Please ramble Merle.....when you do we learn! Mary Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merle C Rummel" <cliff@rtkonline.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [BRE] Martin > Thank you very much - no these are not proved - > and at this date, I do not remember where I found these leads, can't > even find an original recording for it - just a note I had passed on. > Somewhere I had a connection of David Martin, with brothers who had gone > south > - and as far as I know - we do not really have proof that David is a son > of George Adam. > > One thing I noticed on World Connect (thanks, again, to Gale for showing > me it) - and these are far from absolute dates - > The marriage of George Adam Martin and Mary Knepper is estimated as > About 1745 - > David is given birth as 1737 > Mary Knepper is given birth as About 1725 (George Adam is given birth > as 1712 -so considerably older). > > The dates bring problems - > Mary's birth date is approximately correct- > the Knepper family is prominent in Brethren history - her parents were > married in 1723 in Holland > a brother, Peter, married a sister, Elizabeth, of George Adam > a brother-in-law, John Horn (wife Catherine), assisted George Adam in > his ministry travels (lodging etc). > > Knepper Meeting House - family - on the Antietam in Franklin Co PA - has > to be very close to Snow Hill Cloisters > (been to Snow Hill, didn't know much then about the Kneppers) > and George Adam Martin has connections to Snow Hill > > better stop - I'm rambling > Merle > > > > > > > this means that the John from Abbeville county are the one believed > > (proved?) to be the son of George Adams Martin? and likely the James as well? > > > > steven rowe > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message