John Light wrote: > > I noticed Bob Bensing's post on the Kreider line. Bob and others: I am > trying to find the origins of what may only be family tradition that our > assumed, and prolific, Lebanon Light family immigrant (1738) Johannes > Licht/Light married a Maria Kreider ca late 1720s in Germany. I know a > Kreider farm (perhaps John or John Jacob?) was very nearby the original > Light properties in Lebanon, but aside from that specific reference I > cannot find any reliable sources. This connection is made in several > family genealogies BUT NOT in the generally accepted J.G. Francis' > "History and Genealogy of Pioneer Families of Lebanon, PA". We can live > with it as family tradition if we know that is what it is, but we want > to trace its origins and sourcing if possible - do you have this > Kreider-Light connection or others near that time in your histories, and > any leads on documentation to bear it out? Thanks, > John Light > Monterey, CA > > ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== > To contact the owner of the PALEBANO Mailing List, please contact: > ltmiller@mail.ptd.net John, I would guess that this is hardly news to you by this time, but your family tradition is reinforced by the posting by the LDS on the Internet at: <http://www.familysearch.org/Search/af/ancestral_file_frame.asp?recid=7257623>. This site lists the wife of John Light (our John Light I, called the Immigrant by Rev. Francis) as being "Mary GREIDER (AFN:8XS0-SS) Born: 1699 Place: , , Switzerland Died: 12 Nov 1758 Place: Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania Married: Abt 1720 Place: , , Switzerland". I discovered this first in May on a visit to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, but I also found it on the Internet a short time later. The only question now is how reliable the sources of information are. I don't know how familiar you are with the Pennsylvania Dutch language. I grew up in a bilingual home. German names beginning with a K are always pronounced in PA Dutch as if they began with a G, so that Greider is the way Kreider was pronounced, and the two names are the same. I would be interested in hearing your opinion on the reliability of the LDS information. Regards, Leroy Miller