Hi Karen, this stuff will drive me crazy. And I know their were Faust's in Carbon County. There was a Johannes Faust, wife Elizabeth in 1833, they had a son, Josua, sp Philip Hinkel and Hanna (my ancestors) Then they had a son Johannes Faust in 1838, then a dau. Caroline, in 1841, then a dau. Harriet in 1844, Solomon Rinker married Elizabeth Faust and the had a son Edward William in 1850, Daniel Faust and Sara Romich had a dau, Mary Ann in 1850. John Romich and his wife Rosina Faust, a dau Emeline, in 1857. Daniel Faust and Sara, a dau, Ether Sara in 1858, John Faust and his wife Anna Glendenning a dau, Jane Rebecca 1861, Edward Faust and his wife Elizabeth Balliet, a son, Percival Edward in 1868, John Bittner and his wife Caroline Faust, a son, Edwin Daniel, born 1869, John H. Faust and his wife Catharine "Amboden, a son, Josiah, Francis Stuard and his wife Mary Faust, a son David Daniel, 1867 Carbon County History John Faust, a native of Bucks Co, born 1797 came to Lausanne in April 1829, with a wife a children; Daniel, Catherine, wife of David Keller, Elizabeth, wife of Solomon Rinker, Mary, wife of Peter Hartz, Caroline, wife of John Bitner, John of Audenried, Henry of Mahanoy City, Edward at Weatherly. In 1849 the assessment of Packer township included John Faust, Daniel Faust and Henry Faust Borough of Catasauqua Among the early settlers was Henry Faust, who was born in Albany township, Berks Co., and was the son of one of two brothers, Bastian or John Faust. He died April 14, 1795 leaving a widow and 8 children. The eldest John Philip, grandfather of Paul Faust, acepted the land at the appraisement, which was calculated in pounds,shillings and pence. He died July 12, 1832 and left a widow and four children, the eldest of whom was Jonas Faust, accepted the land at the appraisement of $55.00 per acre being the upper tract, while Elizabeth Knauss, his sister, accepted the lower tract of 60 acres, and soon after sold it to John Peter. Jonas Faust left a widow and 7 children, the eldest Paul Faust, accepted the land Jan 24 1834, appraisment of $50.00 per acre. He was at that time age 24. For, in addition to the recognizances entered into to secure his brothers and sisters their share , there were those on his father's who had died soon after he accepted the land, and also 3 dowers, viz; His great-grandmother, Catharine, widow of Henry Faust, who lived in a small house, long afterward occupied by Jesse Brown, at the lower spring, now the site of F. W. Wint and Co's planning mill, but who afterwardss remarried a farmer named Huth, and died at advanced age in Moore township, near the Blue Mt.; and the dower of his grandmother, Barbara, who died Oct 4, 1842, at the residence of her daughter, at the stone manion still standing near the entrance of the bridge across the Lehigh from Stemton to Coplay; the dower of his mother, who subsequently remarried Henry Breisch. Paul Faust, was born Sept 30, 1809, died at Allen township, Northampton County, Nov 12, 1883. He was the oldest of 7 children (named before). He married Jan 6, 1835, to Amelia Brenig, born Sept 7, 1816 in Long Swamp, Berks Co, she was one of 12 children, 8 sisters and three brothers. She was the daughter of George Brenig and Polly Wetzell. His widow resides on the homestead and 5 children, viz., Amy Boger, of IL, Walter, Jane Koehler, of Easton, M. Alce and Clara B. Best Wishes, Geri