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Volume 17, Number 4, December 1999
Your MAGS Board - A Winning Team
MAGS welcomes our new President, Al Werking, and welcomes back our Board Members! Al inherits a
winning team with this Board, a team which made my four years as MAGS President especially rewarding.
Dot Reed, FirstVice President and Membership Chair, worked tirelessly to maintain a steady membership.
She has been assisted by Susannah Brooks, Stumped Roots Chair, who also indexed and put in book form
several years' issues of Der Kurier..
Betty deKeyser, former Second Vice President and Programs Chair (now Member-at-Large), effectively
planned and organized the programs for our fall and spring meetings in a timely fashion, which facilitated the
effective publicity work of our Corresponding Secretary, Marilynne Ocando assisted by Member-at-Large Jo
Boroff. Inadditionto her duties as Corresponding Secretary, Marilynneorganized our mailing lists. Gail Komar,
MAGS Treasurer, flawlessly kept our finances in order. Always willing to pitch in, Gail helped Joan Sheviak,
MAGS's Registrar, execute program logistics. All ofthe above named persons coordinated the MAGS luncheon
and booth at the NGS Conference in Richmond. These ladies make MAGS look good!
Deyerle Atkins, our Recording Secretary, didn't miss a beat while recording minutes at Board Meetings and
the General Meetings. .Merl Arp, DerKurier Editor, put the newsletter together and coordinated with Dot Reed
to ensure its timely delivery. Carl Shrader, Administrator of the Lending Library, and John Humphrey, past
Member-at-Large and now Second Vice President, have been "can do" achievers on tasks beyond their normal
duties. Ed Winner continued to recruit MAGS members to use his Surname Index Program, the computerized
program that puts researchers investigating the same surnames in touch with one another. And MAGS owes
special thanks to Bev Hoch, Edythe Millar, and Shirley Forrester, MAGS Historian, Queries Chair, and Ahnentafel
Chair, respectively. These ladies have long demonstrated their dedicated service to MAGS members.
Running a national organization as large as MAGS is a complex task because of the multiplicity of services
and activities, coupled with the fact that our Board members are scattered over a wide area. But thanks to the
professionalism of these talented and dedicated people, MAGS remains an organization that has served and
continues to serves its membership well. It is now poised to enter the new millennium stronger than ever.
Corinne Earnest
Immediate Past President
DerKurier Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
Vol. 17 No. 4. December 1999
MID-ATLANTIC GERMANIC SOCIETY
P.O. Box 2642, Kensington, MD 20891-2642
Purpose. The Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society, a non-profit organization, wasfounded on July 10, 1982, to
stimulate and facilitate research, resolve problems, and exchange information on Germanic ancestors who
settled in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the Carolinas,
Virginia and West Virginia.
Meetings. Spring and Fall meetings are open to members and the interested public, andfeature speakers
expert or knowledgeable in genealogical research and information.
Membership. Themembership yearisJanuary 1through December 31 andisbasedupon the individual's
interests common to the Society and not on place of residence, nationality, or ethnic affiliation. Membership
includes the quarterly newsletter. Available services include the Lending Library,Ahnentafels, Queries, Surname
Exchange Index, and Stumped Roots. Cost: $10 yr (single), $12 yr (family). See membership application form
on back page of newsletter.
Newsletter. DerKurier is published quarterly inMarch, June, Septemberand December. It is indexed inthe
Periodical Source Index by the Allen County Library, Ft. Wayne, IN, and the Genealogical Periodical Annual
Index by Heritage Books, Inc. Bowie, MD. Deadline for submissions: the first of January, April,July and October.
Officers
President: Albert E. Werking
1st Vice President: Dorothy J. Reed
Recording Secretary: Deyerle R. Atkins
Corresponding Secretary: Marilynne G. Ocando
2nd Vice President: John T. Humphrey
At-Large Board Member: Betty deKeyser
Treasurer: Gail Komar
At-Large Board Member: Edna Jo Boroff
Immediate Past President: Corinne P. Earnest
Special Services
Ahnentafel: Shirley E. Forrester, 3804 Greenly St., Wheaton, MD 20906-4365
Editor: Merl E. Arp, 20 Kinsman ViewCircle, Silver Spring, MD 20901-2652, FAX 301-593-1739
Historian: Beverly Repass Hoch
Library Administrator: Carl M. Shrader, 10 St. Andrew Garth, Severna Park, MD 21146-1520. Ph: (410) 987-8284.
Membership: Susannah E. Brooks, 2010 Bermondsey Dr., Mitchellville, MD 20721-4213
Programs: John T. Humphrey
Publications: (vacant)
Publicity: Edna Jo Boroff
Queries: Edythe H. Millar, 760 Lake Caroline Dr., Ruther Glen, VA 22546-5304
Registrar: Joan Sheviak, 3519 King Arthur Rd., Annandale, VA 22003-1316
Representative to Genealogical Council of Maryland: Deyerle R. Atkins
Stumped Roots: Susannah E. Brooks, 2010 Bermondsey Dr., Mitchellville, MD 20721-4213
Surname Exchange Edward G. Winner, 3219 Whittier St., N.W., Washington, D.C., 20012-2162. Ph: (202) 723-0330
See inside back page for costs of services, items for sale, and order blank.
For more information about MAGS, write to P.O. Box 2642, Kensington, MD 20891-2642
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December 1999
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
der Kalender 1999
We need a Registrar!
December 8 - "Crossing the Atlantic, Finding
Our Ancestral Birth Places Overseas" by
Richard Schmidt, Carroll County Genealogi
cal Society, Westminster, MD. For info,
contact Richard Griffith (410) 799-0254 oremail: Rich Griff @ home.net.
March 10-11 - Maryland Genealogical Society
Ittakes volunteers to keep an organization
such as MAGS running smoothly, and we need
your help! We are currently looking for a new
Registrar for our spring and fall meetings. Joan
Sheviak has faithfully served MAGS and its mem
bers in this capacity for many years. She has met
people at the door of our meetings with a winning
smile and good service. But Joan wishes to step
down from this position. She deserves a break!
Conference. Host: Anne Arundel Gen. Soci
Please volunteer to fill her shoes! .
Year 2000
ety, Annapolis, MD.
We need an Editor!
April 29. MAGS Annual Spring Meeting,
Blob's Park Hall, Jessup, MD. Speakers on
using maps for research, collecting records
along migratory trails, and Union churches
among New World Germans..
Also, Merl Arp, Editor of DerKurier, wants
to move on to other projects. If you are handy on
a computer and can write, MAGS needs you! In
any case, Merl can give you further details and
help coach you as the new editor!
June 11-17. International symposium, Society
for German-American Studies, Bremerhaven,
Germany.. For further information on the web:
Whom do you contact?
http://www.ulib.edu/kadesgas2000.html Travel
Please contact Al Werking, MAGS President. If
you are interested in serving MAGS in any capac
ity! His telephone number is (301) 223-4243.
Thank you!
info on e-mail: routs @ t-online.de.
June 19-21. Palatines to America National
Conference, Harrisburg East Holiday Inn,
Harrisburg, PA. Theme: "Pennsylvania a
Palatine Crossroads, 1683-2000". Write
PalAm, PA Chapter, P.O. Box 280, Strasburg,
PA 17579-0280 or phone (717) 687-8234.
