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Some of our more forward-thinking ancestors from Generation eight on back. Quite honestly, the list should list all the wives of these folks, as they were and still are the backbone and driving force of all men. Look for our publication “American Pioneer Chronicles: Women, The Backbone & Soul of Our Nation” coming soon. It is important to note that the European Genetic isopoint is currently about the tenth century, when all Europeans are related. In other words, all those with European ancestry are related to Charlemagne. Therefore, in the lists below, more stock is placed on ‘recent’ ancestors who are direct line that are listed in wikipedia, not on the distant or collaterals relatives. Ancestor designates either an historic person or place.
Penman Stoddart
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1657 Alexander Gilmour, Baronet of Craigmillar
1640c George Ross, Lord Ross of Halkhead
1605 William Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald
1605 John Gilmour of Craigmillar
1560c William Ross, Lord Ross of Halkhead
1530c James Ross, Lord Ross of Halkhead
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1547 John Alexander, Lord of Blair
1502 John V, Lord of Blair
Distant ancestors in wiki:
15th C David Leslie, Baron of Pitcaple
15th C William Walker, Yorkshire gentleman
14th C Gilbert Hay, Knight of Dronlaw
Goodman Brown
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1521 Johannes Wolf, Swiss Reformed theologian
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1740 Peter Braun, Colonial Manager for Pres. Washington
Collateral ancestors:
Les Brown, American composer & musician
Discounted connections:
Johann Jakob Wolff von Todenwarth
Ramp Coons
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Hensel Guise
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1496 Guise House, French noble family, partly responsible for the French Wars of Religion
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1694 Casper Hentzelle, Palatine gentleman
Collateral ancestors:
Luise Hensel, Prussian poet
Wilhelm Hensel, Prussian composer, husband of Fanny Mendelssohn
Workman Romberger
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1842 Romberger-Stover House, historic home located at Berrysburg, Dauphin (Balzer Romberger)
1720 Established Pennypacker Mills, Philadelphia (now Montgomery); Washington’s HQ (Henry Pennebecker)
1642 Emich I, Count of Leiningen
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1730c Christian Lehman homestead, Hanover, Lancaster (now Dauphin)
1658c Abraham Wybrant, Dutch pioneer
Distant ancestors in wiki:
15th C John IV of Nassau-Dillenberg
15th C John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
15th C Philip the Younger, Count of Lohr
15th C Johann VI, Count of Salm
13th C Otto II, Prince of Lüneburg
Collateral ancestors:
Dwight Eisenhower, American President
Galusha Pennypacker, Civil War General
Marlon Brando, American actor
Samuel Pennypacker, Pennsylvania Governor
Elijah Pennypacker, American abolitionist
Johann Pfannebecker, Flomborn lawyer, government councilor
Updegrove Reisch
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1912 Established Upthegrove Beach, Okeechobee; named for Union Capt W H Upthegrove (Abraham Opdengraef)
1789 David Benjamin Updegraff, American conductor of the Underground Railroad/minister of Friends church
1750 Nathan Updegraff, American founder and delegate to Ohio’s first constitutional convention
1650c Abraham Opdengraff, Colonial abolitionist
1585 Herman Opdengraff, Krefeld Mennonite community leader
Distant ancestors in wiki:
11th C John Benfield, General for William the Conqueror
Collateral ancestors:
William Penn, British Founder of Pennsylvania Colony
Disproven connections:
Emperor Ferdinand I; John William, Cleves
Culp Schneck
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1769 Johann Erdmann Hummel, Hessian painter
1750c Kistler Creek is a 6.8-mile-long tributary of Maiden Creek, Berks
1737 St Pauls Blue Lutheran church, Coopersburg (Peter Marsteller)
1735 Established Schoeneck, West Cocalico, Lancaster (PA Dutch translates to “pretty corner”) (George Schoeneck)
1717 Established Kolb Homestead, Lower Salford, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) (Dielman Kolb)
1682 Established Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia (William Rettinghaus)
1642 William Rettinghaus, Colonial Mennonite minister
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1680c Martin Kolb, Colonial Mennonite Bishop
1666 Nicolas Rittenhouse, Colonial Mennonite Minister
1520c Jan de Voss, Burgomaster of Hanschooten
Collateral ancestors:
Corey Hertzog, American soccer star
Nancy Kulp, American actor
Batdorf Stoner
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1730c Established Bachmanville, Dauphin, first public building 1840s (Wendel Bauman)
1723 Established Fort Zeller, Lancaster (now Lebanon) (Heinrich Zeller)
1719 Established Herr homestead, Lancaster; oldest surviving dwelling in County (Hans Herr)
1686 Georg Bachmann, Pennsylvania Mennonite immigrant
1639 Hans Herr, Colonial Bishop
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1635 Johannes Jacob Peter Batdorf, Hessian Professor
Distant ancestors in wiki:
15th C Marx Röist, Burgomaster of Zurich
15th C Caspar Forstmeister von Stuttgart, illegitimate child of Ulrich V
15th C Dr. Hans Hector Schad von Mittelbiberach
11th C Hugo Herr, Knight of Bilried
Collateral ancestors:
Johann Wilhelm Anspach, burgomaster of Schwabenheim an der Selz
Dorothée Anspach, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Unproven connections:
King Philip VI, King Rudolf I, Duke William, Count Jacques de Sellaire, and Countess Clothilde de Valois de Reni.
