Dear Maria, Thank you very much. Anything helps as you know. Now I'll need to see if there are any published abstracts of these items. You don't happen to know how I can obtain them do you? I also mentioned at the bottom of my note about passenger lists & noticed that it's down far enough that someone might miss that part. I do appreciate what you sent very much. Ellen

Lancaster Wills: Mitchel, James 1746 A 1 p. 203 Mitchel, Samuel 1745 A 1 p. 99 Mitchel, Thomas 1734 A 1 p. 17 Mitchell, David 1757 B 1 p. 187 Mitchell, George 1765 B 1 p. 628 Lancaster Intestate Records: Mitchel, Elizabeth 1734 - - - Mitchel, James 1843 L 1 p.144 Mitchell, Ann 1822 A 1 p. 184 Mitchell, Hannah 1751 - - - Mitchell, John 1790 - - - Mitchell, John 1827 D 1 p.46 On Jul 25, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Ellen wrote: > If someone on here has an Index to the Will Books & Intestate > Records of > Lancaster County, PA 1729-1850" by Fulton & Mylin (1936/1994) could > you > please help me??? > > I need to have listings for the surname of Mitchell as I'm trying > to figure

If someone on here has an Index to the Will Books & Intestate Records of Lancaster County, PA 1729-1850" by Fulton & Mylin (1936/1994) could you please help me??? I need to have listings for the surname of Mitchell as I'm trying to figure out who the parents are for one Matthew Mitchell who came to the area most likely between 1729 & 1750. He moved on & eventually wound up in Westmoreland County. He appears to have an older brother named Alexander. I believe his other brother is Ebenezer & that he had more brothers. They also moved on. What I'm hoping for is a will of a parent that mentions some of them in it. I also would like to find out where they came from in regard to passenger lists. Matthew may have been born after their arrival here. He served in the Revolutionary War from Westmoreland County. If anyone has information on the arrivals help would be appreciated. I know that Matthew is married by Rev. John Cuthbertson later. Ellen Visit my web site at: http://www.familytreetracer.com <http://www.familytreetracer.com/>

Ah, so HAHNSTOWN, Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, PA finely "made" the listing on the Internet. The United Zion Church was early known, by its Penna. Dutch folks as the GRUMBINE Church, named "after" the early Brother who was "behind the movement" and lived on the farm next to it. Depending who one speaks with, it had "tie,s" with the Brethren In Christ Church, "going back" to the River Brethren Church here in western part of Lancaster Co. Ernest

Here's a link to a map that shows the various districts in Ohio. http://new.oplin.org/evolution/ Judy

The U.S. Military District, where the federal government awarded Revolutionary War bounty land, was in the middle of the state of Ohio, consisting of all or parts of the following counties: Marion, Morrow, Delaware, Franklin, Knox, Licking, Holmes, Coshocton, Muskingum, Tuscarawas, Columbiana, Harrison, Guernsey, and Nobel. The Virginia Military District was also located in Ohio. This is where the State of Virginia awarded some of it's bounty land (VA awarded some of it's Rev. bounty land in the state of KY). The Virginia Military district in Ohio consisted of all or parts of the following counties: Hardin, Marion, Logan, Union, Delaware, Champaign, Madison, Franklin, Greene, Fayette, Pickaway, Warren, Clinton, Fayette, Ross, Highland, Pike, Scioto, Adams, Brown, Clermont, and Hamilton. Peggy Reeves ----- Original Message ----- From: <MarkleVon@aol.com> To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Migration to Ohio > What counties in Ohio would be considered in the "military district"? I > have > those who left Lancaster Co. and went to Ohio, but I do not know why. > Yvonne > > ______________________________

I looking for any records of Philip and Mary Carrel who had a daughter Margaret born 20 August 1802 in Lancaster Co, PA. They were German according to her obituary. Thank you, Eric Olson Seattle ericbear01@earthlink.net

