I am descended from Peter Theiss b 1778 in Lancaster CO., PA. His father John died Apr 1788 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. His mother was Elizabeth Catherine Aras Ressler who died in 1791 in Lancaster Co. In 1799 Peter married Christina Schneider in the Schwartwald Reformed Church in Berks Co., PA. They moved to Westmoreland Co., PA around 1800. The Westmoreland Co., PA German church baptismal record for their first son is THEYS. The next one is THEIS and others are DICE. My gg grandparents and subsequent generations used the surname DICE. They lived in Plum Twp., Allegheny Co., PA as well as Franklin Twp., Westmoreland Co and Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA. I have found a birth record in Lancaster County that could be my John Dice: In the records of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster Co., PA there is a birth record for a Johann Deis born 18 Dec 1747. Parents were Johann and Anna Maria. Another child is listed to a Johannes and A. Maria, Casper Deis, born 27 Dec 1743 (records of the Moravian Church of Lancaster Co., PA). Source: John T. Humphrey, Pennsylvania Births: Lancaster Co., 1723-1777, (Humpfrey Publications; Washington, D. C. 1997). Is anyone familiar with this Lancaster Co., PA family? JoAnn Cupp Grass Valley, CA