Anna Klara Deinhard.
Born in 1722 in Germany.535 Anna Klara died in Germany in 1723.535
Carl Ludwig Deinhard.
Born in 1724 in Germany.535 Carl Ludwig died in Germany in 1724.535
Maria Anna Deinhard.
Born in 1725 in Germany.535
Anna Magdalena Deinhard.
Born in 1726 in Germany.535 Anna Magdalena died in Germany in 1729.535
Johan Dietrich Deinhard.
Born in 1729 in Germany.535 Johan Dietrich died in Germany in 1739.535
Wilhelm Dinehart.
Born in 1735 in Heidelberg, Germany.534 Wilhelm died in Churchtown, Columbia County, New York on 14 Mar 1816. Occupation: Farmer. Religion: Lutheran.
Wilhelm, or William, Deinhardt, sometimes spelled Deynhard, Deynhart, etc. (Start with ‘D’, add some combination of ‘e’, ‘i’, and ‘y’, then an ‘n’, another ‘e’ if you like, usually an ‘h’ next, another opional ‘e’, an ‘ar’, and finish off with a ‘d’ or a ‘t’ or both. Census takers couldn’t abide by these stringent rules and used their imagination instead.) By 1800 the spelling Dinehart was becoming common, institued, no doubt, because of the uniform English spelling for censuses and legal documents.
William’s surname was NOT Finehout, and he was not the son of Peter Finehout and Rebecca Ostrander.
There’s an interesting paragraph in the section about Copake in the History of Columbia County, New York, author Franklin Ellis, published in 1878 by Everts & Ensign, Philadelphia. Being written 125 years after the fact, the story may be slightly embellished. From page 388:
In the spring of 1753 the captain of a Dutch vessel advertised that his vessel would make an excursion on Whit-sunday. Among those enticed to take the trip were Peter Rhoda, Peter Swart, Abraham Decker, Jacob Haner, and William Dinehart. The latter was from near Heidelberg, in Baden, Germany. The excursion was taken according to promise, and a grand feast was spread for the delectation of the excursionists, after partaking of which, dancing and music whiled away the time. Liquors were furnished in great abundance, and the merry company soon became oblivious to all external surroundings. When they began to get sober they awoke to the realization of the feet that they were bound to take a longer “excursion” than they had bargained for. The captain told them they were bound for New York, and at that port they were landed in the fall, after a long passage. Not being able to pay their passage, the captain, according to the laws and customs of the time, apprenticed them to the highest bidder for a length of time sufficient to pay his claim. The men were all apprenticed to Livingston and brought to the furnace at Ancram, where they served the term of their apprenticeship, four and one-half years, to pay seven pounds passage-money. At the expiration of their term of service Livingston offered them the choice of any unoccupied farm on the manor which they might select, and which he promised to lease to them upon favorable terms. They all accepted his offer. Jacob Haner selected a farm in Taghkanick. Wm. Dinehart chose a farm on the north shore of Copake lake, west of the outlet. He married, and reared a family of ten children, six of them boys. His grandson, Killian A. Smith [son of Adam and Gertruy (Dinehart) Smith], lives in Taghkanic, near the place once owned by Dinehart. One of Dinehart's sons, William, Jr., settled in the west part of Copake, and his only son, John W. Dinehart, is now living [in 1878] at West Copake. A daughter, Mrs. Hannah Link, is also living in Copake.
The Leading Citizens of Columbia County; a Biographical Review. The Biographical Review Publishing Company. Boston, 1894, page 55, has a section on Delbert Dinehart, a great-grandson of William. Describing William it says,
“His great-grandfather, William Dinehart, who was born in Germany, came to this country many years ago, and settled in the town of Ancram, Columbia County, where he lived to a good old age. He [the great-grandson] reared one son and five daughters, all of whom are deceased. He was a large, robust, strong man, and at his death left a considerable property, a part of his estate being a well-stocked farm in the town of Copake.”
On 18 Nov 1760 Wilhelm married
Anna Althauser (52636) , daughter of
Johann Peter Althauser (49689) (1695-) &
Elisabeth Catherine Laucks (35820) (ca 1711-), in Reformed Dutch Church of Albany.
156 Willem Deinhart & Anna Althuize, living at Half Moon.
Born ca 1744 in Dutchess County, New York. Anna was baptized in St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Red Hook, on 8 Jan 1744.427 Anna, daughter of Pitter Altheuser & Lisa Cattarina, witnesses Nicklas Lauck Jr [uncle] & Anna Jungbluth.
Anna Althuysen, of Rhinebeck, NY.
William and Anna were witnesses at several baptisms:
1775 for Magdalena, daughter of Christian and Catharina Jung;
1782 for their granddaughter Anna, daughter of Christian Tamson and Franzisca Deinhart;
1795 for their granddaughter Anna, daughter of Adam Cohl and Anna Deinhart;
1796 for their grandson Willem, son of Willem Deynhart and Maria Scherweck;
1799 for Hannah, daughter of John Wyatt & Elizabeth Le Roe, at West Copake;
1800 for their granddaughter Anna Deynhart, daughter of Pieter & Rebecca Deynhart, and on the same day for thier grandson, William, son of John Jager & Eva Deynhart;
1801 for their granddaughter Anatje Smit, daughter of Adam Smith and Gertruy Deinhard; and
1807 for their grandson William, son of Jeremias Deinhart and Magdalena Jung.
Christina Magdalena Deinhard.
Born ca 1735 in Grossgartach, Wuertemburg.535 Christina Magdalena died in Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland on 11 Mar 1800.
Christina Magdalena married
Johan Peter Haller, son of
Johannes Christophel Haller &
Anna Maria Weber.
Born on 19 Jan 1734 in Feldberg, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wüttemberg. Johan Peter was baptized in Feldberg, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wüttemberg, on 21 Dec 1734. Johan Peter died in Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland in Jun 1802.535