Excerpt from Johannes Heintz and His Descendants The name first appears in American records in 1730, the first person noted being Johan Ludwig Heintz, Who qualified at the Port of Philadelphia, November 3oth of that year. From that date until 1775, there were upward of thirty-two individuals bearing the name Heintz, or What is meant for the same, who entered Pennsylvania, and strangely too, half of these included the Christian names John, Johan, and Johannes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...thigh. When my father asked him if hew as wounded, he replied 'yes! but never mind it boys, fight on.' Soon after, the Lieutenant received a ball through the body, which terminated his existence in this world; the Ensign left the ground; each man then fought for himself: When lo! my father espied a 'Redcoat' standing behind an apple tree, not far off, who fired twice, and in the act of loading again, while my father pulled trigger and burned primer twice, and while in the act of stripping a leaf to pick the touchhole, one of his comrades, an Irishman, came up and exclaimed, 'What's the matter Hines, what's the matter?' He replied, 'Don't you see that "Redcoat" behind that apple tree?' These words were hardly spoken, when up went his piece, which also burned primer, when the 'Redcoat' quickly decamped. By this time the two main armies came together, and a bloody battle ensued. He was in other battles and skirmishes during the war, and continued to serve the American cause in various ways during the Revolution. His father's family at the time consisted of John (himself), Daniel, Henry, Rudolph, Philip, and a sister, Christiana. Three of his brothers, namely, were also in the service of the Revolutionary War. His sister, Elizabeth Christina, was married to Jacob Ourand, and had.many children; his brother Philip was an invalid; three of the five brothers were married and had children--the following are their names and numbers: John Hines had twelve, ten sons and two daughters, namely, first, John; Christiana; Henry; Daniel, who died without issue, never married; Philip; Jacob; Elizabeth; Christian; Matthew; William, who died young; Frederick; and Abraham. The following are the number of their offspring: John had four sons and five...

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