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[21355] Cordelia m. J. P. M. Goodman (according to Alta Siegert, altajnet@webtv.net - this is Alta's line). The unverified Kline Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2016 offers: "When Cordelia Basford was born in 1845 in Ohio, her father, George, was 45 and her mother, Matilda, was 32. She had two brothers and two sisters. She died in 1931 in Ashland, Ohio, at the age of 86."
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[50126] "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine], 27 April 1981", p. 25: "Milbridge - Benjamin S. Beal, 75, died April 25. 1981. He was born in Milbridge, May 7, 1905, the son of Barney and Geneva S. (West) Beal. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Alverna (Worcester) Beal of Milbridge; one daughter, Mrs. Stanley (Allegro) Willey of Cherryfield; three sons, Stanley E. of Milbridge, Larry of Harrington and Merlin of Bucksport; six sisters, Mrs. Flora Dorr and Mrs. Jeanette Mitchell, both of Milbridge, Mrs. Lillian Colson of Steuben, Mrs. Lee Stewart of Corea, Ms. Genesta Grindle of Blue Hill, Mrs. Minnie Chipman of Birch Harbor; three brothers, Nemiah, Malcolm and Curtis, all of Milbridge; 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews."
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[52394] See the unverified file M72M-8GP in familysearch.org which states William is son of Rufus Guilford (1792-1866) & Susan Pittman (1793-1848; m. 8 Nov 1812 in Lynn, Essex Co., MA).
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[48757] See the unverified file L1CP-HJ3 in 2021 in familysearch.org.
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[10990] http://en.wikipedia.org offers in 2008: "He presided over a significant increase in territory for Hesse-Darmstadt during the imperial reorganizations of 1801-1803, most notably the Duchy of Westphalia, hitherto subject to the Archbishop of Cologne. Allied to Napoleon, Louis in 1806 was elevated to the title of a Grand Duke of Hesse and joined the Confederation of the Rhine, leading to the dissolution of the Empire. At the Congress of Vienna in 1814/15, Louis had to give up his Westphalian territories, but was compensated with the district of Rheinhessen, with his capital Mainz on the left bank of the Rhine. Because of this addition, he amended his title to Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine."
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[49205] William died in captivity and is a Sons of the American Revolution Patriot.
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The following genealogy of Hiram was shared via email by Susie Holderfield (glhold@ameritech.net) 19 May 2001:
"The Amish Mennonite families who immigrated to PA later moved to OH, IN, Illinois, Iowa, and elsewhere.
Mishler Families of Lancaster County, PA" by John F. Murray:
The purpose of this article is to report recent research on Mishler families originating in eighteenth century Lancaster County, PA I hope to stimulate discussion on the Mishler families with Amish and Amish Mennonite background.
The will and estate papers of Christian Zug (d. Dec. 17, 1787) of East Whiteland Township, Chester County, PA, names members of the Amish Mennonite Mishler family due to the fact that Christian was their stepfather who married their mother, Doretea/Dorothea. Genealogist Hugh F. Gingrich has labeled he Mishler Father as MH and listed the children as follows: Catherine (m. Casper Diefenbach), Jacob, Joseph, Christina (m. Christian Speicher), Veronica (m. Christian Miller), and a daughter (m. Jacob Berkey).
Zug married Dorothea in fall 1760 or spring 1761- between August 4, 1760, when he sold land (with no spouse listed) and September 6, 1761, when he and his two stepsons became naturalized citizens. The naturalization list made by the PA court includes residents of Berks County, PA, who were "persons being Quakers or such who conscientiously scruple to take an oath:" John Carver (GB1), Christian Suke (?luke) (ZK1), Joseph Mishler (MH3), Jacob Mishler (MH2), and Adam Richenbacher (RB2).
Catherine Mishler (MH1) married Casper Diefenbach/Tiefenbach on April 22, 1754, according to records of the Trinity Luthern Church, Lancaster, PA, which states that both came from Durlach, a region in Germany. Since both were noted as single, this was probably the first of his three wives. The 1786 will of Christian Zug states that the share of the estate for stepdaughter Catherine went to her brother Jacob suggesting that she was not then living. In 1783, Casper purchased land in Brothers Valley Township, Bedford County, PA, but he settled in Colerian Township, Bedford County.
When did this Mishler family come to PA? Catherine's marriage shows that the date was before April 1754 and contradicts claims that Christian Miller and Christian Zug returned to Europe for their marriage to Mishler women. Christian Miller married Veronica Mishler in fall 1758 and their first child was born February 17 1760.
Researchers generally agree that this Mishler family immigrated on the ship Phoenix which arrived in PA on September 15, 1749. On that ship list are the names of Jacob Mishler who signed with an X, followed by Joseph Mishler who wrote his name is German. Ulrich Mishlers name comes near the end of the list. Who was this Ulrich Mishler? Some researchers, including myself, had mistakenly suggested that he was the father of the MH family.
One Ulrich Mishler (aged 30 years), Elizabeth Mishler (aged 25 years), and Anna (aged 13 years) immigrated on the ship Oliver which landed in Philadelphia on August 26, 1735. I believe this was the family with wife Elizabeth and daughter Anna (m. Christian Zweller) who settled in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, PA Baptismal records of Reverend John Waldschmidt show that Ulrich and Elizabeth sponsored three children: Elizabeth Barnhardt (bap, Jan 19, 1755), daughter of Christian and Catherine; Elizabeth ..ohlfort (bap. March 23, 1755), daughter of Conrath and Margaretha; and Catherine Billiman (bap. March 12, 1759), daughter of Johannes.
This Ulrich died intestate in 1759. The estate administrator was daughter Anna Zweller and appraisers were Benedict and Hans Bucher, brothers who had immigrated also in 1735 on the ship Oliver. The inventory entered at the court on October 24, 1759, states that Anna Zweller was "only child and heir at Law of Uoolrich Mishler, deceased". This suggest that Ulrich's wife was deceased between March 12, 1759, and October 24, 1759.
I also believe that the 1749 immigrant Ulrich Mischler on the ship Phoenix was not the father of the MH family. A baptismal record on September 24, 1749, of the First Reformed Church in Philadelphia shows that Maria Louisa Mishler was born "on the seas" in August, 1759.Maria's sponsor was Christian Hoffestetter, probably the fellow immigrant whose name appears on the list near that of Ulrich. He probably settled in Hanover Township, York County, PA, and sponsored the baptism of Eleonora Mishler (wife or daughter?) on April 5, 1752, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in York. Another daughter may have been Anna Maria Mishler who married John Holl on May 20, 1772, at the First Reformed Church in York.
Who then was the father of the MH Mishler family? My best suggestion, though unconfirmed, is Joseph Mishler on the ship Phoenix in 1749 who died in PA before 1756. Support for this claim follows:
(1) Jacob (MH2) named his eldest son Joseph and all Jacob's siblings except Veronica and Catherine had sons with the name Joseph. The eldest was often named after the paternal grandfather.
(2) Joseph Mishler (MH3) is listed on a 1756 Cocalico Township tax list as a "Freeman" which means he was single and at least 21 years. His children were born from .. to August 23, 1784, so he was probably born between 1733 and 1743 to young to sign the 1749 ship list as an adult.
(3) The Will of Valentine Dillabaugh states that he sold land to Joseph Mishler, Jr., in 1781. This must be MH3 because MH32 was only 15 years old in 1781. Although the term "Jr." did not necessarily mean the father-son relationship, it often did so. It does mean that there was a Joseph Mishler older than MH3.
(4) No known records in the counties of Berks, Lancaster, Bedford, or Somerset bear the signature of Joseph Mishler (MH3) so we may suggest that the Joseph who signed the 1749 Phoenix ship list was not MH3, but was MH. Joseph Mishler (MH3) was single and at least twenty-one years old in 1756 in Cocalico Township. By 1767 he, his brother Jacob, and their brothers-in-law, and their step-father Christian Zug were living in Comru Township, Berks County, PA, but only two years later Joseph's name appears on tax list for Cocalico Township. In November 1772 he and Michael Buechle, his step-brother-in- law, purchased land in Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, PA In 1781 he purchased land from Valentine Dillabaugh in Quemahoning Township, Somerset County. In 1792 Joseph sold his land in Brothers Valley to Michael Troyer in a transaction not recorded in civil records. He and his son John (MH32) were living in Quemahoning Township in 1800. In 1810 they appear to be living with son-in law David Livingston.
Who was the wife of Joseph Mishler (MH3)? He had at least eight granddaughters named Elizabeth and one researcher records that name. I suggest that her surname was Berkey due to the evidence in the estate papers and deeds connected to the estate of Valentine Dillabaugh.
In Dillabaugh's will the surnames Berkey and Mishler figure prominently. Jacob Berkey and Jacob Mishler (MH35) Witnessed the will and appraised the estate. Executors were Joseph Mishler, "the Younger" (I assume MH32) and John Forry; he later married Elizabeth Berkey, daughter of Jacob Berkey. Peter Berkey, justice of the peace, wrote and notarized a deed which transferred Dillabaugh land to Samuel Keim; this was witnessed by Peter Mishler (MH314 or MH322) and Christian Miller, the latter married to Magdelena Berkey. On April 28 and 29, 1813, the executors of the estate of Valentine Dillabaugh filed three deeds and a statement (written and notarized in York, Ontario) from wife Anna Dillabaugh granting Joseph Mishler (MH32) power of attorney over her interest in this estate. "Anna Dillabaugh late of Mahona [Quemahoning] in the county of Somerset in the State of PA names Joseph Mishler my nephew my true and lawful attorney."
