I'm descended from the 1731 cousin. And I've been building a tree for the Pa. and Md. families. My tree is on Ancestry.com, but I haven't uploaded it to any other databases yet. If any of you out there want to see what I've found, please e-mail me at EdWillhide@aol.com. Distant Cousin Ed -----Original Message----- From: john.blankenbaker@comcast.net To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 3:36 am Subject: [GERMANNA] Willheit Sources in America Johann Michael Willheit had a first cousin who came to Pennsylvania in 1731. This cousin's name was Johann Friedrich Willheit. Generally his descendants spell the name as Wilhide et al, favoring the use of a "d" over a "t". -- John.Blankenbaker@comcast.net -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Charles Hartley <hartley@iglou.com> > DNA testing has determined that I am a 66/67 match with a Wilhite > whose 6g grandfather was Johann Michael Willheit, the immigrant. > FTDNA has indicated that there is a 95% likelihood that this Wilhite > and I share a common paternal ancestor within 8 generations. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There appears to be an error in the posting below. I have separated out the section that refers to the marriage of Henry Huffman and Margaret Harnsberger. This posting seems to indicate that this was the Henry Huffman of Little Fork. Margaret was married to the Henry Huffman, son of the immigrant Henry who married Elizabeth Schuster. This is according to Germanna Record #3, page 76. Am I correct in this? >(Originally posted on this List, 16 Dec 2002, by Thom Faircloth.) > >This is Day 6 of The Little Fork Colony by B. C. Holtzclaw as published in the >1960 Annual Report of The Germanna Foundation. > >7. Henry Huffman, Henry Huffman was certainly the John Henry Hoffman >of Brother >Gottschalk's report in 1748., brother of Matthew Hoffman of Bethlehem, PA. He >is not to be confused (as has been done in the past) with John Hoffman of the >1714 Colony, who moved to the neighborhood of the Lutheran group >about 1729 and >is said to have founded "Hoffman's Chapel" of the Reformed faith there. He is >almost certainly the Hans Heinrich Hoffman who landed at Philadelphia in 1734. >On June 25, 1741, Henry Huffman (also called Hans Henry) administered on the >estate of John Huffman, decd., in Orange Co. (W.B. 1, p. 155; O. B. >2, p. 400). >John Huffman was probably his father or another brother who had come over from >Nassau-Siegen. Mr. Huffman accumulated a considerable amount of land in the >Little Fork, as shown by deeds from William Deatherage in 1747, >Jacob Holtzclaw >in 1748, George Wayman in 1760, and a grant in 1768 (Orange Co. D. B. 11, pp. >48 and 83; Culpeper D. B. "C", p. 284; N. N. Grants, "O", p. 153). ===== >A deed June >21, 1770, shows that his wife was Margaret Harnsberger, daughter of Stephen >Harnsberger and granddaughter of John Harnsberger and Anna Purva his wife of >the 1717 colony (Culpeper D. B. "F", p. 96). ===== > Henry Huffman died in Culpeper Co. >in 1783. His will, dated April 15, 1967, and probated Sept. 15, 1783 (Culpeper >W. B. "C", pp. 30-33), mentions his wife Margaret; son-in-law John Young; sons >Tillman, John, Henry, Joseph, and Harmon; daughters Elizabeth (m. John Young), >Mary, Alice, Susannah, and Eve Huffman. The daughter Alice became the second >wife of James Spilman. Professor Hackley is descended from them.