We are researching Adam Hoffman [1], married to Maria Barbara Koffroth. We show Adam Hoffman, spouse of Maria Barbara Koffroth, as a son of Henry Hoffman. Others have suggested that this Adam Hoffman and wife Barbara Springle were the parents of Adam Hoffman, spouse of Maria Barbara Koffroth. Henry Hoffman named son Adam in his will. We know of no evidence that Adam Hoffman, spouse of Barbara Springle, had a son named Adam. We seek further evidence regarding either assumption.
c 1723 Anna Barbara Sprenkle was born about 1723 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [now York County], the daughter of Michael S. Sprenkle and Margaret [surname unkown]. [2]
1729 Ludwig Treiber [to be Barbara's second husband] was born about 1729 in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. [3]
1743 Adam Hoffman and Anna Barbara Sprenkel were married on July 17, at Christ Lutheran Church, York, York County, Pennsylvania. [4] [5]
1749 John Conrad Hoffman, son of Adam and Barbara Hoffman, was baptized in March, in York County, Pennsylvania. Conrad and Catharina Elisabeth Müller were sponsors. [6]
1749 Ludwig Triber arrived in Philadelphia on October 17, on the ship Fane with Captain William Hyndman. [7]
1752 Adam Hoffman died.
1752 John Hoffman, relationship unknown, was granted land on April 29, by Patrick Haney [8]
c 1753 After Adam Hoffman's death, Anna Barbara married Ludwig Treiber. [9]
1762 Ludwig Treiber and wife Anna Barbara of Codorus Twp, oldest son Peter Springle of Manchester Twp, John Strickler and wife Elizabeth of Hellam Twp, Jacob Keller and wife Esther of Codorus Twp, Henry Landis and wife Susannah of Newberry Twp, Ludwig Keefer and wife Anna Margareta of Codorus Twp, Abraham Keefer and wife Christiana of Codorus Twp, Adam Trorebach and wife Kathrina of Shrewsbury Twp (they appeared on 19 November), and George Springle of Manchester Twp; released 200 acres to Michael Springle of Manchester Twp, all in York County, Pennsylvania. Eva, wife of Michael Miller, and youngest son Henry Springle were still minors under age 21. Dated November 15. The tract had been granted to Michael Springle, the deceased father of each party in 1734. The land was part of a 500 acre tract in Lancaster County, now York County, on the west side of the Susquehanna River bounded by lands of Conrad Miller, George Myer, and Peter Springle. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] The heirs released, to son Peter, their claims to the western 300 plus acres of the Blunston tract, each receiving about £38, and they released, to son Michael, their claims to the eastern 200 acres, each receiving about £10. [16]
1767 Ludwick Driver (second husband of Maria Barbara Koffroth) warranted lands in Codorus Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [17] [18]
1772 Ludwig Treiber died on February 25, in Codorus Twp appointing wife Barbara and (son) Michael Treiber as executors. [19]
1779 Son Michael Treiber was taxed for 100 in Manchester Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [20]
1781 Anna's son, Michael Treiber, was granted letters of administration for her estate on 9 April 1781. Michael Driber was named "administrator de bonis non of Ludwig Driber" April 9, 1781. [21]
1782 "Michael Driber, Administrator ... of Ludwick Driber" appeared in court August 28, 1782. On that date Mary Driber, seventeen year old daughter of Ludwick Driber, late of Manchester Township, York County, chose Jacob Heidelbaugh to be her guardian. [22]
1784 Michael Driver, oldest son of Ludwick Driver, deceased, petitioned, on September 8, for division of the estate of Ludwick, who left a widow, since deceased, and other children Ludwick, Peter, Jacob, Anna (married to John Riffe), Barbara, Mary, and Elizabeth. [23]
1787 Michael and Barbara Treiber of Newberry Township sold 127 acres of land to Christopher and Barbara Bower of Manchester Township, dated August 20. This land had been sold to Ludwick Trieber, deceased, in 1771 by John and Sara Kagey. The deed indicated that Ludwick had died intestate (without a will) "leaving lawful issue to wit: Michael Treiber ... eldest son and heir at law, Anna, wife of John Reif, Peter Treiber, Jacob Treiber, Barbara Treiber, Mary Treiber, and Elizabeth Treiber to whom the tract of described land with its appurtenances legally descend. [24]
Research Notes:
Descendants of Ludwig Treiber (Lewis Driver) and Barbara Sprenkle in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, 1730-1990; by Carolyn Click Driver and Bertha Driver Gassett, printed by Don Mills, Inc., P.O. Box 34, Waynesville, NC 28786, 1990; pp 3, 3B.
