This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3dB.2ACI/1166.1374.2218.2744.2748.1.1 Message Board Post: My William-- I am from that Hoffman Family from lykens valley John Peter hoffman 1709,John Nicholas 1749,J.Peter 1778 John Peter Jr. 1806, Henry Bernhart Hoffman 1828-1893 (married to Catherine Kissinger) father Jacob Kissinger mother Susanna Buffington. Henry's daughter my great grandmother Lillian Amanda Hoffman (Kicher/Wetzler/Matternas) married 3 times. Henry B. made her take back the name after she and Kicher divorced. Hence William Abbott Hoffman... My dad John Matternas Hoffman 1917-1990 Thanks Lisa