Allied Families

Allied families: Frantz, Hahn and Schweitzer

The mother of the emigrant Paulus Balliet was Maria Catharina Schweitzer. Nicholas Schweitzer from Schalbach and his wife Sara Rose had 7 children:

  1. Maria Catharina Schweitzer m. in Burbach 26 Apr. 1707 Stephan Balliet, a son of Jacob Balliet and Anna Fruibeau.
  2. Anna Barbara Schweitzer m 25 Nov. 1710 Paulus Scheurer, son of Johannes Scheurer from Weyer. Paulus had a brother Hans Scheurer who emigrated to PA on board the Richard and Elizabeth and landed in Philadelphia 28 Sep. 1733. Hans Scheurer had a son Jacob Scheurer or Scherer who emigrated later on board the Two Brothers and landed in Philadelphia 15 Sep. 1748. The Scheurers settled in Berks Co. (Moselem, Dryville, Bieber Creek)
  3. Anna Maria Schweitzer m. 12 May 1722 Johann Jacob Hahn, son of Jacob Hahn from Fleisheim
  4. Elizabeth Schweitzer m. 23 Nov. 1713 Heinrich Pierson, a shoemaker at Lixheim. He was a son of Hans Philipp Pierson, a linenweaver from Lixheim. Heinrich and Elizabeth had a son Johann Philipp Pierson (bap. 20 Feb. 1729 in Rauweiler) who married Elizabeth Schweitzer. Johann Philipp and Elizabeth emigrated to Pennsylvania on board the Phoenix and landed in Philadelphia 15 Sep. 1749. They had four children baptized at the Reformed church of Tohickon, Bucks Co. Johann Philipp's tombstone inscription can still be seen at Kreidersville, Northampton Co.
  5. Johannes Schweitzer m. in Wintersbourg, Lorraine 25 Oct. 1715 Maria Magdalena Weibel, daughter of Hans Velten Weibel, associate judge at Wintersbourg
  6. Anna Margaretha Schweitzer is mentioned in 1708 as a baptismal sponsor
  7. Paulus Schweitzer m. before 1725 Maria Magdalena Toussaint

The mother of the emigrant Joseph Balliet was Susanna Catharina Hahn. The Protestants who lived in Lixheim, Lorraine, were compelled by the Catholic church to abjure their religion after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 by King Louis XIV of France. Three Hahns are mentioned in the abjuration list, but the connection unfortunately not made. The Balliet, Frantz, Hahn, Vautrin, Brodt, Girardin and Rose families were French Huguenots who had fled from France because the Catholics persecuted the Protestants: the Balllets and the Frantzes as early as 1559, the Girardins and the Brodts in 1608, the Hahns about 1685. The surname of the Hahns was Cocq or Lecoq, that means "the cock" in French. The German word for a cock is ein Hahn. After the Lecoqs' arrival in Alsace-Lorraine, their name was translated by the Germans into Hahn:

  1. John Adam Hahn m. Magdalena Girardin (= Sharadin in America)
  2. John William Hahn m. Mary Parisot
  3. Jacob Hahn m. Mary Vautrin (= Wotring = Woodring in America)

Jacob Hahn and Mary. Wotring had 7 children:

  1. Susanna Catharina Hahn, bom 1683, d. 1777, m. 22 Oct. 1708 Abraham Balliet. They had 11 children, among whom was Joseph Balllet (11 May 1729 - 1804) who emigrated to Pennsylvania on board the Lydia. He landed in Philadelphia 17 Oct. 1749 and is the ancestor of the 'Balliets of Heidelberg."
  2. Mafia Anna Hahn, born 1686, d. 08 July 1751 in Schalbach, m. 26 Feb. 1706 Peter Frantz
  3. Catharina Hahn, hap. 1688, d. 17 Oct 1768, m. 22 Oct. 1708 Samuel Brodt
  4. Jacob Hahn, m. 12 May 1722 Anna Mafia Schweitzer, a daughter of Nicholas Schweitzer from Schalbach.
  5. Elizabeth Hahn b. 15 Mar. 1701, d. 20 Oct. 1771, m. 28 Mar. 1722 Simon Brodt
  6. Mafia Magdalena Hahn m. 04 May 1726 Samuel Gemberling
  7. David Hahn b. 1708, d. 09 Apr. 1784, m. 05 Feb. 1739 Mafia Susanna Gangloft.

Jacob Hahn Jr. and Anna Maria Schweitzer emigrated to Pennsylvania on board the Janet and landed in Philadelphia on 7 Oct 1751. They had ten children baptized in Rauweiler:

  1. Margaretha Hahn, bap. 27 Dec. 1724
  2. Elizabeth Hahn, bap. 6 July 1727
  3. Anna Mafia Hahn, bap. 9 Oct. 1729
  4. Jacob Hahn, bap 29 Nov. 1731
  5. David Hahn, bap. 21 Nov. 1733. He emigrated to Pennsylvania without his parents. He went over on board the Edinburg and landed 14 Sep. 1753. According to the Reformed church records of Egypt, Lehigh Co., he married Eva Wotring, daughter of the emigrant Abraham Wotring.
  6. Maria Susanna Hahn (7 Feb. 1736 - 6 Mar. 1800). According to the reformed church records of Egypt, Lehigh Co., she married Christian Saeger (26 Jan. 1731 - 30 Nov. 1800), son of John Nicholas Saeger.
  7. Sara Hahn, b. 22 Nov. 1742
  8. Ottilia Hahn, 6 Feb. 1745 - 14 Feb. 1745
  9. Anna Ottilia Hahn, b. 13 Apr. 1746
  10. Maria Magdalena Hahn (July 1723 - 6 Mar. 1792). She didn't emigrate with her parents, for she got married before they emigrated. She married Joseph Mannlein Jr. (5 May 1725 - 7 Feb. 1796) who was a tailor in Weyer. Joseph was a son of Joseph Mannlein Sr. (1691-12 Dec. 1769), also a tailor from Weyer, and of Magdalena Schneider (1693 - 23 Feb. 1768).

Peter Frantz and Anna Maria Hahn had at least 9 children:

  1. Hans Peter Frantz, bap. 3 Feb. 1707 in Diedendorf, Alsace, died before 1727
  2. Susanna Barbara Frantz, bap. 5 Oct. 1708 in Diedendorf, Alsace. According to the notary documents of Diedendoff, Alsace, a Susanna Frantz from Schalbach (father not mentioned) married Christian Ackeneller from Schalbach. Maybe it is the same person.
  3. Hans Heinrich Frantz bap. 19 Apr. 1716 in Wintersbourg, Lorraine, m. 21 July 1742 in Rauweiler Susanna Balliet (25 Aug. 1722 - 6 Apr. 1746), daughter of Stephan Balliet from Schalbach. After his wife's death, he emigrated to Pennsylvania. He amved in Philadelphia 20 Oct. 1747 with two brothers Johann Peter and Abraham (See earlier page for biographical data).
  4. Hans Jacob Frantz, bap. 19 Apr. 1718 in Wintersbourg, Lorraine, died before 1722
  5. Hans Nicolaus Frantz, bap 25 Feb. 1720 in Wintersbourg, Lorraine, d. 20 Oct. 1769, m. 25 May 1750 in Rauweiler, Alsace, Alma Maria Steuer (20 Mar. 1728 - 28 Nov. 1791), daughter of Johannes Steuer from Rauweiler.
  6. Johann Jacob Frantz, bap. in 1722 in Wintersbourg, Lorraine. Emigrated to Pennsylvania on board the Robert andAlice and arrived in Philadelphia 11 Sept. 1738 with Paulus Balliet, son of Stephan Balllet from Schalbach.
  7. Anna Maria Frantz, bap. 6 Jan. 1724 in Rauwcilcr, Alsace. Oil 13 Oct. 1742 an Anna Maria Frantz from Schalbach (father not mentioned) married in Rauweiler Joseph Gerber from Schalbach. Maybe it's the same person.
  8. Johann Peter, bap 11 Oct. 1727 in Rauweiler, Alsace, m. 2 Apr. 1747 Eva Elisabeth Martzloff from Schalbach. He emigrated to Pennsylvania. He arrived in Philadelphia 20 Oct. 1747 with two brothers Heinrich and Abraham.
  9. Abraham Frantz, bap. 29 Sep. 1729 in Rauweiler, Alsace. He emigrated to Pennsylvania. He arrived in Philadelphia 20 Oct. 1747 with two brothers, Johann Peter and Heinrich.

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