IN THIS ISSUE
If you would like your event or program placed on
der Kalender, please send the information to the
MAGS Editor by the stated deadline (see inside front
page).
Ahnentafel
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Book Reviews
Fraktur Forum
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New Source: Freedman's Bank Record
Queries
MAGS Services and Publications
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The President and Board of MAGS Wish You and Your
Family
A Safe, Healthy and Joyous Holiday Season
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Der Kurier Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
Vol. 17 No.4 December 1999
People and Events
PENN'S WOODS REVISITED -
Our thanks go to many for the MAGS Fall
Meeting: to Betty deKeyser and John Humphrey,
The MAGS Fall Meeting at Trappe
A full day in an historical setting made a
lovely backdrop for the MAGS 1999 Fall Meeting at
Trappe, Pennsylvania, on October 23. Three knowledgeable speakers gave informative talks on the
Pennsylvania State Archives, Germans in Bucks
County, and Mennonite relations with other
churches.
In a slide presentation, Jonathan Stayer, a
Penn State Archives employee, reviewed the many
resources the Archives has to offer. These records
are available for research in the Archives Search
Room, 3rd and Forster, in Harrisburg, PA. Stayer
suggested Robert M. Dructor's Guide to Genea
logical Sources at the Pennsylvania State Archives
(1968) as a detailed outline of Archives' holdings. In
a second lecture, Stayer reviewed the published
Pennsylvania Archives, warning researchers to dig
further than this valuable source because
omissions and errors; in that multi-volume work.
of
Frances Waite, library assistant for the
Spruance Library of Bucks County, gave an over
view of German immigration into Pennsylvania and
especially to Bucks County. Waite said that by
1775 to 1778 about two-thirds of Upper Bucks
County inhabitants had German or Swiss heritage.
Next, Dr. John Ruth gave entertaining and
informative perspectives on Mennonite settlement in
the region. Waite's and Ruth's presentations greatly
helped attendees understand the historical area they
were visiting.
Nearby sites were specially opened for
MAGS attendees, including the historic Old Trappe
Church built in 1743. Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg,
patriarch of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America, founded this church after immigrating in
1742 from Germany. Those attending were also
able to tour Muhlenberg's house and the historic
Dewees Tavern. Some attendees whose roots go
program arrangers, and Susannah Brooks, for
arranging entry into these historic sites; to Pastor
Herbert Michel of the Augustus Lutheran Church, to
Dr. John Shetler, and Dr. Ivan Hess, for their tours of
the Trappe Church, Dewees Tavern, and Muhlenberg
house respectively.
We owe special thanks to Joan Sheviak,
MAGS Registrar, and Marilynne Ocando, Corres
ponding Secretary for making available the many
handouts which provided information on the historical
sites of the area. Vendor Jane Adams Clarke of the
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania added free
handouts on research in the area. The brief business
meeting included installation of officers of the new
MAGS board. The day was topped off with s
sumptuous lunch and a dozen door prizes.
Thanks to These Vendors and Donors!
We sincerely thank the vendors who attended our
Fall Meeting and the organizations which donated
door prizes and literature. Your participation is very
important to our meetings and our membership.
Vendors: (1) AKB Publications, Myerstown, PA; (2)
The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Phila
delphia, PA; (3) Masthof Press and Bookstore,
Morgantown, PA; (4) Edna B. Chelson, Oregon City,
OR; and (5) Willow Bend Books and Family Line
Publications, Westminster, MD.
Literature: (1) Grand Army of the Republic Civil War
Museum & Library, Philadelphia, PA; (2) Sons of the
Union Veterans of the Civil War and its Auxiliary,
Philadelphia, PA; (3) Delaware Public Archives,
Dover, DE; (4) New York Genealogical & Bio
graphical Society, New York, NY; (5) Picton Press,
Rockport, ME; (6) Valley Forge Convention &
Visitors' Bureau, Plymouth Meeting, PA.
back to Trappe said that in all their years of
researching they had never been able to enter the
Muhlenberg house or the Old Trappe Church, so this
MAGS program was a special treat.
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DerKurier, Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
(Vendors and Donors - continued)
Charles J. Kiker of Morningside, MD
Vivian Luther-Schafer of Bethesda, MD
Door Prize Donors: (1) National Genealogical
Society, Arlington, VA; (2) Genealogical Publishing
Co., Baltimore, MD; (3) Bureau of Land
Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, (4)
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA; (5) Janet R. Brittingham, Will-Britt Books,
Jamison, PA:; (6) Apron Strings, Ellicott City, MD;
(7) Willow Bend Books & Family Line Publications,
Westminster, MD; (8) Ancestry, Inc., Orem, UT; (9)
Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD; (10) Masthof
Press, Morgantown, PA.
Congratulations to Our Door Prize
Winners!
(I) Joan Sheviak, Annandale, VA; (2) Ray and
Leone Zerby, Frederick,, MD; (3) Werner & Nancy
Fehlauer, McLean, VA; (4) Alfred Henneberger,
Smithsburg, MD; (5) Corinne Earnest, East Berlin,
PA; (6) Susannah E. Brooks, Mitchellville, MD; (7)
Nena Leary, Falls Church, VA; (8) Karen & Charles
Gelsleichter, Orrtana, PA; (9) Gloree Pincock,
Rockville, MD; (10) Raymond Danner, Riva, MD;
(II) Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Leininger, Mohnton,
PA: (12) Lois & Jerry Byrem, Strasburg, PA:; (13)
James C. Aller, Charlottesville, VA; (14) Lynne
Yeakley, Laureldale, PA; and (15) Julia N. Murphy,
Philadelphia, PA.
Andrew W. & Ellen S. Machamer - Lewisburg,
Pa
Goerge A. & Anna L. McLean of Roanoke, VA
Ann R. Melle of Bowie, MD
Betsy Morgan Moyer of Arlington, VA
Pamela J. Rader & family of North Port, FL
Evelyn Ruckert of Baltimore, MD
Jean S. Ruehl of Ellicott City, MD
Kay Lynn Sauner of Baltimore, MD
Anthony A. & Carol A. Schatz of Baltimore, MD
R.E. Singiser of Gumee, IL
George LfBen") Stallman III of York, PA
Karen Talley of Virginia Beach, VA
David B. Wilmering of Washington Grove, MD
William L. Young of Mount Airy, MD
Linda M. Zimmerman of Philadelphia, PA
MAGS BAGS;
After you have visited your genealogical
book shop, such as Heritage Books in Bowie,
Maryland, you will need something in which to carry
all the books and genealogical material you have
acquired! In addition, you will need a book bag
when you attend the next genealogical meeting
where there are vendors and all kinds of interesting
books and research material!
MAGS Welcomes New Members
MAGS is pleased to welcome the following new
members into our genealogical family.
