Homepage for Tanya Johnson

Research done in Germany was by Guenther Fuhrmann, Research done in Northampton County, Pennsylvania was done by Richard "Dick" Musselman.

They are great researchers, I will always be so grateful for their wonderful help. I would not have alot of the early documentation that I have on the Bonstein's without these two people.

Thanks Alot, not only from me, but from the future generations.

HISTORY NOTE:

Just a part of what I was reading on Germany and the parts which became Prussia.

..United Characteristic of the beginning epoch is a stronger PRUSSIA, that you especially associate with the name OTTO VON BISMARCK, who became MINISTER PRESIDENT in 1862. In the fight for supremacy in Europe, clashes with Austria and France took place, and also German Lands were separated. In 1866, the conflict came to a head, and after the battle of KONIGGRATZ in the "German War between Brothers" the larger part of HESSEN became PRUSSIAN GROUND, as the Rpussian province Hessen-Nassau. And indeed, the area of the kingdom of Prussia and it's allies stretched itself "from the Maas to the Memel" [rivers], covering the whole of the German North, West and East - with the exception of a little part of Saxony - and reached nearly to the Main, near Frankfurt....

First Generation: CUNTZ BONNSTEIN born in Germany, was from Ropperhausen, Germany, he married GELA before 1640 in Germany

Children:

1. Johannes Bonnstein born about 1630 Grossropperhausen, Cassel, Germany, he was a Shepard

2. Henrich Bonnstein [also, could be a possible brother of Henning] Had a child:

1. Anna Catharina Bonnstein She was not married when she had:

1. Anna Margaretha Bonnstein, she died 4 Mar 1690 Grossropperhausen, Germany.

3. HENNING BONNSTEIN

4. Margaretha Bonnstein b. 1645 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized: 9 Aug 1645 Kranners, Princedom Brunswik, on the 9th Sunday after Trinity [9 Aug 1645: Cuntz Bonnstein...Berla wxor [wife] a young daughter Baptized. Sponser: margreth, Hans Ebersly widow. 9th, Sunday after Trinitatis [July] [She was probably born the last couple days of July and Baptized 9 Aug 1645]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1786 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Note: These notes are from Guenther Fuhrmann who lives in Germany close to Gross Ropperhausen, the information was extracted from the Parish Register. The Info was sent to Nelda Percival on 4 June 2004. Birth records for Ropperhausen, Germany, Parish Records, start 1643. The parents of Henning most likely are Cuntz Bonnstein and his wife Gela. There is a birth record for a Margareta Bonnstein baptised 1645 with these parents. There are no more birth records for this couple nor any other couple this surname for this time period, till Henning's children in 1665. So he could be a younger child of this couple. She asked Gunther about the Parish register: his answer: Today all is called Lutheran in Northern Hessen. There are only a few areas which are Roman Catholic. Till 1860 There was still a split between Reformed and Lutheran, but then came a re-uniting and all is called now "Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche" of Kurhessen and Waldeck. [She thinks that is Evangleistic Lutheran Church] And all this North Hessen Church, and Parish registers are stored in the church archives in Kassel. Catholic register are stored in Fulda or in the Main Archives in Regensburg/Bavaria. There is one more Bonnstein named in the Parish Register, who could be a brother to Henning. Henrich Bonnstein, who has to be born in the same time period. In the death records on 4 March 1690 died Anna Margaretha illigetimate child of Anna Catharina, daughter of Heinrich Bonnstein. I have to search for the marriage of Heinrich and the birth record of Anna Margaretha.

In another email he states: It is possible I use some English terms wrong. [She assured him his English was excellent.] The old Ropperhausen-register is a parish register and includes the village of Ropperhausen formerly Grossropperhausen, some small suburbs of only a few houses outside the village, and the Villages of Siebertshausen and Lenderscheid. Since 1830, the Ropperhuasen register is a Church register containing only the records of Grossropperhausen and the suburbs served by the Ropperhausen Church. Sometimes more then one village [but with their own churches] belong to a Parish, serveant by one pastor. In the older times they had no seperate registers. Ropperhausen always was the main church of the parish. I'll try to find out to whom [what Saint] the church is named to. Also the registers of Verna are in the Kassel-archive.

Another email: The Ropperhausen records in parts are very hard to read and there are 12 years of Wedding records missing [one double page is lost]. Just the very important years of 1680-1692, and the first pages of the birth records 1643-1660 are damaged by water and nearly not to read, so I can't say if I found all of the first Bonnsteins.

GENERATION 1. **Henning Bonnstein [Cuntz] was born 1640 in Grossropperhausen, Germany, and died in Grossropperhausen, Germany. Lived in Kanners, Princedom Brunswik, moved 1674 back to Grossropperhausen. From AMREV-HESSIANS, Germany has the old cemeteries, there is even an old Jewish cemetery there.

[the church records are where Helen Murray [Bonstein] found the additional Bonstein's that she listed and the spelling of Bonstein as Bonnstein, from a letter from Priest/Pastor Reuter in Grossropperhausen in 1980's.

Sources: Gene Bonstein williams & Helen Bonstein

Children:

1.** Christian Bonnstein b. 1665 Kanners, Princedom, Brunswik, Germany d. 22 April 1740 Grossropperhausen, Germany at age 75.

2. Paulus Bonnstein was Godfather to brothers son

3. Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 15 Sept 1674 Kanners, Princedom, Brunswik, Germany, Baptized: 18 Sept 1674, Sponcers: Elizabeth Kraffts, Johannes Kraffts daughter. d. 12 Oct 1674 Grossropperhausen, Germany

[1674 Oct 12: Anna Elisabeth, Henning Bonnsteins child buried.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1674 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

[1674 Sept 18: Anna Elisabeth, Henning Bonnsteins child Baptized. Sponser: Elisabeth, Johannes Kraffts daughter.]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

GENERATION 2

1. **Christian Bonnstein [Henning, Cuntz] was born 1665 in Kanners, Princedom, Brunswik, Germany and died 22 April 1740 in Grossropperhausen, Germany age 75. He married [1] Barbara, she was born 1665 in Germany, d. 8 Mar 1712

[1712 March 8: Barbara, Christian Bonnsteins wife buried.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1712 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

[1740 April 22: Christian Bonnstein, born in Kanners, Princedom Brunswick [Braunschweig], age 75 years]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1740 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

He married [2] Anna Eva Becker 6 Oct. 1713 in Kanners, Princedom, Brunswik, Germany, Daughter of Henrich Becker. She was born 1677 in Germany, and died 31 Oct. 1752 in Grossropperhausen, Germany at age 75. Sources: Gene Bonstein William & Helen Bonstein Murray

Children of Christian and Barbara is: 2. Lorentz Bonnstein b. 2 Oct 1690 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 19 feb 1756 Grossropperhausen, Germany.

3. Johann Paulus Bonnstein b. Aug 1692 Kranners, Princedom Brunswik, Germany, d. 17 Oct 1781 Grossropperhausen, Germany.

4. Anna Catharina Bonnstein [Henning, Cuntz]b. 1 Mar 1667 Grossropperhausen, Kassel, Germany

Illigetimate Child is:

1. Anna Margaretha Bonnstein [Christian, Henning, Cuntz]b. 28 Feb. 1689 Grossropperhausen, Germany. Baptized 1 Mar 1689

[1689 Mar 1: Anna Margaretha, Anna Catharina, Henning Bonnsteins daughters child Baptized. Sponser: Anna Margaretha, wife of the Schoolteacher]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1786 Page Number: Date:Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Generation 3

1. Johann Conrad Bonnstein [Christian, Henning, Cuntz]b. 1688 Kanners, Germany; d. 3 Jan 1745, Grossropperhausen, Cassel, Germany at age 57, married 21 July 1713 Anna Eva Kuhn b. 1679 Hauptschwemda, Germany, d. 21 Apr 1754 Grossropperhausen, Cassel, Germany. age 75. d/o Johannes Kuhn,Grossropperhausen, Germany

[1713 July 21: Conrad, Christian Bonnsteins legitimate son, married with Anna Eva, Johannes Kuhns legitimate bequeathed daughter from Hauphschwenda born and married in Ropperhausen.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1713 Page Number: Date: Marriage year. sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

[1754 April 21. Anna Eva, widow of the deceased, Johann Conrad Bonnstein, died age 75]

[1745 Jan 5: Johann Conrad Bonnstein, son of the deceased Christian Bonnstein, age 57 years -- Buried]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1786 Page Number: Date Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Children are:

1. Anna Eva Bonstein [Conrad, Christian, Henning, Cuntz] b. 9 Mar 1717 Grossropperhausen, Germany Baptized: 17 Mar 1717 [same place] Sponcer: [Step-grandmother, Anna Eva Becker Bonnstein]

[1717 Mar 17: Anna Eva, Conrad Bonnsteins daughter, Baptized. Sponser: Anna Eva, Christian Bonnsteins Wife.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1717 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

2. Lorentz Bonnstein [Christian, Henning, Cuntz] b. 2 Oct 1690 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized: 7 Oct 1690, name spelled Boenstein d. 19 Feb. 1756, Grossropperhausen, Germany at age 67, He was a Shepard, He married Anna Ruthardt/Ruthard, d/o Johannes R. Ruthard, she was b. 1687 and d. 2 june 1749 Grossropperhausen, Germany at age 62. Lorentz's Godfather was Lorentz Ruppel of Newkirchen, Lorentz was a Sheppard, the Huhn- Gilsischer Meyer [Not sure what this is].

[1756 Feb 19: Buried: Lohrentz Bonnstein, Shepherd, at age 67]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

[1722 May 20: Sunday Canfafe, Rogabe and Oxandi Lorentz Bonnstein and Anna, Johannes Ruthardt legitimate daughter proclamiet and on May 20. married. They had made their public engagement on March 22.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1722 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 8 April 2005

[1749 june 2: Anna, Lohrentz Bonnsteins wife, age 62 years]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Children are:

1. Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 24 Jan 1724 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized: Sponcer Elisabeth Bonnstein [Aunt, Paulus's wife],

[1724 Jan 14 at 4 o'clock a.m. Har Anna, Lorentz Bonnsteins wife a young daughter born. Baptized the 16th of this month, and got the name Elisabeth from Elisabeth, Paul Bonnsteins wife, the fathers brother.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1724 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

She married Johann Jacob Sohl, s/o Johannes Sohl 6 Oct 1749 Grossropperhausen, Germany, He was b. abt 1720 Christerode, Germany

[1749 Dec 6: Johann Jacob Sohl, Johannes Sohl from Christerode, legitimate son and Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein, Lohrentz Bonnstein, from here, legitimate daughter. Proclaimed Sunday, 15, 16, 17 after Trinitatis]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1786 Page Number: Date of Marriage sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Record Change: 8 April 2005

3. Johann Paulus Bonnstein [Christian, Henning, Cuntz] b. 1692 Kanners, Princedom, Brunswik, Germany d. 17 Aug 1781 at 4 A.M., age 88 years, 10 Months, Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized: 1692 on the 17th Sunday after Trinity. He was a Shepard

he married first Elizabeth Teutscher, d/o Gerherd Teutscher and Anna Eva Wenchenberg, 26 Oct 1714, she was b. 1685 d. 28 dec 1739 Grossropperhausen, Germany at the age of 54 yrs 9 months, 2 weeks and 14 days. She was the widow of Wiegand and married Bonnstein with this surname.

[1692 The 17th Sunday after Trinitiets. Johnn Paul, Christian Bonnsteins son Baptized. Sponser: Fathers Brother]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1692 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

[1714 oct 26: Paulus Bonnstein, Shepherd and Elisabeth Wigandin, Widow, from here, married in Ropperhausen.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1714 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

[1739 Dec 28: Anna Elisabeth, Pauly Bonnsteins wife, age 54 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, and some days.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1739 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

[1781 Aug 19: Buried, Paulus Bonnstein, Former Shepherd, died on Aug 17, 4 A.M., age 88 years, 10 months]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Child is:

1. Laurentius Bonstein b. 5 Feb 1716 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 9 Feb 1716 d. 18 Feb 1756 Grossropperhausen, Germany

[1716 Feb 9: Laurentius, Pauly Bonnsteins son Baptized. Sponser: Brother of the Father Laurentiy Bonnstein. [Laurentius and Laurentiy is Latin form of Lorentz]]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1716 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

He married Second Anna Margretha Sauer, d/o Johannes S. Sauer and Anna Catharina Vogel, 12 Dec 1740, she was b. Aug 1700 in Grossropperhausen, Germany Baptized: 15 Aug 1700 [same place] d. 9 Jan 1774 at 5 p.m., age 73 years, 3 months,, buried 11 Jan 1774, Grossropperhausen, Germany. [no known children]

[1740 Dec 12; Paul Bonnstein widower and Anna Margaretha, Johannes Sauer bequeathed daughter married. Proclaimed on 1,2, and 3, Advent--Sunday] Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1740 Page Number: Date: Year sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

[1774 Jan 11: Buried: Anna Margaretha, Paulus Bonnstein, Shepherd, lives here, died on Jan 9 at 5 P.M., age 73 years, 3 months]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

GENERATION 3

4. Laurentius [Lorentz] Bonstein [Johann Paulus, Christian, Henning, Cuntz] was born 5 Feb 1716 in Grossropperhausen, Cassel, Germany. Baptized: 9 Feb 1716 Grossropperhasen, Germany, He was a Shepard; He married Hedwig Lingemann 8 March 1740 in Grossropperhausen, Germany, daughter of Johannes L. Lingemann & Barbara Nickel, She was born May 1717 in Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized: 9 May 1717 [same place] and died 27 Dec. 1775 at 8 a.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany at the age of 58. buried 29 Dec 1775

[1740 Mar 8: Lorentz, Paul Bonnsteins legitimate son and Hedwig, Johannes Lingemann, former Lay Judge, legitimate bequeathed daughter, married. Proclaimed: Sunday Septuaginnit, Sexagesini, Estomiht.]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

[1775 Dec 29: Buried: Hedwigin, Lorentz Bonnstein's, Shepherd, wife, nee Lingemannin, died Dec 27, 8 A.M. age 58 year] Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1786 Page Number: Date: Year ent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Children of Laurentius & Hedwig Lingemann are:

1. Anna Bonnstein b. abt 1741 Grossropperhausen, Germany

2. Paulus Bonnstein b. 14 Nov 1743 Grossropperhausen, Germany

3. Martha Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 23 Nov 1746 at 10 p.m., Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 1761 Grossropperhausen, Germany

4. Johannes Bonnstein b. 2 Oct 1749 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 21 Apr 1807 Grossropperhausen, Germany

5. Johann Jacob Bonstein b. 27 Feb 1754 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 12 Apr 1840 Hecktown, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania**

6. Ann Bonnstein b. abt 1756 Grossropperhausen, Germany

2. PAULUS BONNSTEIN/BONSTEIN [Laurentius, Johann Paulus, Christian, Henning, Cuntz] b. 14 Nov. 1743, Grossropperhausen, Germany. Baptized: 22 Nov 1743 [same],Sponser: Johannes brother to Father. He was in the Von Knyphausen Regt. that came to America in 1776 fighting for the British. He was discharged as Corporal in Germany in 1783.

He married Elisabeth Gilsen 30 Apr 1786 Grossropperhausen, Germany, d/o Johannes Gilsen, b. Jul 1766 Grossropperhausen d. 8 May 1826 Grossropperhausen, Germany age 59 yrs 10 mos 3 wks

[1743 Nov 22: Paulus, Lorentz Bonnsteins and Hedwig, his wife, son Baptized. born on this month, 14th at 7 P.M. brought to Baptism by the mothers brother, Hanss Claus Lingemann--instead of the childs grandfather Paul Bonnstein [they gave him his name]

[1786 Apr 30: Paulus Bonnstein, a dismissed Corporal, Lorenz Bonnsteins deceased inhabitant here, bequeathed son and Elisabeth, Johannes Gilsshein [or Gilsen] deceased, von Gilsischer' gardner, his bequeathed daughter]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

[ 1786 Apr 30 Paulus Bonstein, retired Corporal, son of the deceased lorenz Bonnstein, former citisen here married with Elisabeth, daughter of the deceased Johannes Gilson, Former, Von Gilsa' Mayor here. [Grebe"] a title for the Mayor or Headmaster of the village.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1786 Page Number: Date of Marrage ent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [ In possession of Tanya: ]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Children:

1. Martha Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 8 Feb 1787 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 14 Mar 1788 Grossropperhausen, Germany. 2. Johannes Bonnstein b. 20 apr 1788 Grossropperhausen, Germany

3. Paul Paulus Bonnstein b. 10 Dec 1789 Grossropperhausen, Germany

4. Johannes Bonstein b. 23 Apr 1793 Grossropperhausen, Germany

5. Paulus Bonnstein b. 8 mar 1796 Grossropperhausen, Gemany

6. Anna Catherina Bonnstein b. 1 Jan 1797 Grossropperhausen, Germany:

7. George Bonnstein b. 23 Jan 1799 Grossropperhausen, Germany

8. Paulus Bonnstein b. 10 Apr 1788 Grossropperhausen, Germany

9. Anna Margaretha Bonnstein b. Grossropperhausen, Germany

10. Johannes Bonstein b. 1804 Grossropperhausen, Germany

11. Anna Bonnstein b. 4 Apr 1806 Grossropperhausen, Germany

12. Anna Bonnstein b. 15 Jan 1792 Grossropperhausen, Germany

1. Martha Elisabeth Bonstein [Laurentius, Johann Paulus, Christian, Henning, Cuntz] b. 23 Nov. 1746 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Christened 27 Nov 1746 [same] Confirmed 1761 d. 85 yrs 4 mos. She married Johannes Ziegler 29 Apr 1766 Grossropperhausen, Germany, s/o Johann Henrich Ziegler, b. Oct 1739 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 30 Jan 1825 Grossropperhausen, Germany, He was a Soldier.

[1746 Nov 27: Martha Elisabeth, lorentz Bonnstein and Hedwig, his wife, daughter baptized. born on Nov 23, at 10 P.M. brought to baptism by Martha Elisabeth Weingardt von Hiel, Dienend Darnal Zu Spiescappel]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Children:

1. Henrich Ziegler b. 22 May 1781 Grossropperhausen, Germany Christened 26 May 1781 [same]

2. Johann Henrich Ziegler

3. Christian Ziegler

3. Johannes Bonnstein [Laurentius, Johann Paulus, Christian, Henning, Cuntz] b. 2 Oct 1749 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized: 5 Oct 1749 [same] Confirmed Easter 1764 d. 21 Apr 1807 Grossropperhausen, Germany, He was a Shepard

[1749 Oct 5: Johannes, Lohrentz Bonnstein and Hedwig [denen wx] his wife, Baptized, born on Oct. 2. Brought to Baptism by Ernst Albert in the name of Johannes Lingemann, Fourier" in General Dougers Regiment, Brother of the mother. [Fourier is an officer to support the army with food.]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Elisabeth Reid, Reith and Johannes had a child together:

1. Johannes Bonnstein occupation Shepherd, married Anna Catharina Braun 19 Apr 1808 Grossropperhausen, Germany b. abt 1790 Grossropperhausen, Germany

[Marriage: 19 Apr 1808, Johannes Bonnstein, illigetimate son of the deceased citisen and Sheherd Johannes Bonnstein and Elisabeth Reith, now married to Conrad Zirkels, his wife, married with Anna Catharina, daughter of Hermann Braun, citisen and farmer here and his wife Anna Catharina nee Nickel's daughter.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1808 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

He married Martha Elisabeth Heinze, b. Jan 1748 Sondheim, Krs, Homberg, Gemany d. 25 May 1832 Grossropperhausen, Germany. Elisabeth Reid,Reith was married to Conrad Zirkels.

