Lukas Knauss (1633-1713) was born in Hessen Oberhessen, Dudelsheim, Germany. He was the father of ten children, some of whom immigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania. Descendants live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and other parts of the United States.

John Fahs was born ca. 1718 in Germany. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1732. He married ca. 1735 Anna Eva Dorothea Knauss (b. 1719), daughter of Johann Ludwig Knauss and Anna Margaretha Gerlach. They had 4 children. John died in 1747 while his wife died in 1773, both in Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, and elsewhere.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Vance (and variant spellings) families who originated in Les Baux-en-Provence, France, and who were known as DeVallibus or Vaux. Some families moved into Normandy and other parts of France. Others went to Belgium, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Scotland. In the 1600-1700s, some immigrated to North America. Some settled in Canada, and in Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky,...

John Lesher, son of John and Elisabeth Bosler Lesher, was born 3 May 1793 presumably in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. He was the grandson of Sebastian Lesher who " ... emigrated from Switzerland on the ship "Hope" ... [that] landed at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 23, 1734." ... John Lesher was married to Nancy Krieder, daughter of John and Anna Hoover Kreider [on 24 July 1821]."--P. 7. John died on the family farm near Marion (earlier known as Smoketown),...