Edward Lee Bachtell of New Carrollton, MD
Camilia A. Berger of Yorba Linda, CA
Sally Short Busker of Silver Spring, MD
Thelma Carter of Phoenixville, PA
Thomas O. Edick of Fairfax, VA
John J. & Nancy A. Fischer of Spring City, PA
Eloise A. Haldeman of Los Angeles, CA
Penny Hartzell of Woodbury, CT
Charlotte G. Hoyer of Houston, TX
Richard L. & Marie L. Jarvis of Richmond, VA
MAGS has just the thing to carry all your
books and research material: the MAGS Tote-Bag!
MAGS is offering members a canvas tote-bag that
is wheat color with the MAGS logo printed in black.
To order this handy bag, make out a check for $11
($8 for the bag plus $3 for shipping and handling)
made payable to the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society,
and send the check with your name and return
address to Gail Komar, MAGS Treasurer, 9603 Bel
Glade Street, Fairfax, Virginia 22031-1105
Take care of your valuable books!
Buy a MAGS tote-bag today!
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Vol.17 No 4 December 1999
FRAKTUR FORUM
by Corinne Earnest
BENNERs On Fraktur
RayBennerasked about BENNERs on fraktur. Iforwarded Rayinformation from several fraktur having
the name BENNER. Data from a few examples are included here. A taufschein (baptism certificate) in the
collection of Martin Amtof Mt. Rainier, Maryland, mentions BENNERs. Itwas made for Georg BENNER, son
ofSamuel and Hannah (WEICKEL) BENNER. Georgwas born April 5,1855 in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh
County, Pennsylvania. He was baptized May 6,1855 by Pastor KESSLER. Sponsors were Peter and Susanna
SCHULER.
Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has a taufschein made for John HAMOR,son
of Allen and Catharina HAMOR. Catharina was the daughter of Paul BENNER. John HAMOR was born
November 20,1796 in Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. No baptismal information is given.
A taufschein made for Anna Elisabeth MUELLER says Carl and Elisabeth BENNER were sponsors at
Anna Elisabeth's baptism. Anna Elisabeth was bom November 20,1784 in Lebanon Township, DauphinCounty,
Pennsylvania. She was baptized by Pastor MELSHEIMER on December 31. Her parents were Johann Georg
and Maria Susanna MUELLER. This example is pictured in The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the
Susquehanna Valley (p. 62), published in 1982 bythe Roberson Center for the Artsand Sciences, Binghamton,
New York.
The whereabouts of a taufschein made for Elisabetha BENNER is unknown. Elisabetha's parents were
Henriy [sic] and Barbara (WAMBOLD) BENNER. Elisabetha was bom in Franconia Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, on April 12,1807. She was baptized June 7, 1807 in Rockhill Township, Berks County,
by Georg ROELLER. Sponsors were Ludwig and Elisabeth BENNER.
The Free Library of Philadelphia has a taufschein made for Jacob BENNER, son of Johannes and
Elisabeth (ZIEGENFUSS) BENNER. Jacob was bom February 28, 1805 in Rockhill Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. He was baptized by Pastor ROELLER (no date given). Sponsors were Johan Jacob and Maria
LUTZ. This example is pictured (#71) in ThePennsylvania German Fraktur of The Free Library of Philadelphia,
published in 1976 by The Pennsylvania German Society and The Free Library of Philadelphia. A second example
is also pictured there (#510). It was made for William Benjamin, son of Johannes and Elisabeth HINKEL.
Elisabeth HINKEL'sfather was Ludwig FLUCK. William Benjamin was bom May 12,1844 in Richland Township,
Bucks County. He was baptized June 26, 1844 by Pastor KEMMERER. Sponsors were Ludwig BENNER and
Maria Anna HINKEL, both single.
A Bible record in a private collection was made for Jacob and Ester (BENNER) LANDES, who married
on September 8,1839. Jacob was bom August 11,1816. Ester BENNER was bom March 29,1816. They had
two children. Maria was bom March 23,1841 and William was bom October 8,1843. Ester died August 22,1846
at age 30 years, 4 months, and 24 days. A month later, on September 25, five-year-old Maria died. Jacob
LANDES married a second time to Rebecka KINDIG on June 25,1859. They had a stillborn daughter in 1860
and a second daughter named Eliesabetha LANDES, who was born May 9, 1862 in Upper Milford Township,
Montgomery County. Death dates are given for what may have been Jacob LANDES's parents, although the
record does not make that relationship clear. It says Abraham LANDES died February 14,1855 at age 72 years,
3 months, and 23 days. And Maria LANDES died February 9,1859 at age 73 years, 5 months, and 4 days.
If you have names you wish me to research on fraktur, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to
Russell D. Earnest Associates, P.O. Box 1007, East Berlin, PA 17316.
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Vol. 17 No. 4 December 1999
An Overlooked Source: German-born Account Holders in the Freedman's Saving and
Trust Company
Compiled by Susannah E. Brooks
Asgenealogists wehave a tendency to categorize recordsbytimeperiod, recordsource, or ethnic
group. In many casesthisnarrows our searchandhelps to pinpoint the recordswe needto find specific
information about our ancestors. In other cases it causes us to overlook valuable sources ofinformation,
because the records do not fit into our parameters. A case in point is the records of the Freedman's
Saving andTrust Company, especially the signature cards."Amongthe most underused bodiesoffederal
records useful for AfricanAmericangenealogicalresearch are the records ofthe Freedman's Savingand
Trust Company."1 Theserecords are almost entirely overlooked by those doing European immigrant
research. Immigrants, who were born in Germany or other German-speaking parts ofEurope, opened
more that four hundred accounts.
The Freedman's Bank was established in 1865 by a group of philanthropists and investors and
chartered by Congress as a place for Black soldiers to save their bounty payments, pay, and bonuses.
Because many slaves had been denied the right to learn to read and write, a signature was often useless
as a means of identification. Therefore, the bank required a great deal of information about the person
(age, complexion, birthplace, where raised, residence, parents' names, names of spouse and children,
siblings names, etc.). When the branches required that the "cards" be completely filled out (not all
branches did), the result is a mini-genealogy ofthe family. The Bank became the bank for the military in
a few cities and the soldiers were the first European immigrants to open accounts. Ofthe signature cards
that survive, various branches had varying numbers ofGermans opening accounts (from 4 in Shreveport,
Louisiana to approximately 240 in New York). The New York Branch passbooks included information
about bank rules, etc. in English, German, and French, so it is obvious that this branch intended to attract
immigrant depositors. The New York Branch signature cards are the most complete, asking, in addition
to the required questions, "how long have you been in the US; age and location ofparents, siblings, and
grown children; name of husbands ofmarried sisters or daughters, and amount of initial deposit." For
the researcher lucky enough to have an ancestor (or one of his/her immediate family members) who
opened an account in the nine years the bank existed (1865 -1874), this may be the place to find the hints
needed to determine birthplace, date ofimmigration, or location ofa sibling who vanished. The weakness
ofthese records is the information was dictated to a bank employee, who had little knowledge ofGerman
names or geography. Like other records ofthis era the spellingis creative at best. Often the records are
incomplete (Baltimore branch records are consistentlyincomplete
As space permitscopiesofinformationfrom individual signaturecards ofpersons born in Germanywill be printed
in Der Kurier. "Germany" will include the various German states, Alsace in France, Switzerland, Poland,
Bohemia, and Austria. The compiler has attempted to copy the records exactly at they were written on the signature
cards. At a later date other records, such as letters and questionnaires completed by a few German-born account
holders, will be included in articles in Der Kurier. (continued next page)
1Washington, Reginald."The Freedman's Saving and Trust Company and African American Genealogical
Research" Prologue vol. 29, No. 2 Summer 1997.
