Johan Simon Heller (1721-1785) - Find a Grave Memorial

Johan Simon Heller Veteran

Birth

18 Jun 1721

Germany

Death

20 May 1785 (aged 63)

Wind Gap, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial

Plainfield Cemetery

Plainfield Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map

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Johann Simon Heller

He was born in Germany; came to America with his father. Married first Louise "Lowii" nee Dietz, daughter of Johann Adam and Anna Catharine Dietz in Bucks County, Pa. He died on May 20, 1785 in Hamilton, Northampton County, Pa and was buried in St. Peter's Church Cemetery, Plainfield Twp. Northampton County, Pa near his first wife Louisa.

By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian

Johann Simon Heller

By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian

Bio by: Louise Pipher

Inscription

Johan Simon Heller's stone reads (in part):
Born in Teussland (Germany) in (the town of) Petterheim in the Pfaltz (Palatinate); His decedents (ehe kinder) - 6 children, 54
living grandchildren and 4 great-grand children; His age was short of 64 years by 5 weeks and 2 day

Funeral text: Romans 4 vs. 7-8 "7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin."

Verse: "In the earth the body has its rests until the New Day (Resurrection)when I joyously arise to receive judgment spoken in my favor."

From "Stones of Faith"

Gravesite Details

Johann Simon Heller was a Revolutionary War patriot. This cemetery has been known as St. Peter's (Union) Church, Plainfield Twp., Northampton County, Pa