Tobias who is the progenitor of our line arrived in Philadelphia aboard the ship Crawford on 23 Nov 1770.
Passenger list for the ship CRAWFORD, Master: Charles Smith, from Rotterdan to Pennsylvania 23 Nov 1770. It included "Newlanders" or people who had been in the New World before.
Daniel Stauffer Jacob Rohrer
Wilhelm Gramm Johannes Heistand
Cornelius Gramm Tobias Hartmann
Peter M�ller Johannes Luft
Carl Wilhelm Keck Johannes Ginther
Johannes Diehl Carl Adolph Seitz
Andreas Serenas Jacob Els
Fraucis Kuhlman Ernst Berg
Johannes Janss Henrich Haub
Andreas Gntting P. F. Drotz
Jacob Geiger Georg Kleiderlein
Johannes Summi Andreas Schwend
Heinrich Geiger Cornelias Braun
[Source: GenealogyLibary.com]
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HARTMANN, TOBIAS
State: PA Year: 1770
County: Philadelphia County Record Type:
Township: Philidelphia Page:
Database: PA Early Census Index
Source: GenealogyLibrary.com
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Transcription of Deed by Don Hartman (descendant of Tobias Hartman below), original in possesion of FamilyHart, gift from Jean Gladfelter Robinson(Outside Center)
Deed
John Hart & UA
To
Tobias Hartman
for 45 Acres
& All in York County(Outside Upper Left Hand Corner)
Received The Day of the Date of the within
written Indenture of and from the within named
Tobias Hartman The Just & full Sum of one �150
hundred and fifty Pounds Lawfull Money of
Pennsylvania, It being in full the Consideration
money within mentioned To be paid to meJohn Hart (Signature)
Witnesses Present at signing
John Ferree (Signature)
Illegible Signatory
Everard Gruber (Signature)(Inside)
This Indenture Made the Eleventh Day of May - in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Sevenhundred and Seventy Nine, Between John Hart of Martick Township in the County of Lancaster in Pennsylvania, Yeoman and Anna Maria his Wife of the one Part, And Tobias Hartman of Strasburg Township in the County of Lancaster Aforesaid Yeoman of the other Part, Witnesseth that the Said John Hart and Anna his Wife, for and in Consideration of the Sum of one hundred and Fifty Pounds Lawful Money of Pennsylvania to them or one of them in Hand well and Truly Paid by the Said Tobias Hartman at or before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents The Receipt and Payment whereof He the said John Hart Doth hereby Acknowledge and Themselves Therewith fully Satisfied and paid Have and Each of them Hath Granted Bargained & Sold Aliened Remised Released and Confirmed And by these presents Do and Each of them Doth Grant Bargain and Sell Alien Remise Release Enfeoff and Confirm unto the said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Assigns for Ever All that Cerain Lott Tract Piece and parcell of Land Situate Lying and Being in the Township of Cadores and Shrewssbury in the County of York in Pennsylvania Aforesaid, Called Fourplay upon Cadores Bounded & Limitted as follows to wit: Beginning at a Marked BlackOak Thence by Land formerly Henry Conrads Now William Peters's South forty Degrees and thence an Half East onehundred and Seventy perches to a Chestnut Thence by Vacant Barrens South Seventy Seven Degrees West Twenty four Perches to a Chestnut Thence North Seventy five Degrees West Eightytwo Perches to a Stone Fence by Andrew Shwartz's Land North Twenty Five Degrees West Seventy Seven Perches to a Hickory Thence by Vacant Land North Twenty Nine Degrees East Fifty Perches to the Place of Beginning Containing Fortyfive Acres and an half and the usual Allowance of the Six per Cent for Roads & etc It being the Same Tract of Land wich by the Honorable the Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania by their Certain Patent Bearing Date the Eleventh Day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy two was Granted and Confirmed unto a certain Phillip Frickin Fee, as in and by the Same Patent Entered in the Rolls Office for the aforesaid Province at Philadelphia in Patent Book A A Vol. 14 Pag. 275 & t. Reference Thereunto being had may more fully and at Large appear, Which Said Phillip Frick and Margareth his wife in and by an Assignment Indorsed on the Bakc of Said Patent on the Thirteenth Day of June in the Year of our Lord 1775 for the Consideration Therein mentioned Did Grant and Convey the Same unto Peter Hosterman his Heirs and Assigns, And the Said Peter Hosterman by his Indenture Bearing Date the Seveth Day of August in the Same Year of Land and premisses unto the said John Hart party hereto and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever as by the Said Assignment Indorsed as aforesaid and in and by the Same Last Recited Indenture Severally and Respectively may more fully and Large Appear Reference Thereunto being Held / Together with all and Singular the Edifices Buildings and Improvements Barns Stables Gardens Trees Fences Woods underwoods ways Waters and Watercourses Rights Liberties Priviledges Hereditaments and Appurtenances Thereunto Belonging or in any wise appertaining and the Reversions Remainders Rents Issues and Profits Thereof; and also all the Estate Right Title Use Trust Property Possession Claim and Demand of them the Said John Hart and Anna his wife of in & to the Same, To Have and to Hold The Said Described Tract or Parcell of Land Hereditaments and Premisses hereby Granted and Released or XXXX Mentioned or Intended So to be with The Appurtenances unto the Said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Assigns To the only proper Use Benefit and Behoof of him the Said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Assigns for Ever / Subject to the Yearly QuitRent Due or to become Due for the Same to the Cheif Lord or Lords of the Fee Thereof And the Said John Hart for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators Doth Covenant Grant and Agree to and with the Said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Assigns That He the said John Hart and Heirs The Said Tract of fortyfive acres and an half of Land and Allowance and premisses above Granted & Released with the Appurtances unto the Said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Assigns against them the Said John Hart & anna his Wife and Their Heirs and against all & All Manner of person and persons Lawfully Claiming or to Claim the Samepremisses or any Part Thereof by from or under him Them or any of them Shall & will Warrant & for Ever Defend by these Presents. In Witness whereof The Parties first above Names Their Hands & Seals To these presents Interchangeably have Set the Day and Year first above written.
John Hart (signature and paper seal)
Anna x Hart Mark (mark and paper seal)Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of us
The words of "& Anna his wife" in the third Line Being
Interlined Before Signing and SealingJohn Ferree (Signature)
Illegible Signatory
Everard Gruber (Signature)
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Jacob Sheirer
To
Tobias Hartman
THIS INDENTURE made the eighth Day of September Anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, BETWEEN Jacob Sheirer of Shrewberry Township in the County of York, & State of Pennsylvania yeoman and Anna his Wife of the one part, And Tobias Hartman of the County of Lancaster and State aforesaid of the other part, WINEFSETH that the said Jacob Sheirer and Anna his Wife, for and in Consideration of the sum of One thousand & two hundred pounds Lawful money of Pennsylvania to him the said Jacob Sheirer well and truly in hand paid, by the said Tobias Hartman at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof he the said Jacob Sheirer doth hereby acknowledge the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof he the said Jacob Sheirer doth hereby acknowledge and thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof, doth acquit and discharge forever the said Tobias Hartman his Heirs, and Afsigns by these presents, Have granted, bargained sold, aliened, released infeoffed and confirm'd and by these presents, Do grant, bargain, sell, alien, release enfeoff and confirm unto the siad Tobias Hartman and to his Heirs and Afsigns, forever, all that certain Piece or tract of Land, Situate lying and being in Shrewberry Township in the County of York aforesaid, Adjoining the Lands of Jacob Hefs, Henry Walter and Andrew Schwartz, Containing One hundred Acres (be the same more or lefs) it being the same Lands which in pursuance of a Warrant; from the Honourable the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania bearing date the twenty eighth Day of December, which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy four was granted unto the aforesaid Jacob Sheirer and to be Surveyed and laid out to him the said Jacob Sheirer accordingly, as in and by the said Warrant may and doth appear [being also the same Land Originally Improved by Adam Alt who together with Susanah his Wife by an Instrument of Writing under their Hand and Seals bearing date the Seventeenth Day of April which was in the year of our Lord 1769 for the Consideration therein mentioned, did bargain sell & convey the same unto Henry