Dianna, in your search for Kegley ancestry in Lebanon County did you by any chance run across a Juliana born abt. 1750-1752 and married to Stephen Chappell in Wythe County, Virginia in 1781. She was my ggg-grandmother and we have never been able to find her maiden name but Kegley was always considered one of the possibilities. She was born in Pennsylvania and was one of the Kegley's neighbors in Wythe County, Virginia. She lived long enough to be on the 1850 every name census which identified Pennsylvania as her place of birth and her age as 99 years. When they sold their Wythe County land in 1796 the buyer was a Christian Kegley. I think I recall that the Kegleys were supposed to be members of Hill Church in Pennsylvania and I was never certain which Hill Church (I understand there was more than one with that name) Neil (in California) In a message dated 7/18/2006 8:12:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, justpeachy@greenhills.net writes: Searching KEGLEY and all variations of name. Probably Anglicized from GOECKLE/GOECKEL or KOCHLE. In Lancaster/Lebanon area prior to 1768. Four children supposedly born and baptized there. Migrated to Virginia and settled in what is now Wythe County. John George and Catherine (mnu) KEGLEY. I have been able to gather in excess of 20,000 descendants for this German immigrant couple but have not been able to discover her maiden name. The following is the best possibility I have seen for his lineage: Johann Mattheus GOECKEL Born: 1717 Einhausen, Saxe Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany Married: Anna Barbara GAENSLER on 11 Feb 1742 Woelfershausen, Saxe Meiningen, Thueringia, Germany Anna Barbara was the daughter of Caspar GAENSLER and Margarethe HERDER Born: 18 May 1716 Woelfershausen, Saxe Meiningen, Thueringia, Germany Died: 26 Jun 1749 Einhausen, Saxe Meiningen, Thueringia, Germany Children all born Einhausen, Saxe Meiningen, Thueringia, Germany 1. Johann Georg GOECKEL Born: 11 Jan 1743 2. Daniel GOECKEL Born: 4 Mar 1747 Died: 21 Mar 1747 3. Anna Dorothea GOECKEL Born: 21 Jun 1745 Buried: 22 May 1746 Place: 4. Johann Caspar GOECKEL Born: 15 Jul 1741 Died: 15 Oct 1741 5. Sebastian GOECKEL Born: 4 Nov 1748 Johann married Margarthe Catherine STIRTZEL b: September 24, 1724 Erentwertshausen, Saxe Meiningern, Thuringia, Germany m: April 21, 1750 Washungen, Sachsenmeiningen, Thuringen, Germany Anna Elizabeth Goeckel b: October 14, 1752 Johann Michael Goeckel b: October 29, 1753 Johann Caspar Goeckel b: February 15, 1750/51 Elizabeth Goeckel b: May 05, 1756 Any help would be very appreciated! Dianna in MO ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== Always cite your sources when posting information!