The Helphenstine (Helfenstein) Family

My Helfenstein ancestor was from the Koblenz area of Germany. This part of Germany is named Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland Palatinate). The Counts of Helfenstein from Koblenz were no relation to the perhaps more well-known Geislinger Counts of Helfenstein. But both families were important in their time. I've been told that some of them were bishops and priors of monasteries. Some of the Koblenz Helfensteins fought in the Crusades to free Jerusalem.

The Rhineland-Palatinate is highlighted in green.

My Helphenstine relative arrived in the Palatinate German emigration

Peter Philip Helphenstine and Catherine Berger Major Peter Philip Helphenstine arrived on the ship Recovery at Wilmington, Cape Fear, NC October 23, 1754. The ship's passengers were listed as "Rhineland Immigrants from Palatinate". He was married to Catherine Berger.

John Philip Jacob Helphenstine Birth: Sept. 6, 1754, aboard ship at sea Died: Oct. 12, 1830, Fleming County, Kentucky Buried: Oct. 1830, Fleming County, Kentucky   Father: Peter Philip Helphenstine Mother: Catherine Berger Children: Rebecca Wolf Married: June 16, 1776, Frederick County, Virginia John P. Helphenstine Sarah Lucy Helphenstine Rebecca Helphenstine Lewis Helphenstine Jacob Helphenstine Peter Helphenstine Mary Ann (Polly) Helphenstine Philip H. Henry Helphenstine Elisabeth (Betsy) Helphenstine Susannah Helphenstine Ruth Helphenstine William P. Helphenstine

John P. Helphenstine Birth: July 8, 1777, Winchester, Frederick Co., Virginia Died: June 13, 1831, Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana Buried: 1831, Daviess Co., Indiana Father: John Philip Jacob Helphenstine Mother: Rebecca Wolf Children: Elizabeth Kaiser * Married: Sept. 30, 1799, Greenbriar Co., Va. / W.Va. Jane Helphenstine Rebecca Wolf Helphenstine Sarah Jane Helphenstine John Philip Jacob Helphenstine Lewis Harrison Helphenstine Rachael Helphenstine Elizabeth Saunders Helphenstine William H. Helphenstine Benjamin Northcutt Helphenstine Family 2: Mary Singleton * Marriage: Oct. 7, 1830   Helphenstine gen page

J. P. J. Helphinstine

Lewis Harrison Helphinstine

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