In search of Buchanan : 'Clarior hinc honos' : the stories of some Buchanan ancestors before and after the emigration of James Buchanan of Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1783
iii, 152, [17] pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 25 cm
Notes
Sub-title on cover: from Anselan to President James Buchanan.
"Some of these stories are incorporated in the BBC1 TV documentary, 'Are you related to an American President?', produced by Big Mountain Productions."
456 p. : ill., maps, ports. facsims., geneal. tables ; 29 cm.
Notes
No. 71 of 400.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-432) and index.
Summary
"Part one of this work presents a history of the earliest Witwer family to settle in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It presents research regarding Hans Witwer, his son, Michael Witwer, and Michael Witwer's children and grandchildren. The line of descent is then followed through the descendants of Michael's son, Daniel, through to the present day and author Thomas Witwer Richards. In addition, the following related families are described: Krey, Sensenig, Graf/Groff, Reiff, Schneider/Schneder, and Weiler. Part two presents a history of the Richmond family from Moses Richmond to Lulu Catherine Richmond and the related families of Miller and Hornberger."--T.p. verso.
Vol. 12 has imprint: Camden, Maine : Picton Press ; Plymouth, Mass. : [Distributed by] General Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. Families: Francis Eaton; Samuel Fuller; William White -- v. 2. Families: James Chilton; Richard More; Thomas Rogers -- v 3. pt.1 Family of William Brewster -- v. 3, pt 2. Family: George Soule -- v. 4. (2nd ed.) Edward Fuller -- v. 5. Families: Edward Winslow; John Billington -- v. 6. Family: Stephen Hopkins -- v. 7. Family: Peter Brown -- v. 8. Family of Degory Priest 2nd ed. -- v. 9. Family of Francis Eaton -- v. 10. Family of Samuel Fuller -- v. 11, pt. 1 Edward Doty: his descendants through sons Edward and John -- v. 11, pt. 2. Edward Doty: his descendants through sons Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Desire and Elizabeth -- 12. Francis Cooke of the Mayflower; the first five generations -- 13. Family of William White.
v.14. Family: Myles Standish -- v.15. Families: James Chilton; Richard More -- v.16. Family: John Alden -- v.16, pt.2. John Alden: descendants of his daughter Elizabeth -- v.16,pt.3. John Alden: descendants of his sons, John, Joseph, and Jonathan -- v. 16, pt 4 Family: John Alden -- v.16, pt 5 Family: John Alden -- v.17. Family: Isaac Allerton -- v.18, pt.1. Family: Richard Warren; -- v.18, pt.2. Richard Warren: his descendants of his daughters Mary, Anna and Elizabeth -- v.18, pt.3. Richard Warren: his descendants of Abigail, Nathaniel and Joseph -- v. 19 Thomas Rogers (2nd. ed) -- v. 19, pt. 2. Family of Thomas Rogers and Elizabeth Rodgers - v.20, pt.1. Family: Henry Samson - -v. 20, pt.2: Henry Samson: his descendants through son James and daughters Elizabeth, Hannah, [daughter], Dorcas - v. 20, pt. 3. Family of Henry Samson -- v. 21, pts. 1&2. Family: John Billington [compiled and revised by Harriet W. Hodge, Robert S. Wakefield, John Bradley Arthaud] v.21, pt3 Family of John Billington: sixth generation descendants compiled by John Bradly Arthaud-- v. 22. Family: William Bradford -- v.23, pt.1. Family: John Howland: First four generations of his children Lydia, Hannah, Joseph, Jabez, Ruth and Isaac -- v.23, pt.2. Family: John Howland: Fifth generation of his children Lydia and Hannah --v. 23. pt.3. John Howland: Fith and sixth generations of his sons Joseph and Jabez -- v.24, The Descendants of Elder Willilam Brewster, part 1: Generations 1 through 4 - v. 24, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, part 2: Generations 5 and 6 - v. 24, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, part 3: Generations 5 and 6 - v, 25, the Descendants of Governor Edward Winslow, Generations 1-8.
