Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 08:19:34 -0400 From: John Blankenbaker <johblank@pipeline.com> To: GERMANNA_COLONIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: (627)Germanna Colonies, History of The six hundred and twenty-seventh note in a series on the Germanna Colonies As we move into the family of Michael Thomas, son of John Thomas and Anna Maria Blankenbaker, we are bordering on fiction. By tradition, Michael is said to the father of twenty-five children by two wives. His will, which emphasizes the second family, was partially burned. So even though I put some names down in black and white, don't believe that they are solid facts. There is some evidence which will be discussed later. The first wife of Michael was Catherine. Many people speculate that she was a Wayland who had a daughter of this name with approximately the correct age. A good circumstantial case can be built that this was the Catherine who married Michael. The only weakness in the argument is that the same facts can also be used to show that Catherine married other men. So I usually refrain from identifying Catherine as a Wayland. The tradition is that Catherine was the mother of fifteen children. A list of suggested children is: Henry (said to be the eldest), Samuel, Margaret, married Everhard Hupp, Anna Maria, m.1 Michael DeBolt, m.2 Michael Crisler, Abraham, m. Susanna Smith, Michael, m. Elizabeth Bennett, John, Jesse, Lucy, Elizabeth, m. Anthony Berry, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15. The second wife of Michael Thomas was Eva Susannah Margaret Hart. The names of ten children of this union have been put forward: George B., m. Lavina Scholl Sarah ?, Israel, m. Catherine Halbert, Daniel, Mary McQueen, Solomon, m. ____ Barnhill Ann, m. Stephen Bowles, Barbara, Elizabeth, perhaps m. Mathias Rafelty, Jr., Rachael, Eve. John Blankenbaker, PO Box 120, Chadds Ford, PA 19317 Beyond Germanna, A Newsletter/Journal of Germanna Information http://www.germanna.com/ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhis1.html http://www.inficad.com/~genelea http://www.pretext.com/mar98/shorts/short3.htm ______________________________ Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 07:05:36 -0600 From: "The Asimus's" <Asimus@bigfoot.com> To: GERMANNA_COLONIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: (627)Germanna Colonies, History of Hi, Even thought you mention that it is just a suggestion, I was wondering what else might be known about Catherine especially if she was a Wayland. Who would her parent's have been? Robyn P.S. I am researching Wayland, Shaver, Pence, Crisler, Gant, Anderson, Helm, Coffman/Kauffman, and Dial's.