I have a question that has long bothered me. Why is my ancestor, Daniel Hollinger, in the small Ulrich Zug Cemetery? If I remember correctly, he is the only non-Zug there. Any ideas? I have found no family connection. Bob Harter ----- Original Message ----- From: <captainlaser@comcast.net> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Connections to 1733 Ship Hope > Bill, > > > ps Google maps calls the Hershey family plot as 419 Indian Village Road if > you are driving through there. > > > It is about 2 miles as the crow flies from the current White Oak > Congregation Church of the Brethren. > > > My family was Brethren but has Mennonite roots as well. Ulrich Zug was > Mennonite and converted to COB. He is buried outside Penryn and went to > White Oak Congregation. He married into the Bachmann family. Zaugg or Zug > was a Mennonite (or Reformed) name from Trub, Switzerland and the > Fankhauser family still owns a farm and museum of Mennonite history there. > > Other names in the cemetery south of Manheim are Erisman (from Melchior > Erisman)... his daughter married Christian Habacker (Hawbaker or Habbecker > or Habecker) and his grandson Christian Erisman married Catherine > Hostetter. It is not hard to see that these few families intermingled over > the 18th century outside of Manheim, PA. and many COB families are related > to the Mennonites there. > > > Ray Hoff > > > > > From: "Bill Thomas" <wbtst2@atlanticbb.net> > To: brethren@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 1:35:58 PM > Subject: [BRE] Connections to 1733 Ship Hope > > Dwayne Wrightsman recently noted the (then) Mennonite Flory, Stouder and > Longnecker families who came to America on the ship Hope in 1733, and then > settled in what is now Ralpho Township. This got my curiosity going, and > did some research that produced some information that expands on this > subject. I’ll begin with some additional Mennonite families from this > region: > 1.. Another Mennonite family of note on the Hope, which was Michael Witmer > and his son’s Ulrich, Peter and Hans. They also had property in Ralpho > Township. > 2.. A second Mennonite family of note was that of Johannes Long, who lived > in adjacent Manheim Township coming to America about 1722. > 3.. A third notable Mennonite family that lived in both Manheim and Ralpho > Township was the Hershey family, who came to America in 1717. > 4.. Newcomer is another notable Mennonite name from this area, found in > Leacock, Hempfield and Manor Townships. > All of these families are connected to the children of Mennonite Jacob > Good and Elizabeth Gerber, a family with notable German Baptist > connections. Jacob moved his family from Warwick Township to Frederick > County (now Washington County), Maryland about 1767, where he died in 1797 > (I had previously researched this Good family). Jacob and Elizabeths’s > children were as follows: > 1.. Anna Good married Peter Longnecker. Peter was likely the brother (or > cousin) of Rev. Christian Longnecker, who led the White Oak Land > congregation per Morgan Edwards. > 2.. John Good married a Susan ??, and moved to Perry County, OH. His son > Jacob may have lived in Somerset County, PA. > 3.. Elizabeth Good married Joseph Long. Joseph was German Baptist, and > purchased Jacob Good’s property in Frederick County. Joseph’s brother > Isaac has historical significance. Isaac’s barn was used in 1767 for a > revival led by Philip Otterbein and Martin Boehm, the founders of the > United Brethren denomination. > 4.. Barbara Good married Peter Witmer, son of immigrant Ulrich Witmer. > They lived on a farm near Elizabethtown, in Lancaster County. > 5.. Jacob Good married a Mary Bosley, ended up in Cambria County where he > died on his farm that overlooks Johnstown, PA, my home town. > 6.. Mary Good married Christian Hershey. The exact parentage of Christian > is speculative, but he is tied to the Hershey family of this region. A > Christian Hershey lived very close to Jacob Good in Warwick Township > 7.. Catherine Good married Peter Newcomer, who is likely the Peter > Newcomer born in Manor Township. Manor Township was also home to a number > of Witmer’s. > 8.. Christian Good and his wife Barbara moved to Washington County, MD and > are buried on the family farm with his parents. > 9.. Abraham Good owned property adjacent his brother Jacob in Cambria > County. The property was adjacent the Stonycreek River. John Stouder Sr. & > Jr. had warrants for property along the Stonycreek River in what is now > Cambria County, which was near a number of German Baptists who settled in > Cambria County, including Peter Morgan. This was in very close proximity > to the Good properties. The Stouder’s immigrated to Ohio by 1820, where > David Stouder the brother of John Sr. had earlier founded the Obannon > German Baptist church in 1795. > The Hershey family is also of interest. > 1.. A Jacob Hershey & wife were baptized in 1768 by Michael Pfautz and > were part of the White Oak Land Congregation in 1770. This is likely Jacob > married to Anna Newcomer d/o Wolfgang Newcomer of Leacock Township. Jacob > and Anna later became United Brethren. Anna’s brother was United Brethren > Bishop, Christian Newcomer. > 2.. Christian Newcomer was Mennonite (or maybe German Baptist??) in 1776, > where he is on a list of Washington County, MD non-enrollers listed as > “Dunkers & Menonist”. Three Good brothers John, Christian and Abraham are > on the same list. > 3.. Christian Longnecker baptized a John Hershey and Catherine Hershey in > 1776. John is also likely Rev. John B. Hershey, who later became a United > Brethren Minister in Washington County, MD > 4.. Jacob and John Hershey were brothers. One researcher suspects that > John B. Hershey was at the 1767 revival at Isaac Long’s barn. Mennonite > historians believe John B. Hershey was also a Mennonite minister, and > became a United Brethren minister about 1791. > 5.. Jacob, John and Catherine Hershey are likely children of Andrew > Hershey of Hempfield Township. > 6.. Andrew’s son Andrew Jr. is likely the Andrew Hershey in York County, > that some claim is the father of Christian Hershey husband of Mary Good. > I thought I would pass this info on. May also be of some help in > identifying the Stouder’s Dwayne asked about. > > Bill Thomas > > ------------------------ > 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 > > ------------------------ > 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 > >