At 09:05 AM 4/10/2009, Loretta Lisowski wrote: >Hello, I am new to the list. I am researching my paternal line which is the >PENSYL family. > >There are several locations mentioned in family stories that I am trying to >pinpoint. > >After arriving from Germany in 1749, the family whose original name was >Bentzel has been said to have settled in LOWER SMITHFIELD on the Delaware 20 >miles north of Easton. > >There was also a mention of FORT PENN and in post Revolutionary War years, a >PENSYL CREEK. > >I cannot locate any of these places. Does anyone know anything about them? Sure - Upper, Lower, and Middle Smithfield are the townships with boundaries on the Delaware River. Middle Smithfield is still called that today, I believe we call Upper Smithfield just Smithfield now. And Lower Smithfield is the Minisink Hills/Delaware Water Gap area. Fort Penn was in Stroudsburg Borough, the original Jacob Stroud house. Pensyl Creek if I remember is out in Neola, there's a Pensyl Creek Road that goes from Neola to Snydersville alond the creek. Geoff Crawford geoff@innov8cs.com

I can't top the excellent advise given you by Geoff but I'll try to add a little. For a picture of the historical marker for Fort Penn go here: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMR1   Bear in mind that this area was part of Northampton County prior to the formation of Monroe in 1836. Have you checked the PAGenWeb sites? If not, here are the links for Monroe & Northampton: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pamonroe/ http://northampton.pa-roots.com/   Hope this helps Randy Brown --- On Fri, 4/10/09, Loretta Lisowski <lpl2429@gmail.com> wrote: From: Loretta Lisowski <lpl2429@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PAMONROE] PENSYL - historic locations? To: pamonroe@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 11:27 AM Fabulous Geoff! Exactly what I needed - thanks for sending me off in the right direction - much appreciated. On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Geoff Crawford <geoff@innov8cs.com> wrote: > At 09:56 AM 4/10/2009, Loretta Lisowski wrote: > >Thanks so much Geoff! Was Fort Penn close to Lower Smithfield? > > Depends on what you mean by "close"?  By today's standards or > during the Indian Wars?  Fort Penn during the days of its > existance was the place anyone within many miles would go > for safety, with Fort Depui being the other possibility. > > >  I am also > >looking for marriage, birth and death records from this area in the period > >from 1749 to 1770 which was prior to the family's move into the hornet's > >nest of what was the Wyoming Valley. Where would I find church records or > >tax lists? > > Any library with PA history will have the resources.  Humphrey's > births books go over county by county the churches, it's basically > an index to pre-1800 church lists.  Tax lists are fairly well published > and go back the furthest, but all you get is head of household. > All of those resources are at both the Monroe Co Hist Soc and the > Eastern Monroe Public Library which are going to be your best > local places to go for info.  At the 1749 time frame though, > about the only church records you're going to get is Hamilton Lutheran. > > For more extensive resources for all of PA try the Marx Room at the > Easton Public Library. > > > Geoff Crawford > geoff@innov8cs.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAMONROE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Loretta P. Lisowski ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAMONROE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, I am new to the list. I am researching my paternal line which is the PENSYL family. There are several locations mentioned in family stories that I am trying to pinpoint. After arriving from Germany in 1749, the family whose original name was Bentzel has been said to have settled in LOWER SMITHFIELD on the Delaware 20 miles north of Easton. There was also a mention of FORT PENN and in post Revolutionary War years, a PENSYL CREEK. I cannot locate any of these places. Does anyone know anything about them? Thank you. -- Loretta Pensyl Lisowski

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JasonEricBrown Surnames: brown Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.monroe/1148.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: WOW! Thank you for the info!!! Do you have a tree on Ancestry that I can look at? Or a GEDCOM with these Browns? my email is jason@jasonbrowndesign.com Thanks so much, this is such a great lead!!! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