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Name: Heyl, Marie Sophia Margarette2
Age: 39 yrs
Occupation: musician
Signature: Marie Sh. Heyl
Father: John in Prussia
Bank Branch: New York, NY
Mother: Angeline
Comments: "brought up in Prussia, came to
Account #: 5924 Date: 24 Apr 1873
Birthplace: Bremen, Germany
US in 1856, Oct. 20"
Residence: East New York
Age: 37 yrs
Spouse: John Frederick
Children: Arthur & William by present husband
Anthony Lumenski by first husband
Father: Conrad D. Behrins (dead)
Mother: Johanna (dead)
Name: Axt, August
Signature: same
Bank Branch: New York, NY
Account #: 2599
Date: 22 Apr 1871
Birthplace: Hesse Darmstadt
Residence: 159 Forsyth St
Age: 47 yr
Occupation: physician
Spouse: Mary
Children: John (17)
Father: John (dead),
Mother: Elizabeth (dead)
Brothers: Frederick in NY
William in Japan
Comments: 19 yrs in US; $125
Name: Schulze, K.G. Adolph & wife
Signature: KGA Schulze & Margarethe Schulze
Brothers: Frederick in Phila.
Bank Branch: Baltimore, MD
Carl in Spezheim Hesse Darmstadt
Accounts 3982
Date: 1 Sep 1871
Birthplace: born 1843 Dresden
Sisters: Barbara widow of Ino Vethersmith?3 in
Lysaenor Uthia?(not heard of her in 5 yrs) Elizabeth
in Vastadt in Rheinhesse
Residence: Charles St. 310
Comments: 19 yrs in US; "certificate of deposit #20"
Age: 28 yrs
Occupation: machinist for Wild
Spouse:
Name: Morris, Charles
Children: Anna Louise
Signature: Chal Morris
Father: Conrad Friedrich Muller
Mother: Johanne Friedricke Schulze
Bank Branch: Savannah, GA
Comments: "either can draw money'*
Account #: 1359
Date: 26 Dec 1868
Birthplace: Mownglau?, Prussia
Residence: Congress St. Savannah Hotel
Age: 24 yr
Occupation: Tailor
Spouse: none
Children:
Name: Diebel, Conrad
Signature: same
Bank Branch: Atlanta, GA
Father: Abraham Moses in Prussia
Account #: 0769
Date: 16 Sep 1870
Birthplace: Prussia, Horesfeld
Residence: US Barracks, Atlanta
Mother: Becca dead in Pr
Brothers: Issac Moses in NYC 66 Beckman St
Moses in Prussia
Joseph Moses also in NYC
Sisters: Dora Harris in NY City
Comments: The family name is Moses. Charles
changed his name to Morris by which he is now
2All cited records are taken from Registers of
Signatures ofDepositors in Branches of the
Freedman's Saving and Trust Co.,1865-1874
(National Archives microfilm publication
M816),Records ofthe Office ofthe Comptroller of
the Currency, RG 101, National Archives and
known.
3"?" indicates that the compiler had difficulty
reading the handwriting.
Record Administration, Washington, DC.
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Nemesis At Potsdam: The Expulsion of
the Germans from the East
by
Alfred M DeZayas.
Revised edition available from Picton Press, P.O. Box 250,
Rockport, ME 04856. Soft-cover, 6"x 9", 270 pages,
photographs, maps, illustrations, complete index $23.95
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Ethnic cleansing is not a term or process new to the
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it has been going on for centuries. America and the
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took place in eastern Germany, Poland and
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Alfred M. DeZayas in his book Nemesis at Potsdam
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For Americans whose German roots are in the east,
this book is a must if somewhat disturbing read.
This three-volume publication is the first state-wide
community service project compiled by the AMHNYS,
an attempt to inventory all the cemetery sites in the
entire state. This work includes name of cemetery,
location, dates of first and last burial, type of cemetery
(private, religious, military, etc.), whether active or
inactive or deserted, and name of contact person.
Some entries note number of grave-sites, Rev. War
burials, etc.
The data is organized alphabetically by county, by
towns and cities within each county, and by cemetery
site within the smaller jurisdiction. The Table of Con
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five boroughs of NYC are listed. Volume I includes
the counties of Albany through Livingston; Vol. II
Madison through Schuyler; and Vol. Ill Seneca through
Yates.
A researcher will likely need all three volumes in order
to access the data, since the Table of Contents is in
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excellent for some localities, but absent or uneven for
others. Some locations were listed but noted as not
participating. Other localities were neither listed nor
noted why they were missing. For example, the City of
Binghamton has several cemeteries but city or its
burial sites are not mentioned. Appendix B of Volume
III includes An Inventory Addendum Request Form )
so that additions and corrections may be made to the
original inventory.
A word of caution about using the Index. It is compre
hensive but it has a glitch. Be sure to look up your
entry twice in the Index, once in the uppercase list and
next in the lowercase list which follows. This was
Reviewed by John T. Humphrey
apparently a data entry incompatibility, which hopefully
will be corrected in subsequent editions.
New York State Cemeteries Name/
Location Inventory 1995-1997
This work is a major accomplishment. Undoubtedly,
more data has been collected than was summarized in
this initial offering. I hope funding and interest in this
project will continue to produce valuable material for
Compiled by the Association of
Municipal Historicans of New York State
all researchers.
1999 Heritage Books, Inc., 1540 Pointer Ridge Place,
Bowie, MD 20716 (1223 pp., 5.5"x 8.5", soft cover) Item #
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History of Augusta County, Virginia
by
J. Lewis Peyton.
7709. Soft cover, 526 pages, indexed, Item #S705. $32.00
plus $5 shipping.
Originally published in 1882 by Samuel M. Yost & Son,
Staunton, VA. Reprinted in 1986 by Heritage Books, Inc.,
1540E Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD 20716; 1-800-3987709. Soft cover, 387 pages plus index, Item #P197. $31.00
plus $5 shipping.
Gen. John Stark begins with the memoirs of John
Stark, who was bom in New Hampshire on August 28,
1728. He was the son of Archibald and Eleanor
(Nichols) Stark of Scotland. An addition to his memoirs
notes that Stark married Elizabeth Page, who was ten
years his junior. Stark lists children bom to him and
Augusta County in Virginia was established in 1738.
Originally, it covered a vast area referred to as the
"utmost limits of Virginia," which meant its western
boundary was the Mississippi River. The heart of the
County was the Shenandoah Valley, which was first
explored by Alexander Spotswood, who served as
Governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1723. In 1716,
Spotswood lead a party called the "Knights of the
Golden Horseshoe" over the Blue Ridge into the
Elizabeth, and the author of the book, Caleb Stark,
follows this list with this comment: "The Stark family is
supposed to have originated in Germany."
