Having spent a week or so learning more about the Stouder families, I still cannot identify the mysterious "David Stouder(s)." There are three of these mysterious "David Stouder(s)." (1) The first one is the David Stouder who with John Stouder were listed and fined, April 11, 1776, as Non-Enrollers of Frederick County, Maryland, during the Revolutionary War. (2) The second one is the David Stouder who married Mary Hiestand of Virginia (Shenandoah/Page County) in circa 1785, their family moving later to Fairfield County, Ohio. (3) The third one is the Elder, David Stouder, who founded the Stonelick Brethren Church in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1795. My thoughts are that these three David Stouders were probably one and the same. I think that John Stouder and David Stouder were brothers, sons of Christian Stouder of Frederick County, Maryland, and that they went their separate ways at or near the time that their father, Christian, died in 1792(?). We know that John Stouder moved from Maryland to Pennsylvania and died there around 1807 or 1808, and that John's widow Sarah (Brown) Stouder and her children and grandchildren moved to Clermont County, Ohio, after John's death. We also know about the Hiestand family of Virginia, but not about the David Stouder who married Mary Hiestand. Where did he come from? How did they meet? Does anyone know? Dwayne Wrightsman

After giving it more thought, the argument of a single David Stauder might make more sense if one eliminates the David Stauder who married Mary Hiestand. The Hiestand family of Page County, Virginia, was mostly Mennonite rather than Brethren. The Stauders who lived on the east side of the Monocacy River, across from Creagerstown, and north of Fredericktown, were Brethren and were surrounded by Brethren families. The David Stauder who was a non-enroller, along with the John Stouder, also a non-enroller, April 11, 1776, may have been the Elder David Stauder who founded the Stonelick Brethren Church in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1795. He may have died in Ohio shortly thereafter. After John Stouder's death in 1807, his widow Sarah (Brown) Stouder and her children and her grandchildren moved to Clermont County, Ohio, and made their home there. I believe that the David Stouder who founded the Stonelick Brethren Church was truly a Stouder, and not a "Stoner" as others have suggested. Dwayne Wrightsman -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dwayne Wrightsman Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 11:20 AM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRE] The Mysterious David Stouder(s) Having spent a week or so learning more about the Stouder families, I still cannot identify the mysterious "David Stouder(s)." There are three of these mysterious "David Stouder(s)." (1) The first one is the David Stouder who with John Stouder were listed and fined, April 11, 1776, as Non-Enrollers of Frederick County, Maryland, during the Revolutionary War. (2) The second one is the David Stouder who married Mary Hiestand of Virginia (Shenandoah/Page County) in circa 1785, their family moving later to Fairfield County, Ohio. (3) The third one is the Elder, David Stouder, who founded the Stonelick Brethren Church in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1795. My thoughts are that these three David Stouders were probably one and the same. I think that John Stouder and David Stouder were brothers, sons of Christian Stouder of Frederick County, Maryland, and that they went their separate ways at or near the time that their father, Christian, died in 1792(?). We know that John Stouder moved from Maryland to Pennsylvania and died there around 1807 or 1808, and that John's widow Sarah (Brown) Stouder and her children and grandchildren moved to Clermont County, Ohio, after John's death. We also know about the Hiestand family of Virginia, but not about the David Stouder who married Mary Hiestand. Where did he come from? How did they meet? Does anyone know? Dwayne Wrightsman