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I got this today thought I would pass it on Dingman's Ferry-Delaware Township Historical Society is hosting Ghost Waters, a documentary by local filmmaker Nick Patrick The Ghost Waters film will be presented on Thursday April 16,2009 at the Delaware Township Municipal building-116 Wilson Hill Road, Dingman's Ferry, Pa. starting at 7pm. This film is a documentary in the making about historical events that took place during the Tock's Dam Era. This project forced many families from their homes and properties that had been in the family for generations. this land is now preserved and known as The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Nick's plan for the documentary, once finished, is for the education of students to both sides of this controversial issue. At this time, the film shows the properties on NJ side of the Delaware River, including Bevans, Peters Valley and Flatbrookville NJ. It is his desire to meet people and document the events that also happened in dingman's Ferry during the early 1960's The public is cordially invited.Please come and socialize with your friends and neighbors. Refreshment will be served. check out our ebay store http://www.2-kintners.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Dickjel1 Surnames: YEISLEY, DEAL, KEMREY & COTFELTER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.monroe/1165/mb.ashx Message Board Post: He was born 27 Oct 1811 Monroe Co son of John and Saloma (Kemrey) Yeisley. He married Nancy Deal 05 Jan 1837 in Ashland Co, OH. She was born 13 Dec 1818 Somerset Co, PA daughter of Frederick and Catherine (Cotfelter) Deal. The biography of George A Yeisley, with his picture, and loads of family information is in Linn Co, IA web site for anyone that is interested. He is buried in Mt Zion Cemetery, Linn Co, IA Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

hay, samuel of jackson twp., monroe co.he is a native, born march 30, 1844. his grandfather, charles hay was the 1st of the family to come to monroe co. he was born at easton, northampton co., he married mary tyron. they had 14 children; 6 still living, charles, john of jackson, hiram, melchor, lived in bradford co., philip of jackson, samuel, father of subject, catharine, widow of powell heller of jackson, elisabeth, widow of jacob doll. samuel hay was born near wilkes barre, july, 1810. in pocono twp. he married sally heller, native of northampton, d/o john heller. she died aug 24, 1890, age 78. la bar, isaac s. of pike co. the 1st of whom we have any record is george la bar, the great-grandfather of our subject. whose grandfather came to america in 1739 with 2 brohers.. george la bar was born near water gap, at mt. bethel in 1765 and died in smithfield, monroe co. in 1876 at the age of 111. he reared a large family among whom was peter la bar, subject's grandfather. his children were elias, father, jacob, john, louis, polly, wf of samuel garris, catharine wf of john heller. learn, joseph w. of paradise, monroe co., was born sept 1840, s/o john and susan (workheiser) learn. they had 11 children, 1. elisabeth wf of william cauffman, 2, christina, wf of tobias setzer, 3. lydia wf of jacob warner, 4. katie wf of samuel bowman, 5. hannah, wf charles angelmyer, 6. jacob married mary woodring, 7. julia wf of william c. Heller of mt. pocono., 8. mary married james buskirk, they lived in lackawanna co. joseph w. married in 1861 to mary e. heller, d/o james and rachel (keller) Heller of hamilton twp. she was born in 1844. and it goes on and on and on. Best Wishes, Geri

c.b.r bush, charles a. of price twp., monroe co., he was born in monroe co. (paradise), was born nov 2, 1845, s/o joseph and catharine (smith) bush. the paternal grandparents were nicholas and hannah (brutzman) bush. they reared a family of 4 sons and 4 daus., joseph, father of charles, jacob lived in bradford co., frederick married catharine brackley and moved West, henry married elizabeth Heller, settled in paradise and had 4 children, mary married george smith of paradise, susan, wf of abram stein of pocono twp., sallie wf of benjamin bush, of paradise, and elizabeth, wf of david Heller. eilenberger, frederick w., he was born feb. 25, 1866 in middle smithfield, s/o john m. and kate v. (bush) eilenberger. his paternal great-grandfather, andrew eilenberger, original settler of middle smithfield. his son frederick eilenberger, a, j.p. he married sarah michaels, and they had 4 children. john m. eilenberger, was born 1830 in middle smithfield, he married kate v. bush. they had 5 children, 1. frederick w., 2. william b., 3. louisa d., 4. clarence w., 5. clinton b. frederick w.eilenberger married in june 1887 to amy heller, d/o melchoir and sarah heller.children; wilie, frank, melchoir, vera, cleo. Best Wishes, Geri