Stark relates his capture by Indians in 1752, his
running the gauntlet, and his life among Indians. He
further details his activities in the French and Indian
Wars where he fought with Captain Rogers, and his
Shenandoah. From their accounts, settlers east of the
activities in the American Revolution. His memoir is
Blue Ridge began to take note about "this lovely and
fruitful Valley," and were soon attracted to settle in it.
In 1732, sixteen families from Pennsylvania settled
near today's Winchester. That year, Jost Hite and
others settled on a 40,000-acre piece of land in the
Valley. Unfortunately for German researchers, Jost
Hite is given less attention in the eariy narrative
concerning Augusta County than are other eariy
inhabitants - especially those of British ancestry. The
author especially covers the history of John Lewis,
whose French Huguenot family settled in Ireland prior
to immigrating to America. He details information
about the Koiner family, originally from Wurtenburg,
and the Hanger family from Germany, but most
families he discusses are of British and Irish origin,
including Tates, Baldwins, Bells, Cochrans, Crawfords,
followed by correspondence between him and such
notables as George Washington, Ethan Allen, Horatio
Gates, John Hancock, and Thomas Mifflin. The corres
pondence, in turn, is followed with a biography of John
Stark's son, Major Caleb Stark (1759-1838), Captain
Robert Rogers of New Hampshire, and Captain
Phinehas Stevens.
This book focuses on early New Hampshire history, so
the German researcher looking for ancestors in the
Mid-Atlantic states will find little help here. However,
those wanting to learn more about the history of the
French and Indian Wars and the Revolutionary War
will find this book most interesting.
Reviewed by Careen Earnest
Prestons, and others.
MAGS Publications Chair
The value of this book to German researchers is not in
family history. Instead, it provides a frame-work for
understanding the early history of the Shenandoah
Valley where Germans settled in significant numbers.
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GEN. JOHN STARK: Also a Biography of Capt.
Phinehas Stevens and of Col. Robert Rogers
are preferred.
by
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AHNENTAFEL
Roberta J. Pohl
6216 Carrollton Terrace
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1st GENERATION
1 Roberta Jane "Bobbi" MOLLE -1: b 5 Sep 1936 Salinas, Monterey, CA
2nd GENERATION
2 James Robert "Bob" MOLLE-9: b 20 Aug 1911 Greene, IA; m 17 Sep 1935 Monterey, CA; d 25 Apr 1990
Jefferson, Greene, IA
3 Lucile Jane ANDERSON-10: b 10 Nov 1912 Rutland, LaSalle, IL
3rd GENERATION
4 James William "Jim" MOLLE-223: b 6 Dec 1878 Franklin Twp, Greene, IA; m 26 Jun 1904 Cooper, Greene, IA;
d 7 Sep 1946 Jefferson, Greene, IA
5 Pearl MOUNT-224: b 9 Oct 1880 Morrisburg, Guthrie, IA; d 21 Jun 1981 Jefferson, Greene, IA
6 Lewis Elsworth "Lou"ANDERSON-33: b 9 Jul 1873 Odell, Livingston, IL; m 15 Dec 1898 Minonk, Woodford, IL;
d 1 Nov 1955 Jefferson, Greene, IA
7 Dena KLEEN-34: b 23 Jan 1875 Coldine, Ostfriesland, GERMANY; d 21 Oct 1972 Jefferson, Greene, IA
4th GENERATION
8 John Stephen MOLLE-231: b 25 Dec 1848 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; m 28 Dec 1876; d 14 Dec 1928
Franklin Twp, Greene, IA
9 Sarah Margaret WILTROUT-232: b 26 Feb 1859 Viola, Richland, Wl; d 28 May 1942 Jefferson, Greene, IA
10 Matthias "Matt" MOUNT-239: b25 Nov 1830 Montgomery, IN; m20 Dec 187 Panora, Guthrie, IA; d 12 Mar 1904
Guthrie, IA
11 Sarah Ann MENDENHALL-240: b 17 Feb 1851 Mc Lean, IL; d 10 Jun 1901 Greene, IA
12 Eber C ANDERSON-219: b 11 Mar 1844 IL; m 6 Nov 1861; d Mar 1923 IA
13 Sarah Jane HART-220: b 5 Sep 1843 OH; d 15 Jun 1912 Long Point, Livingston, IL
14 Garmer Tieden KLEEN-132: b 5 Feb 1834 Struk, Ostfriesland, GERMANY; m 2 Jan 1865 Arle, Ostfriesland,
GERMANY; d 5 Dec 1904 Minonk, Woodford, IL
15 Tatje Wilts HEMMELRICK-133: b 7 Nov 1835 Arle, Ostfriesland, GERM.; d 4 Oct 1916 Minonk, Woodford, IL
5th GENERATION
16 Joseph MOLLE-235: b 9 Oct 1814 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; m 25 Nov 1846 Willebadessen,
Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d 26 Feb 1880 .Carroll, IA
17 Anna Theodora LINNENBERG-236: b 24 May 1822 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d 15 Sep 1904
Carroll, IA
18 James W WILTROUT-233: b 28 Mar 1819 Summit Twp, Somerset, PA; m 12 Nov 1848 Clinton, IN; d 3 Feb
1887 Greenbrier Twp, Greene, IA
19 Susannah KNABLE-234: b 28 Feb 1825 Somerset, PA; d 28 Mar 1914 Staples, Todd, MN
20 Stephenson MOUNT-1311: b 11 Jun 1804 Shelbyville, Shelby, KY; m 13 Mar1827 Montgomery, IN; d 12 Apr
1886, Guthrie, IA
21 Louisa WASSON-242: b 6 Aug 1809 KY; d 21 Jan 1878 Guthrie, IA
22 John C MENDENHALL-1177: b 12 Mar 1810 Guilford, NC; m 10 Feb 1841 Wayne, IN; d 23 Sep 1872 Guthrie,
IA
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23 Lucinda JONES-1178: b 28 Feb 1818 .Wayne, IN; d 4 Mar 1884 Linden, Dallas, IA
24 Ephriam C ANDERSON-237: b 16 Sep 1810 OH; m 13 Dec 1831; d 9 Dec 1896 IL
25 Rachel WELLS-238: b 11 Apr 1814 OH; d 12 Dec 1889
26 Samuel HART Rev.-221: b 17 Jun 1817 OH; m 22 Dec 1834 .Belmont, OH; d 26 Jan 1882 IL
