt{Christian}.

Heiligkreuzsteinach^GL, [Kurpfalz]: is 6.5 miles NE of Heidelberg city, and was said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be home^UC to a Kugel family.

Heiligmeier{Stephen}: he was in Zug in 1798, but the family name is listed in no FSL nor in T, nor is there any indication they moved to Zug from another colony, so they are possible Zug first settlers.

Heiling?^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Loewenstein, Schwaben.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Heilm^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Pommern (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Helm, information supplied by Kathryn Drozdik.

Heilman^FN: see Erfurth.

Heilmann^FN: this orphaned nephew was said by the Boaro FSL to be living with his Lohr uncle's family that was from^UC Weier.  I could not find Heilmann in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Heilmann^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:676, 677, 298) to be from Weinheim, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.  Using FHL(1,052,419), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.

Heilmann^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned).

Heilmann^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Marklibisch?. The family name was spelled Heilman in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2149).  This may be the Heilmann-Berger who married in Luebeck in 1766 (Mai&Marquazrdt#146).

Heilmann^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Gemuenden?. 

Heilmann{Marianna}: she married Geissert{Philipp} 4 March 1766 in Buedingen (Mai&Marquart#362 and KS129).  I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Heilmann{Gottlieb}: see Hetmann.

Heilmannswald^GL: see Heilmannswalde.

Heilmannswalde, Krzepien, South Prussia: aka Heilmannswald; an unidentified place which the GCRA says was near Czenstochau and was associated with Benz, Dieterle, Dollinger, Feigert, Ginger, Walz, and Wetzler families 1802-1808.

Heilmar?^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Hof.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.  Could this be Heilmann?

Heim^FN: Dona Reeves-Marquardt found the records showing that this woman from Gross Zimmern married a Reinhardt man as they were leaving for Denmark on their way to Russia; in 1766 they were in Doenhof.

Heim^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Orb. 

Heim{Martin & Walpurgis}^FN: Kulberg5506 said this Keim couple arrived aet Oranienbaum in September 1766.  They are probable Zug first settlers said by Recruiter Beauregard’s 1768 list (Lk75) to have gone to Zug in 1768 and to have been from^UC Vowelt?. The translators thought this may have been Keim.  I could not find them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Heim^FN: no place of origin is given for this orphan in the Pfeiffer FSL but she is living in the household of a Spahn family from^UC Schoenborn. 

Heim^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Manderscheid, [Kur-]Trier.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm6.

Heim?^GL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Bittenbender family.

Heimann^FN: said by the 1798 Yagodnaya census to be the maiden name of frau Schmidt{Martin} (Mai1798: Yp57). 

Heimann^FN: this family found in no FSL, the wife being Hein{Elisabeth}, may have been first settlers in Zug.

Heimbach: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Eckel/Jaekel family.  There are at least 11 Heimbachs in Germany.

Heimbach^GL, Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller{Herman} family.  There are several Heimbachs but none that I can find in Wuerttemberg lands.

Heimbach Weis?^GS: was one of the very few “free” villages, independent of any larger country, situated 2-3 km NE of Neu-Wied town, and said by the Schoenchen FSL to be home^UC to a Bock family.  The independence of the place was sometimes described as an “Imperial City” in a country format!

Heimbichner^FN: see Heimbuechner.

Heimbigner^FN: see Heimbuechner.

Heimbuch{Heinrich}, {Johannes}^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from Isenburg.  Bonner proved both men were baptized in Huettengesas, Isenburg[-Meerholz County].  For the line of Johannes in 1798 see Mai1798:Bz16, 47, Lw35, and Ml24.

Heimbuch^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

Heimbuch^FN: said by the1798 Schwab census to be the maiden name of frau Biel{J.Wilhelm} (Mai1798:Sb9).

Heimbuechner^FN said by the Frank FSL (fk101) to be from^UC Neustadt, Erbach.  Doris Evans says research by Anneliese Micheiwski for the Frank Research Fund confirms Hainbuechner family origins in Neustadt, Sandbach parish, Erbach County [sic for Breuberg Condominium].  Geig1 confirmed birth in Neustadt, Breuberg Condominium.  Later also spelled Heimbigner and Heimbichner. 

