The Descendants of Johan Jurg Huntzinger


Wild Turkeys
Feeding on the Glenn Hunsinger Farm
Rush Township
Susquehanna County, PA
October 2005
We can be sure that turkeys just like these flocked the
forests when the Hunsingers first emigrated to this area from Luzerne County.
Photo Contributed by Carol Brotzman

The material in this summary was organized and contributed by Richard F. "Dick" Hunsinger, who lives in Berks County, PA. Dick is now maintaining a Huntzinger / Hunsinger computer database that includes thousands of names submitted by descendants and family members and those found in other sources. He has over 14,000 names at this time, but has not attempted to verify every source for every name submitted, since that would be an impossible task. However, when information has been submitted by a descendant or found in another source and it links with what Dick already has, then he includes it. Since not all information has been verified, this database should be considered as a reference source only. Dick is adding more names and families all the time from new members who join the Huntzinger/ Hunsinger Family Association, of which he is the former Treasurer, and from other interested descendants of the original immigrant. Dick does not intend to release this data to any organization for commercial sale, nor does he intend to publish a book to be sold. He believes in sharing and the free distribution of genealogical information.

It is not feasible to send out complete printouts of this material, since each issue would be almost 900 single sheet pages. However, Dick will distribute on request a printout of a direct line of ancestors back to the immigrant, if available, for specific individuals requested. Please send any new information or information on other family members to Dick. He will include it in the database. Dick can be reached for inquiries concerning your line via e-mail at rhunsi2@ptd.net.

Dick's comprehensive online genealogy of the Hunsinger family is accessible at The Hunsinger Family History. The Sullivan County Settlers Web Page is grateful to Dick Hunsinger for this historical information.

Editor's Note: Many members of the Hunsinger family are buried at Trinity Cemetery in Luzerne County, PA. You can use the link provided here to look them up and find other connections. Another background source on this family is Morton Montgomery's Biographical and Historical Annals of Berks County (1909), where several biographies of Huntzinger Family members include information on the family origins and initial settlement in Pennsylvania.

 

Generation No. 1

1. JOHAN JURG HUNTZINGER (BERNARD (GEORGE), JOHANN GEORG) was born July 16, 1775, and died February 20, 1855 in Forks Twp., Sullivan Co., PA. He married MARY ANN (__) about 1796 .

Notes for JOHAN JURG HUNTZINGER:

Lived for a while in Berwick, PA from where he moved to to the Genesee country in New York. Finding the country subject to fevers he returned to Berwick and from there to Sullivan Co., PA (From Streby's History of Cherry Township, 1903, page 37.) 1810 census shows him living in The Town of Hector, Seneca Co., New York. Census shows 3 males under age 10, 1 male age 11 to 15, 1 male 21 to 45 and 1 female under age 10, 2 female 11 to 15 and 1 female 21 to 45 (31010-12010). This was the Finger Lake region then called the "Genesee Country. The town of Hector was part of the Military Tract (land given by New York state to their Revolutionary War veterans) and many of the men promptly sold their lands cheaply. Hector is now part of Schuyler Co., N.Y. In 1819 he settled on Ringer Hill and and in 1823 he bought land for $3.00 an acre. He was among the earliest settlers in Cherry Township, Sullivan Co.. **He took up land near the southwestern corner of the present boundary of the township along the old turnpike. By him and his sons the first clearings were made on the ridge between the two branches of the Loyalsock creek. ** (from Egle's Notes and Queries of PA 1700s-1800s, Fourth Series Volume II.)

Sponsors at baptism were Jurg & Anna Huntzinger.

More about JOHAN JURG HUNTZINGER:

Baptism (LDS): July 23, 1775, Zion (Old Red Church) Brunswick Twp., Berks Co., PA Sponsors were Jurg and Anna Huntzinger. Name shown as Johan Jurg Huntzinger.

Census: 1810, Hector, Seneca Co., N.Y.

Children of JOHAN HUNTZINGER and MARY (__) are:

i. CHRISTIAN HUNSINGER, b. 1797, Hector, Seneca Co., N. Y.; d. Bef. June 14, 1859, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA; m. ELIZA SUSANNA SHERMAN, about 1822; b. 1798, Forks Twp.,Lycoming Co., PA (now Sullivan Co..); d. 1860, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA.

Notes for CHRISTIAN HUNSINGER:

Was a blacksmith by trade and by this occupation became a very useful man in the settlement of the county.

ii. DAUGHTER HUNSINGER, b. Bef. 1800.

iii. JACOB HUNSINGER, b. Bet. 1800 – 1810.

Notes for JACOB HUNSINGER:

Settled in Lycoming county.

More about JACOB HUNSINGER:

Reference: Streby History of Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co..,Page 47

iv. CATHERINE HUNSINGER, b. 1802, probably in Mifflin Twp., Northumberland Co., PA; d. November 1834, quite possibly in childbirth, Overton, Bradford Co., PA; m. HENRY SHERMAN, 1823, Sullivan Co., PA; b. April 25, 1801, Mifflin Twp., Northumberland Co., PA; d. May 14, 1878, Overton, Bradford Co., PA.

Notes for HENRY SHERMAN:

Page 23 of History of Forks Twp., Sullivan Co.. by Streby.

