1761 On May 30, Henry Hoffman, son, and Anna Kathrina Hoffman, widow, of William Hoffman, of Paradise Twp, York County, deceased, sold land to George Henry Joseph. The land was adjacent to lands surveyed for John Smith and John Morningstar. The land had been warranted by William Hoffman on 6 August 1753. William Hoffman had willed the land to son Henry on 29 September, last (1760)[Will not found in York will index or in book A]. [1]
1774 On 26 March, Christina Hoffman, widow and administrator of the estate of Henry Hoffman, deceased, presented the account of the estate to the York County Orphans Court. The heirs were children: oldest son Adam Hoffman, John, Michael, Henry, Barbara, and Christina Hoffman; and Elizabeth (Hoffman) and Henry Schwartz. [2]
1774 On 8 December, Christina Hoffman, widow of Henry Hoffman, deceased, petitioned the Orphans Court to appoint guardians for Christina, Michael, and Henry Hoffman, all under age 14. Reinhart Bott of Manshester Twp was appointed guardian. [3]
Research Notes:
We are researching Adam Hoffman [4], married to Maria Barbara Koffroth. We suspect that Adam Hoffman, married to Maria Barbara Koffroth, was the son of Henry Hoffman of Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster (Lebanon) County [5].
However, Adam Hoffman was also named as an heir of this Henry Hoffman, of York County, and the names of Adam's children correspond somewhat with the children of this Henry Hoffman, as named in the 1774 Orphans Court records cited above. We seek further evidence to clarify the relationship, if any exists, among these Hoffman families in Lancaster and York Counties.
1753 Heinrich Adam Hoffman, and others, arrived in Philadelphia on the ship Edinburgh, captain James Russel. The ship arrived on September 14 (after the August 6 land warrant cited above). [6]
[1] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed A-514, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, York, Orphans Court Docket C-150, FHL film, 22152, image 381, [FamilySearchImage].
[3] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, York, Orphans Court Docket C-197, [FamilySearchImage].
[4] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Adam Hoffman, married to Maria Barbara Koffroth, [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[5] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Henry Hoffman of Heidelberg Twp, [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[6] I. Daniel Rupp, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, 2nd ed. (1875), 303, right, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].