In Part 1, Goodling writes a concise history with illustrations from the township's earliest days to the end of the 19th century. It lists churches and schools, post offices, trades and businesses and the military. Part II is a genealogical and biographical record of all families living in the township and nearby areas at the time of the 1860 U.S. Census. Supplement Part 1 describes the churches of the township and appendices. Supplement Part 2 contiues the appendices.
"Ten years of research revealed a tight weave of great military leaders bound to each other through marriage. The Hunter women, noteworthy for their beauty, united names found in the military journals of their time: Major Samuel Appleton, in charge of all the forces on the Dedham Plain; Lt. Col. George Armistead, defender of Baltimore; Col. John Baylor of Newmarket, who was with Washington at Winchester. Any student of American history will enjoy learning about the other side of their hero -- their personal lives and fortunes, the journey that brought them into a position of prominence and power. Fully documented, this work gives the reader the background that drove their success and the home life that supported their careers." [from the publisher]
xxii, 656 pages : illustrations (some color), coats of arms, facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps, portraits ; 28 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-551).
Contents
Flash forward: Nora Musser (1881-1929) -- The Old World. The Swiss plateau ; Von Lunkhofen and Snewli ; Von Seedorf and Moser ; Du Ranc de Vibrac ; The Reformation ; Zürich: the Albis and the Oberland ; Bern: the Emmental and the Oberland ; Anabaptist exiles (the Kraichgau, Alsace, the Jura) ; The Protestants -- The New World. The Pequea Colony ; Eighteenth century Lancaster County ; Weaverland ; Musser migrations ; the Bowmansville Mennonites ; Henry Musser (1730-1805) ; Bowmansville kith and kin ; The churchmen ; Mathias Musser (1764-1834) ; Daniel Musser (1797-1869) ; David Musser (1829-1905) ; Samuel H. Musser (1858-1934) -- Afterward: the Mussers and the Hornings -- Appendices. Ahnentafels ; Revising the Rancks.
Summary
"This narrative history based on the ancestry of Nora Musser (1881-1929), who was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., follows the intertwined histories of about a dozen families from the Albis region in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and another dozen similar families from the Emmental and Bernese Oberland in the Canton of Bern, during the 15th and 16th centuries. The author traces the fate of these ancestors through the periods of persecution of Anabaptists in Zurich and Bern, and their forced exile and subsequent emigration to Lancaster Co., Pa., in the 17th century. It chronicles their relationship to the American society that grew up around them over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries, including intermarriages with several Reformed and Lutheran families. Among the principal descent lines considered are: Musser, Good, Weber/Weaver, Musselman, Gehman, Bowman, Oberholtzer, Huber, Kendig, Rutt, Tschantz, Ranck, Messner, Schnader, Lied, and Frey. The author also takes a critical look at published claims that three particular lines of Nora Musser's ancestors might be traced as far back as the High Middle Ages."
108 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), coat of arms, maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Sequel to: The path of faith, a 300 year heritage, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 108) and index.
Contents
Present-day Shenk heritage listings -- Early history of the Shenk family and name -- The "Shenk" name in early European history before 1500: Religious reform beginnings in Europe, 1450-1550 ; Early Shenk Swiss ancestors -- The Shenks in America: Basis of the research ; The Shenk descendants arrive in American ; The immigrants settle in Pennsylvania ; Life in the new world -- An organized look at Michael Shenk's descendants in America: Christian Shenk's descendants ; Hans Shenk's descendants ; Barbara Shenk's descendants ; Michael Shenk's descendants -- The first four generations in America: location of the Shenk ancestors -- A summary of the Shenk families at the end of the fourth generation -- Display of Shenk homes built or lived in after the first four generations.
Summary
"This book covers the first 4 generations of the Shenk family as it moved out from the Pequea settlement in 1717. It includes pictures of over 20 Shenk historical houses built by their descendants along with present day Shenk families and their stories"--Cover, p. [1].