Welker Messersmith
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1695 Jean Guerne, Burgomaster of Eschert
Collateral ancestors:
Kristen Welker, American journalist
Wes Welker, American footballer
Willy Messersmitt, American aircraft manufacturer
Peters Enders
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1825 Established Enders, Dauphin, purchased 1778 (Philip Enders)
1764 Therese Huber, Saxon author, one of the so-called Universitätsmamsellen
1572 Cornelius Lambert Hendrickson, Dutch Explorer
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1742 William Clark, American Revolution Captain
1740 Philip Enders, American Revolution Captain
1550 L. Barrentje Hendrickson, Dutch Admiral
Collateral ancestors:
Ralph Peters, American Army Lt. Colonel
Swartz Thornton
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1740c Mennonite Church, Salford, PA (Leonard Breitenstein)
1740c Established Meiser homestead, Millbach, Lancaster (now Lebanon), oldest surviving dwelling (Henry Meiser)
1733 Half Moon Inn, Newtown, Bucks (Joseph Thornton)
1657 Brian of Stapleton, Sheriff of Norfolk
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1762c John Thornton, American Revolution Corporal
Distant ancestors in wiki:
15th C William Plumpton, British gentleman
15th C Miles Stapleton, Lord of the Manor of Ingham,
14th C Brian of Stapleton, Knight of Yorkshire
14th C William Bardolf, Baron of Wormegay
14th C Robert Plumpton, Knight of Yorkshire
13th C Edward I, King of England
13th C Breitenstein Castle, ruins that stand on a crag, Speyerbach valley in the Palatine Forest
Wert Faber
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1770c Founded Wirth’s Evangelical (Salem) Lutheran Church, Killinger, Dauphin (Adam Wirth)
Collateral ancestors:
Michael Enderline, American Lutheran Minister
Unproved connections:
Baron Burkhard Maier Von Oberkirch & Lady Elizabeth Schenner
Shoop Wertz
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1770c Established Deibler’s Gap & Deibler’s Dam, Northumberland (Matthias Deibler)
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1747 Michael Garman, American Revolution Sergeant
Collateral ancestors:
Ralph Garman, American actor
Rowe Rudy
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1747c Frank Row, American Revolution Sergeant
Collateral ancestors:
Jonas Row, Pennsylvania postmaster
Frantz Gieseman
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1594 Martin Neuffer, Palatine Professor, lawyer & doctor
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1556 Johannes Neuffer, Bürgermeister of Münsinger
Collateral ancestors:
Nicholas Heck, American geophysicist
Dankert
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McCloud Murphy
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Servis Farrow
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1853 Established Zerbe Township, Northumberland, settled late 1700’s (Jacob Servis)
1756 Established Fleming House, Hunterdon (Samuel Fleming)
1717 Established Flemington, Hunterdon (Samuel Fleming)
1524c Arthur Champernowne, Sheriff of Devon
1500c Robert Ferrar, Yorkshire-born Bishop of St David’s in Wales
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1745 Jacob Servis, American Revolution Sergeant
1680c Samuel Green, Colonial Militia Captain, Deputy Surveyor General
1640 Nathaniel Bonnell, Colonial settler of Elizabeth, Essex
1624 Isaac Whitehead, Colonial Militia Captain, Judge, and Coroner
1612c William Bonnell, British General
1500c Philip Champernowne, Sheriff of Devon
Distant ancestors in wiki:
15th C Thomas Stanley, Baron Stanley, King of Mann
15th C John Savage, British military commander
15th C Edmund Carew of Mohuns Ottery
14th C Malcolm Fleming, Duke of Tipton
13th C House of Monet de la Marck
Collateral ancestors:
Alexander Fleming, Scottish Doctor
Jean Joseph Mounier, French judge
Layman Kline
Collateral ancestors:
William McKinley, American President
Steve Kline, American baseballer
Raymond Rouse
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1772 St Lukes Stahleys Church, New Bridgeville, York (Lucas Raus, founder/minister)
1758 Blymire (St Johns) Church, Dallastown, York (Peter Bleymeier)
1728 Johann Georg Andreas Stein, Palatine maker of keyboard, a central figure in the history of the piano
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1723 Dr. Lucas Raus, Colonial Lutheran Minister
1651 Johannes Geiselman, Baden Judge
Oberlander Warner
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1783 Hottenstein Mansion, aka Huddestystettle, historic home, Maxatany, Berks
1756 Old St Michael Conewago Church, Hanover, York (Adams) (Geo Bager founder/minister)
