I would also be interested in additional information concerning Benjamin Hallman's service with Captain Haines Company. Please post to the entire list. CEnnis

In a message dated 01/18/2000 7:46:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, HALLMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << I am attempting to obtain additional information about Benjamin Hallman, married to Anna (Franconia) Gotwals. Specifically, I am looking for information about his apparent military service during the War for Independence. The information I have briefly states, "He was a member of Captain Barnet Haines Company of Militia in 1777, and served as an ensign in 1781..." That's all I have. If anyone has additional information I would certainly appreciate it. >> When I requested copies of military records from National Archives, I got nothing. But another researcher shared copies ofthe following: "The information listed below was abstracted from an original document in the custody of the Pennsylvania State Archives. Duty after Nov. 1783 is not considered to be Revolutionary War Service." Hallman, Benj.n Rank Ensign Lieutenancy Philadelphia County. Battalion 5th Company 3rd Capt. Nicholus Nickum Authority: C/R, 5th Bn., 1781 Date N.D. Muster Fines _____ Published A (6) 1, 846 "Military Accounts: Militia," Records of the Comptroller General, RG-4 The basic record does not prove active duty. I have typed both what the form said, and what was typed in, i.e. name, co, etc. A second form, exactly the same form, slightly different (or additional info) Halman, Benjamin Lieutenancy PhiladelphiaCounty. Battalion 5th Company 3rd Capt. Nicholas Nicum Class 4th Authority M/R, April-May 1781 Date N.D. Muster Fines ___ Published A (6) I, 839 The letterhead says: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, William Penn Memorial Museum and Archives Building, Box 1026, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 This correspondance was dated 3 March 1986. Edie

Faith: I am attempting to obtain additional information about Benjamin Hallman, married to Anna (Franconia) Gotwals. Specifically, I am looking for information about his apparent military service during the War for Independence. The information I have briefly states, "He was a member of Captain Barnet Haines Company of Militia in 1777, and served as an ensign in 1781..." That's all I have. If anyone has additional information I would certainly appreciate it. Thank you!! Wij -----Original Message----- From: Faith Hutchings <faith@verdenet.com> To: HALLMAN-L@rootsweb.com <HALLMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 11:37 PM Subject: Brightest Full Moon >Copied from another List. >Faith > >FIRST FULL MOON TO OCCUR ON WINTER SOLSTICE >> > >This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter solstice, >> > >Dec.22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full moon on >> > >the >> > >winter solstice occurred in conjunction with a lunar perigee (point in >> > >the >> > >moon's orbit that is closest to Earth) >> > >The moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at apogee (the point >> > >in >> > >it's elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth) since the Earth >> > >is >> > >also several million miles closer to the sun at this time of the year >> > >than >> > >in the summer, sunlight striking the moon is about 7% stronger making >it >> > >brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of the Moon of the >> > >year >> > >since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming. >> > >If the weather is clear and there is a snow cover where you live, it is >> > >believed that even car headlights will be superfluous. On December >> > >21st. >> > >1866 the Lakota Sioux took advantage of this combination of occurrences >> > >and >> > >staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming >> > >Territory. >> > >In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more than >> > >the >>> >usual AND it hasn't happened this way for 133 years! Our ancestors 133 >> > >years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so years from now will see >> > >this >> > >again. >> > >Remember this will happen December 22, 1999. > > > >

It seems that most of us connect to Anthony by way of Henry, and so with permission of a gentleman I have been corresponding with, follows here his line of descent from Anthony's son Johannes. Perhaps it will contain a clue for someone now, or later in the archived names. If anyone has a connection, or additional information, please post it! Thanks, Edie Anthony - two sons and six daughters. I descend from Johanne/John, b. 7-16-1711 in Kleinniedesheim, Germany; d. 8-1-1778. He had a son named John, b.11-12-1747; d. 4-6-1821. I don't know what other children the elder John may have had. The younger John had a son named Henry, b. 11-16-1785; d. 11-1-1843. I don't know what other children he may have had. Henry had a son named Lewis, b. 1-29-1816; d. 3-19-1894. Lewis married a Sarah Harner. She was the daughter of Ann and ??? Harner. Ann was the daughter of a John Schlater. I have the family Bible purchased by John Schlater in 1826 for Ann, given by Ann to Sarah, given by Sarah to Dallas (below), and so on to me. Lewis and Sarah had at least four children: Mary Ida, Albertus, Annie, and Dallas (b. 1-12-1849; d. 2-1-1923). Dallas married a Mary Felton and they had five children: Alphonso (b. 10-17-1876; d. 2-5-1915), Mannie, Sadie, Alfred, and Lillie (b. 4-9-1879; d. 3-24-1974). Mannie married a Manuel Freed (they were my greataunt Mannie and greatuncle Mannie, and I could never figure out why they had the same name). They had no children. Sadie married a Marvin Brunner.