Children:

1. Martha Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 1775 Grossropperhausen, Germany

2. Johannes Bonnstein b. 24 Aug 1777 Grossropperhausen, Germany

3. Anna Bonnstein b. 14 Feb 1780 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 19 July 1782 Grossropperhausen, Germany

4. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 2 Feb 1784 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 23 Sep 1787 age 3 yrs 7 mos

5. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 8 Apr 1787 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 10 oct 1787

6. Anna Bonnstein b. 20 Feb 1788 Grossropperhausen, Germany

7. Anna Catherina Bonnstein b. Grossropperhausen, Germany

8. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 2 Feb 1785 Grossropperhausen, Germany,

9. Paul Bonnstein b. 29 July 1788 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 10 Mar 1793

10. Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 16 Dec 1791 Grossropperhausen, Germany

11. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 18 Sept 1794 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 3 Mar 1854 Grossropperhausen, Germany

1. Martha Elisabeth Bonstein daughter, b. 8 Feb 1787 at 11 p.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 11 Feb 1787, Sponcer Martha Elisabeth Bonstein, Johannes Bonstein's wife, d. 14 Mar 1788

[1787 Feb 11: Martha Elisabeth, Paulus Bonnstein and Elisabeth, his wife, nee Gilshen, duaghter, baptised, born on Feb 8, 11 P.M. Sponser: Martha Elisabeth Bonnstein, Johannes Bonnsteins wife.]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1787 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

2. Johannes Bonstein b. 20 Apr 1788 at 2 a.m., Baptized 27 Apr 1788, Sponcer: Johannes Bonstein, Brother of the Father, Grossropperhausen, Germany,

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1788 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

was a Baker and Innkeeper, married Anna Martha Roose, [ 1 Aug 1818 Grossropperhausen, Germany, d/o Henrich Roose She was b. 15 Jun 1799 Allmuthshausen, Krs, Homberg, Germany d. 11 Apr 1853 Grossropperhausen, Germany.

[Marriage: 1 Aug 1819 The Baker, Johannes Bonnstein, from here, son of Paulus Bonnstein married with Anna Martha Roose from Allmuthshausen, daughter of the inhabitant there, Heinrich Roose.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1819 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Children:

1. Anna Catherina Bonnstein b. 31 Jan 1821 Grossropperhausen, Germany

2. Heinrich Bonnstein b. 19 Jun 1823 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 20 Sep 1882 Grossropperhausen, Germany

3. Paul Bonnstein b. 8 Aug 1827 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 24 Mar 1906 Grossropperhausen, Germany

4. Anna Bonnstein b. 30 Aug 1830 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 5 Sep 1830

1. Anna Catherina Bonnstein b. 31 Jan 1822 at 3 a.m. Baptized 10 Feb 1822 Sponcer: Anna Catherina Roose, sister of mother Grossropperhausen, Germany,

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1873 Page Number: 1114 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Occupation Dienstmagd, Farm-Maid. Was not married to father of: 1. Carl Bonnstein Male, b. 2 Apr 1840 at noon, Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 12 Apr 1840 in the schoolhouse. Sponcer: Carl Raidt, Farmhand, [perhaps the father] d. 22 Jun 1874 Grossropperhausen, Germany.

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1840 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Occupation Maurer Bricklayer and citisen, [Carl Raidt could be the father]He married Christine Nickel, daughter of Johannes Nickel & Anna Catharina Reichberg, 20 Jan 1866 Grossropperhausen, Germany b. 1843 Grossropperhausen, Germany

1866 The citisen and bricklayer, Carl Bonnstein, illegitimate son of Anna Catharina Bonnstein 26 years, Reformed Faith, Ropperhausen and Christine Nickel, legitimate unmarried daughter of the [deceased] plowfarmer, Johannes Nickel from here, and his widow, Anna Catharina, nee, Reichberg, 23 years old, Reformed faith, Ropperhausen Announced Jan 4, 1887 Ziegenhain, Announced Jan 6, 13, 20 married on January 20 in the church Ropperhausen

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1866 Line Number: 228 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Children of Carl and Christine are:

1. Anna Cathrina Bonnstein Legitimate daughter, b. 25 Nov 1867 at 9 p.m. Baptized 1 Dec 1867 in the Pastor's house, Sponcer: Anna Catharina Bonnstein, grandmother of the child, Anna died 5 Dec 1867 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 April 2005

2. George Bonnstein Legitimate Son, b. 9 Nov 1868 Baptized 15 Nov 1868 in the pastor's house, Sponcer: George Nickel, Farmer, Brother to the mother

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1868 Page Number: 1004 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

3. Christian Bonnstein b. 29 Oct 1871 at 1 a.m. Baptized 1 Nov 1871 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Sponcer: Christian Nickel, Baker and Innkeeper, brother to the mother, d. 2 Feb 1876 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1871 Page Number: 1080 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

2. Henrich Bonnstein b. 19 Jun 1823, in the afternoon, Baptized, Sponcer: Henrich Roose, from Allmuthshausen, father of mother. Grandfather of the child, d. 20 Sep 1882 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1823 Page Number: date of event Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Occupation Ackermann Plowman/farmer and citisen, married Anna Elisabeth Conrad, d/o Henrich Conrad & Catharina Elisabeth Fenner, 19 June 1853 Grossropperhausen, Germany, she was b. 14 Feb 1830 d. 19 Jul 1863 Grossropperhausen, Germany

1853 nO 146 Heinrich Bonnstein, plowfarmer and citizen, legitimate, unmarried son of the baker, Johannes Bonnstein and his [deceased] wife Anna Martha, nee, Rose age 30 years, Reformed Faith, from Ropperhausen and Anna Elisabeth Conrad legitimate unmarried daughter of the [deceased] plowfarmer, Heinrich Conrad and his widow Catharina Elisabeth nee, Fenner, age 22 years old, Reformed Faith, from Ropperhausen, The Bill of Marriage is written in Ziegenhain, May 21, this year, announced on May 29, June 5, and June 12, this year, married on June 19 this year in the church of Ropperhausen

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1853 Line Number: 146 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Children: Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1854 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

2. Katharina Elisabeth Bonstein Legitimate daughter, b. 26 Jul 1856 at 4 a.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 3 Aug 1856 in the church, Sponcer: Anna Elisabeth Conrad, retired, Grandmother of the child. d. 17 May 1914, Grossropperhausen, Germany.

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1856 Page Number: 701 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

married Heinrich Conrad, son of Heinrich Conrad & Anna Margarethe Rossmann, 11 Jun 1882 Grossropperhausen, Germany b. 1851 Grossropperhausen, Germany [possible First Cousin]

1882 NO 327 Heinrich Conrad, plowfarmer, legitimate son of the deceased plowfarmer, Heinrich Conrad and Anna Margaretha , nee Rossman, 31 years old, of Evangelical Reformed Faith, from Ropperhausen, and Catharina Elisabeth Bonnstein, legitimate daughter of the plowfarmer, Heinrich Bonnstein and his first wife, Anna Elisabeth nee, Conrad 26 years old, of Evangelical Reformed Faith, from Ropperhausen, announced marriage intent 1st Pentecost 2nd day, 2. Trinity, 3. 1st Sunday after Trinity, Ropperhausen, June 10, 1882, NO. 4, married on June 11, 1882 in the church

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 4Tabe: 1882 Line Number: 327 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

They had a son that died 20 April 1883 Unbaptized

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 82 Tabe: 1883 Line Number: 1340 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

3. Henrich Bonstein Legitimate son, b. 17 Jan 1861 at 4:30 a.m., Baptized 27 Jan 1861 in the Pastor's House, Grossropperhausen, Germany Sponcer: Heinrich Conrad, farmer and citisen, brother of the mother d. 10 Feb 1879 in the hospital of Treysa, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1861 Page Number: 810 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

He second married Wilhelmine Wagner, d/o Conrad Wagner & Anna Close 12 Jun 1864 Grossropperhausen, Germany she was b. 13 Aug 1837 Lenderscheid, Germany d. 8 Feb 1880 Grossropperhausen, Germany.

1864 Heinrich Bonnstein, plow-farmer and citisen, widower from Anna Elisabeth Conrad, son of the retired farmer Johannes Bonnstein and his [deceased] wife Martha, nee Rose, 40 1/2 years old, Reformed Faith, Ropperhausen and Virgin, Wilhelmine Wagner, legitimate daughter of the [deceased] shoemaker, Conrad Wagner and his Widow, Anna, nee Cloes, 27 years old, Reformed Faith, from Lenderscheid, Ziegenhain, May 23, 1864, Announced on May 29, June 5, 12, married on June 12, in the church, Ropperhausen

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1864 Line Number: 213 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Children:

1. Anna Elisabeth Bonstein Legitimate daughter, b. 6 Sep 1865 at 10 p.m. Baptized 24 Sept 1865 in the church, Grossropperhausen, Germany Sponcer: Anna Elisbath Hoos the unmarried daughter of the Farmer, Heinrich Hoos from Lanertshausen, Died 29 May 1866, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1865 Page Number: 924 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

2. Johannes Bonstein Male b. 28 June 1873 at 4 a.m. Baptized 13 July 1873 in the church, Grossropperhausen, Germany; His Sponser was Johannes Wagner, Formerly of Wolfershausen, Brother to the mother

[The absent sponsor was replaced] Record Change: 8 April 2005

3. Martha Elsiabeth Bonstein b. 9 Sep 1869 at 11 a.m. Baptized 26 Sept 1869 in the church, Grossropperhausen, Germany: Her Sponcer was Martha Elisabeth Wagner Simon, wife of the Wallpainter, Heinrich Simon, Sister to the mother

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1869 Page Number: 1029 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

4. Johannes Bonstein b. 15 Feb 1866 at 8 p.m. Baptized 3 Mar 1866 in the Pastor's House, Sponser: Johannes Wagner, Blacksmith, in Lenderscheid, Brother-in-law to the father, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1866 Page Number: 963 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

5. Conrad Bonstein b. A son, b. 16 Sep 1878 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 6 Oct 1878 in the Pastor's House, Sponcer: Heinrich Simon, Wallpainter in Lenderscheid

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1878 Page Number: 1270 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Heinrich Bonstein, plowfarmer, and his second wife, wilhelmine, nee Wagner: Conrad Bonstein born 1878 September 16, Ropperhausen, Baptized 1878 Okt. 6, in the Pastors House: Sponcer: Heinrich Siemon, wallpainter in Lenderscheid

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 82 Tabe: 1878 Line Number: 1270 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

3. Paul Bonnstein b. 8 Aug 1827 at 4 p.m., Baptized 19 Aug 1827 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, brother of the father. d. 24 Mar 1906 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1827 Page Number: Month Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Occupation Schreiner-Cabinet Maker and citisen, he married Martha Elisabeth Ziegler, d/o Christian Ziegler & Anna Elsiabeth Steinbrecher, 22 Jan 1854 Grossropperhausen, Germany, she was b. 3 Mar 1828 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 19 Mar 1915 Grossropperhausen, Gemany

1854 NO 150 Paul Bonnstein, cabinet-maker and citisen member, legitimate unmarried son of the baker here, Johannes Bonnstein and his [deceased] wife, Anna Martha, nee, Rose, 26 1/2 years old, Reformed faith, from Ropperhausen and Martha Elisabeth Ziegler, legitimate, unmarried daughter of the plowfarmer, and linenweaver, Christian Ziegler and his wife Anna Elisabeth, nee Steinbrecher 26 years old, Reformed Faith, Ropperhausen Ziegenhain Jan 2, 1854 Announced on Jan 8, 15, 22 married on Jane 22, 1854 in the church, Ropperhausen

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1854 Line Number: 150 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Children:

1. Johannes Bonstein b. 22 Dec 1851 at 9 a.m., Baptized 28 Dec 1851 in the schoolhouse, Sponser: Johannes Bonnstein, citisen, Grossropperhausen, Germany, d. 20 Sept 1918 Grossropperhausen, Germany Illegitimate, Schre. married Martha [Maria?] Nickel, daughter of Johannes Nickel & Anna Catharina Reichberg, 4 Jun 1876 Grossropperhausen, Germany b. 16 Jan 1854 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1851 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: In possession of Tanya:

Record Change: 8 April 2005

[Birth Record: Born Johannes Ziegler, 1851 born Dec 22, 9 a.m. Baptized Dec 28 in the schoolhouse, Parents: Martha Elisabeth Ziegler and after his own denomination Paul Bonnstein, cabinetmaker, Sponser: Johannes Bonnstein, citisen. They married after penance in the church.]

1876 NO 287 Johannes Bonnstein, cabinet-maker, legitimate unmarried son of the cabinet-maker, Paul Bonnstein and his wife Martha Elisabeth, nee, Ziegler, born on Dec 22, 1851, of Evangelical Reform Faith, here Ropperhausen and Maria Nickel, legitimate unmarried daughter of the [deceased] plowfarmer, Johannes Nickel and his wife Anna Catharina, nee Reichberg, born on Jan 16, 1854 of Evangelical Reform Faith, here Ropperhausen Courtrecord Ropperhausen, June, 3, 1876 Announced on Sunday Jubilabe, Sunday Canfafe, Sunday Rogabe, married on June 4, in the church

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1876 Line Number: 287 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Children are:

1. Paul Friedrich Bonnstein 4 Dec 1876 Grossropperhausen, Germany, at night, 11 PM, Baptized in the Pastors House on 24 Dec 1876 Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, Cabinetmaker, from here, died 21 Feb 1879

Johannes Bonnstein, cabinetmaker and his wife Maria, nee Nickel, had a son, Paul Friedrich Bonnstein 4 Dec 1876 Ropperhausen, at night 11 PM, Baptized int he Pastors House on 24 Dec 1876, Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, Cabinetmaker, from here died on Feb 21, 1879

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 32 Tabe: 1876 Line Number: 1213 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

2. Jacob Heinrich Bonnstein b. 24 Feb 1878 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptism: 10 Mar 1878 In the Pastors House, Sponcer: Jacob Heinrich Nickel, [possible brother to mother ] from here, d. 21 Jan 1881 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Johannes Bonnstein, cabinet-maker and his wife Maria nee Nickel, a son born 1878, Feb 24, In the Pastors House, Baptized March 10, 1878, Sponcer: Jacob Heinrich Nicke. unmarried, from here, d. 21 Jan 1881

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 106 Tabe: 1878 Line Number: 1245 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

3. Martha Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 20 Oct 1879 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptism 1 Nov 1879 In the Pastors Hause, Sponcer: Martha Elisabeth Grandmother, Paul's Wife, married Johannes Heinrich Steinbrecher, son of Peter Steinbrecher & Anna Elisabeth Klos, 8 Feb 1903 Grossropperhausen, Germany, He was 27, she was 22, He was b. 1876 Grossropperhausen, Occupation Schreiner [Possible cousin]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 121 Tabe: 1879 Line Number: 1296 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

1903 NO 430: Johannes Heinrich Steinbrecher, cabinetmaker, unmarried son of the [deceased] cabinetmaker, Peter Steinbrecher and his widow, Anna Elisabeth, nee Klos, 27 years old, Reformed Faith, from Ropperhausen: Martha Elisabeth Bonnstein unmarried daughter of the cabinetmaker, Johannes Bonnstein and his wife Maria, nee, Nickel, 22 Years old, Reformed Faith, from Ropperhausen. Announcement of marriage on Jan 18, Second after Ephiphands, Jan 25, Thrid after Ephiphands, Feb 1, 4th after Epiphands, married 8 Feb in the church

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1903 Line Number: 430 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

4. Paul Friedrich Bonnstein b. 10 May 1881 Grossropperhausen, Christening Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, Grandfather, d. 1 May 1882 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Johannes Cabinet-maker and his wife, Maria, nee Nickel, Son, Paul Freidrich Bonnstein b. 10 May 1881 Ropperhausen, Baptized in Church on May 26, 1881, Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, Cabinetmaker, he died 1 May 1882

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 121 Tabe: 1881 Line Number: 1339 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

5. Heinrich George Bonnstein b. 15 Feb 1883 Grossropperhausen, Germany Christening Sponcer: Heinrich Nickel

Ropperhuasen NO 95, Line NO. 1387, 1883, Feb 15 Born, Baptized in Pastor's House on Mar 4, 1883, a son: Heinrich George Bonnstein: Johannes Bonnstein, Cabinet-maker and his wife Maria, nee, Nickel, Batism Sponcer: Heinrich Nickel, Cabinet-maker, lives here:

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 95 Tabe: 1883 Line Number: 1387 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

6. Paul Friedrich Bonnstein b. 23 Jan 1888 Grossropperhausen, Germany Christening Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, Grandfather, d. 27 Jul 1918 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Ropperhausen NO 95, 1888 No. 1513: 1888, January 23, born, Baptized in the Pastors House on Feb 5, 1888, a son, Paul Freidrich Bonnstein: Johannes Bonnstein, cabinet-maker and his wife Maria, nee Nickel, Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, cabinetmaker, grandfather of the child, died on July 27, 1918

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen No 95 Tabe: 1888 Line Number: 1513 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

7. Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 8 Aug 1889 Grossropperhausen, Germany Baptism 25 Aug 1889, in the church, Sponcer: Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein, Aunt, Unmarried, Sister of the Father, Anna married Friedrich Lauterbach, son of Johann Karl Lauterbach & Ann [Mai] Mai ,5 Apr 1920 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Announced in Ropperhausen NO 6, March 3, 14, 24, married in the church on April 5, he was b. 14 Dec 1889 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized: 29 Dec 1889 Ropperhausen, Germany, of Evangelical Reformed Faith, Residence in Kassel, Occupation Postman

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 6Tabe: 1889 Line Number: 521 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Johannes Bonstein, cabinet-maker and his wife Maria, nee Nickel, Ropperhausen No 95, No. 1551, 1889, Aug 8, Baptized in the church, Aug 25, a duaghter, Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein, sponcer: Anna Elisabeth Bonstein, unmarried, sister of the father:

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen No. 95 Tabe: 1889 Page Number: 1551 Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1920 Line Number: 521 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Church Record on Friedrich Lauterbach:

2. Friedrich Bonstein b. 9 jun 1854 at 1:30 p.m., Grossropperhausen, Germany, Illigetimate Son; Baptized 18 Jun 1854 in the church, Sponcer: Friedrich Steinbrecher, Tax-Charger, brother-in-law of the mother, The couple is meanwhile married.

