They were Church of the Brethern, sometimes referred to as "Mennonites" because of their leader Simon Mennon. This sect of the German Baptist Church settled all along the Pa. border with Maryland and Va. Many of them moved into Pa. from Frederick CoMaryland. A great book for this is Pioneers of Old Monocacy "the Early Settlement of Frederick Co., Maryland" 1721-1743 by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern, Genealogy Publishing co., Baltimore Md. Peter Pickenpaw was in the Frederick Co., Md. Muster Rolls of 1757. It is my feeling that all Pickenpaw/Peckenpaugh variations came from Beckenbach of Germany. My family is John Caspar Bechenbach. Donna Bray [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Swank" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:34 PM Subject: [PAGRE] Dunkard Twp, Greene Co.,Pa. > Can anyone tell me what the religion was of the German families that > settled on land in Dunkard Twp., Greene Co., Pa. in 1770-1800? I am > mainly interested in Johann Peter Beckenbach/Pickenapugh family who > lived on the Pa.-WV. state line in the 1770-1786 in Dunkard Co., Pa. > Thank you for any information. > Richard Swank > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message