Linda’s Peeps ~ Past and Present

Are We Kin?  Any of these names familiar to you?  Let’s compare notes!

Pennsylvania Dutch Ancestors:

• Axer/Auxer/Oxer – Germany>Lancaster, Pennsylvania (early)
• Bischoff/Bishop – Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania (early)
• Britton – Montgomery County, Pennsylvania>Northumberland/Union/Snyder County, Pennsylvania
• Carvell – Montgomery County, PA > Snyder County, PA
• Groff/Graff/Grove – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania>Sharpsburg, MD>Perry County, Pennsylvania
• Kleiss – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Lieder/Leader – Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County > York County > Marietta, Pennsylvania
• Merki/Merck/Mark – Lancaster County > Centre County, Pennsylvania
• Niess/Neiss – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Traub/Troup – York County > Perry County, Pennsylvania
• Wilhelm – Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania (early)
• Wolf – York County > Perry County, Pennsylvania
• Ziegler – York County > Perry County, Pennsylvania

The Rest of Family:

• Bowman – Shenendoah County, Virginia>Owsley County, Kentucky>Rockcastle County, Kentucky
• Driesbach – Pennsylvania > Fairfield County, Ohio
• Haas – Shenendoah County, Virginia > Licking County, Ohio > Logan County, Ohio
• Hall – Pennsylvania > Logan County, Ohio
• Hensley – Buncombe County, North Carolina>Owsley County, Kentucky
  
• Hiatt – Rockcastle County, Kentucky
• Kroese – Fiesland, Netherlands > Sioux County, Iowa
• Lindgren – Sweden > Germany > Sacramento, California
• McClary – Pennsylvania > Virginia > Orange County, North Carolina > Garrard County, Kentucky > Rockcastle County, Kentucky
• McGinnis – Logan County, Ohio
• Rawlings – Arundel County, Maryland > Garrard County, Kentucky > Rockcastle County, Kentucky
• Stienstra – Friesland, Netherlands > Sioux County, Iowa
  
• von Breyman > Germany > California (1859)
  
• Wright – Vermont > Licking County, Ohio > Logan County, Ohio
  

Well, this is enough to get started with.  Are we related?