Adrian, I have 3 stories on the Hunsucker family by 3 different people. They have been taken from the Catawba Heritage Book from ages ago. This is the first one: Hunsucker No. 351 p. 236-237 Johannes Hunzinger was a native of Schallbach which is a part of the German Duchy of Nassau. This area is now a part of France that lies just south of the Rhineland -- Palatinate of Germany. When I visited this area in 1981, everyone I encountered spoke German and all the tombstones in the cemetery had German names. Johannes Hunzinger married Maria Pierson on April 30, 1743. Their first son, Johan Theobold, was baptized in the Evangelical Reformed Church in the nearby village of Rauweiller on January 24, 1744. On May 27, 1748, the pastor of the church, John Henry Wayner, furnished a Taufschein (Baptism Certificate) to the parents. Johannes Hunzinger and his family left Germany and arrived at Philadelphia on the ship *Two Brothers* on September 15, 1748. They settled in what is now Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania the name is spelled Hunsicker. Johannes Hunsicker was already buying land by 1750 and 1753 he signed a petition for a public road for nearby Allentown to the Heidelberg area. In 1757, a second church was built in Heidelberg to replace the original one destroyed by a fire. Johannes Hunsicker is listed as being one of those who furnished money to build the new church which was to be a "union" church (one used by the reformed and Lutheran congregations). In 1762, Johannes Hunsicker was listed as tax collector for this area. Johannes Hunsicker and Maria Pierson are believed to have had two sons: Johan Theobold and Jacob. It is not known if Maria came to America or whether she died early in Pennsylvania s Johannes Hunsicker's wife's name at birth of the third child is Magdalena. Johannes and Magdalena Hunsicker are known to have had seven children: Johannes, Magdalena, Casper, Anna Maria, Joseph, Heinrich and Peter. All the boys in the family served in the Revolutionary War except Johan Theobold, who had moved to North Carolina prior to the war, and Peter, was too young. That Johannes Hunsicker had a long life and was a large land owner (1200 acres) can be seen in his will which was dated November 3, 1780 and was probated December 17, 1800 (Lehigh County Will Book 4, page 38). In his will his sons Jacob and Casper were made trustees for his son Dewalt (Johann Theobold) *who had gone to Carolina.* The will stipulated that if Johan Theobold did not return within fifteen years after his *Erbschaft* was due, he would not receive anything. Johan Theobold Hunsucker (local spelling) was confirmed at Heidelberg Church on April 2, 1758. There is some question as to the family name of his wife, Susannah Magdelena. The history written in 1928 by Jonas and Thomas L. Hunsucker says that her name as Ardney one place and Nafer in another place. Mr. Raymond E. Hollenbach, a noted genealogist and descendant of Johannes Hunsicker, states that the family was most probably Arner, Neff or Neifer since these families were in this area. They were married in Pennsylvania since their oldest child, Wilhelm was born September 10, 1771 in Lynn Township. Johan Theobold Hunsucker and his family came to present day Catawba County area about the year 1773 and settled on the waters so Lyles Creek. The house was build is still standing and is the present residence of the George E. LaFone family. Johan Theobold and his wife are buried at St. John's Lutheran Church not far from where they settled. Their children were: Wilhelm md. Margaret Whittenburg; Mary md. John Grunt; Joseph md. Polly Young; Mollie md. Adam Grunt; Jacob md. Eliza Killian; Catherine md. 1) Peter Little 2) Gobel; Sarah md. 1) John Rader 2) Simon Haas; Christian md. Catherine Whittenburg; John md. 1) Smith 2) Sigmon; Susannah m. William Drum; Elizabeth md. Fred Bollinger; Peggy md. Joseph Isenhower; Eva md. Jacob Little; Barbara m. John Moser; and Theobold died single at the age of 18. Sources: 1) History of the Johan Theobold Hunsucker Family by Jonas and Thomas L. Hunsucker. 2) History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania - 1914. 3) Letters from Mr. Raymond E. Hollenbach. C. David Pope, Jr. Joy