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