What were the sources of the information that the Harmons were English? dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 Phone and fax: 330-454-2376 -------- >From: SnowBeri@aol.com >To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: English Origins of the Harmon name >Date: Sun, Mar 12, 2000, 5:49 PM > >In a message dated 3/12/2000 12:54:40 PM Mountain Standard Time, >brillnd@pacifier.com writes: > ><< The article was most interesting. However, the Harman/Harmon families of > Pendleton County were German. The name appears as Hermann of various > spellings in the early records. > >> >If there was an educated German clerk, or even just the person reading the >letters in the area of German descent, he would--of course--spell it the way >HE knew and was taught. I doubt if ANY clerk bother or even cared to ask >what part of Europe or the British Isles the newcomers were from. >But, I'll agree with the fact that Pendleton was in the middle of German >expansion in the late 1700... all the way to west Pennsylvania. See old >Bedford county records for more info on that... >Diane >