c.b.r 1. richard simons 11. lewis simons was born feb. 21. 1825 in sterling twp. wayne co. at stroudsburg, monroe co., he married march 11, 1854, to catharine heller, d/o thomas and maria (fenner) heller both natives of that county. the father, who was a farmer, he was born feb. 21, 1801, died oct 3, 1870. the mother was born march 28, 1800, died may 6, 1859. their children; sally, wf of peter metzgar, catharine, deceased wf of lewis simons, alfried, a widower, matilda, wf of louis keller of scranton, caroline wf of r.h. simons of wayne co., eliza wf of coe wilson of n.j., louisa wf of sudendham keller of scranton, hattie, wf of horace shiree of scranton, maria, born april 4, 1838 and is the present wf of subject, chauncy, died a baby, lena, wf of chris. sensanbuck of dunmore, heller, daniel f. (rev.) was born june, 1830, hamilton, s/o anthony and sarah (fetherman) heller, also natives of hamilton died at shawnee. in their family were; mercer, philip, george, daniel, rosanna, wf of jacob miller, of stroudsburg, catharine, wf of luke staples, sarah, wf of david ace of smithfeield, sybilla, f of john smoyer and george. june 1858 rev. daniel married caroline bush of smithfield, d/o john b. and elizabeth (mann) bush. fetherman/vetterman 1. balthasar 11. johann philip, 3rd son of balthasar, was born may 8, 1761, bp. in lehigh co. he moved to montgomery co. (north wales), he married mary sarah dannahower, d/o abraham, in 1804 he took his family to hamilton twp. monroe co. he died oct. 27, 1821, and his wf who was born jan 20, 1758, died sept. 8, 1840. buried in the old graveyard in the rear of hamilton union ch. children; jacob, 1784, died 1865, balsar, 1786, died 1860, rosina, 1789, anna catharine, 1790, married charles miller, died 1875, abraham, 1792, died 1852, sally, jan 27, 1795, married anthony heller, died march 6, 1889, elizabeth married nicholas metzgar, died 1855, philip, 1804 died 1855, lydia 1802 died 1899, married peter shafer. Best Wishes, Geri

Frederick Willard Eilenberger b. 25 Feb 1866 d. 26 Mar 1938 Married 19 Jun 1887 Amy Heller d/o Melchoir & Sarah Smith Heller b. 24 Jan 1871 d. 16 Dep 1943. Their children William b.11 Jan 1888 d. 18 Mar 1960 Frank 17 Jun 1890 d. 2 Apr 1980 Melchior 3 oct 1891 d. 4 Dec 1968 Vera b. 14 Apr 1895 d. 28 Oct 1992 Cleo 25 Aug 1896 d. 31 Oct 1966 Sarah 14 Aug 1900 d. 8 oct 1993 Margaret 30 Jan 1902 d. 1996 Amy 28 Mar 1909 d. 19 Dec 1996 check out our ebay store http://www.2-kintners.com

bebjamin franklin schoonover, was born in middle smithfield twp. , monroe co., nov. 16, 1825, s/o daniel and cornelia (swartwood) on march 5, 1873 he married sarah van campen, a native of marhsall falls, monroe co, she was the d/o john m. and jane b. (heller) van campen, they were both reared in n.j., then moved to monroe co. pa., where the mother died at age 32, buried in bushkill cem. the father was born 1818. the maternal grandparents were michael and elizabeth (depew) heller, natives of pike co. and n.j. respectively, both buried in bushkill. charles labar heller, of lehman twp., born sept. 10, 1833, s/o john and julia (smith) heller. his paternal grandparents were simon and sarah (carpenter) heller of bushkill, the former son of john heller charles labar heller, married nov. 10, 1863 at bushkill to clarissa d. wallace. mr. heller's 1st american ancerstor, christian heller, was born in germany. from him the line is traced through simon heller, sr. who was born in hellertown, northampton co., john heller born in hamilton twp, monroe co., simon heller of bushkilll and hon. john keller, charles labar. Best Wishes, Geri

c.b.r. heller family georg p. heller, (hon.) of pike co., pa. 1. christoper heller, born 1688, germany. came to america in the winter galley, 1738, with his entire family. (6 sons), settled in northampton co. (lower milford). he died in 1788. 11. simon heller, born at petersheim, germany, june 18, 1721. he married louisa and had 16 children. he died may 20, 1783 111. john heller, s/o simon 11, was born in northampton co.,oct 20, 1756. he srv. in the rev. (3rd pa.). in 1812 he moved to wayne co. ohio. (his date of death is not known), he married susan hammond, and had 9 sons and 5 daus. 1V john heller, was born in northampton co., nov 26, 1786. he moved to bushkill, then to ohio, the to illinois, he died in fulton co. , nov 30, 1863. he was married twice. he is said to have only child, john m. V. john m. heller, was born at bushkill, nov. 11, 1806 and died at port jervis, n.y. on march 3, 1857.. on jan 27, 1827 he married margaret winfield, who died oct. 26, 1832, age 27. she was the d/o abraham winfield, a rev. war soldier; children, george p., harvey r., born 1830, was drowned dec. 25, 1832 in the gulf of mexico from the ship three bells, john w. and margaret, twins, of whom the former married delila danly and the latter died at age 50. john m. heller married 2nd to nancy newman and he ha 4 sons, ira b.n., martin v. of n.y., thomas of n.y., and isaac l. V1, george p.heller, was born in milford, aug 22, 1828. on march 2, 1852 he married helen elizabeth wallace. they had 8 children. Best Wishes, Geri

hamilton twp.monroe co. (note, heller births, all from hamilton twp is up on the heller board (gen forum). assessment list-1781, includes, simon heller, john heller hamilton twp-voters-1818 includes, peter heller, george heller, david heller constables, include peter heller assessment-1848 includes, thomas heller, daniel heller, simon heller on may 23, 1820 the corner-stone of the present church was laid with appropriate ceremonies. signed by lutheran peter rister, george metzgar, john william, joseph metzgar, george heller, john heller, george ganer, joseph keller, john erdman, val. wrkheiser, peter bossard, john eyer. reformed henry fenner, daniel hauser, felix weiss, george mersch, george ruth, jacob wolfinger, j. strauss, jr., john schmidt, j. strauss, sr., jacob meixell, a. arnold, peter heller. george dreher, came from northampton co. about the time of the rev. he married lydia heller, whose family had previously settled in wind gap. children; jacob, george, john, michael, h. melchior, polly wf of george learn, sally, mrs. andrew whitesell, and elizabeth wf of samuel pugh. upper saucon twp. christopher heller, with his wf. elizabeth, arrived in this country from the palatinate, and took the oath, sept. 1738. they settle in upper milford, and are known to have a son michael, who married magd. buchecker, d/o henry and lowina buchecker. they moved to saucon and had 3 children; paul, tobias, and mary magd. paul married catharine owen, widow of solomon owen. her maiden name was beil. Best Wishes, Geri

lehigh valley-deaths heller, jonas, died nov 8, 1895, age 61y 3m 14d\ heller, mrs. david, died april 12, 1896, age 75. son evan heller, charles, died april 14, 1896 in phila. horn, anna m. nee heller, died march 9, 1897, age 36y, 11m 6d. husband, harry v. (dr.), father peter heller, mother, anna, deceased 1891, daus. tillie, bella, anna, sons, george, robert, harry. bros. charles h. heller, george heller, harry e. heller, john h. heller. sis's mrs. frank kock, anna's twin heller, clara eliza, died april 6, 1863, age 6y 7m 19d, father thomas, mother elizabeth heller, anna, died may 17, 1864, age about 40, husband william heller, jacob died oct 15, 1853 age about 60 heller, louisa angelical, died june, -, 1862, age 46y 0m 5d, husband joseph Best Wishes, Geri

rev. war covert, tunnis, n.j. line, blw. assignee jacob heller britton, daniel or daniel brittian, , wf charlotte or catharine, blw. assignee jacob heller, lived 4 miles from stroudsburg, pa. lott, nicholas, wf anna maria, pa. line, s/o johann and catharine lott, he lived in reading, pa. he married at reading, 23 april 1782, to anna maria heller, d/o ludwig Best Wishes, Geri

