I think I have a connection with your family. Believe me, I know how hard it is to connect FROELICH/FROEHLICH/FRALEY/FRALEIGH/ FREILICH and FRALICK families. My Samuel and George Fralick (father and son) families lived in Mifflin County which used to be Lancaster. I have a feeling that they may be Loyalists because they were mighty hard to find during the Revolutionary War and there were lots of them in the Lunenberg, Nova Scotia (I think it was Nova Scotia) area. According to my great grandmother who told my mother when she wrote a high school family history story (around 1933) the Fralicks (I am sure that it was Froelich to begin with) came from Holland to escape religious persecution. They could have been German since the area they lived in was heavily Pennsylvania Dutch, Swiss, or even Dutch. Mifflin County also has a big Mennonite community. My great grandparents left Pennsylvania around 1900 and moved to Mylo, North Dakota. There was also a Mennonite community there. I haven't checked my files but I seem to remember that I couldn't back much farther than 1800 on this family. Pecht was another name that has come up. Mary Pecht is supposed to be a ggg grandmother but I can't tie her in anywhere. Have you seen this name? I hope we can compare notes. By the way, there is a Meyer or Mayer, and a Wagner that is supposed to be connected to Fralick as well. Bev S Anchorage ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Green" <glenwyn@craftech.com> To: <FROELICH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:24 PM Subject: Jacob Froelich, Lancaster Co., Pa. > I forget how long I've been on this list, maybe about two years. > I think we don't have a whole lot of members. I'm not the list Mom > and I think we may not have one. It's still very much worthwhile > staying on the list and sending your information. If someone does > a Rootsweb search, your message may come up. Also, who knows, a > member might be a cousin. I seem to get a message every couple of > months. You won't be swamped with mail:-) We should have a roll > call occasionally. > I'm looking for descendants of Jacob Froelich (Frölich). One > branch of the family spells it Fraelich and another Fraley. He was > born in Germany (possibly Heutingsheim, Wuerttemburg) about 1739 > and came to Strasburg, Lancaster Co., Pa. around 1752. I've found > out all kinds of things about him except the names of his children > on any kind of document (no deed, no will, not mentioned in > probate, etc. - been looking for 30 years. > Jacob Froelich, born abt. 1739, died 1784, married June 14, 1763 > Anna Eva Elizabeth Reich b. abt. 1740, d. Oct. 22, 1824. > I think children are (no proof): > 1. Catherine > 2. Jacob, b. abt. 1766, d. 1826, m. 1794, Veronica Fritz, d. > before 1808 (ancestors of John M. Froelich 1834-1916, prominent > builder and banker, Mountville, Lancaster Co, Pa.) > 3. Elizabeth, may have married Henry Meyer > 4. Johannes, b. abt. 1770, m. 1793, Barbara Lohrman b. abt. 1773, > d. 1828 (my ancestors) > 5. Maria, may have married Philip Benner > 6. Hannah > Hope maybe to find some cousins. > Marge Green > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >