Jim, I cannot begin to thank you enough for this information on Jacob G. Miller's children. I was not sure if Hiram was his son but I was exploring it as a possibility because I found my Hiram living next to Jacob and Susan in the 1850 census for Brothersvalley, Pa. I searched out more information on Jacob G. Miller but was only able to find his parents (Adam and Rosanna Kershner) and siblings listed in a pedigree file on www.familysearch.com When Steve contacted me with information, I was very interested in Jacob Jr's mother being Catherine Miller (b. 1753), dtr. of a Josiah Miller (died 1823)...especially since Adam Miller was born in 1750 and had a son Josiah Miller. I'm wondering if Catherine Miller-Weyand (b. 1751) and Adam Miller (b. 1750) are siblings and both children of Josiah Miller. Especially since, Catherine Miller-Weyand's son Jacob Weyand Jr. married Mary Polly Miller the dtr. of Adam Miller. I am going to search more on this theory. Do you have information on who Josiah's wife was or any other possible children? Your brother's source says that Adam came from Zwiburken, Bavaria, and settled in Hagerstown first. Another source found says that Adam was born May 14th, 1750, in Gerhardsbrunn, Pfalz, Bayern. and that he married Rosanna Kershner on Jan. 24th, 1780 in Amity Twp., Berks, Pa. or Hagertown, Md. Let me know what you find on Josiah and I'll keep you posted too. Looks like we are cousins working on the same tree limbs. Take care, Terrie Raymer >From: James Weyand <jweyand@u.washington.edu> >To: "Terrie Raymer" <terrieraymer@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: Adam/Josiah MILLER >Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 16:45:05 -0800 > >Terrie, > >I note your correspondence with my cousin Steve Folkers. He and I >have been gnawing at this Jacob Weyand/Miller connection for some >time now. Progress has been slow. The stuff I sent you on Adam I >just unearthed on a trip to Somerset last fall. I, too, wondered if >Adam and Josiah were related, but can't find anything more on old man >Josiah. I'll include the only text I have on him. It comes from the >same history book as the one I cited on Adam to you earlier today. >As you will note, some of his children have the same names and >husbands as those listed under Adam indicating that someone back >there had some wrong information. Maybe it will fall into place >sometime in the future. > >Ahhh, now I see Jacob G. and Suzanna's children listed, albeit under >the wrong grandfather. The following are just notes I made in the >past and my thinking may need to be updated. > >Keep in touch. I'd love to have more stuff on Josiah if you should >come across any. > >JimW > ********************* >®45- p.473: "Josiah MILLER emigrated from Germany in 1763, and >afterward came to Brother's Valley where he followed weaving and the >mercantile business until his death in 1823. His children were >George, Jacob, Daniel, Josiah, Catherine (WEYAND), Rosanna >(Lichteburger), Mary Ann (Alter) and Mesilda (Metzgar). Jacob who >was born in Hagerstown, MD, came to this county when young, and >followed the business of weaving until his death in 1860. He married >Susanna Zimmerman, and was the father of Joshiah, Hiram, Aaron, >Rosanna (Conrad), Caroline (Ferner), Louisa (Crissinger) and Rebecca >(Donor)." > >I'm wondering, are Josiah Sr and Adam brothers?. They have children >of similar names and who married into the same families >(Lichtenburger, Alter, Metzgar, and of course Weyand). And they came >from Hagerstown, MD.; see ®45-p.374... there are identical >names/marriages... Rosanna (Lichetnberger) and Misilda (Metzger), and >an Elizabeth (Alter). (There are some mistakes here; probably >Rosanna and Misilda are Adam's children- JW.) > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com