In a message dated 98-07-14 00:29:18 EDT, you write: > Does anyone have any more information on the following? > Here are some questions I'd like help with: > > Does anyone have a death date for Mary Elizabeth GEIGER? James, I have never seen a death date for Mary Elizabeth. I do know Ann Rasor is on this list and maybe she can provide some information about Mary Elizabeth? Ann do you have a death date? > > Is more known regarding her parents? Yes. I recently posted a report to this list on the Geigers of Berwangen, Germany which included this information as well as the information on the other Geigers from this family who came to America, most notably Paul Geiger for whom Geigertown in Berks County is named. If you didn't see it, or deleted it without realizing it involved your Geigers, and would like me to send the entire report, let me know and I will send it privately. I will copy here just the information pertaining to Mary Elizabeth and her parents and siblings. George Geiger, born 27 November 1728 in Berwangen, son of Johann Paul Geiger and wife Eva Maria emigrated to America in 1749 on the �Fane� along with Paul Geiger of Geigertown, Berks County. According to �Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina� George lived until early in 1793 in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and at that time removed to Rowan County. It has since been disproved that the George who migrated to North Carolina is this George Geiger. It is likely that George Geiger remained in Lancaster County. George married Catharina Elizabetha and the couple had the following children whose baptisms are recorded at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Trinity Lutheran records, page 34, indicate that Georg Geiger is the �recently arrived servant of Jacob Dannbach.� That entry was recorded in 1750. 1. Maria Elizabetha Geiger, born 25 November 1753, and married Captain Martin Weybright III at St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster, on 16 April 1786. Of interest is the fact that Martin Weybright III's parents were Martin Weybright II and his second wife Elizabeth (nee M�ller) Geyer. Elizabeth M�ller's first husband John Henry Geyer is listed in the records of the First Reformed Church, Lancaster, as John Henry Geiger. This incorrect spelling of his name on the baptismal record of his son George Henry Geyer in 1742 resulted in much confusion for Geiger researchers who mistakenly believed him to be their ancestor. 2. Mary Margaret Geiger for whom no baptismal record has been found. However, there is a death record showing that she died at one year of age on 20 September 1757 3. Johan Nicolaus Geiger, born 2 July 1758. 4. Anna Catharina Geiger, born 21 December 1760. 5. Anna Christina Geiger, born 21 April 1763. > > Did she have any siblings? If so, who were they, etc.? Listed above. > > Can anyone provide a complete list of her children (All I have is her son > Jacob)? No--I don't have them either but would like to if anyone can help with this. > > And the big stumper: What were the circumstances that led Martin Weybright > and Mary Elizabeth Geiger to move from "high church" Episcopalian to > anabaptist German Baptist Brethren, and when did this happen? My understanding of this is that Martin Weybright was NEVER a member of the Episcopalian Church and I seriously doubt that Mary Elizabeth Geiger was either. They were most likely Lutheran. It is listed in the St. James registers that this church frequently performed marriages and baptisms for the Lutherans and other Germans who were not members of their church. I have no idea what their reasons were for getting married in this particular church. Joan