Posted on: Pennsylvania Dutch Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/Dutch?read=4763 Surname: REISWIG, REISWICK, REISSWIG, REUSSWIG, EBERHARD, MILLER, FLICK, AESCH, EBERT, STEINER, MACK, HORNER, MUELLER, WEISS, ROTH, ERB, DORSCHEIMER, GEORGE, PAFF, BERGMAN, MICHEL, BAIER, WEDNECHT, LINN, SCHEIDEL ------------------------- I've heard that gathering sponsor information at German baptisms can help to determine related families, or close ties. I hope this is true with my PA Dutch REISWIG family. My ancestor Johannes REUSSWIG/REISSWIG came to PA in 1742 on the ship Francis and Elizabeth. Johannes is the only REISWIG family listed in early PA records. As far as I can guess he was single when he came, married twice, and had five children. I'm searching for clues as to where he came from in Germany. His first wife is unknown, she died then he remarried a second time to Creth ERB at Great Swamp Reformed Church, Lower Milford abt 1750. I have not been able to locate baptism records for Johannes Reiswig's five children. What I have is a list of baptism where Johannes Reiswig or his children were listed as sponsors. I'm looking for any evidence of relationship to these other listed families, or for clues for place of origin for the Reiswig family. Johannes lived in Upper Milford twp, and also had property in Allen town. His son lived in Moore twp. I have placed an abbreviated church name after each event JOHANNES REUSSWIG/REISSWIG, sponsor at 1761, bapt of Andreas BAIER, son of Andreas and Dorothea, Montgomery Co., PA (St. Paul's Red Hill) 1761, witness to will of Peter LINN, Montgomery Co., Witnesses: John Riswick, Andrew Beyer (his mark), David Shultze. date unknown, witness to a will of John SCHEIDEL, Philadelphia; no date; father John SCHEIDEL, of Eich in the Palatinate in Germany; money owed him by Andrew KRUMBAUER; witnesses, John REISSWICK, Jacob WETZEL and Andrew Boyer; Administration to Jacob WITZEL......." ______________________________________ JOHN REISWIG, Jr., oldest son of Johannes REISSWIG. John married Catherina Margareta ROTH bef 1766, Dau of Nicholas & Susanna ROTH. John is a sponsor at the following baptisms: 1778 Joh. ROTH, son of John and Elis. ROTH (Salem) 1782, Catherine ERB, dau of Ludwig & Anna Maria (Salem) 1784, Martin DORSCHEIMER, son of Samuel & Christina (Salem) 1794, Peter & Marg. PAFF, twins of Heinr. & Magd. (Salem) 1796, Abraham MICHEL, son of John & Elis. (Salem) ____________________________________ Conrad Reiswig, married abt 1795 to Anna Maria "Mary" and was a sponsor at the following baptisms: 1768, Conrad EBERHARD, son of Peter (Great Swamp) 1787, Catherine MILLER, dau of Conrad and Margaret (Stone) 1794, Lydia FLICK, dau of Martin & Barbara (Stone) In Nescopeck, Luzerne County he and wife were sponsors at: 1811, Johannes AESCH, Christian & Elisabeth 1811, Maria WEDNECHT, dau of Matthias & Elisabeth __________________________________ Elizabeth REISWIG, dau of Johannes Reisswig, was a sponsor at the following baptism: 1767, Joh. Georg KAUFMANN, son of Joh. & Hanna (St. Paul's) - ----------------------------------- Susanna Reiswig, youngest dau of Johannes Reiswig, and his 2nd wife Creth Erb. Susanna married Joh. Georg HORNER in 1772, and was a sponsor at the following baptisms: 1768, Susanna EBERT, dau of Adam and Anna Barbara (St. Paul's) 1769, Susanna STEINER, dau of Georg STEINER (Great Swamp) 1776, Susanna MACK, dau of Georg MACK (Great Swamp) 1788, Joh. Georg MUELLER, son of Dietrich MUELLER (Great Swamp) 1793, Elisabeth WEIS, dau of Jacob (Great Swamp)