Johannes Huber

1731 - 1784  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Johannes Huber
  Born	ca 22 Apr 1731	possibly from Trippstadt, Landkreis Kaiserslautern, Kurpfalz, Southern Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	Sep 1784	East Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, PA
  Person ID	I24042	Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	Elisabeth
  Children	1. Catherine Hoover,   b. 1764   2. Abraham Hoover Sr.,   b. ca 1778, East Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, PA   3. Anna Hoover   4. Christian [Christophel] Hoover,   b. East Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, PA   5. Elisabeth Hoover   6. Esther Hoover   7. John Hoover
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F9263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		East Hanover Township, Derry County, PA This map shows the central part of East Hanover Township in Derry County, PA. This 1859 Map shows two locations: (5) the John Hoover Jr. farm west of Mechanicsville, and (6) the Abraham Hoover farm, further north, next to the Second Mountain of Dauphin County, PA.
  		Derry and Hanover Townships, Dauphin County, PA West Hanover Township, upper left, shows (1) the Michael Hoover farm, (2) the future site of the Big Swatara German Baptist Meetinghouse at Hanoverdale, (3) the Kiefer "Zion's Children" River Brethren meetinghouse and cemetery in East Hanover Township, and (4) the Spring Creek German Baptist Meetinghouse in Derry Township, Dauphin County, PA. Spring Creek village has been absorbed, totally, by the modern city and chocolate factory of Hershey, Pennsylvania, at this location. The river flowing to the west, in this map, is the Swatara, diving South Hanover and Derry Townships in Dauphin County, Pa.
  		The Big Swatars German Baptist (Dunkard) Meetinhouse at Hanoverdale, Dauphin County, PA Because of its central location in the Big Swatera congregation (that included a number of meetinghouses) this one, at Hanoverdale, became the preferred location of spring and fall love feasts. For this reasons, a full basement, kitchen, benches, water facilities, and lodging for many visitors in the attic became necessary.
  		Sisters of the Big Swatara congregation in Dauphin County, mid-1900s German Baptist believers passionately attempted to follow Jesus and his instructions in every detail, during their first years in Pennsylvania. Their desire continues, but many changes have gradually taken place. The Big Swatara congregation, now associated with the Church of the Brethren, has gradually lost its disincentives and became more closely aligned with main-stream American Evangelicals.
  		The Big Swatara Meetinghouse at Hanoverdale, Dauphin County, PA Brothers sat on the right side of the elders, facing the congregation from the pulpit, and sisters on the left. Meetings steadily grew during the 1800s as large families expanded and multiplied, making it necessary to branch off and build new meetinghouses here and there throughout the district.
  		Basement Facilities for the Love Feast at Big Swatara, Hanoverdale Spring and fall love feasts brought hundreds of visitors from other Dunkard congregations, as well as other Anabaptist fellowships of the area. The event involved three days of preaching, singing, the Lord's Supper in bread and wine, feet washing, using the holy kiss (sisters to sisters, brothers to brothers) and many times baptisms in a nearby branch of the Swatar. Baptisms were performed, face forewards, dipping converts completely, three times, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Not unusually, baptisms took place in the winter, where a hole was cut into the ice.
  		Big Swatara Meetinghouse at Hanoverdale in the late 1800s The Lord in Heaven greatly blessed the work amongst the German Baptist believers in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, during the 1800s. But the evil one also did his part in planting seeds of apostasy, division and spiritual disorder. Thankfully, through many challenges, the work continues today. --Photo from the Elizabethtown College Church of the Brethren Photographic Collection
  		Hoover Families in Derry Townshp, Dauphin County, PA Hans Jörg and Anna Maria (Hoos) Huber, Swiss German immigrants, arrived in what is now Derry Township in 1738. They settled on what is now Bullfrog Valley Road, just south of Hershey, Pennsylvania (7). Here they established a cemetery, the Huber / Hoover Farm Cemetery, that was later moved to the nearby Spring Creek German Baptist Cemetery (4). Some members of this family joined the Hershey Reformed Mennonite congregation (8) on Bachmanville Road. Other descendants of this Hoover family of Derry Townshp, apparently joined both the German Baptist and the River Brethren (Children of Zion / Brinserites) throughout the Big Swatara region in the early 1800s.
  		Spring Creek German Baptist Meetinghouse Built in 1848, this larger meetinghouse allowed the Spring Creek congregation to expand further, but continual growth soon called for new congregations in other parts of Dauphin and Lebanon County and across the mountains into northern Pennsylvania and New York. -- Photo from Elizabethtown College Church of the Brethren Picture Collection
  		Hershey Reformed Mennonte Congregation, Derry Twp., Dauphin County, PA Just south of Spring Creek, another Anabaptist fellowship took place on Bachmanville road. A number of Hoover descendants joined this congregation, known as the Hershey Reformed Mennonite Church. From here, some Hoover descendants found their way to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and Muscatine, Iowa. This Hoover branch, once they were no longer part of the non-resistant Mennonite Church, became involved in politics and national defence. J. Edger Hoover was a descendant of this family.
  		Site of the Huber / Hoover Family Cemetery along Bullfrog Valley Road, Hershey, PA Buried at this place were: Baum Anna (Sep 20 1720 - Nov 20 1785) 65y info from family April 2005 Baum Michael (Jul 1755 - Nov 17 1795) 40y info from family April 2005 Baum Veronica (1725 - Oct 3 1797) 72 y info from family April 2005 Crumel Elizabeth (21 Sep 1811 - 21 Feb 1836) Crumel Mary (23 Mar 1813 - 11 Jun 1823) d/o John & Rachel Crumel Rachel (14 Jan 1770 - 11 Jun 1823) Crumel William (23 Jul 1824 - 2 Nov 1824) Hoover Benjamin (29 Aug 1805 - 25 Oct 1877) Hoover Isaac (12 Feb 1843 - 28 Feb 1863) s/o Benjamin & Lydia Huber Anna (18 Mar 1820 - 26 Jul 1820) d/o Frederick & Susan Huber David ( 16 Mar 1818 - 25 Sep 1828) s/o George & Susan Huber Frederick (28 Jan 1813 - 11 May 1813) s/o Fred. & Susan Huber George (21 Oct 1774 - 11 Sep 1826) Huber Isaac (23 Feb 1809 - 28 May 1824) Huber Jacob (6 Aug 1813 - 2 Jan 1825) Huber Jacob (23 Jan 1806 - 29 Mar 1823) s/o Jacob & Elizabeth Huber John (Dec 1821 - 8 Mar 1822) s/o George & Susan Huber Maria (3 Feb 1741 - 2 Oct 1821) s/o Fred. & Susan Huber Michael (no date of death - 1810 illegible) Huber Samuel (11 May 1820 - 2 Oct 1821) s/o George & Susan Huber Samuel (no date of death - 25 Oct 1811) s/o George & Susan Reiter Ephraim (23 Feb 1817 - 18 Sep 1821) s/o George & Susan Reiter Henry (6 Mar 1801 - 29 Jun 1816) s/o Henry & Maria Reiter Jacob (1805 – 1811) s/o M. & S. Reiter Magdalena (2 Apr 1747 - 26 Aug 1821) s/o John & Susan w/o M Reiter Michael (29 Sep 1744 - 7 Sep 1821) s/o Henry & Magdalena Reiter Samuel (5 Jun 1816 - 20 Sep 1821) s/o Henry & Magdalena Grave Markers, and possibly some of the remains have been removed to the Spring Creek German Baptist (Church of the Brethren) cemetery, nearby.

