GENEALOGY of the HENDERSHOT Family
January 12, 1612. A Mr. Hayder of Munich, Bavarian, Germany, a gentleman of ancient and Heraldic race, who had married a Baroness Von Schatt, assumed her name with his own, which was recorded as "von Hayderschatte" in King's College of Heraldry, Munich, Bavaria, and he was given the following coat of arms - "on a field of blue, a chevron of gold, accompanied by three silver stars." Crest, a Knight's helmet, crowned in gold, on which is a silver star. Mantlings are blue and gold. The three silver stars in the arms of the von Hayderschatte Family are in the arms of Baron von Schatt, to denote the relationship.
Michael Hayder Von Hayderschatte , grandson of the original Von Haydershatte, and his family embraced Lutheranism and for this act his entire estate was confiscated. This was in consonance with the persecutions of the Catholic Church about 1675.
The grandson of the first baron came to America. Michael (Von Haydershatte) Henneschied came from Munich, landing in New York in 1710. He was born in 1674 in Bavaria, Germany. He was married in Vienna, Austria to Lady Catherine Ann von Heinrichschofen, born in 1680, daughter of Sir Herrn Frans Christoph von Hennih zu. Heinrichashofen, Minister to the Court of Regansburg and he had been ennobled May 15, 1675 by Emperor Leopold I of Germany. Michael and Katherine and three children came to America on the ship "Lyon" in 1710.
Michael Henneschied settled first in New York State, then moved his family to New Jersey, settled on the Millstone River near the forks of the Raritan River and the Millstone River in Hunterdon County, then moved to New Germantown (now Oldwick), New Jersey.
He built a stone mansion called "Hohenhausen." The house was sold in 1758. This home was in the family for two generations and still stands in very good condition. This name was anglicized to "High House", with the family name intended to be written Hendershat.
Michaels's profession was that of Violin Builder, and he taught this art to several of his children and grandchildren. Michael H. Hayderschatt died Jan. 17, 1749 and his wife died on Feb. 15, 1757. They were the parents of seven children.
John George Hendershot a.k.a. Johann George Hendershot was the seventh child of Michael Henneschied and Katherine Ann Von Heinreichshofen, the first generation in America. The descent continues in the youngest child and last son -- Johann Georg Heinrich v. Hayderschatt, born Jan. 23, 1720, on the Millstone River in Sussex County, New Jersey and died in Greenwich township, Warren County, N.J., Jan. 26, 1797. He was baptized in the Lutheran Church as above but died as John George Hendershatt.
John was quite wealthy. It seems that there is no documentary evidence but according to family tradition, he received an inheritance from the estate of Von Hayderschatte in Germany. Married in 1746 (2nd) Ann Schooley, born June 29, 1727. She was the daughter of Samuel Schooley, Esq. of Schooley's Mountain, Newton, New Jersey, son of Thomas Schooley, Esq. of Burlington, N.J. who came from York County, England in ship "Willing Maid", in November 1677. They had nine children.
The second child was Jacob S. Hendershott, born May 4, 1747 and died July 7, 1815. They came to Hampton township, N.J. in 1771. He was a private in Sussex County, N.J. Regiment in the Revolutionary War, with his three brothers, William, Abraham and Michael.
On January 9, 1775, Jacob Hendershott was made a Captain of the First Battalion of Bedford County, Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War. Discharged March 10 and allowed pay until March 25, 1777.
In 1769 he married Effie Paugh, born 1750, died May 21, 1824. They had nine children and the first was Peter Paugh Hendershot, born Nov. 7, 1770, in Sussex County, New Jersey. Died Nov. 7, 1837 in New Jersey. He married Sophia Elizabeth Brewer who was born June 4, 1774 and died Feb. 17, 1841. They had five sons and two daughters who were:
1. Abraham Hendershott, killed in Cleveland, Ohio. 2. Isaac Hendershott, married Delia Sowers. 3. David Hendershott of Cleveland, Ohio, married Sarah Thomas. 4. Thomas Hendershott of Pittsburg, Pa married M. A. Rickey. 5. Jacob Hendershott of Parkersburg, West Virginia, known as the "oil king". 6. Mary Elizabeth Hendershot, married Mr. Sutton, I. 7. Harriet Hendershot, married Mr. Sutton, II.
David Hendershott, born about 1792 in Green County, Pennsylvania, was the great grandfather of Andrew, William, Charles Arthur and Etta Hendershot (Rosetta) who lived near Hutchinson, Kansas about 1900 or 1904. He married Sarah Thomas about 1810 in Monroe, Ohio. David Hendershot and his wife are buried in the Old Presbyterian Churchyard at Euclid, Ohio (Now East Cleveland), and they were among the first buried there.
Harvey M. was the first child of David Hendershot and his wife Sarah Thomas. Harvey M. Hendershot was born Jan. 13, 1811, died Jan. 28, 1881. Married to Matilda Lynn. They had 12 children, Harvey L. was the 4th.
Harvey Lynn Hendershot was born Feb. 4, 1838. Married Elizabeth Melvina Sheilds on Feb.6, 1862 in Ritchie County, West Virginia. He died April 10, 1908.
Charles Arthur Hendershot was born Dec. 20, 1870 in Cairo, Ritchie County, West Virginia. His family had moved from Parkersburg, West Virginia to Reno County, Kansas. He was a United Brethren minister. Charles Arthur married Mary Edith McMullen.
She was the daughter of Lucy Maria Gale and Hugh Baker McMullen.
Charles Arthur Hendershot and Mary Edith McMullen, Kansas, 1944.
They had 6 children. The first child was Mary Lucile Hendershot who was born July 22, 1899 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas.
Infant Jim Hoke being held by his mother, Mary Lucile Hendershot Hoke, in the center is her mother, Mary Edith McMullen Hendershot and on the left is Lucy Gale McMullen, Great-grandmother.
Mary Lucile was married twice and her first husband was Clarence Johnson Hoke whom she married on April 21, 1921. They had one son, James Clarence Hoke born on June 19, 1923 in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Mary Lucile Hendershot Hoke Buffin and her son, James C. Hoke, 1943 in Miami, Fla.
James C. Hoke married Blanca Armida Romero in 1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
They had two children, Jeffrey James Hoke born January 27, 1947 and Sheryl Alexa Hoke born January 13, 1948. Three months after Sheryl was born, her parents divorced. In June 1948, her mother married James W. Shaffer Jr., U.S. Marines Corps. They were married for 49 years.
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