Shirley-- I have cemetery record book for present Berkeley County, WV, and I found some Little's but no Coffenberry--there are Coffenbargers. Also some Kline (this spelling). Please let me know if you'd like more info. Meg At 03:31 AM 9/19/97 -0400, you wrote: >Michael > >When I saw your first post it caught my eye but this woke me up so to speak. >In your Adam Little (Klein) family research have you come accross any of the >girls names? On one line I'm working on I can trace back to Martinsburg, WV >and/or old-Frederick Co. Va. I still have some proving to do but don't most >of us. And alot of the oldest information I have came from"Genealogy of the >Coffenberry Family" by B. Scott. > >A quote from the book "George Lewis Coffinberry was married December 5, 1786 >at Martinburg, West Virginia to Miss Elizabeth (Klein) Little, who was born >near Alsace Loraine about 1769. Elizabeth Little believed herself to be a >descendant of royalty. Elizabeth had a brother that we know of." No name, >nothing. > >Elizabeth Little Coffinberry died in 1858 in Ohio. Her Parents were surpose >to be George (KLein) Little and Elizabeth Truggat both born near Strasburg, >Alsace, Germany. > >Also Coffinberry can and was spelled many way of course. One of the older >ways I've found is Kaufenbaeger. > >Does this Little (Klein) family tie into your research anyplace? Willing to >share what I have. > >Shirley > > > > > > >>Three of the sons of my ancestor Adam Little (Klein) married the >>daughters of Michael Ritenour of Frederick County, VA. >> >>1.) My g-g-g grandfather John Little married Elizabeth Ritenour 06 Mar >>1806 >> >>2.) John's brother Martin married Sarah Ritenour 17 Jun 1819 >> >>3.) John's brother Jacob married Polly Ritenour 31 Dec 1808. >> >>I have tons of information on these lines. These sons of Adam Little >>started migrating to Greene County, Ohio after Adam's death in 1812. >>They were followed also by a whole lot of Ritenours.I have info on these >> > >