Eld. Jacob Bowman, Sr


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Jacob Bowman Sr. married (1) Anne ____?; (2) Freni/Vreni/Fronica ____?; (3) Catherine Wine Steel, born ca. 1730, the daughter of John George Wine & Margaretha Horn & widow of Christopher Steel. Catherine later married Christian Fry. Jacob & Ann or Anna arrived from Germany on the "Mortonhouse" Aug. 17, 1729. Jacob lived in Adams Co., Pa. until 1762 when he moved to Frederick Co., Md. He then moved to a section of Augusta Co., Va. (later known as Rockingham Co.) & owned a lot of land near Greenmount or Edom, Virginia. Jacob died ca. 1903.







Lyle Family


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Excerpt from Lyle Family: The Ancestry and Posterity of Matthew, John, Daniel and Samuel Lyle, Pioneer Settlers in Virginia The aim of this book is to preserve to posterity facts of interest per taining to the Lyle family. That the book has errors is more than probable, since much of the information received in correspondence was variable in dates and in the spelling of proper names. For such errors as appear, the explanation lies in my telling the tale as told to me. It has taken years to gather what the book contains. But a few years of delay would have made almost impossible of discovery many of the facts that are presented. In successful effort, in obliging pos. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







Ziegler Family Record


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Philip Ziegler, born in Bern, Switzerland, came to the U.S. in 1746 and settled in Tulpehocken Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Regina Requel, his wife was a native of Wurttemberg, Germany. His descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, and other places in the U.S.










Casper Branner of Virginia and His Descendants


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Casper Branner (ca.1729-ca.1792) emigrated from southern Germany or possibly eastern Switzerland, and settled in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia probably about 1750. He married Catherine and they had eight children. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois and elsewhere.




American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania


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"This volume was reproduced from an 1944 edition located in the publisher's private library."--Title page verso.