So it is clear that Anna Dillabaugh was an aunt of Joseph Mishler (MH32). But was Anna or her husband the blood relative? It is unlikely that Valentine was the blood relative because neither Joseph (MH32) nor his wife, Elizabeth Hooley, had a father named Dillabaugh. Neither of their mothers were named in the Dillabaugh will as his sisters. The same reasoning rules out any blood relationship between Dillabaugh and the Jacob Berkey family.
It is unlikely that Anna Dillabaugh was a Mishler because Valentine was not listed with the Mishler sons and son-in-law in the Zug estate. The Johannes Holly bible rules out Anna as a sister of Joh Holly father of Joseph's (MH32) wife Elizabeth. It is unlikely that Anna was a sister to Elizabeth's mother because this would not explain the prominent role of Jacob Mishler (MH35) and Jacob Berkey in the Dillabaugh estate. The best explanation is that Anna was a sister to wife of Joseph Mishler (MH3) and also to Jacob Berkey. This alone explains why members of the Joseph Mishler (MH3) and Jacob Berkey families participated in the settlement of the Dillabaugh estate.
If the above reasoning is true, the wife of Joseph Mishler (MH3) was Elizabeth Berkey, a daughter of Christian and Catherine Berkey. She was, no doubt, the oldest of the daughters. I suggest that she was the third child born about 1741. She was about 23 when her oldest son was born and about 43 when her youngest daughter was born on August 26, 1784. This might also explain why Joseph (MH3) names his oldest son Christian.
Three Mishler persons immigrated to Philadelphia in 1749 aboard the ship Phoenix. Jacob (MH2) made his mark on the list while Joseph (MH) and Ulrich signed their names. Jacob was probably Joseph's son, but any relationship to this Ulrich has not been established.
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Ancestors of Terri Lynn Mishler
Generation No. 1
1. Terri Lynn Mishler, born September 18, 1957. She was the daughter of 2. Eldon Frederick Mishler and 3. Diana J. Larsen.
Generation No. 2
2. Eldon Frederick Mishler, born December 02, 1936 in Sabetha, KS. He was the son of 4. Floyd William Mishler and 5. Viola Liesten Rokey. He married 3. Diana J. Larsen April 20, 1957 in Biloxi, Mississippi.
3. Diana J. Larsen, born April 05, 1937 in Sabetha, KS.
Children of Eldon Mishler and Diana Larsen are:
1 i. Terri Lynn Mishler, born September 18, 1957.
ii. Dena Marie Mishler, born January 22, 1960; married William Twinem August 1981 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
iii. Cheryl Elaine Mishler, born August 28, 1964.
Generation No. 3
4. Floyd William Mishler, born March 16, 1903 in Sabetha, KS; died January 19, 1971. He was the son of 8. Hiram Mishler and 9. Ida Bell Phillippi. He married 5. Viola Liesten Rokey September 07, 1935 in Sabetha, KS.
5. Viola Liesten Rokey, born December 12, 1907 in Sabetha, KS.
Children of Floyd Mishler and Viola Rokey are:
i. Robert Leon Mishler, born June 23, 1936 in Sabetha, KS; married Geraldine McKee January 31, 1959 in Sabetha, KS; born January 18, 1940 in Sabetha, KS.
2 ii. Eldon Frederick Mishler, born December 02, 1936 in Sabetha, KS; married Diana J. Larsen April 20, 1957 in Biloxi, Mississippi.
iii. Karen Ann Mishler, born February 14, 1939 in Sabetha, KS; married (2) Charles Delgado Abt. 1962.
iv. William Floyd Mishler, born January 21, 1941 in Sabetha, KS; married Janet Elaine Aeschliman February 04, 1961 in Centralia, KS; born November 17, 1942 in Sabetha, KS.
v. Danny D. Mishler, born June 21, 1943 in Sabetha, KS; married Marcia Dee Ross June 19, 1965 in Sabetha, KS; born May 03, 1945 in Sabetha, KS.
vi. Anita Jean Mishler, born September 26, 1948 in Sabetha, KS; married John Huntley Rhodes September 20, 1972 in Austin, Texas.
Generation No. 4
8. Hiram Mishler, born January 22, 1876 in ,,OH; died May 18, 1940 in Sabetha, KS. He was the son of 16. Cyrus J. Mishler and 17. Harriet Myers. He married 9. Ida Bell Phillippi January 27, 1901 in Sabetha, KS.
9. Ida Bell Phillippi, born July 14, 1878 in Morrill, KS; died April 1951 in Sabetha, KS.
Children of Hiram Mishler and Ida Phillippi are:
4 i. Floyd William Mishler, born March 16, 1903 in Sabetha, KS; died January 19, 1971; married Viola Liesten Rokey September 07, 1935 in Sabetha, KS.
ii. Elta Mae Mishler, born May 04, 1904 in Sabetha, KS.
iii. Helen Lucille Mishler, born August 22, 1907 in Sabetha, KS.
iv. Lola Kathryn Mishler, born January 12, 1912 in Sabetha, KS.
Generation No. 5
16. Cyrus J. Mishler, born June 04, 1848 in ,Wayne, OH; died June 13, 1921 in Sabetha, Nemaha, KS. He was the son of 32. Christopher Mishler and 33. Catharine Hook. He married 17. Harriet Myers March 21, 1869 in ,___,OH.
17. Harriet Myers, born April 15, 1848 in Millheim, Summit, OH; died March 21, 1936 in Sabetha, KS.
More About Cyrus J. Mishler: Occupation: Farmer & Lay Pastor
Children of Cyrus Mishler and Harriet Myers are:
i. Ira Mishler, born May 02, 1870 in ,,OH; died December 06, 1918 in Sabetha, KS; married Ada Beighly 1890 in Sabetha, KS; born March 03, 1870 in ,,Maryland.
ii. William B. Mishler, born March 17, 1872 in ,Stark, OH; died December 29, 1945 in Los Angeles, Calif.
iii. John H. Mishler, born June 25, 1874 in Mogadore, OH; died March 29, 1963 in Sabetha, KS; married Verna Maude Lichty Abt. 1903; born August 22, 1881 in Sabetha, KS.
8 iv. Hiram Mishler, born January 22, 1876 in ,,OH; died May 18, 1940 in Sabetha, KS; married Ida Bell Phillippi January 27, 1901 in Sabetha, KS.
v. Ida Bell Mishler, born March 14, 1878 in Mogadore, OH; died December 04, 1941 in Canton, OH.
More About Ida Bell Mishler: Burial: Northlawn Cem.
vi. Franklin Robert Mishler, born May 05, 1880 in ,Nemaha, KS; died September 07, 1948 in ,Nemaha, KS; married Sadie Kreitzer March 16, 1902 in Sabetha, KS; born October 04, 1883 in Brown, KS; died July 18, 1970 in Sabetha, KS.
vii. Elizabeth Ellen (Ella) Mishler, born May 16, 1885 in Sabetha, KS; died May 21, 1966.
viii. Grace Hattie Mishler, born December 13, 1888 in Sabetha, KS.
ix. Katie Mae Mishler, born February 01, 1892; died in Sabetha, KS.
Generation No. 6
32. Christopher Mishler, born Abt. 1822 in ,,Prob. PA; died in ,,prob OH. He was the son of 64. Joseph Mishler and 65. Mary Palmer. He married 33. Catharine Hook March 07, 1841 in ,Summit, OH.
33. Catharine Hook, born Abt. 1823.
Children of Christopher Mishler and Catharine Hook are:
i. "Unknown" Mishler, born Abt. 1842 in ,Summit, OH.
16 ii. Cyrus J. Mishler, born June 04, 1848 in ,Wayne, OH; died June 13, 1921 in Sabetha, Nemaha, KS; married Harriet Myers March 21, 1869 in ,,OH.
iii. "Unknown" Mishler, born Abt. 1851 in ,Wayne, OH.
Generation No. 7
64. Joseph Mishler, born April 08, 1793 in ,York(Adams), PA; died April 16, 1867 in ,Summit, OH. He was the son of 128. Jacob Mishler and 129. Mary. He married 65. Mary Palmer.
65. Mary Palmer, born 1801 in ,,Maryland; died 1877 in (in 1850 lived, in Lanier Twp., Montgomery Co., OH).
Notes for Joseph Mishler: Allen Schieber Notes received Jan 1999 -- Joseph MISHLER was born on 8 Apr 1793 in Adams Co, PA He bought land on 6 Nov 1832 in Springfield Twp, Portage (present day Summit) Co, OH. Joseph bought land from James H. Clark. He bought land on 6 Nov 1832 in Springfield Twp, Portage (present day Summit) Co, OH. Joseph bought land from Robert L. Clark. He bought land on 9 Nov 1832 in Springfield Twp, Portage (present day Summit) Co, OH. Joseph bought land from William L. Clark. He bought land on 9 Nov 1832 in Springfield Twp, Portage (present day Summit) Co, OH. Joseph bought land from William Clark. He signed a will on 26 Mar 1864 in Springfield Twp, Summit Co, OH. Will names his wife, Mary; sons, John, Christian, Joseph and David; daughters: Mary Eby, Susan Mishler, Lydia Myres and Nancy Hall. Executors: None named. He died on 16 Apr 1867 in Springfield Twp, Summit Co, OH. Buried in Brethern Maple Hill Cemetery. He had an estate probated on 18 Jun 1869 in Summit Co, OH.
