Gale, Is this the same family we were talking about that were founders of the Mosquito Creek church up in Shelby county, Ohio? Wayne Webb ----- Original Message ----- > John Kessler was born 9 July 1768 in an unknown location in PA. His > family > moved from PA to Rockingham County VA living there less than a decade, > then > Wilkes now Ashe County NC in 1789 where he was married to Mary Custer. > They > left Ashe County c1812 moving to Hamilton County OH and the following year > to Jefferson Township, Montgomery County OH, c1832 to Stony Creek > Township, > Henry County IN. Yet in the later decade, some of their children moved > further northwest into Indiana and it is not established if John followed > in > these moves or went directly to Kosciusko County where he died. No, B. E. > Kesler is not from this general family. > Gale
Not exactly. This John's brother Joseph m Mary Steel and moved to Randolph Township, Montgomery County OH. It is the later whose son lived for a short while in the Mosquito Creek GBB district. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Webb" <SpiWebb@aol.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Kessler > Gale, > > Is this the same family we were talking about that were founders of the > Mosquito Creek church up in Shelby county, Ohio? > > Wayne Webb > > ----- Original Message ----- >> John Kessler was born 9 July 1768 in an unknown location in PA. His >> family >> moved from PA to Rockingham County VA living there less than a decade, >> then >> Wilkes now Ashe County NC in 1789 where he was married to Mary Custer. >> They >> left Ashe County c1812 moving to Hamilton County OH and the following >> year >> to Jefferson Township, Montgomery County OH, c1832 to Stony Creek >> Township, >> Henry County IN. Yet in the later decade, some of their children moved >> further northwest into Indiana and it is not established if John followed >> in >> these moves or went directly to Kosciusko County where he died. No, B. >> E. >> Kesler is not from this general family. >> Gale
In which township was the Mosquito Creek Church located? Sharon Mills ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Webb <SpiWebb@aol.com> Date: Friday, February 22, 2008 13:14 Subject: Re: [BRE] Kessler To: brethren@rootsweb.com > Gale, > > Is this the same family we were talking about > that were founders of the > Mosquito Creek church up in Shelby county, Ohio? > > Wayne Webb > > ----- Original Message ----- > > John Kessler was born 9 July 1768 in an unknown location in > PA. His > > family > > moved from PA to Rockingham County VA living there less than a > decade, > > then > > Wilkes now Ashe County NC in 1789 where he was married to Mary > Custer. > > They > > left Ashe County c1812 moving to Hamilton County OH and the > following year > > to Jefferson Township, Montgomery County OH, c1832 to Stony > Creek > > Township, > > Henry County IN. Yet in the later decade, some of their > children moved > > further northwest into Indiana and it is not established if > John followed > > in > > these moves or went directly to Kosciusko County where he > died. No, B. E. > > Kesler is not from this general family. > > Gale > > > ------------------------ > 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 >