Maria Elisabetha Dieffenbach^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1705 - 1797  (91 years)

• Name	Maria Elisabetha Dieffenbach  [1, 6, 7]
  Birth	08 Jul 1705	Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  Christening	08 Jul 1705	Wiesloch, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany   [6]
  Gender	Female
  Death	May 1797	Hardy Co., Virginia
  Burial	Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I312684220573	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Johann Michael Ernst Harness Hoerner,   c. 26 Jul 1701, Fellbach, Cannstatt, Württemberg, Germany d. 03 Mar 1785, Hardy, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 83 years)
  Family ID	F3197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Per Mr. Irgang's research. Per Mr. Irgang's research. Person note Her last name is listed as 'Ernst' in book: Johann Conrad Dieffenbach of Tulpehocken by Ray J Dieffenbach and George L. Irgang. She went by Elizabeth. Newhouse Family Genealogy says she was born 8 July, 1705. Baptized 8 July 1705 at the Reformed Church in Wiesloch, Baden, Germany. She left Wiesloch for America weith her family on 15 May 1709. She was one of the three children with the family in the 4th party on Capt. John Sewell's ship in Rotterdam in 1709, and she was the 4 year old daughter with her family among the 4th arrivals in London that same year. She was the one person under 10 in the household of her father in New York on 1 July 1710; and the one person under 10 on 4 October 1710 and on 25 March 1712, still in New York. Finally, she was one of the family recorded by Ulrich Simmendinger at the Palatine village of New-Ansberg up the Hudson River in 1716/17. She and her family lived along the Schoharie River in New York; and in 1724, they moved from th Schoharie, by way of the Susquehanna River and the Swatara, to their final destination, Tulpehocken Creek, in what then was Chester County, Pennsylvania. "Johann Michael Ernst Hoerner and His Harness Children; What the Documents Say" by John L. Tevebaugh (look in sources) explains the differences in the last names. Elisabetha's last name is Ernst. Her children's last names are Harness - due to record keeping and spelling (or, I should say, bad record keeping and spelling). Michael and Elizabeth always went by "Ernst", but their children went by "Harness". Had 13 children-Ancestry.com Lost 3 or 4 to Indian attacks during her middle years (Source: Johann Michael Ernst Hoerner and His Harness Children; What the Docuements Say) After Michael's death, she was listed as "Widow Harness'. aka Deffenbach aka Deffenbach Please send new information to kearney@ Please send new information to kearney@tampabay.rr.com KEARNEY SHEIRICH Person note Her last name is listed as 'Ernst' in book: Johann Conrad Dieffenbach of Tulpehocken by Ray J Dieffenbach and George L. Irgang. "Johann Michael Ernst Hoerner and His Harness Children; What the Documents Say" by John L. Tevebaugh (look in sources) explains the differences in the last names. Elisabetha's last name is Ernst. Her children's last names are Harness - due to record keeping and spelling (or, I should say, bad record keeping and spelling). Had 13 children-Ancestry.com Newhouse Family Genealogy says she was born 8 July, 1705. BORN IN INDIA ?. NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OU BORN IN INDIA ?. NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT.

  
  

• Sources

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