Has anyone come across this surname when searching in Pennsylvania? Most particularly around Cumberland or Franklin Counties? Can anyone venture a guess as to origin of the name? I have been told that I may want to ditch the Ch and just use a T, as it may have been a mangled German surname. Many Blessings, Janet Rogers North Carolina

I have data on John George Chorpenning who married in Hagerstown, MD, Anna Maria Ankney (1757-1806). They moved to Somerset County, PA by 1780, but their original families had settled in Lancaster Co., PA. These folks were German. Donna