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1854 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

3. Still born Bonstein born & died 1857 Grossropperhausen, Germany

4. Anna Elisabeth Bonstein Legitimate daughter, b. 15 Nov 1864 at 4 p.m. Baptized 27 Nov 1864 in the Pastor's House, Sponser: Anna Elisabeth Kranz Ziegler, wife of the Farmer Johannes Ziegler, Sister-in-law to the mother. married Johannes Konrad Waldeck, 6 Jun 1892, son of Justus Waldeck & Martha Elisabeth nee Haar, he was 23, Anna was 27 both of Reformed Faith

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1864 Page Number: 907 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

1892 NO 375 Johannes Konrad Waldeck, Cabinetmaker, unmarried son of Justus Waldeck and Martha, nee Haar, 23 years old of Reformed Faith, from Oberhulsa, and Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein unmarried daughter of the cabinetmaker, Paul Bonnstein and Martha Elisabeth, nee Ziegler 27 years old, of Reformed Faith, from Ropperhausen

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1892 Line Number: 375 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

4. Anna Bonnstein daughter of Johannes Bonnstein & Anna Martha Roose b. 30 Aug 1830 at 3 a.m. Baptized 5 Aug 1830 Sponcer: Anna Bonnstein, Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 5 Sep 1830 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1830 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

3. Paul Bonstein Son of Paul Bunstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 10 Dec 1789 between 4 & 5 a.m., Baptized 13 Dec 1789 Sponcer Paul Ziegler, son of John Ziegler

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1789 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change 8 April 2005

4. Anna Bonstein daughter of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 4 Apr 1806 at noon, Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 8 Apr 1806 Sponsor: Anna, wife of Johannes Wagner,

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1806 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

married Johann Georg Steinbrecher, son of Adam Steinbrecher & Anna Maria Kirchner, he was b. 1807 Grossropperhausen, Germany; he was a Leinenweber [Linen Weaver]

5. Johannes Bonstein, son of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 23 Apr 1793 at midnight, Baptized 28 Apr 1793 Sponser: Johannes Ziegler from here, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1793 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

6. Paulus Bonstein son of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 27 Nov 1799 at 10 p.m. Baptized 4 Dec 1799 Sponser: Paul Ziegler

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1799 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

7. Anna Catherina Bonstein, daughter of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 1 Jan 1797 at 3 a.m. Baptized 8 Jan 1797 Sponser: Anna Catharina, Johannes Bonnstein's daughter

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1797 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

20 Jan 1822: Jacob Adler, son of the [deceased] citizen of Lenderscheid and his widow Anna Martha, nee, Knieriem and Anna Catharina Bonnstein from Ropperhausen, daughter of the [deceased] dressmaker, Paulus Bonnstein and his wife Elisabeth, nee Gilsen

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1822 Line Number: 1822 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

8. George Bonstein, son of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen b. 23 Jan 1799, at 10 p.m. Baptized 25 Jan 1799, Sponser: George Nickel SR, from here, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 April 2005

9. Paulus Bonstein son of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 8 Mar 1796 at 10 p.m. Baptized 13 Mar 1796 Sponser: Johannes Bonnstein, Brother to the father, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1796 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

10. Anna Margaretha Bonstein

11. Johannes Bonstein, son of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 11 Feb 1804 Baptized 14 Feb 1804 Sponser: Johannes Bonnstein, Brother to the father

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1804 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

12. Anna Bonstein daughter of Paulus Bonnstein a Master Tailor, & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 15 Jan 1792 Baptized 27 Jan 1792 Sponser: Anna, Christian Lohr's Wife, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1792 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

2. Johannes Bonnstein, son of Johannes & Martha Elsabeth Heinze b. 24 Aug 1777 at 6 p.m. Baptized 31 Aug 1777 Sponser: Johannes Ziegler, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1777 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

3. Anna Bonnstein daughter of Johannes & Martha Elizabeth Heinze, b. 14 Feb 1780 at 7 a.m. Baptized 20 Feb 1780 Sponser: Anna Bonstein, Sister of the Father, Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 19 jul 1782 age 2 yrs 5 mos

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1780 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record change: 8 April 2005

4. Elisabeth Bonnstein daughter of Johannes & Martha Elisabeth Heinze, b. 2 Feb 1785 at 4 a.m. Baptized 4 Feb 1785 Sponser: Eliabeth Heinze [Heinzin is the female ending of the name] d. 23 Sept 1787 age 3 years 7 mos

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1785 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

5. Elisabeth Bonnstein daughter of Johannes & Martha Elisabeth Heinze b. 8 Apr 1787 in the morning, Baptized 10 Apr 1787 Sponser: Elisabeth, wife of Paulus d. 10 Oct 1787 at 6 mos

Record Change: 8 April 2005

6. Anna Bonnstein b. 20 Feb 1788 Christened Sponser: Anna Bonnstein, Aunt, sister of Father, married George Nickel 26 Dec 1798 Grossropperhausen, Germany s/o Adam Nickel he was b. abt 1780 Grossropperhausen, Germany [possible cousin]

[Marriage: 26 Dec 1798 George Nickel, Legitimate son of the deceased Adam Nickel from here, married with Anna Catharina, legitimate daughter of the citisen here, Johannes Bonnstein.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1798 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Children:

1. Johannes Nickel b. 7 Nov 1799 at 5 p.m. Baptized 16 Nov 1799 Sponser: John Bonnstein, Father of the Mother, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1820 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

2. George Nickel b. 3 Apr 1801 Christened 11 Apr 1801 Grossropperhausen, Germany Sponcer; George Nickel [it does not say father]

3. Paulus Nickel b. 7 Apr 1805 Christened 12 Apr 1805 Grossropperhausen, Germany Sponcer: Paulus Nickel, brother of father [Uncle]

7. Anna Catherine Bonnstein she married George Nickels info from niece's baptism record

8. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 18 Sep 1794 Baptized 21 Sep 1794 Sponsor: Elisabeth Heinze, d. 3 Mar 1854 Grossropperhausen, Germany, married Johannes Schmidt s/o Johannes Schmidt & Eva Elisabeth Frohlich 26 Dec 1813 Grossropperhausen, he was b. abt 1790 Grossropperhausen, Germany, occupation Schneider-Tailor.

[Marriage: 26 Dec 1813, the tailor, [dressmaker] Johannes Schmidt, son of the deceased tailor johannes Schmidt lives here, and his wife Eva Elisabeth, nee Frohlich, married with Elisabeth Bonnstein, daughter of the deceased Shepherd Johannes Bonnstein and his wife Martha Elisabeth, nee Heinze from here.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1813 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

They had:

1. Anna Gela Schmidt b. 16 Feb 1828 Christened 14 Sep 1828 9. Paul Bonnstein son of Johannes & Martha Elisabeth Heinze b. 29 July 1788 early morning, Baptized 1 Aug 1788 Sponser Paul Bonnstein, Brother to father, Grossropperhausen, Germany, d. 10 Mar 1793 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 April 2005

10. Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 16 dec 1791 Baptized 21 Dec 1791 Sponsor: Anna Elisabeth, Christoph Granges, Zunn Dornishof, daughter [means living on the Dornishof] hof--is farm

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Paris Records, Ropperhausen,Date:1797 Page No. Year

Source:Sent and Researched by Guenther Furhmann, Marburg,Germany

[In possession of Tanya]

Record Change 8 Apr 2005

11. Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein daughter of Shepherd, Johannes & Martha Elisabeth Heinze b. 16 Dec 1797 at 1 a.m. Baptized 21 Dec 1797 Sponser: Anna Elisabeth, Daughter of Christoph Granges, Zunn Dornishof, [means living on the Dornishof, hof is farm ], Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 april 2005

4. Anna Bonstein, daughter of Lorenz Bonnstein, citisen here, b. ABT 1756 Grossropperhausen, Germany, married Christian Lohr 2 Apr 1781 Grossropperhausen, Germany, he was a widower

[Marriage: 2 Apr 1781 Christian Lohr, a widower, son of the deceased Johanne Lohr from Gross Enenglis, married with Anna, daughter of Lorenz Bonnstein, citisen here.']

[Marriage: 2 apr 1781: Christian Lohr, widower, son of the deceased Johannes Lohr, from Gross Enenglis, married with Anna, Lorentz Bonnsteins, inhabitant here, legitimate daughter]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1781 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Child: Johannes Lohr b. 2 Apr 1782 at 4 a.m., Baptized: 7 Apr 1782 Sponser: Johannes Bonnstein Brother of the mother, Grossropperhausen, Germany.

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1782 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Occupation Schneider-Taylor

Child is:

1. Johannes Bonnstein [Illigetimate Son] b. 6 Apr 1820 at noon, Grossropperhausen, Baptized 11 Apr 1820 Sponcer: declared Father Johannes Fackin. d. 5 Mar 1900 Grossropperhausen, Germany,

Record change: 8 April 2005

He was a plowfarmer. Mother unmarried at time of birth? I don't understand why he carries mother's surname...the record Gunther sent says they married and give date before his birth..??

Johannes married Anna Katharina Moller/Muller d/o Conrad Moller/Muller [two dots above the u] & Elisabeth Steinbrecher, 1 Jun 1846 Grossropperhausen, Germany, she was b. 16 Sep 1822 Grossropperhausen, d. 22 Feb 1887 Grossropperhausen, Germany [surname spelling has two dots over the o.

1846 NO 103 Johannes Bonnstein, unmarried, citizen of the village and linenweaver, illigetimate son of elisabeth Bonnstein, age 26, Reformed Faith, Ropperhausen, and Anna Katharina Moeller, unmarried daughter of the cooper, Conrad Moeller and his wife, Elisabeth, nee, Steinbrecher, age 24, Reformed Faith, Ropperhausen, Ziegenhaim May 13, announced on June 17, 24, and July 1, married on July 1 in the School

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1846 Line Number: 103 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Children:

1. Adam Fackin Bonnstein b. 24 Sep 1846 at 3 p.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany Baptized 11 Oct 1846 in the church, Sponser: Adam Printzel, d. 2 Jun 1890 Grossropperhausen, Germany married Catharina Elisabeth Steinbrecher 18 Apr 1870 Grossropperhausen, Germany daughter of Conrad Steinbrecher & Anna Kaufmann, She was b. 1847 Grossropperhausen, Germany, He was a Backer Baker and Plow-Farmer

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1846 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

1870 nO 254 Adam Bonnstein, Plowfarmer, and citisen, legitimate unmarried son of the Linenweaver, Johannes Bonnstein and his wife Anna Catharina, nee Moeller, 23 years old, Reformed Faith, Ropperhausen and Catharina Elisabeth Steinbrecher, legitimate daughter of the plowfarmer, Conrad Steinbrecher and his wife Anna Elisabeth nee, Kaufmann 23 years old Ropperhausen march 12, 1870 announced Ziegenheim, announced on March 13, 20, 27 married on April 18 in the church, Ropperhausen

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1870 Line Number: 254 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Children are:

1. Anna Elizabeth Bonnstein Female b. 15 Sep 1872 at 4 a.m. Baptized 22 Sept 1872 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Sponcer: Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein Steinbrecher, wife of Conrad Steinbrecher, lives here, d. 4 Apr 1897 Grossropperhausen, Germany married Karl Heinrich Schroder 1 Feb 1891 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Son of Caspar Schroder and Anna Elisabeth, nee Reichardt, he was b. 1868 Grossropperhausen, Germany, and was a Wagner, Wagon Maker, there is two dots over the o in his name.

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1872 Page Number: 1095 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:] Record Change: 8 April 2005

1891 NO 371 Karl Heinrich Schroder, waggonmaker, unmarried son of the plowfarmer, Caspar Schroder and Anna Elisabeth, nee Reichardt, 23 years old, of Reformed Faith, from Leuderode and Elisabeth Bonnstein, unmarried daughter of the [deceased] Adam Bonnstein and Katharina Elizabeth, nee Steinbrecher, 20 years old, of Reformed Faith, from Ropperhausen, Announced on Jan 4, Sunday after New Year, Jan 11, First Sinday after Spiphanes, Jan 18, Second Sunday after Epiphanas, married 1 Feb 1891 in the church, left the community on Nov 9, 1891

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1891 Line Number: 371 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

2. Anna Catharina Bonnstein b. 30 Mar 1878 Grossropperhausen, Germany Baptized 14 Apr 1878 In the church, Sponcer: Anna Catharina, wife of Johannes Bonnstein

Adam Bonnstein, plowfarmer, and his wife Catharina Elizabetha, nee Steinberger, had daughter; Anna Cathrina Bonnstein 30 Mar 1878 Ropperhausen NO. 17 3/4, Baptized in the church, April 14, 1878

[This birth was not in our records until today]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 17 3/4 Tabe: 1878 Line Number: 1250 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

3. Johannes Bonnstein b. 3 Dec 1879 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 4 Apr 1881 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Sponcer at Chritening: Johannes Bonnstein, Grandfather

2. Elisabeth Fackin Bonnstein b. 18 July 1849 at 9 p.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 29 july 1849 in the church, Sponcer: Elisabeth Bonnstein, Grandmother of the child. d. 22 Jan 1919 Grossropperhausen, Germany

[The church record does not have the middle name of Fackin in it]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1849 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

married Paul Sauer 6 June 1881 Grossropperhausen, Germany, he was b. 1848 Germany, he was a Muller Miller

Paul Sauer, miller, and plowfarmer, legitimate son of Johannes Sauer and his [deceased] second wife, Wilhelmine, nee Albert, widow Wagner, 33 years old, of Evangelical Reform Faith, from Ropperhausen and Elisabeth Bonnstein, Jewerin, Legetimate daughter of the plowfarmer, Johannes Bonnstein and Catherina nee Moller/Muller, 31 3/4 years old, of Evangelical Reform Faith, from Ropperhausen, Announced on Sunday Jun 1, Misercordias dominini, June 2, Jubilafe, june 3, Canfafe, Ropperhausen June 4, 1881 NO. 4 married on June 6, in the church

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen NO 17 3/4 Tabe: 1881 Line Number: 320 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

3. Male, son of Johannes Bonnstein Weaver and Citsen, Johann Heinrich Fackin Bonnstein b. 1 Oct 1851 at 2 p.m., Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 12 Oct 1851 in the schoolhouse, Sponcer: Johannes Heinrich Moller/Muller, Soldier, died 25 Mar 1853 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 April 2005

4. Johannes Fackin Bonnstein, son of Johannes Bonnstein, linenweaver and citisen, & Katharina Muller, b. 26 Mar 1856 at 11:30 a.m., Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 6 Apr 1856 in the church, Sponcer: Johanness Schleicher, Maurer Bricklayer, brother-in-law of the mother. d. 29 May 1857 [but also is written October 1887, don't know what this means ]Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1856 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

5. Johannes Fackin Bonnstein Legitimate son, b. 23 June 1858 at 3 p.m., Baptized 4 July 1858 in the church, Sponser: Johannes Schmidt, Day laborer, Grossropperhausen, Germany, d. 4 Sept 1860 Grossropperhausen, Cassel, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1858 Page Number: 747 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record change: 8 April 2005

7. Johannes Bonnstein b. abt 1777 Grossropperhausen, Germany, he was a Shepard, he married Martha Elisabeth Gilsen 28 Jul 1805 Grossropperhausen, d/o Adam Gilsen, she was b. abt 1780

[Marriage: 28 July 1805 Johannes Bonnstein, Legitimate son of the Shepherd Johannes Bonnstein married with Martha Elisabeth Gilson, Legitimate daughter of Adam Gilsen, from here too.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1805 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Children:

1. Wilhelm [Gilsen] Bonnstein Illigetimate child of Martha Elisbeth Gilsin, b. 11 Jan 1805 At noon, Baptized 16 Jan 1805 S Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: Sponser: Mr. Wagner, stepfather of the mother, Note: Johannes Bonnstein has himself denomenated as father] Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record change: 8 April 2005

Occupation Leinweber [Linen Weaver] parents not married, father gave him his name after they married. Wilhelm married Anna Elisabeth Zinn, d/o Jacob Zinn 1 Jan 1828 Grossropperhausen, Germany, she was b. abt 1810 Grossrpperhausen, Germany.

1828 Jan 1 Wilhem Bonnstein, linenweaver, son of the [deceased] citisen Johannes Bonnstein and Martha Gils and Anna Elisabeth legitimate daughter of the [deceased] citizen Jacob Zinn

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1828 Line Number: 2 Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Also: Jan 1, 1828 Johannes Gils [Gilsen] married Hedwig Kuhn, [he was a nephew of Wilhem Bonnstein] Children:

1. Johannes Zinn Bonnstein Illegitmate son, b. 11 Nov 1826 at 8 p.m., Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 19 Nov 1826 Sponcer: Johannes Zinn, Grandfather of the mother, [the couple is now married ]d. 11 Nov 1827 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1826 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

2. Heinrich Bonnstein b. Son of the Inhabitant, b. 7 Sep 1828 at 2 a.m., Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 14 Sep 1828 Sponcer: Heinrich Ochs

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1828 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

3. Johannes Bonnstein b. 4 Mar 1831 at 10 a.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 13 Mar 1831 Sponcer: Johannes Block, Farmer

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1831 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

4. Anna Katharina Bonnstein daughter of Johannes Bonnstein, Farmer b. 4 June 1833 at 1 a.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany Baptized 10 June 1833 Sponcer: Anna Katherina Bonnstein, Sister of the Father.

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1833 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

she was not married to Phillip Koch born in Schonstadt, Germany, has two dots over the o, he was a Verwalter Manager?

they had:

1. Paul Bonnstein Koch b. 20 Jun 1851 at 2 a.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 25 Jun 1851 in the house of his birth, Sponcer Paul Bonnstein Schreiner, Cabinetmaker

parent now married]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

5. Clara Bonnstein b. 15 Feb 1837 at 2 a.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 19 Feb 1837 Sponcer: Clara Bonnstein Printzel

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1837 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

6. Anna Martha Bonnstein b. 29 Sep 1839, at 11 a.m. Baptized 6 Oct 1839 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Sponsor: Anna Martha Ochs, daughter of Heinrich the farmer

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1839 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

7. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 14 Mar 1842 at 11 p.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 28 Mar 1842 in the church, sponcer: Elisabeth Bonnstein, Clothmaker

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1842 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

2. Anna Catharina Bonnstein b. 16 Apr 1807 at 5 p.m. Baptized 19 Apr 1807 Sponcer: Anna Catharina Bonnstein Nickel, Gorge Nickel's wife, [sister of father] Grossropperhausen, d. 12 Dec 1878 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1807 Page Number: Date Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 8 April 2005

********* 5. JOHANN JACOB BONNSTEIN/BONSTEIN [Laurentius, Johann Paulus, Christian, Henning, Cuntz] b. 27 Feb 1754 Grossropperhausen,Germany, at 4 A.M. and died 12 April 1840 Hecktown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, buried Dryland Church Cemtery, married CATHERINE CATARINA SCHNABEL in Pennsylvania, daughter of GEORGE SCHNABEL and MARGARETHA BARBARA, She was born 4 Mar 1764 Hecktown, Northampton Co, Pa died 27 Jan 1803 Hecktown, Pa. [Jacob was known to us as "THE HESSIAN"]

[1754 MARCH 1: JOHANN JACOB, LOHRENTZ BONNSTEIN and HEDWIG, his wife, son BAPTIZED, BORN FEBRUARY 27, 4 A.M. Brought to Baptism by Johann Jacob Sohl, Master Shepherd.]

