> Subject: Loeffels in early PA. > From: Bobfoley@aol.com > > Message no#1 > > I just came across the following info. at one of the Internet sites. The > source is: > "Early Lutheran Baptisms & Marriages in S.E. PA" > (Groom) Christian Loeffel married (Bride) Maria Barbara Wittner on 20 > June > 1737 in Catores, PA. > Children are: Anna Margaretha Loeffel (b) 2/28/1738 and Baptism: 22 May > 1738. > (Sponsor) Catarina Baumann > John Peter Loeffel (b) 2/1/1741 and baptism: 5 Apr. > 1741 > (Sponsors) John Peter Schultz and wife Anna Catarina > Location: Conewago > > Message no#2 > > > As a follow-up to my early msg. re. Christian Loeffel of Lancaster Co., > PA, I > have come across the following info: Adam Georg Kobel(later became > Coble) > married Anna Margaretha Loeffel on 13 May 1754 in St. Mathews Lutheran > Church, Lancaster Co. PA on 13 May 1754. She is the dtr. of Christian & > Maria > Barbara(Wittner) Loeffel. They must have shortly moved to Orange Co., NC > > after they married as the following children (all COBLES) are shown as > being > born in Orange Co., NC: John, Peter, David, George, Henry, Catherine, > Adam, > Barbara, Christian, Emilia, and Christopher. The 1779 Orange Co., NC tax > list > shows an Adam Coble, as well as an Anthony, David, George, Henry and > John > Coble. John and Christian Spoon are also shown on this same list. Could > this > be Christian(Loeffel) Spoon, and his son John Peter(Loeffel) Spoon. It's > > something to think about. It's interesting to see the census reading for > the 1790 > Orange Co.,"St. Asaph's District". It lists the following families all > in a > row: John Coble, John Spoon, Henry Coble, Adam Spoon, and David Coble. > Further on down the > line in the same district is an Adam Coble, as well as Noe's and some > Smiths > and Heltons mixed in. Some of the aforementioned Cobles died in Guilford > Co. > and a few of them migrated on to Dade Co., MO. Anyway I thought this > might be > of interest to you. Bob