More About Joseph Mishler: Burial: Breth. Maple H, Springfield Twp., Summit, OH
Children of Joseph Mishler and Mary Palmer are:
i. John B. Mishler, born November 13, 1820; died June 01, 1893 in Springfield Twp., Summit, OH; married "Unknown" Eby
32 ii. Christopher Mishler, born Abt. 1822 in ,,Prob. PA; died in ,,prob OH; married Catharine Hook March 07, 1841 in ,Summit, OH.
iii. Mary "Polly" Mishler, born 1822; married Samuel W. Eby; born Abt. 1820.
iv. Susanna Mishler, born 1824 in Mogadore, OH; died August 26, 1895 in Freeport, Illinois; married Emanuel Mishler September 07, 1845; born September 19, 1822 in ,Lancaster, PA; died January 26, 1895 in Freeport, Illinois.
v. Levi Mishler, born December 28, 1828 in ,Portage, OH; died July 04, 1853 in Mogadore, Summit, OH; married Margaret Caroline Sawyer July 04, 1853 in ,Summit, OH; born July 22, 1830 in Springfield, Summit, OH; died 1892 in Mogadore, Summit, OH.
vi. Joseph Jr. Mishler, born 1830 in ,,OH; married "Unknown" person
vii. Lydia Mishler, born 1832 in ,,OH; died in Mogadore, Summit, OH; married Francis W. Myers 1852 in ,,OH; born December 04, 1830 in ,Lancaster, PA; died in Mogadore, Summit, OH.
viii. Nancy Mishler, born 1834 in ,,OH.
ix. David Mishler, born 1838 in ,,OH; married "Unknown" person.
Generation No. 8
128. Jacob Mishler, born Abt. 1760; died December 04, 1818 in Plain Twp., Stark co., OH. He was the son of 256. Jacob S. Mishler and 257. Mary. He married 129. Mary Abt. 1787 in ,,PA. 129. Mary, born November 04, 1766; died December 04, 1842 in Randolph Twp., Montgomery, OH.
Notes for Jacob Mishler: "They are the ancestros of most of the Brethren (dunkard) mishlers in Stark, Summit, Portage & Montgomery co., OH and parts west." Had six sons. Census: 1812, Stark County OH Tax Records. More About Mary: Census: from Adams Co., PA & later Stark Co., OH
Children of Jacob Mishler and Mary are:
i. Mary Mishler, born September 22, 1791 in ,York, PA; died August 21, 1843 in ,Wayne, IN; married David John March 26, 1811 in ,Stark, OH; born March 29, 1788 in ,Botetourt, Va..
64 ii. Joseph Mishler, born April 08, 1793 in ,York(Adams), PA; died April 16, 1867 in ,Summit, OH; married (1) Mary Palmer; married (2) Mary Palmer Bef. 1819.
iii. John Mishler, born 1796 in ,,PA-then Stark O; died in ,Montgomery, OH; married Elizabeth Bashler June 10, 1821 in ,Stark, OH; born Abt. 1800.
iv. Jacob Mishler Jr., born March 10, 1798 in ,York, PA; died February 20, 1867 in ,Kosciusko, IN; married Mary Smith March 27, 1821 in ,Stark, OH; born November 10, 1799 in ,,PA; died November 02, 1875 in ,Kosciusko, IN.
More About Jacob Mishler Jr.: Burial: February 1867, Ulrey Cemetery, Kosciusko Co., IN. More About Mary Smith: Burial: November 1875, Ulrey Cemetery, Kosciusko Co., IN.
v. Lydia Mishler, born July 25, 1799 in ,York, PA; died June 01, 1872 in ,Wabash, IN; married Henry Butterbaugh 1820 in ,Stark, OH; born July 27, 1792 in Welch Run, Franklin, PA; died March 09, 1878 in Pleasant Twp., Wabash, IN.
More About Lydia Mishler: Burial: Cripe Cem. More About Henry Butterbaugh: Burial: Cripe Cem.
vi. Leah Mishler, born 1802 in ,Lancaster, or, York, PA; died May 07, 1858 in ,Kosciusko, IN; married Jacob Karns February 20, 1822 in ,Stark, OH; born January 31, 1801; died August 10, 1884.
More About Leah Mishler: Burial: May 1848, Cripe Cemetery, Kosciusko Co., IN
vii. Abraham Mishler, born 1806 in ,Adams, PA; died in ,Stark, OH; married Elizabeth Dice October 01, 1826 in ,Stark, OH; born Abt. 1808.
viii. David Mishler, born 1812 in ,,OH; died 1854 in Lower Twin Creek, ((Church)), OH; married Catherine Warner March 29, 1831 in ,Montgomery, OH; born Abt. 1813; died in (in 1850 lived, in Lanier Twp., Montgomery Co., OH).
ix. William Mishler, born April 16, 1804 in Adams Co., PA; died March 29, 1874; married Elizabeth "Unknown" Abt. 1823; born Abt. 1805.
x. Susannah Mishler, born 1794 in Adams Co., PA; married (1) Jacob Palmer (or Balmer ?) May 18, 1813 in ,Stark, OH; born Abt. 1792; died Aft. 1850 in Jackson Twp., Stark, OH; married (2) Jacob Palmer May 18, 1813 in Stark Co., OH; born Abt. 1792; died Aft. 1850 in Jackson Twp, Stark Co., OH.
xi. Abraham Mishler, born Abt. 1806 in Adams Co., PA; married Elizabeth Dice October 01, 1826 in Stark Co., OH.
Generation No. 9
256. Jacob S. Mishler, born 1733 in Germany; died 1810 in Lancaster Co., PA He was the son of Joseph Mischler and Anna Dodorea. He married 257. Mary Abt. 1755.
257. Mary, born 1740.
Notes for Jacob S. Mishler: HRG book, page 261, "On ship list 9/15/1749; adjacent names: Jacob (X) Misseler, Joseph Mischle; much later on the list: Ulrich Mischler. "Jacob Mishler, NH2, apparently had least two sons, Jacob of Adams Co., PA and later Stark co., OH, and Joseph of Cocaclico Twp, Lancaster, PA, each of whom had six sons. They are the ancestors of most of the Brethren (Dunkard) Mishlers in Stark, Summit, Portage and Montgomery counties, OH and points west. Since there are few intermarriages with Amish or Amish Mennonite families," these lines were not followed out in the Gingerich Book. "Mishler Families of Lancaster Co., PA, by John F. Murray, PA Mennonite Heritage, October 1993, pg 20.
...in 1756 in Cocalico twp.; in 1768 in Cumru Twp., Berks co., PA; in 1770 renting land in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., PA;
in 1790 in York Co., Pa; =Jacob Mishler apparently had at least two sons, Jacob of Adams Co., PA and later STark Co., OH, and Joseph of Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA each of whom had six sons. They are the ancestors of most of the Brethren (Dunkard) Mishlers in STark, Summit, Portage and Montogomery Counties, OH and points west. Since there are few intermarriages with Amish or Amish Mennonite Families, these lines will not be bollowed out here. (Source: Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies, by Hugh F. Gingerich and Rachel W. Kreider, c 1986 by Pequea Publishers, Gordonville, PA 17529)
Census: September 06, 1761, Naturalized Citizen; Fact 6: September 15, 1749, Arrived on ship Phoenix; Fact 7: 1818, death date listed by Jeanette Toliver; Military service: 1770, Renting land in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co., PA; Residence: 1767, Comru Twp, Berks Co., PA
Children of Jacob Mishler and Mary are:
128 i. Jacob Mishler, born Abt. 1760; died December 04, 1818 in Plain Twp., Stark co., OH; married Mary Abt. 1787 in PA
ii. Joseph Mishler, born 1757 in Lancaster Co., PA; died January 1819 in Lancaster, Pa; married Margaret Beer February 23, 1781 in ,Lancaster, Pa; born 1766; died 1853 in Lancaster, PA; both buried in Denver Union Cemetery, Lancaster Co., PA "Margaret Bear is the daughter of Michael Bear of Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co., (PA archives , Ser 6, Vol 6, pg. 208; in 1890 patented two tracts in Cocalico Twp. Patents: H-2-52; H-2-56 - Pa State Archives, Harrisburg, PA).
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Descendants of Floyd William Mishler
Generation No. 1
1. FLOYD WILLIAM8 MISHLER (HIRAM7, CYRUS J.6, CHRISTOPHER5, JOSEPH4, JACOB3, JACOB S.2, JOSEPH1 MISCHLER)1 was born March 16, 1903 in Sabetha, KS1, and died January 19, 19711. He married VIOLA LIESTEN ROKEY1 September 07, 1935 in Sabetha, KS1. She was born December 12, 1907 in Sabetha, KS1.
Children of FLOYD MISHLER and VIOLA ROKEY are:
2. i. ROBERT LEON9 MISHLER, b. June 23, 1936, Sabetha, KS.
