Neswletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Van Amburgh families who came mainly from Wales. Some focus is on (but not limited to) the ancestors and descendants of Benjamin Lewis Van Amburgh. In 1793, Benjamin was married in Prince Edward County, Virginia, to Charles Price's widow, Elizabeth (Fowlkes) Price. Elizabeth was born in Amelia County, Virginia to John and Sarah Jennings Fowlkes, in 1764. Her Jennings ancestors...

John Amburgey, Jr. was born in 1758 on a farm once owned by his German immigrant grandfather Conrad Amberger. The latter died about 1742 when his son John Amburgey, Sr. was about twelve years old. On July 3, 1787, John Amburgey, Jr. married Elizabeth Hamons. They had twelve children. In 1814 most of the family moved to Russell County, Virginia and in 1826, some families crossed the mountains into what was Perry County, Kentucky (now Knott County). Descendants...

This book considers the ancestry of five immigrant families. The first is the family of Theobald Christler. He was born in 1709 to Leonhard and Anna Maria (Bender) Christler in Frankenthal, Germany. In 1719 he came to Pennsylvania with his parents and then to Virginia ca. 1736. The second family belongs to Johann Friedrich Baumgärtner. He was born in 1706 to Johann Jacob and Catharina (Willheit) Baumgärtner in Schwaigern, Germany. He came to Pennsylvania...