Posted on: Pennsylvania Dutch Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/Dutch?read=4755 Surname: SEM, KNEISEL ------------------------- Elizabeth Kneisel, daughter of Stephen and Catharine Kneisel, married John Conrad Sem and had at least eight children: Jacob, Henry, John, William, Samuel, Gabriel, Elizabeth, and John William. I am descended from Elizabeth Kneisel's brother, Jacob, whose later spelled his name Nicely.