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Parish Register Records: in German: Gemeinde: Ropperhausen Tabe: 1754 Page Number: Year Sent and Researched by Geunther Fuhrmann in Marburg, Germany: [In possession of Tanya:]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Source: Church Records of St John's Lutheran and Congregational Church, [Forks of the Delaware pages] in my possession. [research done by Dick Mussleman]

NOTE:

[ I AM DOING MY 6TH GREAT GRANDFATHER GEORGE SCHNABEL [PRONOUNCED SNAW BOWLS], MEANS CHATTER BOX, LINE IN HIS OWN SEPERATE PAGE]

I have a picture of the Monument at Dryland

[Jacob is the 6th name down as serving the American Cause, but there has been no evidence of this, atleast yet..]

[my Great-Great-Great-Great--Grandparents]

Jacob and his brother Paulus were part of the Regiment von Knyphausen, Jacob was in Knyphausen 5, Company B, Paulus was in Knyphausen 1, which left the fortress of Ziegenheim Mar. 3, 1776 & marched 200 miles to the port of Bremerlehe, now Bremerhaven. They rested from the march every Tuesday and Friday. At Bremerlehe they were inspected by an English Colonel & had to swear an oath of allegiance to the King of England. In early April the ships were loaded & the troops embarked April 15th, but a violent storm arose as the fleet padded through the English Channel causing much seasickness & many injuries. On May 2oth there was another storm but the fleet reached the Newfoundland Banks June 20th, Nova Scotia July 7th and New York Harbor August 11th. Disembarkment was completed August 14th, four months after they had gone on board. The Knyphausen Reg. fought in the battle of Trenton & both Paul and Jacob were captured Dec. 26th 1776. Because of lack of jails, prisoners were assigned to American farmers who were responsible for them. Many were sent to Lancaster, PA.

The Composite List of Hessian, Waldeck & British Prisoners located in Lancaster, PA 1777-1778 appears in the book Johannes Schwalm, Hessian, published by the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Millville, PA: 1976, Chapter 1, pages 1-6, with Jacob Bonstein on page 231. Paul was assigned to David Miller and Jacob to Richard Henry. The Bonstein men were listed on the Lancaster Exchange list & returned to the Knyphausen Reg. in 1778. On Sept. 4, 1779 the reg. was on board the Molly, Triton and Archer, in New York Harbor destined for Quebec.

This is an excellent site and very interesting: http://www.americanrevolution.org/hessindex.html

In the 1600-1700's there were nearly three hundred sovereignites in Germany, besides over fourteen hundred estates of Imperial Knights, holding immediately of the empire, and having many rights of sovereignty. Some of these three hundred states were not larger than townships in New England, many of them not larger than American counties. Nor was each of them compact in itself, for one dominion was often composed of several detached parcels of territoy. Every princedom had to maintain it's prince, with his court and his army. The Princes were practically despotic. The remnants of what had once been constitutional assemblies still existed in many places, but they represented but a small part of the population. It wasn't until after World War I that Germany became a nation. "The cities and towns were governed by privileged classes. In the country some little freedom remained until with the peasants of some neighborhoods as to the management of their village affairs, but in general the peasantry were not much better off than serfs, and subject to the tyranny of a horde of officials. Before the last quarter of the 17th century, Frederick the Great of Prussia and Joseph II of Austria, with their example had stimulated many of the better sovereigns to show themselves to some measure of good of their people. The influence of the Liberal movement in France was also seen. The doctrine of obedience was the way of things. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel. This prince was the Catholic ruler of a Protestant country. His first wife had been an English Princess, a daughter of George II. She had separated herself from the Landgrave on his conversion to Catholicism, and had retired to Hanau, with her precious son. the time of the American Revolution, the Landgrave was living with his second wife. He was about sixty years old, and seems to have become comparatively steady in his habits. He was a good man of business. His troops, drilled on the Prussian system, and recruited in a measure among his own subjects by conscription, were good soldiers. Frederick took a personal interest in his army, and corresponded with his officers in America, making the hand and eye of the master usefully felt.

FROM CHAPTER FIVE OF THE WEBSITE ABOVE: "The first Hessians set out from Cassel early in March, and were shipped at Brenerlehe, near the mouth of the Weser. The second division was embarked in June. Together they numbered between twelve and thriteen thousand men. They were for the most part excellent troops and well equipped, for the Landgrave's little army was one of the best in Germany."

Seume, the captive poet, has left a graphic description of his experiences on shipboard. The men were packed like herring. A tall man could not stand upright between decks, nor sit up straight in his berth. To every such berth six men were allotted, but as there was room for only four, the last two had to squeeze in as best they might. "This was not cool in warm weather," says Seume. Thus the men lay in what boys call "spoon fashion," and when they were tired on one side, the man on the right would call "about face," and the whole file would turn over at once; then, when they were tired again, the man on the left would give the same order, and they would turn back on to the first side. The food was on a par with the lodging. Pork and pease were the chief of their diet. The pork seemed to be four or five years old. It was streaked with black towards the outside, and was yellow farther in, with a little white in the middle. The salt beef was in much the same condition. The ship biscuit was often full of maggots. "We had to eat them for a relish," says Seume, "not to reduce our slender rations too much." This biscuit was so hard that they sometimes broke it up with a cannon-ball, and the story ran that it had been taken from the French in the Seven Years' War, and lain in Portsmouth ever since. The English had kept it twenty years or so, and "were now feeding the Germans with it, that these might, if it were God's will, destroy Rochambeau and Lafayette. It does not seem to have been God's will, exactly." Sometimes they had groats and barley, or, by way of a treat, a pudding made of flour mixed half with salt water and half with fresh water, and with old, old mutton fat. The water was all spoiled. When a cask was opened "it stank between decks like Styx, Phlegethon, and Cocytus all together." It was thick with filaments as long as your finger, and they had to filter it through a cloth before they could drink it. They held their noses strong while they drank, and yet it was so scarce that they fought to get it. Rum, and sometimes a little beer, completed their fare. Thus crowded together, with close air, bad food, and foul water, many of them insufficiently clothed, these boys and old men, students, shopkeepers, and peasants tossed for months on the Atlantic. Much of the suffering of the voyage was doubtless inevitable, and many of the recruits were already inured to hardship. But much of what they underwent was the result of wanton carelessness or grasping avarice. What shall we say of the British Quartermaster's Department, which sent these men to sea without proper food or drink? What of the Duke of Brunswick, who despatched his subjects to Canada without shoes and stockings that would hold together, and without overcoats? Men have often borne such hardships cheerfully for a cause that they understood and loved. But these poor fellows suffered in a quarrel that was not their own, and simply to provide means to pay the debts, or minister to the pleasures of their masters. It is well for us to know something of their sufferings; to know what despotism means.

William, the eldest son and heir apparent of Landgrave Frederick, governed at the time of the Revolution the independent county of Hanau, which lay a few miles to the eastward of the city of Frankfort. William was his father's inferior in dignity and his equal in cupidity. As early as August, 1775, when the news of the battle of Bunker Hill must have been very fresh in Germany, the hereditary prince hastened to offer a regiment to George Ill, "without making the smallest condition." In spite of his protestations of disinterested devotion, he obtained in the end a larger price per man furnished than any one of his competitors, except his most serene father.

Washington is said to have soothed the popular feeling by pointing out that the Hessians had come to America against their will. The lot of the prisoners seems not to have been unnecessarily hard. Many of the privates let themselves out as farm servants, and received food and wages.

THE HESSIANS CHAPTER XX WIEDERHOLD'S VOYAGE - AN EPISODE - SEPTEMBER, 1779 [ THE SHIP TRITON] On the 4th of September, 1779, the Regiments von Knyphausen and von Lossberg received orders to make ready to embark with all their baggage, and with such of their sick as could support a journey. Their destination was Quebec, though the men did not know it at the time. The Knyphausen and Lossberg regiments were two of those which had been captured at Trenton. The prisoners taken on that occasion had been exchanged, and the regiments, which had at one time formed part of a combined battalion, were now acting independently again. Wiederhold had received a commission as captain in the Regiment von Knyphausen. The two regiments were embarked on the 8th of September on six vessels. Wiederhold's quarters were on the Triton, a brig armed with six small cannon and two swivels. The brig was crowded and uncomfortable, and had at first a crew of only seven men, counting the captain, cook, and steward. The Hessians on board were a lieutenant-colonel, who was sick, two captains, a lieutenant, an ensign, and a surgeon, and nearly two companies of infantry. The brig put to sea on the evening of the 8th of September, but ran immediately into a gale of wind, and was separated from the fleet. The master, having received no orders as to his destination, was obliged to put back towards Sandy Hook on the morning of the 10th. On that day a vessel was made out ahead, and preparations were made to meet her in case she should be an American privateer. The cannons were cleaned and loaded, and a non-commissioned officer and six men ordered to take charge of each of them. The vessel, however, turned out to be a friend, a transport ship with part of the Forty-fourth English regiment on board. The Triton kept in company with this ship, and on the morning of the 11th fell in with the convoy, consisting of twenty-three transports and trading sloops, protected by two small vessels of twenty and fourteen guns. From one of these vessels the Triton obtained two additional sailors - young, inexperienced fellows. The fleet sailed immediately on the arrival of the Triton, and during the 11th and 12th all went well. On the 13th, however, the weather began to be stormy, and on the 14th it was the same. On the 15th the wind was rising, and in the evening it blew a hurricane. The fleet was completely scattered, and the night was pitch dark. About nine o'clock in the evening the mainmast broke off below the main yard, and before the wreckage was entirely cleared away the foremast went overboard, breaking just above the deck. The brig was now tossed about at the mercy of the waves, and was sometimes on her beam-ends. While the captain was nailing up a dark-light, and Wiederhold standing by with a candle to help him, the sea burst in and threw them both head over heels in the cabin. Presently a new peril arose. One after another the cannons on the deck broke away from their fastenings, rolled hither and thither, and burst through the bulwarks into the sea. Four of them in succession were lost in this way, carrying with them the great iron kettle, which was large enough to cook for the whole ship's company and passengers at once. The fifth cannon, in rolling about, loosened the hatch, then broke away from its own carriage, and fell through on to the lower deck, where it alighted on a large chest belonging to Captain Wiederhold, and containing wine, spirits, mustard, vinegar, and the like. The chest and its contents flew into a thousand pieces, but the fall of the gun was broken, and the hull of the brig escaped injury. The sixth cannon, however, was still running about the after-deck just over the cabin. It had already smashed the wheel and everything else that came in its way. Four of the sailors could or would work no longer, and lay helpless in their bunks. None of the others would go near the cannon, for fear of being crushed. The soldiers were lying about sighing, weeping, or praying. The lieutenant-colonel was too sick to do anything. Wiederhold tried to encourage the men, and told them that God, who had brought them into this great danger, could also bring them out of it, if they would do their part, and try in the first place to get the cannon overboard, and then work at the pumps and keep the ship afloat until morning; when, perhaps, Heaven would lend them aid, and either give them better weather or send a ship to their assistance. Wiederhold's entreaties were useless at first. Some of the soldiers were stunned or stupid with fright; others said they were sick. Wiederhold reminded them that he had himself been suffering for four weeks from a fever, but as there was no one else to render any help, he had tried to do something for the common safety. He did not doubt, he said, that there were some men there who were stronger than he, and who had enough affection for him to follow him and to do what he should tell them. He promised to stay on deck with them, lend a hand to their work, and share their fate, hoping to save the ship and all on board. No one would come, until at last Wiederhold cried out, "Is there no under-officer who is in health, and has ambition and a Hessian heart, who will follow and help me?" Hereupon a sergeant and two corporals started up, and were followed by fifteen or twenty men. "Well, then," said Wiederhold, "come along! Let us first try to pitch the cannon into the sea." After several attempts, during which they were in constant danger of being crushed, or of being carried overboard with the gun, they succeeded in mastering it, and pushed it over the side. In doing this a soldier had his arm broken in two places, and Wiederhold's little finger was crushed. Now they went to work at the pump, in relays of four men. Each relay could only work for six or eight minutes at a time, and the men had to be tied, or cling to the stump of the mainmast, not to be washed away. About three or four o'clock in the morning the pump broke, and could not be mended in the dark, so they fell to bailing, which they kept up until daylight, when they managed to repair the pump. While the men were working in the darkness a soldier fell overboard, but succeeded in seizing a rope, and called and shrieked for help. No one could see him, or knew just where he was. " Where are you?" asked Wiederhold. "Hanging on to the ship," answered the soldier; " I can't hold on much longer. Help me quickly, or I shall fall into the sea and drown." His comrades tried to get to him, but before they could reach him a wave was quicker than they, and washed him aboard again; and, says Wiederhold, in his narrative, "he's alive and healthy yet." While the work was going on, Wiederhold noticed the master and some of the sailors, with a lantern, moving about the boats which were fastened to the ship, and, as he thought, preparing to launch one of them. Wiederhold asked the master what he was doing. "Oh, nothing," answered the master; "I am only seeing if they are fast enough." Wiederhold then asked for the lantern, on a pretext, and when he had got it and given it to one of his soldiers, he took the master by the arm, led him down to the cabin, and put him under arrest, in charge of two officers. This was done for fear the master should abandon the brig with his sailors, and leave the soldiers to their fate. When morning broke the boats were found to be past service. They were thrown overboard, and the master was released. During the 16th of September the storm was abating, and the 17th was a clear day. The observation taken at noon showed 37� 19' north latitude, so that the brig had drifted nearly as far south as the capes of Virginia. Of the longitude they had no idea. The wreckage of the masts and bulwarks was now cleared away, and the hull of the brig examined, but no leak found. The soldiers came on deck and dried their clothes, for there was not a dry stitch on the brig, even in the knapsacks, but everything had been soaked in salt water and slime. The sailors rigged a jury-mast on the stump of the mainmast, and on the following day another on that of the foremast. On the 19th prayers were offered by the Hessian soldiers, to thank God for their deliverance in the storm. A hymn was sung and the 107th Psalm was read. Even the sailors, who could not understand a word of what was said by the Germans, showed much reverence and seemed to be praying themselves. The Triton now slowly made her way to the northward, meeting with tolerable weather. Several vessels were seen, but none came to her assistance. Wiederhold elaborated a plan of action by which, in his hardly manageable hulk, he was to resist any privateer that should attack him. He proposed to hide his men, decoy a boat-load of Americans on board the Triton, and capture them. The privateer would now be unwilling to fire into the brig for fear of hurting her own men, and could not board it, on account of the superior numbers of the Hessians. It was, perhaps, fortunate for Wiederhold and his party that circumstances prevented them from trying to put this ingenious scheme in action. On the morning of the 25th of September the capes of Delaware were in sight. Knowing now exactly where they were, the crew of the Triton put out to sea again, to keep out of the way of privateers. The wind was fair, and the Hessians hoped to see Sandy Hook in forty-eight hours. The morning of the 26th was fine. At daybreak two sails were seen in the distance. Wiederhold sprang joyfully into the cabin and reported the sight to the lieutenant-colonel and the other officers. All dressed and hurried on deck, hoping that these were ships sent out from New York to cruise before the harbor, or to assist vessels injured in the late storm. The strange sail, which were to windward, bore down on the Triton, and proved to be a schooner and a sloop. "But oh! how were our hopes betrayed!" cries Wiederhold; "for when they came near and hoisted their flags of thirteen stripes, our joy was turned into sorrow." The schooner carried fourteen guns and was called the Mars. The sloop, named the Comet, carried ten guns, and was commanded by Captain Decatur. By eight o'clock in the morning they were alongside of the Triton. They ordered the master of the latter to lower one sail and bind the helm to starboard. Then each privateer sent an officer and five men aboard, and the Mars took the Triton in tow, and brought her into Barnegat Inlet, where she was anchored. The Mars, which had taken on board the master and several seamen from the Triton, presently got among the breakers and capsized. Only two of her crew were drowned, but all had to swim for it. This happened within two gun-shots of the place where the Triton lay at anchor. The captain of the Mars had previously ordered the Hessian lieutenant-colonel to come on board of that vessel, but had fortunately excused him from doing so on account of his sickness. On the 29th of September the Triton was brought into Little Egg Harbor. Here the prisoners were disembarked. They passed through Philadelphia and were at last quartered at Reading. The officers were exchanged and returned to New York in December, 1780. Of the six vessels in which the Knyphausen and Lossberg regiments were embarked, one returned safely to New York with her passengers; the fate of one I have not been able to trace with certainty; one was lost at sea with all hands; two were disabled in the storm and afterwards taken by American privateers.

The Composite List of German Prisoners of War held by the American 1779-1782 appears in the Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Inc., 1981 Vol. 2, No. 1, pages 4-15, with Jacob Bonstein name on page 7. This list appears to be an addendum to the list in the 1976 Book.

There is also a profile of Jacob Bonstein written by Mark A. Schwalm, in the Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Inc., 1991, Vol. 4, No. 3, pages 27-28. Jacob was again a prisoner, but Paulus had been on the ship Archer and made his way home to Germany where he was discharged Oct. 1783 as a Corporal.

An interesting fact is that the Bonstein men are the only documented case where one brother stayed in America and the other returned to Germany. Jacob's name is on the list of German prisoners of War at the New Goal-Philadelphia 1779-1782.

This New Goal Prisoner of War Composite List is also from the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association. This is Jacob's second time to be a prisoner of War.

Children of Jacob and Catherine Schnabel are:

1. Johann [John] Bundstein/Bunstein b. 24 April 1782 Bethlehem Twp. Northampton Co, PA d. 2 Feb. 1851 Bethlehem Twp. PA

2. George Bunstein/Bundstein b. 1785 Bethlehem Twp, PA d. abt 1860.

3. Margaret Bonstein/Bunstein b. 11 Mar. 1787 Hecktown, PA Bap. 29 Apr. 1787 Dryland Reformed Church, Hecktown, PA d. bef. 1838 [she is not in her father's will]

4. Anna Maria Bundstein/Bunstein b. 11 Mar. 1787, Hecktown, PA d. 8 Jan 1852 Hecktown, PA

5. **JACOB BONSTINE b. 1790 Hecktown, PA d. 1865 Waverly, Iowa [Was in the War of 1812].

