1717 Isaac Herr arrived in America and settled in Martic Township (now Providence Twp).
1717 A land patent reported that Martin Kendig and Hans Heer were granted a warrant, dated November 22, for 5000 acres of land. The patent was recorded May 25, 1762. [1]
The commissioners of property granted Martin Kindig … and Hans Heer a warrant 22 Nov. 1717 for 5,000 acres to be surveyed in several tracts among the surveys lately made on the Conestoga and Pequea Creeks, the 5,000 acres to be paid for at the rate of 10 pounds per hundred acres at the time the various surveys were returned. Martin Kindig and Hans Heer sold to Isaac Heere, late of Lancaster County but now deceased, a brother of said Hans Heer, 800 acres. … The dwelling house of Isaac Heer happening several years ago to be burnt down and totally consumed with all his household goods and the title deeds to all his lands, including the deed from Martin Kindig and Hans Heer for the 800 acres … The new survey showed the tract adjoining Henry Heer, … the same day a patent was issued to Henry Heer, son of Isaac Heer, for 318 acres …
1747 The will of Isaac Hare was in probate on January 1, 1748. The will named children Henry; Anne married to John Groff; and Elizabeth, married to Peter Whitman. Some researchers have named Catharine Herr as another daughter, unnamed in the will. [2] [3]
A biosketch reports [4]:
Isaac Herr, Hans Herr's son, arrived in America in 1717 and settled about one mile south of present day Refton in Martic Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Isaac died in 1747 and is probably buried in the Bowman cemetery near his home. His name was listed as "Hare" on his will A1-134, probated on 1 January 1748 and listing children Henry, Anne married to John Groff, and Elizabeth married to Peter Whitman. Lancaster Deeds GG-409, I3-96.
[1] Bureau of Land Records, Pennsylvania Land Patent Books, AA3-296, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lancaster, Will A-134, image 71, [FamilySearchImage].
[3] Jane Evans Best, "Martin Kendig's Swiss Relatives," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 15 (January, 1992), 2-18, at 16, person HH15.
[4] Theodore Herr, Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr and his direct Lineal Descendants, Revised (1980), 787, [GoogleBooks].