Hi, Rosemary: Saw your query that Gerry forwarded to our GEIGER List and offer this for your consideration. Gov. Hans Jacob GYGER/GEIGER who arrived at Charleston, SC, on 1 Feb 1737 from Canton St. Gallen, SWT, with his wife and children (and other family members), had a married son Herman GEIGER, whose wife was Elizabeth HABLÜZEL of Trüllikon, Canton Zurich, SWT. The Lexicon der Schweitz says the HABLÜZEL family was prominent in Trüllikon as early as 1554. They were married in Canton St. Gallen on 26 Feb 1734. I do not know her parents, but she very well could be related to your Johannes. See the item below from "History of Orangeburg Co., SC" by A. S. Salley, Jr., 1898. Pg. 34. "... But it was not until 1735 that this portion of the province had any considerable number of whites. The arrival of the settlers who found their way thither is thus mentioned in the South Carolina Gazette, under date of July 26th: -- 'On Sunday last arrived two hundred Palatines; most of them being poor, they were obliged to sell themselves and their children for their passage (which is six pistoles in gold per head) within a fortnight of the time of their arirval, or else to pay one pistole more to be carried to Philadelphia. ...' " >From: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Hablutzel/Griger >Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 23:10:37 -0700 > >Hello, >I am researching Johannes Hablutzel who arrived in Pennsylvania on >the ship Chance in 1764. He enlisted in the Rev. War twice. He is >burried in Woodford KY. > >Would this Hablutzel be one in your line? > >Thank You, > >Rosemary Webb >[email protected]