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<\/a>Names (Dates): Notes<\/span><\/p>\nDilmanus Kimmel (b.1391): Heinrich “Heini” Seiler\/Saylor (c.1500-1531):<\/a> Peter H. Broenniman\/Brenneman (1554- ):<\/a> Peter Langs\/Long (1600):<\/a> Jacobus Meyer (1627-1716):<\/a> Christian Miller I (before 1642):<\/a> Andreas Berger (1643-1703):<\/a> Johannes Wilhelm Lehmer (1663-1745):<\/a> Hermann “Mannus” Bender (c.1675):<\/a> Hans Michael Zimmerman (c.1680):<\/a> Michael Miller (1686-1773):<\/a> Johann Michael Miller III\u00a0(1692-1771)<\/a>: John Bathasar Sartorius\/Sadorus (before 1711):<\/a> Joseph Miller, Sr. (c.1725): Joseph Baush (1750-1807):<\/a> Christian Baer, Sr. (1800-1862):<\/a> Ludwig Wilhelm Ferdinand Krause (c.1818): John C\/G? Georg (1821-1907):<\/a> George Hoffman (1828-1907):<\/a> GENERAL ARTICLES<\/span><\/p>\n German Naming Customs<\/a> Exodus from Germany<\/a><\/p>\n Commentary on “Exodus from Germany”<\/a><\/p>\n European Backgrounds of the PA Dutch<\/a><\/p>\n PA Dutch: The Story of an American Language<\/em><\/a> Three General German Immigration Periods<\/a><\/p>\n Brief Commentary on “Three German Immigration Periods”<\/a><\/p>\n PHOTOS<\/span><\/p>\n Traditional Christmas market in Hessen town<\/p><\/div>\n Typical German village in Hesse, the “greenest” region in the country with 42% of the land forrested<\/p><\/div>\n Last revised 3\/14\/18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Click on Map to enlarge\/on Names for details; use back arrow to return) Names (Dates): Notes Dilmanus Kimmel (b.1391): (see Joseph Miller-associated families) Born in Neukirchen, Hessen. Later family became “plain people” (Dunkards) and fled the Palitinate for religious freedom … Continue reading
\n<\/a><\/span>(see Joseph Miller-associated families) Born in Neukirchen, Hessen. Later family became “plain people” (Dunkards) and fled the Palitinate for religious freedom in York Co., PA, mid-1700s. See “Documentation” on “Kimmel Family Tree” <\/a>and “Introduction Kimmel.”<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(from Joseph Miller-associated families) We know that Great-grandson Jacob emigrated to Somerset Co., PA, from Germany, but family origins may include towns such as Willenstein, Sembach, Obermehlingen, Ischbach, some even in Switzerland. Their Amish beliefs no doubt kept them on the move.<\/p>\n
\n(from Krause-associated families) One must travel 8 generations to learn that Daniel, the emigre to America, Brenneman’s father was born and raised on the Hofgut estate in Braunshardt, Darmstadt, Germany, in 1736. That Nicholas (1736-1789) married twice: Barbara H. Kurtz and Magdelena Unzicker.<\/p>\n
\n(from the Joseph Miller-associated families) He and son Georg were each born and raised in Germany, but Great-grandson Jacob (c.1710)<\/a>\u00a0were immigrants from the Palatinate to the Longswamp settlement in Berks Co., PA. Daughter Maria married Joseph “Yost” Miller and came to Somerset Co. in 1782.<\/p>\n
\n(from the Krause-associated families) Later generations resided in the Alsace-Lorraine region, specifically Kutzenhausen, Bas-Rhin, before coming to America in 1739.<\/p>\n
\n(from both Joseph Miller & Krause-associated families) We believe that his Great-grandson Christian Daniel Miller, Sr. (c.1700)<\/a>\u00a0emigrated from Wurtenburg, Bavaria, to Berks Co., PA, then his son, Hannes “Indian John” (c.1724-1798)<\/a>, wounded in the famous “Hochstetler Massacre,” moved west to Somerset Co. to become our bloodline in several ways.<\/p>\n
\n(from the Joseph Miller-associated families) It was his Great-grandson Johann Samuel Burger (1710-1783), born in the Palatinate, who emigrated to the Longswamp Amish \u00a0settlement, Berks Co., PA, in 1739. Johann’s Granddaughter Maria Long\/Lang married Joseph “Yost” Miller and came to Somerset Co., PA in 1782.<\/p>\n
