Thank you for your reply to my posting regarding the Biglers at Little Conewago. It is really wonderful to meet someone who was not only born in the place where my Bigler ancestors first settled in America, but who also was born into the same church they were members of!! Does that make us cousins? I am very interested in the book you mention: The History and Families of The Black Rock Church of the Brethren. I have not been able to locate this book in any library or bookstore. Do you know if there are still any copies available, and if so, where I can obtain one? I have some questions that maybe you can find answers to in the book you have, or that other members of this list might know something about. 1). I am not sure just when the Biglers became affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. In the Rev. John Casper Stoever's "Baptismal and Marriage Records", 1730-1779 there appears: John Michael Biegler and Susanna Reuscher, Married December 14, 1741. And in the records of St. Mathews Lutheran Congregation of Conewago: Baptism of John Michael Bügler, born May 17, 1743, son of John Michael Bügler. So Michael was married first to Susanna Reuscher before he married Rosina Boyer. In Michael's will he gives 5 Pounds current money to Mark Beegler, son of his brother Mark. He leaves everything else to Rosina with no mention to any of their children. Michael's widow, Rosannah Biglar, mentions in her will of September 9, 1785, her dowry from her deceased husband of york County, several of her children named Boyer, and her daughter Catharine's husband, Daniel Leatherman, who was her executor. 2.) So was Catherine Adam Boyer's daughter or Michael Bigler's daughter? I also find the naturalization record of Michael Beagler from Cadorus Township, York County on May 29, 1772. This might be supposed to be Michaels son. 3.) Assuming this is the John Michael, who was born in Conewago, why did this Michael Beagler needed to be naturalized? Maybe because his father had not yet been naturalized. 4.) Is this the John Bigler and his wife Mary, who were residents of Manheim township, and did they have children? Regards, N. H. Goodman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 8:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago The Congregation, "Little Conewago" founded in 1738 was later renamed Upper Codorus and is presently known as Black Rock Church of the Brethren. I was born into that congregation and am still an active member there. We have a book, "The History and Families of The Black Rock Church of the Brethren". The index lists these Biglers: Cathryn, John, Mark (1705 - ), Michael. Some excerpts --- Daniel Leatherman was married to Catherine Bigler, the daughter of Michael. Daniel Leatherman is thought to have been married before - his first wife may have died in Europe or on the difficult trip to come here. "Some members of the Bigler family were also associated with the growing experiences of the L.C. congregation. In Switzerland, members of the family resided in teh communities of Biglen and Worb southeast of Berne. Mark Bigler (1705 - - ) came to America Sept. 28, 1733 and received a warrant for one hundred acres of land beyond the Susquehanna River. He never settled on this land. Like many others, he decided too move on into Frederick County, MD. . . . " Michael Bigler, the brother of Mark, arrived in America May 30, 1741. He received a warrant of land for one hundred acres in the western reaches of Lancaster County, PA (April 25, 1744). A later warrant (March 7, 1745) gave Michael fifty more acres adjoining his other land 'ont he Little Conewago over the Susquehanna'. Michael was married to Rosina Boyer ( - 1785), the widow of Adam Boyer. Like his brother, Michael moved into MD to purchase lands in Frederick Co. However, the son of Michael remained in York Co. and was naturalized on May 29, 1770. An early record of Manheim Township shows that a John Bigler ( - 1803) and his wife, Mary, were residents of the township at the beginning of the 19th century." (The building of B. R. Church is located in Manheim Township of York Co., PA.)