Kay and List members---- I have been reading the papers Kay sent to me trying to figure out some things. You say that your John Harkey was born April 1789 and at age 6 was orphaned. He went to live with Jonas Lipe and his wife Christina Meisenheimer. I know this couple as they are in my Lipe genealogy . I do not know who Christina's parents were and at this time I have NO marriages between Harkey, Lipe or Meisenheimer in any of my files. Kays information said that This that She ( Christina) was his aunt. That would mean that either his father or mother was her sibling. Since I have no Harkey marriages to Lipe at this time. That would mean (maybe) that Christine Meisenheimer was his mothers sister, which would mean that his mother was a Meisenheimer and we have the Kay's papers state that his Mother was Elizabeth Daub. So we are up the creek. --------- Someone help with my thinking on this. I've never been logical. Next. Kay's information said that John who married Sarah Walcher had parents who were John Harkey who married Elizabeth Daub. I have John Harkey who was a son of Old Martin 1746 and I have this John Harkey married to an Elizabeth but didn't have her last name. The only problem is ---------Birth dates are wrong but not off by much I have Martin 1746> John 1765> John 1796 I don't have any children in my files for this last John. QUESTION Kay is this last John --your John with the wrong birth date? If not--Why not? Jonas Lipe/Christina Meisenheimer also had a second wife Christina Huber/Hoover. I don't know about Johas Lipes brother was John G. Lipe who married Barbara House the parents of Julia Ann Lipe who was my GGgrandmother.Married to Levi Harkey. The Lipes were originally from Switzerland as I suspect out Harkey's were too.