General Notes

Alias:<ALIA> Mathias Heidenbach\Joannes or Johann /Matthias/
Some sources list his birth as June 5, 1723 in Iglesheim, Germany and his
death on December 29, 1756.
According to HEIMBACH GENEALOGY prepared by Paul Heimbach
(http://eheimbach.com/geneology.htm) (Emails: Paul at heimbacp@@erols.com
or his son Tom at tomh@@netmentor.com):"Before leaving Germany, Mathias
Heimbach lived in Ilgesheim, as evidenced in the birth record of Maria
Margretha Heimbach (Mathias was listed as a sponsor), his brother Peter's
first daughter.  At age 20 or 21 Mathias emigrated from the Palatinate
(today Germany) to Pennsylvania in 1743, leading the way for his older
brother, Peter, and others to follow him to the new world.  Typically a
journey that ended in Pennsylvania in September, was begun from the home
in the Palatinate in the spring.  Travel down the waterways to Rotterdam
or some other port, followed by a ship to England as an intermediate
stop, then the final voyage to Pennsylvania took six months or more."