For the record: p. 92 of Jones' Ebenezer Record Book says: Johann MARTIN Burgermeister of Purrysburg, and Maria Elisabeth MENGERSDORFF were united in marriage in Jerusalem Church, Aug. 13, 1765. [my CAPS] Anne C. -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Gieger <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] German Baptists/N orth America >Pg 92 of the Record Book says that Johann Martin, Burgermeister of >Purrysburg, married Maria Elisabeth Mengersdorff...so John was the Mayor not >her father... > > >>From: "Beverly&Brynne" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [GEIGER] German Baptists/N orth America >>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:48:02 -0500 >> >>I think we decided that Elizabeth Menglesdorf might have married Rev. John >>Martin. Her father was the mayor of Purrysburg which was right across the >>river from Ebenezer. However, this would have been John's second (or so) >>marriage because it didn't take place until after James (b. 1756) and Mary >>Martin were born. I'll give you the exact date when I find my Ebenezer >>Record Book. So it would seem that John's first wife -- our ancestor -- is >>still a mystery. >> >>Beverly >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Gerald Gieger" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 8:12 AM >>Subject: Re: [GEIGER] German Baptists/N orth America >> >> >> > Beverly, we have discussed this several times and I thought the last >>time >>we >> > had gone back to her...I don't have the documentation here, but believe >>it >> > is in the Emanuel Henry Martin Book...anyway, I am beginning to believe >>that >> > you are right...considering what I got back from Deborah. >> > >> > >> > >From: "Beverly&Brynne" <[email protected]> >> > >Reply-To: [email protected] >> > >To: [email protected] >> > >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] German Baptists/N orth America >> > >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:08:44 -0500 >> > > >> > >Elizabeth Donnom is not our ancestor. The John Martin she was married >>to >> > >died in 1771. They did have a son named James, but he died in 1768, at >>3 >> > >years of age. >> > > >> > >Beverly >> > > >> > >----- Original Message ----- >> > >From: "Gerald Gieger" <[email protected]> >> > >To: <[email protected]> >> > >Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 9:44 AM >> > >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] German Baptists/N orth America >> > > >> > > >> > > > The German Baptist Brethern(Dunkers/Tunkers) are now a part of the >> > >Church >> > >of >> > > > the Brethern, so I would suppose that our Martins may have been >>related >> > >to >> > > > those which Joan speaks of, albeit remotely... >> > > > >> > > > We need German Baptist Brethern documentation on Rev. John Martin >>who >> > > > married Elizabeth Donnom... >> > > > >> > > > ...and these Martin's might be the link between both the Northern >> > >(German) >> > > > line and the Southern (Swiss) line, since Elam Virgil Martin's book >>on >> > > > Emanuel Henry Martin says Rev. John's ancestor was Minnie Geiger and >> > >that >> > > > the gg-grandparents came from Ulster...together. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >From: [email protected] >> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] >> > > > >To: [email protected] >> > > > >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] German Baptists/N orth America >> > > > >Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:36:45 EDT >> > > > > >> > > > >In a message dated 9/14/00 11:07:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >> > > > >[email protected] writes: >> > > > > >> > > > > > Were there GEIGERS, GIGERS, KEGARS or MARTINS among the PA >>German >> > > > > > Baptists? Anyone out there - help! >> > > > > >> > > > >Margie- >> > > > > >> > > > >There were most definitely MARTINs and there WERE GEIGERs who were >> > > > >associated >> > > > >with the Brethren and who intermarried with them--but to my >>knowledge >> > >those >> > > > >GEIGERS were not related (at least closely) with your GEIGERs. >> > > > > >> > > > >Joan >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >> > > > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list send an e-mail to: >> > > > >[email protected] (mail mode) or >> > >[email protected] >> > > > >(digest mode) and put only one word--either SUBSCRIBE or >>UNSUBSCRIBE >>in >> > >the >> > > > >subject and the body of the message. >> > > > > >> > > > >============================== >> > > > >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >> > > > >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >> > > > >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >> >_________________________________________________________________________ >> > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >> > >http://www.hotmail.com. >> > > > >> > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >> > > > http://profiles.msn.com. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >> > > > Visit the GEIGER mailing list archives: >> > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GEIGER-L/ >> > > > >> > > > ============================== >> > > > RootsWeb's guide to tracing family trees >> > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/ >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >> > >Check out our GEIGER homepage at: >>http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ >> > > >> > >============================== >> > >Check out RootsWeb's new threaded archives! >> > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> > > >> > >> > >>_________________________________________________________________________ >> > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >>http://www.hotmail.com. >> > >> > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >> > http://profiles.msn.com. >> > >> > >> > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >> > Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ >> > >> > ============================== >> > Check out RootsWeb's new threaded archives! >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> > >> >> >> >>==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >>Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ >> >>============================== >>Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >>Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >> > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >http://profiles.msn.com. > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Visit the GEIGER mailing list archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GEIGER-L/ > >============================== >RootsWeb's guide to tracing family trees >http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/ >