  
  

• Notes

  Composite Record of Johannes Huber, Swiss-German Immigrant to America, ca 1731 Note: The Huber family, although many descendants had lived for a number of years in southern Germany, from the mid-1600s to the mid-1700s were squarely of Swiss descent, mainly from Zürich, the Aargau and Schaffhausen. The name Huber is the Swiss German equivalent of the name Hofer in Austria -- i. e. a family in charge of a "Hube" or "Hof" (feudal rental arrangement), most commonly owned by Religious orders. If Johannes Huber was from Trippstadt in the western Pfalz, his family came from Zürcher Weinland, in the area of Pfungen, Embrach, Aesch and Neftenbach, north-east of the city of Zürich. ca 1731, 22 Apr, Johannes Huber may well have been the Johannes Huber, born in Trippstadt, in the German Kurpfalz. Further research is necessary to fully establish this relationship. 1749, 2 Oct, Johannes Huber arrived in Philadelphia on the Dutch ship, Jacob, from Rotterdam, under captain Adolf de Grow. The fact that he signed was accompanied by a group of other single men from Baden in Germany suggests he may have also have come from the eastern part of the Kurpfalz. 1751, Johannes Huber appears in the Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Tax record, as a free man (without debt). 1758, Johannes Huber bought a property in what is now East Hanover Township, Dauphin County, PA. ca 1760, Johannes Huber marries Catherine (family name unknown) and settles in East Hanover Township. Johannes Huber may well have been a member of the Evengelical Lutheran or Reformed Church in Germany. But in Dauphin County he and his wife were baptised by trine immersion into the German Baptist (Dunkard) Church. Through this they became members of the Big Swatara German Baptist congregation. 1784, Johannes Huber wrote his will in Dauphin County. 1784, Sept., death and burial in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County, PA. . Arrival in America, on the Ship Jacob, 2 Oct 1749, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The only Johannes Huber who arrived in Pennsylvania, coming from Continental Europe during this correct time slot was a single man, Johannes Huber, who landed at Philadelphia on 2 October 1749. He was single, and must have been around eighteen or nineteen years old. He came with a group of single men of this age, some of them apparently coming from Baden, Germany. 1749 Jacob Captain: Adolph de Grove From: Rotterdam By Way of: Shields in England Arrival: Philadelphia, 2 Oct 1749 Persons 249 (only a few listed here) Michael Müller, 24 Massenbach, Baden, a Miller, his brothes-in-law, Joh. Fridrich Bickel and Joh. Conrad Lauffer, are also Passengers on this ship. Johann Henrich Herget Georg Hoffman Johannes Huber Johann Christoph Kress Georg Bachart Johann Jerg Steigleder Joseph Ritter, 25 from Neckarbischofsheim, Baden en route to Lancaster Co. . 1751 John Hoover, Appears in the tax register as a free man, living in the East End of Derry Township that still included East, West and South Hanover townships. A Connected Warrented Map of West Hanover Township, by William S. Livengood Jr. -- 12 March 1948 Original Land Owners of 1734-1877 A land transaction appears for John Hoover in what is now East Hanover township, granted on 15 October 1758, the Grantor being David Kauffman. . Johannes Huber [John Hoover] Will, September 1784 In the name of God, Amen, the thirtieth [or is it thirteenth?] day of September 1784, I John Hoover of Hanover township, Lancaster county, and State of Pennsylvania being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality 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 give and recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give and devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. Imprimis. I allow all my debts and funeral expenses to be paid out of my personal estate. Secondly. I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my dearly beloved wife one third of all my estate real and personal this to be her full share. Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my son John the one seventh part of what remains after my wife gets her share this to be deemed his full share. Fourthly I do give and bequeath unto my sons Christophel and Abraham and my daughters Ann, Elizabeth, Esther and Catharine the remainder of my estate real and personal to be equally divided between them. Fifthly. I do constitute make and ordain my trusty friend John Snyder and my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth to be my sole executors of this my last will and testament and I do authorize and impower them to sell and dispose of all estate real and personal and I do hereby utterly disallow and disanul all and every other former testament will legacies and bequests and executors by me in any ways before named and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. Signed with a mark Jacob Ramm Robert Moody Robert Templeton Probated 1 February 1785 .