Interesting information you have sent. I have Daniel Hallman b January, 19, 1803 and died January 13, 1891. One of his wives Mary Lorentz (???) b October 5, 1801 and died November 18,1842. He married her February 5, 1824. His second wife was Sally and I have no further information on her. I have a Mary Lorentz who's father was Andrew H. Lorentz b about 1763 and died March 31, 1812 he married Elizabeth Ramsour b around 1787 and died around 1833 or later. 1788 - Andrew Loretz came west of the Catawba after arriving in Pennsylvania from Switzerland where he was a member of the German Reformed Church. 1789 - Pastor Loretz was ordained and began serving the German Reformed Congregations in the area. These were the Congregations that met in the Union Meeting Houses throughout the area. 1812 - March 31, Rev. Andrew Loretz died at the age of 59 and was buried at Daniels Church four miles north-west of Lincolnton with members of his family. Andrew H. Lorentz's father was Andrew Von Lorentz but little other information. He had Andrew H and a Daughter Mary Von Lorentz. Most of my information was picked up as collaterial information from my Ramsour, Whitner, Roney/Rhoney, Summerow, Hallman, etc., files in searching for my wife's family Rhoney. Just thought I would get your input on these names, but you have indicated you thought the spelling was different. Most of these families came out of Pennsylvania after emmigrating from Europe. They then travelled down to North Carolina and settled in the Lincolnton area of North Carolina. ray taylor tnemelcy@wk.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Williams" <jxwilliams@earthlink.net> To: <CATAWBA-WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 5:35 PM Subject: [CATAWBA-WEST] Re: CATAWBA-WEST-D Digest V03 #83 > > > I'm descended from Daniel Hallman (b 1803) and have other info about him > that is partially different from what appeared here and in other places. > This is what I've found: > > His first wife was Mary Lontz, a daughter of George and Susannah Lontz. > (The marriage bond may look like Mary's name was Loretz but if you compare > it with real Loretz documents from that time, you can see the difference. > Also, the estate settlement for George includes info naming Daniel and Mary > Hallman among his heirs. Third, their daughter Mary Catherine's death > certificate gives her mother's maiden name as "Luntz.") > > His second wife was Sarah Keener. The estate settlement for Michael Keener > mentions Daniel and Sarah Hallman several times. > > His will does list his children who lived to adulthood. Laban is not > included so I would be interested in documentation connecting him to this > Daniel. (His will indicates that he was married only twice--I know this > wouldn't rule out Laban from another earlier relationship.) There was no > Vilecta as far as I can tell -- this was a misunderstanding of the > "Southern" pronunciation of Phylector. He had at least two other children > from his second marriage who died young. > > I have additional info about his children if you're interested. > > Jan > > > ==== CATAWBA-WEST Mailing List ==== > ==== CATAWBA-WEST Mailing List ==== > Sharing info on the region West of the Catawba River, NC > For further info, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/ > Our thanks to RootsWeb for hosting this list and web page >