I have the following on John Gerberich. I believe that John's mother was Barbar Babb. The below information came from Joanne Hoover, a very careful researcher. Dan Wenger My notation is: ^ means no ancestor information * means no descendant information 0 means no descendants ~ means approximate or cir. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ name -- John Gerberich, 1759.2.7 1843.9.18 father -- Andreas Gerberich, 1734.7.17 1815.8,, (i1754) mother -- Barbara Babb, 1733 1816,, ^ paternal grandfather -- Johannes Gerberich, 1701.6.9 1752,, (i1752) paternal grandmother -- Christina Schuch/Schug, 1703.5.14 1736.4.4,, ^ maternal grandfather -- maternal grandmother -- sibling -- Barbara Gerberich, 1766 1832 offspring -- Jacob Gerberich, 1787.8.12 1856.2.8 George J. S. Gerberich, 1795.3.2 1886.9.18 Henry J. S. Gerberich, 1798.7.14,, * information -- JKH Married <Catharine Latscha, 1765~,, ^> A farmer in East Hanover Twp., Lebanon Co., PA Married <Magdalena Bender, 1765~,, * ^> ++++++++++++++ >Bob, > >John Gerberich was born on February 7, 1759 and married Barbara Babb. He >lived in East Hanover. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Army/Militia as >a substitute for his father, Andreas. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert L. Maley [mailto:Bob@Maley.net] >Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 9:39 PM >To: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [PALEBANO] FW: Revolutionary War Units > > >Dick, > >Andreas was enlisted out of what is now East Hanover Twp., Lebanon County. > >As to John. Was this the John born 18 Jul 1740? Married to Anna Catherine >Fitting? If so, her brother, Henry Fitting served in the 6th Bat, 8th Co and >the 9th Ba., 4th Co during the same period. > > >Bob Maley >County Coordinator, Dauphin County, PA GenWeb pages > > >-----Original Message----- >From: rrussell [mailto:rrussell@inta.org] >Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:26 AM >To: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PALEBANO] FW: Revolutionary War Units > > > > >> I uncovered during the weekend that two of my Gerberich Grandfathers were >> soldiers in the Revolutionary War. I have the following information, >> listed below, about their units. Do you know of any sources that provide >> their history? >> >> 1. Captain Timothy Green's Battalion of Hanover Rifles. This unit was >> captured by the British at the surrender of Fort Washington on the Hudson >> River on November 16, 1776 >> >> 2. The Lancaster County Militia from 1777 to 1782: >> Andreas Gerberich (Listed as Andreas Carvery because they had >> difficulty pronouncing his name) was in the first class of the Sixth >> Battalion, Third Company. >> John Gerberich was in the fourth class of the Sixth Battalion, 8th >> Company of the Lancaster Militia from 1777 to 1779. From 1780 to 1781, he >> was in the third class of the 9th Battalion, 7th Company commanded by >> Captain Bradley. In 1782 he was shifted to the 4th class in the same >> Company. >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> Dick Russell >> rrussell@inta.org > > >==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== >Found any good sites lately? We'd sure like to know about them! > > > >==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== >For a great list of most of the on-line mailing lists (and ability to >subscribe to them) check out John Fuller's Internet Resources web page: ><http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/internet.html> > > >==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== >Check out the Lebanon County PA Historical Society web page: ><http://www.leba.net/~history2/> Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA DanielWenger@worldnet.att.net http://wengersundial.com http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily