Forwarded to the Amrev-Hessians mail list: From: "Robert Goode" <banshe8@insightbb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:07 AM > Source: MONTGOMERY_CO_OH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: LOY'S, CRIST'S, CASSEL'S and Henkel's Journal > > I've been trying to formulate a posting in response to Wayne's comments about these family groups and become daunted when I consider that the more I learn the less I seem to know, but that's one of the fascinating aspects of genealogical research. My research is still very rudimentary and always welcome comments, observations and clues. The Henkel Journal is very helpful in our research since it identifies the heads of German speaking households on the Ohio frontier shortly after the arrival of the first pioneers. The language bias is helpful in that it indicates that many of these folks who are second and third generation Americans are not yet assimilated into the Anglo-American culture. In a manner that still resonates today in the concerns by some of assimilation of the Hispanic culture into the "existing" American culture, no less venerable figure than Benjamin Franklin expressed his fears that the influx of conial period German immigrants would "Germanize" the colonies rather than be "anglicized" themselves. I personally feel that this German language microcosm in this area was a major attractant for these pioneers from other German communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and New York. > > The LOY family group has been well researched by many folks over the years and serves as a good signpost to keep our bearings with related family groups. As Wayne has stated, the Adam LOY was the probably the first of the Frederick, MD groups to locate in the Miami Valley area. In "The Loy Family in America" undocumented references are made that Adam and his son George Peter LOY searched the Ohio river valley for sometime before squatting on land in what would become Butler Co., OH. I would expect that with the long timeframe, probably more than one trip was made back to Frederick with news of the quality of land available for settlement in the Miami valley. Apparently, while waiting for his land patent to be settled, Adam became ill, drew up his will and died in December, 1803. His family remained in the area and Adam's unmarried children married the children of several families from Frederick, MD after their arrival. Some that I am aware of: Anna Christina LOY married Peter CATROW, Jan 1, 1805 in Germantown. Peter was the son of Charles CATROW, who died in Frederick in 1793. Peter had arrived in the Miami valley with his mother and several siblings including Mary CATROW SELBY(Zacharia) and Charles and Catherina CRIST CATROW. Catharina is likely the sister of Henry Jacob CRIST, mentioned in the earlier articles. Charles and Catharina were married in Frederick, MD in 1797. > > The CRIST family group included other siblings of Henry Jacob CRIST as well. As stated before, Henry's sister, Anna Maria CRIST LOEHR, her husband, Michael LOEHR and their family settled in Warren Co., OH sometime around 1800. after Michael LOEHR died Anna Maria LOEHR became Philip Gunckel, Sr.'s 2nd wife. Her daughter, Anna Elisabeth LOEHR, was already married to Philip Gunckel, Jr. Henry Jacob's sister, Anna Barbara CRIST YOUNG, her husband, Mathias YOUNG and they're family came to Warren Co., OH around 1800 and stayed for a time before moving on to Clinton Co., IN. Anna Barbara and Mathias were married in Frederick, MD in 1784. Henry Jacob's brother, John Peter CRIST married Margaret MONG in Frederick, MD in 1797 and came to Warren Co., OH sometime after 1804. > > As Wayne has stated, their are gaps in the Maryland German Church Records with respect to Henry Jacob CRIST's family. Abstracts reviewed from the Frederick Co., MD. Book of Descents, equity listings of estate administrations intestate, indicate that Henry and his siblings were the children of Michael CRIST who died in 1796 or 1797. In "Colonial Maryland Naturalizations" three German CRISTS were naturalized in Frederick, MD on Sept. 24, 1765: Jacob CRIST, Michael CRIST and Philip CRIST. There are multiple listings for baptisms of the children of these three men. Michael CRIST married Mary Elizabeth Sturm in Frederick, MD Dec. 29, 1763. > > Henry Jacob CRIST's wife was Christina CASSEL. Christina is likely Anna Christina, the daughter of Johann Peter CASSELL born in Frederick, MD in 1764. Jo. Peter is likely the brother of Anna Barbara CASSEL, both children of Christian and Christina CASSELL and Anna Barbara is the wife of Adam LOY. So, we come full circle to Adam LOY's family, again. > > When we look at the marriages of the children Adam and Anna Barbara LOY's son, George Peter LOY and Nancy Foster Ruddle LOY we see the merging of three different family groups from three different German/American microcosms; Jacob(Mary), Nancy(Tice), Barbara(Matthew) and Catherine(Denus) married FRANK's( from the old German settlement in Herkimer Co., NY; Christina(George) and Adam(Sophia) married MINGLE's from Bedford Co., PA and Mary married Michael CRIST, the son of Henry Jacob and Christina CASSEL CRIST. > > Two other additions to Wayne's comments: I believe that Peter Loy's wife Catherine Temple was likely the daughter of Michael and Catherina Margaretha(HAEFFNER) TEMPLE who settled in Madison Township, Butler Co., OH from Frederick, MD. And for a final stretch, in reference to *** Henry Boomershine's status as a possibly escaped Hessian prisoner of war from Frederick. MD ***, in a Revolutionary War Pension Application for George Beckwith, Mr. Beckwith mentions as substantiation of his service to his country "that he was stationed at Frederick Town for the purpose of guarding the Hessians who were kept as prisoners of war in the old barracks at Frederick Town" and that " he was acquainted with Michael Crist and Jacob Crist the one a Captain and the other a Lieutenant in the Flying Camp(militia). > > Those are many of the connections, both real and imagined that I've come across with these family groups to date. I'm sure that are many not mentione d and even more yet to be discovered. Bob Goode