Baltzer Haman 1
- Born: Abt 1722 2
- Marriage (1): Anna Margaretha Zimmerman on 4 Apr 1747 in Orefield: Jordan Lutheran Church, Lehigh, PA
- Died: 1754, South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County, PA about age 32 1
- Buried: South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County, PA 1
Other names for Baltzer were Balzar Haman,3 Balthasar Hamman,4 Baltzar Hamman 5 and Balzar Hammann.6
FamilySearch ID: KJ5S-B49.
General Notes:
A John Haman is listed as a charter member of the Christ Lutheran Church in Strouchsburg, Berks County when organized in May of 1743. Unless he was Johan Baltzar Haman, was this John a brother of Baltzar? Further research is needed. 7
Noted events in his life were:
1. Residence: before 1741 in , , Bayern-Pfalz, DEU.
2. He immigrated on 26 Oct 1741 to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 2 4 8 9 10 Several books list the Palatines imported in the Snow Molly, John Cranch, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Deal. Balthasar Hamman, age 19, is the spelling in some books; but in the lists published in Pennsylvania German Pioneers it is spelled Balzer Hamman.
In "Church Records of the Jordan Lutheran Congregation" is a list of Jordan Church members with immagrations found in "Pennsylvania Geman Pioneers" including:
Bathaser Haman, arrival 26 Oct 1741, Snow Molly.
3. Baptism on 8 Nov 1747 in South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County, PA. 11 Maria Catharina Haman, b. 25 Sep 1747, bapt. 8 Nov 1747, daughter of Balthasar Haman and Margretha. Sponsors: Georg Adam Fischer and Anna Maria Acker.
4. Applications for Land Warrants on 21 Aug 1751 in , Bucks, PA. 12 21 August 1751, Baltzer Hamman one hundred acres at Maccungy, Bucks County surveyed to William Zimmer by Warrant of 10th Jun 1746 which is forfeited.
Baltzer Hamman twenty five acres more or less adjoining his own land & Adam Heberley near Macungy Township Bucks
To Nicholas Scull, to pay 25
Richrd Peters.
5. Surveyor's Map of Baltzer Hamman Warrant on 21 Aug 1751 in Macungie Twp., Lehigh, PA. 13
6. Fact: Haman Research Evidence. Catherine Haman Bicher's burial record on 8 Dec 1830 at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lebanon, PA, states: "Bicher, Mrs. Anna Maria Catherine Heckedorn (nee Haman). Buried December 10, 1830, died December 8, 1830. Age 83 years, 2 months, 13 days. Born Sept. 25, 1747. Parents Balsar Haman and wife Margt. Baptized and confirmed. Married Joh. Heckedorn who died in 1778. April 11, 1779 she was married the second time to Jacob Bicher. She had 3 children. She was sick a very long time. She was buried near her husband and daughter."
Deeds show Catherine's husband John Bicher sold land in Lebanon Township on 11 April 1801 to George Hamman who sold that land on 17 May 1805 to Solomon Haman. George is Catherine's brother, and Solomon is either George's son or brother. (These deeds are recorded in Dauphin County because Lebanon County was not founded until 1812.)
George's daughter Elisabeth was buried 13 Sep 1804 per Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery records which state she was born 22 May 1786 in "Northampton" which in 1786 would refer to Northampton County, not a township.
Lehigh County Orphan's Court: December 8, 1815. The petition of Catharine Mertz, late Catharine Haman one of the daughters of George Haman, late of Lebanon township in the county of Lebanon, Yeoman, deceased, was presented, setting forth : That said petitioner is a minor above the age of fourteen years, and hath no guardian appointed to take care of her person and estate; Therefore praying leave to choose some person for the aforesaid purpose, which being granted, the petitioner chose her husband John Mertz, as her guardian, of whom the Court approve.
That indicates George Haman died between 1805 and 1815. Searching for a death record we learned in Dauphin County Orphan's Court Vol 1 C Page 127…
6 Oct 1806: Susanna Haman administratrix of George Haman did appear in court and produced an account of her administration upon the estate of the said decd. duly passed by the Register, by which there appears to be a balance of eighteen hundred & eighty pounds eight shillings and six pence halfpenny in the hands of the accountant, which balance, after deducting one pounds twelve shillings and five pence paid by accountant for the expenses, the court or to be distributed according to Law.
This supports that George died in 1806 likely in Lebanon, and Susanna is likely his wife. Since his daughter was buried in 1804 in the Salem Lutheran cemetery we should search for his burial there to learn his birth/death dates.
Catherine Haman Bicher's obituary indicates her father is Baltzar Hamman who lived in Northampton.
Catherine's father is likely "Balthasar Hamman, age 19" who immigrated to Philadelphia 26 Oct 1741 on the Snow Molly. In Pennsylvania German Pioneers it is spelled Balzer Hamman.
Baltzer Haman was issued these land warrants Macungie Township in Bucks County by William Penn's Proprietary Land Office:
(Macungie Township was first in Bucks County but in Mar 1752 became Northampton County and 1812 became Lehigh County.)
