schuylkill co. naus, john r. of schuylkill co. was born dec. 28, 1829, near halifax, dauphin co., s/o geoge and sarah (lehr) naus. he married annette koch, on jan. 1. 1855, d/o john adams koch of schuylkill haven. koch, richard henry, ex-district attorney. he was the son of daniel and mary (beck) koch, born april 2, 1852 there is a tradition that the settllement of his paternal ancestors on the delaware was antecedent to the fouding of the state by william penn. the great-great-grandather if ruchard h, took an active part in the french and indian war, but after a period of service was forced to returm home, where he died, leaving a widow and 8 children surving. one of the children was william koch (great-grandfather) who was born in phila., pa. april 1, 1747. his childhood was spent in his native city, but the greater part of his boyhood at womelsdorf and in oley twp., berks co. he moved to east brunswich, schuylkill co. he was married twice, and by the 2nd wife (mary neifong) had 9 children, of whom henry (grandfather) was the 4th in order of birth. william koch died may 3, 1832 daniel koch (father) was born in east brunswick twp., dec. 24, 1816. he married oct 24, 1839 to mary ann beck and they had a family of 11 children. richard henry koch, married sept. 30, 1884 to annie s. philllips, d/o william phillips. lebanon co. koch, christian, of heidelberg, died dec. 1786 leaving a wife magdalena and children; christian, adam, martin, mary, w/o christian ludwig, eva, john, magdalena east hanover twp.-assessment-1816-inmates, koch, henry. zion lutheran and reforme ch.-new hanover twp., koch, henry, born oct 25, 1809, died feb. 17, 1879 northumberland co. cawley, john harrison, was a native of union co., pa., born nov. 14, 1838. the family is of english descent and was resident of cheshire, england, two brothers thomas and james, coming to america in the eary part of the 18th c. james settled in berwick, and thomas in northampton, pa., where he die in 1806. from a letter written by his son john, to his aunt anna, wf of charles babbington, we learn that the father's name was also thomas, and that the family were property owners in winsford near middlewich, cheshire, england. thomas cawley, jr. had one son john, who lived at springtown, bucks co., and was the father of 5 children, john, thomas, jesse and 2 daus. jesse cawley, son of john was born 1786, died 1840. he married margaret rowleyl children; james, benjamin, dubios, john, charles, elisabeth, mary a. james cawley, eldest son of jesse, was born in 1808 bucks co. he married eva campbell, also of bucks co. children; elisabeth, w/o wilson hoover, margaret, w/o henry stout, william c. john harrison, mary died a baby. john harrison cawley, married jan. 12, 1863 to elisabeth koch, d/o jonas and leah *bachman) koch, and they had two children, james benjamin and florence jeanette. james benjamin cawley, only son of john harrison and elizabeth (koch) cawley. did july 21, 1891. jonas koch, father of mrs. cawley, was born in northampton co, dec. 26, 1807, son of adam koch, who lived at petersville, northampton co. adam koch married elisabeth strauss and they had children, christina, susan, mary, elisabeth, reuben, william, henry, jacob jonas. in 1838 jonas koch moved from northampton to northumberland. he died feb. 29, 1872, near pottsgrove. he married leah bachman, who was born aug. 23, 1814 in northampton, d/o john frederick and cathariine (cole) bachman, the former born nov. 3, 1783, died jan. 2, 1845. the later, born feb. 22, 1788 and died july 16, 1852. mrs. leah (bachman) koch died feb 16, 1899. she and her husband are buried in harmony cem. children; elisabeh, w/o john harrison cawley, mary a., w/o charles rissel, william h. of pottsrove. koch. of chillisquaque twp. descended from brothers adam and daniel koch, the latter of whom came hither from northampton co., in an early day. john koch, the first of this family in america, came to northampton in 1773, settling near easton. adam koch, grandfather of william h. koch, lived at petersville, northampton co. he srv. as j.p. he had 3 brothers, john, daniel, and rev. henry. adam koch married elisabeth strauss, a native of northmpton co. he died in 1870. children; christian, mrs. hoffman, mary ann, mrs. selfreez, susan, mrs. noll, elisabeth, mrs. d. rice, jonas and reuben william, henry and jacob, all of whom lived in northampton co. jonas koch, s/o adam, was born dec. 26, 1807 in northampton co. koch, daniel, one of the brothers of adam koch, was born in northampton. moved to northumberland co.. he married christina bachman. children; joseph went west where he died, rachel married samuel reichelderfer, kate married william ritter, charles, levi moved west and died in iowa, priscila died at muncy, pa., anna married anthony hipp. charles koch was born in northampton co.. he died june 18, 1889. he married sarah (hill), d/o john k. and catharine (beck) hill, the latter a d/o henry beck. mr. and mrs. beck were among the earlist settlers in union co., pa and they are buried at lewisburg. he was the grandson of johannes thomas beck who came to america in 1752, and a son of henry beck, born in 1748 in the old countship of hanau, who was married in 1775 in berks co., to margaret wolfegang, and died in 1824. they are buried at milton mr. and mrs. charles koch had children; 1. sameul h., 2. mary a., died 1904, w/o henry a. moll, 3. anna c. married meyrs brautigan and they had children; harry, charles, margaret, elisabeth and ruth. 4, edward died young. 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