Hi Pennsylvania folks. I have been trying to track down info about my GGGG Grandfather Herni KA(H)LER/KEHLER.and his family in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. My good fortune is that I have two family histories written by Henri’s great grandson, Samuel P. Kaler. One dated 1887 the other 1899. If you care to browse the earlier one you can find it at http://www.kneller.com/WhitleyIN/ My bad fortune is that the facts he offers are uh… um…. a bit confused (and maybe emblished) in a few areas…. like who Henry married. I hope Henry had it right…:-) Also I doubt that Henri was General Nathaniel Greens #1 man as I can’t find him in any of Greene’s bios. Nor have I found him in any of the DAR info I can lay my hands on. But…never fear…according to Samuel…. In the 1887 manuscript “His wife Jane Hammond was a blooming Quaker lass of 18 and like her husband, an orphan… They were married at Mr. Leeden's house in Baltimore, on the evening of February 16, 1788 by Rev. Gutschalf, pastor of the First Lutheran Church of that city.” And… “Within a few days after their marriage Henry set out for the interior of the country in search of a home, for he had saved a few hundred dollars, as near as we can ascertain, about five hundred dollars. He journeyed to Monheim township, York county, Pennsylvania, and purchased 68 acres of land, quite well improved and paid for it in cash $450.00 in gold, which he carried along sowed up in his nether garment.” And… “His ashes sleep in the old church yard in Monheim Township. The spot, says Mr. Clark, is faintly marked by a crumbling sandstone, placed there away back in the forties, by some one, he knows not who.” In the 1899 manuscript: “Gen. Greene secured him employment with a man in Baltimore named Leedon, where he worked and lived economically until 1788 when he married Catherine Frien, who was a domestic in Mr. Leedon’s family. This marriage was solemnized by Rev Gutschaff and thereafter, on the advice of the officiating clergyman he wrote his name Kahler” And… “Within a few days after the marriage he went to Monheim township, York County, Pennsylvania and bout sixty-eight acres of land paying for it $240 in gold.” (Hey…he got a break on the price…:-) And… “Henry Kahler is buried at St. Paul’s Evangelical Church near Green Burr, about three miles from Logantown, Clinton County, Pennsylvania”. Well to make a long story even longer I had been looking in York County and finding NADA. Then, while making motel reservations to take my daughter to a horse show I thought was in Hershey I discovered that the motel was in Manhiem, Lancaster County, PA. Owww…my head hurts…too many Manhiems. I think I have learned that in SE PA there are Manhiems a bunch and the counties have been re-arranged a couple of times. If any of this makes any sense to anyone I sure would appreciate a pointer in the right direction. Sincerely, Norm Steffen