A genealogy of the descendants of Abraham Betz born 14 Aug 1743 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eve Bowers was his second wife. They moved to Steubenville, Ohio where he died 3 Jan 1821. Also includes a genealogy of the descendants of Peter (Drachsel) Troxell born 1691 in Switzerland. He immigrated to America and arrived at Philadelphia 17 Aug 1733 with his wife Juliane Catherine and two sons Peter, age 9, and Daniel, age 7. They settled at Egypt,...

Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of Elisha Asa Ridley. He was born 18 July 1809 or 1812 in Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Ann Dame, daughter of John Dame, Sr. and Elizabeth Oyler, 8 Sep 1839 in Jasper Tennessee. She was born either 27 Mar 1812 or 25 Mar 1819. He died 15 Mar 1882 in Bridgeport, Alabama. She died 7 May 1903 in Alabama. They were the parents of eight children. Descendants lived in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, New Mexico,...

Charles Troxell Grim and Barbara Ann Howerter, who represent the fifth and sixth generations of their families to live in eastern Pennsylvania, were married in Allentown in 1865. They migrated to Fulton County, Illinois, where their nine children were born. In 1883, the family moved to Thayer County, Nebraska. This narrative account of their ancestors in Pennsylvania and of their married life in Illinois and Nebraska is accompanied by pedigree charts...

Peter Trachsel/Troxell (1691-1766) was born at Lenk, Switzerland, the son of Jakob Trachsel (1652-1721) and a descendant of Stephan Trachsel (b. 1536). His family immigrated to Wolfersheim, Germany, ca. 1708. He and his wife, Juliana Catharina Trauthager (b. 1703), had eight children, 1724-1744. The family immigrated to America in 1733 and settled at Egypt, Pennsylvania. Some of the family migrated to Frederick County, Maryland, in 1754. He died there....

Daniel Leatherman, probably was the son of Hans Dewalt Leatherman, was born in Germany. He died in Frederick County, Maryland in January 1789.