I am seeking information on the surname BEIGHLEY and its variations. The family was known to be in SW Pennsylvania from the 1770s to the 1860s when they moved to Freeborn County, Minnesota. Many stayed in PA and many went to MN. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sylvia Searching in MD: I am searching forr the above surname. Conrad BEUCHLER (sp?) came to Philadelphia in 1754 as an indentured servant to George WILES. Oct. 22, l754. Ship Halifax, Thomas Coatam, Captain, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes. ---Inhabitants from Wirtemberg, Hesse, Franconia and the Palatinate, ---ten Roman Catholics. Conrad Buchler, p. 342 Also on the same CD, p. 445 The Oath of Allegiance: List of Foreigners imported in the ship Halifax, Capt. Thomas Coatam, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes. Qualified, Oct. 22, 1754. He swore his allegiance to the King of England and at that time signed his name {"Conrad Beuchler". When he married he changed the name to BEIGHLEY. . Conrad married Margaretta Wiles. At this time he changed his name to Beighley. Their first home was near Funkstown MD on a tract of land known as "Wiles Beginning They were communicants of the old German Lutheran Reformed Church of Salem. It is still standing, as of 1991, one mile from Hagerstown, MD, on the old Saratoga Road. Any help you can give me with this surname, or information about the church above and how to get its records, would be greatly appreciated. Sylvia

Try the Frederick County page. They have people that do look-ups in the German Church Records in Frederick. I tried to reply personally to this message and it does not work. Sorry. ==== MDFREDER Mailing List ==== http://members.aol.com/midmdroots/frederick/ * * *Early FREDERICK COUNTY WEB PAGE * * * Court Records, Cemetery Inscriptions, Lookups and Queries! All Postings MUST Be Genealogy Related! Jan Parker -----Original Message----- From: TentKamper@aol.com [mailto:TentKamper@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 4:08 AM To: MDGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDGEN] BEIGHLEY surname I am seeking information on the surname BEIGHLEY and its variations. The family was known to be in SW Pennsylvania from the 1770s to the 1860s when they moved to Freeborn County, Minnesota. Many stayed in PA and many went to MN. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sylvia Searching in MD: I am searching forr the above surname. Conrad BEUCHLER (sp?) came to Philadelphia in 1754 as an indentured servant to George WILES. Oct. 22, l754. Ship Halifax, Thomas Coatam, Captain, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes. ---Inhabitants from Wirtemberg, Hesse, Franconia and the Palatinate, ---ten Roman Catholics. Conrad Buchler, p. 342 Also on the same CD, p. 445 The Oath of Allegiance: List of Foreigners imported in the ship Halifax, Capt. Thomas Coatam, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes. Qualified, Oct. 22, 1754. He swore his allegiance to the King of England and at that time signed his name {"Conrad Beuchler". When he married he changed the name to BEIGHLEY. . Conrad married Margaretta Wiles. At this time he changed his name to Beighley. Their first home was near Funkstown MD on a tract of land known as "Wiles Beginning They were communicants of the old German Lutheran Reformed Church of Salem. It is still standing, as of 1991, one mile from Hagerstown, MD, on the old Saratoga Road. Any help you can give me with this surname, or information about the church above and how to get its records, would be greatly appreciated. Sylvia ==== MDGEN Mailing List ==== Listowner: Jan ; jcart54@aol.com If you have any questions or suggestions you can email me any time when sending me a email please put MDGEN in the subject line

In my husbands line I have a Heinrich Beachley/Biegler born 1716 who married Catharine ???? Children are: John Henry (Johann Heinrich) b June 5, 1758 and he married Anna Barbara Flook/Fluck daughter of Jacob. (my husbands line)bapt in Evangelical Lutheran Church Fred. Co., MD Mary Elizabeth b 1754 Catherine b 1756 Conrad b 1760 Susannah b 1761 Barbara b 1763 Eva Eliz. b 1765 I have more of this line if you think there may be a connection. --- TentKamper@aol.com wrote: > I am seeking information on the surname BEIGHLEY and > its variations. The > family was known to be in SW Pennsylvania from the ===== Keep on Stampin' Cheryl Miller Alton, VA Stampin' & genealogy - full time hobbies Visit my family: www.geocities.com/kosacktree

We have enough Beeghley/Buchele people from western PA and MD to populate a couple of states. Perhaps everyone on the MDGARRETT site can help. Bettie