Re: Hefflefingers in Henry County, VA
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Hefflefingers in Henry County, VA
1/05/00
I am descended from the father and mother of John Hefflefinger (b. 1823) who married Elizabeth McMillian.John's parents were Jacob Hefflefinger and Elizabeth Burgess.My line descends from their son, James, and his wife, Emily Rogers.
Jacob Hefflefinger was the son of John (or Johan) and Mary Hefflefinger.He was born either in 1781 or 1786 ( I've found records which provide both dates) in Pennsylvania most likely Limerick Township in what was Philadelphia County at that time.According to records in the DAR database, John was born around 1745 and died around 1809, however I have a John Hefflefinger having signed Jacob's and Elizabeth's marriage bond in Henry County, Virginia in 1815.Sometime prior to 1800, John and Mary Hefflefinger and their family migrated to Henry County, Virginia as John is identified on a county tax record as John Hafflefingar.
Elizabeth Burgess is the daughter of Lucy Pace and Davis Burgess.Lucy Pace was the daughter of Captain John Pace and Elizabeth Nunn.Jacob's mother, Mary, signed Captain Pace's will as a witness, so these families were obviously close.In fact, Jacob's sister, Hannah, married the first cousin of Lucy Pace, his mother-in-law.