6. Maria Mary Bunstein b. 4 Nov. 1790 Hecktown, PA d. 5 Nov. 1895 Easton, Northampton Co, PA, age 105.

7. Elizabeth Bundstein/Bunstein [Betsy] b. 4 April 1792 Hecktown, PA d. Dayton, Ohio [death town not proven yet]

8. Catherine Bundstein/Bunstein b. 25 March 1797 Hecktown, PA d. 16 June 1868 Easton, PA married Jacob Boorem 23 Dec. 1821 Frist Reformed Church of Easton, Northampton Co, PA, p. 371, born 2 March 1799 Hecktown, PA d. 29 Feb 1856 Lower Nazareth Twp, PA. Her Will NO. #8091.

[church record and Will in my possession]

9. Susanna Bunstein/Bonstein b. 8 June 1800 Hecktown, PA, d. 28 April 1887.

Notes:

Johannes Jacob Bonstein: Died age 85 yrs 2 mos.

[church record in my possession]

Baptism: 1 Mar 1754 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Baptism record in my possession] Burial: Hecktown, Dryland Church Cem. PA

[Church Record in my possession]

Census: 1800: 1 male 10-16, 2 male 16-26, 1 male 45 & up; 4 females under 10, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 26-45.

[Census Record in my possession]

Communion: Nov. 14, 1791 Dryland Church, Hecktown, PA

[Church Record in my possession]

Military: 1776 Fought for British

Bonded to Richard Henry to work on William Penn Estate

On Dryland Monument has him as an American Soldier

1776 fought in Battle of Trenton, captured 26 Dec 1776

Property: 1818 obtained 172 acres

[Deed in my possession]

From 1779, He spent the rest of his life in Bethlehem Twp, Hecktown, lived with His son George and Rosina until his death in 1840. He was one of the Original Pioneer Families of Bethlehem. He was widowed in 1803, made his will in 1838 File No. #4913 Executors: Jacob Bonstein & Jacob Boorem [son-in-law]

[Deed and Deeds to son George and son Jacob, and Will in German and English in my possession]

Notes for Catherine Schnabel: died age 39 yrs 23 days

[Church Record in my possession]

Baptism: 22 April 1764 Dryland Union Church, Hecktown, PA

Communion: 16 Oct 1791 Dryland Union Church

Communion: 4 Nov 1781 Dryland Church: Catharine Bonstein, George Schnabel & wife Anna Margaret

Communion: 1783, Catharine Bonstein [Pentecost], husb. Ref.-Communion [Lutheran]

Communion: 27 Mar. 1796, Communion Lutheran

Source: Church Records St John's, Schwalm's Articles, Birth, death, parents, from Forks of the Delaware and their descendants, Dryland Union Lutheran Church, Hecktown. PA

[all these records are in my possession, Research done by Dick Musselman]

THE FIRST GERMAN SETTLERS.

PENNSYLVANIA BIOGRAPHIES AND GENEALOGIES, 1600S-1800S

FIRST SETTLERS OF THE FORKS OF THE DELAWARE, PAGES 1-10

It is evident that from a very early period in the history of the settlement at "The Forks of the Delaware," German immigrants bore a very important, if not a very conspicous part. Certainl they constituted, at a very early date, the major portion of the population. It is true indeed that they do not figure very largely or prominently in the early annals and records of events, but in the early history of Easton, as in that of many other sections of Pennsylvania, thisis to be accounted for largely by the circumstance that the Germans, though often constituting the bulk of the population, were not acquainted with the English language. The English language necessarily had the preference in a colony of England; it was the only language employed in the courts of justice, in the Councils of the Province, and in all correspondence with the mother country. Such being the case, our German ancestors were of necessity excluded from office-bearing in the affairs of the state to a large extent, and in all public transactions in the early period of the colony have therefore left a trace of themselves entirely disproportionate to either their numbers or their imnportance in the true life and development of the State. They were perforce constrained to leave to others the pleasing task of writing the history which they were helping so largely to make. Besides this, it is to be remembered that the German is constitutionally modest and retiring. He does not possess the dioposition of some other nationalites to push and elbow his way to the front, preferring rather to sit quietly and bide his time. So true are these facts that it has been well said that "the Pennsylvania-German Society will, to a very large extent, compel the history of the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to be rewritten." We cull a few facts from which it may well appear that the Germans were a very important factor at an early day in the history of Easton.' "In a letter dated December 8, 1752, six months after the first sessions of the Court, William Parsons says that there were then eleven families living in the town [probably about fifty men, women and children]; and in the histories of Northampton County and Lehigh Valley we have a list of these families and their callings--William Parsons, Clerk of Courts, etx.; Lewis Gordon, lawyer; Henry Alshouse, carpenter; Abram Berlin, smith; Nathaniel Vernon, ferryman; William Craig and John Anderson, tavern-keepers; Paul Miller, tavern-keeper; Ernest Becker, baker; Anthony Esser, butcher; John Finley, mason; Myer Hart, shopkeeper." The first church and school-house was erected in Easton by the agency largely of the German settlers. In the year 1746 the Rev. Michael Schlatter came to this country from Switzerland and Holland, to visit the scattered people of the Reformed faith in the provinces of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. In 1751 he returned to Europe to report to the Synods of South and North Holland which had sent him forth. To the churches in Holland as wellas in England he appealed for help for the destitute settlers in this new land, and on his return to America in 1752 he brought with him very substantial tokens of the interest of Christian people in these German settlers, in the shape of numerous bibles and a very considerable amount of money for the establishment of churches and schools. O these bibles, one is still in the possession of the "First Reformed Church of Easton." And as for schools--it is recorded that, in order to make effectual Easton's portion of the Schlatter School Fund, on the 31st day of July, 1755, the following "do hereby engage and agree to and with William Parsons, James Martin, Peter trexler, Esqr., John Lefebre, Lewis Gordon and Peter Kichline, deputy trustees, mentioned and appointed by the trustees general of the said charitable scheme, that each of us will pay the sum of money, and do and perform the work, labor, and service, in building and erecting a school-house, which may occasinally be made use of as a Church for an Protestant Minister, to our names hereunto respectively set down and affixed" -- "William Smith, in behalf of the Proprietor and Trustees- 30; William Parsons, 5; Nicolas Scull, L3; Nathaniel Vernon L3; Peter Kichline, L2; Christian Rinker, L1; Jacob Bachman, L1; Jacob Miner, L1; Adam Yohe, L1; Lewis Knaus, 10s; Lewis Klotz, 10s; Henry Becker, 7s; George Michael Schurtz, 15s; John Levitz, 15s; Anthony Esser, 15s; George Riechart, 15s; John Wagle [Nagle?] L1; George Ernest Becker, L1; John Rinker, 10s; N. N. 7s; Daniel Gies, 5s; Jeremiah C. Russell, L1; Paul Miller, L1.5s; John Fricker, L1.6s; Meyer Hart, 20 lb. nails; Paul Reeser, 1,000 shingles; Jacob Miner, 12 days work; Stephen Horn, 1 week's work; Henry Alshouse, 5 days work; John Finley, 6 days work; John Nicholas Reeder, 6 days work; Bartholomew Hoffman, 5 days mason's work; Robert Miller, 4 days work; John Henry Bush, 5 days carpenters work; Jacob Krotz, 5 days carpenters work; James Fuller, 5 days stone digging; John Chapman, 3 days cutting stone; Henry Rinker, 30 bushels lime; Henry Bush and John Weidman, 30 wagons stone and digging; Thomas Harris, 50 shs lights." The above list tells its own tale concerning the German element of the population of "The Forks of the Delaware" more than twenty years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Germans were relatively numerous, but they were neither wealthy nor conspicuous. They were making history--or helping largely to make it--but they were not much employed in recording it; they could handle a pick, a shovel or an axe-- and they knew well how to handle a gun, too, as we shall shortly see--but not being masters of the language of "the power that be," they were not experts in making reports of things done. The were at a disadvantage, evidently; but on the whole and in the long run, history is just. Not only did the Germans lead the way in the religious and educational interests of the new community; they were equally zealous in things patriotic. In 1763 the first military company was formed in Easton for defence against the Indians, the following being the agreement by which the members bound themselves to service-- "Wee, the undernamed subscribers, doo hereby joyntly and severally agree that Jacob Arndt Esquire shall be our captain for three months from the date of these presence, and Be allwise Ready to Obeay him when he sees ocation to call us together in pursuing the Indians, or helping any of us that shall be in distress by the Indians. Each person to find arms and powder and lead at our own cost and have noe pay. Each person to find himself in all necessarys: to which articl, covenant and agreement, Wee Bind ourselves in the Penal sum of Five pounds, Lawful monies of Pensilvania, to be laid out for arms and ammunition for the use of the Company, unless the person soe Neglecting to obeay shall Show a lawfull Reason. Given under our hands this 13th day of October 1763." This document was signed by the following person who constituted the Muster Roll of Easton's first military company. The predominance of German names is apparent: Jacob Arndt Elias Shook Christian Gress John Sandy Michael Sheund Jacob Hartzell Philip Odenwelder Melchior Young *M. LAWALL [Michael] John Jaeger Jacob Grouse Matthias Pfeiffer Jacob Reichardt Valentine Sandy M. Owen Arndt Jerry Leidy *WILLIAM BONSTEIN Matthew Rowing Michael Butz Elias Bender Peter Seip Christian Smith Richard Richards Chritopher Hahn Paul J. Ebbel Garrett Moore Christopher Sienteog Adam Hay Henry Raddler John Painter John Miller Philip Mann Robert Townsend P. J. Mann *JAMES BUNSTON

In the year 1828 a certain Mrs. Anne Royall, "a notorious newspaper satirist and novelist," made a journey in a stage coach from Philadelphia to Easton, an account of which is to be found in a volume in the library of the State Historical Society, entitled "Mrs. Royall's Pennsylvania, or Travels Continued in the United States, 1829." In her account of this visit to Northampton County she says that Easton "contains one court house, one county house, one jail, one market house, four churches, two banks, one public library, seven merchant mills, two saw mills, two breweries, one distillery--and four thousand inhabitants...Easton is settled by Germans, though the most of them use the English language, and are well educated. The professional men, particularly, are greatly superior to those of New York and not inferior to [if they do not excel] those of any other town. There is a plain, unmoved intelligence about them, similar to the people of the Western States...It would seem that good sense, good size, good manners and hospitality, which once distinguished Philadelphia, had fled for shelter to this part of the state. The people remind me of the French, particularly the young men and women, being very fond of music and dancing. you hear the violin and the piano forte of an evening almost in every home." She dwells at length on the various enterprises and public improvements at Easton--the bridges over the Lehigh and the Delaware, and especially upon the Lehigh Canal, over which the Lehigh coal is transported from Mauch Chunk to Philadelphia. This canal, she tells us, cost $800,000 and has fifty licks. "And these are the ignorant Germans! I begin to think these ignorant Germans have a little sound sense, and a great deal of wealth and judgement, with all thier ignorance." In the very valuable "History of the Lehigh Valley" we read that "In 1752 when the County of Northampton was laid out, there were nearly 6,000 inhabitants, of whom 600 were Scotch-Irish, in Allen and Mount Bethel Townships, 300 Duthch [Hollanders] in Smithfield, and the rest Germans. In some of the townships there is not an English name to be found on the assessment list." We would certainly not withhold any honor or credit from the people of any nationality--English, Irish, Scotch or French--who bore a part in the early settlement of "The Forks of the Delaware," but neither do we think that the patient labors of the silent Germans should be overlooked by the writers of the history of Easton.

