I found it Bev on page 92...and there is an entry on page 85 for a Maria Elizabeth Menglesdorff and Friedrich Rester. Now page 48 records that it was this Rester couple that sponsored the Baptism of Rachel, daughter of Ulric and Apollonia. I think the Resters were actually Riesers. >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. 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