Heimel^FN: said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Sachsen-Weimar [Duchy].  They surely had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Heimel ^FN: the wife was said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Amsterdam, Holland.  I could not find her in Mai1798.

Heimer{A.Maria}:  Kuernbach parish records prove she was born 4 Nov 1710 in Kuernbach) where on 9 Feb. 1762 she married Dederer{Heinrich}. Danish records say having left Kuernbach Condominium they arrived in Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in May 1762 (EEE p.377, see that for more details).

Heimerdingen?^GL, Lothringen: an unidentified place said by the Louis FSL to be home^UC to a Delvau family.

Heimerdingen ^GL, Wuerttemberg: is 13 miles ESE of Pforzheim city, and said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to the Hahn{Gottfried} family, and possibly a Fritz family.

Heimerdinger^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 299) to be from^UC Spiegelberg, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, using FHL(105,922), the GCRA proved origin in Echterdingen, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more details.

Heimersheim^GL, [Kurpfalz]: is about 1.5 miles NW of Alzey city and some 25 miles NW of Mannheim city, and said by the Buedingen ML to be in the mid-Pfalz and home^UC to a Bretz man who in 1766 married a Rohner woman; by 1767 this couple was in Koehler; Stumpp says Heimersheim was near Alzey (Mai&Marquardt#632).  The Koehler FSL #62 said they were from Mannheim.

Heimersheim^GL,  Alzey Amt, [Kurpfalz]: is 3 km NW of Alzey town and was said by a Friedberg ML to be home^UC to Jung{Andreas} who in 1766 married a Bichmann woman (Mai&Marquardt#299); by 1768 this couple was in Warenburg.

Heimertshausen^GL, Hessen-Darmstadt: see Hillmershausen.

Heimkehr(?)^GL, Hessen: said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to Foos and Tino families.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt proven that this place was Heimkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, confirmed by Brent Mai.

Heimkehr(?)^GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Dietel FSL to be the home of a Steinmetz family.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt proven that this place was Heimkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, confirmed by Brent Mai.

Heimkirchen^GL, Pfalz: is some 8 miles NNW of Kaiserslautern.  See Heimkehr.

Heimsheim^GL, Leonberg parish, Wuerttemberg: is 7 miles WNW of Leonberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Seiter/Seyder family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Heimweiler(?), Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?): an unidentified place said by the Kolb FSL to be home^UC to Bart, Henkel, and Schreiner families.

Heimz^FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Kopenhagen.

Hein^FN: they were listed by the Cheisol FSL as step-children in the Koehler household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gr30, Ls34.

Hein^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Hirschfeld, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).  Doris Evans says research by Anneliese Micheiwski for the Frank Research fund confirms that a Hein/Heun man said to have come from Gersfeld was born in Rommers, Free Noble Province of Ancient Knights.  The original spelling evidently was Heun.  An ancestor of his was mayor of Gersfeld in 1649.

Hein^FN: according to the Goebel FSL this orphan lived with a Kemer family from^UC Schwarzach, Franken.

Hein^FN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Goebel (from^UC Schwarzach, Franken)’s wife.

Hein^FN: the wife of Janson is said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg (no locality mentioned) and his stepson’s family name is said to be Hein.

Hein^FN said by the Huck FSL to be from^UC Waechtersbach, Isenburg.

Hein^FN: in the Huck FSL a Hein orphan was living the Freis who are said to have come from Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

Hein^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Kemberg, Sachsen. According to a Rosslau ML this Heine man married in 1766 a Zander woman (Mai&Marquardt#949).

Hein^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of one frau Ruhl.

Hein^FN: the wife (maiden name not given) of Herr Hein of Essegney?, France was said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Busendorf, Lothringen.

Hein^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Essegney?, Frankreich.

Hein^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Busendorf, Lothringen.

Hein ^FN: said by a Luebeck birth record to the maiden name of frau Mueller{J.Friedrich} (Mai&Marquardt#1284); by 1768 the couple was in Warenburg.

Hein^FN: a probable early settler of Zuerich said to be from^UC Vonhausen, [Isenburg-Buedingen County] (Lk94).  I could not find him or any likely descendants in Mai1798.

Hein{Elisabeth}: she may have been a Zug frist settler; her maiden name may actually have been Hess (Mai1798:Sh14); she evidently was married to a Heimann when she arrived in Russia (in Sh12 and 14 the family name of two of her of her eldest children is given as Heimann; she left Zug as a Bock widow to remarry in Schaffhausen in 1786 taking her 5 chidren with her (Mai1798:Mv3061).  In 1798 either her maiden  or 3^rd married name is given as Hess and she is living in a daughter’s (frau Bernhard) household along with a Bock son, with a Heimann son nearby (Sh12 and 14).

Hein/Heyn^FN: this family name was found recorded in marriage records 1762-1767 for two different places: Kirburg, and Kroppach; see Flegel trip.

Hein^FN: also see Heinz.

Hein?^GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Michelsen family.

Heina^GL, [Hessen-Kassel]: is some 16 miles SSE of Kassel city, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to an Elscheidt man.

Heindel/Geidel^FN : ^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Steinsdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn58 and also then spelled Heidel (Bn32).

Heindorf ^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Hartwig.

Heine^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Bernbaum.

Heine^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Einbeck.

Heine^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#716) and KS:299 to have come from^UC Sachsen, with no locality given.  The GCRA found evidence the family had been in Poland and/or Purssia prior to coming to Russia; see their book for more.   Also spelled Heyne.

Heine^FN: also see Hein

Heineman^FN: see Heidemann.

Heinemann^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Bautenstein?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses. 

Heinitz^FN: see Gemnitz and Linde.

Heinlein/Gainlen(?){Georg+w+3c}: said by Kulberg106 to be a Catholic from Bamberg (no locality indicated).  Not identified in T, any published FSL or Mai98.

Heinlein?^FN: also see Hort of Laub.

Heinler{M.Magdalena}:  in Rosslau 1 June 1766 married Gruber{Joseph} (Mai&Marquardt#997).  KS131 gave the year as 1765.  I did not find them in any published FSL.

Heinrich^FN: said by the 1798 Balzer census to be the maiden name of frau Dingel/Bengel.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned) and to have married in Oranienbaum an Engel man.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Kranzberg.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Degott FSL to be from^UC Kaiserslautern, [Pfalz-Lautern Principality], Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Dg06.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Guestrow, Mecklenburg.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Klostob(?), Holstein.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Palyusel(?), Daenmark.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Palyusel(?), Daenmark.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Fischer FSL to be from^UC Erbach (no locality mentioned).

Heinrich^FN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be from^UC Salmuenster,  [Fulda Bishopric].

Heinrich ^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Bodenheim, Kurmainz. For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nk11).  A Friedberg ML said this Henrich man from^UC Hornau, Mainz near Koenigstein, married in 1766 a Sieber woman from^UC Bentzheim on the Bergstrass (Mai&Marquardt#297).

Heinrich^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from Werdorf, [Solms-]Braunfels [Principality].  Confirmed with information, provided by Eric Hahn who was hired by Joan Knizek, taken from Werdorf Reformed Lutheran Church records and from Solms-Branunfels Castle civil records in Braunfels.  Joan has birth dates and parents for this couple as well as birthdates for their children; prior to leaving Germany the family name was normally spelled Henrichs. All this information she shared with Robert J. Heinrich who originally provided it to this Project.

Heinrich ^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be an orphan girl in the Mehner? household.

Heinrich^FN{Andreas}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:90, 1, and maybe 151 and 11?

Heinrich^FN{A.Margareta}:  a widow said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy] (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:154, 161, and maybe 151 and 11?

Heinrich^FN{Peter}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]  (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:221, and maybe 151 and 11?

Heinrich^FN{Rosina}:  said by the Norka 1798 census to be the maiden name of the wife of Herr Bruhn (Mai1798:Nr127).  The Buedingen ML says this woman from^UC Ruschberg, Zweybruecken, married in 1766 a Bronn man (Mai&Marquardt#702).

Heinrich^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Kerzenheim.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be step-daughters in the Bergmann family.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Mainz.  Heinrich^FN: also see Hendreg.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Mutersbach?.

Heinrich{Catherina E.}: she settled in Schilling as the wife of  Damm{J.Jakob}.

Heinrich^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Grossenmoor,  Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.

Heinrich^RN, Robert J. has confirmed the Werdorf origins of the Heinrich who settled in Kukkus.  His address is 7615 North 22^nd Place, Phoenix, Arizona 85020-4712.