Michael Springle and his Family by Henry James Young. [Genealogical Reports for The Historical Society of York County, Vol XXI, p 36, 1939, LDS-FHC-SLC, 974.841,D28g,v21]
1756 John Adam Hoffman, orphan son age 14 of Henry Hoffman, deceased, chose Leonard Holstone as guardian. Jost Hoffman, George Treare and Heironimus Trautman were chosen guardians over Elizabeth, Catharine, Jost, George, and Mary Hoffman, minor children of Henry Hoffman. [25]
1810 Michael Hoffman lived in Heidelberg Twp, York County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (10 thru 15) and 1 (45 and over); and females: 1 (under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), and 1 (45 and over). [26]
1775 Adam Hoffman, yeoman of Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, and wife Barbara sold land to Henry Achy of Cocalico Twp on February 28. The 200 acres of land in Heidelberg Twp was adjacent to land of Sebastian Rudy, Jacob Cryder, Nicholas Miller, and others. [27] The land was warranted on 15 January, 1749 by Henry Hoffman, in Lebanon County, [28] [29] [30] [31] The tract was conveyed on 16 March, 1772 to Adam Hoffman, the oldest son, by the other heirs of Henry. [32]
Anna Springle married Adam Hoffman in 1743 and Ludwig Treiber about 1753. Ludwig immigrated on the ship Fane on 17 Oct 1749. Ludwig purchased 127 acres from John and Sarah Keagy in 1771. Ludwig died intestate in Codorus with Barbara and Michael Treiber as administrators. Barbara died in York County before 1782 when her son Michael was granted letters of administration. See also Descendants of Ludwig Treiber (Lewis Driver) and Barbara Sprenkle in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, by Carolyn Click Driver and Bertha Driver Gassett, Published by Don Mills Inc., not yet seen.
Research Notes:
There were several immigrants named Hoffman who might be related to this family. We seek evidence about which might be this family.
1730 On 30 November, Johann Adam Hoff and Andreas Hoffman immigrated on the ship Joyce with master William Ford from Rotterdam. [33] [34]
1738 On 5 September, Adam Hoffman (age 23) [35], George Hoffman (age 37), and John Peter Hoffman (age 27) immigrated to America from Rotterdam on the ship Winter Galley, master Edward Paynter. [36]
1752 The ship Two Brothers from Rotterdam, mastered by Thomas Arnot, included Henrich Hofman, Ludwig Spies, and Jacobus Hofman as passengers, relationship unknown. [37]
[1] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Adam Hoffman, married to Maria Barbara Koffroth, [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[2] Walter W. White, The Ancestors of Frances Driver (1813-1866); 1697-1866 (Privately published, 1995), 5-7.
[3] Ralph B. Strassburger, William J. Hinke, ed., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. 1 (1934, Pennsylvania German Society), 424, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[4] Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940, [FamilySearchRecord].
[5] Henry James Young, translation, Vital records of Christ Lutheran Church of York, Pennsylvania (Viewable only at FamilySearch libraries), Vol 5, page 503, item 10110, film 8188976, image 10, [FamilySearchImage].
[6] York County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1744-69: Jacob Lischy's Private Pastoral Record abstracts of Henry James Young, The private record of Jacob Lischy, V.D.M., 1743-1769, [AncestryRecords].
[7] 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), 221, bottom, right, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[8] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed A-31, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[9] Charles Fahs Kauffman, A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America, 1584 to 1937 (1940), 184, see person A573, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[10] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed A-618, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[11] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed A-620, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[12] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed C-30, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[13] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed E-8, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[14] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed 2H-416, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[15] Mary Marshall Brewer, Land Records of York County Pennsylvania, 1746-1764 (Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2002), 140-142, A-618 and A-620, [GoogleBooks].
[16] Donna Bingham Munger, Michael Springle in Pennsylvania (2012), 85.
[17] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, York County, D81, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[18] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D41-173, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[19] York County, Pennsylvania Will C-74, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[20] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 21 (York Taxables) (1897), 17, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[21] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, York, Will E-187, FHL film, 22132, [FamilySearchImage].
[22] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, York, Orphans Court Docket E-40, FHL film, 22153, [FamilySearchImage].
[23] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, York, Orphans Court Docket E-184, FHL film, 22153, [FamilySearchImage].
[24] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed 2C-428, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[25] Sophie Selden Rogers, "Genealogical Gleanings from Orphans court Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 24 (1965), 15-38, 118-139, 193-223, at 210.
[26] United States Federal Census, 1810, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[27] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed R-88 to 89, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[28] Pennsylvania Land Patent, H-485, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[29] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A85-73, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[30] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, B8-77, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[31] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A56-65, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[32] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed R-85 to 87, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[33] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 22, upper, right, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[34] 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), 65, right, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[35] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 151, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[36] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 148, upper right, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[37] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 377, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].