Checked out your surnames. The more I checked, the more tangled the lines get! From Franklin County Wills: (abstracted by Marge Keefer Small c 1950) Book A, p 192. 7 Feb 1781. Letters of Adm. on the estate of George Grove granted to Eve Grove. Book C, p 189. Will of Henry Coover of Letterkenny Twp. w/w 10 Mar 1808, w/p 11 Dec 1809. Wife Eve household furniture and her maintainence. Daughter Barbara all my estate real and personal. Exec: Friend John Creamer, George Hetich. Wit: Philip Kyzer, George Groff. Adm granted to Philip Kyzer and Michael Grove, 14 Dec 1809. (It appears that Eve, widow of George Grove married second Henry Coover. cks) Book C, p 196. Will of Eve Cover, widow of Franklin County. w/w 23 Sep 1814, w/p 23 Nov 1814. Son John Grove, Son Michael Grove, Son George Grove, Son Jacob Grove, son William Grove, daughter Catherine Cremer. Grandson Daniel Brown. Barbarough Cover. (relationship not given, but probably her step-daughter, daughter of Henry Coover who died 1809 -see his will. cks) Exec: Mical Grove of Strassburg, Franklin County, PA. Wit: Johannes Sollenberger, William Patterson and David McKinnie. ( mu hisband had a Cremer line that married into the Coovers. They attended church at Pleasant Hall Lutheran so that may be a place to do additional checking. cks) Book C, p 571. Nov 21,___ (no year given but all others on page are 1821.) Adm of estate of Catherine Grove, formerly Catherine Lidey, granted to George Lidey. Sureties: John Keefer and Samuel Fisher. (this has to be a second marriage for Catherine if I understand the PA law at the time. There were lots of Keefers/Kiefers at this same church. cks) Book C, p 686. 6 Dec 1823. Letters of Adm on the estate of David Tieter granted to Daniel Tieter. Sureties: Jacob Liter and John Wolford. Book C, p 687. 6 Dec 1823. Letters of Adm on the estate of Peter Tieter granted to Daniel Tieter. Sureties: Jacob Tieter, John Wolford. Book C, p 815. Will of Jacob Leyter, Peters Twp. w/w 8 Sep 1826, w/p 6 Oct 1826. Wife Barbara. Children and their heirs: daughter Barbara Commora, son John Leyter, , daughter Elizabeth Teator, daughter Nancy Teator, daughter Wolford (sic), son Christian Leyter. Exec: Adam Reyter (sic- indexed as 'Leyter') . Wit: Josiah McDowell, David Leyter, James Dickey. Lancaster County Wills (Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834) April 2, 1769 August 2, 1769 CROW, PETER ("This should be GROE".) [Also by different hand spelling "Groh"] Wife. Elizabeth Groe. Children: Peter, John, Michael, Elizabeth , Freny, Mary and Eve. Ex. John Light and Isaac Groe. Bethel Twp. York County Wills April 3, 1802 March 2, 1805 Brown, Sebastian. Executor: Simon Friss. Hellam Township. Wife: Anna Mary Brown. Children: David, Mathias, Catharine m. Jacob Leidy, and Magdalena m. Hey Beam. -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Archer <bcarcher@earthlink.net> To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL]Magdalena LIDY m. John LEITER >Ken, > >I have Magdalena LIDY m. John LEITER, the parents of my gggrandmother >Matilda Leiter Burke, b. June 8, 1803. > >Magdalena would have been b. abt. 1780, possibly in Washington Co., MD, >as John Leiter was a member of the family that founded Leitersburg. I >know nothing else about the LIDY/LEIDY family and would love to make a >connection. > >Barbara Archer > >