1734 Johann Daniel Bager, Hessian painter
1725 George Bager, Colonial Lutheran Minister
1671c Ernst Johann Wilhelm von Hottenstein, Burgermeister of Esslingen
1613 Burkhardt Lucius Lotz, Palatinate gentleman
Distant ancestors in wiki:
4th C Reibold von Hottenstein, Count of Hottenstein
Collateral ancestors:
Sebastian Kneipp, Bavarian Priest, Water Doctor
Henry Louis Baugher, American minister
Jesse C Runkle, American gentleman
Gipe Ulrich
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Anderson Arnold
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1727 Established Waterford (now Marietta), Lancaster (James Anderson)
1720c Established Anderson Ferry, Lancaster (James Anderson)
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1721 James Anderson, American Revolution Captain
1678 James Anderson, Colonial Presbyterian Minister
Unproven connections:
Vanderculin line: Charlemagne, Hugh Capet, Alfred the Great, William I of England, Henry II of England, Willem van Oranje; Anderson line: John Anderson, Lord provost of Glasgow
Bordner Emrich
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1750c Established Bordnersville, Lancaster (now Lebanon) (Balzer Bordner)
1727 St Johns Reeds Church, Stoucshburg, Berks (Michael Reed)
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1612 Christopher Emmerich, Hessian gentleman
Distant ancestors in wiki:
8th C Charlemagne, Roman Emperor
Collateral ancestors:
Michael Strahan, American footballer
Gaugler Heim
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1790c St Jacob Union Church, Paxinos, Northumberland (Casper Reed founder)
1740c Gable House, Upper Salford, Philadelphia (Montgomery) (Killian Gaugler)
1653 Jacob Gaukel, Bavarian gentleman
1640c Johann Georg Stoll, Baden Minister
Collateral ancestors:
Edward Biddle, American statesman
Nicholas Biddle, American Naval Captain
Kelly Shaffer
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1824 Established Kelly Township, Union, settled late 1700s (John Kelly)
1790c Established Kelly Crossroads, Union (John Kelly)
1727 Established Waterford (now Marietta), Lancaster (James Anderson)
1720c Established Anderson Ferry, Lancaster (James Anderson)
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1678 James Anderson, Colonial Presbyterian Minister
Collateral ancestors:
Woodrow Wilson, American President
Unproven connections:
Vanderculin—Charlemagne, Hugh Capet, Alfred the Great, William I of England, Henry II of England, Willem van Oranje; Anderson—John Anderson, Lord provost of Glasgow
Keefer Arnold
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1806 Established Keefer’s Station, Northumberland (Peter Keefer)
1770’s Established Herrold’s Island & Herrold’s Run, Northumberland (now Snyder) (George Herrold)
1657 Henri Basnage de Beauval, French Historian
1580 Benjamin Basnage, French Calvinist Minister (Italian wiki)
Collateral ancestors:
Jacques Basnage de Beauval, French Reformed Minister
Bucher Mantz
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1764 Henry Bucher, Chief Burgess of Sunbury
1760 Tabor Reformed Church, Grubbenland, Lancaster (Lebanon) (Conrad Bucher, minister)
1760c St Johns Quittaphilla Church, Cleona, Lancaster (Lebanon) (Conrad Bucher, minister)
1750c Heilmandale, Lancaster (Lebanon) (Adam Heilman)
1730 Conrad Bucher, American Revolution Captain, Mennonite Minister
Collateral ancestors:
Conrad Weiser, American Minister
John Conrad Bucher, American House of Rep
Livezey Culin
Recent ancestors in wiki:
1745 Richard Lippincott, American-born Loyalist, Captain in the British Army during the Revolution
1725 Established Livezey House, historic house and mill, Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia (Thomas Livesay)
1711 Established Shoemakertown, Philadelphia (now Elkins Park, Montgomery) (George Shoemaker)
1700c Established Livesey Street & Livezey Lane, Philadelphia (Thomas Livesay)
1660 Established Boon’s Island, New Sweden (now Minqua, Philadelphia) (Anders Bonde)
1654 Johannes van Keulen, Dutch cartographer
1650’s Established Morton Homestead, Ammansland, New Sweden (now Darby, Delaware) (Morton Mortonson)
1500c John of Cologne, Colognese friar and priest of the Dominican Order
Recent ancestors not in wiki:
1666 John Houlston, William Penn’s Welcome Claimants immigrant
1623 Thomas Woodyer, British pioneer
Distant ancestors in wiki:
14th C Toordh Bonde Röriksson, Lord of Pennigby
Collateral ancestors:
John Morton, Declaration signer
Benjamin Shoemaker, Philadelphia mayor
Unproven connections:
van Collans, Finnish Noble family
Kent
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