27 Rachel THOMAS-222: b Aug 1812 PA; d Aft 1903
28 Tiede Hinrichs KLEEN-2598: b 26 Mar 1799 Ostfriesland, GERMANY; d 28 May 1868 Sud Coldine, Ost
friesland, GERMANY
29 Almuth Lubben STRUK-2597: b GERMANY
30 Wilt Tjarks HEMMELRICK-3599: d 21 Jan 1849 Arle, Ostfriesland, GERMANY
31 Geelke Christina Eilts ARIANUS-3578: b 1796; d 27 Apr 1858 Arle, Ostfriesland, GERMANY
6th GENERATION
32 Johann Heinrich MOLLE-1153: b 2 Sep 1785 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; m 15 Feb1814 Willebad-essen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d 27 Jan 1827 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
33 Anna Maria Elisabeth LINNENBERG-1160: b 2 Apr 1784 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA d 10 May 1852
Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
34 Joannes Ferdinand LINNENBERG-1165: c 30 Jul 1780 Willebadessen, m 1808 Willebadessen, Westfalen,
PRUSSIA; d 20 Dec 1843 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
35 Eva Catharina BESSEN-1166: b Abt 1783; d 30 Dec 1848 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
36 Johann Gottfried WILTROUT-2491: b 17 Jan 1781 Berks, PA; d 28 Jul 1857 Elklick Twp, Somerset, PA
37 Margaretta DIETRICH-2492: b 29 Feb 1786; d 23 Dec 1869 Elklick Twp, Somerset, PA
38 Jacob KNABLE-3278: b 1781 Washington, MD; m 1803 Somerset, PA; d 1847
39 Magdalina ENOS-3339: b 1786; d 1875
40 Mathhias MOUNT-243: b 11 Mar 1767 Amwell Twp, Hunderton, NJ; m 11 Jan1791 Scott, KY; d 23 Jan 1848
Little York, Washington, IN
41 Elizabeth STEVENSON-244: b 23 Jan 1776; d 16 Feb 1805 KY
42 Alexander WASSON-1986: b 1772 VA; m 14 Oct 1797 Shelbyville, Shelby, KY; d 27 Feb 1865 Montgomery,
IN
43 Jane MCDOWELL-1987: b 2 Mar 1773 Shelbyville, Shelby, KY; d 2 May 1846 Simpsonville, Montgomery, IN
44 Isaiah MENDENHALL-1393: b 6 Jul 1778 Deep River mtg, Guilford, NC; m 5 Jan 1804 Deep River mtg,
Guilford, NC; d 31 Mar 1848, Wayne, IN
45 Christianna CLARK-1394: b 5 Feb 1783 NC; d 3 May 1851, Wayne, IN
46 Jesse JONES-4258: b 30 Aug 1763 NewGarden, Guilford, NC; m 4 Oct 1811 LostCreek, Knox, TN; d Economy
(r),Wayne, IN
47 Lydia MAULSBY-4326: b 19 Feb 1784Harford, MD; d 6 May 1864Dallas, IA
54THOMAS-4785:bDE
55XXX-4786:bMD
56 Hinrich Tieden KLEEN-2611: b Abt 1760 GERMANY
57 Trientje EILERS-2612: b Abt 1770 GERMANY
58 Lubbe Janssen STRUK-3579: b Abt 1770 GERMANY; d 10 Nov 1832 Struk, Ostfriesland, GERMANY
59 Renste GARMERS-3580: b Abt 1780 GERMANY
62 Eilt Janssen ARIANUS-3738
63 Trehe JANSSEN-3740
7th GENERATION
64 Joannes Casparus "Caspar MOLLE-1148: b 3 Jun 1744Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; m 28 Oct 1777
Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d 4 Dec 1801 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
65 Margaretha Gertrud Elisabeth BREYDEWALDT-1150: b 20 Oct 1752Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d
8 Jan 1806 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
66 Johann Joseph LINNENBERG-1167: b 7 Feb 1751 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; m 25 Sep 1780
Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d 12 Aug 1832 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
67 Gertrudis WIECHERS/WIEGERS-1168: d Bef 1822
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68 Joannes Antonius LINNENBERG-5173: b 6 Sep 1740 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; m 20 Apr 1766
Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d 18 Dec 1808 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
69 Elisabeth ROCKS-5179
70 Johann Juergen BESSEN-4824
71 Maria Catharina SCHAEFERS-4825
72 Johannes WILTRAUT-2504: b 1744 Daaden.GERMANY; m Abt 1767 Berks, PA; d Dec 1826 Greenwich Twp,
Berks, PA
73 Maria Christena KRAMER-2505: b 29 Jul 1748 Greenwich Twp, Berks, PA; d Bef 1825
76 Jacob KNABLE-3369: b 3 Jan 1753 Bethel Twp, Berks, PA; m 12 Nov 1776 Stouchberg, Berks, PA; d 1823
Somerset, PA
77 Maria Salome CASSELL-3370: b 3 Jan 1753, Somerset, PA
80 Thomas MOUNT-359: b 18 Apr 1728 Cranbury, Middlesex, NJ; m 1756 NJ; d 19 Apr 1818 .Shelby, KY
81 Mary CLAYTON-360: b4 Sep 1734 Chichester, Chester, PA; d 1815, Shelby, KY
82 James STEVENSON-357
83 XXX-358
84 Robert WASSON Sr-2004: b 1748 Simpsonville, KY; d Mar 1824 Shelbyville. Shelby, KY
85 Catherine XXX-2005: b Abt 1749 Shelbyville, Shelby, KY
86 Alexander MCDOWELL-2002: b 1735; m 1772; d 20 Feb 1817 Simpsonville, Shelby, KY
87JaneXXX-3387
88 Elijah MENDENHALL-1414: b 15 Dec 1748 East Cain mtg, Chester, PA; m 17 Apr 1771 New Garden mtg,
Guilford, NC; d 5 Oct 1781 Guilford, NC
89 Mary KENDALL-1415: b 14 Oct 1746 Warrington, Bucks, PA; d 5 Nov 1822
90 John CLARK-1412: b 22 Sep 1752 Old Sight; m 29 Mar 1773 New Garden, Guilford, NC; d 12 Mar 1808
.Guilford, NC
91 Margaret JOHNSON-1413: b 12 Feb 1749 .Chester, PA; d 16 Jun 1790 New Garden, Guilford, NC
92 Isaac JONES-4367: b 10 Mar 1736 of Guilford, NC; m 1758 Warrington mm, York, PA; d 22 Jun 1801 Lost
Creek, Jefferson, TN
93 Esther POWELL-4368: b Abt 1740 „PA; d 25 May 1816 Lost Creek, Jefferson, TN
94 John MAULSBY-4331: b Abt 1735 Limerick, Montgomery, PA; m 21 May 1766 Nantmeal mtg, Chester, PA; d
1809 Lost Creek, Jefferson, TN
95 Lydia JOHN-4332: b 7 Sep 1745, Chester, PA; d 1816 Lost Creek, Jefferson, TN
