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1 M Christian Heilman ¹

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This is an old family of German origin, the name dating from 1305, when a German Palatine, "Veit the Heilman," was knighted by the Emperor Albright and given a nobility diploma, his decendents calling themselves Heilman. The name is found in the German Genealogical Register from that time down to the sixteenth century. The name is variously spelled, Heilman, Heylman, Hileman and Hyleman in old records.

The earliest known ancestor of this family was an eminent physician, "Veit, the Heil-man" (literally cure-man, "heil" being the German for "heal"), who lived during an era when a man bore but a single name and was often distinguished by the name of his occupation attached thereto; through usage the definitive word became the family name or surname. Veit the Heilman was a German Palatine knighted in 1305 by the Emperor Albright (Albrecht, Albert), and given a nobility diploma, and his descendants called themselves Heilman or Heylman. (In old Pennsylvania documents and records the name is found written also Hileman and Hyleman.) Thence down to the sixteenth century the name is found in the German Genealogical Register. Many of his descendants were members of the German order of nobles, had their family coat of arms, and occupied many places of trust and honor as generals, feudal lords and church dignitaries. Their home and achievements were in the Rhine country. One of the descendants was a partner of Gutenberg, the inventor of printing, while another, Ludwig Heilman, in 1512 wrote a celebrated hymn of triumph upon the Reformation. Philipp Veit (1793-1877), the noted German painter, was of this stock.

John Jacob Heilman, of Zutzenhausen, in the Palatinate, Germany, came to America in 1732, and to "Lebanon" township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died there in 1753, leaving a wife, Anna Maria. Among their children were: John Adam, born in 1715, in Germany; Peter, born in 1729 (there is a tradition in the family that he was born at sea, but this does not agree with the date of emigration), who married and had children; and Anastatia or Anastatius.
The records of the Hill Church (Egle's Notes and Queries, 1898) show that Anastatius Heylman and his wife Rosina Barbara had children as follows: Frederick, born Dec. 5, 1766, sponsors John Nicholas Marer and Elizabeth Heylman; Anna Catherine, born Dec. 3, 1768, baptized Dec. 3, 1768, sponsors Peter Heilman, Sr., and wife Salome; John Adam, born Sept. 29, 1771, baptized Oct. 12, 1771, sponsors Anthony (Anton) Stoever and wife; Mary Christina, born Sept. 14, 1773, baptized Oct. 21, 1773, sponsors John Heylman and wife; John, born October, 1778, baptized October, 1778, sponsors John Hileman and wife; and John George, born June 6, 1780, baptized Sept. 3, 1780, sponsors John George Heylman and wife Anna Mary.
From the same source we find that John Heylman and his wife Anna Mary had: Anna Mary, born Sept. 24, 1779, sponsors John George Heylman and Anna Magdalena Heller, both unmarried; John Henry Heylman and wife Christina had: Henry, born Oct. 14, 1779, baptized Oct. 17, 1779, sponsors Peter Heylman and wife Barbara; Mary Christina, born April 22, 1781, baptized April 28, 1781, sponsors Anastatius and wife Rosina Barbara.
According to the Hill Church records Peter Heylman (or Heilman) and wife Barbara (nee Heyman, evidently intended for Heylman) had children as follows: Simon John, born Feb. 3, 1767, baptized March 1, 1767, sponsors John Heylman and Anna Mary Heylman; Anna Catherine, born Sept. 2, 1768, baptized Sept. 11, 1768; sponsors Adam Heylman and Catherine Heylman; John Frederick, born March 30, 1771, baptized April 17, 1771, sponsors Peter Eiderholt and wife Elizabeth; John Adam, born Nov. 27, 1774, baptized Dec. 12, 1774, sponsors Adam Heilman and wife Catherine; Peter, born July 22, 1777, baptized Aug. 10, 1777, sponsors George Heylman and Barbara Umberger. The father of this family died in 1778. In another account the children of Peter and Barbara are given as Anastatius, Peter, Magdalena, Elizabeth Fisher, Christina, Joseph, Stephen, Henry, John George, John and Christina Stover. We also find: One Peter, born 1715, married Barbara and died in 1778, and had Anastatius, Peter, Magdalena, Elizabeth (Mrs. Fisher), Cordelia (Mrs. Lach or Lough), Sophia, Henry, John George, John and Catherine (Stover).
The following Heilmans appear among the taxables of Dauphin county, dates showing when they took the oath of allegiance to the Crown-Great Britain: Johannes, 1732; Martin, 1732 (a captain in the French and Indian war, 1755-63); John Peter, Aug. 17, 1732; Andrew, 1736; Hans Adam, 1749; Johannes, 1749; Conrad, 1752; Christian, 1753; Martin, 1764.
According to records in the office of the secretary of the Commonwealth, among those emigrants over sixteen years of age who took the oath of allegiance to the Province and the Crown on their arrival, we find Johannes Heilman, September, 1732; Martin Heilman, September, 1732; John Peter Heilman, August, 1732; Andrew Hilman, September, 1736; Hans Adam Halman, September, 1738; Johannes Hielman, September, 1749; Conrad Heilman, September, 1752 (ship "Brothers," William McNair, captain, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes); Christian Hielman, 1753; Martin Heilman, October, 1764. On page 243, Volume VI, are found John, Bastian (ship "Brothers," as above), Peter (ship "Brothers," as above), John Jacob Heilman.
Rupp's records of imigrants (1728 to 1777) show that among the passengers who arrived Sept. 25, 1732, in the ship "Loyal Judith" (Robert Turpin, master), from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, were the Palatines Jonas Wolf, Johannes Heilman, Frederick Schaeffer and Martin Heilman (the last named was captain of a company of soldiers in the French and Indian war). In the same volume we find that Jacob Heilman arrived Aug. 21, 1750, in the ship "Anderson" (Hugh Campbell, captain), which carried 271 passengers. Frederick Heilman, son of Peter, who moved to Armstrong county from Dauphin county and settled on Blanket Hill, claimed relationship with the Heilmans of Hill Church, and was a nephew of one Martin Heilman, a taxable in Dauphin county in 1732 (this may have meant the year of his arrival), evidently the Martin previously mentioned. Possibly Martin was a brother of Christian, the immigrant ancestor of this family line.
The Christian Heilman mentioned as taking the oath of allegiance in 1753 seems likely the ancestor of the Hilemans (Heilmans) of Armstrong county, for Peter, the founder of the family in Armstrong County, was born it is said in 1750 in Alsace-Lorraine, son of Christian, and is said to have been about two years old when he came to America with his father and settled in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The mother died during the voyage across the Atlantic. It is said that Christian married again, in Northampton County; his son Peter had a brother or half-brother Michael, who remained in Northampton county when Peter removed to Armstrong county. In Egle's History of Dauphin and Lebanon Counties we find: "The officers and men of Lebanon county, May 10, 1756, French and Indian War, 1755-63: Capt. Adam Heilman, Lieut. John Hart, Ensign Adam Roulour." Among the privates: John Hartman, Balthase Heylman, John Heylman, John Adam Heylman, Michael Heylman, etc. This may be the Michael said to be Peter's brother or half-brother. However, it may be he was a brother of Christian, Peter's father.

1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 425, 883.