Going back 12-19 generations to Germany & Switzerland
(click first name for Vitals/spousal surname for family tree)
Heinrich “Heini” Seiler (c. 1500-1531)
unknown ( )
I
Jacob Seiler (c. 1530- )
Magdalena Huber (c. 1530- )
S
Joseph Seiler (1687-1739/40)
unknown (1687- )
I
Caterina/Catherine Saylor/Seiler (1712/17-1799)
Christian F. Berkey, Sr. (1715-1795)
I
Jacob S. Berkey (1735-1805)
Anna Elizabeth Mishler+ (1738- )
I
Joseph M. Berkey (1768-1857)
Mary “Polly” Taylor (1770- )
I
Jacob T. Berkey (1792-1872)
Elizabeth Sadorus (1798-1888)
I
Susannah S. Berkey (1821-1888)
Benjamin Bowman (1816-1908)
I
Susan Bowman (1857-1909)
Dibert Miller (1855-1889)
I
Howard Pearson Miller (1885-1969)
Sarah Jane Baer (1891-1972)
I
Richard Orville Miller (1920-2015)
Hilda Elizabeth Krause (1921-1997)
I
Susan Kay Miller (1949- )
Larry Edsel Pearce (1948- )
^
Annie Rebecca Pearce Matthew Carter Pearce
(1971- ) (1973- )
* Other spellings include Seiler, Sayler, and more
S as many as 5 generations missing
+ Anna Elizabeth (1738- ) was second wife of Jacob S., and sister to Christina Mishler (1734-1817), 4XG-Grandmother in Susan Pearce’s southern Somerset County Mishler-Speicher line on her mother’s side.
Documentation:
“Descendants of Joseph Seiler.” 17 April 2013
http://www.ecsaylor.org
Hugh F. Gingerich and Rachel W. Kreider. Amish & Amish-Mennonite Genealogies. Gordonville, PA: Pequea Publishers, 1986
Eber Cockley. “Saylor Family Notes.” Somerset, PA, Historical & Genealogy Society
Various Ancestry.com Public Family Trees & other sources
Last revised 4/20/18