GREETINGS, HALLMAN's, Warm New Year's Greetings to all of you Hallman's!!! Hope this year is your best! Here's how I met two cousins this past year: I had returned from visiting with my parents in Texas. My mother and I stayed up late and talked till late, late. I asked her so many questions and she had tears in her eyes as she told me that she only had a vague memory of her mother, as she died, when Mom was 8 years old. (AGNES LOUISE HALLMAN) So we talked and when I began asking far back, she just looked at me and said, "I really wish I knew who my grandparents were. Some were in Newfoundland, and I never met them. I never knew my mother's parents, other than twice I met my grandmother." I came home and began to search. I didn't hardly know what the word "genealogy" meant. But, I sat down at my computer, and began the search. About 6 weeks into my search, a lady from Alaska emailed me and told me about a few sites that were available and that might help me with my mother's father's side of the family, the TILLEY's. (That was before I learned about the Hallman list!) So we corresponded back and forth, as it is still possible that she and I are related. Then one day she sent me an email and gave me the email address of a guy that she said was a TILLEY, and had posted several deaths, marriages, etc., on one of the Newfoundland sites. At this point in time, I didn't have anything on anyone. Not one lead! I told him who I was, who my grandfather was, and as a second thought, told him who my grandfather's brother was. He emailed me back and said that our grandfathers were brothers! I was elated. I didn't know that I even had a cousin out in Massachusettts, even though I knew I had some cousins SOMEWHERE! His aunt and I had already been emailing each other and she told me about him and I never gave it a second thought, until we met in the email box! What was so great about that incident is that he sent me all of his research on the TILLEY's all the way back to 1750, in Newfoundland, same town, same Methodist church, generation after generation. He also sent me my grandfather's mother's side of the family, the WOODLAND's, and that information went all the way back to 1675 England. I have met two ladies that I feel are related, but we are lacking one more connection to actually prove it. You know, we get older, and some of us, some how through the years get "disconnected" from our family, and those we knew or had heard of when we were children. Isn't it wonderful to begin the process of coming back to our roots, in this way!? And then, again, my cousin Barb, about that same time emailed me and told me that she had been contacted by a lady that was living in Canada, who said she was my great grandmother's (WOODLAND) neice. My great grandmother's brother's daughter. I wrote her and didn't hear back from her until I received a Christmas Card and a letter from her last month. She is so excited that she is related. I am in awe, still, as have not been able to find any living relatives of that side of my family! So, I just want to say that this list is really special to me. I stay in touch and stay on the list even though, as of yet, haven't found any connections with my HALLMAN's. You all are terrific, as is Faith, our list hostess. I hope you all find your cousins and missing relatives this year! God Bless... Linda

Recently a lady had a query on the list requesting information on her ancestors Adam Herber & Sarah Hallman. We have deleted the original message so we hope the lady sees this or someone passes on the information. >From the Marriage Registry of Waterloo County 1858-1869: Name Age Residence Born Parents Herber, Adam 22 Wilmot Germany s/o Henry & Martha (Kehn?) married 15 July 1859 Hallman, Sarah 21 Blenheim Canada West d/o Joseph & Susan (Clemmer) This is copied as it appears, including the question mark after the groom's moter's name. We hope this helps. Marilyn Wallace Ontario

Hello, all Hallmans, The New Year is here. Y2K is over with very little problems reported. Has everyone recovered from the holidays? Yes..Then, it's a good time to get a little action going again on our list. Someone suggested awhile back that we should tell the list if we have met a new cousin since we joined this list. I'd like to expand that to encompass any new cousin we have met on any list we are on, or anywhere through the Internet or otherwise, in the past year. The new cousin doesn't have to be a *Hallman connected relation.* This is primarily to encourage our new subscribers who haven't found much information yet & perhaps are becoming discouraged in their research. I have found a new connection recently in my HUTCHINGS line. This has been a difficult line to pursue, although I have traced my ancestry back to the our first HUTCHINGS to arrive in America, Abraham HUTCHINGS, a British soldier sent to America sometime in the late 1700's or very early 1800's. I haven't traced him back to England, as yet. Hope to be able to do that sometime in the future. The surname Hutchings is a common name, especially in England, and many of that surname arrived early in America. I had never found any that were related to me. I have received queries from some who saw my website but none were related to me. So, it was a real surprise when I pulled down my e-mail messages a month or so ago and started reading a message from a lady who said she was inquiring about the HUTCHINGS' surname for her cousin, who had no knowledge of his family's history. She said his mother was a Phyllis HUTCHINGS, born in Michigan in the County (she thought) of Livingston, married to a WEBB, etc. etc. I couldn't believe it. Phyllis was not only my 3rd cousin but she was also my all-time most favorite school teacher. She was the teacher in my first year at a little one-room rural schoolhouse in Michigan. The only error in the message was that Phyllis was born in the same county where I was also born, Shiawassee County. I was thrilled that, finally, I had met a Hutchings relative. This lady even e-mailled me a picture of Phyllis and her husband, taken in the 1940s. So, this is my most recent Cousin story. We have 50+ subscribers on our list so there should be some of you who have interesting stories, too. Let's hear from you! Your List Hostess Faith Hutchings faith@verdenet.com

