Hello, Hallman's, A correspondence I had with a descendent of John Hallman, the disinherited son of Anthony Hallman. This is another correspondence that I had before our Hallman list started. "I own a family bible given to me by my father, belonging to a John Hallman (born Sept. 14, 1761 in Montgomery Co., PA). In the pages provided near the end of the bible are writings about family members, their birth, deaths, marriages, etc. The Hallman family listed on this website (Faith's website) has at least in names, county, and state, era the same people in the family bible I have. There's John and Mary Hallman (borne 1760's). Their children (borne 1780's) Barbara, Sarah, Mary, Ana Maria, Marie, Sarah, Mary, Elisabeth Jenet, Anthony, John (borne 1793). The handwriting is extremely ornate and hard to read. Could these be the same Hallman's?" I wrote to this correspondent listing the names of John's (son of Anthony) and Anna Marie's six children, Anthony, married to Sarah Thomas, Anna Catharine, married to Mattias Tyson, Elizabeth, John, Maria, Paul. I also mentioned that John (of Anthony) purchased a farm of Mary Norris in 1736, of 172 acres in Worchester Township. In 1763 he sold this farm to his nephew, Leonard Berkheimer, and purchased a mill in Gwynedd township. He also followed the trade of blacksmith. He was a contributor to the salary of pastor Muhlenberg in 1760. (Muhlenberg was pastor of the Augustus Lutheran church in Trappe, PA during that time period.) Her reply: "I would not have a problem xeroxing the pages from the bible, except that it's HUGE! I would also be afraid of the pages disintegrating. It's very old and except for the new (1960's) leather binding and some pages my father had replace on/in it. "Let me try again. A lot is hard to read due to the ornate handwriting.. Author, John HALLMAN, Born September 14, 1761. Born in Wi____-Township, Montgomery Co., PA Father: Anthony HALLMAN Mother: Saley THOMAS (does not remotely look like Sarah) (Faith's note: In the past, Sarah was often called Sally.) Grandfather: John HALLMAN Grandmother: Ana Maria HALLMAN Married Mary SCHOROR (?) APRIL 29, 1784 Born June 19th 1764 in Philadelpha Godfather: John BECK Godmother: Ealizabeth First child: Daughter Barbara Born November 29, 1784 (2 am) Barbara departed this life July 7th, 1786 (2 pm) of small pox (was sick for 12 days) Daughter: Sarah Born November 26th, 1786 (6 am) Departed this life - Sarah Hilsee (formerly Sarah Hallman) March 24, 1822 (3:25 pm) of Pulmonary Consumption Burried in St. John's Church, Philadelpha (above 5th or 3rd St.) Daughter Mary Born October 11th, 1788 (7 am) Daughter Ealizeabeth Jenet Born March 14, 1790 (8:30 am) Departed this life December (day smeared with ink), 1793 (12:30 am) of hives (sick 2 days) Son Anthony Born December 9th, 1791 (8 am) Son John born October 31st, 1793 (5 pm)) This correspondent said she would send me more of the bible's listings later, but I didn't receive additional pages. As a mother of small children, I expect she didn't have the time. Very little is known about Anthony's son, John's, descendents, so this was interesting to me. Hope someone might find some useful information in this. Faith Hutchings faith@verdenet.com