Georg Andreas Ernst Wackler (1825-1906) was born in Grundelhardt, Germany and later immigrated to the U.S. in 1855, eventually settling in Ohio. He was married to Barbara Steinhilber (1831-1897) and Julia Palmer. He eventually died in Butler Township, Ohio. Descendants lived in Ohio and elsewhere.

A record of ancestors of the author, Helen Minton Burney.

Johan Ernst (Empey) Emichen was born in 1654 in Königsberg, Germany and was christened on 13 November 1664 in Bleichenback, Germany. He died before 1744 possibly in Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York. He married (1) Maria Ursula Rosenbachin before 1700 in Germany. They had four children. The family immigrated to London 6 May 1709. He married (2) Margaretha Winter 21 August 1709 in London and they immigrated to New York in July of 1710....

Thomas Goldthwaite was born in about 1610 in Pately Bridge, Yorkshire, England. He married Elizabeth. They had three children. They immigrated to America in 1630. His second wife was Rachel Leach. He died in Salem, Massachusetts in 1682/83. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Ohio and Indiana.

Mattheis or Matthias Kuntz and his family emigrated from Bishchmisheim near Saarbrüken, Germany, with the large Palatine immigration of 1710 and settled near the present village of Germnatown, New York, on the Hudson River. He had at least thirteen children from two marriages. Descendants lived in New York, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, California and elsewhere. Samuel Kuhn, Sr. was born ca. 1650-1655. He married Catharina (Miller?)....

Henry Hoysradt (b. 1703) probably immigrated to America in 1710 and settled near East Camp (now Germantown, Columbia County, New York. He married three times and was the father of seven children, 1737-1749. Descendants listed lived in New York and elsewhere. Many descendants spelled their surname "Hiserodt". Includes the Decker, Kilmer, Pulver, Sivernail, Stickle, and other related families. John Strever (1732-1804) as a boy, ran away from home...