All kinds of wonderful things in that Rootsweb database - wasn't even tehre in 1998. The Weidners were not New Borns. They belonged to the Ephrata Cloister. Hmm... Of course. There had to be one in the barrel. Now will someone please tell me about the Ephrata Cloister. From what is below, it begins to look like ze Hans Adam Weidner was ze intense and complex person. Hans Adam Weidner was married for the first time to someone named Haass. I'd say that is a Dutch or Belgian name, probably not overcommon in Germany, most likely Anabaptist in background, since the name turns up with my ancestors in Germany. What I want to know is, was she of the same Haass family that came to Berks County? And did ze Greiners belong to ze Ephrara Cloister, too. Hans Adam Weidner was father to George Adam Weidner who married Dorothea Greiner who had Elizabeth Weidner who married John Dehart. Dora Gene's Genes-Ballentine Ancestors 1913 total entries, last updated Mon Apr 24 17:29:24 2000 Gene Ballentine Rooks <GeneRooks@prodigy.net> - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This GedCom is constantly being revised and updated as new information develops and errors are discovered. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ID: I367 Name: Hans Adam WEIDNER Jr RFN: 367 Change Date: 26 APR 1999 Sex: M ATTR: ImmAnc Birth: 10 JUN 1688 in Geisselhardt, Wurtemberg, Germany Note: His birth is recorded in the Parish records at Mainhardt. Change Date: 25 APR 1999 Death: ABT 1745 in Oley Twp., Berks Co., PA Note: He is buried in the First Weidner Cemetery, in Oley Twp., PA. Change Date: 21 SEP 1995 Note: His signature first appears as Adam Weittner in 1740, on apetition to establish the township of Berks County, also signed by future North Carolina pioneer Daniel Warlick. In 1725 he was listed as a member of the Church of the Brethren. This is the community at Ephrata where Caterine Weidner, mother of Heinrich Weidner, was also a member. Records indicate he was listed as a taxpayer in Philadelphia Co. records in 1734, and was naturalized by 1743. He was a potter by trade of great skill, making unglazed earthenware of which several samples survive. The oldest unglazed piece of pottery in Pennsylvania is a cake mold with hearts and a floral motif he did. He also made roof tiles in the European manner, the most noted of which are at the Ephrata Cloister, and some other structures in Oley township in Pennsylvania. Dr. Don Yoder advises that Adam and another man influenced by the Judaizing influence of Bromley circumcized each other, for which he was criticized by the leaders of the Cloister. By his first wife, children were [BO:George Adam,:BO] Plantina, and Johannes. By his second wife, Anna Maria Haass, he had children Johann Georg, [BO:Georg Michael:BO], Maria Catharina, Tychicus, and Lazarus, all born in Germany. Father: Hans Adam WEIDNER Sr. b: EST 1650 in Wurtemburg, Germany Mother: Catharina HERRLINGER b: EST 1655 in Wurtemburg, Germany Marriage 1 Anna Maria HAASS b: EST 1695 in Mainhardt, Wurtemberg, Germany Married: 15 MAY 1714 in Geisselhardt, Wurtemberg, Germany Note: This marriage is recorded in the Parish records at Mainhardt, Germany. Anna is the daughter of [BO:Hans HAASS:BO] of Wurtemberg, Germany. Change Date: 22 SEP 1995 Children George Michael WEIDNER b: 11 DEC 1718 in Geisselhardt, Wurtemberg, Germany Johann Georg WEIDNER b: 02 DEC 1715 in Geisselhardt, Wurtemberg, Germany Tychicus WEIDNER b: 05 APR 1721 in Germany Lazarus WEIDNER b: 1723 in Germany Maria Catherina WEIDNER b: 09 NOV 1720 in Geisselhardt, Wurtemberg, Germany Marriage 2 Unknown Married: Change Date: 25 APR 1999 Children George Adam WEIDNER b: 1710 in Germany Plantina WEIDNER b: ABT 1709 in Germany __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/