3. ii. ELDON FREDERICK MISHLER, b. December 02, 1936, Sabetha, KS.
4. iii. KAREN ANN MISHLER, b. February 14, 1939, Sabetha, KS.
5. iv. WILLIAM FLOYD MISHLER, b. January 21, 1941, Sabetha, KS.
6. v. DANNY D. MISHLER, b. June 21, 1943, Sabetha, KS.
7. vi. ANITA JEAN MISHLER, b. September 26, 1948, Sabetha, KS.
Generation No. 2
2. ROBERT LEON9 MISHLER (FLOYD WILLIAM8, HIRAM7, CYRUS J.6, CHRISTOPHER5, JOSEPH4, JACOB3, JACOB S.2, JOSEPH1 MISCHLER)1 was born June 23, 1936 in Sabetha, KS1. He married GERALDINE MCKEE1 January 31, 1959 in Sabetha, KS1. She was born January 18, 1940 in Sabetha, KS1.
Children of ROBERT MISHLER and GERALDINE MCKEE are:
i. JOHN ROBERT10 MISHLER1, b. September 18, 19621.
ii. MATT LEON MISHLER1, b. May 04, 19751.
3. ELDON FREDERICK9 MISHLER (FLOYD WILLIAM8, HIRAM7, CYRUS J.6, CHRISTOPHER5, JOSEPH4, JACOB3, JACOB S.2, JOSEPH1 MISCHLER)1 was born December 02, 1936 in Sabetha, KS1. He married DIANA J. LARSEN1 April 20, 1957 in Biloxi, Mississippi1. She was born April 05, 1937 in Sabetha, KS1.
Children of ELDON MISHLER and DIANA LARSEN are:
i. TERRI LYNN10 MISHLER1, b. September 18, 19571.
8. ii. DENA MARIE MISHLER, b. January 22, 1960.
iii. CHERYL ELAINE MISHLER1, b. August 28, 19641.
4. KAREN ANN9 MISHLER (FLOYD WILLIAM8, HIRAM7, CYRUS J.6, CHRISTOPHER5, JOSEPH4, JACOB3, JACOB S.2, JOSEPH1 MISCHLER)1 was born February 14, 1939 in Sabetha, KS1. She married (2) CHARLES DELGADO1 Abt. 19621.
Child of KAREN ANN MISHLER is:
i. CHILD10 MISHLER1, b. Abt. 19551.
Children of KAREN MISHLER and CHARLES DELGADO are:
ii. KEVIN10 DELGADO1.
iii. CHRISTOPHER DELGADO1.
iv. DAUGHTER DELGADO1.
5. WILLIAM FLOYD9 MISHLER (FLOYD WILLIAM8, HIRAM7, CYRUS J.6, CHRISTOPHER5, JOSEPH4, JACOB3, JACOB S.2, JOSEPH1 MISCHLER)1 was born January 21, 1941 in Sabetha, KS1. He married JANET ELAINE AESCHLIMAN1 February 04, 1961 in Centralia, KS1. She was born November 17, 1942 in Sabetha, KS1.
Children of WILLIAM MISHLER and JANET AESCHLIMAN are:
i. MARTIN WILLIAM10 MISHLER1, b. September 30, 19611.
ii. DAVID MICHAEL MISHLER1, b. April 27, 19641.
iii. LEAH BETH MISHLER1, b. December 08, 19661.
iv. SARAH LYNNE MISHLER1, b. October 25, 19681.
v. TIMOTHY JOHN MISHLER1, b. May 05, 19711.
6. DANNY D.9 MISHLER (FLOYD WILLIAM8, HIRAM7, CYRUS J.6, CHRISTOPHER5, JOSEPH4, JACOB3, JACOB S.2, JOSEPH1 MISCHLER)1 was born June 21, 1943 in Sabetha, KS1. He married MARCIA DEE ROSS1 June 19, 1965 in Sabetha, KS1. She was born May 03, 1945 in Sabetha, KS1.
Children of DANNY MISHLER and MARCIA ROSS are:
i. JENNIFER LEIGH10 MISHLER1, b. March 23, 19671.
ii. DANIEL WILLIAM MISHLER1, b. October 13, 19701.
iii. REBEKAH LYNNE MISHLER1, b. September 01, 19721.
7. ANITA JEAN9 MISHLER (FLOYD WILLIAM8, HIRAM7, CYRUS J.6, CHRISTOPHER5, JOSEPH4, JACOB3, JACOB S.2, JOSEPH1 MISCHLER)1 was born September 26, 1948 in Sabetha, KS1. She married JOHN HUNTLEY RHODES1 September 20, 1972 in Austin, Texas1.
Children of ANITA MISHLER and JOHN RHODES are:
i. SCOTT10 RHODES1, b. December 28, Longmont, Co.1.
ii. JAY RHODES1, b. December 22, Longmont, Co.1.
Generation No. 3
8. DENA MARIE10 MISHLER (ELDON FREDERICK9, FLOYD WILLIAM8, HIRAM7, CYRUS J.6, CHRISTOPHER5, JOSEPH4, JACOB3, JACOB S.2, JOSEPH1 MISCHLER)1 was born January 22, 19601. She married WILLIAM TWINEM1 August 1981 in Lincoln, Nebraska1.
Children of DENA MISHLER and WILLIAM TWINEM are:
i. KIMBERLY11 TWINEM1.
ii. TIMOTHY TWINEM1.
iii. CHILD TWINEM1.
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A Letter Written by Tedd E.Mishler, Mishler Family Historian:
Dear Mishler Famliy,
We are blood relatives, but one must go back generations to find our common ancestor who was Joseph Mishler, born about 1680 in Switzerland.
Joseph was an Anabaptist and Anabaptists best define our family's history. Anabaptists were Dutch, German, French and Swiss nationals living along or near the Rhine River. The four regions that made up most of the Anabaptists were the Amish, the Mennonites, the Dunkards, and the Quakers. Today there still are Dunkards, but most evolved into German Baptist, or what is commonly, presently called The Church of Brethren.
The common features of the Anabaptists were:
1. They would not kill and believed it was important to be a peacemaker;
2. They did not believe in baptizing children, but instead believed that one should not be baptized until one affirmatively demonstrated they were making an informed adult decision of their own;
3. They would not bear arms;
4. They would not take oaths.
The four Anabaptist religions did not always agree. For example, the Amish believed that the y should not ever build a church, but instead religious services should be held in different homesteads so that everyone in the community took their turn. The Amish also did not believe in evangelism; one had to be born in an Amish family before one could elect at adulthood to become Amish. The major exception was where small/young non-Amish children were adopted because they had been abandoned.
On the other hand, the Dunkards were very evangelistic and emphatically believed in building churches. Quakers were not ardently evangelistic, but did believe in building churches. Mennonites believed in building churches, and were only mildly evangelistic. Most, if not all, Amish originated in Switzerland. Amish and Dunkards were very much alike, and back in 1620 to 1700 it would have been very difficult for an outsider to tell the difference between an Amish man and a Dunkard. Although the Amish were Swiss, they spoke German and back then the center of their culture was located in the area of the Swiss plateau the center of which is Bern, Switzerland. Many of the Mennonites also originated in Switzerland. The Swiss Mennonites of 1700 also looked very much like the Amish and Dunkards. Back then, if an outsider saw an Amish man, A Dunkard, and a Swiss Mennonite walking together, that outsider would not have noticed any difference! All three would have looked alike, just like a modern Amish man from Elkhart County, IN, who still today looks like he just came from the 1600s. The Quakers started out as Dutch, but quickly that religion made it big in England and many English became Quakers. Why did our ancestor come to America? Well, his religious beliefs were very unpopular and dangerous to the Swiss authorities (Who were Zwingli Protestants) who demanded uniform adherence to childhood baptism, taking oaths, and bearing arms. It was so bad by 1700 that many Anabaptists' leaders were killed for their refusal to adhere to the Zwingli program. The authorities would kill them by tying a rope around their neck and throwing them in a swift river or nailing them alive to a tree and killing anyone who attempted to remove them before they died.
Therefore, the great migration started around 1690 and continued for many years. That migration should be called the Rhine River Escape because everyone fled north along the Rhine River. For example, I believe Joseph Mishler left Switzerland about 1710, but did not get to America until 1749. Where was he from 1710 to 1749? Wherever he though he and his loved ones would be safe.
We do not know all of the many places where he and his family lived during those 39 years, but we do know that his daughter Catherine Mishler was born in the Eutigen Pforzheim, Baden-Durlach area of Wurttemberg, Germany in 1730.
We also know that the area where she was born was not a safe area for Anabaptists to be prior to the late 1720s, and therefore, Joseph and his family was probably somewhere else from 1710 to 1729. The Anabaptists move as often as necessary. The French area of Alsace/Loraine might have been safe from 1710 to 1720, but not after. Or, the Palatinate (Southwest Germany) area might have been safe from 1715 to 1725, but not before 1715, or after 1725.
In order to provide a place where their people could freely practice their religion, in 1727, the Amish started a community at the Northkill Creek in what is now Berks County, PA Just by chance, the Dunkards also had a community in the same area on Northkill Creek! You can find the area by finding Shartlesville, PA on a road map. The Amish stuck together and from 1727 to 1753 when they came to America they did not go anywhere but Northkill. Therefore, when they landed in Philadelphia on the ship Phoenix on September 15, 1749, the Mishlers went straight to Northkill. The highly evangelistic Dunkards caused many, many Northkill Creek Amish to convert to Dunkardism. On the other hand, very few, if any, Dunkards became Amish.
