berks co. pa. drumheller-rev. war-pensions george, R3095, va. line, soldier applied 25 jan 1845 in albemarle co., va. aged 86. and soldier lived there at enlistment and always lived there. soldier died 10 may 1848 leaving 7 children, but only 2 were named, towit; adam and william drumheller, anny drumheller widow of leonard drumheller (the brother of george) made aff'dt in albemarele co, va. on 23 june 1853, an eli ames, addison gentry and samuel drumheller made joint aff'dt in 1853 but no relationship for either of the 3. leonard, wf annie, or anna, W5265, BLW#26960-160-55, va. line. soldier applied 12 oct 1832 in albemarle co., va. age about 70. soldier was born near "redding, pa.", soldier lived in albemarel co. at enlistment. soldier died 22 oct 1841. widow applied 1844 in albbemarle co. va. soldier and wf had married in 1800. widow was born 30 jan 1781 and her 1st child was samuel, born 1801. soldier and widow had married at the home nehemiah hundly in albemarle, va. rev. war-burial drumheller, nicholas-himmel's ch. rebuck, pa. war of 1812 drumheller, george wf jane (suthards) WC-8845, SC-10962, married 7 jan 1817 albemarle co., va. soldier died 2 sept 1876 nelson co. va. drumheller, william, SC-371, wf. elizabeth fisher, married jan. 1815 in berks co., pa. srv. george zeiber's co. pa. mil. lived in berks co. pa. berks co., pa dromheller daniel 17 nov 1773 johannes and regina drumheller anna catharine 2 aug 1760 leonard and henrietta catharine 3 jan 1780 j. nickalous and catharine george leonhard 24 june 1762 leonhard and henrietta johannes 21 sept 1779 hannes and regina leonhard 3 sept 1764 leonhard and henrietta northampton co. drumheler jacob 11 feb 1790, jacob and margareth drumheller anna maria 4 july 1797 philip and anna john 21 oct 1799 same parents lea 6 june 1798 george and elizabth Best Wishes, Geri -----Original Message----- From: Joe Drumheller Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2007 9:20 PM To: Diana Quinones, [email protected] Subject: Re: [PABERKS] DRUMHELLER lineage, GRANT origins Diana Quinones wrote: > 1767 tax list shows: > Leonard DRUMHELLER, in Western Dist, and he must have been renting as > tax=1, and only a horse and cow. > > 1784: Berks Co, p 609, PA Archives, Series3, Vol 18, > John DROMHELLER, Earl Twp., no land, 1 horse, 1 cow and 7 people in h/h > Nicholas DROMHELLER, Earl, mason, no land 1 horse and 1 cow and 7 > people in h/h > > Is Nicholas a son of Leonard, too? > Diana: Yes. Johannes (John) and Johan Nicholas (1750 - 1823) were brothers, possibly sharing or maybe dividing the original homestead. Leonard, the immigrant, migrated to Albemarle County, Virginia sometime around 1776 with 3 sons and one or two daughters. He died there in 1797. Three sons: Johannes, Johan Nicholas and Jacob (who died unmarried in service of the Continental Army in 1784), as well as at least one daughter, Margaret, whom we are fairly confident married Adam Swavely; stayed here in Berks. Nicholas moved to Northumberland County in about 1805. The apparent movement of John and Nicholas here in Berks from Western District to Earl, and then to Pike was due to the area being assigned to those different municipalities by the movement of their borders. (part of Western District became Earl when Earl was formed in 1782, and a part of Earl later became the southwestern part of Pike) I can give more details on these families if you like. In respect to the ongoing speculation about the origins of the GRANTs in question, the existence of records with spellings such as GRAEND and GRONT could be viewed as evidence for either case. As one who spends time with Amish and Mennonite folks as well as the "dutchy" folks "down in Oley," I can say that these could be phonetic spellings rendered by German pastors, whose pronunciation of "GRANT" would sound very much that way. Of course, given what we know about the German ancestry of most locals then, as well as the trend toward anglicizing of German surnames during that period, I would consider German origins to be more likely. Has anyone found German records of GRAEND or GRONT families? Joe Drumheller Reading, Pa. ==== PABERKS Mailing List ==== [email protected] To contact the List Administrator: Rick Berkheiser, [email protected] To search the PABERKS List Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search To visit the Berks Message Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks To visit the Berks County, PA website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paberks/ Hosted by Nancy Freehafer ------------------------------- 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