Alt, and to his Heirs and Afsigns forever as by the said Instrument of Writing may appear, AND the said Henry Alt and Anna Maria his Wife by an Indenture, under their Hands and Seals, bearing date the sixteenth Day of December AoDi 1774 for the Consideration therein mentioned, did bargain sell and convey the same unto Jacob Sheirer (party hereto) and to his Heirs and Afsigns forever, as by the said Indenture may appear] TOGETHER with all and singular the Houses, Outhouses, Edifices and buildings thereon erected and built Profits, Commodities, Advantages, Emoluments, Hereditaments, and appurtenances, whatsoever to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining, And the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents Ifsues and Profits thereof and also all the Estate, right, title, Interest, use, trust, property, pofsefsion claim and demand whatsoever of him the said Jacob Sheirer & his said Wife of in or to the same or every or any part thereof, and also all Deeds, Evidences and Writings, touching or concerning the same, or any part thereof and now in the Custody or Pofsefion of him the said Jacob Sheirer or which he can or may come by without Suit at Law or Equity, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said piece or parcel of Land Hereditaments and premifses hereby granted, with the Appurtenances unto the said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Afsigns forever, To the only proper use benefit and behoof of the said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Afsigns forever, UNDER and Subject to the residue of Purchase money, Interest and yearly Quit rent now due and hereafter to become due for the same, to the Chief Lord or Lords of the Fee thereof, AND the said Jacob Sheirer for himself, his Heirs, Executors and Administrators, doth convenant, promise and grant, to and with the said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Afsigns that he the said Jacob Sheirer his Heirs and Afsigns, and all and every other person and persons his or their Heirs, any thing having or claiming in the said premifses above granted, or meant mentioned or intended so to be or any part thereof by from or under him them or any or either of them shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter upon the reasonable request and at the proper Costs and Charges of him the said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Afsigns make do and execute or cause and procure to be made done and executed, all and every such further and other Lawful and reasonable Act and Acts thing and things, conveyances and Afsurances in the Law whatsoever for the further better more sure and perfect granting conveying and afsuring of all and singular the said Premifses with the appurtenances unto the said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Afsigns forever, as by him the said Tobias Hartman his Heirs or Afsigns, or his or their Council learned in the Law; shall be reasonably advised, devised and required AND he the said Jacob Sheirer and Anna his Wife, their Heirs the said piece or parcel of Land above described and premisfses unto the said Tobias Hartman his Heirs and Afsigns, against him the said Jacob Sheirer and their Heirs, and against all and every other person and persons ___, Lawfully claiming said premisfses, or any part thereof, by from or under him them or any of them, shall and will Warrant and forever defend by these presents, excepted only the Chief Lord or Lords of the Tee thereof as aforesaid, IN WITNEFS whereof the said parties to these presents have hereto interchangeably set their Hand and Seals, the Day and year first above written
Sealed & Delivered in the presence of
Jno Morris
___ Swartz
Signed: Jacob ___ (seal)
Anna (her mark) Sheirer (seal)
RECEIVED on the Day of the date of the above Indenture of the above named Tobias Hartman the sum of One thousand & two hundred pounds in full for the Consideration money abovesaid.
Winefses present at signing Jno Morris Jacob ____
YORK COUNTY aforesaid. Be it remembered that on the eight Day of September, Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred and seventy nine, Before me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid, personally came the above named Jacob Sheirer and Anna his Wife, and acknowledged the above Indenture to be their Act and Deed, and desired that the same might be recorded, according to Law.
Signed Wm Scott (seal)
Source: Received from Historical Society York, PA and transcribed by Bushy Hartman. No book numbers or pages were provided.