Our ancestors who came to America in 1749 are as follows: Father (1680), Mother (1715), Catherine (1730), Jacob (1733), Joseph (1735), Veronica (1736), Elizabeth (1737), and Christina (1738).
When they landed, none of the children had chosen to become Amish yet, but the mom and dad (Joseph - 1680) were Amish. Ultimately, only four of the six children chose to become Amish, they were Joseph (1735), Veronica (1736), Elizabeth (1737), and Christina (1738).
Catherine (1730) became a Reformed Trinity Lutheran and Jacob (1733) became a Dunkard. You are decended from the Dunkard Jacob, whereas I am descended from the Amish man Joesph (1735).
As you can tell by now, I am not remotely a genealogist or even a historian. Instead I am only someone who has studied the human drama of a family trying to find a place to call home.
A genealogist demands proof of lineage, whereas I, if I believe I have good, logical circumstantial evidence, will presume lineage without any proof.
There is more. The Moyers were also Swiss-Germans who originally were Amish! I have enclosed the names of the 179 original Amish pioneer families.
Note that both the Mischlers (the father Joseph Mishler signed his name to the ship list in perfect German script as Mischler) and the Moyers were one of the original Amish pioneers.
As you probably have also guessed, the PA Dutch, or at least most of them, were not Dutch, or even German, but instead they were Swiss-Germans. Most of which descended from our tribe, which I call the tribe of the Large Noses who had immigrated out of Switzerland by way of the Rhine River Escape.
The Amish community on the Northkill Creek near Shartlesville, PA no longer exists! It dried up in about 1880. Additionally, there are very few Amish left today. None in Europe, about 30,000 in the USA (mostly in Lancaster County, PA; Holmes County, OH; and Elkhart County, IN) and a couple thousand in Canada. Likewise, there are few Dunkards left today - probably not more than a couple thousand. My Aunt Nelle (married to my Uncle Jess Mishler) was a Dunkard. She wore a special dress and bonnet until the day she died. To the best of my knowledge, neither her husband nor their children were Dunkards.
On the other hand, there are millions of Brethren and Mennonites today. Unlike the Amish and the Dunkards, the Brethren and the Mennonites evolved and now look like regular Americans. Don't let their looks mislead you however, because millions of devout Brethren and Mennonites still firmly believe that it is their duty to be peacemakers so they are far more kinder and more gentle than other, regular Americans.
Another characteristic of the Mishlers is that they almost always tried to live away from others. For 300 years - from 1620 to 1920 - everybody was afraid of Amish and Dunkards; therefore, others mistreated Amish and Dunkards so badly that the Mishlers always pushed the envelope to live at the edge of civilization. That is why the Amish chose Northkill Creek. In 1727, for the most part, the only people living at the foot of the Blue Mountains on Northkill Creek were Indians, Amish, and Dunkards.
The Fort Line was 30 miles back towards Philadelphia and normally no white man would dare live beyond the Fort Line - no white man other than Amish and Dunkards that is.
That pushing of the envelope to live on the edge was the Mishler practice for 150 years. For example, in 1775, because the Anabaptists believed that war was coming and their neighbors would force them to bear arms, take oaths and kill others, they pooled their money and purchased millions of acres of land in what is now Ontario, Canada. The area was as big as Northern IN and was settled only by Indians. For the most part, the Anabaptists had the area (Kitchner to Guelph to Toronto) all by themselves and no governmental officials resided in that area until 85 years later around 1860. One could spend a lifetime just studying the major Canadian Anabaptist leader whose name was Benjamin Eby. He was a Mennonite.
Like their ancestors who moved many, many times in Europe in order to be safe from 1690 to 1749, Mishlers also moved many, many times in America to feel safe or just to be on the edge of civilization.
There are 234 family branches of the Mishler family. Joseph (1793) was called Hawk-nose. Like most members of our tribe, he had a large nose. He also had the rare ability to induce most everyone to commit himself or herself to do almost anything he requested. I would guess that he induced his uncles, brothers, sons, and nephews to start at least 100 churches in OH and IN.
Sometime around 1835, in order to start several Brethren Churches in the area, The Hawk and part of his greater family moved to Montgomery County, OH. His wife stayed in Montgomery County, OH, but The Hawk commuted back and forth to Summit County, OH.
After The Hawk died, his wife Mary Palmer Mishler and some of their children stayed in Montgomery County, OH. However, since the entire family was highly evangelistic, some stayed in Mogodore, OH to keep the Brethren churches there running well; some moved to IN; some to Illinois; and even some to Wisconsin.
For example, Susanna Mishler (1824) married a distant cousin Emanuel Mishler (1822) and they moved to Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois. They had about nine (9) children (6 boys and 3 girls) and I have completely lost that family (as I have most of the families of branch #17). I think most of them went to Wisconsin and Minnesota. They were Dunkards in the 1800s.
The Dunkard Mishlers first came to OH about 1802 and it wasn't just Mishler branch #17 that came. Instead, fourteen (14) different Mishler family branches that were Dunkards came to OH.
Those 14 branches were 6, 9, and 12-23. As you can see, The Hawk had a lot of relatives to recruit! Again, these were all Dunkard Mishlers! I feel certain that your Joseph (1822) was descended from one of these family branches, I just don't know which; but again, I would guess branch #17 whose heads were John Mishler (1796) and Elizabeth Bashler (1800).
The Dunkard Mishlers (from 1802 to 1830) chose a triangular area in OH in which to settle. That area included four counties as follows: Portage, Summit, Wayne, and Stark.
The Amish Mishlers also settled in OH, but they chose a different area that included Holmes, Tuscarawas, and Stark Counties. There was some overlap in Stark County, but as now, most Amish Mishlers were in the Holmes County area.
Note that my great, great, grandfather Valentine Mishler (1779), who was Amish, was buried in Holmes County, OH, only about 40 miles from Stark County, OH, where Jacob (junior) Mishler (1760), who was a Dunkard, was buried. I would guess that Joseph (1680) and his spouse had at least one million descendents.
The History of our Mishler Family -
The history of the Mishler family before arriving in PA is sparse at best. Individual researchers have come up with bits and pieces and together they make a trail back to Syrian pre-history. In Syrian pre-history, there was a town called Mishfire. When translated to English is Mish Town. There are old list that show that Mishlers were in the early Anababtist movement. There is a reference in 1533 to one Nicholas Mieschler Von Durrenroth who was named as one of the violators of a decree that forbade anybody to be in the company of any Anababtist preaching. Another reference names Jost Mieschler at a disputation with governmental authorities in Bern in 1538. The Mishler name was found mostly around Schwartzenberg, south of Bern, although the above mentioned Jost Mieschler was from Burgdorf. Recent information locates the Mischler family in Thun, Switzerland a Canton near Bern, in the late 1600's early 1700's.
To America -
The Amish came to America as part of a much larger movement of Palatine German-speaking people, including the Mennonites and other religious groups. The Amish of today derive from two peak periods of immigration periods, one in the eighteenth century (1727-1770) and the other in the nineteenth (1815-1860). Before the Amish became a separate body in 1693, several groups of Mennonites from the Netherlands and northern Germany had already found their way to PA The first permanent settlement of Mennonites was founded in 1683 in Germantown, which is today a municipal division of Philadelphia.
The Torment in Europe -
The Anabaptist groups in Europe had encountered severe persecution, and conditions arose that forced numerous migrations. Those of Swiss background migrated primarily to southern Germany, France, and PA, but small groups also went to Holland, Prussia, and Polish Russia. The Anabaptist were highly valued within the German Empire as skillful and productive farmers, but they were not given legal religious status. They were completely dependent on the good will of lesser rulers for a peaceful existence.
The lands north of Switzerland along the Rhine were sought by the Swiss Mennonites as a place of refuge prior to 1620. Today this area is known as Alsace in France, and Rhineland-Pflaz (the Palatinate) and Baden in Germany. Between 1671 and 1711 several hundred Swiss Anabaptist left the Canton of Bern to find homes in Alsace and the Palatinate. Although the Amish were largely of Swiss origin, many of them lived in Alsace or the Palatinate before crossing the Atlantic.
A secret police force of "Anabaptist Hunters" was organized to spy, locate, and arrest Anabaptist for their non-conformist beliefs. A commission for Anabaptist Matters was formed by the Swiss government (and sanctioned by the Reformed Church) to confiscate the property of the Anabaptist, enforce the mandates, determine the length of prison sentences, and declare who should be banished. Finding an Anabaptist leader yielded a higher reward than finding a member or sympathizer. Children of Anabaptist parents were declared ilagitament because the parents had not been married by a reformed minister, and therefore were disallowed the inheritance of their parents' estates. The expenses of imprisonment, the work of spying and arresting, and the rewards for the secret police were all paid for through the sale of the property confiscated from the Anabaptist. Considered a threat to the land because they refuse to serve in the military, take oaths, or baptize their infants, the Anabaptist were punished for their nonconformity in a variety of ways. Some were imprisoned, others were sent to Italy as galley slaves. Men were taken to the border, branded with hot irons, and threatened with death if they returned, but in spite the threats they kept coming back to their wives, children and relatives.
