Thank you, Koren, for posting the article about Henry Fleisher, my ancestor. I would like to add that the father Peter came over on the ship Phoenix arriving 2 Nov 1752. The family came from Ober-Seemen, Germany through Holland. There is a church record in Ober-Seemen that shows Peter was married 26 May 1747 to Anna Theil daughter of Johannes. Henry's older brother John, born 1750, was the only child of Peter born in Germany. He is the only child found in the church records there and he is indicated as sickly, so it is not too surprising to find that this John died in VA in 1779 at the young age of 29 leaving a wife and two children. The following children of Henry Sr went to Fayette Co, OH, at about these dates: Conrad by 1804, Henry Jr by 1813, Barbara Fleisher Hefner by 1815, Elizabeth Fleisher Janes by 1825, John after 1827, William by 1828. Problems with the data on the Peninger / Penninger family: The wife of Henry Fleisher Sr was thought to be Catherine Penninger because she had a sister Susannah who married George Vandevender. However, there appears to be some confusion. For one thing Susannah is in a Pendleton Co marriage record m. Henry Paulsel in 1798 in KY. This does not make sense for the place and also her m. to Vandevender is reported as 12 Dec 1792 Pendleton Co and there are children born to them from 1799 through 1832 showing a span of 8 before the first child and the last child is 12 younger than the next sibling. On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:49:26 -0400 "Koren Fae Rawlings" <pendhist@access.mountain.net> writes: >Henry Fliesher, 1744-1821, Pendleton County Militiaman > >Descendants of Henry Fleisher (1744-1821), a veteran of the American >Revolutionary War, recently laid a headstone at his grave near >Monterey, VA. A dedication cermony will be held July 3, as the >Fleisher clan gathers for their annual reunion nearby. > >Henry Fleisher was born in Holland, Germany in 1744 and came with his >father, Peter Fleisher, to Port Philadelphia, PA, around the middle >of >the century. They then relocated to Pendleton County, VA, just six >miles north of Monterey, VA, on US Rt. 220. The homestead now is >located on the line between West Virginia and Virginia with land in >both states. > >He married Susan Catherine Peninger in 1777 to which union was born >11 >children two of which died in infancy. > >Of the nine children, seven went west with the two youngest >inheriting >the homeplace. Four of these childre, Henry, Jr., Conrad, George and >Barbara [Fleisher] Hefner, went to Fayette County, Ohio, around 1810 >and all owned land and engaged in business there. Henry Jr. was a >blacksmith and the others were farmers. While he was there, Henry, >Jr. was wounded in the War of 1812 and had nine children born in >Fayette County, OH. > >Curtis E. Fleisher of Washington C.H., OH [Fayette County], became a >member of the Arthur St. Claire Chapter of the Sons of the American >Revolution by way of his great-great-great-grandfather, Henry >Fleisher. (Lineage- Henry, Andrew, Solomon, Austin, Elbert and >Curtis). He applied for a stone from the Veterans Administration to >mark the grave of Henry Fleisher who served under General Washington. >Henry Fleisher was listed as a sergeant at Valley Forge, PA, and >later >promoted to lieutenant. Some of his travels included Tigert Valley, >Winchester, Jersey and Middlebrook. He was on a two year enlistment >from Augusta County, VA, and served in Capt. Michael Bowyer's >Company, >the 12th Virginia Regt., commanded by Col. James Wood, and General >Scott's Brigade. He was in the battle of Brandywine, Germantown and >other skirmisher. > >After the Revolutionary War, he continued to serve in the militia of >Pendleton County where he achieved the rank of major. He had a son, >Benjamin, who was also sheriff of said county, according to some >reports. > >On June 9, Curtis and Janet Fleisher, accompanied by brother-in-law, >Glenn Botkin, Jr., of McDowell, VA, took the stone, which was >delivered to their residence in Washington C.H., Ohio, in April. >They >set it in concrete in the Fleisher Cemetery. >{End of article} > >There is a photo of the grave marker, but I cannot read what is on >them. The area where the homestead is located was all part of >Pendleton County, VA until 1847 when Highland County was formed. The >historical society in Highland County has a copy of the Campbell Map, >which was done in 1847, showing residences, for sale. They are >located in Monterey, VA. >Koren Fae Rawlings >304-358-3261 >Pendleton Co, WVa Historical Preservation Association >pendhist@access.mountain.net > Ray in Denver RCFlesher@juno.com or RCFlesher@yahoo.com [for attachments] ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.