Mary Buckwalter b. 1758 d. 1838. Married John Diffenbach, son of Adam Diffenbach. I show one son for them, Henry. Mary is the child of Abraham Buckwalter 1738-1820 and Mary Landis 1738-1804. I have additional information on the Buckwalter and Landis lines, if you are interested. Yvonne

What counties in Ohio would be considered in the "military district"? I have those who left Lancaster Co. and went to Ohio, but I do not know why. Yvonne

Hi Yvonne, From: <MarkleVon@aol.com> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Migration to Ohio > What counties in Ohio would be considered in the "military district"? I have > those who left Lancaster Co. and went to Ohio, but I do not know why. > Yvonne Go here: http://www.auditor.state.oh.us/Publications/ and scroll down to: Ohio Lands Book and download the pdf file. Then look at pp 39 and 40 (and maybe other pages as well) Regards, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com

Joan, Thank you for the information regarding PA land after the Revolutionary War. Barbara

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Hi Janell , Glad to hear from you. I would like any thing you have on Diffenbaugh family. That info on John being in the Revolution would be great. My line goes John >son Henry >son Peter >son Daniel Webster >son Peter >daughter Petronella Diffenbaugh. The last of my Diffenbaugh family died in WWII. I would appreciate ANY information you have. Thank You, Roy --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Janell Gregson <jgsgenealogy@yahoo.com> To: PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:53:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] family Message-ID: <20060723235340.5988.qmail@web32109.mail.mud.yahoo.com> John and Maria are my 3rd great-grandparents. I provided documentation recently so my nephew could become a member of the Sons of the American Revolution as a direct descendant of John Diffenbaugh. Let me know what I can share with you. Janell Roy P Hunter <rghunter3@juno.com> wrote: I am looking for info on John Diffenbaugh b1755 d1811 and wife Maria Mary Buckwalter b1757 d1838. Roy <>< HUNTR404@cs.com ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== List Owner can be reached for help with the list at PALANCAS-Admin@rootsweb.com --------------------------------- Groups are talking. We&acute;re listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups. ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== This is your list use and enjoy for genealogy.

In a message dated 7/23/2006 9:59:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, mstauf@comcast.net writes: My husband's ancestor was a patriot in the Revolutionary War. Did that make him eligible to receive land? If so, where do I find this information? I know his ancestor relocated from Lancaster County to Franklin County after the war and he died in Franklin County PA but was there land available in Franklin County? Appreciatively, Barbara Barbara- No--in Pennsylvania the lands given to those men who qualified based on Revolutionary War service were called "donation lands" and the land was found in the counties of: Armstrong, Butler, Forest, Lawrence, Venango, and Warren as well as all of Crawford and Mercer counties. This area would have all been on the "frontier" at the time and was bounded on the east by the Allegheny River, on the west by the Ohio border, and on the north by the New York border. Joan

My husband's ancestor was a patriot in the Revolutionary War. Did that make him eligible to receive land? If so, where do I find this information? I know his ancestor relocated from Lancaster County to Franklin County after the war and he died in Franklin County PA but was there land available in Franklin County? Appreciatively, Barbara

The migration to Ohio began after the Revolutionary War. The Federal Government allowed 100 acres of bounty land to soldiers of the Continental line. The land was located in the "military district" in Ohio. Soldiers from all of the states were eligible for federal bounty land if they served the required length of time in the Continental Line. This is not to be confused with the bounty land that was issued by the individual states. Many states, including PA, awarded their own bounty land in the western reaches of the state in order to encourage enlistment in their particular state. Some soldiers were eventually eligible for both. Folks sometimes presume that the Mennonites, Quakers, and other pacifists who didn't believe in going to war would not have gotten land in the Military District in Ohio or in the Military District in PA. It must be remembered, though, that soldiers who received bounty land often did not wish to move and settle a new area, and they would sell their warrants to third parties--including pacifists--who then went on to patent land with the soldiers' warrants. Peggy Reeves ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Sherer" <richard.a.sherer@gmail.com> To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Landis > It is not taught very well in our history classes, but parts of > Pennsylvania > had to wait for agreements with the Native Americans. William Penn signed > his initial treaties in the 1680s, but some tribes held onto their lands > for > most of the ensuing century. The Commonwealth government bought the Six > Nations' claims to the western lands in 1784 and 1789, and the claims of > the > Delawares and Wyandots in 1785. While a few settlers moved into those > territories before the treaties had been negotiated, the mass migrations > didn't start until after that time. Some settlers in the areas around > Mifflin and Juniata counties in the 1770s were forced to move back to > Berks > and Dauphin counties when the Indian attacks got too fierce. > Ohio didn't open up for mass settlement until around 1800, with the major > push coming after the War of 1812. That's why it seems as if everyone > moved > at once: They all made their moves when the territories opened up. > Richard Aurand Sherer > > > > Daniel E Weinhold <deweinhold@juno.com> wrote: > > What is so interesting to me is just WHY did a Number of Mennonite,s > leave Eastern PA. "around" the same time for Juniata Co, PA. > > ______________________________

