Just saw your note. I saw a letter on file in Germany between relatives who left for America and home. This branch according to the letter appeared to be related to the Germanna Wilhites. The head of family was a brother, his children would be first cousins. The father was supposed to be with them also. They entered the USA at Philadelphia. A man with the father's name is buried near Lancaster PA. These people settled in PA for a while. Two daughters were married off on the same day. ( Mary Marta and Mary Magdalene) Not long after that a son (cousin) George Frederick was married in York County MD (near Frederick). He had a one son who was put into the record as Henry Wilhide. I have not found further information on him. I found the marriage entry for Mary Magdalene when I was in Lancaster. Unfortunately, she was listed as first wife and died without having any children. When I was in Lancaster, I was curious about the two weddings on the same day. I was told that this was common. People would be married in a civil ceremony and when a minister came around on his circuit, he would marry everyone who had married since his last visit. I would love any information regarding this branch. I have been unable to find our link to the Wilhites as yet. My ggrandfather was named George and could be descended from Hans Jerg. He is supposed to have died in Philadelphia according to our oral history. -----Original Message----- From: John Blankenbaker [SMTP:johblank@pipeline.com] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 12:17 PM To: WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WILHITE] Mystery of Rosina WILHEIT & Samuel Heinrich ABENDSCHON At 03:48 AM 8/24/01 -0400, you wrote: >During a web search of online genealogy databases, I found a >Rosina WILHEIT married to a Samuel Heinrich ABENDSCHON, >in Schwaigern, Wurttemberg, in 1 May 1731. > >------------------ >Samuel was born about 1685 at Wurttemberg, died about 1757 in Berks >Co., PA. There are children listed for Samuel and a first wife, Maria >Barbara RAMBACHER, but none for him and Rosina WILHEIT. > >There were no birth or death dates for Rosina. Rosina's father >was given as Hans Jerg WILLHEIT. This seems too much of a >coincidence for this WILLHEIT family not to be the same as our. >Germanna WILHEIT/WILHITE/WILHOIT family. I believe there were first cousins. John ==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== Don't forget, there is also a new WILHOIT Mailing List at Rootsweb. Subscribe to it the same way you did to this WILHITE List. (To contact the Listowner, send to georgedurman@home.com) ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp