JOHN CHRISTIAN HOUSEKNECHT/HAUSEKNECHT
1716-1773
ANN ELIZABETH HILL
C1720-?
John was born in the Palatinate, Germany in 1716. About 1744 he
married Ann Elizabeth Hill, the daughter of Jacob Hill. Eleven children were born of
this union in Windsor Twp, Berks Co., Pennsylvania:
Jacob, 1745, married Catherine Hill
Christian, 1746 (died young)
Anna Catherine, 1748
Christian, 1750, married Clephia
Maria Elizabeth 1752, married Martin Tubsen
John Daniel, 1753
Hannah, 1756, married Jacob Hill
Frederick, 1758, married Anna Marie
George, C1760
Maria Catherine, 1765, married Peter Adam
John, 1766, married Elizabeth Smith
In 1740 John was listed as a Deacon of Zion's Lutheran Church, Richmond Twp.,
Berks Co., Pennsylvania.
John passed away February 1773 in Richmond Township.
The date of Ann's death is not known.
PALATINATE
Source: Microsoft Encarta 2000
Palatinate, in German history, is the name of two imperial regions not related geographically,
the western Rhenish, or Lower Palatinate (German Rheinpfalz or Niederpfalz) and the Upper Palatinate
(German Oberpfalz) of northeastern Bavaria. The Rhenish Palatinate, which historially comprised territory for
the most part west of the Rhine River in central Germany, was incorporated into the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
in West Germany (now part of Germany). The Upper, or Bavarian, Palatinate is the region west of Bohemia and
north of the Danube River. The name Palatinate is derived from the ancient and medieval Count Palatine, a nobleman
who held judicial powers and had charge of the various imperial castles where Holy Roman emperors stayed while traveling;
hence the term became associated with the districts where the Counts Palatine were sovereign representatives.
PALATINATE
Source: Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 1999
The Palatinate (German: Pfalz), one of the major principalities of the Holy Roman Empire,
comprised an area astride the middle Rhine that is now in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate,
Baden-W�rttemberg, and Hesse. The modern state of Rhineland-Palatinate has a
population of 3,881,100 (1993 est.) Its capital is Mainz.
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