\n(from the Joseph Miller families) Johannes and wife Anna lived in Stammheim, Hessen, Germany. Their grandson of the same name emigrated to York Co., PA, and settled in Franklintown. Daughter Catharine (1771-1850)<\/a>\u00a0Married a Swede, Ruel Peterson, and lived in northern Somerset Co.<\/p>\n
\n(from the Krause-associated families) Great-grandson Jakob, Sr., and wife Helena S. Brenneman were located in Bodenhausen, Hesse, Germany, and Amish. Daughter Maria married Daniel Brenneman and emigrated to Garrett Co., MD.<\/p>\n
\n(see Joseph Miller-associated families) Birthplace unknown, but other, more famous Johann Jacob Zimmerman (b.1644) came from Dutchy, Wurtemberg, and sailed to Germantown, PA, in 1794. Our Hans, we believe, came to York Co. earlier, 1753. He was the first of three generations of “Michaels.” See “Introduction: Zimmerman.”<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(from Krause-associated families) Although little is known if this Michael, his son George was born in Baden-Wuerttenberg and settled in Lancaster and York Cos., PA, with wife Maria Barbara Stambach, a native of Alsace-Lorraine. Their son George Michael moved to the mountains of Preston, WV.<\/p>\n
\n(see Joseph Miller-associated families) This third line of Millers was born in Steinwenden, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, sailed to America in 1727, and settled in eastern Pennsylvania. Originally Reformed, these Millers also became “New Baptists” (Brethren\/Dunkards), espousing non-violence and refusing to pay war taxes or serve in the Army. Ancestor Mary married Swiss Anabaptist descendants of Christian Miller, then daughter Sarah married Abraham Baer, whose granddaughter married the Lutheran descendant of Joseph Miller. See Introduction: Mary\/Johannes Michael Miller<\/a> and Our Baer Family Tree<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n(from the Joseph Miller-associated families) Little is known about the patriarch of this family with over half a dozen spellings nor what the exact line is to the later namesakes, but John was an early emigre to Philadelphia. We do know that Elizabeth Sadoris (1798-1888)<\/a>\u00a0married into the Berkey line of Somerset Co. Ironically, Elizabeth’s mother was a Taylor, and Sadorus, a Latin word, has the German equivalent of the name Schneider, meaning “Tailor.”<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Born in the Palitinate . Possibly, only his sons “Yost” and Jeremiah came to Berks Co., PA, in the mid 1700s before fighting with the colonials in the Revolution. Jeremia and wife were captured and held by the British at Brandywine. Both sons came to Somerset Co. in 1782. Yost married the daughter of another Revolutionary War veteran. A third generation Joseph followed. See “1910 Miller Reunion.”<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(from Joseph Miller-associated families) Probably born in Germany before coming to Monagham Twp., York Co., PA. He and wife Anna Barbara Stahl raised nine children.<\/p>\n
\n(from Joseph Miller-associated families) Born in Germany and came to America with two brothers in 1821. He married Elizabeth Miller and they farmed in Conemaugh Twp., Somerset Co., PA, raising nine children.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Little is known, but son Karl came to Baltimore, then settled in Western MD. See “Introduction: Krause.”<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(see Krause-associagted families) A native of Baron, Germany, he emigrated with with two brothers and father to Western MD between 1840 & 1850. His two marriages produced 12 children.<\/p>\n
\n(from Gray-associated families) Born in Bavaria and settled in West Deer Twp., Allegheny Co., Western PA, in 1846 with wife Annie K. Browne, where they raised as many as eight children.<\/p>\n
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