Havis Family Research

Other Families

While researching the Hebeisen / Havice families of Pennsylvania, I came across other families with similar last names. I have eliminated most of these as likely relatives. I have also included the records of other Havice/Havis/Hebeisens whose connection to the Hebeisen family of Pennsylvania is unknown.

Hovis
Tobias Frederick Hovis d. 1784 Codorus Twp, York Co, PA. Married to Margarata. Will names two children: Margaret and Jeremiah (under 14). Others not named. Compiled sources list other children of Tobias Frederick Hovis as Frederick of York County and George of South Carolina. Otto Hively's Land Research Index has entries for Frederick Hovis of Codorus and Isaac Hovis of York/Windsor/Lower Windsor. No known relationship to Philip Hebeisen of York County, PA.

Helbeisen
A large family of this name came to Sandusky County from Switzerland about 1850. They are not related to the Hebeisen family.

Harbison
A prominent family of this name settled in early Butler County. They are of British ancestry. The James Harbison in New Sewickley, Beaver co, PA 1810, 1820, and 1830 came from Northern Ireland.

Havis
This name, pronounced "Hay-vis" (rhymes with Avis) is strongly represented in the South from John Havis who first appears in North Carolina around 1782. His children are: Jesse Havis, b. 1776; John Havis, b. 1780; and Thomas Havis, b. 1782. A sister of John, Elenor, was born in New York in 1753. She married Moses Johnson about 1766 in New York. She appeared in Virginia in 1780 and died in Alabama in 1837.

A James Havis appears on the 1776 census of Prince George's County, St. John and Geo. Parish, Maryland. His household had 3 males over 16. Seven males less than 16 and 4 females. Later his widow is shown to be named Catherine. We have not ruled out James as ancestor to the southern Havis family, nor to our Catherine, but no relationship is likely to the Habeisen / Havice family of Pennsylvania.

There is a William Havis in Lancaster, PA in 1800. He appears in a list of early blacksmiths in Martic Township but not on the 1800 census.

Haywiser
Hayweisers and Haywisers lived in Pittsburg and Beaver county from 1860. These seem to be from Germany, arriving after 1830. They may be a distant relation the the Hebeisens of Pennsylvania.

Henise
A Philip Heneise or Heneisen lived in York County, PA in the early 1800s. This does not appear to be a misreading or misspelling of Hebeisen; George & Philip Heneisen are on the 1810 Dover Twp, York Pa census and Philip Henise witnessed a will in Dover Twp.

Hebeisen
A family of this name settled in Minnesota in the late 1800s. They were Germans from Russia. There were also families of that name in early Bern Switzerland.

There were other Hebeisens (Johannes, Jacob, and Martin) that appear in early passenger lists. They settled in upstate New York and two of the three were Reformed. Records for them are sparse and their lines appear to have died out.

Early Records

Date	Record	Name on record	St	County	Place	Details
1752	Passenger List	Johannes Hebeisen	PA	Philadelphia	"Bawley"
1761	List of Deserters	Joseph Havis	CT			French and Indian War. Colo Whitings reg. From NY govern.
1766	Marriage	Jacob Hebeisen	NY	Montgomery	Palatine	Sabina Muller. Reformed Dutch Church
1769	Settlement	Haywiser	NY	Herkimer	Fairfield	Some Account of Settlements Made North of the Mohawk, in Herkimer County, Prior to the Revolution
1770	Passenger List	Martin Hebeisen	PA	Philadelphia	"Sally"
1772	Passenger List	Johann Hebeisen	PA	Philadelphia	"Crawford"
1774	Marriage	Johannes Hebeisen	NY	Herkimer	German Flatts	Elizabeth Forrer. Reformed Dutch German Church
1780	War damages	Martin Haywisen	NY	Tryon (now Montgomery)		Claimant for Damages by the Enemy. Bills for damages were sent from: Andreastown, Beaver Dam, Butlers borough, Canajoharie District, Caughnawaga District, Cherry Valley, Coenradt's Town, Curry's Town, Durlach, German Flats District, Herkimer's Town, Kingsland District, Jerseyfield, Little Falls, Mohawk District, Old England District, Palatine District, Remasniders Bush, Saggenigo, Sand Flats, Springfield, Stone Arabia, Warrensborough, Warren's Bush. The object of the Raid was to cut off the supplies upon which General Washington depended and to destroy the resources of all, in the valleys of the Mohawk and the Schoharie, who were friendly to the American Cause.
1788 & 1789	Baptisms	Martin Hebeisen and wife Elizabeth	NY	Albany	Albany	Sponsors of Geffers, Speier, Hunermund, and Brauer children in Lutheran Church
1790	Census	Martin Hebweiser	NY	Albany	Albany 1st Ward	201
1804	U.S. House of Representative Private Claims	James Havis				widow of; compensation for services under Bouquet in 1760 and 1761
1810	Census	Martin Haywiser	NY	Albany		00002/00001
1820	Census	Martin Haywiser	NY	Albany	Albany	000001/00001 plus a female slave
1820	Census	William Havis	PA	Fayette	Bridgeport	220010/21100