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1790 census
Hartman, Tobias
State: Pennsylvania
County: YORK
Locale: SHREWSBURY TWP
Series: M637
Roll: 9
Part: 1
Page: 3601810 > PENNSYLVANIA > YORK > SHREWSBURY TWP
Series: M252 Roll: 57 Page: 211
Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year
HARTMAN TOBIAS PA YORK SHREWSBURY TWP 1810
The following written on outside of will when document was folded)
August 14th, 1817
Last Will & Testament
of Tobias Hartman
deceased proved
August 14th 1817 both
Exor ____ Inventory
in a month and an
amount on Reckoning
in a Year as when legally
whereunto required
before me
Branvitz RegLetters Testamentary
Granted to Ex. ____
____ _____
Bravitz Reg.Inventory filed
Sept 8, 1817
Recorded in Book
No 13 Pov 458.h
Bravitz Reg
Tobias HARTMAN- WillIn the Name of God Amen, I Tobias Hartman of Shrewsbury township in the County of York in the State of Pennsylvania Yoeman; being in perfect health of body, and of sound memory and understanding, Blessed be God for the same, but Considering the uncertainty of this transitory life, do make and Publish this my last will and Testament, in manner and form following, to wit, Principally, and first of all, I Command my Immortal Soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my Body to the Earth, to be Buried in a decent and Christian like manner, at the Discretion of my Executors, herein after Named, and as to such Worldly Estate, wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this life, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner, to wit, It is my will, and I order and direct that all my Just debt and funeral Expenses Shall be first paid and Satisfied by my Executors. Item I give devise and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Maria Elizabeth all my household and Kitchen furniture of what Kind or nature so Ever, the same may be for and during the Natural life of my said wife, or as long as She Remains my widow, And if it should so happen that my said wife should get maried again, I order and Direct that all and Every Kind of my Household and Kitchen furniture aforesaid Shall be sold by my Executors (Excepting and Reserving unto My said wife, her Bed Bedstead and Bedclothes there unto belonging, And one Table, 2 chairs, one Iron pot, and Fifty Pounds Good and Lawful money of Pennsylvania, to hold to her and her heirs and afsigns forever,) It is further my will and I order and Direct that my Son Frederik Hartman Deliver or Cause to be Delivered unto Maria Elizabeth My said wife for and during her Natural life all and Every the articles to be delivered to me, and in and by a Bond of Performance Bearing the date the Ninth Day of June A.D.1_09 Particularly mentioned to be delivered, and the priviledges which are in the said Bond Reserved, Item it is further my will and I order and Direct that after the death of my said wife or Intermarriage, all my Household and Kitchen furniture (Except as before Excepted) Shall be sold at public vendue as soon as Conveniently may be and the Monies therefrom arising and all other monies Not heretofore bequeathed Shall be Equally Divided to and amongst my Children herein after named Share and share alike, Charging Each and Every one of them that are indebted to me by bonds, Notes, or Book, Accounts Due Regard Shall be had to make the all Equal, Namely John Hartman, Ludwick Hartman, Tobias Hartman, Frederick Hartman, Maria Philibina Intermarried to Jacob Diphble, and Maria intermarried to George Boyer, and to Each and Every of them and their heirs forever, And unto my daughter Elizabeth I order the Interest of her share to be paid yearly and Every year During her Natural life, And after the Death of my said Daughter Elizabeth I order and Direct that my Executors shall pay her share unto her Children as they shall arrive to their Lawful ages. So that the Husband of the said Elizabeth shall not Receive any part of benefit from the said Elizabeths Share or part, AND LASTLY, I Nominate, Constitute and appoint my Said two sons, John Hartman and Frederick Hartman, to be the Executors of this my will hereby Revoking all other wills, Legacies and bequests, by me Heretofore made, and Declaring this, and no other; to be my last will and Testament, IN WITNESS Whereof I the said Tobias Hartman have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the first Day of December, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Ten
Signed, Sealed, published, pronounced Signed: Tobias Hartman (Seal)
And Declared, by the said Testator; as
his last will and Testament in the
presence of us, who, in his presence,
and at his Request, have Subscribed
as witnefses
Andrew M____
John A. Leitner
Igntius Leitner
(first and third signature hard to read)
York County _ Before me Jacob Bavnitz Register fo rthe Probate of Will and granting Sellers of Admin in and for the County of York the Stae of Pennsylvania Personally came Andrew Newman & Ignatius Leitner
