First Families of Orangeburgh District, South Carolina
Hoover (Huber)
The Hans Huber Family
First Generation
1. Hans Huber was born in June 1683 in Seeberg in the canton of Bern, Switzerland to Johannes and Elizabeth (Staüthi) Huber. He was baptized at the church in Seeberg on June 24, 1683.1 Hans died after 1757 in Orangeburgh Township, South Carolina.2 He was married three times. His first wife was Elizabetha Clauß who lived from 1684 to 1722. The second marriage for Hans was to Anna Barbara Gantert (1688 to 1730). The third wife of Hans was Susanna Kreuter (1695 to 1757).3
Hans married his first wife, Elizabeth, in Seeberg on January 27, 1708.4 They had at least two children born and baptized there before the family moved to Einöd in the Zweibrücken District of what later became Germany. Hans and Elizabeth had several more children before Elizabeth died on December 10, 1722.5
Hans married Anna Barbara Gantert on August 13, 1723, in Einöd.6 They had two children, born in 1724 and 1726, but both of the children died in August 1728.7 Anna Barbara died in childbirth on September 16, 1730.8
Hans married for the third time on January 16, 1731, in Einöd to Susanna Kreuter.9 They had four children, two of whom died before the Huber family left for South Carolina in 1735.10
Hans and his family arrived in Charleston in July 1735 with the large group of immigrants who moved to Orangeburgh Township to settle there.11 He had a plat for 300 acres certified on October 11, 1735, in the township.12 He received the grant for it on September 17, 1736.13
Hans was still living in November 1757 when his third wife was buried.14 Quit Rent payments were made on his 300 acres through at least 1768 but with no indication of who was paying them.15 No records have been found that might indicate when Hans died.
Children of Hans and Elizabeth (Clauß) Huber were:
2.i.Frantz Wilhelm Huber, born November 1709 in Oberaargau District, Canton Bern, Switzerland;16 died after 1739 in Europe. Franz did not come to South Carolina with his family but married Barbara Roth on June 23, 1739, in Ernstweiler.17
3.ii.Susanna Huber, born October 1714 in Oberaargau District, Canton Bern, Switzerland;18 no further information. Susanna did not go to South Carolina.19
4.iii.Dorothea Huber, born about 1716 in an unknown location in Europe;20 died after 1738 in South Carolina. Dorothy married Peter Grimmer on January 31, 1738 in South Carolina.21
5.iv.Christian Huber, born about 1719 in Einöd, Zweibrücken District, Germany;22 died December 21, 1754, in Orangeburgh Township, South Carolina. According to information in Christian’s burial record, he had been ill about six years.23
6.v.Magdalene Huber, born about 1721, probably in Einöd; died February 25, 1760, in Orangeburgh Township.24 Magdalene married Henry Salley before 1752.25
Children of Hans and Anna Barbara (Gantert) Huber were:
7.vi.Nicolaus Huber, born in August 1724 in Einöd;26 died in August 1728 in Ingweiler, Germany.27
8.vii.Louisa Huber, born January 1726 in Einöd;28 died in August 1728 in Ingweiler.29
Children of Hans and Susanna (Kreuter) Huber were:
9.viii.Joseph Carl Huber, born October 25, 1731, in Einöd;30 died after 1800 in Orangeburgh Township, South Carolina.31
10.ix.Carolina Veronica Huber, born August 4, 1733, in Einöd;32 died January 28, 1735, in Einöd.33
11.x.Johannes Peter Huber, baptized November 23, 1734, in Einöd;34 died before reaching South Carolina, possibly on the voyage.35
References to this surname are found in OGSGS Newsletters: Vol. 1, pp. 43, 55, 57, 63, 70, 120; Vol. 2, p. 89; Vol. 4, pp. 50, 71; Vol. 5, pp. 38, 144; Vol. 6, pp. 68, 84, 92, 152, 155; Vol. 8, p. 17; Vol. 9, p. 5; Vol. 10, p. 88; Vol. 11, p. 122; Vol. 13, p. 96.
Information provided by Joel H. Hutto and Margaret G. Waters on 15 August 2018
1 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Seeberg (Bern), Church Records, 1612—1875, Baptisms 1655—1719, Hans Huber baptism (1683); Family History Library (FHL) microfilm 2005705, item 5. All European records viewed, transcribed, and translated by Joel H. Hutto, Dripping Springs, Texas.
2 Joop Giesendanner, “Book of Record, Orangeburgh, SC (1738–1761)” Giesendanner Family Research, (https://sail.home.xs4all.nl/index.html : accessed 2018), Burial 67, Susannah Huber (1757).
3 Citations for these events are in the text that follows.
4 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Seeberg (Bern), Church Records, 1612—1875, Marriages 1667—1726, Huber x Claus (1708); FHL microfilm 2005706.
