Hans Peter Gebhart (1642-1708) was born in the village of Abtweiler, County of Kreuznach, in the Palatine (now Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany), the son of Joachim Gebhard (b. 1609). He and his wife, had at least three children, 1666-1680?, born at Desloch, a village near Abtweiler. He died at Desloch. Descendants listed, chiefly descendants of his grandsons: Johann Nickel Gebhart (1710-ca. 1778), who immigrated to America in 1741 and died in Berks County,...

Johannes Hertzler was born in Swwitzerland. In 1870 he brought his wife, three sons, and his father to America settling in Pennsylvania. Information on many of his descendants is given in this volume. Many of these individuals belonged to Mennonite groups. Today descendants still reside in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, and elsewhere in the United States. Includes Hertzler, Hartzler, Brenneman, Hershey, Hess, Kauffman, Krieder , Mellinger, Martin,...

Christian Martin, born in 1669 in Switzerland, immigrated with his wife, Ells, and their two daughters to the Palatinate in Germany. Their four sons preceded them to Germany and then to Pennsylvania. The family was reunited in 1731 in Weaverland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This work traces their descendants through seven generations to Clement W. Martin and his descendants.

Rutschli Brubaker was born in about 1540 in Switzerland. He married Anna Wis and they had three children. Fifth generation descendants began immigrating to America settling mainly in Pennsylvania.

Jonas Hershey Martin (1839-1925) was born near Goodville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Witwer in 1863. She died in 1889, and Jonas married Anna Wenger in 1890. He was a bishop and leader of the Mennonite church. Descendants, who were Menonnites, lived chiefly in Pennsylvania. Includes history of the Mennonite Church in America.

Samuel Sensenig Gehman was born 28 February 1867 near East Earl. Pennsylvania. His parents were Moses L. Gehman and Susanna Sensenig. He married Lydia Hurst (1873-1964) in 1889. They had fourteen children. Samuel died in 1949. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania.

This book considers the ancestry of five immigrant families. The first is the family of Theobald Christler. He was born in 1709 to Leonhard and Anna Maria (Bender) Christler in Frankenthal, Germany. In 1719 he came to Pennsylvania with his parents and then to Virginia ca. 1736. The second family belongs to Johann Friedrich Baumgärtner. He was born in 1706 to Johann Jacob and Catharina (Willheit) Baumgärtner in Schwaigern, Germany. He came to Pennsylvania...

Richard Williams emigrated from England or Wales to Middlesex County, Virginia. One descendant, James Williams, married Mary Updegrove and settled in Rowan County, North Carolina and later settled in Kentucky and then Indiana. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Kansas, etc. Vol. 3 includes history of family of Thomas Hardwick (ca. 1750-1807) who was born in Albermarle or Amherst County, Virginia and died in Adair County, Kentucky as well...

A compilation of histories of the twenty five homesteaders who settled in the Taylor Mountain area in the 1910-1920 era.

The first Reiff families were found in Franconia districts of eastern Pennsylvania. They later spread to Lancaster, Lebanon, York and Cumberland. They later moved to Maryland, Ontario, Canada, Virginia and on to Ohio and West. Abraham Reiff married Barbara Groff. He was the son of a deacon also named Abraham. Abraham died in 1763. He and Barbara had eleven children.