Many notable folks are part of the Chronies ancestry. The past with even links to three fascinating maybe even considered monstrous folks. Lucas Raus was born in 1723 in Marienburg, now Feldioara, Romania, south of Transylvanian Castle belonging to Dracula. Peter Marstellar was born about 1700 in Pfungsadt, east down the road from Frankenstein Castle. Sarah Cable, sister of the Rebecca Cable Knowles, born about 1640 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, now Connecticut, was brought to trial as party to a coven of witches in 1654. Here is a chronological list of famous ancestors, collaterals and places.
A sampling of our well-known ancestors taken from Wikipedia’s “List of People from Pennsylvania” include Carol Semple Thompson, amateur golfer—Sewickley, Christian Bowman—Harrisburg, Denison Witmer, Lancaster, Frederick Winslow Taylor—Philadelphia, Gary Becker—Pottsville, Henry “Hap” Arnold, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force General—Gladwyne, Holland Taylor—Philadelphia, John Stuchell Fisher, 29th Governor of Pennsylvania—South Mahoning Twp., John Updike—Reading, Kristen Welker, broadcast journalist for NBC News—Philadelphia, Les Brown—Lykens, Nancy Kulp—Miffilintown, Ralph Peters—Pottsville , Samuel W. Pennypacker, 23rd Governor of Pennsylvania—Phoenixville, Scott Brunner, professional football player—Sellersville, Steve Kline, professional baseball player—Winfield, and Tom Herr, professional baseball player and manager—Lancaster, Tom Keifer—Springfield.
Here’s a complete list of our more forward-thinking ancestors and collaterals from Generation eight on back. Quite honestly, the list should list all the wives and mothers of these folks, as they were and still are the backbone and driving force of our families and communities. 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 founded by an ancestor.
Notable Collateral Ancestors:
Alexander Fleming, Scottish Doctor20
Benjamin Shoemaker, Philadelphia mayor31
Conrad Weiser, American minister30
Corey Hertzog, American soccer star8
David Benjamin Updegraff, American conductor Underground Railroad & minister church7
Dorothée Anspach, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin9
Dwight Eisenhower, American President6
Edward Biddle, American political leader27
Elijah Pennypacker, American abolitionist6
Galusha Pennypacker, Civil War General6
George Thomson, Scottish musician1
Henry Louis Baugher, American minister23
Jacques Basnage de Beauval, French Reformed minister29
Jean Joseph Mounier, French judge20
Jesse C Runkle, American gentleman23
Johann Erdmann Hummel, Hessian painter8
Johann Pfannebecker, Flomborn lawyer & government councilor6
Johann Wilhelm Anspach, Schwabenheim an der Sel burgomaster z9
John Conrad Bucher, American House of Rep30
John Morton, Declaration signer31
Jonas Row, Pennsylvania postmaster15
Kristen Welker, American journalist10
Les Brown, American composer & musician3
Luise Hensel, Prussian poet5
Marlon Brando, American actor6
Michael Enderline, American Lutheran minister13
Michael Strahan, American footballer26
Nancy Kulp, American actor8
Nathan Updegraff, American founder & delegate to Ohio’s first constitutional convention7
Nicholas Biddle, American Naval Captain27
Nicholas Heck, American geophysicist16
Ralph Garman, American actor14
Ralph Peters, American Army Lt. Colonel11
Richard Lippincott, American-born Loyalist, British Army Captain31
Robert Ferrar, Yorkshire-born Bishop of St Davids20
Samuel Pennypacker, Pennsylvania Governor6
Sebastian Kneipp, Bavarian Priest, Water Doctor23
Steve Kline, American baseballer21
Therese Huber, one of the Universitätsmamsellen, Saxon author11
Thomas Thomson, Scottish botanist1
Wes Welker, American footballer10
Wilhelm Hensel, husband of Fanny Mendelssohn, Prussian composer5
William McKinley, American President21
William Penn, British Founder of Pennsylvania Colony7
Willy Messersmitt, American aircraft manufacturer10
Woodrow Wilson, American President28
NOTES: Italics designates entries of ancestors (excluding places and collaterals) that have a listing in wikipedia. Superscript numbers correspond to family lines as follows:
1-Thompson Russell
2-Penman Stoddart
3-Goodman Brown
4-Ramp Coons
5-Hensel Guise
6-Workman Romberger
7-Updegrove Reisch
8-Culp Schneck
9-Batdorf Stoner
10-Welker Messersmith
11-Peters Enders
12-Swartz Thornton
13-Wert Faber
14-Shoop Wertz
15-Rowe Rudy
16-Frantz Gieseman
17-Dankert Koch
18-Ehrenriech Wulff
19-McCloud Murphy
20-Servis Farrow
21-Layman Kline
22-Raymond Rouse
23-Oberlander Warner
24-Gipe Ulrich
25-Anderson Arnold
26-Bordner Emrich
27-Gaugler Heim
28-Kelly Shaffer
29-Keefer Arnold
30-Bucher Mantz
31-Livezey Culin
32-Kent
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