Johan Jost “Hanjost” Herkimer

• BIRTH 20 Jun 1700 Sandhausen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• DEATH 26 Aug 1775 (aged 75) Fort Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• BURIAL Herkimer Home Burial Ground Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• PLOT Possibly Buried here?
• MEMORIAL ID 88136131 Photos by Sandy Koehler Lee & SpiritAway bio by Geoff Bronner & cawhite added this on 8 Jul 2010

Johan Jost Herkimer, sometimes referred to as “Hanjost”, arrived in New York City from Germany c. 1722 settling in German Flats, Herkimer County NY, in 1725. Herkimer is sometimes spelled differently by other family members Hercheimer, Hoerchemer, Ergheimer, Heryemer, Hoerchheimer. They from Germany with Palentines eventually settling in Hudson Valley and becoming a successful trader and businessman, and landowner. Johan Jost and Katherine had as many as thirteen children.

Catherine's name (via info on son Johan Jost) Johan Jost Herchmer/Herkimer/Hercheimer was a prominent Loyalist from the Mohawk Valley of New York who settled at Cataraqui (Kingston) Ontario in 1784 after the end of the American Revolution. He and his brother Nicholas were the sons of Johan Jost Herchmer, Sr., originally spelled Engheimer, and his wife Catherine Van Ness, who emigrated from the Palatinate on the Rhine in 1721. Nicholas Herchmer, the brother of Johan Jost Herchmer, was a general in the American army who died after being seriously wounded at the Battle of Oriskany. (more see Johan Jost Jr) [3]

Patriot - Father of General Nicholas Herkimer.

Inscription
Herckhimer Family

Spouse
Anna Catherine Petrie Herkimer 1699–1775 (m. 1722)

Children 13x
Magdalina Herkimer Dygert 1723–1813
Elizabeth Herkimer Frey 1726–1825
Nicholas Herkimer 1728–1777
Cordelia Herkimer Bellinger 1728–1804
Hendrick Herkimer 1730–1779
Johan Jost Herchmer Herkimer 1732–1795
Anna Herkimer Ten Broeck 1739–1839
Gen. George Herkimer 1744–1788

Notes
Some sources use only the first name Catherine for Johan's wife. see attached story Alternate spouse info- Anna Catherine Petrie (1700-1775)- many sources list this person as Johan's wife instead.

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88136131/johan-jost-herkimer

[2] http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full... DAR Ancestor # A054103]

[3] Loyalist Collection

GEDCOM Source

[4] @R-1798718378@ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls 1,2204::0 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=1020058&ti=0&... Birth date: 1695 Birth place: Death date: 1775 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States 1,2204::1020058

[5] @R-2147169375@ Family Data Collection - Births Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. 1,5769::0 Family Data Collection - Births http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoolb&h=2107495&ti=0&indi... birth date: 20 Jun 1700 birth place: Sandhausen, Rhine, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 1,5769::2107495

[6] @R-2147169375@ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Gale Research Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passe 1,7486::0 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=1858457&ti=0&indiv=... arrival date: 1710 arrival place: New York, New York 1,7486::1858457

[7] @R-1798718378@ Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000 Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Various photo collections from the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C.Original data: Various photo collections from the Library of Co 1,1028::0 Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=locphotos&h=1346817&ti=0&indi... residence place: USA 1,1028::1346817

[8] @R-1798718378@ New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - For individual sources please see the source information listed with each record. Many of the source documents are available in the Genealogical Research Library collect 1,7831::0 New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=nygenrec_ga&h=318591&ti=0&ind... vital date: Abt 1776 vital place: New York, United States residence date: Abt 1776 residence place: New York, United States 1,7831::318591