Samuel Himmelreich

Samuel Himmelreich¹

• Marriage*: 19 February 1818; Harrisburg Zion Lutheran, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania; Spouse: Anna Maria Walborn²

Parents:

Notes

• Note*: Spelling of his name:
  In script it is frequently very difficult to tell whether it is written as 'Himmelreich' or 'Himmebeich'. Plus expected variations - single 'm', drop the second 'e', and end with 'bauch'.
• Note: Harrisburg Zion Lutheran, Marriages:
  19 Feb 1818 Sam Himebauch of Susquch (Susquehanna Twp.) and Maria Walborn of Lower Paxton. Witness: E l born[?]³
• Note: Dauphin County Orphans Court, 20 Dec 1820
  
  "Upon the petition of Samuel Himmelreich administrator of Philip Himmelreich late of the borough of Harrisburg township of Susquehanna in the County of Dauphin yeoman deceased at the time of his death who died intestate stating that the said intestate left issue four children Elizabeth intermarried with John Sellers Catharine intermarried with Michael Rupley Samuel the petitioner and Polly and left a widow named Catharine yet living unmarried That the personal estate of the said intestate is insufficient for the payment of his debts...and the said intestate died seized...a plantation...situate in Susquahana Township...about 64 acres. ...Samuel Himmelrich...and Christian Walborn bail each bound...to execute the power of sale..."¹
• Note: Dauphin County deeds:
  
  On 19 Jun 1824 Christian Walborn of Lower Paxton Twp. Dauphin Co. farmer and Elizabeth his wife, sold to Samuel Himmebeich of the same farmer, in consideration of $1670, a 46 acre 26 perch tract situated in Lower Paxton Township. Recorded 28 June 1824 Dauphin County Deeds, Vol. 1Z, p. 139 (image 373).
  
  The sale of this property was not found in the grantor index, under Samuel or Mary.⁴
• Note: 1830 US Census, Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Penn.
  Samuel Luckenbaugh (as indexed in Ancestry)
  [Samuel Hmmelrich] (alternate name in Ancestry)
  
  Not found in 1840 & 1850.⁵
• Note: Lower Paxton tax lists
  Samuel Himmelreich first appears, as a Single Man, in an 1814 list - the same list in which his father first appeared.
  
  He then appears as a freeholder in lists for 1823 through 1835. In the returns, he owns 43 acres, the same as his father did, with one wooden house, and one or two horses, and one or two cows. He is listed as a farmer, except in 1828 when he is listed as an innkeeper. In 1835 the property had a tenant, Seag Samuel.⁶
• Note: Shoop's Church, Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co.
  
  Partial list of Himmelreich entries in lists of communicants:
  
  1813 Catharina Himmelreich (p. 53, list 60)
  1821 Maria Himmelreich (p. 60, list 72)
  1823 Maria Himmelreich (p. 62, list 72)
  1824 Polly Himmelreich (p. 63, list 74)
  1824 Mar. Himelreich (p. 64, list 76)
  1829 Polly Himelreich (p. 70, list 84)
  abt. 1829 Samuel Himelreich (p. 71, list 91, list of members)⁷