Jacob Hirzel, II

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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ritterd/h/h62400PA.htm Name: Jacob * Hirzel \ Hartzell Sex: M Birth: FEB 1580/81 in Zurich, Switzerland, bp 14 Feb 1581 Altorff / Fehraltorf, Zurich, Switzerland Death: BEF 1635 in Balm, Zurich Switzerland Note: A reprinted and edited article from the Internet, "Hartzell Family History ", provided by Gordon Koerner: The earliest known generations of the Hirzel family lived in PfAff ikon Parish of the Zurich Canton in Switzerland, some ten miles east of t he city of Zurich. Lake PfAffikon is the site of one of the largest prehis toric settlements built on pilings in the marshes of that region. Three le vels of construction were found, dating back to the lowest, stone age stra ta of 3000 B.C. Near Zurich lies the village of Hirzel. This village is n ot named for the Hirzel family. At the beginning of the 14th century the n ame of the village was still "Hirsol", a word that is related to "Hirse" w hich is the name of the crop limillet. In 1378 the name was changed to "Hi rtzlen" to become much later the modern "Hirzel" village. In this 14th cen tury the family name was spelled "HiArzel" or "HiArtzel". Historical-Biogr aphical Encyclopedia of Switzerland. According to this encyclopedia, all t he Hirzels have their origin in Pfdffikon, Canton Zurich. According to t he first official document dated 811 AD the village was then "Faffinochova "; in the year 1308 AD it is documented as "Pfeffinkon". The surname Hirz el was registered as early as 1530 in Maur, Pfdffikon, Seegraeben, Uste r, Wetzikon and Winterthur, all in Pfdffikon parish. The earliest menti on of the name was called Hurzel in Pfaffikon in 1318. The Winterthur bra nch of the Hirzels, undoubtedly related in some way and contemporaneo us to our earliest known generations, lived about ten miles north of PfAff ikon. Both of these branches in the third known generation emigrated to T he Palatinate, an area of Germany that had suffered huge population los es during the Thirty Years War. Our Hartzell line extends from Jacob Hirze l, born about 1580 in Switzerland, through ten more generations, named suc cessively Hirtzel, Hertzell, and Hartzell. Successive families of this dir ect line lived in The Palatinate, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Missour i, Oklahoma Territory when it became a state, and Kansas. The tracing of t his line is from several essential sources. Charles H. Price Jr., of Telfo rd, Pennsylvania, compiled, printed, bound, and published A Hartzell-Pri ce Family History and Genealogy. An impressive tome on the descendan ts of Jacob Hirzel and of the Price family into which the Hirzels marrie d. He traced the family from Switzerland to Reihen, Baden, The Palatinat e, and identified those who emigrated to America. The research in Switzerl and was carried out for him by genealogist J. Arnold of Zurich, and in Ger many by Pastor Henry Schuchman and by Dr. Fitz Braun of Kaiserslautern. Ha nnah Benner Roach published a well documented article, "Hans Georg Hertze l, Pioneer of Northampton County and His Family" in The Pennsylvania Genea logical Magazine [Roach, 1966; pp. 151-1841 on the Pennsylvania immigra nt and his descendants down to his grandson Johann Philip Hertzel. Roac h, however, did not have all of the children of Johann Philip identifie d. In particular, Adam, was missing. Johann Philip's brother Jonas in 1816 wrote an extensive gene alogical letter to him while he was in Virginia [Hartzell, 1816], the la st line of which mentions specifically "your oldest son Adam", thus establ ishing this missing link. The letter specifically traces the line from h is grandfather "old George" to Jonas and then to his own grandson, and lis ts all of Jonas' siblings, including Johann Philip, with birth dates. T he original of the letter is in the possession of a sister of Glenn R. Har tzell of Dayton, Ohio. Glenn, also sent an eight page document, "Hartze ll Ancestral Line" (author and date unknown) which recounted several branc hes of the descendants of the immigrant Johann George Hirtzel. This he sa id he received "from a cousin long ago". He had also provided a copy to Ch arles Price, who cited it in material he sent to Paul Middleton in 1980. G lenn notes that there are "some discrepancies" which have to be resolve d, but this appears to be the earliest source of our knowledge of the Yo rk County, Pennsylvania, to Franklin County, Virginia, to Montgomery Count y, Ohio, generations of our lineage. Again, however, a crucial link in t he lineage was missing. Paul Middleton entered into correspondance with Ch arles H. Price before his recent death, and succeeded in unearthing a lett er written by Roxie Louise, a daughter of Adam Leonard Hartzell. Citing Ro xie Louisa (Hartzell) Winn letter of 1931 to D. J. Culver Hartzell). Th is letter names one of her uncles and two of her aunts by their given a nd married names, thus establishing beyond doubt that Adam Leonard was t he son of Philip and Mary Elizabeth (Miller) Hartzell of Ohio. In Octobe r, 1997 another Hartzell researcher, Dave Leebrick, was found on the Inter net and contacted by e-mail. He sent an extensive writeup on early Hartze ll lineage with very complete documentation. His additions to this prese nt account are cited as [Leebrick, 1997] with his own citations append ed as appropriate.

