They came as individuals or small groups in the early nineteenth century, settling especially in Stark and Wayne Counties in Ohio and Allen and Davies Counties in Indiana. Their common origin and their use of names suggests that they were related among themselves, but it has been difficult to connect them. We have been told that there is a researcher working on the genealogy of these later immigrants but thus far have been unable to locate him. We hope that exchanges through the Newsletter can help in this regard. In future issues we hope to go into more specifics on each of these as well as to touch on other lines of our family.
Restlessness arises from our wants more often than from our needs.
They were Reformed and Lutheran. No. 2 in upper Bucks County marks the area where the second group settled. This was in Milford Township. Some of these soon crossed over in Lower Milford Township into Lehigh County. This group was Mennonite.