THE VOYAGE Schwalm�s Historical Society 1991 Edition In April, 1944 a descendant of Johannes Schwalm marched through a huge dock on Staten Island to board the steamer, RANGITIKI, that would carry him to war against Germany. A band played live music, women served welcome refreshments; but these could not dispel the sorrow and anxiety filling each traveler�s mind. He described the scene in verse: EMBARKMENT Martial music lifts the feet, Coffee hot the spirit, Heavy shoes on planking pounding, Hollow space repeats the beat, Thou, far love, so near it. Loud the laughter hides the tear, Angry word the quaking, Knowing talk unknown tomorrow, Bravado the haunting fear, Lonely heart just aching. Similar feelings possessed Johannes Schwalm in another April, 168 years earlier, when he left Germany for Staten Island to fight the American rebels. The army band played stirring music, and civilians cheered the soldiers on their way. Capitaine d�Armes Jeremias Kapper kept a diary of the trip. He probably was acquainted with Johannes for the both came from Merzhausen. Although Kappes belonged to Regiment Rall and Schwalm to Regiment von Knyphausen, they traveled the same route at about the same time. They left the fortress of Ziegenhain on March 3, 1776, and marched 200 miles by was of Cassel, Hanover, and Bremen to the port of Brmerlehe, now Bremerhaven. Johannes was the fifth man in the third file of his company. As they crossed the parade grounds at Cassel, they were proud to see Her Serene Highness, the Countess of Hesse-Cassel. They rested from the march every Tuesday and Friday. By the 27th they had encamped near Bremerlehe. There an English colonel inspected them, and, standing in a large formation, they had to swear an oath of allegiance to the King of England. During early April the ships were readied, the provisions, heavy baggage, and field gear loaded, and by the 15th troops were embarking. Kappes boarded the MERMAID and Schwalm the CLAUDINA. Some details of their march must have been like the ones described by Valentin Asteroth, a stocking maker from Treysa, who was in the second division. He wrote that they left Ziegenhain May 7th, to the mournful cries of many, and the column was escorted through Hanover by Hanover troops for two reasons. First, to guard against the Hessians who were foreign troops, and second, to guard against desertion. But seven got away. Many officers and enlisted men took their wives along. Quite a number of them had married just before leaving. Some took children. One woman came to America later with the second division, searched for her man, stepped into his tent, and gave birth to a daughter. The parents were later married. Three of the wives accompanying the Regiment von Donop gave birth to babies at sea. Their bed was a pad in a dark place, and they lacked all ordinary needs for comfort and nourishment. On the way Chaplains baptized babies, heard penitents, and buried the dead at sea, to say nothing about the consolation and inner support their efforts provided. They conducted regular morning and evening prayer services on deck when the weather permitted. How deeply religion influenced these people is illustrated by Kappes� description of the departure; �On the 17th of April at 9 in the morning we started out under the protection of the Lord and a good wind, and He gave us a good wind and weather�in four hours we covered 30 miles.� At the start the food varied between butter or cheese, and barley soup or peas porridge, beef with raisin pudding, or pork and beans. Each man also received daily 10 ounces of hard tack besides some beer as long as it lasted. The expedition stopped at Portsmouth on April 26 to join the invasion force. Another diarist, A. Pfister, recorded more details. Some of the first Hessian division had been left at Bremerlehe because of lack of ships, and when the fleet was ready delayed the departure, feeling bound by the Landgrave�s express orders to keep all his divisions together. King George became exceedingly impatient as did the soldiers in their cramped quarters aboard the vessels. At last the Hessian minister at London took upon himself responsibility to remove Heister�s objection, and on the evening of May 6 Commodore Hotham ordered the cannon sot that signaled the fleet to weigh anchor and depart. The fleet numbered 150 sailing vessels, among which, for protecting the transports and provision ships, were the PRESTON of 50 cannons, the RAINBOW of 44, the REPULSE, the EMERALD, and the BRUNE OF 32 each, the hospital ship JERSEY of 20, the bomb ship CARCASS of 8, and the fire ship STROMBOLO. About 12,500 land troops were aboard of which 7400 were Germans. Each transport carried fewer than 400 recruits, probably less than 300. Typical quarters were described by the soldier poet J.G. Seume, who crossed with a later contingent: On the English transport we were pressed and packed like salted herrings. To save room the deck, low as it was, had been partitioned off, and we lay instead of in hammocks, in these bunks, one row above another. The deck was so low that a grown man could not stand upright, and the bunks not high enough to sit in. These bunks were intended to hold six men each but after four had entered, the remaining two could only find room by pressing in, The situation was, especially in warm weather, decidedly not cool, for one man had to turn from one side to t he other alone was absolutely impossible, and to lie on one�s back was an equal impossibility. As the fleet passed through the English Channel, a violent storm arose, the sea became turbulent, and there was much seasickness. In the ships everything was tossed about pell-mell. People were injured; some sailors fell overboard and drowned. By the evening of the 9th sailing was calmer as the convoy passed over the dangerous rocky region of the Sicilly Islands. That evening the promontory, LANSEND, was seen to disappear under the horizon, and the higher waves and more violent motions of the ships indicated that they had reached the broad ocean. The next few days the astonished soldiers saw a Danish and two Swedish ships lower their flags and a sail of the middle mast on coming within shot range of the fleet. This was the mark of esteem that every foreign ship on meeting and English man-of-war or squadron in the Atlantic Ocean was to render it, to indicate recognition of Great Britian�s sovereignty there. The wind had stopped blowing, but the distant storm continued to agitate the sea. The landlubbers soon learned that with a good wind and full sails vessels not only respond better to the rudder, but they also move along with the waves and rock much less than in calm. Now the ships pitched and heaved on the great waves that rose to astonishing heights. They seemed to be in danger of capsizing or atleast of losing their masts. Several of them were badly damaged by colliding with each other. Johannes Schwalm felt the crash when the GOOD INTENT ran its prow into the stern of the CLAUDINA tearing a great hole over the cabin. He was aboard the CLAUDINA with the Leibkompanie of the Regiment von Knyphausen under Lieutenant Baum. Damage to another ship, the SPEEDWELL, made it draw so much water that it seemed doomed to sink and ran up distress signals. The commodore sent over an inspector who determined that with constant pumping the vessel could safely coninue the voyage. The next storm signaled its beginning on the 20th May. Pfister described the events as seen from the ship he rode: �a strong wind suddenly arose [simply good fresh air as the sailors said], but the water became rough, the waves struck over the decks, and all fires were ordered to be put out�On the 25th the whole sky became clouded over with dark and heavy clouds; the air became close and sultry, and the Commodore had shots fired frequently as a signal to prevent the scattering of the ships. The wind and waves became more violent from hour to hour during the night�and on WhitSunday the full force of the storm was felt. The Commodore gave the signal to draw in all sails except one and to remove the uppermost parts of the masts. The ships were scattered far apart. In the cabins all articles, though tied fast, were broken loose and were thrown helter-skelter, the occupants likewise, many with bruised limbs, and there was no end to the spells of seasickness and of misery made ridiculous. The storm was ever growing worse. On the second day the last sail was drawn in, and the rudder bound fast, so that now the ship was left to its fate. The raging sea was playing with the gigantic structure of the ships as with a toy; sailors were swallowed up by the waters, others committed suicide, and soldiers who ventured on deck fell down unconscious because of the force of the waves. Only one consolation remained, namely, the clarified atmosphere; but on the third day of Whitsuntide dark gloomy clouds and torrents of rain darkened the whole firmament; the winds seemed to be let loose, sounding like roaring thunder; all nature seemed to have united in bringing to young America a terrible funeral feast. While thousands are pleading here for protection of Heaven, a furious wrathful indignation rages in the American pulpit scattering its curses and, praying to God and the Savior, dedicates the fleet to destruction. With a loud and deafening roar the huge waves wash over the ships; the decks and every port-hole had to be made extra tight. The soldiers were lying in the lower compartments as if buried alive in coffins, gasping in the darkness after air and water; from moment to moment the most of them, quiet and depressed, expected to go out of this dark night into the eternal day of Heaven. Still on the next day the storm was raging and the heavy sea also continued, and this threatened to break the ships to pieces; but the clouds broke, the great downfall of rain ceased, the air became clear, the wind subsided, and in the morning at 10 o�clock the storm had stopped entirely�only the seething waters were still roaring and placed the ships in even greater danger. It was not until the morning of the 30th that this violent sea had spent its fury; sound sleep reinvigorated exhausted nature; and when the soldiers and sailors awoke to the beautiful day and looked out upon the glittering, smooth, quiet sea, and saw how little by little the ships draw closer together, they each and every one felt as if they had awakened to a new day of creation. The kitchen fires were again glowing, the kettles were steaming, the provisions, clothing, and bed linen, all so thoroughly wet through, were dried, everywhere repairs were undertaken, the masts were again properly set up, and the sails spread; on the deck praises to God were sung with fervent feelings of gratitude in devout meetings of prayer. The fleet halted while the frigates sailed in all directions to collect the dispersed ships by means of cannon shots. They were not entirely successful for the MALAGA could not be found. Contrary winds prolonged the halt to several days. The 4th of June dawned bright and clear; it was the birthday of King George III. On all vessels the red English Flag was waving; at noon all warships and frigates fired 21 cannon shots; and the whole fleet celebrated. But on the ship UNANIMITY an unfortunate pistol shot was fired in the morning. LieutenantKleinschmidt had accidently caused the Captain Count von der Lipp�s dog to cry out in pain. On being offended by the captain�s remarks, he demanded an immediate pistol duel without witnesses and inflicted a mortal wouund on the captain. Although one was descended from a sovereign house and the other was of humble civil origin, the articient chivalrous view prevailed that in the military they were equals. The court-martial acquitted the lieutenant and the chaplain buried the captain sewed in white canvas weighted with stone. It is easy to imagine the curiosity of Johannes and his shipmates as they watched from a distance the unusual scurrying of boats carrying the chief chaplain, the English surgeon, the lieutenant, and members of the court, and saw the white object being lowered into the water. As usual, rumors flew thick and fast. Dense fog had fallen; in order to keep the fleet together frequent shots were fired from the commodore�s ship. The danger of collisions was unavoidable. The HAPPY JEANETTE under full sail with a strong wind ran into the HENRIETTA almost capsizing her and for an agonizingly long time kept her from righting herself by repeatedly bumping her. When they finally parted a great hole was in the HENRIETTA. Had it been a foot lower she would have gone to the bottom in minutes. A new drama excited Johannes and his mates when a frigate brought orders to set all ships and cannon in defense condition. An East Indian Ship had reported the proximity of many American privateers. One of these had even been captured. The Hessian officers thereupon set the cannons in order and arranged for the positions of the men in case of attack. The commodore�s ship moved to the middle of the fleet while the frigates took its position at the head. The other frigates scurried to and fro carrying messages, keeping the order, and searching all strange vessels. Guards were on watch near the very tops of the masts. More frequently than ever the stragglers now received the usual warning [always with a fine of money imposed] namely, several sharp cannon shots that struck close to them. The same was the case with those ships that sailed too fast in advance of the others. One could see the fully armed men on the men-of-war carry on the battle exercise with great zeal. They placed bags of sand to protect the decks; behind these were men with muskets; between in the masts another pile of sand bags provided shelter for smaller cannon and soldiers; and at last sailors with lances and other weapons hurried on deck to prevent an enemy from mounting the ship. After more changes of weather, of calm and turbulent sea, of joyous and anxious feelings, they reached the Newfoundland Banks on the 20th of June. An extensive sea of breakers marks the location of the banks, and dense, cold fogs commonly cover the region. To warn against collisions in the encountered fog, the drums, fog horns, and ship bells made a steady din day and night on all ships. A cannon shot was fired every half hour to prevent separation of the fleet. Nevertheless, on the 21st fourteen ships drifted from their course. Because Kappes was on one of them we have details of their separate journeys. The fog and rain on the following day prevented the sighting of a strange ship until it had come to close. It frightened the soldiers who believed it must be American. To their great relief it turned out to be the CYGNET, an English cutter that had been stationed on the banks. It supplied them with plenty of welcome fresh fish, and guarded them for two days until they were well on their way toward Halifax. For three or four days the rest of the fleet remained in the vicinity of the banks. Johannes braved the bitter cold on deck to marvel with his friends at the many strange creatures they saw there: whales swimming majestically, transparent jellyfish, schools of porpoises chasing flying fish, some of which landed on the deck, parades of dolphins following the ships, turtles caught for the tables of gentlemen, swarms of wild ducks, and, above all, an enormous quantity of codfish that enriched their kitchens. They also watched fleets of French, British, and Norwegian fishing smacks and at night the phosphorescence in the water. Soon after leaving the banks the expedition experienced a warm, beautiful day, and soon again many changes of weather. In early July a green fir tree floating in the water raised hopes that land might be near. On July 3rd the ever diminishing depth of sea promised a landfall before evening, but a heavy fog and strong winds set in, making it necessary to return to deeper, safer water. Several more times they approached and had to leave the coast again, once experiencing a heavy thunderstorm that tore sails to pieces. It was with indescribable joy that the coast of Nova Scotia came into view at dawn on the 7th. Now the fifteen ships that had been lost from the convoy rejoined the fleet. They greeted the commodore with fifteen shots and he replied with eleven. Even the MALAGA that had been given up as sunk was there. In spite of having been considerably damaged it had the good fortune to capture and bring to Halifax a French ship carrying ammunitions of war intended for the Americans. The happy promise of setting foot on dry land soon changed to bitter disappointment, for the commodore had to deliver the convoy to General Howe, so he set course for Rhode Island. On the way he learned that Howe had gone to New York, then he redirected the fleet toward that city. More than a month of further hardship had to be endured on board. Johannes saw the Newfoundland shore fade away in the distance with deep regret. He was soon to feel the wrath of another severe thunderstorm accompanied by new terrors. A waterspout nearly overtook one of the ships; ST. ELMO�S FIRE appeared at the tops of masts creating superstitious dread; some masts were splintered by lightning, and a violent storm of hail fell from the clouds. More sails were torn to pieces; more ships collided. Several more storms with interludes of terribly hot weather made life on board almost unbearable. Further delays occurred often when poorer vessels had to be taken in tow by the war ships, and once to end a mutiny aboard the ship SPRING.As the squadron neared its destination, discomforts multiplied. Beds had been broken up on the storms, camp kettles and canteens smashed; clothing, tents, even cartridges had been destroyed by rats that finally gnawed through some of the water casks. The food became scarce and poor. The officers� supply was exhausted; even the hardtack ration was cut down to only 81/2 ounces a day. Some of the biscuits were wormy. What water remained was too putrid to drink. It is small wonder that men became ill. On arriving in America 132 men had to be sent to the hospital established on Staten Island-most of them sick with scurvy and a rash. Fifteen men had died on the voyage. To prevent sickness the troops were required to exercise by helping the sailors and doing their own housekeeping chores. In good weather they had to spread their bedding on deck to sun and air it and to ventilate their quarters by attaching to the portholes long, linen sacks, held open by hoops, and pointing into the wind. They scrubbed the living quarters often and disinfected them with steaming vinegar. In the belief that chewing tobacco would prevent scurvy, the sailors instructed the troops in the science that was destined later to disgust many a wife. The longed for land rose into view on August 11, and the fleet came into New York harbor the next day. Disembarkation took several days so that some of the troops did not land until the 14th, exactly four months after they had gone on board. Ironically, the small contingent that had been left behind at Bremerlehe left a month later and met the first group as it entered the harbor.

MORE SUFFERING UPON SEA VOYAGES

1732--ANOTHER PICTURE OF SUFFERING AND HARDSHIPS

Another picture of the dreadful experiences which ignorant Palatines subjected themselves to in their tedious journey to our land is hsown in an item of the same paper of October 19, 1732. It is as follows: "Sunday last arrived here Captain Tymberton in 17 weeks from Rotterdam, with 220 Palatines--44 died in their passage. About three weeks ago, the passengers dissatisfied with the length of the voyage, were so imprudent as to make a mutiny, and, being the stronger party, have ever since has the government of the vessel, giving orders from among themselves to the captain and sailors, who were threatened with death in case of disobedience. Thus, having sight of land, they carried the vessel twice backwards and forwards between our capes and Virginia, looking for a place to go ashore, they knew not where. At length they compelled the sailors to cast the anchor near Cape May, and eight of them took the boat by force and went ashore: from whence they have been five days coming up by oland to this place, where they found the ship arrived. Those concerned in taking the boat are committed to prison.: Those indeed were times that tried the men's souls. This ship was the "John and William" which reached Philadelphia October 17, 1732, under Captain Tymberton from Rotterdam according to Vol. 17, Sec. Series of Pennsylvania Archives, page 72. Turning to the list of passengers on that ship we find Martin Lorenz, George Albright, Jacob and Benedict and Hans Peter Brackbill, and John Peter Reinhart, and John Martin Schaeffer, and Jacob Weber and Gideon Hoffer, and Jacob Henrich and John George Sprecher, and John Nicholas Boshung and Phillip Melchoir Meyer and John Peter Appel and Laurens Kieffer, and Blatzer Gerlach, and Stephen Matz, and John George Martin, and Ludwig John Herr and Sebastian Druckmiller, and John Shook and Conrad Getz and Mathias Musser and John Vogel and John Michael Hoffman, and John Jacob Scherr and Joseph Houbley and Michael Miller and Mathias Mentzer among the list. We recognize all of these as common Lancaster County names. It is indeed interesting to contemplate that these persons [ancestors no doubt of present families of the same name present families of the same name now in our county] suffered such a discouraging experience on their journey here. What a fascinating story they must have told their children and grandchildren of their desperate plight at sea: No wonder they mutinied! Ordinairly 10 to 12 weeks were quite sufficient to make the passage. But these people saw no land after 12, 13, yea 14 weeks of patient sailing. Then they became frightened --horro stricken. They felt that they were lost--lost on the great Atlantic Ocean, with no land in sight anywhere. They threaten the master and seamen and take charge of the ship. This they did at the end of 14 weeks or as the account states, about 3 weeks before landing. Think of the scene on that ship from another point. According to the record there were 98 women and children on the vessel when it landed in addition to about the same number of men. What terror they must have experienced and how the children must have cried in terror. How desperately in despair were the mothers. How helpless all of them! Think too of the deaths--44 deaths that voyage. That is, one each third day dies and is sunk in the sea.

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1. JOHANNES "JOHN" BUNDSTEIN/BUNSTEIN, son of Johann "Jacob" Bonstein & Catherine Schnabel, was born 24 Apr 1782 Hecktown, Northampton Co, Pa Baptized 2 June 1782 Dryland Union reformed Church, Hecktown, Sponsors: Parents d. 15 Feb 1851 Easton, Northampton Co, Pa, married [1] SUSANNAH BILLHEIMER, 7 Feb 1806 First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa, page 355, daughter of Christian Billheimer & Margaretha Roth, she was born 15 Jul 1788 Lehigh, Pa Baptized 24 Aug 1788 Chirst Evangelical Lutheran Congregational Church, Lehigh, Pa d. 1821 Easton, Pa,Buried Dryland Churchyard. All his children are by Susannah, [2] HANNAH BELLE 9 Nov 1823 German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Easton, Pa [3] LYDIA COX 7 Nov 1835 German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Easton, Pa [4] CATHERINE LANDY 24 Apr 1845 German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Easton, Pa.

1810 Census Lower Nazareth Twp, page 82:

1 male under 10 1 male to 45 2 females to 10 1 female to 26

1820 Lower Nazareth Twp page 253:

1 male under 10 1 male 10-16 1 male 26-45 1 female under 10 2 females 10-16 1 female 16-26 1 female 26-45 1 person employed in agriculture

Will File No: #5931 Register of Wills Northampton County: John Bundstein, Easton: Administrator: Jacob Boorem

In the matter of the estate of John Bundstein

The undersigned children and legal Representatives of John Bunstein late of the Borough of Easton, deceased, decline administrating upon his Estate and request that Letters of Administration on the Estate of the deceased be granted to JACOB BOOREM ESQUIRE of Lower Nazareth Township, Northampton County.

To Samuel Siegfried Esq. Register

OLIVER BUNSTEIN

JOHN BUNSTEIN

JACOB RINECK

ELIAS NAILOR

Filed March 4, 1851

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT WE, JACOB BOOREM, ESQ, LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP, JACOB RINECK AND OLIVER BUNDSTEIN are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the sum of Five Hundred dollars, to be paid to the said Commonwealth; to which payment well and truly to be made, we do bind ourselves and each of us, our and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, for and in the whole firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals. Dated Fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.

The condition of this obligation is, that if the above bounden JACOB BOOREM administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of JOHN BUNDSTEIN, Borough of Easton, deceased, do make or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits the said JACOB BOOREM or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Register's Office in the County of Northampton, within thirty days from the date hereof, and the same goods, chattels and credits, and all other the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased at the time of his death, which at any time after shall come to the hands and possession of the said JACOB BOOREM or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him do well and truly administer according to law, and further do make or cause to be made a just and true account, the same being first examined and allowed by the Orphan's Court have jurisdiction, shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons as the said Orphan's Court by their decree or sentence, pursuant to law, shall limit and appoint, and shall well and truly comply with the laws of this Commonwealth, relating to collateral inheritances, and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased, and the same shall be proved according to law, if the said JACOB BOOREM being thereunto required, do surrender the said letters of administration into the Register's Office aforesaid, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.

Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Samuel Siegfried, Reg.

JACOB BOOREM

JACOB RINECK

OLIVER BUNDSTEIN

If JOHN BUNSTEIN former wife working all the time the person living with him when deceased, alleges that she was married to him, the marriage with the letters is invalid-and as his real wife is dead. The right of administration is in his sons, and the woman claiming to be his wife at the time of his death and neither to administration nor to any person of his estate.

John Porters

Children of Susannah and John are:

1. Sarah Bundstein/Bunstein b. 7 Feb 1807 Hecktown, Pa Baptized 18 apr 1807 Dryland Reformed Church Sponsors: Peter & Magdalene Siegfried d. bef 1880 Forks Twp, Pa married [1] JOHN NOLF Nov 1826 St John's Lutheran Church Easton, Pa He was born 7 Aug 1806 d. 29 Nov 1828 Hecktown, Pa Buried 2 Oct 1828 Dryland Cemetery [2] CONRAD KOCHER 25 Jan 1829 Forks twp, Pa [marriage in the Easton Centinel, Friday, 30 Jan 1829]

Source: First Settlers of "The Forks of the Delaware" and their Descendants

Children are by Conrad Kocher:

1. Abraham Kocher b. 4 Feb 1831 Forks Twp, Pa d. 17 Jan 1898

2. Michael Kocher died 3 Mar 1883 Northampton Co, Pa

3. Yost Henrich Kocher

4. Anna M. Kocher b. 1836 Forks twp, Pa

2. Susan Bundstein/Bunstein b. 1808 Hecktown, Pa d. in Philadelphia, Pa 1880 married Samuel "Elias" Naylor, born 9 Jan 1804 NJ died bef 1880 Forks Twp, Pa He was a Grocer

1880 Census Philadelphia, Pa NA film T9-1181 p. 226D

Living with son-in-law Peter C Hollis

Peter Hollis age 57 b. Germany Treasurer Manufacturing Co. parents b. Germany,

Hannah Hollis Wife 53 b. Pa Keeping House, parents b. NJ PA

Clara Hollis daughter 26 b. PA parents b. Germany PA

William Hollis son 25 Pa Shipping Merchant parents b. GER PA

Susan Naylor Mother 73 PA parents b. PA

Ellen Dunne Other 18 Ireland Servant parents b. Ireland

John Wooten Other 30 England Laborer parents born England

Child is:

1. Hannah Naylor b. 14 sep 1826 Pa d. 12 May 1886 Philadelphia, Pa married Peter Hollis

3. Rebecca Buntstein/Bunstein b. 1811 died in Philadelphia, Pa married William Turner 28 Apr 1829 St John's Lutheran Church, Easton, Pa

4. Anna Maria Bunstine b. 17 Sep 1814 Nazareth, PA Baptized 26 Sep 1811 Sponsors: Rosina Billheimer & Abraham Reincke, Nazareth, Moravian Church married Jacob Reineck 19 June 1830 First Reformed Church, Easton, Pa, son of Ludwig Reineck and Elizabeth Kreidel, he was born 7 Dec 1819 Philadelphia, Pa Christened 26 dec 1819 Philadelphia, Pa, d. 25 Dec 1879 Philadelphia, Pa buried 28 Dec 1879 American Mechanics Cemetery

Military Service: 1862 Company H Unit: 90 Pennsylvania Infantry

Source: Pete Montini, First Reformed Church Ledger Records

Death notice: Philadelphia Public Ledger

Children are:

1. John Reineck

2. Henry Reineck

3. Thomas Reineck b. 5 Dec 1840 Easton, PA

4. Howard Reineck

5. Mary Reineck

6. Sue Reineck

7. Annie Reineck

8. Clara Reineck b. 1854

9. Louis K Reineck b. 1858 Philadelphia, Pa

10. Howard Rineck

11. Mary Rineck

12. Unknown Rineck

13. Unknown Rineck

5. Aaron Bunstine b. 5 Dec 1823 Easton, PA d. 22 Feb 1840 Easton, Pa He married [1] Hannah [2] Rachel Regina Walter, daughter of Michael Walter & Elizabeth Lynthe, she was born 19 Jan 1809 Easton, Pa d. 1 Feb 1879 Easton, Pa

There are two stones next to Rache Easton's grave which are exactly like William Osterstock's stone. These stones are for: George Barnet 1844-1925 and Catherine Barnet 1844-1918

Source: Pat Palmer

1840 Census Lehigh Ward Borough, page 030, under Rachel Bunstine. Rachel remarried after Aaron died, she married [2]John Barnet, had three children and [3] Joseph Easton

Rachel Easton's Obit:

Easton Daily Press:

EASTON- On Saturday morning, February 1, 1879, Rachael, wife of Joseph Easton, in the 71st year of her age. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral at the residence. No. 661 Northampton Street, tomorrow [Tuesday] at 2 o'clock p.m.

