[74-5] PHILIP HEEBNER, s Hans and Anna Veronica (Dotterer) Hiibner [74-1]; m ELIZABETH WEISS, buried in Old Goshenhoppen Cemetery.
One child: [74-19] Jacob, 6 1781; d Apr. 8, 1837; m Catherine Young:
It has been impossible to secure data that definitely establishes the fact that the Jacob Heebner who married Catherine Young was the son of Philip and Elizabeth Weiss. Records of two Jacob Heebners who were contemporaneous in the same section have been found. One of these was a descendant of Hans of the Schwenkfelder Heebner line, and the other was a descendant of Jacob Heebner who migrated from France. On account of the similarity of names in the records it has been difficult to trace out the family connections.
If the above named Jacob is of Schwenkfelder ancestry he must have been a grandson of Hans [74-1]. He could not have been his son, as the wife of Hans died in 1778, and Melchior Heebner [74-2] had a son Jacob who married Magdalena Leatherman; therefore he must have been a son of either John, Philip, George, or Michael of [74-1]. In the family of John [74-4], Philip was born in 1781; hence Jacob can not be his son, and it is stated that in 1791 Michael was under the care of a committee of lunacy. The accounts of the family of Hans or Hans George Heebner do not mention Jacob as a son. Philip Heebner was assessed in 1776, hence was of sufficient age to have been the father of Jacob.
Traditions still existing in the families descended from the above Jacob Heebner state that they were related to the Heebners of Worcester, Pa. This tradition exists in the Garber, Gross, and Rambo families.
In the French or Hevener line, Jacob Hevener was born December 12, 1787, and was the son of Jacob, the immigrant; hence the above Jacob Heebner could not have been a son of Jacob Hevener of the French line: he might possibly have been a grandson, but the spelling of the name is against this presumption.
According to Pa. Arch., 3rd Series, Vol. XIV, XV, Philip Heebner was in Frederick Twp., in 1774, 1780 and 1788.
“Capt. George Hubner, Powder Maker, agreed with this Commitee to deliver to them 140 lbs. good Gun Powder Neat Weight for every Cwt. of Salt Petre they should deliver to him Gross Weight to be allowed at the rate of £3 per Cwt. for making, and for the Casks; he the said Hubner delivering the powder at Easton & fetching the Salt Petre Gratis.” [Pa. Arch., 2d Ser., Vol. XIV, p 605.|
[It has been impossible to identify the above Capt. George Hubner as a descendant of Hans. He probably belonged to the French Hevener line.|
Parents’ family: [74-1] Hans Hubner and Anna Veronica Dot