>From "Early Pennsylvania Births" by Dr. Charles Fisher: BAST, Jacob - b. 2/20/1780 Lehigh Co. - Father: Jacob H. BAST, Rev. Emphriam - b. 10/15/1815 Lehigh Co. - F: Jacob BEST, Jacob - b. 1718 in PA - Father: Unknown BEST, Conrad - b. 11/25/1745 Northampton Co. - F: Jacob BEST, John - b. 11/27/1769 Northampton Co. - F: Conrad BEST, George - b. 2/26/1802 Northmpton co. - F: John BEST, Henry - b. 1748 Northampton Co. - F: Unknown BEST, Nicholas b. 11/23/1775 Northampton Co. - F: Henry BEST, John b. 5/22/1778 Northampton Co. - F: Henry >From "Central Pennsylvania Marriages 1700-1896" by Dr. Fisher: BEST, John of Northumberland Co. to Mary HAAS 11/2/1784 (John in Rev War) BEST, John of Northampton Co to Susanna _________ 11/2/1784 (This John also Rev War soldier) BEST, John of Northumberland Co. to Caroline HILGERT 2/2/1854 >From "Pennsylvania in the Civil War" by The Heritage Society of PA: BEST, J. Edwin Private - recruited at Bloomfield, Perry Co. April 20, 1861 - Co. D of 2nd Regiment PA Volunteers. BEST, William of Shenango Twp., Mercer Co. died Jan 30, 1881. BEST, Thomas W. Private, Co. A 6th PA Cavalry - sabre cut of rt. occipital region. Admitted to 2nd Div. Hospital, Annapolis. MD jun 14, 1863. Deserted Jul 7, 1863. His name on Pension List 04 sep 1867. Disability being rated as "total and temporary". BAST, Jacob private recruited at Pottsville. Mustered into National Light Infantry at Harrisburg April 18, 1861. (This Company was organized in Summer of 1831 - after it's 3 month term of service ended in 1861 for CW it became Company A of the 96th Veteran Regiment). >From LAtter Day Saints records: BEST, John b. about 1713 - F: Jerimiah BEST M: Unknown BEST, John b. about 1734 in Williams Twp., Northampton Co., PA d. 1823 in Easton, PA. Parents were Jacob BEST born 1718 to Jeremiah BEST, (b. ca 1687 in Germany and died ca 1787 in Williams Twp. Northampton Co., PA) and Catherine LEFEVERE born ca 1720 (no known parents). John married Elizabeth _______________. b. ca 1750. BEST, Jacob b. 1718, d. Mar 9, 1789 mar. Catherine LEFEVERE? BEST, Conrad b. Nov 25, 1745 Northampton Co., PA, d. 9-25-1826 Married Hannah (johanna) WEIGANT b. ca 1715 Northampton. These were parents of Jacob b. 1718 above. Parents of Hanna WEIGANT were Cornelius WEIGANT born Mar 6, 1713 Osthofen, Germany d. Oct 1, 1799 in Schoeneck, Northampton Co., PA. He married on 4-5-1739 in Germantown, Northampton co., PA Maria Agneta BECHTEL b. Sep 19, 1719 in Frankenthal, P., Germany and died May 28, 1789 in Easton, Northampton Co., PA Parents of Cornelius: John Balthasar WEYGANT B. 1682 and Attilia DIMLER b. 1680 Parents of Maria Agneta: John BECHTEL b. Oct 3, 1690 and Mary Apollonia MARRETT b. May 14, 1691 (could this be the family that began the famous BECHTEL dairy?) BEST, John b. Nov 27, 1769, d. Nov 7, 1839 - married to Catherine FINK, b. about 1771. BEST, John b. Aug 17, 1799 Northampton Co., PA d. Feb 17, 1881 Married on Aug. 17, 1823 Leah FINK b. ca 1801, died 4-14-1882. BEST, John b. ca 1782 in PA, d. Jan 31, 1845 Westmoreland Co., PA. Married abt 1803 Margaret CRUSON, b. 1780 in VA d. aft 1860 Westmoreland Co., PA. Parents: James BEST b. ca 1745 in England/Ireland and before May 3, 1831 D?, PA. He married about 1774 in Philadelphia Catrina KROESEN, born 4-13-1757 Ref Dutch church C., PA died before April 1829. Parents of Catrina: KROESEN, Derrick b. 1726 d. 1818 married Jun 16, 1753 in Ref Dutch Ch. C., PA to Elizabeth VANDERGRIFT b 1727 to Fulkert VANDERGRIFT b. ca 1701 and Elizabeth Van STANDT b. ca 1703 Parents of Derrick KROESEN: Nicholas KROESON b. May 5, 1699 in Staten Is., NY d. 1786. He married Nov 24, 1724 in First Preby Ch., P., PA Mary ROLAND b. 1696 d. aft 1776. Parents of Nicholas KROESON: Dirck Garretse KROESEN b. 4-16-1662 Elizabeth CREGIER b. 1663 More to follow........ Ann Rickard, SC