Dee Ann, Thank you for your new postings. I am a GOCHENOUR and RITTER/RUTTER reseacher and have the "History of The Descendants of JACOB GOCHENOUR" by Robert Lee Evans. I am posting the following WILKIN information from that book in hopes that it might help a WILKIN/WILKINS researcher keep the different WILKIN/WILKINS straight. Page 31 ANN GOCHENOUR daughter of Joseph married 26 oct 1812 JACOB WILKIN, son of GODFREY and CATHERINE LAYMAN WILKIN. Children: ISAAC WILKIN born 10 Jul 1813 EMANUEL WILKIN born 23 Jan 1820 LYDIA WILKIN born 20 Aug 1826 REBECCA WILKIN (no brithday given) JACOB WILKIN and ANNA GOCHENOUR WILKIN lived on a 100 acre farm on Stony Creek near Lantz Mill, Virginia. Many descendants of this couple are set forth in pages 1084-87 of the "History of the Descendants of JOHN HOTTEL" by Rev. W. D. HUDDLE and wife. Page 33 RACHEL GOCHENOUR daughter of Joseph married GODFREY WILKIN 5 Jan 1818 the son of GODFREY WILKIN and CATHERINE LAYMAN. The "Hottel Genealogy" by Rev. W. D. HUDDLE an dwife states on page 1087 the RACHEL GOCHENOUR married FREDERICK WILKIN. The marriage bone states "GODFREY". He appears in various records sometimes as "GODFREY" and sometimes as "FREDERICK". Perhaps his name was GODREY FREDERICK WILKIN. Children: JOSEPH WILKIN CATHARINE WILKIN ELIZABETH WILKIN JONATHAN WILKIN ANNA WILKIN HENRY WILKIN SAMUEL WILKIN RACHEL was one of the younger children of her father, JOSEPH GOCHENOUR, for her marriage bond says she was a ward of JACOB OTT which implies she was under 18 years of age when she married. Her father had died in 1808 or 09 and JACOB OTT had been appointed guardian of her sister BARBARA and of RACHEL. In the settlement of her father's estate, Shen. Will Book R, page 102, it is state money was paid to GODFRIED WILKIN for his wife RACHEL's share. Also, RACHEL GOCHENOUR WILKING received 27 acres of her father JOSEPH's land by a court order in 1825. The deed at Shenandoah Will Book EE, page 120, show the land ato be along the northern portion of the original GOCHENOUR land adjacent to the land grant of 400 acres obtained by the ORIGIANLA WILKIN SETTLERS. Page 4 The names of some other neighbors do occur on the lists. MATTHIAS and MARGT. WILKINS owned 400 acres on the northeast side of JACOB'S land. Also, GEORGE and CHRISTINA WISMAN had a child MAGDALENE baptised Nov. 4, 1773 and JOHN and CATHARINE WISMAN their child CATHARINE on May 15, 1774. These families were probably Lutherans since the lists are in PETER MUHLENBURG's handwriting. June 17th 1787-ELIOT RUTHERFORD and RUTH WILKINS married by Rev. Christian Streit as recorded from his diary July 19, 1785 to November 28, 1788.