Thanks, Wayne. I knew Gale has done some work on the Montgomery County Beckers. He has told me that someone needs to work them out, but he doesn't have time. Living in New England, I don't really have ready access to the necessary records (if they exist). It is feasible that John and Peter are related. I do have a Peter Becker (1740-1803) listed as John's (1758-1824) older brother, but have very little information on him, and am not even certain that this is a correct entry in my database. The Henry Becker bio-sketch says John was born in Bedford County, which was impossible, since Bedford County was not formed from Cumberland County until 1771. Cumberland County, in turn, had been formed from Lancaster County in 1750. The sketch goes on to say that John had lived for a while in Lancaster County. Either the family moved back to east to Lancaster County for a period of time, or the writer was confused on the history of the area. For that matter, it is doubtful that John was born in "Bedford County," because the first white birth recorded within the bounds of that county was 1759. In all probability John was born in Lancaster County. We do know that John's wife, Anna Stauffer Eshelmaan, was born in Rapho Twp, Lancaster County. The bio-sketch also lists Henry's father, John Jr, as having been born 1791 in Bedford County which is possible, although I am told there is a family group sheet in the Martinsburg Library which lists him and his older sister as being born in Lancaster County. This needs to be checked out. In any case, John and Anna's fourth child, David (b. Nov 1795), and succeeding children have all been listed as being born in Somerset County - which is possible since Somerset was formed from Bedford County in April 1795. The presence of a family group sheet in the Martinsburg Library does hint that there could have been a tie with Morrison's Cove. Bob Harter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Webb" <SpiWebb@aol.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 6:57 AM Subject: [BRE] Becker family(s?) of Montgomery County, Ohio > Bob, > > > > I have worked on the Peter Becker, alias Baker, who lived in and was > possibly an owner of Liberty in Jefferson township, Montgomery county, > Ohio. > He hailed from Morrison's Cove, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and before > that Franklin county, Pennsylvania. And yes, he is part of the difficult > to > research Brethren Peter Becker family of Franklin county, Pennsylvania. > > > > I was finally able to deduce that a small estate on file in Bedford > county, > Pennsylvania, actually only a horse and a saddle, that alludes that a > Peter > Becker having died in Stark county, Ohio, was actually Peter Becker who > died > in Montgomery county in about 1818. His widow would then marry Solomon > Sanford and move to Indiana if memory serves me correctly and become > Christian Church. One of her sons by Peter would become a minister in > that > church. It might have been a grandson. > > > > Of course I cannot now locate all the research notes I compiled with the > assistance of Gale Honeyman. I do recall that there were some surprises > within Peter's estate that amazed even him. Some of this family moved to > Indiana and one or two moved to the northern parts of Montgomery county > and, > I believe, into Miami county. > > > > I have Peter's estate images in my computer partly processed. It is an > extremely large estate and very convoluted which is why the processing > languishes. He was German Baptist. > > > > Cordially, > > A. Wayne Webb > > Historian: German Baptist Brethren Church > > Past Editor: Brethren Roots > > Site developer: German Baptist Brethren Books > <http://books.brethrenarchives.com> > > Site developer: German Baptist Brethren Ministers > <http://mincon.brethrenarchives.com/> & Congregations > > Site developer: German Baptist Brethren Almanacs, > <http://books1.brethrenarchives.com/> Annuals & Yearbooks > > Site developer: German Baptist Brethren Offerings > <http://offering.brethrenarchives.com/> > > In other words: Chief Bottle Washer and Cook > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 17:57:51 -0500 > > From: "Bob Harter" <rharter36@myfairpoint.net> > > Subject: [BRE] Becker family(s?) of Montgomery County, Ohio > > To: "Brethren List" <BRETHREN@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <D7DE40B41F9E4EEFB9C3812E85776F63@RHarterPC> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > > Returning to the present, has anyone done work on the Montgomery County, > > Ohio, Beckers? Do they all trace back to John Becker or are there multiple > > lines? If the latter, have any work been done that would indicate a > > relationship to John prior to his move to Ohio? > > > > Bob Harter > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >