Johannes Heckendorn ^{3 4 5}

   Another name for Johannes was John Heckendorn.

   FamilySearch ID: LTZ4-J9R.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He signed a will Will of John Heckedorn on 7 Apr 1778 in , Lancaster, PA. ⁶ In the name of God Amen this second day of February in the year of Our Lord 1778 I John Heckedorn of Lebanon Township in the county of Lancaster yeoman being at present sick and weak in body but never the less of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding thanks be to God therefore calling unto mind the morality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all, I recommend my soul in the hands of God who gave it hoping through the morals of Our Savior Jesus Christ to receive Redemption of all my sins and a happy admission unto the regions of morality. As to my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Christian-like and decent manner And touching such worldly Goods wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life.
I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
Imprimis it is my will and I do order in the first place that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently may be by my decease.
Item - I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Catharine all that, my messuage tenement and lot of ground where I now live situate in the town of Lebanon before said fronting on Cumberland Street together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging To hold to her the said Catherine her heirs and assigns forever.
I give and bequeath unto her my said wife all and singular my personal estate of what kind soever the same may be so and for her own and sole use to hold to her, her heirs and assigns forever So that she my said wife Catharine for all be the whole and sole heir of my estate real and personal so act and do with the same as so her shall seem meet and no other person or persons whomsoever shall have any right title or interest in and to the same or of in or to any part or parcel thereof, And lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my said beloved wife Catharine to be the Executrix of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking annulling and making void all former and other Testaments and Executors by me heretofore made and ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I the said John Heckedorn have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the day and year first above written.
(signed) (his) John Heckedorn (mark)
Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us.
(signed) George Nolk (signed) Philip Marsteller
On the 7 day of April 1778 before me the subscriber came Philip Marsteller and George Nolk the witnesses to the within written will, an don their Corporal oaths did declare and say that they were present and saw and heard John Heckedorn Sign Seal Publish Pronounce and Declare the same writing as and for his last Will and Testament and that at the doing thereof he was of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding according to the best of their knowledge observation and belief.

2. Book: The Heckendorn-Heckathorn family in America, 1736-1982, 1985. ⁴
Daniel's oldest son, John (Johannes), married Maria Catherine Hamman on 21 August 1770 in Lebanon. John died in 1778 and his will mentions no children. His widow, Catherine, married Johan Jacob Bicher on 11 April 1779. When she died in 1830 her obituary noted that she had three children.

Johannes married Anna Maria Catherine Hamman, daughter of Balthasar Hamman and Anna Margaretha Zimmerman, on 21 Aug 1770 in North Annville Twp.: Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA.^{1 2} (Anna Maria Catherine Hamman was born on 25 Sep 1747 in North Whitehall Twp., Lehigh, PA,^{5 7 8} died on 8 Dec 1830 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{5 7 8} and was buried in Dec 1830 in Lebanon: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA ^{5 7 9}.)