[31705] The unverified OneWorldTree in Ancestry.com provides this line in 2011 and states Jeremy is son of James Adams (b. 1561 in Thoydon Mount, Co. Essex, England, d. 6 July 1651 there).
[46700] Sylvan was in the U. S. Navy at the time of his marriage and Alice was a college student. His marriage license application states he is son of Amos Bertsch (watch factory employee, b. in Allen Co., IN, r. Elgin, IL) and Mary Maller (b. in Wells Co., IN). "Bluffton News-Banner, 5 May 2005": "Former owner of Bertsch Jewelry Store in Bluffton, Sylvan Lee Bertsch, 83, died at his Bluffton residence at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2005. Born June 20, 1921, in Adams County to Amos and Mary Maller Bertsch, his marriage to the former Alice Ann Arnold took place April 22, 1944, in Bluffton. She survives. A watchmaker with the Elgin National Watch Co., he worked as a jeweler with Mosiman & Green in Bluffton before starting his own business in 1951. He retired after 40 years in 1991. His first shop was located on South Johnson St., but he moved to the northwest corner of Johnson and Market Sts. in 1971, where Daniel's Jewelry is currently located. A World War II U.S. Navy veteran, he served from January 1943 through November 1945 as a torpedoman aboard the U.S.S. Franklin, nicknamed 'Big Ben,' an Essex class carrier with the Halsey Task Force, that saw action in many Pacific battles. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a 50-year member of the American Legion Post 111. Additional survivors include a son, Dr. John D. Bertsch, Fort Wayne; three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Susan) Flemming, Trumbull, Conn., Mrs. William (Carelyn) Calame, Lanoka Harbor, N.J., and Mary Bertsch, Las Vegas, Nev.; two sisters, Mrs. Howard (Goldie) Stettner, Bluffton, and Mrs. William (LaVera) Roberts, Lakeland, Fla.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two children who died as infants, a brother, Harry Bertsch, and a sister, Viola Friedman."
[43392] This person is from an unverified file in Ancestry.com in 2017.
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Johann Michael Meiser m. Anna Elizabeth Sixt (possibly surnamed Zecht). They settled in Muhlbach (Millcreek Twp.), in today's Lebanon Co., PA. Dolores Whitaker reports Elizabeth was b. in 1693. "Families of Pennsylvania from 1645 to Present" at http://www.angelfire.com/folk/barnham/pafg42.html identifies him as Johann Michael Meiser and provides his ancestry. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press offers: "Meiser Name Meaning - occupational name for a fowler, from an agent derivative of Meise 1. topographic name for someone who lived in an area where timber had been felled (see Meiss). habitational name for someone from a place called Mais in Bavaria."
http://www.anthracitemaps.com/wsite.nsf/html/lebhistmillcreek offers: "Mill Creek is the extreme south-eastern township of Lebanon county, and until the year 1844, was included in Jackson and Heidelberg, except about 500 acres which were added to it from Berks co. The Muelbach or Mill Creek, a beautiful stream of considerable size, which flows through from west to east, gave to the township its name. On this stream as early as 1720, the German Baptists, more generally called "Dunkards" had a settlement. Besides the Mill Creek there are several other streams of smaller size. The South Mountain or Conewago Hills are in the southern part of the township. . . . The principal settlers of this township were Hessians, Irish and Germans. The Hessians came from the Reading camp in Berks county, and settled principally among the mountains. The first German settlers came from Schoharie county, New York. Among the early settlers of note, may be mentioned Conrad Weiser, who came here from Philadelphia, accompanied by Wm. Penn, about the year 1719. After making a treaty with the Indians, Weiser started a settlement at Millbach. He afterwards settled near the present town of Womelsdorf, in Berks county, where he was buried. A plain stone slab marks his grave. Walter Newman and his wife Elizabeth came to this township from Ireland, sometime between the years 1741 and 1763, having previously, (about the year 1741,) received a grant of two tracts of land from Wm. Penn. This township was then included in or called Heidelberg township, in Lancaster county. Lice (christian name not given,) settled at Tulpehocken, and worked for Frederick Miller for 9 cents per day. Land at that time sold for one dollar per acre. John Stump, Michael Meiser, John Noll, Michael Zeller, John Moore, Henry Moyer. Nicolas Lechner, John Grove, Christian Seibert, and others came from Schoharie county, N.Y., and settled at Millbach.
Later, Frederick Kopp and several others settled at Newmanstown. In 1704, it is' said that Michael Meiser took up the land now owned and occupied by Geo. Meiser. He, with twelve other families on a journey, encamped at this place over night, and finding a fine spring of pure water, he concluded to settle here, which he did, constructing for himself a hut of bark, in which he resided three years. Among the families that settled here at that time, were the Zellers, Fakes, Stumps, and Beckers. The Moores are said to have settled here two years later. Michael Meiser died at the age of 42 years, leaving his property to his eldest son George and it descended from one generation to another, until now it is owned by one of the fifth generation, Geo. Meiser, who is nearly 7 5 years of age. A strange coincidence connected with this property, is that it has been owned during 4 generations by the eldest sons, and that each ones name was George. The present owner has also a son and grand-son named George. So it is probable that the farm may yet be owned by George the sixth."
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[49582] Fanny is said to be daughter of David Robertson Robinson (1755-1837) & Hannah Fowler (1759-1829).
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[52813] Sybil is said to be daughter of Alexander English Whitten (1780-1850) & Nancy Yeaton (1781-1851).