Later Generations

These are various records I have come across but have not attempted to place.

Name	Born	Lived	Married	Children	Details
Charles William Havis	Abt 1835 PA	Pittsburgh PA	Ella	William John b. 1865 PA Ida b. 1867 PA Nelly b. 1869 PA Ella b. 1870 PA Margaret b. 1873 PA Harry b. 1876 PA Betsie b. 1878 PA	1870 Census Pittsburgh PA 1880 Census Pittsburgh PA 1890 City Directory Pittsburgh PA
Eliza Havis	Abt 1814 PA	OH, Covington KY, and Campbell Co, KY	John A. McKown	Martha b. 1837 OH Isabella b. 1839 KY William b. 1841 OH Samuel b. 1845 OH Amanda b. 1847 KY
Jacob D. Hebison		Tippecanoe Co, IN and Camden, IN			Enlisted as Private 14 June 1861 Co K, 15th Infantry Indiana. Enlisted as Private 16 February 1865 Co B, 46th Infantry Indiana. Mustered out 29 May 1865
Sarah Havice		Adams Co IL			1840 census index
Peter Havice	1824 Hesse	Essex Co NJ	Josephine		1860 census
Eliza E. Havis		Silver Creek Twp., Clark Co, IN			1850 census
Washington Havis		Lewis Twp., Clay Co, IN			1860 census, p. 611
William H. Havice	1843	Venango Co, PA			1910 census
Michel Havice	1845 PA	Belmont Co., OH			1910 census
Charles Havice	1855 OH	Jackson, Macon, MO	Mary		1880 census. parents born PA
Anna Havice		Erie Co., OH	Samuel T. Price		marriage 1868
Emma Havice		Erie Co., OH	Charles Rohrbacher		marriage 1874
Lizzie Havice	1874 Leetonia, Columbiana Co. OH				parents: Samuel Havice and Mary Richards
Nettie Havice	1876 Leetonia, Columbiana Co, OH				parents: Samuel Havice and Mary Richards
female Havice	1877 Leetonia, Columbiana Co, OH				parents: Samuel Havice and Mary Ritchards
John Hebeisen	1842	Nemaha, KS	Mariann		d. 1888
Albert Havis		St. Louis, MO			d. 1855
John Hebeisen	1842 PA	St. Louis, MO	Nancy		1880 census
Harry Havis		Columbus OH	Lvie		1892 city directory
Samuel Havis		Columbus OH			1892 city directory
Samuel Havice		PA and OH			Civil war pension application
Matthew A. Havice		Belmont Co, OH			d. 1915
Sadie L. Havice		Erie Co., OH			d. 1919
Jesse Havice		Franklin Co., OH			d. 1922
Frederick Havice		Mahoning Co., OH			d. 1921
Otto R. Havice		Sandusky Co., OH			d. 1930
Susan M. Havice		Belmont Co., OH			d. 1930s
Eve Hebeisen		St. Louis, MO			m. Peter Thomas 1855
John H. Havice		St. Louis, MO			d. 1892
Philip Gross Havice		Allen Co, OH			m. Mayetta Smitley, 1897
Raymond E. Havice	1897 Castalia, Sandusky Co., OH	Sandusky Co, OH			Enlisted National Guard 1916
Geo. M. Havice		San Diego, CA			Employee State Normal School 1899
Abram Havice		Illinois			Land Purchase 1869
John Havice		Illinois			Land Purchase 1869
Phillip Havice		Illinois			Land Purchase 1869

Home: Pennsylvania Havis Family Research
1: The Hebeisen Family of York County
2: The Michael Hebeisen Branch of Cumberland County
3: The Abraham Havice Branch of Beaver County
4: The Philip Havice Branch of Mifflin County
5: Connections to Sandusky and Erie Counties Ohio
6: Other Families and Records

Copyright 2002 Sharon Moore