Heinrich Zimmerman and Salome Ruffner

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Husband Heinrich Zimmerman ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: Dr. Henry Carpenter,5 6 7 "Black Heinrich" Zimmerman, Henry Zimmerman 6
           Born: 1673 - Wattinwyl, Bern, Switzerland
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           Died: 1747 - Lancaster Co, PA
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Wife Salome Ruffner ⁸

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            AKA: Salome Ruefner
           Born: 1665 - Switzerland
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           Died: 1742 - Lancaster Co, PA
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Children

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1 M Emanuel Carpenter ⁹

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           Born: 1702 - Canton Berne, Switzerland 10
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2 M Gabriel Carpenter ⁸

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3 M Dr. Henry Carpenter ⁶

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4 M Christian Carpenter ⁸

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5 M Daniel Carpenter ^{1 2 4 8 11}

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         Spouse: [Unk] Forney (      -      ) 1

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6 M Jacob Carpenter ¹⁰

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           Born: 1719
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           Died: 1792
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         Spouse: Elisabeth Herr (1725-1760)

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7 M John Carpenter ¹⁰

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8 F [Unk] Carpenter

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         Spouse: [Unk] Grubb (      -      ) 8

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9 F Mary Carpenter ^{8 12}

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            AKA: Mary Zimmerman 12
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         Spouse: Daniel Ferree (      -      ) 8 12
           Marr: 1 May 1739 - Lancaster Co, PA 5

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General Notes: Husband - Heinrich Zimmerman

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Re: Heinrich Zimmerman
This family was founded in this country by Heinrich Zimmerman, who came here about 1698 from the canton of Berne, Switzerland, and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. About 1703 he brought over his family, which was a large one, including six sons, five of whom became surveyors and scriveners. He is said to have been much more progressive than his neighbors, in that he believed in educating his family in English and in making them Americans. His wishes in this respect are further indicated by the fact that he translated his name and after coming to this country was known as Henry Carpenter.

This family were natives of the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. The name originally was Zimmerman, meaning "workman." It was changed to Carpenter after the first member of the family came to America. This was Henry Zimmerman, who married in his native country, emigrated to England, remained there some time, and came to America about 1700, settling in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a tract of land. He later returned to England and brought his wife and family to Lancaster with the exception of one son, who remained in England. [HWC 1906 III, 26]

Re: Henry Carpenter
He came from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1698. He returned to Europe, and in 1706 came with his family, first settling at Germantown, but in 1717 settled on a farm in West Earl township, Lancaster County, where he practiced medicine and carried on farming the remainder of his life. [HLC 1883, 250]

He emigrated to America from the canton of Berne, Switzerland, in the year 1686, and located in or near Germantown, where he remained several years and then returned to his native land. In 1706 he brought his family over and settled in Germantown. About 1709 he came to what is now West Lampeter, near Lampeter Square, and settled down to practice his profession, which was that of a physician. In or about the year 1717 he purchased a large tract of land in what is now West Earl township, Lancaster County, and erected a small log house in the valley, where he lived until the erection of the large stone house, which was still standing into the later ninteenth century, south-west from Carpenter's Church. [HLC 1883, 822]

The progenitor of the numerous Carpenter family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he was a native of the canton of Berne, in Switzerland, and emigrated to America about 1710. The cause of his emigration was repugnance to persecution, and being a member of the German Reformed church his friends desired to force him to unite with those of their opinions in persecuting others. This did not seem to him as accordant with the spirit of christianity, and to escape this he resolved upon coming to America. To detain him his friends meditated seizing his wife, and thus they thought to prevent his going. She, however, resolved to follow her husband. He accordingly, in secret, obtained a small boat and fixed it upon the shore of the lake of the four cantons. They awaited a favorable opportunity, and finally left their home to escape, by means of the boat, forever from the land of their birth. Henry armed himself, and not in vain, with a sabre, for they were attacked on the road by four hussars, who wished to prevent their departure. Tradition says, with Salome clinging to her husband for protection, he successfully combated his four assailants, and succeeded in escaping, both himself and wife, in their little boat, to a more hospitable shore. He was a carpenter by trade, and going from Switzerland to England on his way to America, he was presented with a large auger and other tools by Queen Anne, to enable him to carry on his trade in America.
According to an old order of William Penn, the names of all persons to whom grants of land were made were Anglicised, and hence the name was changed to that of Carpenter. Henry Zimmerman was allowed to take possession of several hundred acres of land, provided he went sixty miles west of Philadelphia.

He made his first trip to America in 1698, returning to his native place in 1700. Being a physician, he practiced his profession until 1706, when, having engaged in a conspiracy against the government, we was compelled to flee the country for safety, and accordingly came to America, settling in Germantown, Pennsylvania. In 1710 he began to acquire lands in Lancaster County, and in 1717 he moved there; he died about 1750, leaving a large estate to his heirs. [BOBBC, 14]

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 26.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 217.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 94.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1381.

5 I. Daniel Rupp, History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Gilbert Hills, 1844), Pg 105.

6 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 250, 822.

7 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part I (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 667.

8 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 924.

9 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 250, 822, 924.

10 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 822.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 95.

12 I. Daniel Rupp, History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Gilbert Hills, 1844), Pg 104.