All, Looking to resolve once and for all WHERE the Norhampton County PA HECKMANs fit in the HECKMAN family tree. These folks came to Northampton County in the mid-1700s, eventually settled in the Drylands area - known today as "Hecktown" (could the town have been named after them?!?). Descendants include the Civil War Bigadier General Charles Adam HECKMAN and his brother, the Reverend George C. HECKMAN, and their ancestors - like Adam, who fought in the Revolutionary War, is said to have crossed the Delaware with George Washington, and who later opened a bar in Easton. Other relatives are equally as colorful! I suspect that the Northampton County HECKMANs are related to the Berks County PA clan, who are from Rothenberg in Odenwald, Hessen, Germany - but I need your help to prove that! I would be very interested to hear your family stories, and I'd especially like to hear from those HECKMANs who beleive they are descended from the Northampton County clan. Thanks, Jeff Heckman [email protected] http://sites.google.com/site/heckmanfamilysite/home