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Henne Zu Ohrendorff (b. Abt. 1560, d. June 11, 1616)
Henne Zu Ohrendorff762 was born Abt. 1560 in Hof Ohrndorff, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER763, and died June 11, 1616 in Hof Ohrndorff, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER763. He married (1) Catherina on Abt. 1584 in Freudenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER763. He married (2) Gela on Aft. 1612763.
Notes for Henne Zu Ohrendorff:
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Daniel W. Bly, author of From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, was kind enough to respond to an e-mail from us with an explanation of the "zu" in Henn's name. Daniel states that "this part of Germany was one of the last where peasant serfs actually had established family names" and that "zu" means "from;" thus, Henn zu Ohrndorff -- literally Henn from Ohrndorff -- was more likely a "serf, attached to the farm and did not even have the right to his own last name."
The son-father link to Simon is listed as any other such link in most genealogies; however, if the original source is Bly's book, it should be noted that his entry on Henn identifies him as "POSSIBLY (emphasis
mine) a son of Simon zu Ohrndorff" and that Bly's preamble to the listings state that "Henn zu Ohrndorff is the earliest proven ancestor of the Orndorff families of Pennsylvania and Virginia." Bly states
that Henn was listed on a 1594 tax list as the " 'Hoffman' at Ohrndorff," a hoffman being the "prinicipal tenant or occupant of a Hof" and a hoff being a farm or manor.
More About Henne Zu Ohrendorff:
Date born 2: Abt. 1560, Hof Ohrendorff, Buschen, Westfalen, Prussia, Germany.764
Died 2: June 1616, Germany.764
More About Henne Zu Ohrendorff and Catherina:
Marriage: Abt. 1584, Freudenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER.765
More About Henne Zu Ohrendorff and Gela:
Marriage: Aft. 1612765
Children of Henne Zu Ohrendorff and Catherina are:
- Johan Ohrndorff, b., 0765, d. date unknown.
- Elschen Ohrndorff, d. date unknown.
- Stephen Ohrndorff, d. date unknown.
- Heinrich Ohrndorff, d. date unknown.
- +Hupert Zu Ohrndorff, b. 1610, Hof Ohrendorff, Buschen, Westfalen, Prussia, Germany766, d. December 15, 1662, Hof Ohrndorff, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER767.
- Daniel Ohrendorff, d. date unknown.
- Johann Ohrendorff, d. date unknown.

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