northampton co lademacher, john, lower saucon, may 16, 1793 proved june 20, 1793. wf. barbara, dau. elizabeth wf of peter kessler, catharine, wf of "dudwiler, mary elisabeth wf of david heller, mary, deceased wf of michael rath rev. war-service heller frederick-srv as pvt and sgt in german bttn of cont. troops gasper, 4th pa. jacob or as jacob hallar, pvt. german bttn of cont. troos jacob,, n.y joh, 3rd regt of pa. troops john, n.y john or as john keeler, 5th pa john, 5th bttn of pa. troops john, 10th pa. nicholas or as nicholas keller, 1st n.y. william or as william heeler, 10th pa pensions-heller frederick, wf hannah, R4849, applied 1818 in delaware co. married in md. john or john hellen,S8702. soldier was born 21 sept 1752 in northampton co., pa. a resident of ashland, ohio john, pa line,, S39671, applied 1837 in northampton co. pa john, pa line, he enlisted in germantown,pa. applied 1818 in northampton co., pa. in 1820 he was living in columbia co., pa. burials-heller jacob-plainfield cem. near wind gap. northampton co., pa joseph, christ union luth. ch. lehigh/northampton cos michael, jr. old cem. friedensville, lehigh co michael sr. same cem. Best Wishes, Geri

northampton co.-heller peter, 17 april 1785-30 may 1814, age 29y 1m 13d philip 16 may 1720-1790-age 90 samuel, 15 march 1791-9 aug 1849, age 50y 4m 20d simon ca feb 1753-sept 1835, age 82y 6m 25d simon, 1 may 1775-17 april 1849, age 73y 11m 6d soloman 6 jan 1772-6 feb 1857, wf mary soloman 10 sept 1798-8 oct 1897, age 81y, 28d susan, 8 june 1783-20 dec 1853 susanna ca 1793-may 1801 susanna 3 dec 1784-17 april 1833, wf of george-age 48y 3m 16d susanna, 21 june 1757-dec 1797 age 40 susanna 8 nov 1778-14 nov 1893, wf of jacob-age 70 seip, jacob, wf susanna heller, 11 dec 1771-11 july 1850 scheib, elizabeth catharine nee heller, 3 sept 1781-28 feb 1838, age 48y 5m 25d Best Wishes, Geri

northampton co., heller magdalea, ca april 1788-sept, 1812-age 24y 4m 12d magd. 9 may 1781-17 may 1868, wf of charles, age 87y 4m 3d magd. 27 dec 1788-30 may 1855, wf of adam, age 66y 11m 3d magd. 16 march 1756-1795 margaret, 12, nov 1759-21 feb 1841, age 81y 3m 9d margaretha, 18 may 1777-19 jan 1849, age 71y 8m 1d maria, april 1777-20 aprill 1848, age 77, wf of simon maria died 21 oct 1848, age 62 mary 23 feb 1781-10 sept 1844, wf of soloman mary v. 6 may 1795-1 oct 1873, age 76y 4m 25d michael, ca feb 1724-dec 1803, age 79y 10m michael, ca march 1757-april, 1816, age 39 michael, 9 nov 1757-1 july 1828 mrs. jacob, ca aug 1770-july 1841, age 70y 11m 9d Best Wishes, Geri

heller george, ca march 1769-nov. 1800 age 31y 7m 5d george christopher, 5 april 1731-23 march 1731-23 march 1805 age 74 henry, 10 july 1789-30 nov 1818, age 50y 4m 20d hiob, ca jan 1780-june 1822 age 42y 5m 6d j. george ca jan 1799-oct 1800, age 1y 9m 7d jacob, 6 march 1750-8 oct 1822, age 72y 7m 12d jacob ca nov 1786-july 1801, age 14y 8m jacob 28 nov 1792-11 april 1874, age 81, h/o anna jacob 23 april 1782-14 oct 1834, age 52y 5m 21d job 17 jun 1765-22 june 184, age 79 johann simon, 18 june 1721-20 may 1785, age 64, h/o louisa. born in teufland zu pettersheim johannes 8 nov 1778-26 nov 1814 joseph ca 1796-june 1797, age 9m 18d joseph 15 nov 1798-17 april 1799 joseph 14 nov 1794-3 aug 1879, age 84y 3m 15d joseph, 19 march 1756-26 march 1838, age 82 louisa, nee dietz, wf of johann simon, 12 june 1726-13 april 1768 Best Wishes, Geri