Dwayne, thanks so much for the second reference to Anna Margaret's surname. And it's a contemporaneous account, which is always nice. Pretty cool. I'm still working on some Schneider posts but I don't know how it will shake out yet since I have a big mess so far. There are a lot more potential leads than I thought, which is better than having none at all, but it needs some major pruning to see what I actually have. David On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:47:24 -0500 "Dwayne Wrightsman" <dwayne55@comcast.net> writes: > Anna Margaret Schneider Mack - a second 1700s' reference > > In addition to the 1774 letter from Jacob Mack (son of John Mack) to > his > uncle Alexander Mack Jr. referring to his mother's brother as Jacob > Schneider (Durnbaugh, 1967, p. 256), I have found a second even > earlier > record of the Sneider maiden name of John Mack's wife. In > Durnbaugh, 1967, > p. 176, Durnbaugh quotes from Morgan Edwards c1770 account of > Alexander Mack > Sr.: "He married Anna Margareta Kling by whom he had three > children, > Valentine, John, Alexander (now minister at Beggarstown) who married > into > the Hildebrand, Sneider, and Nise families and have raised him many > grand > children." Hildebrand is the maiden name of Valentine's wife; > Sneider is > the maiden name of John's wife; and Nise is the maiden name of > Alexander > Jr.'s wife. > > In my opinion, the Mack letter of 1774 and the Morgan Edwards c1770 > account > (both reported in Durnbaugh) is substantial evidence that John > Mack's wife > was a Sneider/Schneider. I have no idea how Willoughby got the name > of > Suderein, but I doubt its authenticity whether written Suderein or > Sudere. > That is not a surname that seems to exist outside of Willoughby's > Mack > context. Possibly there was a German script spelling that > Willoughby saw > and was unable to transcribe correctly. My advice to Mack scholars > is to > ignore the "Suderein" spelling. > > Assuming John Mack's wife was a Schneider, that might account for > there > being Schneider passengers on the Ship Allen in 1729, especially > Jacob > Sneider/Schneider who was named a brother of Anna Margaretha in the > 1774 > letter transcribed in Durnbaugh. > > What do you think, David? > > Dwayne Wrightsman