In a message dated 01/12/2000 2:20:24 PM Central Standard Time, HALLMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << I'm a member of AllAdvantage.com, the Internet company that literally pays you to surf the Web. They pay you $.50 an hour >> Hey, what does that have to do with Hallman family history? I don't think so. Nancy in Texas

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Hi Hallman's & and Happy New Year to all of you: There was an obituary on Sunday in the Pottstown (PA) Mercury for Robert P. Hallman. He was 77 and the son of Oliver, Sr. & Harriett (Sabold) Hallman. He was born in Neiffer, PA. If anyone wants more of the details, please send me an e-mail. Doris

This website address below found on another list is worth reading. Wouldn't it be nice if every grave of our ancestors could be located? Your List Hostess Faith Hutchings > http://starnews.com/extra/features/99/dec/1207st_cemetery.html > >

Sorry no info but Have a Happy New Year! TONJAKAISER wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <RKRNaples@aol.com> > To: <HALLMAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 12:55 PM > Subject: Barbara Hallman > > > Does anyone have a date for the birth of Anthony' daughter Barbara, who > > reportedly married Richard Jacobs (or a documented date for that > marriage)? > > Does anyone on the list descend through that daughter? > > Thanks. > > Happy New Year, Cousins! > > Edie > > > Edie, > The Barbara Hallman that runs in my line is Barbara Georgana Hallman b. > 6/29/1867 d. 2/1/1948 m. Leroy Coatsworth Hallman. I know that doesnt help, > Sorry. Good Luck-Tonja

Greetings everyone, From D.H.Bergey's notes, I have only the birthdate for Barbara Hallman, born on October 14, 1718 in Klein Neidersheim, Palatinate, Germany, and who married Richard Jacobs. That's all I have on her. Best wishes for a very happy new year, not new century yet!! Elise

----- Original Message ----- From: <RKRNaples@aol.com> To: <HALLMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 12:55 PM Subject: Barbara Hallman > Does anyone have a date for the birth of Anthony' daughter Barbara, who > reportedly married Richard Jacobs (or a documented date for that marriage)? > Does anyone on the list descend through that daughter? > Thanks. > Happy New Year, Cousins! > Edie > Edie, The Barbara Hallman that runs in my line is Barbara Georgana Hallman b. 6/29/1867 d. 2/1/1948 m. Leroy Coatsworth Hallman. I know that doesnt help, Sorry. Good Luck-Tonja

Hi Edie - Happy New Year to you also! Any feedback on Barbara yet??? The notes I copied in Montgomery County Historical Society several years ago give dates for four of her siblings (Anna Maria 1706-1784), (John 1710-1778) (Mary Salome 1714- ) and (Henry 1716-1803) but no clues about dates for the remaining four children.... Hope someone else can fill in some blanks --- Celebrate safely. Connie ConRich40@aol.com

Does anyone have a date for the birth of Anthony' daughter Barbara, who reportedly married Richard Jacobs (or a documented date for that marriage)? Does anyone on the list descend through that daughter? Thanks. Happy New Year, Cousins! Edie

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Several worms are circulating the Internet by attaching themselves to address books & then sending messages to everyone on these lists. These will sometimes appear to be from someone you know. Your safest method to avoid these is to delete all messages with attachments ending in .exe without opening. Then go to your trash bin & empty it too. You can read about it in the URL below. Hopefully, most of these viruses will disappear after the New Year! Faith Hutchings Your List Hostess faith@verdenet.com W32.NewApt.Worm You can find out about his worm, and how to protect or cure your system by going to the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center's page on this worm at: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/worm.newapt.html

At this time of year we should not forget the serious side of our business. To wit: The Laws of Genealogy The document containing evidence of the missing link in your research invariably will be lost due to fire, flood or war. The keeper of the vital records you need will have just been insulted by another genealogist. Your great, great, grandfather's obituary states that he died, leaving no issue of record. The town clerk you wrote to in desperation, and finally convinced to give you the information you need, can't write legibly, and doesn't have a copying machine. The will you need is in the safe on board the "Titanic". The spelling of your European ancestor's name bears no relationship to its current spelling or pronunciation. That ancient photograph of four relatives, one of whom is your progenitor carries the names of the other three. Copies of old newspapers have holes which occur only on last names. No one in your family ever did anything noteworthy, always rented property, was never sued and was never named in wills. You learned that Great Aunt Matilda's executor just sold her life's collection of family genealogical materials to a flea market dealer " somewhere in New York City". Yours is the only last name not found among the 3 billion in the world famous Mormon Archives in Salt Lake City. Ink fades and paper deteriorates at a rate inversely proportional to the value of the data recorded. The 37 volume, sixteen thousand page history of your country of origin isn't indexed. The critical link in your family tree is named "Smith". Regardless of the problems foreseen here, we wish everyone the best of the Holiday Season. Don Holmes Ontario