8th GENERATION
128 Josephi MOLLE-1145: b 1712; m 16 Jan 1743 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d 19 Apr 1786 Willebad-essen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
129 Maria Catharine LANGEN-1146: b 1713; d 26 Apr 1887 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
130 Friderici BREYDEWALDT-1158: m Bef 1752
131 Eva Catharina BLINDEN-1159
132 Antonius LINNENBERG-5156: b 8 Jun 1715 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; m 22 Apr 1743 Willebad-essen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d 1 Jun 1761 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
133 Catharina MERTENS-5157
136 Jodocus LINNENBERG-5167: b 1 Sep 1718 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; m 1 Aug 1741 Willebad-essen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d 21 Jun 1754 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
137 Gertrudis WOLF-5172
144 Johann Jacob WILTRAUT-2554: b 28 Feb 1717 Daaden, Rhineland, GERMANY: m 18 Oct 1739 Daaden,
Rhineland, GERMANY; d Abt 1776 Berks, PA
145 Maria N SCHNEIDER-2555: d Abt 1752
146 Godfried KRAEMER-2574: b Abt 1725 GERMANY; m 20 Apr 1747 Berks, PA, Moselem Ch; d 1788 Berks, PA
147 Anna Martha HILL-2575
152 Christopher KNEBEL-4029: m 1744 Tulpehochen, Berks, PA; d Bef Feb 1794 Bethel, Berks, PA
153 Catherine WALBORN-4030: b 1722; d May 1807
154 John CASSELL-3371
160 Matthias MOUNT-368: b Abt 1706/1707 Middletown, Monmouth, NJ; d 7 Apr 1791 Cranbury, Middlesex, NJ
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161 Anne DE BOOGH-1982: b 1706/1707; d 1734/1735 NJ
162 William CLAYTON-2929: b 13 Jun 1713 Chichester, Chester, PA; d Bef 1757
163 Mary EVANS-4427: b of Uwchlan, PA
172 Alexander MCDOWELL-3389
176 James MENDENHALL-1425: b 26 Dec 1718 Chester, PA; m 10 Apr 1743 Goshen Mtg, Chester, PA; d 1783
.Guilford, NC
177 Hannah THOMAS-1429: b 14 Nov 1716/1717, Chester, PA; d 1792
178 Thomas KENDALL-1423: b 23 May 1715; m 13 Nov 1740 Chester mtg, Chester.PA; d 26 Sep 1781 New
Garden, Guilford, NC
179 Sarah PILKINGTON-1424: b ENGLAND; d Abt 1750
180 Francis CLARK-1649: b Abt 1721 Hanover, VA; m 14 Oct 1746 Caroline, VA; d Nov 1799 Richmond, NC
181 Christian STONE-1650: b Abt 1725 Caroline, VA; d 15 Feb 1794/1797 Richmond, NC
182 James JOHNSON-3280: b 3 Aug 1726 Chester, PA; m 20 Apr 1748 Londongrove, Chester, PA; d 18 Apr 1809
Guilford, NC
183 Margaret COOK-3281: b Abt 1728 Chester, PA; d 1 Mar 1781 .Guilford, NC
188 William MAULSBY-4386: b 18 Oct 1695 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND; m 19 Apr 1732 Plymouth,
Philadelphia, PA; d 1779 Newberry, York, PA
189 Rose REES/REESE-4387: b Abt 1699 of Plymouth, Philadelphia, PA; d Belair, Harford, MD
190 Samuel JOHN-4384: b Bef 1725
191 Ann XXX-4385
9th GENERATION
264 Werners LINNENBERG-5162: b Abt 1674; m 31 Mar 1707 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA; d 23 Jun
1747 Willebadessen, Westfalen, PRUSSIA
265 Eva DUNSCHEN-5163
272 Werners LINNENBERG-5162: b Abt 1674; m 31 Mar 1707 Willebadessen, Westfalen,PRUSSIA; d 23 Jun 1747
Willebadessen.Westfalen, PRUSSIA
273 Eva DUNSCHEN-5163
288 Johan Henrich WILTRAUT-2559: b 10 Sep 1671 Wetter, GERMANY; m GERMANY; d 1738/1740.GERMANY
289 XXX-2560
292 Sebold KRAEMER-5359
294 Jacob HILL-5358: c 22 Mar 1705 Frankenthal, Palatine, BAVARIA, Frankenthal Ev L
304 George KNOEBEL-4852
306 Christian Wilhelm WALBORN Reverend-4145: b Apr 1692 Idar, Rhineland-Pfalz, GERMANY; d 11 Dec 1769
LsncdstBr PA
307 Catharina Elisabetha BATDORF-4146: b 1697 Palatine, GERMANY; d 1764 Hydelbert Twp, Lancaster, PA
320 Richard MOUNT-375: b Abt 1665 Providence (r),RI; m 1687NJ; d Aft 25 Jan 1723 Cranbury, Middlesex, NJ
321 Rebecca WALL-376: b Gravesend, Long Island, NY; d NJ
322 Frederick DE BOOGH-2473: b 1686; d 1756 NJ
323 Johanna "Hannah" VAN HOOK-2474: d Aft 1756
324 William CLAYTON-2923: b 8 Mar 1686 PA; d Abt Dec 1757 PA
325 Mary MARTEN-2924
352 Aaron MENDENHALL-1454: b 20 Nov 1690 East Cain mtg, Chester, PA; m 16 Jul 1715 Concord mtg, Chester,
PA; d 30 Apr 1765 East Cain mtg, Chester, PA
353 Rose PIERSON-1482: b 16 Jan 1693 East Cain mtg, Chester, PA; d 29 Mar 1771 East Cain mtg.Chester, PA
354 Richard THOMAS-1435: b 1672 Whitford Game, Flint, WALES; m 15 Jan 1713 Whiteland Twp, Chester, PA;
d 1744 Whiteland, Chester, PA
355 Grace ATHERTON-1436: b Lancashire, ENGLAND; d Aft 1744 Chester, PA
356 Thomas KENDALL-3237: b Westmoreland, ENGLAND; m Bef 1709 PA
357 Mary XXX-3238
358 Edward PILKINGTON-3270
359 Mary WEBB-3271
360 Francis CLARK-3512: b 1676 Hanover, VA; m 1704 VA; d 1769 Louisa, VA
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361 Cordelia LANKFORD-3513: b Abt 1682, Hanover, VA; d Abt 1760, Louisa, VA
362 Nicholas STONE-3529: b Abt 1695, Of Caroline, VA
363 Mary XXX-3530: d Bef 6 Jun 1767, Caroline, VA
364 Joshua JOHNSON-3290: b 29 Jul 1696 Coolby, Wicklow, IRELAND; m 23 Apr 1724 Kennett Square, Chester,
PA; d 1783 .Chester, PA
365 Sarah MILLER-3395: b 1 Nov 1704 Of Kennet Twp, Chester, PA; d Aug 1749 Chester, PA
366 John COOK-3478: b 2 Jul 1696 Tarvin, Cheshire, ENGLAND; m 6 Oct 1718 PA; d 15 Mar 1759 PA
367 Elinor LANGDALE-3479: b 7 Apr 1696 Warton, Lancaster, ENGLAND