Two of the inscribing Witnefses to the foregoing Instrument of Writing, and on their Solemn Oaths do severally say that they were personally present and saw and heard the above named Tobias Hartman sign his name unto and real and publish the foregoing Instrument of writing as and for his Last will and Testament and that at the time of the doing ___ he the said Tobias Hartman was of a sound and disposing mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge and (line unreadable) subscribed their names thereto as Witnesses in the presence of the said Testator and at his request and that they a ___same John A Leitner _______ Witness signed his name there to as a Witness at the same time
Sworn & _____ Andrew _____
Ignalius Leitner
Before and at York
This 14th day of August
AD 1809CODICIL
Whereas I Tobias Hardman of Shrwsby township York County and State of Pennsylvania have and Duly Executed my Last Will and Testament writing bearing Date the first Day of December one Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten ___ Same Last Will and Testament and Every Clause bequest and Devise therein Contained I do hereby Ratify and Confirm Saving and Excepting Such Clauses bequest and Devises therein mentioned as one by me herein after Revoked and Mark Void and being desirous to alter Some parts thereof and of making Additions thereto Do therefor hereby make this my Codicil which I Will and direct Shall be taken and held as part of my Said Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to Say First I give devise that my Son Frederick Hartman is Cut the fire wood for my Said widow at the doorfit for her use in the kichin [kitchen] and Stove and foder I give Devise that my Widow Shall have in the Place of fifty pound one Hundred and fifty pound which She Shall have the Interest of Same Sum of mony yearly During hir Natural Life and I give Devise that my Executors Shall be entitled to give to my daughter Elizabeth of the principle as much as they think Need for her service and Lastly I appoint my Son Tobias Hardman in place of my Son John Hardman Deceased and Frederick Hardman aforesaid.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereto Set my hand and Seal the Six day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight and Sixteen Signed: Tobias ______ (seal) (signature hard to read)
Signed Sealed published and declared by
Tobias Hardman the above named testators
And for a Codicil to this Last will and testament
In the presents of us who at his request in his
presents and in the presents of each other have
Subscribed our Names as witnefs thereto
Jacob Flours
Der___ ____tzYork County __ Before me Jacob Barnitz Register, for the probate of Wills _ in and for that County of York in the State of Pennsylvania Personally came Jacob Flours and of _____ Witness to this fore going Instrument of Writing and on his solemn oath doth say that he was Personally present and saw and heard the ___ named Tobias Hartman sign his name unto and seal and publish the for going Instrument of writing as and for codicil to his Last Will and Testament, and that at that time of __ doing Whereof he the said Tobias Hartman was of a sound and disposing mind memory and understanding to the best of his knowledge and belief and that he ___ his name thereto as a Witness in the presence and at the request of the said Testator and for when that he also saw Daniel Lentz the other Witness signed his name thereto as a Witness at the same time
Sworn and published before
And at York the 16th day of August A.D. 1817 Signed: Jacob Flours
Barvitz Register[Transcribed by Bushy Hartman, document from The Historical Society of York County, PA.]
65. Maria Elizabeth (GGGGGM) HAUSWIRTH
1820 > PENNSYLVANIA > YORK > SHREWSBURY
Series: M33 Roll: 114 Page: 65
Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year
HARTMAN WID PA YORK SHREWSBURY 1820
66. John (Johannas) HILDEBRAND
Rev. War Pvt. Capt. John Jarvis' Co. 1776
1800 > PENNSYLVANIA > YORK > SHREWSBURY
Series: M32 Roll: 44 Page: 1365
Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year
GOODLING PETER PA YORK SHREWSBURY 18001810 > PENNSYLVANIA > YORK > SHREWSBURY TWP
Series: M252 Roll: 57 Page: 208
Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year
GOODLING PETER PA YORK SHREWSBURY TWP 1810
1790 > PENNSYLVANIA > YORK > READING TWP
Series: M637 Roll: 9 Page: 370
Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year
BOPP PETTER PA YORK READING TWP 1790
Progenitor the Great and his wife were the Grand Duke and Dutchess of "Hesse-Darmstadt" Germany. Some sons and grandsons migrated to the US at different times before and after the American Revolutionary war, thus forfeiting inherent rights as dukes and/or counts of Hesse which had been theirs from 670 A.D. through 1918 A.D. They brought with them, however, their knowledge, skills, high Germanic language and culture, as their foundation-contribution to early Pennsylvania-Dutch and other settlements. Drarmstadt castle still remains. "Waser" is a the German-Swiss dialect word which means short, cropped grass, as in a newly cut field of wheat or hay. Its common usage is in fact like a song sung near the Swiss border, "Auf das Waser" which is about children playing in a field of freshly cut hay. Some members of this family do add a second 's' which makes a German word for water, but "water" is not the meaning of the family name. John Gaebel Waser was often quoted as saying that his father, also named John, was one of three brothers who came from Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany and that one settled in Pennsylvania and the other two in New York and Virginia.
