Re: Hutzell Surname
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In reply to:
Hutzell Surname
12/31/01
Dear Synthia,
The Somerset County, Pennsylvania HUTZELs are descended from three brothers who moved to the area from Frederick, Maryland in the very early 1800's.Their grandfather, Johan George HUTZEL, immigrated to the US in 1730.Johan Georg was born in Pfaffenhofen, Germany in 1711, lived outside of Philadelphia briefly and then moved to Frederick, Maryland where he married, had children and died in 1778.He was a founding member of the Lutheran Church in Frederick and information about him is included in the book "Pioneers of Old Monacacy."
Lots of information is known about the family.The relative rarity of the name helps with tracing it enormously as well as the fact that we're lucky that we know his birthplace in Germany from church records.Keep in mind that the name can be misspelled in a variety of ways.
Best wishes,
Karen