I found the following information in a database placed on WorldConnect (RootsWeb.com) by Mary Rohrer. Does anyone on the list have a copy of the Encyclopedia so that they can verify this information? If so, are sources given? I'm curious where this information comes from, especially since the 1774 letter that Dwayne Wrightsman referenced indicated that the Jacob Schneider who was a brother-in-law of Johannes Mack lived in the Germantown area at that time. That is substantially at odds with the encyclopedia entry below. David Myers ------------------------------ >From the research of Bruce McCrea: "According to page 1154 of THE BRETHREN ENCYCLOPEDIA, 'Jacob and Elsa Klein Schneider purchased property from Alexander Mack, Sr., Christian King, and Jacob Weiss at Schreisheim, Germany , prior to Jacob's death in 1726. Three of their six sons emigrated to America on the ALLEN with Mack and other Brethren on Sept 15, 1729. These sons were Christian, Jacob, and Mathias. Christian and his wife, Susanna, settled in East Earl Twp,. Lancaster Co, PA where he died in 1793. Jacob and his wife, Magdalene, settled near Weberthal , Lancaster Co., PA. Christian and Susanna were probably the parents of Jacob Snider of Berkeley Co., VA (1732-90 m Margaret Studebaker?), whose twelve children were brethren and whose descendants were early Brethren leaders in Bedford Co., PA.' "

David, The Brethren Encyclopedia (BE) article on the Schneider Family was written by Robert A. Longbottom and was published in BE in 1983. Mr. Longbottom (aka Shorttop) is an active member of this list and wrote one of the 2006 messages that you posted yesterday. Dwayne Wrightsman ----- Original Message ----- From: <myerswd@juno.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:58 PM Subject: [BRE] Schneider family in the Brethren Encyclopedia >I found the following information in a database placed on WorldConnect > (RootsWeb.com) by Mary Rohrer. Does anyone on the list have a copy of > the Encyclopedia so that they can verify this information? If so, are > sources given? I'm curious where this information comes from, especially > since the 1774 letter that Dwayne Wrightsman referenced indicated that > the Jacob Schneider who was a brother-in-law of Johannes Mack lived in > the Germantown area at that time. That is substantially at odds with the > encyclopedia entry below. > > David Myers > > ------------------------------ >>From the research of Bruce McCrea: > > "According to page 1154 of THE BRETHREN ENCYCLOPEDIA, 'Jacob and Elsa > Klein Schneider purchased property from Alexander Mack, Sr., Christian > King, and Jacob Weiss at Schreisheim, Germany , prior to Jacob's death in > 1726. Three of their six sons emigrated to America on the ALLEN with Mack > and other Brethren on Sept 15, 1729. These sons were Christian, Jacob, > and Mathias. Christian and his wife, Susanna, settled in East Earl Twp,. > Lancaster Co, PA where he died in 1793. Jacob and his wife, Magdalene, > settled near Weberthal , Lancaster Co., PA. Christian and Susanna were > probably the parents of Jacob Snider of Berkeley Co., VA (1732-90 m > Margaret Studebaker?), whose twelve children were brethren and whose > descendants were early Brethren leaders in Bedford Co., PA.' " > > ------------------------ > 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