Dick, These Kochs are listed in FTM CD 166. There are a few Georges Koch listed in Philadelphia Co. Berks and York Counties have many Kochs, but I didn't see any by the name George in the time period you are looking. Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s First Reformed Congregation at Lancaster, PA John George, son of George Koch & Catharine, nee Erchtebrech, bapt. May 10, 1742. Spon: John Jacob Weyl & wife Catharine, nee Dautermann. Maria Christine, daughter of Hartman Koch and Maria Agnes, b. December 13, 1757, bapt. March 8, 1758. Spon: Juliana Christine Erni. John Carl, son of John Michael Koch and Sophia Dorothy, b. January 21, 1762, bapt. February 7, 1762. Spon: John Carl Schneider and Maria Elizabeth. Sophia, daughter of Conrad Lind and Anna Maria, b. December 26, 1762, bapt. January 1, 1763. Spon: John Michael Koch and Sophia Dorothy. Maria Elizabeth, daughter of John Michael Koch and Sophia Dorothy, b. November 19, 1763, bapt. December 4, 1763. Spon: John Reichert Heiss and Anna Maria. John George, son of Michael Koch and Sophia, b. March 25, 1766, bapt. March 30, 1766. Spon: John Richard Heus and Joanna Maria. John Michael Koch m. Sophia Diederich on May 5, 1761. John Ziegler m. Elizabeth Barb. Koch on April 9, 1771. Henry Orther m. Magdalene Koch on December 18, 1774. Margaret Koch, bur. August 20, 1785, age 81 years, 2 months, 24 days. St. James Episcopal Church (Anglican) 1773 Jan 8 - Jacob Haeffer and Magdalena Koch, license Baptisms and Marriages by Casper Stoever, Lancaster County March 21, 1736 - George Michael Koch and Anna Catarina Ergebrecht, Warwick. Oct. 1, 1779 - John Jacob Voltz and Christina Koch, Warwick. St. Jacob's Kimmerling's Reformed Church, Lebanon Co. John Leonard of Nicholas Fehler and Barbara, b. May 30, 1779; bapt. Jun 13. Spon: John Jacob Georg and Anna Maria Koch. St. John's Union Church, Fredericksburg, Lebanon Co. M. Christina of Catharine Marte (Martin), "Hure" (bastard), b. Sep 10, 1781; bapt. Oct 3, 1781. Spon: Eva Koch. The Quitopahilla (Hill) Church (Lutheran), Lebanon Co. Susanna of Martin Koch and wife Elizabeth, b. Dec --, 1767; bapt. Dec 6, 1767. Spon: Andrew Karg and wife Susanna. Jacob Seiler, b. Aug 22, 1757 in the Earldom Leiningen in the Central Palatinate. Spon: Jacob Herman. Confirmed a Lutheran. Came to this country in 1772. ---- 23, 1775 married Mrs. ----, nee Koch; 16 children, 10 surviving. Teaching school. No burial date. Gravel or gall stones, aged 64 yrs. 5 mos. 11 days. Martin Koch m. Elizabeth Schanst (very plainly but probably for Schanz) on Oct 28, 1766. Michael Bosch m. Elizabeth Koch on Mar 16, 1769. Peter Koch m. Juliana Heinrich (Henry) on Dec 15, 1772. Selected Pastoral Records of John Caspar Stoever, Lebanon County 1772 Dec 15 Peter Koch and Juliana Heinrich, Lebanon. > -----Original Message----- > From: RNellans@aol.com [mailto:RNellans@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 2:09 PM > To: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PALEBANO-L] Koch Surname > > > Hello List: > > My line is the Cook/Koch Surname. The oldest ancestor I have been able to > trace is George Cook, Sr. He was born in 1760 in the NW Corner > of Lancaster > Co. I suspect that is now Lebanon Co. > > He lived nearly his entire life in Somerset Co. --Bedford Co. > initially. I > have confirmed he was there with an LDS Film that places him and his wife > Elizabeth (Berkley dau of Ludwig) in attendance at the Baptism of > their oldest > son, John Jacob who was born in 1785. At this Baptism his > surname was shown > as Koch for the first time I've seen it officially noted with > that spelling. > The church was the Pine Hill Lutheran and Reformed Church in > Brothers Valley > Twp. of the present Somerset Co. > > I have been unable to find George's early location or his > parents. Because of > the early date, the most likely sources of finding him are Tax Assessments > (for his parents in 1750-1760) or through Church Records. George > was also a > Volunteer in the Revolutionary War through Associator Col Clatz. > He has DAR > Numbers designating him such a veteran. I however, using both > the national > and the Pennsylvania State Archives have not been able to find > him on any list > for the Revolutionary War. > > The legends of George say he was born in Lancaster Co, drifted to > Allegany Co, > Md. before settling in Southampton Twp of Somerset Co. He had two > Mills (Grist > and Lumber) in Larimer Twp. The fact is he was never in Md but > by the 15 mile > wide southern border dispute the Mason Dixon Line resolved. He > did have some > land records registered in Md, but only because of the border dispute. > > I have been reading this list for a while and most of the > discussions are very > scholarly and involve many books on early settlers to the area. > Can someone > help me find George's parents? I would even settle for evidence > of Kochs in > the area around the 1760 period of time. > > Dick Nellans > > > > > ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== > Found any good sites lately? We'd sure like to know about them! > >