This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brubaker, Bartle, Hall Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3dB.2ACI/6140 Message Board Post: I just began researching my father's side of the family, and I found a paper describing a woman named Barbara Bartle (b. ~ 1775 in Lancaster, PA). Essentially it said she was of German descent, her mother being Christiana Bartle, her father's name was Andrew. Barbara Bartle had an interesting childhood, as she was kidnapped by Indians and then held prisoner by the British in Detroit. After this ordeal (her sister, Wilhelmena (14) died during this incarceration), Barbara came back to Lancaster, PA and married a man by the name of Jacob Brubaker in 1796. Jacob is the son of Joseph Brubaker and Elizabeth Downer, who were married in 1764. Jacob and Barbara had 2 children (3 according to the Mormon website...) Joseph, who first married Rachel Frederick and then also married Sarah Meetch later on, and Jacob, born in 1800. Phew...got all that? Anyways, what I want to know is if anyone would have a connection to these people and if they do, do you have a Hall in your family tree. I ! am trying to make the connection, and it isnt seeming obvious to me. Its actually very interesting to me because i had no idea i had any Pennsylvania Dutch in me and i live right here in Lancaster, PA! Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!