To: [email protected] From: Janet Reinhold <[email protected]> Subject: Serfass etc Dear Bill, I recognized Serfass as the name, from my Kunkel (etc) newsletter. You might want to check out our website for PA queries (you have to use the "find" or just scroll thru them, sorry!). Also I will send you a few items from our Kunkel-L queries. In my indexes for past Spindle issues, I see one Kunkel Family researcher whose ancestor at least lived in the same area as Philip Serfass--Monroe Co PA. "In the 1750's, present day Monroe County was, to quote the early settlers, over the mountains....White men first settled along the Delaware near Stroudsburg in the 1720's and by the 1740's a few were trying to establish farms in the western valleys which extended toward the Lehigh River. The 1750's brought the first strong wave of settlers, and the establishment of the first Moravian Mission Station. Men like Philip Serfass, Henry Christman, Nicholas Altemose, Conrad Kresge, George Van Buskirk, and Jacob Smith settled and made roots for their large families..." [p 102, Spindle, Vol 2 no 4, Oct 1996] from article written by Kunkle researchers Jean & Robert Rowland. Also, reference is made in "Kunkels of Lehigh County PA" which is an excerpt from the "History of Lehigh Co PA": "George Kunkel lived for a time in Lower Saucon Twp, in Lehigh Co, and while there married Sarah Dotterer. they moved to Polk twp, in Monroe Co PA, settling on a wild tract of land about half a mile from Kresgeville and on this land they built the first log house. He cleared the land and they lived there until their death. They assisted in building the Pleasant Valley Church. He died in the year 1855, at the age of 82 years, and she died in her 99th year. Their children were: Abraham, George, Elizabeth (m JOSEPH SERFASS, who had 21 children), Joseph, Barbara (m Aaron Schaffer), Kate (m. Abraham Christian), Dinah (m Adam Beer), Mrs. Winter, Susanna (burned to death when she was 18 years old), Mrs. Smith, Peter, Adam, John, and Sallie (m George Kresge)." (Capital letters & numerics mine.) [p 18, Spindle, Vol 2 no1, Jan 1996] I am also sending this query to the Kunkel-L mailing list to see if anyone else recognizes the names. Here are some past queries: >From: "Terry McGuire" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 14:41:41 +0000 >Subject: Anna Margaretha Kunkel and William (Wilhelm) Serfass. >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/109 >X-Loop: [email protected] > >I previously asked this list about the ancestors of Maria Barbara >Kunkel who married Lorenz (Lawrence) Serfass. I thank everyone who >responded. Now I have a new mystery. I have obtained information >that the father of Lorenz Serfass was William Serfass and Anna >Margaretha Kunkel. Anna and Wilhelm would have been in >Chestnut Township, Monroe Co., PA. >Thank you, >Terry R. McGuire > If you find a connection to Joseph Serfass, won't you let me know? Thanks & Good luck, Janet ORIGINAL QUERY: >Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 18:48:45 -0800 >From: Bill Luke <[email protected]> >Subject: BALLIET - SERFOSS-SEARFOSS- Luzerne Co. PA abt 1847 > >Mary SERFOSS (some of the 16 known spelling variations are;SEARFOSS, >ZERFOSS, CERFOSS, CEYFOSS, SIERFOSS), b. abt 1847 d. 1878 Mountian Top, >Luzerne Co; Pa.??? m. Josiah BALLIET b. 1841 Sugarloaf, Luzerne Co. Pa. >d.1917 Ashley, Pa. Known children: Anna b. abt 1868 Luzerne Co. Pa; Calvin >b. 1870 ??? d. 1872 Luzerne Co. Pa; Lillian b. 1874 ??? Luzerne Co. Pa. >Mary SERFOSS may have been buried in Ripple Town Cemetery, Now Alberts >Cemetery Mountian Top ??? in Luzerne Co. Pa. If anyone is doing research on >these names, or can be of any assistance, please contact me. Thank you. >Walk tall and in beauty. Bill > Janet Reinhold PO Box 4001 Covina CA 91723 Family genealogy at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8878 Editor for the Kunkel Kunkle Conkle Gunkel "Spindle" Family Genealogy Newsletter at http://www.flash.net/~conkle/INDEX.HTM Fax: 626-915-0798 Email: [email protected] New: Listowner for [email protected] subscribe, send an email message to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you want digest form) with nothing in subject, and in the body of the message the word subscribe and nothing else (turn off signatures)