Source: Pat Palmer

Children by Hannah are:

1. Eli Bunstein b. 10 Jul 1832 Easton, Pa d. 14 Oct 1834 Easton, Pa Baptized: 10 Oct 1832 St John's Evangelical Lutheran, Easton, Pa Sponsors: Parents Burial: 14 Oct 1834 Dryland Cemetery

Source: First Reformed Church of Easton, Church Records p. 332 age 2 yrs 2 mos 16 days

2. Johannes Bunstein b. 25 Jan 1834 Easton, Pa Baptized: 10 Oct 1834 St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Easton, Pa Sponsors: Johannes Bunstein

3. unknown Bunstein

Children by Rachel Walters are:

1. Mary Bunstein b. Nov 1827 Easton, Pa d. 3 Jan 1879 Easton, Pa

2. Michael Bunstein b. 1836 Easton, Pa d. 23 Jan 1905 Easton, Pa

3. Andrew Jackson Bunstein b. 1838 Easton, Pa d. 5 Jan 1866 Easton, Pa, [Andrew Jackson Bunstein had his arm fractured when acting as brakeman on Central NJ R.R. It was amputated and lockjaw ensued] it caused his death.

Church Records Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church Easton, Pa page 186, buried Easton cemetery plot H-189. His Military Service was 38th PA Militia 1863 mustered in at Reading, PA July 3, 1863 by Major William M. Heister, mustered out at Reading on August 7, 1863;

Company H 38th Militia 1863:

Capt Christian Kroehle

1st Lt David Bless

2nd Lt James McGloin

1st Sgt. John P. Hay

Sgt Samuel Bruch

Sgt Jonathan J. Carey

Sgt Levinus Transue

Sgt Edward Troxel

Cpl George W. Barrow

Cpl Lewis Eckert

Cpl Henry Froelich

Cpl Daniel Hunt

Cpl Patrick Kaegan

Cpl Charles Knapp

Cpl Nicholas Lingeman

Cpl Frederick Takhe

Musician Franklin Leidy

Privates:

Adam Bacher Feliz Bachman Charles A. Barrow Theodore Bauer ANDREW J. BUNSTINE Daniel S. Crawford Benjamin Deep Samuel Dutt Martin Faulstich Cyrus Flony John Garis Jacob Goether Sith Crawford George H. Hare Daniel Hartzog Jacob L Hay William Helrick John Hensler Michael Herther Daivd W. Huber Joseph Kobb Meisinger Kutler Edward B. Leibensperger William Leibensperger Charles Miller George Miller John Miller John Moutz joseph reese Thomas Rothrock Adam Ruff Edwin Sandt Adam Schicley jacob Shickley Edward Smith Frederick Steckley John Straub Charles Stump Patrick Swaney Richard Templin Frederick Troxel Levi Wagner Jesse Walter Joseph Walter Solomon Walter William E. Well John Woolbach Charles Youson William Yutz.

Will: 1866 Administrator: Aaron Seafass File #7801:

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY SS.

On the Nineteenth day of March 1866 before me, Jn Slitzer Register for the probate of Wills, so came the within named Aaron Serfass who being duly sworn doth depose and say, that as administrator of the estate of Andrew Bunstein, he will well and truly administer the goods and chattels, rights and credits of said deceased according to law, and also will diligently and faithfully regard, and well and truly comply with the provisions of the law relating to collateral inheritances.

And that he whole of the goods an chattels, rights and credits whereof the said, Andrew J. Bunstein died possessed, do not in value exceed the sum of three hundred dollars to the best of his knowledge and belief.

Sworn and subscribed the day aforesaid. Jon Slitzer Register

Aaron Serfass

ESTATE OF ANDREW J. BUNSTEIN FILED MARCH 17, 1866 RECORDED IN BOND BOOK VOL. 1 PAGE 54

KNOW YE ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, Aaron Serfass, John G. Schriner, and Reuben P. Micke, all of the Borough of Easton, County of Northampton are held and firmly bound to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the sum of Six Hundred dollars, to be paid to the said Commonwealth; to which payment well and truly to be made, we do bind ourselves and each of us, ours and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, for and in the whole firmly by these presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the Seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.

THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS. That if the above bounden Aaron Serfass administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of Andrew J. Bunstein late of the Borough of Easton, Deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of the said deceased, which have come or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of him the said, Aaron Serfass or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Register's Office in the County of Northampton, within thirty days from the date hereof, and the same goods, chattels, and credits, and all other the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased at the time of his death, which at any time after shall come to the hands and possession of the said, Aaron Serfass or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him do well and truly administer according to law, and further do make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of his said Administration within one year of the date hereof, or when therunto legally required, and all the rest and residue of the said goods, chattels, and credits, which shall be found remaining upon the said administrtion account, the same being first examined and allowed by the Orphan's Court, of the County having jurisdiction, shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons as the said Orphan's Court, by thier decree or sentence, pursuant to law, shall limit and appoint, and shall well and truly comply with thelaws of the Commonwealth, relating to collateral inheritances, and if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said deceased, and the same shall be proved according to law, if the said Aaron Serfass being thereunto to required, do surrender the said letters of administration into the Register's Office aforesaid, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.

sealed and Delivered in the presence of Christian Collmar

Aaron Serfass

John G. Shirmer

Rueben P. Micke

TO JOHN STOTZER, ESQ., Register for the probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the County of Northampton:

WHEREAS my late son, Andrew J. Bunstein of the Borough of Easton in the said County of Northampton, died intestate, whereby the right of the administration of the Estate of the said deceased did evolve upon me, Rachael Easton, Mother relict of the said deceased: NOW KNOW, that for divers good causes and considerations, me, the said Rachael Easton [there is a line here] specially moving, I have released, and do hereby release, all my right and title to the administration of the said estate. Witness my hand and seal, the Seventeenth day of March A.D. 1866 Witness: Catharine Barnet Rachael Easton [her mark]

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, SS.

PERSONALLY came before me John Transue one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, the following named persons, viz: George Stork and Samuel Eberhardt who, upon their solemn Oaths did say: That they would "Well and truly, and without prejudice or partiality, value and appraise the goods, chattels and credits" which were of Andrew J. Bunstein deceased, and in all respects [per]form their duties as as Appraisers, to the best of their skill and judgements.

Sworn and subscribed this 21st day of March 1866 before me. J. A. Transue JP George Stork

Samuel Eberhardt

6. Oliver Bunstein/Bonstein b. 1814 Easton, Pa d. 10 Mar 1859 Easton, Pa buried 13 Mar 1859 Easton Cemetery Plot E-350 married Esther Levan 7 Feb 1835 Easton, Pa, daughter of Jacob Levan & Barbara Boas, she was born 1813 Easton, Pa d. 13 May 1901 Easton, Pa buried 16 May 1901 Easton Cemetery Plot E-497 undertaker Ashton

1850 census Easton, Pa page 105

Will 1859 File #6819 Easton, Executors: Esther Bunstein & M.H. Jones

In the name of God, Amen: I Oliver Bunstein of the ? [Borough] of Easton, in the County of Northampton, and State of Pennsylvania, being weak in body, but of sound mind, memory, and understanding. Blessed be God for the same-considering the uncertainty of this transitory life, and certaintity of death, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form follwoing it:

FIRST- It is my will ? and I do order that-all my burial expenses be duly paid and satisfied, as soon as possible after my decease.

Then-I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Esther Bunstein interest of nine thousand dollars for and during her natural life. The nine thousand dollars, it-is my desire shall be secured on the estate, bonds, mortgages or stocks as my executors consider the safest and best. And after the decease of my wife Esther, I direct that the left sums of nine thousand dollars shall be equally divided among the surviving children, share and share alike. then-I further give and bequeath to my beloved wife Esther, the residence of my estate, counting of those good, ? and then furniture, etc-to the amount of six thousand dollars, ? left, or whatever the evaluation thereof maybe for her own sole use, absolutely, and without reserve.

And Lastly- I nominate constitute and appoint my dear wife Esther Bunstein, and my friend Mathew Hale Jones Esq. to be the Executors of this my last Will, hereby revoking all other Wills, decrees and such, by me therfore made and declaring this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal on this fourteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine.

O. Bunstein

Signed sealed and Declared by the Testator as his last will and testament, in the presence of us S. Moorre E.S. Bishop

Pennsylvania Genealogies: Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German

WILLIAM BOAS, 2 son of Frederick Boas, 1 was born in 1739, in the Canton of Zurich, not far from the city of Berne, Switzerland. He was of the Reformed faith, as "all his fathers were," some of his ancestors being distinguished ministers in the church of Zwingli. William passed through a regular course of scientific and theoligical training at the University of Halle, after which he, in 1770, came to America under the auspices of the congregations at Berne, but not with the necessary credentials from the Fathers of the Reformed Church in Holland, from whom that denomination in this country received its authority. In the Cotal minutes of the Reformed church for the year 1771, mention is made of the fact the he "had been joyfully expected from Europe for several years; that he had now arrived, but that that account, receiving him." However, the congregation at Reading, Pa., earnestly destitute. The Fathers in Holland were very tenacious of their rights, and warned the Cotus against acknowledging the Reverend Boas a member, but had the consideration, in 1773, to say: "As Pennsylvania is a free country, we cannot drive him away from his congregation," by whom he was dearly loved. He labored faithfully in the Master's Vineyard, and Cotus, in a letter to the Fathers, under date of May, 1777, bestowed the highest praise upon Rev. Mr. Boas, stating "that his congregation in Reading is in a most flourishing condition, through his industry and zeal; that he is at this time a learned and expert laborer in the kingdom of Christ; that he is beloved, not only in Reading, but by all members of Cotus." About the year 1781, he resigned the charge of the Reading church, to which he had been a faithful pastor for ten years. He afterward appears to have had charge of the same congregation at Reading, for in the record-books of the church in Cocalico, Lancaster County, Pa., we find that "the Rev. Mr. Boas, of the Reading congregation, on the 15th of September, 1786, preached the funeral sermon of Reverend John Waldschmid, from Psalm 1xxiii. 23, 24." During the Revolution, when every able-bodied man [save those having conscientious scruples] was enlisted in the patriotic cause, the Rev. Mr. Boas served a tour as chaplain to one of the associated battalions of Berks County, namely, that in and around Philadelphia in the summer of 1777. He did not cease his pastorial work until late in life, but was the same devout and earnes minister of the New Testament. He was a good, earnest preacher, had a remarkably strong voice, and nothing could move him from the path of duty. Full of years he d. November 28, 1814, at Reading, Pa., and is there buried. He married [Susanna] Eppler.

They had issue:

1. John; was a hatter by trade, and d. in Reading, Pa.; m. Herbein, and had, among others, John and Daniel.

2. William ; removed to Allentown, Pa., where he succeeded Charles Deshler--whose daughter he had married--in merchandising. He was register and recorder of Lehigh County, and held other offices of honor. Of his children, we have the names of Dr. Charles, d.s.p.; William, Henry-Jacob, and Mary-Ann.

3. Susanna; m. [Samuel] Wanner, of Kutztown, Berks County, Pa., and had, [surname Wanner], William, Samuel, Catharine, Maria, d.s.p., and Harriet

4. Daniel; was also a hatter; d. in Reading; m., and had, among others, William, Augustus, Franklin G., Jacob, a minister of the Gospel; Obediah and Jeremiah

5. Jacob, b. 1779; m. Sarah Dick

6. Catharine; m. Frederick Rapp, and had, among others, [surname Rapp] William, Anna, and Susan-Boas.

7. Frederick, b. July 3, 1785; m. Elizabeth Krause.

8. **BARBARA; M. JACOB LEVAN, a coppersmith, residing in Kutztown, and had [surname Levan] HESTER, M. MR. BUNSTINE, Elmina, and Juliann.

This proves Jacob Levan and Barbara Boas is the parents of Hester/Esther Levan Bunstine/Bunstein/Bonstein

The info I got from Ancestry.com doing research under the name of Bunstine

ESTHER LEVAN BUNSTEIN WILL FILE NO. #15513

Last Will and Testament of Esther Bunstein the administration to Probate July 3rd, 1901 Recorded in Will Book Vol. 14 page 393:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THE PRESENTS, That I, Esther Bunstein of the City of Easton in the County of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, Do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, as follows, to Wit:

FIRST-; I give unto my grandson, CHARLES STOVER Six Thousand Dollars, [$6,000.00]

SECOND-; I give, devise, and bequeath unto my son, HENRY L. BUNSTEIN, his heirs and assigns all the Eastern Brick House and Lot of land of my two adjoining Brick Houses and Lots of land, situated on the North side of Northampton Street in the said City of Easton; Bounded on the South by said Northampton Street, on the East by the Brick House and Lot of land of Mrs. Fannie Titus, on the North by Lot of land of Jos. M. Hackett, and on the West by my other Brick House and Lot of land which, by this my last Will and Testament, I give unto my son, HOWARD BUNSTEIN: subject however that my said son, HENRY L BUNSTEIN shall pay for said House and Lot the sum of Six Thousand Dollars [$6,000.00], said sum to be taken as a part of my residuary Estate and to be distributed as hereinafter provided among my three surviving children.

THIRD-; I give, devise, and bequeath unto my son, HOWARD BUNSTEIN, his heirs and assigns the Western Brick House and Lot of land of my Two said Houses and Lots of land, situated on the North side of said Northampton Street between Second and Sitgreaves Streets in said City of Easton; Bounded on the South by said Northampton Street, on the East by the said House and Lot of land which, by this my last Will and Testament, I have given unto my son, HENRY L. BUNSTEIN on the North by said Lot of land of Jos. M. Hackett, and on the West by House and lot of land of the Estate of Frank Dawes, deceased; and I also give unto my said son, HOWARD BUNSTEIN ALL my household goods, furniture, beds and bedding, pictures, carpets, piano, and all my other personal property whatsoever which I may own at the time of my decease, [excepting however thereout always all of my cash on hand, all money on interest, promissory notes, all my stocks, bonds, and mortgages, judgements, book accounts, and all money due or becoming due me whatsoever]...; subject however always that my said son, HOWARD BUNSTEIN, his heirs and assigns, and MARY SAMPLE, her heirs and assigns, share and share alike ALL the rest and residue of my estate, real, personal and mixed whatsoever and wheresoever the same maybe at the time of my death. And lastly I hereby appoint my two sons, HENRY L BUNSTEIN and HOWARD BUNSTEIN, the Executors of this my last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof I, Esther Bunstein, the Testatrix above named, have hereunto to this my last Will and Testament, set my hand and seal this Twenty first day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.

Signed, Sealed, published and Declared by the above named Esther Bunstein, as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names at her request as witnesses thereto, in the presence of the said Testatrix and of each other

B.B. Riegel Esther Bunstein

A.S. Knecht

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY SS.

On the Third day of July A.D. 1901, before me Jacob F. Speer, Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration, in and for said County, personally appeared B. F. Riegel and A. S. Knecht Esq. subscribing witnesses tot he foregoing instrument of writing, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Esther Bunstein now deceased, who, being duly affirmed according to law, did depose and say, that they were present at the execution of said testament, saw and heard the said Testatrix sign, seal, publish, and declare the same as and for her last will and testament; that at the time of so doing she was of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, to the best of their knowledge, observation and belief; also, that they signed the same as witnesses at the request and in the presence of the said testatrix and of each other.

Witness my hand. Jacob F. Speer Register.

AFFIDAVIT OF DEATH OF ESTHER BUNSTEIN, DECEASED, LATE OF CITY OF EASTON, FILED JULY 3RD 1901 HOWARD BUNSTEIN

Before me Jacob F. Speer Register of Wills in and for said County, personally appeared HENRY L. BUNSTEIN AND HOWARD BUNSTEIN being person[s] applying for letters Testamentary on the estate of Esther Bunstein late of the City of Easton in said County, deceased, who being duly sworn according to law, did depose and say, that the Esther Bunstein died as near as he can ascertain, at 7 o'clock p.m. the Thirteenth day of May one thousand nine hundred and one.

Sworn and subscribed before me, July 3rd A.D. 1901 Jacob F Speer

H. L. BUNSTEIN

HOWARD BUNSTEIN

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. THAT WE, HENRY L. BUNSTEIN, HENRY B. SAMPLE, AND A. D. KNECHT are held and firmly bound with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the sum of SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, to be paid to the said Commonwealth, to which payment well and truly to be made we do and in the whole firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our Seals and dated the Third day of July A.D. one thousand nine hundred and one

The condition of this obligation is such that if the bounden HENRY L. BUNSTEIN one of the executors of the last will and testament of Esther Bunstein deceased shall make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits and real estate of the said deceased, being with this Commonwealth which have or shall come to his hands, possession or knowledge, or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him and the same so made do exhibit into the office of the Register of Wills of the County of Northampton within thirty days from the date herof, and the same goods, do well and truly administer according to the law, and make a just and true account of his acts and doings therein in one year from the date hereof, or when thereunto lawfully required, and shall well and truly emply with the laws of this Commonwealth relating to Collateral inheritances, and in all other respects witht he laws of this Commonwealth relating to his duty as executor, then this obligation to be void, otherwise in full force and effect.

Signed and sealed in the presence of us: Howard L. Bowers & Newton Gist

HENRY L. BUNSTEIN

HENRY B. SAMPLE

A. S. KNECHT

Children of Oliver and Esther are:

1. Anna Barbara Bonstein b. 25 Aug 1835 Easton, Pa

2. Mary Jullia Bonstein b. 7 Nov 1838 Easton, Pa

3. Henry Levan Bunstein b. 18 Aug 1844 Easton, Pa d. 5 Nov 1927 milford, Sussex County, Delaware.

4. Howard Bunstein b. 29 Jan 1848 Easton, Pa Baptized: 24 Aug 1849 German Reformed Church Easton, PA, married Esther. Easton City, A to D: 1890 Bunstein, Howard, Milliner-Esther, Milliner 215 Northampton St, Easton, Pa 1920 Census Easton, Pa ED#108 Bunstein Howard 69, Henry Lathan 65 pardner

7. Henry L Bunstein b. 18 Aug 1815 Easton, Pa [this is not proven yet]

8. Jacob Bunstine b. 1816 Hecktown, Bethlehem, Pa Baptized 16 Aug 1816 St John Evangelical Reformed Church, Easton, Pa married Mary L, she was born 1833 New York

Jacob was raised by his Aunt and Uncle Peter Heckman and Elizabeth Bundstein/Bunstein on his father's side, they went with Jacob to Ohio, if anyone would have any info on Peter and Elizabeth Heckman in Ohio, I sure would appreciate it.

