| Birth |
18 Sep 1783 |
Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania [3] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00048-3502 |
| Died |
10 Sep 1869 |
North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario [4] |
| Person ID |
I14288 |
| Last Modified |
18 Sep 2004 |
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| Father |
Benjamin Hallman, b. 1752?, near Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Anna Gottwaltz |
| Group Sheet |
F3743 |
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| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Detweiler, b. 8 Aug 1784 |
| Children |
| | 1. Jacob Hallman, b. 18 Nov 1803, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 2. Margaret Hallman, b. 31 Aug 1805, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 3. Maria (Polly) Hallman, b. 10 Sep 1806, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 4. Joseph B. Hallman, b. 15 Sep 1808, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 5. Catharine Hallman, b. 28 Sep 1810, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 6. John Hallman, b. 1 Aug 1812, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 7. Veronica Hallman, b. 14 May 1814, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 8. Elizabeth Hallman, b. 12 Jun 1817, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 9. Christian Hallman, b. 5 Jun 1820, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 10. Hannah Hallman, b. 5 Jun 1820, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 11. Benjamin D. Hallman, b. 20 Sep 1821 |
| | 12. Christian II Hallman, b. 25 Oct 1822, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| | 13. Hannah Hallman, b. 3 Nov 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 14. Wendell Hallman, b. 4 Nov 1827, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario |
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| Group Sheet |
F3754 |
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| Notes |
Benjamin Hallman, "was born September 18th, 1783, in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where he followed farming as his calling. During the great financial depressions from 1816 until 1827 many of that calling in Montgomery and other counties failed financially, and in order to save their creditors from losing any money, the distressed farmers sold their farms at a great sacrifice and paid their debts, and with whatever little balance left they wended their way to Canada where land could be had cheap and thus made another attempt to gain a free home. And as a rule all these parties in a very few years were the possessors of valuable farms. Such was the case with Benjamin Hallman, our Canadian progenitor. He suffered financially during the great crisis as aforesaid, and, finding things to his advantage, he moved to Canada in 1825 (See page 56 for more information) and settled in Waterloo County, two miles west of the town of Waterloo. Here he resided until spring (1826) when he moved to North Dumfries Township, about one mile east of Roseville, where he had purchased a most beautiful farm, then nearly all forest. This farm is now in possession of Menno H. Hallman. Here the old progenitor died full of years, September 10th, 1869. On September 2nd, 1802, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Harley) Detweiler. She was born August 8th, 1784, and died August 9th, 1856. To them was born a numerous family, all of which were born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, save the two youngest, Hannah and Wendel, who were born in Waterloo County, Ontario. Their family is as follows, viz:" |
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| Sources |
1. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 319 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 548 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 752 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 752 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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Region of Waterloo