Although some Palatine lords provided farming opportunities for the Anabaptist, the area was politically unstable. Located as it was in the very heart of Europe, between France and many German states, the Palatinate was the battlefield for the major wars of the seventeenth century. During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) the armies of both Catholic and Protestant forces played havoc with the lives and possessions of the people in this area. The treaty of Westphalia (1648) provided that each prince was to determine the religion of his people. But the religions were restricted to Lutheran, Catholic, and Reformed. This resulted in further chaos, for the Palatinate was fragmented into small principalities, and populations that were Protestant were required to become Catholic and vise versa. Those people who refused membership in the approved religions and they included the Anabaptist, Huguenots, and Walloons were called "sectarians" and were driven from the country. Catholic princes turned against Protestant and both Catholic and Protestant forces turned against the sectarians.
The devastation of war, plunder, and fire was followed by famine and pestilence. People ate roots, grass, and leaves. Some even resorted to cannibalism. The gallows and graveyards were guarded. The bodies of children were not safe from their mothers. Once flourishing farms and vineyards were now raided by hordes of hungry people. In the War of the Palatinate (1688 - 1697) Louis XIV ordered his generals to devastate the area once again. These conditions precipitated the great Palatine immigration to America in the first half of the eighteenth century. The emigration movement encompassed many people of every known faith in the region. Most numerous were the Lutherans and Reformed, but there were Catholics, Schwenkfelders, and a variety of mystics, as well as groups of Mennonites and Amish. All these groups spoke the Palatinate dialect known today as PA German or PA Dutch. Related to these refugees in faith and culture were the Dunkards and Moravians, who also came to PA in the eighteenth century.
Just when the first Amish came to America remains unknown. There is a possibility that some may have arrived with the Swiss Mennonites in 1710 when they bought from William Penn ten thousand acres of land comprising an area in Lancaster County known as Pequea ( pronounced peck-way ) Colony, but documentation is lacking. However, the area is heavily populated by the Amish today. Some Amish individuals likely arrived in America between 1717 and 1736. Then, as now, the Amish did not formalize the movement of their members, and as a persecuted group they did not keep formal records. Families were not prevented by church rules from moving if they wished. The Amish as a whole were reluctant to leave their native Switzerland, a fact which is borne out by careful study of the sources. It may well be that the first to come to America were those who were least dedicated and most opportunistic.
Arriving in Philadelphia on October 2, 1727, the ship Adventure had on its passenger lists several Typical Amish names. Ten years later on October 8, 1737, the ship Charming Nancy brought numerous families whose residence and genealogy can be established as Amish. As the first "Amish ship", it brought enough Amish to make an assembly or congregation possible. The period of heaviest immigration appears to have been 1737 1754. By 1770, with the dawn of the Revolutionary War, Amish immigration had almost ceased, and few new immigrants came until the nineteenth century.
During the colonial period the Amish formed several settlements in Berks, Chester, and Lancaster counties. Through the use of land records, tax list, wills, and the alms book of the Amish, it is possible to ascertain the location of the early communities. Most were named after a watershed or valley.
The Northkill settlement was situated in what later became known as Tilden, Upper Bern, Centre, and Penn townships in Berks County, and is presently west of Hamburg between the towns of Shartlesville and Centre Point. Berks County had just been opened for settlers the year before the Amish arrived, which may help to explain why they chose this area. As the largest of several Amish settlements in the country, it may have accommodated from 150 to 200 persons. In the same year of their settlement, however, several families went to Lancaster County. An Amish cemetery and a historic marker on the old residence of Bishop Jacob Hertzler, an immigrant of 1749, are still maintained.
The Journey -
Little is known about the journeys of the Amish to America because few eighteenth century diaries have been preserved. One fragment of a diary written by Hans Jacob Kauffman, a passenger on the Charming Nancy (arriving October 8, 1737), speaks of tradgedy:
The 28th of June while in Rotterdam getting ready to start, my Zernbli died and was buried in Rotterdam. The 29th we got undersail and enjoied only 1-1/2 days of favorable wind. The 7th Day of July, early in the morning, died Hans Zimmerman's son-in-law.
We landed in England the 8th of July remaining 9 days in port during which 5 children died. Went under sail the 17th of July. The 21st of July my own Lisbetli died. Several days befor Michael's Georgli had died.
On the 29th of July three children died. On the first of August my Hansli died and Tuesday Previous 5 children died. On the 3rd of August contrary winds beset the vessel from the first to the 7th of the month three more children died. On the 8th of August Shambien's (?) Lizzie died and on the 9th died Hans Zimmerman's Jacobi. On the 19th Christian Burgli's child died. Passed a ship on the 21st. A favorable wind sprang up. On the 28th Hans Gasi's (?) wife died. Passed a ship 13 of September.
Landed in Philadelphia on the 18th and my wife and I left the ship on the 19th. A child was born to us on the 20th--died--wife recovered. A voyage of 83 days.
Joseph Mischler and Dodorea -
"OUR MISHLER FAMILY"
Our Mishler Family arrived in Philadelphia, PA on the ship Phoenix on September 15, 1749.
At that time it was the law that the ship's captain had a legal duty to list on his manifesto the name and ages of all his passengers. However, either the Phoenix's captain (Captain Mason) did not fully carry out his duty or if he did, then his complete records have been lost.
Fortunately some records do still exist and show that both a Joseph and a Jacob Mishler took the oath of allegiance shortly after arriving on 9/15/1749.
The Joseph Mishler signed the oath in his own handwriting in perfect German script while Jacob Mishler just signed with an "X".
Often ship's captains shirked their duty and rather than listing names and ages of all passengers they only listed males aged 16 and older.
It is concluded that the Joseph Mishler who signed his name in perfect german script was the father (named Joseph) rather than the son named Joseph. Given the fact that after 1749, the son named Joseph never signed documents in his own handwriting, but did by making his mark, the "x". Also it is believed that the son Joseph was only age 14 in 1749 when the ship Phoenix arrived in America. So it is concluded that the Joseph that signed the oath was the father Joseph.
The wife's name is not completely known. Some say her first name was either Doderea or Dorothy whereas others say it was Anna Doderea. However in later records it appears as Dorothy ________. Joseph was born about 1700 and Dorothy in 1715 and they had six children, namely Catherine, Jacob, Joseph, Veronica, Elizabeth and Christina.
When the Joseph Mishler family arrived on the Phoenix, they were Amish. There were more than 500 people on this ship but only about 50 were Amish. It is believed that the Northkill Amish Community (established about f1734) either financially sponsored these 10 Amish families or at least encouraged them to come to America.
It is not known if our Mishler ancestors were Swiss Germans or German Germans but it is known that in 1730 Catherine Mishler was born at Eutingen/Pforzeihm of the Baden-Durlach area of Wurtemburg, Germany. Also in the 1750's and 1760's the MIshlers lived in the Northkill Community area and a high percentage of their neighbors were Swiss Germans rather than German Germans and the children and grandchildren of Joseph and Dorothy mostly married Swiss Germans rather than German Germans.
In the early 1700's it was very dangerous to be an Amish and live in Switzerland. The Swiss greatly discriminated against the Amish and even tortured or killed them just because they were Amish. The two worse periods were in 1711 and 1728. Many Amish fled Switzerland in 1711 and migrated to either the Alsace/Lorraine area of France or the Palatinate area of Germany. And even there, 1728 was a terrifying year for any Amish who lived in the Palatinate.
It is assumed that Joseph Mishler born about 1700 was a member of a Swiss German Amish family who fled Switzerland in 1711 and west to the Palatinate. Then in 1728 they probably fled the Palatinate area and went to the Baden-Durlach area of Wurtemburg, Germany. That could explain why the daughter Catherine was born there in 1730.
In 1772, the son Joseph born in 1735 purchased land in Somerset County and moved his family there. Catherine died before she had any children. Elizabeth and her husband Jacob Berkey and Christina and her husband Christian Speicher and their families all moved with Joseph to Somerset County. The otheres stayed in the area of Lancaster County. Thus the history of Our Mishler Family of Somerset County.
- This information came from Tedd E. Mishler of Chesterton, IN.
