Individual Details

DEATH: Death also: 18 Jan 1739

DEATH: Also: given as Cocalico, Lancaster, PA

DEATH: Will state 75 years old at death

Witmeyer file:
LORENZ was born in Kallstadt, Germany and was confirmed at the age of 14 in the Reformed Church in that town.
LORENTZ came to America with his wife and three children sometime before 1731. They are found for the first time in Pa. in Rev. John Casper Stoever's "Records of Pastoral Acts at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa." LORENTZ and MARIA ELIZABETH were sponsors at the baptizisms of five children.
LORENTZ and his family first settled near New Holland, and in 1735 purchased 100 acres of land in Lampeter Twp. It was 1 mile north of Strasburg and extended from the Pequea Creek north to the Rockvale Road. Present day Bowman Road runs north and south down the center of the tract.
As a member of Heller's Reformed Church, in Upper Leacock Twp., LORENTZ agreed to help with the support of the minister. "The Reformed Congregation of the Berg Kirch promises to contribute annually to a minister's fixed salary if one is sent to them ----8 pounds and 25 bushel of oats. 16 Feb 1740: LORENTZ HERCHELROTH, Michael Albert, Michael Weidler and Johri Leyn."
When LORENTZ died in 1744 his Will stated that his oldest son John Heinrich should receive all of LORENTZ'S property. In turn John Heinrich must pay Valentine and JOHN 12 pounds each out of the estate.
Conrad Weiser had a hand in executing LORENTZ'S Will (Will-W-135-1744) and he saw to it that the Will was recorded in Philadelphia instead of Lancaster Co.. Many people did not trust the new courts in Lancaster to conduct their business, preferring the older Philadelphia court.

ADDITIONAL SOURCES
Lorentz Hochelrodt by Vera Ross Boyatt

BIRTH: also Heuckelheim/Frankenthal, Germany

Birth	15 April 1669	Erpolzheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany
Christen	25 April 1669	Bad Durkheim, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany
Confirmation	1683	Kallstadt Church, , Germany
Marriage	1700	Germany - Anna Maria Elisabetha CORPLENS
Immigration	Abt 1731
Death	30 August 1740	Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Will	1744	Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Alt name		Lorentz HERRGERODER
Burial		Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Spouse	Anna Maria Elisabetha CORPLENS (1680 - 1755)
Child	Johan Heinrich HERCHELROTH (1702 - 1748)
Child	Valentin HERCHELROTH (1708 - 1757)
Child	Johannes HERCHELROTH (1714 - 1762)
Child	Catherine HERCHELROTH (1733 - )
Child	Elizabeth HERCHELROTH (1735 - )
Child	Barbara HERCHELROTH (1736 - )

Father	Hans Heinrich HERCHELROTH (1648 - 1670)
Mother	Anna Catharina LEOPOLDIN (1644 - 1670)
Sibling	Johan Nickel HERCOLRADT (1667 - )
Sibling	Johanna HERCHELROTH (1668 - )

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