Seven children by his 2nd wife died in infancy. Appears in 1850 census of Albany Twp., Bradford Co., PA

Burial: McCann/Pionner Cem. Overton, Bradford Co., PA

Source: Partial from LDS Ancestral files.

JACOB SHERMAN, son of Henry Sherman and Catherine Hunsinger, was b. 1834 and d. 1905. He married HANNAH A. MUSSELMAN, b. 1843 and d. 1928, on January 31, 1864. JACOB was a Civil War veteran of Antietam and Gettysburgh.

v. GEORGE HUNSINGER, b. March 28, 1802, Probably in Berwick, Pennsylvania; d. January 13, 1874, Clearfield County, PA; m. MARY ELIZABETH HAUNSE, about 1825; b. July 8, 1800, Luzerne Co., PA; d. November 29, 1847.

Notes for GEORGE HUNSINGER:

Settled in Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA around 1819 - 1820. Moved to McCarty Settlement in Elkland. In 1829 bought 450 acres near Campbellville in Forks Twp., Sullivan Co.. Lived there a number of years than sold to Kelly Brothers and built a saw mill at Campbellville. He sold this to a Mr. Frier in 1860 and moved to Clearfield Co., PA (From Streby History of Cherry Township, 1903, page 37)

Millview cemetery is located 9.8 miles West of Rt. 220 on Rt. 87 just south of Dushore, in Forks Twp., Sullivan Co., PA It is on the left side of Rt. 87 just off the road before you get into small Boro of Millview.

His fatherJohan Jurg, lived with him when, from the infirmities of age, as he was unable to provide for himself.

James Campbell also lived with them for a period (as stated in census) and worked as a carpenter. George Hunsinger was in lumber business of some type besides farming. George Hunsinger started a saw mill on Lick creek in about 1848 and quit claimed it to Thomas Coggins 24 February 1849 for $190.00. The handed down family info suggests that James Campbell married one of George's daughters (who we don't know) and either she died, or died from child birth or maybe a divorce, but that is doubtful as both families remained close friends for years.

More about GEORGE HUNSINGER:

Burial: Millview Cem., Forks Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Source: Tombstone

More about MARY ELIZABETH HAUNSE:

Baptism: February 20, 1825, Sugarloaf Twp., Luzerne Co., PA per LDS records.

Burial: Millview Cem., Forks Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Source: Tombstone

vi. SAMUEL HUNSINGER, b. 1809, Hector, Seneca Co., NY; d. October 1876, Forks, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA; m. SARAH "SALLIE" BROBST, November 18, 1827, Conyngham, PA; b. December 15, 1808, Catawissa, Columbia Co., PA; d. May 21, 1900, Forks, Sullivan Co., PA.

Notes for SAMUEL HUNSINGER:

Located with his brother Charles on the Kaier farm in Forks Twp., Sullivan Co..,PA, about 1847. Came to Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co.. about 1819 with his father. After leaving the Kaier farm he moved to a farm in forks Twp., Sullivan Co., PA now owned by John Wright. (From Streby History of Cherry Twp., 1903).

Will dated 2/10/1877 on file at Courthouse in Laporte, Sullivan Co., PA

Notes for SARAH "SALLIE" BROBST:

Sponsors were Jacob and Barbara Schumann.

More about SARAH "SALLIE" BROBST:

Baptism: June 11, 1809, St. John's Luth Church, Catawissa, Columbia Co., PA

Burial: Bahr (Fairview) Cemetery, Cherry Twp, Sullivan Co., PA

    1. SOLOMON HUNSINGER, b. Bet. 1810 - 1820, probably in N.Y.; m. MARY ANN (__).

Notes for SOLOMON HUNSINGER:

Settled in Bradford County.

More about SOLOMON HUNSINGER:

Census: 1840, Bradford Co., PA /Also 1860 Tioga Co..

viii. BERNARD HUNSINGER, b. July 7, 1811, N.Y.; d. July 17, 1872, Ringtown, Union Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA; m. (1) NANCY APPLEGATE; b. about 1807, PA; m. (2) SUSANNA (__).

Notes for BERNARD HUNSINGER:

Settled in Schuylkill Co.. Appears in 1850 census of Union Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA. Lists his wife and 4 children. Census information entered/recorded by Richard Turnbach lists his wife's surname as Applegate.

More about BERNARD HUNSINGER:

Burial: By Rev. Isaac Shellhammer

Census: 1850, Union Twp, Schuylkill Co., PA

Source: Huntzinger

Notes for NANCY APPLEGATE:

Nancy apparently had daughter Maria to Bernard prior to her marriage to him because the baptism record for Maria shows sponsor but no father.

More about SUSANNA (__):

Census: 1880, Pa Soundex NA#T769-67

ix. CHARLES P. HUNSINGER, b. October 1, 1814, PA; d. May 30, 1877; m. MARY EPLER, about 1839; b. about 1819, Germany; d. July 1859.

Notes for CHARLES P. HUNSINGER:

Located with his brother Samuel on the Kaier farm in Forks Twp., Sullivan Co., PA about 1847. Later he settled on and cleared up the farm now owned by Daniel K. Epler, a native of Germany. (From the Streby History of Cherry Township, 1903, page 37.)

More about CHARLES P. HUNSINGER:

Burial: Peace Cem., Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

x. BESSIE HUNSINGER

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