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Note: chmidt, a widower and father of four. They were married by the Rev. Joshua Kochtheral who traveled to England to accompany the Palatines in 1710 on the voyage to New York. Johann Henrich Schmidt was on Governor Hunter's Subsistence Rolls for 1710 and 1712, comprised of Palatine settlers in New York City of the Hudson River settlements. The list indicated the number of people in each family at the time of their landing in 1710 and again two years later, 1712. The entry Schmidt, Johann Henrich 2-3, 6-0? shows that in 1710 there were two adults over the age of ten and three children under the age of ten in the family, accounting for Johann and Anna-Maria, his daughter and the three younger children. The second set shows that in 1712, there were six adults and no children in this family, and that one of the adults married.A third list, Names of Palatine men above twenty-one years old in Livingston Manor, N. Y. in the Winter of 1710 and Summer 1711 .Palatines as a general rule stayed together with their relatives and neighbors, continuring their close associations in their new settlements, Johann Henrich Schmidt was on this list with several others of the surname Schmidt, similar to Smith. They attended church services together, served as baptismal sponsors only with very close friends and relatives, often married only within these associated families of the same geographic regions. A fourth list, 'List of the Palatines Remaining at New York, 1710', shows Henrich Schmidt, 54; Anna Eliz, 54; Clements, 24; Wilhelm, 20; Hans George, 13; John Niclaus, 9; Anna Maria, 18. (Doc. Hist. of St. of NY,3:341) The sons and step-sons of Johann Henrich Schmidt settled in two locations, first Livingston Manor of East Camp, east side of the Hudson River and second, West Camp where they became yeomen in the towns of Catskill, Athens and Newton.
J.B. Beers, author of History of GreeneCounty (p. 99), describes the sons and step-sons of Johann Schmidt as thrifty and industrious yeoman in the town of Catskill. Also included in the appendix of his book is a lengthy genealogy by Henry Brace showing the close relationships of these families. The Johann Schmidt family settled in Newton and attended Zion's Lutheran Church in Athens, Greene County, which was located in West Camp. 1. Johann Jacob Lehmann born 1683, died November 23, 1704 in Kallstadt. 2. Clement Lehman was born 1688 in Germany or Neuchatel, Neuchater Canton,Switzerland; he was twenty-two years of age when he arrived at LivingstonManor. The entry in the journal The Kochtheral Records is: In the year 1713: 59. Nov. 3d: Clemens Lehman, step-son of Johann Henrich Schmid, a citizen of Newtown, and Anna Gertraud Wolf, daughter of the late Bertram Wolf, formerly a citizen of Gershofen, commune Doerdorst,earldom of Runckel. Anna Gerdraut Wolf's family was among the Palatine settlers residing in Ulster County. Clement and Anna Gertraude (Wolf) Lehmann had three sons and seven daughters, listed in the next section. He died between 1754-1784 in Athens, Greene County. Clement Lehman and Anna Gertraud Wolf were married by the Rev. Joshua Kochtheral who traveled to England to accompany the Palatines in 1710 on the voyage to New York. 3. Wilhelm Lehmann was born 1690 and married Maria Eva before immigrating to America. Governor Hunter's Subsistence List shows in the entry Lehemann, Wilhelm 2-1?, that he had one child in 1710 under the age of 10. Wilhelmus Lehmann resided in Kiskatom in 1734. Wilhelm and Maria Eva were baptismal sponsors for many nieces and nephews.
Note: Anna Catherina Lehman remarried August, 1710 in the province of New York, to Johann Henrich S
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