First Families of Huron County and Erie County, Ohio
-- Ancestors Proven --

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List of Members of First Families of Huron County and Erie County, Ohio
  ​(by Member Number)

Alphabetical Listing of Ancestors Proven by Surname
​|  A  |  B  |  C-D  |  E-G  |  H-J  |  K-L  |  M-N  |  O-P  |  Q-R  |  S  |  T-Z  |

In these lists, residences are identified by township on the date first proved. If that was not provided, the county name at that time is given. For example, an ancestor listed with "1835 Huron County" likely lived in what is now Erie County, but Erie County was not created until 1838.

H

​​Haas, Barbara
1845 - Peru Township
Members: 6-7, 38, 40-46, 239-241, 259, 330, 331

​Hadley, Charles B.
1859 - Norwalk Township
Member: 318

​Hadley, Florence E.
1884 - Norwalk Township
​Member: 318

Hadley, Edward J.
1859 - Norwalk Township
​Member: 318

Haight, Joseph
1835 - New London Township
Members: 5, 52

Haight, Sarah
1843 - New London Township
​Members: 5, 52

Hammerschmitt, Bernhart
1832 - Peru Township
Members: 7, 39-46

Hammersmith, John
1832 - Peru Township
​Members: 7, 39-46

Hanes, Ann E.
1840 - Bronson Township
Members: 155, 245

Hanes, George
1836 - Bronson Township
Members: 155, 245

Hanford, Jabez
1831 - Wakeman Township
Member: 363
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Hanford, Lydia
1840 - Wakeman Township
Member: 363

Harkness, Abner
1840 - Norwalk Township
Member: 173

Harkness, Amos
1816 - Greenfield Township
Member 347

Harkness, John M.
1837 - Norwalk Township
Member: 173

Harkness, Nancy Jane
1830 - Fairfield Township
Member: 347

Harris, Abram
1831 - New London Township
Members: 109-117

Harris, Hiram
1827 - Huron County
Members: 109-117

Harris, Nathan
1815 - Eldridge Twp. (now Berlin Heights)
Members: 109-117

Hart, Phoebe
1830 - Margaretta Township
Members: 228-231

​Hasselbach, Philomena
1884 - Peru Township
Member: 360
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Hawkins, Eleazer
1841 - Ruggles Township
​Members: 281-283

Hawkins, Elizabeth
1841 - Ruggles Township
​Members: 281-283

Hay, George
1850 - Sherman Township
Members: 207-214

Hay, John
1847 - Sherman Township
Members: 207-214

Hayes, Edward
1846 - Clarksfield Township
Members: 155, 245

Hayes, Harriet
1850 - Clarksfield Township
Members: 109-117

Hayes, Sturges
1832 - Clarksfield Township
​Members: 109-117, 155, 245

Heitzmann, Andrew
1868 - Peru Township
Member: 301

Hembrew, Charles
1843 - Huron County
Member: 20

Hembrew, Lavenna
1850 - Fairfield Township
Member: 20

Hendryx, Abraham
1817 - New London Township
Member: 233

Hendryx, Benjamin
1815 - New London Township
Members: 109-117

Hendryx, Betsey
1827 - Huron County
Members: 109-117

Hendryx, John
1817 - New London Township
Member: 233

Hendryx, Sarah
1844 - Huron County
Member: 233

Henkel, Katherine
1834 - Peru Township
Members: 10, 174-179, 274-280, 302-314

​Herrick, Amanda
1829 - Bronson Township
Member: 357

Hess, Anna Maria
1835 - Bronson Township
Members: 61-91, 122-153

Heston, Jesse
1913 - Norwalk, Ohio
Member: 324

Heston, Ruth
1915 - Bronson Township
Member: 324

​Heston, William
1910 - Norwalk, Ohio
Member: 324

Hettel, Catherina
1835 - Peru Township
​Members: 6-7, 38, 40-46

Hettel, Johann
1833 - Peru Township
​Members: 6-7, 38, 40-46

​​Heyman, Amelia M.
​1857 - Sherman Township
Member: 354​​

Hiccox, Hannah
1817 - Wheatsborough Twp.(now Lyme)
Members: 188-189

Hiles, Peter
1843 - Bronson Township
Member: 245

Hiles, Sarah
1845 - Bronson Township
​Member: 155, 245

Hiss, Catherine
1844 - Peru Township
Members: 296-298

Hoeffel, Angeline
1848 - Peru Township
Member: 271

Hoeffel, Antoine
1829 - Bronson Township
Members: 271, 317

Hoeffel, Jacob
1830 - Peru Township
Member: 271

Hoeffel, Joseph
1830 - Peru Township
Member: 317

Hohler, Frederick
1834 - Peru Township
Members: 57, 174-175

Hohler, Johannes
1834 - Peru Township
​Members: 57, 174-175

Holden, Flora Pearl
1879 - Fairfield Township
Members: 352-354

​Holden, Wilbur O.
1900 - Fairfield Township
​Members: 352-354

Hollister, Edwin
1816 - Berlin Township
Member: 16

Hollister, Jesse
1816 - Berlin Township
​Member: 16

Holmes, Thomas
1848 - Norwalk Township
Member: 291

Hoose, Miranda
1849 - New London Township
Member: 11

Horton, Anna
1816 - Berlin Township
Member: 16

Horton, Elijah
1825 - Berlin Township
​Member: 16

Host, John
1840 - Sherman Township
Member: 165

Host, Saloma
1836 - Sherman Township
​Member: 165

House, Julius
1815 - Perkins Township
​Members: 257-258

House, Lindsey
1815 - Perkins Township
​Members: 257-258

Howard, Almirinda
1850 - New Haven Township
​Member: 243

Howard, Catharine
1844 - Ripley Township
Members: 220-223, 227

Howard, Stephen
1842 - Peru Township
​Members: 220-223, 227

Howard, William
1850 - New Haven Township
Member: 243

Huffman, Peter
1833 - Florence Township
Member: 19

Hunkley, Albert
1860 - Norwalk Township
Member: 293

Hunkley, Christine
1860 - Norwalk Township
​Member: 293

Hunt, James Monroe
1843 - Huron County
​Members: 338-341

Hurd, Harvey
1848 - Norwalk Township
​Members: 196-198

Hurd, Justus
1838 - Norwalk Township
​Members: 196-198

​Hurlbut, Henry
1817 - Norwalk Township
Member: 350

​Hurlbut, James I.
1825 - Norwalk Township
​Member: 350

​Hurlbut, Vera
1874 - Norwalk Township
​Member: 350

Husted, Mary Jane
1817 - Clarksfield Township
​Members: 200-201

Husted, Samuel
1817 - Clarksfield Township
​Members: 200-201

Hutchings, Elias
1816 - Huron Township
Member: 242

Hutchings, Shepherd
1818 - Norwalk Township
​Member: 242

Huyck, Blondina​
1821 - Oxford Township
​Members: 247-255

I

Imhoff, Anna Maria
1835 - Bronson Township
​Members: 58-59, 288-289
​

J

​Jacque, Patience
1838 - Clarksfield Township
Member: 195

Jenney, Jane
1823 - Greenwich Township
​Member: 316

Jenney, John
1823 - Greenwich Township
​Member: 316
​

Jennings, Almira
1817 - Norwalk
Member: 350

Jefferies, Abigail
1842 - Bronson Township
​Member: 20