[29484] For a detailed history of the area where John settled, see "Penobscot, Maine 1761-2011," Mark E. Honey (Bangor, ME: Snowman Printing, 2011) [distributed by the Penobscot Historical Society]. For family, etc. see http://www.griffincunningham.net/benjaminsmith/bakeman.txt.
______________________ | _____________________|______________________ | _James BRIDGES ______| | (1694 - 1747) m 1721| | | ______________________ | | | | |_____________________|______________________ | _Moody BRIDGES ______| | (1722 - 1801) | | | _Caleb MOODY _________+ | | | (1637 - 1698) m 1665 | | _Caleb MOODY ________|_Judith BRADBURY _____ | | | (1666 - 1741) m 1690 (1638 - 1700) | |_Ellinor MOODY ______| | (1700 - 1736) m 1721| | | _Benjamin MORSE ______+ | | | (1640 - 1716) m 1667 | |_Ruth MORSE _________|_Ruth Bitford SAWYER _ | (1669 - 1734) m 1690 (1648 - 1715) _Isaac BRIDGES _________________| | (1753 - 1805) m 1796 | | | ______________________ | | | | | _____________________|______________________ | | | | | _____________________| | | | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | | | |_____________________|______________________ | | | | |_Naomi FRYE _________| | (.... - 1779) | | | ______________________ | | | | | _____________________|______________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | ______________________ | | | | |_____________________|______________________ | | |--Rosenia Elinor BRIDGES | (1796 - 1879) | ______________________ | | | _____________________|______________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|______________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | | _____________________|______________________ | | | | | | |_____________________| | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|______________________ | | |_Maria Barbara Louisa WEYGIRDT _| (.... - 1821) m 1796 | | ______________________ | | | _____________________|______________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|______________________ | | |_____________________| | | ______________________ | | | _____________________|______________________ | | |_____________________| | | ______________________ | | |_____________________|______________________
[47660] The unverified file KHPS-66J in familysearch.org states Rosenia and William had Adaline Sawyer (1819-1820), Adaline Matilda Sawyer (1822-1896), Harriet Newell Sawyer (1824-1882), Mary Louisa Sawyer (1827-1893), Ann Maria Sawyer (1835-1837) & Ellen M. Sawyer )1839-1896).
_John Japhet ZERBE ________+ | (1705 - 1797) _George ZERBE _______|_Maria Elizabeth NIEWENCH _ | (1754 - 1824) m 1781 _Philip ZERBE _______| | (1793 - 1872) m 1816| | | ___________________________ | | | | |_Christina WENRICH __|___________________________ | (1757 - 1821) m 1781 _Benneville ZERBE ___| | (1816 - 1901) | | | ___________________________ | | | | | _John LAMM __________|___________________________ | | | (1759 - 1817) | |_Rosina LAMM ________| | (1792 - 1864) m 1816| | | ___________________________ | | | | |_Anna BROSSMAN ______|___________________________ | (1764 - 1826) _Henry W. ZERBE _____| | (1846 - 1911) m 1890| | | _John WENRICH _____________+ | | | (1727 - 1793) | | _John WENRICH _______|_Christina MOUNTZ _________ | | | (1760 - 1827) (1734 - 1791) | | _Daniel WENRICH _____| | | | | | | | | _David BRECHT _____________+ | | | | | (1719 - 1783) | | | |_Susannah BRECHT ____|_Sarah CAQUELIN ___________ | | | (1756 - 1827) (1726 - 1796) | |_Elizabeth WENRICH __| | (1820 - 1898) | | | ___________________________ | | | | | _____________________|___________________________ | | | | |_Salome MILLER ______| | (1796 - 1820) | | | ___________________________ | | | | |_____________________|___________________________ | | |--Francis Howard ZERBE | (1890 - ....) | ___________________________ | | | _____________________|___________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ___________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|___________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ___________________________ | | | | | | | _____________________|___________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________| | | | | | | ___________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|___________________________ | | |_Amelia C. ZERBE ____| (1865 - 1938) m 1890| | ___________________________ | | | _____________________|___________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ___________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|___________________________ | | |_____________________| | | ___________________________ | | | _____________________|___________________________ | | |_____________________| | | ___________________________ | | |_____________________|___________________________
[37096] The 1940 federal census in Penn Twp., Berks Co., PA lists Francis H. Zerbe as head of the household (age 50) with wife Mary K. (55), and sons Francis B. (20) and Henry F. (15) as well as adopted son Harry Peoples (12). The 1930 federal census in this twp. lists the family, and also shows son Alvin S. (age 8). Francis draft registration in 1942 reports he r. R.D. 1, Bernville, is 6'1" tall, weighs 202 lbs. and is employed by the U. S. Government in Bernville - curiously the draft registration occured in McKean Co., PA, far from Bernville; Francis must have been posted to this area by his employer. Son Francis B. Zerbe r. in Wernersville in 1980 and in Bernville in1988 - see "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KRYZ-7ST).