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I'm looking for information on this man and the Hennsinger family. Unfortunately this forum doesn't have a Hennsinger category but I'm told this name is a spin off of it as well so I'll post it here. I'm mainly looking for this "book plate" that was supposedly made for him by Albrecht Durer. I'd love to see a picture of it if anyone has any information. Thanks
"John George Hennsinger was a man of prominence. His great influence in church matters and in his community and the character and comforts of his home indicate this.
The family name is old. Albert [Albrect] Durer the artist made a bookplate for Robert Hennsinger between 1505 and 1510 showing most of conclusively his importance as a man the his community, for in those days books and libraries were few and valuable and book plates a rarity.
That Robert was a warrior goes without saying, for all men of prominence had the instincts as well as the need of arts of warfare in those days. It is thus readily seen that Robert Hennsinger was a man of unusual parts his bookplate is one of great age, of unusual interest and highly valued by the Historical Society of Berlin Germany where it is now lodged.
As a race the Hennsingers are brunettes and usually hirsute [hairy]. To a considerable extent the aquiline or Roman nose predominates, so do dark and Hazel eyes still there is a considerable sprinkling of double blue eyed Hennsingers. In stature they are inclined to be slightly below the average in height and at times pronouncedly short in stature.
Their early history in the United States was beset with hardships first in rigorous climate and then that great isolation, near neighbors they had to look within themselves for resources.
Now for the benefit of the boys and girls I repeat that the real traits of the Hennsingers were brought across the sea when they landed in Philada [Philadelphia?] they laid hold of one overwhelming burning purpose, namely the full freedom of worshipping God according to their own conception the Protestant faith.
The Palatines settled in that belt of country south of blue mountains extending to the Susquehanna on the west and the Delaware river on the East, then the overflow crossed the Blue Mountains and settled on the Indian lands as early as 1744, the lands north of the Blue Mountains was not purchased from the Indians until 1749. The Pioneers settled in the territory north of the Blue Mountain from the vicinity of Pine Grove on the west as far east as Weissport on the Lehigh, never at the time thinking of crossing north to the second mountain, this territory north of the Blue Mountain and south of the second mountain was known as St. Anthony's Wilderness. It was in this territory that John George Hennsinger settled.
Now among these pioneers were the: Moyers, the Boyers, the Schmelgerts, the Heims, the Brachs, the Hennsingers, the Theschabert, the Pausmans, the Orwigs, the Dauberts, the Leiabys, the Leongs, the Finchers, the Minichs, the Reichenderdifers and Trumps and a host of others. These pioneers brought Christianity into the wilds of a heathen country."
**copied from transcripts from Stella Frey**
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