HESSE-DARMSTADT, a grand-duchy in Germany, the history of which begins with the partition of Hesse in 1567. George I. (5471597), the youngest son of the landgrave Philip, received the upper county of Katzenelnbogen, and, selecting Darmstadt as his residence, became the founder of the Hesse-Darmstadt line. Additions to the landgraviate were made both in the reign~ of George and of his son and successor, Louis V. (1577 1626), but in 1622 Hesse-Homburg was cut off to form an apanage for Georges youngest son, Frederick (d. 1638). Although Louis V., who founded theuniversity of Giessen in 1607, was a Lutheran, he and his son, George II. (1605-1661), sided with the imperialists in the Thirty Years War, during which Hesse-Darmstadt suffered very severely from the ravages of the Swedes. In this struggle Hesse-Cassel took the other side, and the rivalry between the two landgraviates was increased by a dispute over Hesse-Marburg, the ruling family of which had become extinct in 1604. This quarrel was interwoven with the general thread of the Thirty Years War, and was not finally settled until 1648, when the disputed territory was divided between the two claimants. Louis VI. (d. 1678), a careful and patriotic prince, followed the policy of the three previous landgraves, but the anxiety of his son, Ernest Louis (d. 1739), to emulate the French court under Louis XIV. led his country into debt. Under Ernest Louis and his son and successor, Louis VIII. (d. 1768), another dispute occurred between Darmstadt and Cassel; this time it was over the succession to the county of Hanau, which was eventually divided, Hesse-Darmstadt receiving Lichtenberg. During the 18th century the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War dealt heavy blows at the prosperity of the landgraviate, which was always loyal to the house of Austria.
Louis IX. (1719-1790). who served in the Prussian army under Frederick the Great, is chiefly famous as the husband of Caroline (172 11774), the great landgravine, who counted Goethe, Herder and Grimm among her friends and was described by Frederick the Great as femina sexu, ingenio Dir. In April 1790, just after the outbreak of the French Revolution, Louis X. (1753-1830), an educated prince who shared the tastes and friendships of his mother, Caroline, became landgrave. In 1792 he joined the allies against France, but ~n 1799 he was compelled to sign a treaty of neutrality. In 1803, having formally surrendered the part of Hesse on the left bank of the Rhine which had been taken from him in the early days of the Revolution, Louis received in return a much larger district which had formerly belonged to the duchy of Westphalia, the electorate of Mainz and the bishopric of Worms. In 1806, being a member of the confederation of the Rhine, he took the title of Louis I., grandduke of Hesse; he supported Napoleon with troops from 1805 to 1813, but after the battle of Leipzig he joined the allies. In 1815 the congress of Vienna made another change in the area and boundaries of Hesse-Darmstadt. Louis secured again a district on the left bank of the Rhine, including the cities of Mainz and Worms, but he made cessions of territory to Prussia and to Bavaria and he recognized the independence of HesseHomburg, which had recently been incorporated with his lands. However, his title of grand-duke was confirmed, and as grandduke of Hesse and of the Rhine he entered the Germanic confederation. Soon the growing desire for liberty made itsell felt in Hesse, and in 1820 Louis gave a constitution to the land:various forms were carried through; the system of government was reorganized, and in 5828 Hesse-Darmstadt joined thi Prussian Zoilverein. Louis I., who did a great deal for thf welfare of his country, died on the 6th of April 1830, and wa~ followed on the throne by his son, Louis II. (1777-1848). Thi~ grand-duke had some trouble with his Landtag, but, dying or the 16th of June 1848, he left his son, Louis III. (1806-1877) to meet the fury of the revolutionary year 1848. Many conces sions were made to the popular will, but during the subsequent reaction these were withdrawn, and the period between f85c and 1871, when Karl Friedrich Reinhard, Freiherr von Dalwigl (1802-1880), was chiefly responsible for the government of Hesse Darmstadt, was one of repression, although some benefits wer conferred upon the people. Dalwigk was one of Prussia~
