I am looking for information about the surnames TROYER and SWOVELAND, both are Amish families who lived in PA. In the 1700s. Michael TROYER was married to Anna RICKENBACK/ REICHENBACH in Somerset Co. PA, about 1776. They had four children: Magdalena TROYER, b. 1777-78 Anna TROYER, b. 10 July 1779 John TROYER, b. 1785 Abraham TROYER, b. 1786, or 1788 Michael TROYER had a second marriage in 1796 to Magdelena RICKENBACH/REICHENBACH, Anna's sister. They had four children, Miss TROYER, b. abt. 1797-98 Jacob TROYER, b. 6 Aug 1799 Daniel TROYER, b. 17 Nov. 1802 Joseph TROYER, b. abt. 1806 I am searching for information about Susannah TROYER who, I hope to confirm, is the abovementioned "Miss," born 1797-98. Regarding this mystery, Gingerich/Kreider wrote, "She may have been either Susanna TROYER who married Jacob SWOVELAND (SO7?) Holmes County, March 2, 1818, or Veronica F TROYER who married Adam DUER and had a daughter Anna (Nancy") DUER, 12/13/1815-5/6/1903, who married Daniel CHRISTNER, CH217 and lived in Mar Co., Ind, or neither of these." I have learned from a death record that Susannah TROYER was my g,g,g, grandmother and that she married Jacob SWOVELAND, b. 1794, the son of Peter SWOVELAND, b. 1750. After Susannah TROYER was born about 1797 in PA. The family moved to Ohio. There she married Jacob SWOVELAND, 31 March 1818, in Coshocton Co. Ohio. (Although Gingerich/Kreider above list the marriage as, 2 March 1818, I have confirmed the 31 March date with two other sources.) The book "Marriages, Coshocton Co. Ohio, 1811-1930" (microfiche LH 7246) lists the marriage of Jacob Swoveland to Susannah TRYER, (A spelling mistake.) The LDS records list the marriage as Jacob SWOVELAND and Susannah FRYER. (Another spelling mistake.) Jacob and Susannah had a son, Jacob SWOVELAND who was born, 1 May 1837, in Richland Co. Ohio. Jacob married Mary Elizabeth STEVENS, 10 Jan 1856. They had a daughter Mary Catherine SWOVELAND, born 21 July 1867. Mary Catherine married David DRAKE in Lagrange, Indiana, 26 March 1896. Any information anyone can provide to help clear up this mystery would be greatly appreciated. Since I live in Hawaii, it is difficult for me to get to Pennsylvania or Ohio to look things like this up. (Although I am moving to Colorado next month, so that will put me closer.) I have only been on the list for a few weeks but have been enjoying the posts, especially the reprints of diaries, and history books. Aloha, Bill Brauker billbra@hotmail.com Researching the following names: BRAUKER/BRAUCHER, LANGOHR, MERRITT, BECK, ASHTON/ASTON, WEAVER, MOOREHOUSE, SCOTT, KIPP, SCHISSLER, EICHAR/EICAR ELLIGET/MCELLIGET, ROACH, MAHAFFEY, DRAKE, SWOVELAND, TROYER, STEVENS, ALLEN, RICKENBACH/REICHENBACH, MAST, THOMMEN ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== New? Looking for a quick connection? Visit the surnames list associated with this mail list at http://members.aol.com/PennaDutch/pdlsurnames.html