A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameJohann Heinrich “Henry” Langsdorf 
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1Immigration30 Sep 1754, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, Province of Pennsylvania, BCA1 Age: 40
Alias/AKAHenry1
FlagsEarliest Ancestor
FatherMelchoir Langsdorf (1683-1733)
MotherMargaretha (Langsdorf) (1688-1757)
Spouses
Death3 Dec 1787, Silver Spring Twp, Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania11 Age: 67
Father? Kollmar
MotherCatharina Dorthea Schneider (1700-1755)
Notes for Johann Heinrich “Henry” Langsdorf
From Rootsweb Worldconnect database by Therese Dillman Moss:
Henry and Elizabeth arrived in Philadelphia, Sept. 30, 1754 from the Palatinate of Wurtenberg on the ship Edinburgh. They arrived with 160 passengers. The ship record shows that Daniel and Conrad Langsdorf also arrived with Henry. Henry's name appears in the Allen township tax list for the first time in 1762 and then in 1763, 64, 65, and 66. he appears in the East Pennsboro list for the very first time in 1767. It is recorded that Henry Longstaff (probably Longsdorf) deeded two of his 150 acres of land to elders Christian Albert, Michael Dill and John Reynicks of the Dutch Lutheran Church or Congregation of East Pennsborough Township, Cumberland County, Province of Pennsylvania on March 2, 1771. The deed included all buildings and improvements at a cost of five shillings sterling. This land was to be used as the location of a church building (which was called the Longsdorf Church) as well as a burial ground. The burial ground is known to this day as Longsdorf Cemetery. The cemetery was enclosed by a stake and rider fence. A man who committed suicide by hanging was buried outside the fence. The burying of such a person in a graveyard in those days was not permitted. Since that time the cemetery has been enlarged. The remains now rest near the center where the grave is unmarked and the man's name forgotten. The church continued for about 70 years and was torn down and the congregation split into three churches. The church that remained and is still there today is St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in New Kingston, PA. There is a church at Mechanicsburg, PA and 12 adult Longsdorfs were members at one time according to the communion record.
Burial: Longsdorf Cemetery, Silver Spring Twp., New Kingston, Cumberland Co. PA13
Henry and Elizabeth arrived in Philadelphia, Sept. 30, 1754 from the Palatinate of Wurtenberg on the ship Edinburgh. They arrived with 160 passengers. The ship record shows that Daniel and Conrad Langsdorf also arrived with Henry. Henry's name appears in the Allen township tax list for the first time in 1762 and then in 1763, 64, 65, and 66. he appears in the East Pennsboro list for the very first time in 1767. It is recorded that Henry Longstaff (probably Longsdorf) deeded two of his 150 acres of land to elders Christian Albert, Michael Dill and John Reynicks of the Dutch Lutheran Church or Congregation of East Pennsborough Township, Cumberland County, Province of Pennsylvania on March 2, 1771. The deed included all buildings and improvements at a cost of five shillings sterling. This land was to be used as the location of a church building (which was called the Longsdorf Church) as well as a burial ground. The burial ground is known to this day as Longsdorf Cemetery. The cemetery was enclosed by a stake and rider fence. A man who committed suicide by hanging was buried outside the fence. The burying of such a person in a graveyard in those days was not permitted. Since that time the cemetery has been enlarged. The remains now rest near the center where the grave is unmarked and the man's name forgotten. The church continued for about 70 years and was torn down and the congregation split into three churches. The church that remained and is still there today is St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in New Kingston, PA. There is a church at Mechanicsburg, PA and 12 adult Longsdorfs were members at one time according to the communion record.
Burial: Longsdorf Cemetery, Silver Spring Twp., New Kingston, Cumberland Co. PA13