Hi, I have some Swartzel family info at my web site http://members.aol.com/flstiver/stiver.html The father of your Mathias is my 6th great grandfather..... Mathias SWARTZEL #11346 b. 1763, Lebanon Co., PA, m. Susannah COLEMAN #11347, b. 1778, d. 1850. Mathias died 1801, OH. Parents Mathias SWARTZEL #11026 b. 1739, Heidelberg, Germany, LDS# 11QX-MHL, m. 2 Dec 1760, in Quitapohila Evan, Lebanon, PA, Catherine Barbara LAEY #11027, b. ca 1743, LDS# 11QW-QKD, d. ?. Mathias died 1820, Farmersville, OH, buried: Stiver/Staver Cem., Montgomery Co., OH. Came to America on the "Snow Good Intent" at Philidelphia, PA Oct. 23, 1754 Fought in the American Revolution War Catherine Barbara LAEY #11027 b. ca 1743, LDS# 11QW-QKD, d. ?. Grand Parents Johann Henrich SCHWARTZEL #11028 b. 1710, Germany, LDS# 11QX-MF6, m. ????? #11029, b. ?, d. ?. Johann died ?. Came to America on the "Snow Good Intent" at Philidelphia, PA Oct. 23, 1754 ????? #11029 b. ?, d. ?. Hopes this helps. Oh, also more info on the Swartzel family at http://www.familysearch.org/ This is the LDS Church site.....really great site when it's working.....still in the testing stage..... later butch