Section 2 newsletter are for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Littell (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, France, Ireland, and Scotland in the 1600's-1700's. Some were French Huguenots. Among immigrant ancestors were: John and Samuel Littell, who lived in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, then moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1783; also Jonah Littell (born ca. 1740), who moved from New Jersey...

Descendants of the Smith and Heyne families of Red Hook, New York. Includes the related families of Hayes and Burlingame.

Chiefly, a record of many generations of descendants of Francis Purdy, who was born in York, England in 1595. He left England in 1632, going to Concord, Massachusetts, and from there, after a few years residence, to Fairfield, Connecticut. His will was proved 14 Oct 1658. His wife, whom he married in England, was Mary Elizabeth ??? They had three sons, John, Joseph and Francis Purdy II.

Christian Gehman was born in about 1708. He married Anna. They emigrated in 1732 and settled in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. They had ten children. Christian had four children by his second wife. His descendant, Daniel Gayman, was born in about 1771. His parents were Benedict Gehman and Elizabeth. He married Ann Landis (1774-1848), daughter of David Landis and Anna Amelia Holl. They had nine children. Descendants and relatives...

Johan Georg Gannshorn/Goshorn (1725-1806) married Susanna Elisabetha Bückle. They immigrated from Palatinate/Würtenberg and arrived at Port of Philadelphia in 1750. By 1775 they had settled in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Colorado, California, Washington and elsewhere.