| HUFFORD
Genealogy Listed below
are resources for genealogists working the descendants
and ancestors of Christian Hufford who was born 1716 in
Schwaigern, Germany, and who died 1788 in Frederick
County, Maryland, USA.
Christian's descendants and government
record keepers have spelled the surname variously,
including at least the following ways: Hoffarth, Hoffart,
Hoffert, Hofford, Huffard, Hufferd, Huffert, Hufford,
Huffort.
Nota bene: Not all in the USA
with the surname descend from Christian Hufford.
Christian Hoffart, b. 1716 in Schwaigern (biography and will)
PDF copy of Christian's
will (Right click and rotate
for easy reading.)
NOTE: This PDF copy is an image made from the copy of
Christian's will filed in the courthouse in Frederick
County, Maryland. It is in Will Book GM #2, pp. 289-290.
All seventeen children were named in the will. The actual
original will is on file at the Maryland Archives in
Annapolis, Maryland. The original (in the Maryland
Archives) shows the erasure of son George's name in
"the 16th Line" of the original will.
Christian's will in JPG format: page 1 . . . page 2 . . . page 3
Descendants of Christian Hoffart through his
great-grandchildren,
with links to gravesite information where known
Christian's descendants,
in a database that you can manipulate and search
Ancestors of Christian Hoffart b. 1716
The HOFFART crest
| Christian's
children: |
- Christian II
- Christiana (m. CREAGER)
- Philip
- Anna Margareth (m. BEARD)
- Daniel
- John
- Casper
- Anna Catharine (m. FOUTS)
- George
- Elizabeth (m. HERDER)
- Adam
- Hannah (m. name unknown;
she left heirs)
- Jacob
- Susanna
- Johanna Magdalena
- Rebecca (m. BURRIER)
- Barbara (m. BOSTIAN)
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| Christian and descendants in a
gedcom database (updated
regularly): |
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| Interment
information for over 800 of Christian's
born-Hufford descendants |
Hufford genealogy PuZzLeS
HUFFORD discussion at
genforum.com
HUFFORD discussion at
ancestry.com
| Audio/video
clip of Schwaigern church bells, 2009 |
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NOTE: This audio/video
clip will play in InternetExplorer, IF
you open a new window and copy and paste
the following into the address bar:
http://www.alicemariebeard.com/hufford/SchwaigernChurchBells2009.mpg
Otherwise, the sound is hurky-jerky.
It is a 22-second clip showing the
Lutheran church in Schwaigern, Germany,
the very church where the records of
Christian and his ancestors are found.
The church bells are ringing clearly. The
audio/video clip is from Christian's
descendant Jim Hufferd, who also provided
the art work of the Hufford crest. You
are welcome to download and save the
clip. |
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List of persons who joined
German Baptist Brethren in Europe.
Included are the names of Christian, his parents, and a
sister.
Passengers on Ship Allen,
arriving at Port of Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1729
Church of Brethren
genealogy
Brethren genealogy mailing
list
Brethren-L archives
Where were HUFFORDs living
in the USA in 1840?
Where were HUFFORDs living
in the USA in 1880?
Where were HUFFORDs living
in the USA in 1920?
Jim Hufferd's genealogy
site (Jim descends from
Christian's son Daniel.)
Conni Riley's research at
ancestry.com (Conni descends
from Christian's son George.)
Debt is owed to many HUFFORD
family genealogists.
Included on the list would be the following:
- Abraham Hufford (1836-1920):
Abraham found addresses of most of the living
Hufford descendants in preparation for the first
Hufford family reunion, held September 22, 1898,
in Rossville, Indiana. That contact information
was used as the basis of the 1909 HUFFORD FAMILY
HISTORY. Descendant of Christian's son Casper;
Abraham is at page 142 of the book.
- Franklin Pierce Hoffart
(1858-1931):
Franklin authored the 1909 HUFFORD FAMILY
HISTORY. Descendant of Christian's son Casper;
Franklin is at page 52 of the book.
- Barry Wood:
Barry figured out (in about 1970) that the
Christian Hufford whose will was proved in
Frederick County, Maryland, on October 8, 1788,
was the same person who was born January 5, 1716,
in Schwaigern, Germany. Barry has sorted out
thousands of Hufford descendants. He is an
attorney. Descendant of Christian's son Christian
II.
- Shirley Hufford Hegeman:
Shirley discovered the identity of the first wife
of Christian Hufford (Elizabeth Keim). Shirley
has sorted out thousands of Hufford descendants.
She has been a legal secretary and a DAR
genealogist. Descendant of Christian's son
Philip.
- Florence Grove Woods (1902-1991):
Florence edited "Hufford Family Research and
Records," a quarterly newsletter for Hufford
genealogists that appeared in 1983 and 1984. It
included information from wills, land records,
estate settlements, county marriage records, etc.
Descendant of Christian's son Casper.
- Donald Robert Singleton
(1918-1995):
Donald sorted out many of the descendants of
Christian's son Daniel. Donald's work was
preserved in a book of typed pages, collected in
a notebook and dated August 3, 1976. Descendant
of Christian's son Daniel's son David's daughter
Mary Ann who married Daniel Boone McMILLAN.
- Jim Hufferd:
Jim drew the Hufford crest based on the crest
found in Schwaigern. Jim has been a newsman.
Descendant of Christian's son Daniel.
- Conni Riley:
Conni has sorted many hundreds of Hufford
descendants. She is a meticulous researcher.
Descendant of Christian's son George.
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