This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1138.1.2 Message Board Post: Your msg: ...John Schaffer married Nancy Bechtel, daughter of Jacob Bechtel (Bachtel.) Nancy Bechtel's brothers and sisters: Harry, Jacob, Martin, Elizabeth (Keller), Polly (Speicher), Kate (Keller), Mattie (Grove), Hettie (Wechtenhiser), Sally (Byers), Susan (Smith). ... I obtained a copy of Jacob Bachtal's 1844 Somerset Co, Pa will. The will lists his children as: ...my children hereinafter named share and share alike maimely to Henry, Elizabeth, Mary, Anna, Catharine, Magdaline, Susana, Easter, Sarah, Martin, and to the children of my son Jacob (deceased) their fathers share share and share alike. ... It looks like we have the same family, in spite of the traditional nicknames. My gg-grandfather was "Jacob (deceased)" -buried in East Union Twp Cemetery, Wayne Co, Oh. Would like to exchange notes. Ron Bechtel RonBech299@aol.com