The Kauffman-Coffman book only mentions the widow Anna Maria. It also says that Anna Maria was baptized with John Flory in 1747, but I can assure you that, despite the Bunderman book (p. 133), she was not mentioned by name in the Conestoga baptismal records, rather only by "wife of" who perhaps was Elizabeth Kauffman at the time. Dwayne Wrightsman -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Sewell Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 7:04 PM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRE] Kauffman Wives of John Garber, John Flory, and Jacob Graff Revisited Have you looked in the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America? The book is available in many libraries. Lynn Sewell -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dwayne Wrightsman Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 4:23 PM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRE] Kauffman Wives of John Garber, John Flory, and Jacob Graff Revisited About four years ago I wrote to this List about the daughters of Heinrich Kauffman (d.1774) who were wives of John Garber, John Flory (1718-1781), and Jacob Graff (1699-1776). The discussion between Gale Honeyman and myself went unresolved as different source materials had different given names for the daughters/wives. Last week I received the English translation of the complete will (Lancaster County Will Book X-Z-391) of Heinrich Kauffman (d.1774) and the Orphans Court Docket 1776, pp. 13-14, and discovered that they listed the given name of the daughter who married John Flory as Elizabeth Kauffman rather than Anna Kauffman as listed in the abstracts which I (and also Richard Warren Davis) had relied upon previously. This complicates things as the 1790 Written Will of John Flory was returned to court by his widow Anna Maria in 1781. Given that birth records from the family Bible list twenty children of John Flory, born in the period 1741 to 1771, it is plausible that John was married twice, first to Elizabeth Kauffman who may have been the mother of the children given that she was alive when her father Heinrich Kauffman wrote his will in 1771. In the ten years between the 1771 birth of John Flory's youngest child and his death in 1781, his wife (Elizabeth) may have died and he may have taken a second wife (Anna Maria) to help take care of the children. Does anyone have an alternative or better explanation? Dwayne Wrightsman P.S. I still have not found out who the John Garber who married Anna Kauffman was, and am not hopeful that I will.

Oops! Fahs's Kauffman book does indeed name Elizabeth Kauffman as the wife of John Flory (1718-1781). Bunderman's Flory book is the book that names Anna Maria as the wife. The Kauffman book is consistent with the court records for Heinrich Kauffman. The Flory book is consistent with the court records for John Flory naming Anna Maria as John's widow. Since there was only one John Flory at the time, the only conclusion I can draw is that John Flory had at least two wives. Dwayne Wrightsman -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dwayne Wrightsman Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 8:18 PM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRE] Kauffman Wives of John Garber, John Flory, and Jacob Graff Revisited The Kauffman-Coffman book only mentions the widow Anna Maria. It also says that Anna Maria was baptized with John Flory in 1747, but I can assure you that, despite the Bunderman book (p. 133), she was not mentioned by name in the Conestoga baptismal records, rather only by "wife of" who perhaps was Elizabeth Kauffman at the time. Dwayne Wrightsman -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Sewell Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 7:04 PM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRE] Kauffman Wives of John Garber, John Flory, and Jacob Graff Revisited Have you looked in the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America? The book is available in many libraries. Lynn Sewell -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dwayne Wrightsman Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 4:23 PM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRE] Kauffman Wives of John Garber, John Flory, and Jacob Graff Revisited About four years ago I wrote to this List about the daughters of Heinrich Kauffman (d.1774) who were wives of John Garber, John Flory (1718-1781), and Jacob Graff (1699-1776). The discussion between Gale Honeyman and myself went unresolved as different source materials had different given names for the daughters/wives. Last week I received the English translation of the complete will (Lancaster County Will Book X-Z-391) of Heinrich Kauffman (d.1774) and the Orphans Court Docket 1776, pp. 13-14, and discovered that they listed the given name of the daughter who married John Flory as Elizabeth Kauffman rather than Anna Kauffman as listed in the abstracts which I (and also Richard Warren Davis) had relied upon previously. This complicates things as the 1790 Written Will of John Flory was returned to court by his widow Anna Maria in 1781. Given that birth records from the family Bible list twenty children of John Flory, born in the period 1741 to 1771, it is plausible that John was married twice, first to Elizabeth Kauffman who may have been the mother of the children given that she was alive when her father Heinrich Kauffman wrote his will in 1771. In the ten years between the 1771 birth of John Flory's youngest child and his death in 1781, his wife (Elizabeth) may have died and he may have taken a second wife (Anna Maria) to help take care of the children. Does anyone have an alternative or better explanation? Dwayne Wrightsman P.S. I still have not found out who the John Garber who married Anna Kauffman was, and am not hopeful that I will.