I descend from John's sister, Susanna. Susanna was born in 1739 and was the wife of Michael Christ. The father of John and Susanna was Johannes Bishop Sr. He married Maria Barbara and he died ca 1753. Maria Barbara then married Ulrich Huy or Huey. I don't know the surname of John Jr's first wife, Elisabeth. I'm not even sure if sons John and Jacob were to his first wife or to his second. I have Sarah listed as a daughter of Elisabeth. She married first a Smith, then Matthias Gernant/ She was in Hardy Co, VA in 1812. Children to Susanna Keim were Catharine m. Francis Groff/Grove, Elisabeth m. George Boyer, Susanna m. 1st a Stanford then Jacob Henry Kerchoff, George, Mary m. Samuel D. Close, and Johann Daniel. Johannes Sr had (in addition to John Jr and Susanna) Adam, George living 1825 in VA, Mary m. John Groushore and Elizabeth. Would love to know more about this family myself. Joyce Diehl -----Original Message----- From: Betty J. Burdan Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 6:34 PM To: paberks@rootsweb.com Subject: [PABERKS] John Bishop of Exeter Township 1740-1812 Anyone out there know anything about John Bishop of Exeter Twp, d. 1812, buried Charles Evans Cemetery, married to an Elizabeth, then to a Susanna Keim. Had 600 acres in Exeter, about 200 acres on Penns Mountain. Also had huge land holdings a grist mill, saw mill and furnace on Loonies Creek in Virginia where three of his children (Sarah, John and Jacob likely from his first marriage) lived. What I'm looking for is information on his first wife Elizabeth. She is reported to have died in about 1776. When and how she died. Betty Burdan ==== PABERKS Mailing List ==== PABERKS@rootsweb.com To contact the List Administrator: Rick Berkheiser, PABERKS-admin@rootsweb.com To visit the Berks Message Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks To visit the Berks County, PA website: http://www.pa-roots.com/~berks/ Hosted by Nancy Freehafer ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABERKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1430 / Virus Database: 2639/5594 - Release Date: 02/10/13