Got this off another list and thought it might be of interest to someone. Margie R. Pearce URL: www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors -----Original Message----- From: Alice Hills <afhills@uky.campuscw.net> To: PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com <PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 4:10 PM Subject: [PADUTCHgenONLY-L] DIETRICH AND BOYER COUSINS IN PENNSYLVANIA >Hello, may I introduce myself? I'm new to the list but had a successful >"roots" trip to Adams County in 1995, thanks to advance help from Sheryl >Snyder of the Adams Co. Historical Society office and to Harold Ditzler in >Biglerville. Because a fraction of Jacob Dietrich's farm was in the Manor >of Maske, the ACHS was able to send maps locating it on today's roads. >Translated and published church records were critical to findiing the >church and beautifully maintained cemetery. > >(JOHANN) NICHOLAUS DIETRICH (1727 Riesweiler, Simmern Dist., Pfalz - 1813, >Adams Co, PA) is my immigrant ancestor, buried at Benders Church Cemetery, >Butler Twp. Found him on the Tax Lists in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co, as a >weaver. He married ANNA MARGARETA SHAFFER, 1752, Lancaster Co. > >Their children (a work in progress, may not be in order) >l. JACOB(1753-180l Straban Twp) m Margaretha (My Line) >2. BALTZER (1755-1838 Muskingum Co, OH) m. Sara Elizabeth STRICKLER >3. NICHOLAS m. Anna Maria (no children) >4. WILLIAM (1762-1848) >5. MARTIN (b by 1765) m Susanna WERTZ >6. MICHAEL (b1768 -1843) m Sophia SPANGLER >7. GERTRUDE? m. Andreas/Andrew ZIEGLER >8. MARIA MAGDALENA m. G. SCHWENGEL/SWINGLE >9. Unknown daughter m. EYSTER/OYSTER/EISTER >10 JOHN >11.MARGARETHA > >JACOB DIETRICH (1753-1801) m. Margaretha (unknown). Their children: >l. MARGARET "PEGGY" (b. 1783) m JOSEPH HENDRICKS >2. PETER (b. ca 1784) >3. MARY "POLLY" m. PHILIP NUNAMAKER/NUMABERGER >4. ELIZABETH "BETSY" (b. 1786) m. ABNER COX >5. MARIA GERTHDRAUT "GERTRUDE" (b 1789) m. MICHAEL BOWER/BOWERS/BAUER >6. SUSANA "SUSAN" (B 1791) m. MICHAEL SHEETZ/SHITZ >7. MARIA CHRISTINA "CATHERINE MARY" (b. 1794) m. WILLIAM SKINNER >8. CHRISTIANA "died young" >9. JOHANN NICOLAS JACOB "JOHN JACOB NICHOLAS" (b 1799--moved to >Fredericksburg, Wayne Co., OH-- d 1888 Defiance, OH); m. 1823 ELIZABETH >BOYER (My Line). Americanized the surname spelling to DEATRICK. > >My Mother always told us that it was the custom of her grandfather, John J. >N. Deatrick (above) to eat a dozen eggs on Easter Morning! Could this >traditionl story help connect me to Dietrich/Deatrick and Boyer cousins? > >Alice F. Hills >Lexington, KY > >______________________________