Heinrich^FN: this family name was found recorded in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

Heinrichsdorf^GL, Galicia: was about 2 miles N of Josefow.  The GCRA found it associated with Merkel and Schmidt families in 1818 and 1819 respectively.  They think it may have been aka Krasnadelien.

Heintz^FN: filed below among the Heinz.

Heinz^FN: he was listed by the Cheisol FSL as a step-son in the Schuller household.  Spelled Hein in 1798 (Mai1798:Mt29.

Heinz^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Zwibruecken (no locality mentioned).

Heinz{Simon}^FN: the 1816 Kassel census (#20) said this family came from^UC Niederhustadt, Gemersheim [Amt], Pfalz and KS:300 said they came from^UC Niederlustadt in the same Amt. Frickenhausen, Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#247,646, the GCRA proved his origin in Niederhochstadt, Landau [Amt], Pfalz.  See their book for more.

Heinz^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Wuerttemberg.

Heintz^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Altenkirchen, Nassau-Weilburg [Principality].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr20,10,and 9.

Heinz^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Schierstein, Nassau[-Usingen Principality].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr45, Bg6 and possibly Wr39?

Heinz^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Siegen, Nassau[-Siegen Principality].  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Heinz^FN: this family name was found recorded in Haiger parish records during the years prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Heinz^FN: also see Gentz and Heinze.

Heinze^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Kinzburg?, Schweiz.

Heinze^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Dresden, Sachsen.  Later spelled Heinz (Mai1798:Db25).

Heinzelmann^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 672, 300) to be from Bergfelden, Horb [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, using FHL(1,844,483), the GCRA proved origin in Alpersbach, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Heiper^FN: see Huber.

Heischaeder ^FN: see Eischader.

Heisel?^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Wimlingrimbach(?), Erbach.  Also spelled Heusel and Heussel.  Gieg1 proved him born in Moemling-Grumbach, Breubach Condominium and that his 2^nd wife who accompanied him to Russia was a Morasch.

Heisendorf^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 667, 300) as moving there from a neighboring colony; there is some evidence that he came from Prussia.  See the GCRA book for details.

Heiser^FN: see Heuser.

Heisler{Philipp}: see Heyler.

Heisling^FN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Rausch (from^UC Koster(?), Kurmainz)’s wife.  Her maiden name is given as Gessel in the 1798 census (Mai1798:Gb02).

Heisner^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Saalfeld.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Heiss^FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be step-sons of Herr Reber and to be from^UC Freiburg.  I could not find them in  Mai1798es.

Heiss^FN: Herr Heiss was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Hubert (no origin given).    The family name was spelled Geiss in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv1316).

Heiss^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Orb.

Heiss^FN: see Geist.

Heisser^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Kaiserslautern. .  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Heisst ^FN: see Heyst.

Heist^FN: see Geist.

Heist{A,Margaretha}: Brent Mai proved that she was daughter to Heist{Jacob & Catharina}, that she was the first wife of Blumenschein{J.Peter} married on 24 November 1729 in Reichelsheim near Erbach. 

Heist, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal  Duchy]: is 27 km WNW of Hamburg city centre, and was said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Langmacher family.

Heit?^FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be from^UC Kritz?, Dadriof?.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Heidt (Mai1798:Dr09). A Luebeck baptismal record says a son of this Heidt man and his Huber wife was baptised in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#1342).

Heit ^FN: said by the Susannental FSL to be from^UC Bleidenrod, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate].  I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Heitz^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Hamburg. 

Heitzenrider^FN: see Heidenreich.

Heitzenraeder^FN: see Heizenroeder.

Heizenroeder^FN{Christoph}: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no state or locality identified).  Spelled Heitzenraeder in 1798 (Mai1798:Kk30).

Hekeberkhental/Heckenbergheim/Ekebergen^GL, Hanau County: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to Braun, Steinmetz and Thiel families.  Heckenbergheim might mean something like “At the rear of Bergheim”?  The Walter Resource Group’s best guess is that this relates to the Bergheim that is some 16 miles SSE of Kassel, Hessen in the Fulda River valley.  As of now I doubt that Hanau owned any lands this far north.

Updated 10/2012