Summary from Allen Schieber received 13 Jan 1999 -
Joseph Mischler was born about 1715 in Germany. He immigrated on 15 Sep 1749 to Philadelphia, PA List [133C] At the Court House at Philadelphia, Friday, the 15th Septr. 1749. Present: Joshua Maddox, Esquire. The Foreigners whose names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Phoenix, John Mason, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes in England, did thisday take the usual Qualifications to the government. By the List 261. 550 whole Freights, from Zweybrech, Nassau, Wirtemberg, & Palatinate: Jacob (X) Misseler, Josep Miscle and Ulrich Mischler. [Source for the above names: Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William John Hinke. PA German Pioneers. 3 Vols. 1934; reprinted 1966 and 1975 by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 2 Vols.] He died before 1756 in Lancaster Co, PA He was married to Dodorea about 1729. Dodorea was born about 1715 in Germany. She died on 17 Dec 1789 in Somerset Co, PA She appeared on the census in 1790 in Somerset Co, PA
Joseph Mishler was born about 1740 in Germany. He is listed in 1756 in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co, PA He bought land on 14 Oct 1766 in Lancaster Co, PA He is listed in 1769 in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co, PA He bought land on 25 Nov 1772 in Brothers Valley Twp, Bedford (present day Somerset) Co, PA He is listed in 1788 in Quemahoning Twp, Bedford (present day Somerset) County, PA He appeared on the census in 1790 in Quemahoning Twp, Bedford (present day Somerset) County, PA Page 29: 1 male >16; 1 male <16; 1 female. He is listed in 1796 in Quemahoning Twp, Somerset Co, PA He appeared on the census in 1800 in Quemahoning Twp, Somerset Co, PA Page 571. He died in 1814 in Somerset Co, PA
He was married to Elizabeth Berkey about 1762 in Lancaster Co, PA Moved to Somerset Co., PA about 1788. Elizabeth Berkey was born about 1741. She died before 1810 in Somerset Co, PA
Joseph Mishler was single and at least twenty-one years old in 1756 in Cocalico Township. By 1767 he, his brother Jacob, all their brothers-in-law, and their stepfather, Christian Zug were living in Comru Township, Berks County, PA, but only two years later Joseph's name appears on tax lists for Cocalico Township In November 1772 he and Michael Buechle, his step brother-in-law, purchased land in Brothers Valley Township, Somerset county, PA In f1781 he purchased land from Valentine Dillabaugh in Quemahoning Township, Somerset County. In 1792 Joseph sold his land in Brothers Valley to Michael Troyer in a transaction not recorded in civil records. He and son John were living in Quemahoning Township in 1800. IN 1810 they appear to be living with son-in-law David Livingston.
Who was the wife of Joseph Mishler? He had at least eight granddaughters named Elizabeth and one researcher records that name.{28} I suggest that her surname was Berkey due to evidence in the estate papers and deeds connected to the estate of Valentine Dillabaugh.
In Dillabaugh's will the surnames Berkey and Mishler figure prominently. Jacob Berkey and Jacob Mishler witnessed the will and appraised the estate. Executors were Joseph Mishler, "the Younger" and John Forry; he later married Elizabeth Berkey , daughter of Jacob Berkey . Peter Berkey, justice of the peace, wrote and notarized a deed which transferred Dillabaugh land to Samuel Keim; this was witnessed by Peter Mishler and Christian Miller, the later married to Magdalena Berkey.
On April 28, and 29, 1813, the executors of the estate of Valentine Dillabaugh filed three deeds and a a statement (written and notarized in York, Ontario) from wife Anna Dillabaugh granting Joseph Mishler power of attorney over her interests in this estate. "Anna Dillabaugh late of Mahona (Quemahoning) in the county of Somerset in the State of PA names Joseph Mishler my nephew my true and lawful attorney."
So it is clear that Anna dillabaugh was an aunt of Joseph Mishler . But was Anna or her husband the blood relative? It is unlikely that Valentine was the blood relative because neighter Joseph nor his wife, Elizabeth Hooley, had a father named Dillabaugh. Neither of their mothers was named in the Dillabaugh will as his sisters. The same reasoning rules out any blood relationship between Dillabaugh and the Jacob Berkey family.
It is unlikely that Anna dillabaugh was a Mishler because Valentine was not listed with the Mishler sons and sons-in-law in the Zug estate. The Johannes Holly Bible rules out Anna as a sister of a John Holly , father of Joseph's wife Elizabeth. IT is unlikely that Anna was a sister to Elizabeth's mother because this would not explain the prominent role of Jacob Mishler and Jacob Berkey in the Dillabaugh estate. The best explanation is that Anna was a sister to the wife of Joseph Mishler and also to Jacob Berkey. This alone explains why members of the Joseph Mishler and Jacob Berkey families participated in the settlement of the Dillabaugh estate.
If the above reasoning is true, the wife of Joseph Mishler was Elizabeth Berkey, a daughter of Christian and Catherine Berkey . She was, no doubt, the oldest of the daughters. I suggest that she was the third child born about 1741. She was about twenty-three when her oldest son was born and about forty-three when her youngest daughter was born on August 26, 1784. This might also expalin why Joseph names his oldest son, Christian.
1749 Phoenix -
While there was no complete listing of passengers who were on board the Phoenix, we do have a record of those males of sixteen years of age and older who took the oath of allegiance upon disembarking. Stassburger and Hinke in PA German Pioneers, Vol. I & II have transcribed that record as follows:
List [133C] At the Court House at Philadelphia, Friday, the 15th Septr. 1749. Present: Joshua Maddox, Esquire The Foreigners whose names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Phoenix, John Mason, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes in England, did this day take the usual Qualifications to the government. By the List 261. 550 whole Freights, from Zweybrech, Nassau, Wirtemberg, & Palatinate.
Samuel (W) Votring Johan (X) Bender
Georg Caspar Heuss Willhelm (+) Longhaar
Hans Ullrich Ott Anthony (+) Nieve
Caspar (X) Bruner Christian (+) Tathower
Jurg Wanenmacher Christian Brost
Johann Ludwig Strauss Simon (X) Roorig
Andreas (O) Creiner Johanes (+) Roorig
Jurg Wanenmacher Johanes (X) Greeber
Joseph Kauffman Donius (X) Roorig
Jörg Frantz Philippi Anthoni Biber
Hans Goerg Weidenauer Jacob Bieber
Hans Nickel Ott Hans Nickel Biber
Hans Adam Baus Jacob (+) Jonger
Henrich Luta Samuel (H) Spiger
Hans Petter Roesser Hans Adam (+) Herman
Jerg Adolph Kröber Stephan (X) Alman
Georg Härther Samuel (+) Perquy
Jacob Anthoni Hannes Miller
Nicklas (X) Roath Jacob Schmit
Nicklas (R) Riksaker Jacob Widmer
Hans Lenart (O) Hinkel Hans Sälli
John Georg (X) Shneyder Hans Meier
Andereas (X) Tevental Uhlerick (U) Kindlishberger
Simon (X) Walter Johannes Weller
J. Rudolph (+) Ginder Johannes Lamot
Johann Jacob Mestenbach Johanes (+) Bouchy
Johannes Gross Jacob (M) Miller
Conrath Jost Christen Fischer
Abraham (O) Nonnamacker Christian (+) Miller
Jacob Schneider Peter (+) Miller
Jacob Messerli Nicolaus (ND) Dartwiller
Hans Jörg Cleis Daniel Dörtweiler
Joseph Han Martin (X) Dartwiller
Henrich Ginder Johanes (X) Keefer
Michael (X) Traxel Michael Vüsel
George (X) Traxel Petter Rott
Bernard (X) Traxel Hans Strubhar
Henry (+) Mitshit Christoph (O) Spanler
John Jacob (X) Mitshit Jacob (X) Misseler
Dewald (X) Steker Josep Mischler
Peter (O) Gerrett Jacob Seiler
Uhllerick (X) Stoller Christian Staufer
Johann Michel Schmidteknecht Hans George (X) Springer
Jorg Altman Michael (Dor) Dormeyer
Anthon Altman Jacob Klein
Hans Peter Eichede Abraham Drachsel
Hans Philipus Birson Durst (O) Deretinger
Salmon (X) Bacher Benedict (B) Leman
Theobald Kuntz Martin (+) Ritter
Hans Georg (O) Isseman Hans Bortz
Ja. Nicklas (X) Isseman Hans Jacob Hörnlin
Petder Eisenmann Antoni Stratzer
Petder Eisenmann Davit (O) Miller
Michel Köppel Jacob Has
Johan Nickel Köppel Johan Georg Steinrock
Jacob (K) Keppel Simon Digler
Niclaus Schnyder Jacob Gratze
Paulus Köppel Jacob Hueber
Henrich Köppell Anton (+) Beavenan
Petter Keppel François Hognon
Petter Isch Johann Michael Steng
Jacob Altman Peter Kaufman
Wilhelm Altman Johannes Michal Heller
Hans Johann Bonnewitz [?] Friederich Wohlfarth
Hans Görg Jundt Hans George (X) Keen
Cristof Brunner Hann Filb Grünewalt
Daniel (X) Duval Johannes Kiehn
Johan (X) Dugrave Felix (+) Sailor
Daniel (X) Darm Sebastian Bissahr
Johann Michael Mallo Jörg Bentz
John Friedk. (X) Hister Johann Ludwig Bentz
Henrich Wilhelm Mählich Jacob (+) Bence
Max Myrs [?] Christian (+) Hartman
Samuel (X) Dormeyer Frantz (+) Marshall
Jacob (X) Dormeyer Christian Schowalder
J. Lutwig Johns Sumer
Hans Jacob (X) Witmer Christian (+) Summer
Henry (X) Shaaff Matheis Nafzger
Moritz Klein Johanes Farner
Jacob (X) Klein Rudolf Nafzger
Frantz Jacob Kühl Christian (O) Kauffman
Johannes Hort Jacob Kauffmann
Andereas (X) Create Johannes Lans
Anders Grett Peter (+) Crapy
Johanes (X) Creat Jacob Stauch
Jerg Müller Hans Jerg Stauch
Philip (+) Miller Abraham Kurtz
John Nicklas (+) Miller Beder von Gumeden
Jeremias Schönbach Johannes Rupp
Jacob Zollicker Jacob (X) Rupp
Nicola Dilon Peter (+) Nafsker
Adam (X) Grantadam Georg Christian Sim
Joseph Chartier Christian Kurtz
Humber Benoit Jan Hendrik Reckman
Johan George (+) Acker Erhart (X) Bom
Joseph Courteuer Thobalt Hoschar
Beter Springer Hans Petter Hoscharr
Hans Jerg Springer Henrich Hoschar
Jacob Schneider Philip (X) Henkel
Michael (X) Nike Johanes (O) Reber
Jacob Nike Daniel (X) Rynolle
Abraham Scherdrong Andre de Grange
Mattheus Kersch Görg Hertzog
Johann Georg Mölig Görg Hertzog, Junior
Johann Reinhart Keller Kiliam Zimmerman
Herman (++) Latur Peter Obersteg
Jacob Latur Michael (O) Ridelsberg
Marx (O) Springel Christian (H) Hochstätter
Christian (X) Creeste Nicklaus Hochstätter
Conrad Wohlfahrt Johannes Schrandeman
Andres Rutsiele Ulrich Hostetter
Jacob Laudermilch Simeon Steckel
Ulerich Seltzer Hans Schrantz
Johanes (H) Gross Ulrich Ritschart
Daniel Groberger Ulrich Mischler
Christoffel Reyer Conrad (W) Wagner
Frantz (X) Soal Matheas (M) Seygor
Fançois Grandadam Peter (E) Herb
Felix Kley Lutwig Eerlman
Hans (X) Reese Hans Nickel Meyer
Michael (X)Shaffer Jost Meyer
Henrich Lutter Jacob (X) Mann
Philip (O) La Martin Obersteg
Bastian Weiss Caspar Frettler
Nicklas Bab Cunrath Altboter
Johan Adam (W) Walter Frantz Griebel
Jacob (X) Walter Johann Michael Walker
Martin (X) Walter Johann Lutwig Gribeler
Johan Matheas (X) Shoeman
Oaths of Allegiance and Abjuration -
The following is a copy of the information presented in the Strassburger and Hinke text "PA German Pioneers." It is presented here for the purpose of making the information available to genealogist and historians who wish to understand the text of the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Abjuration.
