It's been a while since I've posted the Montgomery County families I'm working on, so I thought I might do so in case anyone might see a connection. My 4th-great-grandfather Henry BECKER was b. abt 1758, m. 1790 Anna NEWMAN dau of David Newman, d. 1818 in Towamencin Twp, Montgomery Co, PA. A family Bible identifies Henry's father as "Peter Becker, a native of Europe." Henry was a weaver and was in Skippack Twp before moving to Towamencin Twp. I'm having trouble identifying this Peter Becker definitively in the 1700s, and have not made a definite Newman connection yet. Henry's son John BAKER (1792-1855) m. Ann GODSHALK (1799-1856), served in the War of 1812 and ran a store in Kulpsville eventually taken over by his son Franklin E.G. Baker (1826-1910). Franklin later became a huckster and produce merchant in Philadelphia. Ann's Godshalk line includes STAUFFER/STOVER and CLEMENS ancestors, and ties into the large GODSHALL/GODSHALK/GOTTSCHALL/etc line in Montgomery Co that began with immigrant ancestor Jacob Gottschalk (1670-1763). Although legend takes the Clemens line back to an ancestor executed as one of the Cromwellians who signed the death warrant for King Charles I in England in the 1600s, my correspondence with the College of Arms suggests this is dubious at best. Franklin m. Amanda DANEHOWER (1834-1913), who was b. in Gwynedd and was dau of John S. Danehower (1802-1870) and Sarah KNEEDLER (1807- 1882). I have the Danehower line back to Abraham (1722-1789), but have nothing on the Kneedler line or on any of the Danehower spouses. If anyone sees any possible connections here, I'd love to hear from them! Frank O'Donnell South Pasadena, CA fod@netcom.com