history of westmoreland co. smith, james b., of penn twp. was born dec 17, 1859 in coultersville, allegheny co, s/o michael d., and lucinda (painter) smith, and a grandson of michael smith a native of america. he served in the civil war and was killed in the war. michael d. smith, father, was a native of allegheny co., born 1835, he was a pilot on the ohio and mississippi rivers and came to his death by drowning in 1861. his wf. lucinda painter, d/o george; children, mary emma, annie l., james b., and abbie james b. married jan 17, 1884 to prisilla swonger, d/0 jackson and barbara (beighley) swonger of westmoreland co. children; john, peter, samuel, james r. elizabeh, henry, lucinda, louisa, annie, rebecca, marth and margaret mr. and mrs. smith are the parents of the following children; joseph m., minnie b., born april 18, 1886, frank d., born oc 6, 1887, mary e., sept 9, 1889, william mc k., priscilla, james b., jr. northumberland co. smith, jacob w., a native of sunbury. james smith, father of jacob w., was born in reared in bucks oo, he was a soldier of the rev. his wife barbara ann (vanholdt) was from bucks co. they had a large family, but a number of their children died when small. we have a record of jacob w., james of sunbury, john, catharine, w/o william withington, polly who married robert simth smith, james, was born in turbut twp., northumberland co., sept 28, 1848, s/o james r. smith. james smith, his grandfather was a native of northampton co., near bangor, and where he died. he married margaret smith, who also died in northampton co. children; mary died unmarried, isabelle, married samuel horn, elizabeth married john phsher and james r. james r.., s/o james and father of jame h., was born in northampton co. after his marriage he moved to northumberland co. he married margaret young, who was born in northampton co., and died in milton. children, ellen e., w/o samuel long and had 3 children (frank m., laura s., and charles), james h,, mary e., clara a., w/o frank hinshelwood and they lived in seattle, josephine w/o frank bond of phila., and luther c., of selinsgrove, and he had a son (frank) Best Wishes, Geri -----Original Message----- From: martha w. jackson Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 10:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH] messinger Geri, To back up here, first, I believe SHROEDER IS REALLY PRONOUNCED Shrader, of which intermarried into my family, Bird & William/Jacob; We are related to the KLEIN family, but I don't know how; There was one in Yakima, 1940; this PETER WERST and Maria KOCH, are listed in the Will of Adam Romig, N'n Co., Wills; PROBABLY MINE; Elizabeth WENCH/?WERCH???; Kurtz/KUNTZ????; a ____GOOD visited in Yakima, was a relative I think. ca 1940; But that family is married into my P/BUDERBAUGH family, and they were down in the Grandview area; Leah, a name in the family; and the DeHaven name has been bugging me for years, but all I could relate it to was the actress Goria DeHaven. I think and have thought also, that if we just will listen to our conscience, it will give us names. McKinney is one I have been hearing, but I had a grade school principal by that name and ignored it. And among the SMITH family in Westmoreland Co. was a McKinney. I have yet to be able to do anything because I haven't pinpointed my James Brady SMITH's parents yet. I had an article publishd in KENTUCKY ANCESTORS (My 1st one) in which I tried to explain this sorting out of names and spellings by sound, to no avail, it seems, as, when I emailed the Head of the KY History Center re the publication number being dated two years before arrival, I got a short answer. So, I know he has gotten some flack, but there are many, many people who do not know their surnames were spelled in a different way, way back when. I even brought it out that the people who were douing the PA ARCHIVES, had WORTHAMPTON CO., instead of NORTHAMPTON. W/M/N can be taken for each other from deciphering by different people, because they don't realize the possibilities here. I even found a PHITZSIMMONS in Sumner Co., TN, when I was working on an F name. I then wrot a cousin, and she said "No wonder we can't find these people. Only she put an ! after it. After all, could the GRIDER family of Warren Co., KY also be the KREIDER family of PA???? Pure FRUSTRATION. ----- Original Message ----- From: "geri brennan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH] messinger > okay, maybe this will help > 1790c > worst, henry-cumru twp.-berks co. > > worst, henry-dauphin co. > > kessler, philip-strasburg-lancasterco > kessler, sebastian-strasburg-lancaster co > kessler, andrew-salisbury twp-lancaster co > > worst, peter-salisbury twp-lancaster co > > cramer, john-strasburg-lancaster co > > sell, jacob-york co. > sell, adam-york co > > > shroeder, jacob-york co > shroeder, rev.-york co > worst, jacob-york co > > lancaster co-births > worst > anna margaret 4 feb 1748 jacob and annna dorothy-muddy creek ref. > > heinrich bp 22 june 1755 jacob and __ > records of rev, john waldschmidt > > johann jacob bp 1749 jacob and __ > same > maria juliana bp 6 april 1751 jacob and __ same > > wurst > mary, d/o jacob wurst and anna dorothea bp oct 1, 1746-muddy creek > > john peter wurst, s/o jacob, bp 8 june 1753, sp peter klein and margaret > brunner > > st. james episcopal > 1759 june 13 adam werst (west) to elizabeth wench, license > > `1775 may 1 joseph corel to rebecca hall > > bucks co. > anna maria d/o michael flechser and catharine, born july 2, 1761. sp. > peter werst and maria koch > > martha, as you know, there's a heck of a lot of wertz/werts/wortz/wortz > but very few werst/worst > > lancaster co. history > worst, henry, was born in salisbury twp, s/o henry, sr., and mary (kurtz) > worst > > the worst family was established in lancaster co., about 1760 by 3 > brothers, who came from switzerland, one settling in germantown, one in > cornwall, lebanon co., and one in terre hill, lancaster co. > > the paternal grandparents of mr. worst, subject, were peter and barbara > (weaver) worst > > henry worst sr., of salisbury, was born in 1795 and died at age 89. he > married mary kurtz, d/o samuel and barbara (showalder) kurtz of lancster. > she died in 1843, age 44 and was buried next to her husband on part of the > old farm in a private cemetery.. members of the mennonite ch. children; > barbara married john wanner, peter married maria good, samuel married > nancy kurtz, elias married SUSAN GAYBILL, mary married joseph h. bair, > elizabeth, susanna married daniel kurtz, henry, subject, leah died age 6 > and catharine died at 18 > > henry worst, was a postmaster. he was a member of the presbyterian ch. > > in 1863 he married in providence twp to suusan FRAILEY born in earl twp., > aug. 26, 1838, d/o daniel and anna (long) FRAILICK, the former died in > paradise in 1888 and the latter died 1886 age 61. they were resoecuvkey > members of the mennonite and dunkard churchs, and they were interred in > mellinger's cemetery. their chldren were joseph, daniel of harrisburg, > married lillie herr, anna married henry brown of paradise, rebecca widow > of elias herman of lancaster, abby married john wright of lancaster, susan > w/o henry worst. her maternal grandparnts were jonathan and susan (reno) > long. > > children of mr. and mrs. worst; catharine, widow of clayton de haven; > clayton married margaret bowers, henry married mazie kurtz and anna, > > Best Wishes, Geri > > > -----Original Message----- > From: martha w. jackson > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 7:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH] messinger > > Got an email back from Roberta Eddy, in which she located Peter WIRTH & > wife, Magdelena, and several others. But the person at the courthouse in > Bucks, sent a much later list of WERST down almost to today. AND!BUCKS CUT > FROM LANCASTER, DIDN'T KNOW THAT. THAT MAY BE WHY I AM SO FAMILIAR WITH > peter worst of Lancaster, and his shenannigans. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "geri brennan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 7:41 AM > Subject: [PALEHIGH] messinger > > >> geranic immigrants in pa. ship lists >> >> the ship pink johnson arrived sept. 19, 1732. the archives gives 110 >> names, this photostat show 112. there are many errors. behn should be >> bohn, beer, bey, rouse, rauch, coplinger, keplinger, etc. john moesinger >> settled in bucks co. with him was his son michael messinger, born nov 17, >> 1719, who first settled in bucks co and later in forks twp., northampton >> co., where he had a grist mill, became prominent and was member of the >> county committe of obseration in the rev. he died oct. 24, 1791. he was >> the ancstor of one of the members of our excutive committee and has many >> descendans in northampton co. >> >> Best Wishes, Geri >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message