enemies, and during the war of 1866 the grand-duke fought on the Austrian side, the result being that he was compelled to pay a heavy indemnity and to cede certain districts, including Hesse-Homburg, which he had only just acquired, to Prussia. In 1867 Louis entered the North German Confederation, but only for his lands north of the Main, and in 1871 Hesse-Darmstadt became one of ihe states of the new German empire. After the withdrawal of Dalwigk from public life at this time a more liberal policy was adopted in Hesse. Many reforms in ecclesiastical, educational, financial and administrative matters were introduced, and in general the grand-duchy may be said to have passed largely under the influence of Prussia, which, by an arrangement made in 1896, controls the Hessian railway system. The constitution of 1820, subject to four subsequent modifications, is still the law of the land, the legislative power being vested in two chambers and the executive power being exercised by the three departments of the ministry of state. Since the annexation of Hesse-Cassel by Prussia in 1866 the grand-duchy has been known simply as Hesse. Louis III. died on the i3th of June 1877, and was succeeded by his nephew, Louis IV. (1837-1892), a son-in-law of Queen Victoria; he died on the 13th of March 1892, and was succeeded by his son, Ernest Louis (b. 1868). This grand-dukes marriage with Victoria (b. 1876), daughter of Alfred, duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was dissolved in 1901. The union was childless, and consequently in 1902 a law regulating the succession was passed. By this the ~andgrave Alexander Frederick (b. 1863), the representative of the family which ruled Hesse-Cassel until 1866, was declared the heir to Hesse in case the grand-duke died without sons. However, in 1905 Ernest Louis married Elenore, princess of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (b. 1871), by whom he had a son George (b. 1906).
See L. Baur, Urkunden zur Jiessisc hen Landes-, Orts- und Familiengeschichte (Darmstadt, 1846-1873); Steiner, Geschichte des Grossherzogtums Hessen (Darmstadt, 1833-1834); Klein, Das Grossherzogtum Hessen (Mainz, 1861); Ewald, Historische Ubersicht dc, Territorialveranderungen der Landgrafschaft Hessen und des Grossherzogtums Hessen (Darmstadt, 1872); F. Soldan, Geschichte des Grossherzogtums Hessen (Giessen, 1896); H. Heppe, Kirchengeschichte beider Hessen (Marburg, 1876-1878); C. Hessler, Geschichte von Hessen (Cassel, 1891), and Hessische Landes- und Volkskunde (Marburg, 1904-1906); F. Kuchler, A. E. Braun and A. K. Weber, Verfassungs- un,d Verwaltungsrecht des Grossherzogtums Hessen (Darmstadt, 1894-1897); H. KUnzel, Grossherzogtum Hessen (Giessen, 1893); and W. Zeller, Handbuclz der Ferfassung und Verwaltung ins Grossherzogtum Hessen (Darmstadt, 1885-1893). See also A rchiv fr hessische Geschichte und Altertumskunde (Darmstadt, 1894 fol.) and Hessisches Urkundenbuch (I.eipzig, 1879 fol.).
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Waser Family CrestOrigin Displayed: English
Spelling variations include: Wace, Waison, Wayson, Wasson, Wash, Waze, Waize, Waice, Gaish, Gash, Gason, Gasson, Gaze, Ways, Wasso, Waso, Gace, Gaco, Wass and many more.First found in Cornwall where they were anciently seated. The name, taking many forms, predominated in Cornwall before the Conquest, dating back to 1000 A,D, as Wasso, Wasce, Wazo, Gazo, Gasche, (all pronounced approximately the same) and in the next two centuries they proliferated along the south coast of England into Somerset, Hampshire, Essex, Cambridge and as far north as Lincolnshire.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Many of the family settled along the eastern seaboard of the U.S. in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Two Johan Jacob Ways'immigrated in 1740 when they were 18.
96. James or Jacobus REES (RIES)
1790 > PENNSYLVANIA > LANCASTER > LANCASTER
Series: M637 Roll: 8 Page: 19
Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year
REESE JAMES PA LANCASTER LANCASTER 1790
1800 > PENNSYLVANIA > LANCASTER > LANCASTER BORO
Series: M32 Roll: 39 Page: 36
Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year
REESE JAMES PA LANCASTER LANCASTER BORO 1800
1810 > PENNSYLVANIA > LANCASTER > LANCASTER BORO
Series: M252 Roll: 50 Page: 171
Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year
REESE JAMES PA LANCASTER LANCASTER BORO 1810