On September 14, 1727, Patrick Gordon, the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of PA, called together the Provincial Council, and "acquainted the board, that he had called them together at this time to inform them that there is lately arrived from Holland, a Ship with four hundred Palatines, as 'tis said, and that he has information they will be very soon followed by a much greater Number, who design to settle in the back parts of this province; & as they transport themselves without any leave obtained from the Crown of Great Britain, and settle themselves upon the Proprietors untaken up Lands without any application to the Proprietor or his Commissioners of property, or to the Government in general, it would be highly necessary to concert proper measures for the peace and security of the province, which may be endangered by such numbers of Strangers daily poured in, who being ignorant of our Language & Laws, & settling in a body together, make, as it were, a distinct people from his Majesties Subjects.
"The Board taking the same into their serious consideration, observed that as these People pretended at first that they fly hither on the Score of their religious Liberties, and come under the Protection of His Majesty, it's requisite that in the first Place they should take the Oath of Allegiance, or some equivalent to it to His Majesty, and promise Fidelity to the Proprietor & obedience to our Established Constitution; And therefore, until some proper Remedy can be had from Home, to prevent the Importation of such Numbers of Strangers into this or others of His Majesties Colonies.
" 'TIS ORDERED, that the Masters of the Vessells importing them shall be examined whether they have any Leave granted them by the Court of Britain for the Importation of these Foreigners, and that a List shall be taken of the Names of all these People, their several Occupations, and the Places from whence they come, and shall be further examined touching their Intentions in coming hither; And further, that a Writing be drawn up for them to sign declaring their Allegiance & Subjection to the King of Great Britain & Fidelity to the Proprietary of this Province, & that they will demean themselves peaceably towards all his Majesties Subjects, & strictly observe, and conform to the Laws of England and of this Government.
"At a Council held at the Courthouse of Philadelphia, September 21st, 1727, Presents:
"The Honble Patrick Gordon, Esq', Lieut. Governor.
James Logan Esq'r., William Fishbourn Esq'r.,
Richar Hill Esq'r.,
"A Paper being drawn up to be signed by those Palatines, who should come into this Province with an Intention to settle therein, pursuant to the order of this Board, was this day presented, read & approved, & is in these Words: "We subscribers, Natives and Late Inhabitants of the Palatinate upon the Rhine & Places adjacent, having transported ourselves and Families into this Province of Pensilvania, a Colony subject to the Crown of Great Britain, in hopes and Expectation of finding a Retreat & peaceable Settlement therein, Do Solemnly promise & Engage, that We will be faithful & bear true Allegiance to his present MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE SECOND, and his Successors, Kings of Great Britain, and will be faithful to the Proprietor of this Province; And that we will demean ourselves peaceably to all His said Majesties Subjects, and strictly observe & conform to the Laws of England and of this Province, to the utmost of our Power and best of our understanding."1
This declaration of allegiance is found at the head of all the papers, bearing the signatures of immigrants, marked B in the following pages. Beginning with August 19, 1729, the immigrants were required to sign two additional declarations, which were entered in a bound book. The latter in course of time became a series of bound books, to each of which these two declarations where prefixed. The signatures to these declarations are marked C in the following pages.
The two additional declarations, to which the immigrants affixed their signatures in the bound books, were as follows:
"I A B do solemnly & sincerely promise & declare that I will be true & faithful to King George the Second and do solemnly sincerely and truly Profess Testifie & Declare that I do from my Heart abhor, detest & renounce as impious & heretical that wicked Doctrine & Position that Princes Excommunicated or deprived by the Pope or and Authority of the See of Rome may be deposed or murthered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no Forreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Power Jurisdiction Superiority Preeminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within the REalm of Great Britain or the DOminions thereunto belonging.
"I A B do solemnly sincerely and truly acknowledge profess testify & declare that King George the Second is lawful & rightful King of the Realm of Great Britain & of all others solemnly & sincerely declare that I do believe the Person pretending to be Prince of Wales during the Life of the late King James, and since his Decease pretending to be & taking upon himself the Stile & Title of King of England by the Name of James the third, or of Scotland by the Name of James the Eighth or the Stile & Title of King of Great Britain hath not any Right or Title whatsoever to the Crown of the Realm of Great Britain, nor any other the Dominions thereunto belonging. And I do renounce & refuse an y Allegiance or obedience to him & do solemnly promise that I will be true and faithful, & bear true allegiance to King George the Second & to him will be faithful against all traiterious Conspiracies & attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his Person Crown & Dignity & I will do my best Endeavours to disclose & make known to King George the Second & his Successors all Treasons and traiterous Conspiracies which I shall Know to be made against him or any of them. And I will be true & faithful to the Succession of the Crown against same is & stands settled by An Act Entituled An Act declaring the Rights & Liberties of the Subject & settling the Succession of the Crown to the late Queen Anne & the Heirs of her Body being Protestants, and as the same by one other Act Entituled An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown & better securing the Rights & Liberties of the subject is & stands settled & entailed after the Decease of the said late Queen, & for Default of Issue of the said late Queen, to the late Princess Sophia Electoress & Dutchess Dowager of Hanover & the Heirs of her Body being Protestants; and all these things I do plainly & sincerely acknowledge promise & declare according to these express Words by me spoken & according to the plain & common Sense and understanding of the same Words, without any Equivocation mental Evasion or secret Reservation whatsoever. And I do make this Recognition Acknowledgment Renunciation & Promise heartily willingly & truly."
1 See Colonial Records of PA, Vol. III, p. 282 f.
Strassburger, Ralph Beaver and William John Hinke. PA German Pioneers. A publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Second printing in two volumes. 1980. pp. 3-6.
[44354] An unverified file in 2018 in Ancestry.com offers: "Sir Alexander Laird Merchiston Napier was born in 1479 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. He had one [known] son with Janet Chisholm in 1509. He died as a young father on September 9, 1513, at the age of 34. Janet Chisholm was born in 1483 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. . . . . She died in 1540 at the age of 57."
_Jacob PERKINS ______+
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_Sparks PERKINS _____|_Anna LITTLEFIELD ___
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| | _John SNOWMAN _______|_Mary COOPER ________
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| | _William STAPLES ____+
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| |_Sarah STAPLES ______|_Elizabeth JONES ____
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| _Abraham (Bouden or) BOWDEN _|_Grace BULLY ________
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| | |_Alice PENIWELL _____________|_Sarah PUDDINGTON ___
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| _Samuel SHUMAKER _________|_Anna Marie SITLER _______________________
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[9731] living - details excluded
[22211] See http://home.broadpark.no/~bahlund/p33e78cc7.html. Ray Gurganus' web site, www.gurganus.org, in 2007 states she is daughter of Thrand of Norway (b. ca. 870).
[20697] One World Tree on Ancestry.com (not verified) states that Lilly is daughter of George L. Wells (d. 1902, son of Little L. Wells, b. 1815 in TN) and Sarah Wright (daughter of Bejnamin Wright).
_Robert WHITCOMB _________+
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_James WHITCOMB _____|_Mary Elizabeth CUDWORTH _
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| | | _Moses SAWYER _______|__________________________
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