376 William MALTBY-4397: b Abt 1660 of Orston, Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND; m 9 Sep 1689 ENGLAND; d 14
Oct 1699 Philadelphia, PA
377 Mary RHODES-4398: b 30 Jan 1662 Derbyshire, ENGLAND; d 6 Feb 1706/7 Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND
378 John REES/REESE-4395
379 Hannah XXX-4396
380 Samuel JOHN-4557: b .Pembrokeshire, WALES; d 1766 Uwchlan, PA
10th GENERATION
576 Johannes WILTRAUT-2565: b Bef 1641 GERMANY; m 1 Nov 1659 GERMANY
577 Anna Maria SEELMAN-2566: b Bef 1644 GERMANY
612 Johann Adam "Hans" WALBORN-4156: b 1665/1668 Wiesbaden, Nassau, GERMANY; m 15 Feb 1691
Wiesbaden.GERMANY, Mosbach-Biebrich; d Tulpehocken, Berks, PA
613 Anna Elisabetha ZIETZ-4157: b 1666/1671 Vollmersback, Idar-Oberstein, GERMANY
640 George MOUNT-377: b 18 Mar 1626/1627 Boughton Aluph, Kent, ENGLAND; m Abt 1657 Rl; d Abt 1705
Monmouth, NJ
641 KatherineXXX-378: d Aft 1705
642 Walter WALL-2455: b 1619, Wiltshire, ENGLAND; d 1702 Middletown, Monmouth, NJ
643 Ann XXX-2456
644 Solomon DE BOOGH-2979: b 1660, Long Island, NY; d 1753 NewYorkCity, NY
645 Anna BRAT-2980
646 Lawrence VAN HOOK-2981: b 1670 NY; d 1724 NJ
647 Johanna SMITH-2982: b 1673 NY; d 1747 NJ
648 William CLAYTON-2925: b Abt 1660 ENGLAND; m Feb 1684/5 PA; d Abt 1727 Chichester, Chester, PA
649 Elizabeth BEZER-2926
650 Walter MARTEN-2927: b 2 Mar 1651 of Cuckfield, Sussex, ENGLAND; m 1684 PA; d Chichester, Chester, PA
651 Jane BUSCHELL-2977
704 John MENDENHALL-1475: b 30 Oct 1659 Wiltshire, ENGLAND; m 5 Sep 1685 Darby Mtg, Chester, PA; d 19
Aug 1758 PA
705 Elizabeth MARIS-1476: b 3 Jun 1665 Grafton Flyford, Worchester, ENGLAND
706 Thomas PIERSON-1463: b 1653 Bristol, ENGLAND; m 1 Mar 1692 Newark Mtg, New Castle, DE; d 22 Sep
1722 Cain, Chester, PA
707 Rose DIXON-1464: b 1670 Armagh, IRELAND; d 29 Sep 1722 East Cain, PA
708 Richard THOMAS-1706: b Bef 1652 Whitford Game, Flint, WALES; m Bef 1672 Flint, WALES; d Abt 1684
Chester, PA
709 XXX-1707: d Bef 1699, Flint, WALES
710 Henry ATHERTON-3268: m Abt 1690 ENGLAND; d Bef 1731 Chester, PA
711 Jennet THELWELL-3269: b ENGLAND
728 Robert JOHNSON-3415: b 1670 Coleboy, Wicklow, IRELAND; m 29 Jun 1693 Wicklow, Wicklow, IRELAND; d
1732 New Garden Twp, Chester, PA
729 Margaret BERTHWAITE-3416: b Abt 1675; d Bef 1732
730 Gayen MILLER-3442: b 1674 Armagh, IRELAND; m 1695 Armagh, IRELAND; d 30 Apr 1742 Chester, PA
731 Margaret HENDERSON-3443: b Abt 1675, Chester, PA; d Jan 1743/4 New Garden, Chester, PA
732 Peter COOK-3489: b 1674 ENGLAND; m 7 Oct 1695 Cheshire, ENGLAND; d 713 at sea
733 Elinor NORMAN-3490: b ENGLAND; d 1726 Londongrove, Chester, PA
734 Thomas LANGDALE-3504
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754 John RHOADES-4475
755 Elizabeth XXX-4476
760 John PHILIP-4558
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1152 Jonas WILTRAUT-2572: b Abt 1614 GERMANY; bur 10 Mar 1671 GERMANY
1153 Margaret XXX-2573: bu 10 Nov 1677 GERMANY
1224 Joachim WALDBORN-4163: b Abt 1629 GERMANY; bu 10 Sep 1689 Wiesbaden, GERMANY
1225 Anna Maria XXX-4164: b Abt 1636 GERMANY; d 30 Dec 1693 Wiesbaden, GERMANY
1280 Richard MOUNT-1857: b 1 Dec 1588 Kennington, Kent, ENGLAND; m Bef 1625 Kent, ENGLAND; d 24 Jan
1639 Kent, ENGLAND
1281 Joan OWRE-1858: b ENGLAND; d 29 Sep 1631 Kent, ENGLAND
1296 William CLAYTON-2958: b 1625 ENGLAND; m 7 Nov 1653 St. Pancras par, Sussex, ENGLAND; d 1689
Chester, PA
1297 Prudence LANCKFORD-2959
1300 Walter MARTEN-4465: b Abt 1622 of Cuckfield, Sussex, ENGLAND; m 1 Jun 1647 Cuckfield, Sussex, ENG.
1301 Mary PELLING-4466: b Abt 1626 of Cuckfield, Sussex, ENGLAND
1302 Joseph BUSCHELL-5010
1303 Sarah XXX-5011
1408 Thomas MENDENHALL-1484: b 1630 Wiltshire, ENGLAND; m 12 Aug 1649 Wiltshire; bu 5 Sep 1682
1409 Joan STROADS-1485: b 1634 ENGLAND; d 1690 Wiltshire, ENGLAND
1410 George MARIS-1688: b 1632 Worcester, ENGLAND; m Bef 1660 Hattswell, Worcester, ENGLAND; d 15 Nov
1705 Springfield Twp, Chester, PA
1411 Alice WILSMITH-1689: b 16 Jan 1632 Worcester, ENGLAND; d 11 Jan 1699 Springfield Twp, Chester, PA
1414 Henry DIXON-1719: b Bef 1640 IRELAND
1415 Rose XXX-1720: b Bef 1640 Armagh, IRELAND
1460 John MILLER-3432: b 1633 Brechenbrough, Yorkshire, ENGLAND; m 1657 IRELAND
1461 Ann CLIBBEN-3433: b 1630 Cowley, Durham, ENGLAND
1462 Patrick HENDERSON-3474: b Abt 1644 Of, Antrim, IRELAND; d 17 Aug 1702 Kennet, Chester, PA
1463 Katherine XXX-3475: b Abt 1646 Of.Antrim, IRELAND
12th GENERATION
2560 Gregory MOUNT-1859: b ENGLAND; d 12 Aug 1625 Folkstone, Kent, ENGLAND
2561 Tonisyre BLACKGOORNE-1860
2592 William CLAYTON-2964: m 30 Oct 1631 Boxgrove par, Sussex, ENGLAND; d 1653 Chichester, Sussex.ENG
2593 Joan SMITH-2965: bu 27 Apr 1644 Boxgrove par, Sussex, ENGLAND
2594 William LANCKFORD-2963
2816 Thomas MENDENHALL-4962: b 1609 ENGLAND; d 1673 ENGLAND
2817 Anne XXX-4963: b 1609 ENGLAND; d 1640 ENGLAND
2818 William STRODE-1715: d ENGLAND
2819 Joanna BARNARD-1716
2920 John MILLER-3471: b Abt 1607 Yorkshire, ENGLAND; d Aft 1631
2922 William CLIBBEN-3472: b Abt 1604 Cowley, Durham, ENGLAND
2923 Brigetta WARDE-3473: b Abt 1608 Durham, ENGLAND; d Aft 1629
13th GENERATION
5636 William STRODE-2389: d 1592 ENGLAND
5637 Elizabeth UPTON-2798
5638 Edward BARNARD-2917
5639 Jane SMITHES-2918
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