Johan Friedrich HIELEGASS

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November 24, 1685 , Sinsheim, Rhine-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Died

January 6, 1765 , Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania

Age: 79

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Johann Peter HIELEGASS Anna Regina TRIEGELS

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Born: November 24, 1685 in Sinsheim, Rhine-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Father: Johann Peter HIELEGASS

Mother: Anna Regina TRIEGELS

Maternal grandparents: George TRIEGELS , Anna BARBARA

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Johan Friedrich married Elizabeth Barbara TRIEGELS August 23, 1712 in Eppingen, Heibronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth Barbara TRIEGELS was born October 24, 1694 in Eppingen, Heibronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Elizabeth Barbara died March 4, 1769 in Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Barbara was the child of George TRIEGELS and Anna Barbara METZER.

Johan Friedrich HIELEGASS died January 6, 1765 in Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania.

John Frederick Hillegass, the progenator of the Montgomery County branch of the Hillegass family now distributed over the U.S., was born in Alsace, Germany (now part of France) with his wife Elizabeth Barbara and younger children, he sailed from Rotterdam to America with the company including the Rev. George Michael Weiss, a reformed minister. They arrived at Philadelphia from Rotterdam on September 12th or 18th, 1727 on a ship called the William & Sarah and settled in the region then known as Goshenhoppen. The family founded Hillegassville which later became Red Hill in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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Johan Friedrich HIELEGASS married

Elizabeth Barbara TRIEGELS
Marriage date: August 23, 1712
Marriage place: Eppingen, Heibronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Elizabeth Barbara TRIEGELS was the child of George TRIEGELS and Anna Barbara METZER

Children of Johan Friedrich HIELEGASS and Elizabeth Barbara TRIEGELS

Johan Adam HILLIGAS

Born: January 5, 1717, Sinsheim, Rhine-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Died: March 13, 1779, Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania

Married: Mary Margareth HAHLMANN

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Birth — 1685
November 24, 1685
Sinsheim, Rhine-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1712 Marriage / Partner
Johan Friedrich HIELEGASS and Elizabeth Barbara TRIEGELS August 23, 1712, Eppingen, Heibronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

He was 26 years old.

1717 Birth of Child
Johan Adam HILLIGAS was born January 5, 1717, Sinsheim, Rhine-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Johan Friedrich was 31 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)