5 Eglise réformée de Zweibrücken, (BA, Zweibrücken) assemblé à Ernstweiler, Church Records, 1700—1798, Elisabetha Claus Huber burial (1722); FHL microfilm 434571, Item 5. See list of children for their citations.
6 Eglise réformée de Zweibrücken, (BA, Zweibrücken) assemblé à Ernstweiler, Church Records, 1700—1798, Huber x Gantert marriage (1723); FHL microfilm 434571, Item 5.
7 See list of children for citations concerning children.
8 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Anna Barbara Huber burial #1905 (1730); FHL microfilm 434569.
9 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Huber x Kreuter marriage (1731); FHL microfilm 434569.
10 See list of children for citations concerning children.
11 Margaret G. Waters, A Preliminary Study of the Colonial Landowners of Orangeburgh Township, SC, 1733–1749 (Savannah, Georgia: privately published, 2002), pages 11–16.
12 South Carolina, Surveyor General’s Office, Series S213184, Colonial Plat Books (Copy Series), 1731–1775, SCDAH, Columbia; digital images, SCDAH (http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/Default.html : accessed August 2018), volume 17, page 123, item 1, Hans Hubbert plat.
13 Brent H. Holcomb, South Carolina’s Royal Grants (Columbia: SCMAR, 2010), volume 5, page 136, Hans Hubert.
14 Giesendanner, “Book of Record,” Burial 67, Susannah Huber (1757).
15 Ken Shelton, “South Carolina Colonial Quitrent Lists” (www.ken-shelton.com/scqr/scqr.htm : accessed 2018); digital images; 1761, page 6, Hans Hubert; 1762, page 5, Hans Hubert; 1763, page 9, Hans Hubert. South Carolina, Receiver General, Accounts of Quitrents Paid, 1733–1774, Series S209001, SCDAH, Columbia; book 2, page 180, line 12, Hans Hubert (1766, paid for 3 years). Mary Bondurant Warren, Citizens and Immigrants: South Carolina, 1768 (Danielsville, GA: Heritage Papers, 1980), page 268, Hans Hubert. Quitrent records have not yet been comprehensively examined.
16 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Seeberg (Bern), Church Records, 1612—1875, Frantz Willhelm Huber baptism (1709); FHL microfilm 2005706.
17 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Huber x Roth marriage #1603 (1739); FHL microfilm 434569.
18 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Seeberg (Bern), Church Records, 1612—1875, Susanna Huber baptism (1714); FHL microfilm 2005706.
19 This statement is based on the size of her father’s land grant in South Carolina and the presence of other siblings in South Carolina records that would provide headrights for her father’s land.
20 Date of birth estimated from her confirmation record: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Dorothea Huberin confirmation (Easter, 1731); FHL microfilm 434569.
21 Giesendanner, “Book of Record,” Marriage 0e, Grimmer x Huber (1738).
22 Date of birth estimated from his confirmation record: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Christian Huber confirmation #1091 1 (1734); FHL microfilm 434569.
23 Giesendanner, “Book of Record,” Burial 36, Christian Huber (1754).
24 Giesendanner, “Book of Record,” Burial 110, Magdalene Salley (1760).
25 Giesendanner, “Book of Record,” Baptism (after 1750) 152, Anne Sally (1753).
26 Eglise réformée de Zweibrücken, (BA, Zweibrücken) assemblé à Ernstweiler, Church Records, 1700—1798, Huber baptism (1724); FHL microfilm 434571, Item 5.
27 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Nicholas and Louise Huber burials (1728); FHL microfilm 434569.
28 Eglise réformée de Zweibrücken, (BA, Zweibrücken) assemblé à Ernstweiler, Church Records, 1700—1798, Huber baptism (1726); FHL microfilm 434571, Item 5.
29 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Nicholas and Louise Huber burials (1728); FHL microfilm 434569.
30 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Joseph Carl Huber baptism (November 4, 1731); FHL microfilm 434569.
31 1800 U.S. census, Orangeburgh District, South Carolina, page 553, line 29, Joseph Hoover; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed August 2018); from NARA microfilm M32.
32 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Carolina Veronica Huber baptism #172 (1733); FHL microfilm 434569.
33 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Carolina Veronica Huber death #1941 (1735); FHL microfilm 434569.
34 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Ernstweiler (Bubenhausen, BA. Zweibrücken), Church Records, 1714—1798, Johannes Peter Huber baptism #195 (1734); FHL microfilm 434569.
35 Leo Schelbert, America Experienced: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Accounts of Swiss Immigrants to the United States (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1996), pages 33 and 36 indicate that about 40 to 43 children died of smallpox on the voyage.