Newsgroups: soc.roots
From: kem@csri.toronto.edu (Kem Luther)
Subject: New Rodabaugh/Rodenbach genealogy 
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 9 Sep 92 23:43:18 GMT


Genealogy now available...


		Four Generations of the Immigrant
		 Christian Rodabaugh (1707?-1779)
			and His Family


		      Includes an Overview of 
	      Cognate Eighteenth Century Rodenbach Lines
			in North America


Published September, 1992.  168pp.  8+" X 11".  ACCO Binding, soft
cover.  Place and name index.  Price $20.00 (includes postage). 
Available from the author:  Kem Luther, 18 Mayfield Avenue, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada M6S 1K3, (416) 769-3112 (kem@csri.toronto.edu).

Christian Rodabaugh, a 1740 Pennsylvania German immigrant, married
Elizabeth, the widow of Stoffel Weisskopf.  They and their four
Rodabaugh and two Whitehead children settled in Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania (southeast of Pittsburgh), at the end of the French and
Indian War.  Many of their grandchildren immigrated to Kentucky, Ohio,
and Indiana at the beginning of the nineteenth century.  Christian and
Elizabeth have about 30,000 living descendants.

This genealogy traces their descendants through their great-
grandchildren.  More than three-quarters of their great-grandchildren
are documented.  A large number of their descendants were Dunkers
(Church of the Brethren).  The genealogy explores where the Dunker
influence began in the family.

Christian and Elizabeth's children married into the Marchand,
Willyard, Broadsword, Studebaker, Klingensmith and Boyer families of
Westmoreland County.  Their grandchildren joined with member of the
following families:  Armstrong, Arner, Fiscus, Fry, Funk, Highberger,
Hill, Hollingsworth, Kemmerer (Kemrie), Linsenbegler, Matthias,
McDowell, Meyers, Miller, Milliron (Millison), Pitsenbarger, Potts,
Runny, Schmidt (Smith), Stoner, Townsend, Waltz, Weber (Weaver). 

The 50-page Appendix overviews the various Rodenbach cognate lines
(R*) from the eighteenth-century German immigrations.  The immigrants
known from ship lists, emigration lists, and naturalization records
are enumerated.  The overview outlines the early family members of the
following groups:

       Westmoreland Group.  The immigrant Christian R* (1740)
       ended up in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  Many of his
       great-grandchildren settled in Montgomery and Darke
       Counties, Ohio, and in Marion County, Indiana, after 1810. 
       The usual surname spellings after 1800 are Rodabaugh,
       Rodibaugh and Rodebaugh.

       Weisenheim-Lancaster Group.  John Michael R* and John
       Nicholas R* (1743 immigrants) were the source of this line. 
       They settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 
       Descendants moved to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and
       Crawford and Richland Counties, Ohio, early in the eigh-
       teenth century.  Common spellings of descendant surnames
       after the eighteenth century are Raudabaugh and Rowdabaugh.

       Neuwied-New Jersey Group.  Heinrich and John Peter R*,
       brothers, immigrated from the Urbach region of Germany to
       Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Dominant spelling through
       Heinrich's line is Redenbough.  John Peter's family may
       have moved to Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

       Otzweiler-Tulpehocken Group.  In 1738 Henry and Appolonia
       Riegel R* and eight of their children immigrated from
       Otzweiler, Germany, to Berks County, Pennsylvania, and
       settled in the Tulpehocken region.  They had twelve
       children, and became the source for many of the R*s lines
       in the U.S.  Large numbers of their descendants moved to
       the southern states (West Virginia at first) and many
       counties in Ohio.  They seem to prefer Radabaugh and
       Raudabaugh spellings.

       Lancaster-Dauphin Group.  A Peter and Michael R*, pre-
       sumably brothers, and born about 1755, show up in the
       region of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
       about 1775.  In the 1780s they move to Dauphin County,
       Pennsylvania.  Their descendants come to reside in
       Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.  Possible immigrating
       ancestor is a Henry R* who died in Lancaster County in the
       1740s.

       Lancaster-Union Group.  Daniel and Leah R* moved from
       Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Union County,
       Pennsylvania, in the early 1800s, and founded a group using
       the surname spelling of Raidabaugh.

       Reading-Hamilton Group.  Henry and Margaret R* came from
       Reading, Pennsylvania, about 1795, to Hamilton County,
       Ohio.  Henry may have come from Germany.  Descendants moved
       to Shelby County, Ohio,  Montgomery County, Indiana and
       Kansas.  The usual spellings of the surname in this family
       are Redinbaugh, Redenbaugh or Redinbo.

       Chester-Newlin Group.  A Peter and George of Newlin
       Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania were perhaps immi-
       grants.  They were in Chester County by the mid 1760s. 
       Descendants later moved to Licking County, Ohio, Utah and
       Oklahoma.  Preferred spellings are Rhodeback and Rhodyback.

       Chester-Tredyffrin Group.  Another Chester County group,
       from Tredyffrin Township.  They may all descend from mid-
       eighteenth century Adam R*.  No modern descendants are
       known.

Pointers are provided to genealogies which tie into these lines, and
addresses of persons researching these lines are included.