My thanks to Ed Wevodau, Jim Ensinger, and Salapano, who responded to my query about the ancestors of Catharina Acker(1754-1831) , wife of Johan Conrad Fasnacht(1751-1809). They added some new info on the family of Leonard Acker of Earl, father of my Catharina. I appreciate receiving the church records, land records, and Orphan's Court proceedings. It seems, however, that there were several other Acker families nearby, including another Leonard Acker, late of Lampeter, deceased prior to 6/6/1766. I will need to proceed carefully in trying to find the parents of Leonard Acker of Earl. Bruce Fosnocht

Wade. The Lyons family tracks back to Scotland and through them down to the royal family of Britain - the Queen Mum was a Lyons. There were three brothers who thought better of staying in England at the time they beheaded the king, Charles I or II, and came to the colonies in the 1630s or 1640s. A series of volumes have been written about the Lyons families - one volume covers CT and NJ (one of the brothers moved down as a founder of Elizabeth NJ); one covers NY; and one covers MA. I descend from the one who moved to NJ - I checked my copy of the CT/NJ volume and found no reference to Spencer or Binks. You might try to look at the other volumes at a nearby library or get them through interlibrary loan and see if your people turn up there - my volume goes past the mid 1800s so you may be able to find them. Your folks might have migrated to PA from MA or NY if they come from these folks. I know that I have several lines who migrated from NJ into PA and on to OH. And of course this all presumes that your Lyons family is tied into these three brothers and did not immigrate at a later date. But it might be worth some further research. Happy hunting! Joan Bretz ----- Original Message ----- From: "wade binks" <jiniallogist@yahoo.com> To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: [PALANCAS] LYONS in Pennsylvania > Hi, > > I'm researching some ancestors with sur name of Lyons. My direct > ancestor is Sarah Lyons born about 1840 in Pennsylvania. She married John > Binks. Her father and mother may have been James Lyons and Elizabeth > Spencer but I'm not sure. I would like to confirm this and thought I'd > see if anyone had some more information for me. Thank you. > > Wade Binks > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > List Owner can be reached for help with the list at > PALANCAS-Admin@rootsweb.com > >

John and Maria are my 3rd great-grandparents. I provided documentation recently so my nephew could become a member of the Sons of the American Revolution as a direct descendant of John Diffenbaugh. Let me know what I can share with you. Janell Roy P Hunter <rghunter3@juno.com> wrote: I am looking for info on John Diffenbaugh b1755 d1811 and wife Maria Mary Buckwalter b1757 d1838. Roy <>< HUNTR404@cs.com ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== List Owner can be reached for help with the list at PALANCAS-Admin@rootsweb.com --------------------------------- Groups are talking. We&acute;re listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups.

Hi, I'm researching some ancestors with sur name of Lyons. My direct ancestor is Sarah Lyons born about 1840 in Pennsylvania. She married John Binks. Her father and mother may have been James Lyons and Elizabeth Spencer but I'm not sure. I would like to confirm this and thought I'd see if anyone had some more information for me. Thank you. Wade Binks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com