I noticed that Joh. Kuhl came from Maxsain (East of Dierdorf) in the Westerwald (Rheinland-Pfalz). I have read that the Bellisfelt family and Joh. Trimmer (Feldkirchen near Neuwied as per Jones) were also from that area. Is there any connection regarding their coming over on the same ship or attending the same congregation? Robert Trimmer Granger, IN

Robert, I have yet to find the ship records on the BELLESFELTs. One Wilhelm BELLESFELT was naturalized July 8, 1730 while Adam, Johan William and Peter received theirs on Dec 8, 1744 and Johannes on May 29, 1756. I do not know if TRIMMERS and BELLESFELTs attended the same church in Germany, but tomorrow will be going to the Family Research Center to view some LDS films containing Nordhofen church records and will note any TRIMMERs I come across. Maxsain, Dierdorf, Nordhofen, Selters, etc. were all within "walking distance" of each other. According to Hank Jones, at least two of the baptismal sponsors of BELLESFELT children were from Maxsain: Anna Veronica, wife of Joh. Peter STAADTEN and Christina, wife of Johannes SCHMIDTEN. (Note: STAADTEN is the same name as STAATS; Leonard KUHL b. abt 1665 married Anna Maria STAATS, b. 1679 in Maxsain.) BELLESFELTs were connected to the Amwell church at Larison's Corner -- the text below is from the Hunterdon Co NJ USGENWEB webpage (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/hunterdon/history/area/jacobwool.tx t). Notice the name "Anthony DIERDORF". According to online databases, an Anthony DIERDORF (s/o Anthony and Christena) was born in Neuwied Germany 15 Feb 1717: "The old church stood on the north side of the graveyard and the deed to the land bears date the 21st of January, 1749. It was part of the land that belonged to Anthony Dierdorf, who had bought it from Nathan Allsn. The deed was made to William Kase, Peter Hofman and William Bellowsfelt, trustees to and for the Calvinistical High Dutch congregation in the township of Amwell, and was witnessed by John Garrison, John Case, Daniel Laroe and Jacob Woolever. The congregation received help to the amount of £15, for the bufilding of their church on May 22, 1749, from the old Dutch Church in New York. The services of dedication were conducted by Rev. George Michael We****ss, or Weitzi****s, and John Philip Leidich. The former was one of the first German ministers in America, having arrived in 1727; at this time he was preaching to three congregations near Philadelphia. The latter minister had been ordained in Holland and ****ent over the year before. He was a pastor and evangelist in Pennsylvania." Will get back with you -----Original Message----- From: Trimmerrw@aol.com [mailto:Trimmerrw@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 2:24 AM To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Joh. Paul KUHL (1702-1783)/ TRIMMER / BELLISFELT I noticed that Joh. Kuhl came from Maxsain (East of Dierdorf) in the Westerwald (Rheinland-Pfalz). I have read that the Bellisfelt family and Joh. Trimmer (Feldkirchen near Neuwied as per Jones) were also from that area. Is there any connection regarding their coming over on the same ship or attending the same congregation? Robert Trimmer Granger, IN ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx