"In this three-volume book, the late Dr. A. C. Hollis Hallett brings together all the early government and other records of Bermuda, which he read and transcribed word for word from the original preserved records. Volume I covers the years from 1612-1669, with its chapters arranged chronologically according to the governors of the period. Volume II deals with 1669-1684, with the narrative of the development of Bermuda continuing through the progression...

John Cooper was born in 1781 in Donnington, Lincolnshire, England. He married Elizabeth in about 1806 and they had six children. Follows the descendants of their son, William (1816-1885), who married Hannah Picker in 1849. They had nine children. They emigrated in about 1850 and lived first in New York and then moved to Illinois in about 1855. William died in 1910 in Compton, Illinois. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Illinois, Iowa,...

Julia Ann Stull, daughter of John Stull and Ann Eveland, was born 13 Jan 1814 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married Jacob Woodward Colladay on 17 July 1832 in Philadelphia. They had 9 children. Julia died in Decatur, Illinois, on 22 Nov 1872. Jacob died in Philadelphia on 4 Nov 1885. Their descendants and ancestors have lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, and other areas in the United States.

John and Anna Steiner settled in Ohio in the 1860's.

Ole Solberg (1843/4-1922) was born on the Hanekne gaard near Löten, Norway. When he immigrated to Bosque County, Texas, about 1861, he changed his name from Hanekne to Solberg. He married Kerste Grimland (1849-1931) in 1873. Descendants have lived chiefly in Texas.

George Philipp Sommer was born May 30, 1817 in Untereisesheim, Germany. His parents were Joseph Fridrich Sommer and Maria Juliana Ruckwied. He married Rosina Barbara Hacker, daughter of Jakob Michael Hacker and Sabina Magdalena Friedrich, April 23, 1844 in Untereisesheim. She was born May 28, 1825 in Untereisesheim. They had four children. George is believed to have died February 27, 1858 in Kiama, New South Wales. Rosina died August 26, 1906 in Sydney,...

Joseph Augspurger was born in 1786 in Mariakirch, France. He married Elisabeth Schlabach (1795-1848) in 1816 and they had ten children. He married Barbara King Sommer (1806-1878) in 1850. They also had ten children. He died in 1869 in Butler County, Ohio. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.

Johann Philipp Bürck was born in 1779 in Ziegelhausen, Baden. He married Susanna Katharina Frank (1788-1869) in 1810. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Germany, Ohio and Kentucky.

Andre Sommer was born ca. 1700 at Lützelflüh or Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland. He was an Anabaptist and farmer at Lambermoulin, later known of Bambois, in the Pincipality of Salm, France, as early as 1750. He was the father of five children born ca. 1725-ca. 1740. A number of his descendants immigrated to the United States in the 1800s. Descendants, especially descendants of his son, Joseph Sommer (ca. 1736-1781), lived in France, Ohio,...