Notes for Martin H√§felfinger:

Shared note	Notes for Martin H√§felfinger: Martin arrived in Philadelphia Sept. 23, 1740, aboard the ship Friendship, Capt. William Vettery, from Rotterdam last from Cowes. On this trip nearly sixty people from the Canton of Basel died, mostly of hunger. " For they have had a very rough voyage with storm so that they have lost their provisions and cooking-kettles." Martin arrived with 5 motherless children, as his wife died at sea enroute. There are in Switzerland, names of towns and villages ending in "ingen" or "fingen" such as Andelfingen, Konolfingen, Hilterfingen etc. Martin Heffelfinger, whose name in Switzerland was originally H√§felfinger, came from Baselland, records found in the Amt (government office) Farnsburg. Nearby in 1740, records found in Amt Homburg show a village called H√§felfingen. Prof. Albert H. Gerberick, head of the German Dept., Dickinson College, Carlisle PA., a descendand of Martin Heffelfinger wrote in April 1938, " there can be hardly any doubt that the Heffelfingers take their family name from the town of H√§felfingen in Switzreland. There are many place names ending in --ingen and --fingen in southern Germany and Switzerland. These are possessive names and usually mark the ancestral home of a family. H√§fel is a south German diminutive of H√§fner (potter). So the conclusion must be that " H√§felfingen " means the home of the potter-- the place where pottery is made and doubtless the H√§felfingers were early and well known pottery makers, living near desirable and useful clay pits and kilns to have a village named for them." "From Martin H√§felfinger of Diegten, ( called Wissen Martin, aged 41 ) Ten precent tax on lb.1100 worth of property.........110.- Pro manumissione for him and his wife.................. 20.- Ditto for their 5 children........................................... 25.- 155.- Anna Maria Gysin, his wife, 40 years of age. Their children: Elsbeth, bapt.......................................................Oct. 14, 1725 Verena, bapt........................................................July 3, 1729 Anna, bapt............................................................July 29, 1731 Martin, bapt..........................................................Nov. 22, 1733 Johannes, bapt.....................................................Dec. 8, 1737 Lost his wife on the voyage." source; German & Swiss. Settlers in America, Vol. II Swiss Emigrants from the Canton of Basel, 1734-94. Death date is from IGI (K. Baxter, 2008)
Unique identifier	6970AAB0D1FF6974F9F82F0F3B4AE6F0E0D8

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Notes for Martin H√§felfinger:
Martin arrived in Philadelphia Sept. 23, 1740, aboard the ship Friendship, Capt. William Vettery, from Rotterdam last from Cowes. On this trip nearly sixty people from the Canton of Basel died, mostly of hunger. " For they have had a very rough voyage with storm so that they have lost their provisions and cooking-kettles." Martin arrived with 5 motherless children, as his wife died at sea enroute. There are in Switzerland, names of towns and villages ending in "ingen" or "fingen" such as Andelfingen, Konolfingen, Hilterfingen etc. Martin Heffelfinger, whose name in Switzerland was originally H√§felfinger, came from Baselland, records found in the Amt (government office) Farnsburg. Nearby in 1740, records found in Amt Homburg show a village called H√§felfingen. Prof. Albert H. Gerberick, head of the German Dept., Dickinson College, Carlisle PA., a descendand of Martin Heffelfinger wrote in April 1938, " there can be hardly any doubt that the Heffelfingers take their family name from the town of H√§felfingen in Switzreland. There are many place names ending in --ingen and --fingen in southern Germany and Switzerland. These are possessive names and usually mark the ancestral home of a family. H√§fel is a south German diminutive of H√§fner (potter). So the conclusion must be that " H√§felfingen " means the home of the potter-- the place where pottery is made and doubtless the H√§felfingers were early and well known pottery makers, living near desirable and useful clay pits and kilns to have a village named for them."
"From Martin H√§felfinger of Diegten, ( called Wissen Martin, aged 41 )
Ten precent tax on lb.1100 worth of property.........110.-
Pro manumissione for him and his wife.................. 20.-
Ditto for their 5 children........................................... 25.- 155.-
Anna Maria Gysin, his wife, 40 years of age.
Their children:

Elsbeth, bapt.......................................................Oct. 14, 1725
Verena, bapt........................................................July 3, 1729
Anna, bapt............................................................July 29, 1731
Martin, bapt..........................................................Nov. 22, 1733
Johannes, bapt.....................................................Dec. 8, 1737
Lost his wife on the voyage."
source; German & Swiss. Settlers in America, Vol. II Swiss Emigrants from the Canton of Basel, 1734-94.
Death date is from IGI (K. Baxter, 2008)

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6970AAB0D1FF6974F9F82F0F3B4AE6F0E0D8

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Martin Hafelfinger Father: Johannes Hafelfinger Mother: Elisabeth Fiechter				September 26, 1699	324	Diegten, Basel, Switzerland	6	January 20, 1742	282	42	Pennsylvania, USA	Sunday, November 9, 2008 3:12 PM	M	YES	YES
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