Hi Judy - I don't know anything about this family, but since at least some of them were apparently Moravians, you might like to look at this website, if you haven't; it has all sorts of Moravian links: http://www.enter.net/~smschlack/ Good luck! Jan Judy Miles wrote: > > I am trying to find information on John Heinrich Miess, who lived in Lebanon or Berks County in the mid-1700's. His farm was across the Swatara Creek from Bethel Moravian Church, where the Swatara came through the Blue Mountains. He was probably Lutheran or Reformed. I found his son Thomas mentioned in a Lutheran Church record in Virginia. John Heinrich's wife's name was Anna Margaret, and they had 9 children. His daughter Elizabeth may have been the Elizabetha Miess married by Rev. Stoever to Captain Thomas Coppenhaver in 1778. That Elizabeth was of Bethel Township; Thomas Coppenhaver was of East Hanover Township. > > In 1761, he and his brother Christopher were massacred by Indians while plowing. > > His brother George lived where the Monroe Valley Country Club is now. George (actually his name was John George) was a member of Bethel Moravian. His son John George was also killed by Indians in 1756. > > I can find information on George in Bethel Township documents, but nothing on John Heinrich or his sons. Then Miess family immigrated from Prussia. There was also a Phillip Miess, who I'm told wasn't a brother of the other 3. > > Can anyone help me? > > Judy > > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== > The official webstie for this list is at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/~padutch/ > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp