When Johannes John Hefner was born on 16 January 1769, in Frederick, Maryland, United States, his father, Melchoir Heffner, was 51 and his mother, Anna Catherine Balzar, was 37. He married Elisabeth Bolick on 14 March 1822, in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Upper Regiment, Chatham, North Carolina, United States in 1840 and Catawba, Catawba, North Carolina, United States in 1850. He died on 11 February 1858, in Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 89.