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Jacob Hirtzel (b. 1581, d. 1634)

Jacob Hirtzel135, 136, 137 was born 1581 in Fehraltorf, Zurich, Switzerland, and died 1634 in Balm, Switzerland. He married Madelena Keller on Aug 2, 1601 in Pfafficonparrish, Zurich, Switzerland, daughter of Hans Keller and Madeline Bosshead/Bosshart.

Notes for Jacob Hirtzel: Swan ~ Hartzell Family History (by Paul R. Swan) -- online

"The earliest known generations of our Hirzel family lived in Pfaffikon Parish of the Zurich Canton in Switzerland, some ten miles east of the city of Zurich. Lake Pfaffikon is the site of one of the largest prehistoric settlements built on pilings in the marshes of that region. Three levels of construction were found, dating back to the lowest, stone age strata of 3000 B.C.

"On the southern shore of Zurich See (Lake) lies the village of Hirzel, and it seems not unlikely that the family name originated in that area, and earlier generations at some unrecorded time moved to Pfaffikon. Another branch of Hirzels, undoubtedly related in some way and contemporaneous to our earliest known generations, lived around Winterthur, a city about ten miles north of Pfaffikon. Both of these branches in the third known generation emigrated to The Palatinate, and area of Germany that had suffered huge population losses during the Thirty Years War.

More About Jacob Hirtzel: Christened: Fehraltorf, Zurich, Switzerland.

More About Jacob Hirtzel and Madelena Keller: Marriage: Aug 2, 1601, Pfafficonparrish, Zurich, Switzerland.

Children of Jacob Hirtzel and Madelena Keller are: +Hans Heinrich Hirtzel I, b. 1619, Switzerland, d. Jun 23, 1663, Reihen, Germany.

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According to the Historical-Biographical Encyclopedia of Switzerland, all the Hirzels have their origin in Pfaffikon, Canton Zurich. According to the first official document, dated 811, the village of Pfaffikon was then called "Faffinochova." in the year 1308 it is documented as "Pfeffinkon." The town is located some ten miles east of the city of Zurich. Lake Pfaffikon is the site of one of the largest prehistoric settlements built on pilings in the marshes of that region. Three levels of construction have been found, dating back to the lowest, stone age strata of 3000 BC.

The surname Hirzel was registered as early as 1530 in Maur, Pfaffikon, Seegraeben, Uster, Wetzikon and Winterthur, all in Pfaffikon parish. the earliest mention of the name is one "Waltherus called Hirzel" in Pfaffikon in 1318. the pronunciation sounds like "here," rather than "her," and the "z" has the same "tz" sound as in "Mozart."

The Winterthur branch of the Hirzels lived about ten miles north of Pfaffikon. Both of these branches in the third known generation emigrated to the Palatinate area of Germany that had suffered huge population loses during the Thirty Years War.

The church records of Pfaffikon reflect Jacob's birth in 1580, as well as his marriage to Madalena Kaeller. It appears that his ancestors had been living in the cantons of Switzerland for centuries before his birth. the earliest civil records for the village date from 1597 and are stored in the archives of Zurich; however, since village records before 1597 are missing, it is not possible to know the names of Jacob's parents or siblings. the Hirzel name is well known in Zurich where eleven members of the family have served as mayor (Burgermeiser). According to Richard Hirzel, author of "The Ancestors of George William Hirzel," there are several volumes of history and genealogy published about the Hirzel line in Switzerland. One of these volumes is located in the LDS library in Salt Lake City; it is in German and traces the genealogy of the Hirzel line back to the early fourteenth century.