No. 176
Haman, Baltzer
Survey, 25 acres
Date of Warrant: 21 Aug 1750
Date of Return: 7 May 1783
Acres Returned: 46.4
Name of Patentee Jacob Hammond
Recorded: Vol. P No. 3 Page 161
Survey: Book C78 Page 276 Macungy Twp
No. 177
Haman, Baltzer
Accept: 100 acres
Date of Warrant: 21 Aug 1750
Date of Return: 11 Apr 1782
Acres Returned: 111.3
Name of Patentee Jacob Hammond
Recorded: Vol. P No. 1 Page 192
Survey: Book C78 Page 253 Macungy Twp
On 4 Apr 1747 at Jordan Lutheran Church Balthasar Hamman married Anna Margaretha Zimmerman. At the time the church was in a Bucks County rural area with no township, but in 1753 became Whitehall Township in the new Northampton County. Today it is South Whitehall Township in Lehigh County.
Fortunately in the Northampton County Orphan's Court records we find valuable clues about Baltzer's death and his family…and we learn that Jacob "Hammond" who patented the land warrants was actually his son Jacob Hamman.
"At an Orphans Court held at Easton in and for the County of Northampton the twenty second day of March In the Year one thousand seven hundred and seventy four Before George Taylor, Lewis Gordon, Peter Kachlein, John Jennings & Christopher Wagner Esq.rs Justices &c…
On the Petition of Jacob Hamman eldest son and heir at Law of Baltzer Hamman late of Whitehall Township in the said County Yeoman deceased Setting forth That the Petitioner's said Father died about nineteen Years ago Intestate leaving a Widow and four Children and being seized & possessed at the time of his death of and in a certain Plantation and Tract of Land situate in Whitehall Township aforesaid and Containing about two hundred acres ... Praying the Court to award an Inquest to make Partition of the said Land into and amongst the Children of the said deceased if Partition thereof can be made without prejudice to & spoiling the whole, And if Partition thereof cannot be made that then the said Inquest may be Directed to Value and Appraise the same And that the Petitioner may be admitted to hold & enjoy the same upon paying or securing to be paid unto the other Children of the said deceased their respective shares of such Valuation according to the Acts of Assembly of this Province in such Case made & provided &c Whereupon it is Considered by the Court and Ordered that a Writ of Partition ... issue out of this Court commanding the Sheriff of the said County…"
And then my summary of a later record:
Orphans' Court proceeding from Northampton County, PA, on June 22, 1774, concerning the real estate of the deceased Balzer Hamman.
Valuation: An inquest (jury) determined that the 200-acre plantation in Whitehall Township could not be partitioned among the heirs without "prejudice" or "spoiling" the whole, and they appraised its value at £775 (Pounds) lawful Money of Pennsylvania.
Acceptance: The eldest son, Jacob Hamman, appeared in court and declared his willingness to accept the entire tract at the appraised valuation.
Court Award: The court awarded the land to Jacob Hamman "to be Enjoyed by him his Heirs and Assigns for Ever," and the other children were "forever debarred" from any claim to the premises.
Payment/Shares: Jacob was allowed one year to pay the shares of the other children without interest, secured by two approved individuals (George Knowse and George Staiminger).
Distribution of Estate:
The total valuation of £775 had £11.0.0 deducted for court and sheriff fees.
The Widow's Third (£254.13.4) was established, of which she was to receive the interest yearly.
The remaining balance (£509.6.8) was divided into five shares for the children.
The oldest son, Jacob, received a double share of £200.18.8.
Each of the other children received one share of £101.17.4.
Therefore from the above evidence we know:
Balzer Haman died likely in 1754, or perhaps in the first 3 months of 1755, in Whitehall Township which today is Lehigh County.
Since he was 19 when he immigrated he was born about 1722.
On 4 Apr 1747 he married Anna Margaretha Zimmerman.
He died at about age 32 having only 4 children: Catherine, Jacob, George, and ?
He did not have a will and his estate was not awarded to his oldest son until Jacob was 21.
He died in what is now South Whitehall Township, today's Lehigh County.
His son George was born 16 Mar 1754.
His son Jacob born 16 Jan 1752 was buried 9 Oct 1804 at Jordan Lutheran Church (see https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17006655 ) and Balzer is likely buried there since he was married there and baptized children at Jordan Lutheran Church not long before his death. Church records state that most of the early graves there no longer or never had tombstones.
7. Relatives To Research: The Hamman Y-DNA project identifies the different Hamman family lines that immigrated into Pennsylvania and elsewhere. See http://www.brian-hamman.com/Hamman_Y_chromosomeResults.htm.
8. Property on 21 Aug 1751 in Macungie Twp., Lehigh, PA. 5 The records showing applications for land warrants in 1751:
HAMMAN, Baltzar 21 Aug for 100 acres in Maccungy surveyed to William ZIMMER by Warrant 10 June 1746 but Forfeited.
HAMMAN, Baltzar 21 Aug for 25 acres adjoining his own land and Adam HEBERLEY near Maccungy.
Macungie Township is now in Lehigh County, which was formed from Northampton County which was formed from Bucks County in 1752 after these applications were filed.
Baltzer married Anna Margaretha Zimmerman on 4 Apr 1747 in Orefield: Jordan Lutheran Church, Lehigh, PA.
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