1880 census Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio FHLF 1255051 NA F No: T9-1051 p. 101A:

Jacob Bunstine 64 b. PA

Mary L. Bunstine 47 b. NY

Charles W. Bunstine 27 b. Ohio

Carrie E. Bunstine 20 b. Ohio

Mary L. Bunstine 18 b. Ohio

Edwin H. Bunstine 16 b. Ohio

Annie M. Elstro Other 25 b. OH Servant parents b. Prussia

Charles W. Dickens Other Black 31 b. TN parents b. SC

Children are:

1. Charles W. Bonstein/Bunstein b. 1853 Ohio

2. Carrie E. "Caroline" Bonstein/Bunstein b. 1860 OH

3. Mary L. Bonstein/Bunstein b. 1862 Ohio

4. Edwin H. Bonstein/Bunstein b. Mar 1864 OH married Hester, born May 1859 OH, her parents were born NY & PA

1900 census Montgomery Co, OH: Edwin H 36 Mar 1864 Y Hester 42 May 1859

9. John Jacob Bunstine b. 10 Nov 1818 Easton, Pa Baptized: 16 Aug 1818 St John Evangelical Reformed church, Easton, Pa d. 1891 Taylorville, Christian County, Illinois, buried at the church he built. He married Anna Catherine Nolf 1841 Easton, Pa, daughter of John Nolf & Susanna, she was born 25 Oct 1819 Pa d. 1871 Buckhart, Christian County, Illinois

John was the youngest child of Johannes "John" Bundstein/Bunstein, after Susannah died, Catherine Bundstein/Bunstein and Jacob Boorem raised him, he was just about the age of 3 when she died. Catherine left John as her executor over her will when she died, but her gave it to his son Samuel C Bunstine, who administered it.

John bought land in Audrain, Mexico, Missouri, [I have the land papers], he didn't care for the church in town, so he built a church and a two story home on his property in missouri. He was a devout man, never learned to speak hardly any English.

1860 Census Medina County, Ohio, Wadsworth 2121-21213

John Bonstein 44 Carpenter b. Pa

Catherine Bonstein 40 b. Pa

William H. Bonstein 16 b. Pa

Samuel Bonstein 13 b. Pa

John J. Bonstein 10 b. Pa

Irvin Bonstein 8 b. Pa

Reuben Bonstein 5 b. OH

Susanna E. 1 b. OH

1880 census Stonington, Christian Co, ILL

Bunstine John age 60 b. Pa

Anna B. age 20 b. OH

George F. age 14 OH

Mary A. age 18

Children are:

1. William Henry Bunstine b. 21 Sep 1843 Easton, Pa died 14 Aug 1864 Andersonville Prison, Sumter Co, Georgia.

He was in the fiercest battle of the Civil War, Gettysburg that lasted 4 days. he didn't get a scratch. Later he was captured by the Rebels, and he was sent to the Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he starved to death. This was the most horrible known prison in America. He was only 21 when he died.

He went into the Service in 1861, Civil War, Union

Pension 1889 Filed by his father John Bunstine in Missouri

Source:

James Wheeler Davis, Nephew

2. Samuel Bunstine b. 26 Nov 1846 Easton, Pa d. in Oklahoma

3. John Jacob Bunstine b. 12 oct 1849 Easton, Pa d. 3 Nov 1897 Christian Co, ILL

4. Ervin Bunstine b. 12 May 1852 Easton, Pa d. bef 1912 Taylorville, Christian County, ILL

5. Rueben Bunstine b. 3 Nov 1854 Wadsworth, Medina Co, OH died 1 Mar 1941 Renton, King Co, Washington [I have death certificate] 6. Susann Emmaline Bunstine b. 4 July 1859 Wadsworth, Medina Co, Oh d. 27 dec 1943 Troy, Madison, ILL

7. Mary "Molly" Bunstine b. 2 May 1860 Wadsworth, Median Co, OH d. 1890 Christian, iLL

8. George Franklin Bunstine b. 14 Mar 1865 Buckhart, Christian Co, ILL, was a Lawyer.

He married Elisabeth Gilsen 30 Apr 1786 Grossropperhausen, Germany, d/o Johannes Gilsen, b. Jul 1766 Grossropperhausen d. 8 May 1826 Grossropperhausen, Germany age 59 yrs 10 mos 3 wks

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

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Children:

1. Martha Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 8 Feb 1787 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 14 Mar 1788 Grossropperhausen, Germany. 2. Johannes Bonnstein b. 20 apr 1788 Grossropperhausen, Germany

3. Paul Paulus Bonnstein b. 10 Dec 1789 Grossropperhausen, Germany

4. Johannes Bonstein b. 23 Apr 1793 Grossropperhausen, Germany

5. Paulus Bonnstein b. 8 mar 1796 Grossropperhausen, Gemany

6. Anna Catherina Bonnstein b. 1 Jan 1797 Grossropperhausen, Germany:

7. George Bonnstein b. 23 Jan 1799 Grossropperhausen, Germany

8. Paulus Bonnstein b. 10 Apr 1788 Grossropperhausen, Germany

9. Anna Margaretha Bonnstein b. Grossropperhausen, Germany

10. Johannes Bonstein b. 1804 Grossropperhausen, Germany

11. Anna Bonnstein b. 4 Apr 1806 Grossropperhausen, Germany

12. Anna Bonnstein b. 15 Jan 1792 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Children:

1. Henrich Ziegler b. 22 May 1781 Grossropperhausen, Germany Christened 26 May 1781 [same]

2. Johann Henrich Ziegler

3. Christian Ziegler

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

Elisabeth Reid, Reith and Johannes had a child together:

1. Johannes Bonnstein occupation Shepherd, married Anna Catharina Braun 19 Apr 1808 Grossropperhausen, Germany b. abt 1790 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 April 2005

He married Martha Elisabeth Heinze, b. Jan 1748 Sondheim, Krs, Homberg, Gemany d. 25 May 1832 Grossropperhausen, Germany. Elisabeth Reid,Reith was married to Conrad Zirkels.

Children:

1. Martha Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 1775 Grossropperhausen, Germany

2. Johannes Bonnstein b. 24 Aug 1777 Grossropperhausen, Germany

3. Anna Bonnstein b. 14 Feb 1780 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 19 July 1782 Grossropperhausen, Germany

4. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 2 Feb 1784 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 23 Sep 1787 age 3 yrs 7 mos

5. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 8 Apr 1787 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 10 oct 1787

6. Anna Bonnstein b. 20 Feb 1788 Grossropperhausen, Germany

7. Anna Catherina Bonnstein b. Grossropperhausen, Germany

8. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 2 Feb 1785 Grossropperhausen, Germany,

9. Paul Bonnstein b. 29 July 1788 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 10 Mar 1793

10. Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 16 Dec 1791 Grossropperhausen, Germany

11. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 18 Sept 1794 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 3 Mar 1854 Grossropperhausen, Germany

1. Martha Elisabeth Bonstein daughter, b. 8 Feb 1787 at 11 p.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 11 Feb 1787, Sponcer Martha Elisabeth Bonstein, Johannes Bonstein's wife, d. 14 Mar 1788

[1787 Feb 11: Martha Elisabeth, Paulus Bonnstein and Elisabeth, his wife, nee Gilshen, duaghter, baptised, born on Feb 8, 11 P.M. Sponser: Martha Elisabeth Bonnstein, Johannes Bonnsteins wife.]

Record Change: 13 Dec 2004

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2. Johannes Bonstein b. 20 Apr 1788 at 2 a.m., Baptized 27 Apr 1788, Sponcer: Johannes Bonstein, Brother of the Father, Grossropperhausen, Germany,

Record Change: 8 April 2005

[Marriage: 1 Aug 1819 The Baker, Johannes Bonnstein, from here, son of Paulus Bonnstein married with Anna Martha Roose from Allmuthshausen, daughter of the inhabitant there, Heinrich Roose.]

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Children:

1. Anna Catherina Bonnstein b. 31 Jan 1821 Grossropperhausen, Germany

2. Heinrich Bonnstein b. 19 Jun 1823 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 20 Sep 1882 Grossropperhausen, Germany

3. Paul Bonnstein b. 8 Aug 1827 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 24 Mar 1906 Grossropperhausen, Germany

4. Anna Bonnstein b. 30 Aug 1830 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 5 Sep 1830

1. Anna Catherina Bonnstein b. 31 Jan 1822 at 3 a.m. Baptized 10 Feb 1822 Sponcer: Anna Catherina Roose, sister of mother Grossropperhausen, Germany,

Record Change: 8 April 2005

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Children of Carl and Christine are:

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2. George Bonnstein Legitimate Son, b. 9 Nov 1868 Baptized 15 Nov 1868 in the pastor's house, Sponcer: George Nickel, Farmer, Brother to the mother

Record Change: 8 April 2005

2. Henrich Bonnstein b. 19 Jun 1823, in the afternoon, Baptized, Sponcer: Henrich Roose, from Allmuthshausen, father of mother. Grandfather of the child, d. 20 Sep 1882 Grossropperhausen, Germany

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married Heinrich Conrad, son of Heinrich Conrad & Anna Margarethe Rossmann, 11 Jun 1882 Grossropperhausen, Germany b. 1851 Grossropperhausen, Germany [possible First Cousin]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

They had a son that died 20 April 1883 Unbaptized

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He second married Wilhelmine Wagner, d/o Conrad Wagner & Anna Close 12 Jun 1864 Grossropperhausen, Germany she was b. 13 Aug 1837 Lenderscheid, Germany d. 8 Feb 1880 Grossropperhausen, Germany.

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Children:

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2. Johannes Bonstein Male b. 28 June 1873 at 4 a.m. Baptized 13 July 1873 in the church, Grossropperhausen, Germany; His Sponser was Johannes Wagner, Formerly of Wolfershausen, Brother to the mother

[The absent sponsor was replaced] Record Change: 8 April 2005

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5. Conrad Bonstein b. A son, b. 16 Sep 1878 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 6 Oct 1878 in the Pastor's House, Sponcer: Heinrich Simon, Wallpainter in Lenderscheid

Record Change: 8 April 2005

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3. Paul Bonnstein b. 8 Aug 1827 at 4 p.m., Baptized 19 Aug 1827 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, brother of the father. d. 24 Mar 1906 Grossropperhausen, Germany

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Children:

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Children are:

1. Paul Friedrich Bonnstein 4 Dec 1876 Grossropperhausen, Germany, at night, 11 PM, Baptized in the Pastors House on 24 Dec 1876 Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, Cabinetmaker, from here, died 21 Feb 1879

Record Change: 23 May 2005

4. Paul Friedrich Bonnstein b. 10 May 1881 Grossropperhausen, Christening Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, Grandfather, d. 1 May 1882 Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 23 May 2005

5. Heinrich George Bonnstein b. 15 Feb 1883 Grossropperhausen, Germany Christening Sponcer: Heinrich Nickel

Record Change: 23 May 2005

6. Paul Friedrich Bonnstein b. 23 Jan 1888 Grossropperhausen, Germany Christening Sponcer: Paul Bonnstein, Grandfather, d. 27 Jul 1918 Grossropperhausen, Germany

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Church Record on Friedrich Lauterbach:

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3. Still born Bonstein born & died 1857 Grossropperhausen, Germany

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3. Paul Bonstein Son of Paul Bunstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 10 Dec 1789 between 4 & 5 a.m., Baptized 13 Dec 1789 Sponcer Paul Ziegler, son of John Ziegler

Record Change 8 April 2005

4. Anna Bonstein daughter of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 4 Apr 1806 at noon, Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 8 Apr 1806 Sponsor: Anna, wife of Johannes Wagner,

Record Change: 8 April 2005

married Johann Georg Steinbrecher, son of Adam Steinbrecher & Anna Maria Kirchner, he was b. 1807 Grossropperhausen, Germany; he was a Leinenweber [Linen Weaver]

5. Johannes Bonstein, son of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 23 Apr 1793 at midnight, Baptized 28 Apr 1793 Sponser: Johannes Ziegler from here, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 April 2005

6. Paulus Bonstein son of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 27 Nov 1799 at 10 p.m. Baptized 4 Dec 1799 Sponser: Paul Ziegler

Record Change: 8 April 2005

7. Anna Catherina Bonstein, daughter of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 1 Jan 1797 at 3 a.m. Baptized 8 Jan 1797 Sponser: Anna Catharina, Johannes Bonnstein's daughter

Record Change: 8 April 2005

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8. George Bonstein, son of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen b. 23 Jan 1799, at 10 p.m. Baptized 25 Jan 1799, Sponser: George Nickel SR, from here, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 April 2005

9. Paulus Bonstein son of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 8 Mar 1796 at 10 p.m. Baptized 13 Mar 1796 Sponser: Johannes Bonnstein, Brother to the father, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 April 2005

10. Anna Margaretha Bonstein

11. Johannes Bonstein, son of Paulus Bonnstein & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 11 Feb 1804 Baptized 14 Feb 1804 Sponser: Johannes Bonnstein, Brother to the father

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12. Anna Bonstein daughter of Paulus Bonnstein a Master Tailor, & Elisabeth Gilsen, b. 15 Jan 1792 Baptized 27 Jan 1792 Sponser: Anna, Christian Lohr's Wife, Grossropperhausen, Germany

Record Change: 8 April 2005

2. Johannes Bonnstein, son of Johannes & Martha Elsabeth Heinze b. 24 Aug 1777 at 6 p.m. Baptized 31 Aug 1777 Sponser: Johannes Ziegler, Grossropperhausen, Germany

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5. Elisabeth Bonnstein daughter of Johannes & Martha Elisabeth Heinze b. 8 Apr 1787 in the morning, Baptized 10 Apr 1787 Sponser: Elisabeth, wife of Paulus d. 10 Oct 1787 at 6 mos

Record Change: 8 April 2005

[Marriage: 26 Dec 1798 George Nickel, Legitimate son of the deceased Adam Nickel from here, married with Anna Catharina, legitimate daughter of the citisen here, Johannes Bonnstein.]

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Children:

1. Johannes Nickel b. 7 Nov 1799 at 5 p.m. Baptized 16 Nov 1799 Sponser: John Bonnstein, Father of the Mother, Grossropperhausen, Germany

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2. George Nickel b. 3 Apr 1801 Christened 11 Apr 1801 Grossropperhausen, Germany Sponcer; George Nickel [it does not say father]

3. Paulus Nickel b. 7 Apr 1805 Christened 12 Apr 1805 Grossropperhausen, Germany Sponcer: Paulus Nickel, brother of father [Uncle]

7. Anna Catherine Bonnstein she married George Nickels info from niece's baptism record

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They had:

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10. Anna Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 16 dec 1791 Baptized 21 Dec 1791 Sponsor: Anna Elisabeth, Christoph Granges, Zunn Dornishof, daughter [means living on the Dornishof] hof--is farm

Source: Evangelish-Lutherische Kirche Paris Records, Ropperhausen,Date:1797 Page No. Year

Source:Sent and Researched by Guenther Furhmann, Marburg,Germany

[In possession of Tanya]

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4. Anna Bonstein, daughter of Lorenz Bonnstein, citisen here, b. ABT 1756 Grossropperhausen, Germany, married Christian Lohr 2 Apr 1781 Grossropperhausen, Germany, he was a widower

[Marriage: 2 Apr 1781 Christian Lohr, a widower, son of the deceased Johanne Lohr from Gross Enenglis, married with Anna, daughter of Lorenz Bonnstein, citisen here.']

[Marriage: 2 apr 1781: Christian Lohr, widower, son of the deceased Johannes Lohr, from Gross Enenglis, married with Anna, Lorentz Bonnsteins, inhabitant here, legitimate daughter]

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Child: Johannes Lohr b. 2 Apr 1782 at 4 a.m., Baptized: 7 Apr 1782 Sponser: Johannes Bonnstein Brother of the mother, Grossropperhausen, Germany.

Record Change: 8 April 2005

Occupation Schneider-Taylor

Child is:

1. Johannes Bonnstein [Illigetimate Son] b. 6 Apr 1820 at noon, Grossropperhausen, Baptized 11 Apr 1820 Sponcer: declared Father Johannes Fackin. d. 5 Mar 1900 Grossropperhausen, Germany,

Record change: 8 April 2005

He was a plowfarmer. Mother unmarried at time of birth? I don't understand why he carries mother's surname...the record Gunther sent says they married and give date before his birth..??

Record Change: 23 May 2005

Children:

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Children are:

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2. Anna Catharina Bonnstein b. 30 Mar 1878 Grossropperhausen, Germany Baptized 14 Apr 1878 In the church, Sponcer: Anna Catharina, wife of Johannes Bonnstein

Adam Bonnstein, plowfarmer, and his wife Catharina Elizabetha, nee Steinberger, had daughter; Anna Cathrina Bonnstein 30 Mar 1878 Ropperhausen NO. 17 3/4, Baptized in the church, April 14, 1878

[This birth was not in our records until today]

Record Change: 23 May 2005

3. Johannes Bonnstein b. 3 Dec 1879 Grossropperhausen, Germany d. 4 Apr 1881 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Sponcer at Chritening: Johannes Bonnstein, Grandfather

[The church record does not have the middle name of Fackin in it]

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married Paul Sauer 6 June 1881 Grossropperhausen, Germany, he was b. 1848 Germany, he was a Muller Miller

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7. Johannes Bonnstein b. abt 1777 Grossropperhausen, Germany, he was a Shepard, he married Martha Elisabeth Gilsen 28 Jul 1805 Grossropperhausen, d/o Adam Gilsen, she was b. abt 1780

[Marriage: 28 July 1805 Johannes Bonnstein, Legitimate son of the Shepherd Johannes Bonnstein married with Martha Elisabeth Gilson, Legitimate daughter of Adam Gilsen, from here too.]

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Children:

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1828 Jan 1 Wilhem Bonnstein, linenweaver, son of the [deceased] citisen Johannes Bonnstein and Martha Gils and Anna Elisabeth legitimate daughter of the [deceased] citizen Jacob Zinn

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Also: Jan 1, 1828 Johannes Gils [Gilsen] married Hedwig Kuhn, [he was a nephew of Wilhem Bonnstein] Children:

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2. Heinrich Bonnstein b. Son of the Inhabitant, b. 7 Sep 1828 at 2 a.m., Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 14 Sep 1828 Sponcer: Heinrich Ochs

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3. Johannes Bonnstein b. 4 Mar 1831 at 10 a.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 13 Mar 1831 Sponcer: Johannes Block, Farmer

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4. Anna Katharina Bonnstein daughter of Johannes Bonnstein, Farmer b. 4 June 1833 at 1 a.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany Baptized 10 June 1833 Sponcer: Anna Katherina Bonnstein, Sister of the Father.

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she was not married to Phillip Koch born in Schonstadt, Germany, has two dots over the o, he was a Verwalter Manager?

they had:

1. Paul Bonnstein Koch b. 20 Jun 1851 at 2 a.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 25 Jun 1851 in the house of his birth, Sponcer Paul Bonnstein Schreiner, Cabinetmaker

parent now married]

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5. Clara Bonnstein b. 15 Feb 1837 at 2 a.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 19 Feb 1837 Sponcer: Clara Bonnstein Printzel

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6. Anna Martha Bonnstein b. 29 Sep 1839, at 11 a.m. Baptized 6 Oct 1839 Grossropperhausen, Germany, Sponsor: Anna Martha Ochs, daughter of Heinrich the farmer

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7. Elisabeth Bonnstein b. 14 Mar 1842 at 11 p.m. Grossropperhausen, Germany, Baptized 28 Mar 1842 in the church, sponcer: Elisabeth Bonnstein, Clothmaker

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