Category Archives: Genealogy

My Ancestor Johann Philip Kaes (John Philip Case) of Anhausen, Germany, and New Jersey, and his Interesting Relationship with Chief Tuccamirgan of the Delaware Tribe.

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Johann Philip Kaes was born about 1679 in Anhausen, Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, the son of Hans Henrich Kaes and Anna Veronica ____. He is found near Rückeroth at Anhausen in church records. Anhausen is 5 miles northeast of Neuwied. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Albert, Amwell, Ancestry, Anhausen, Baden-Wuttemberg, Bavaria, Capner, Chambers, Cool, Delaware Tribe, DNA, East Franconian, family history, Family Tree, Freese, Freeze, Fries, Friese, Friesland, Frisia, Fryse, Fryze, Geissler, Genealogy, Germany, Hoerner, Horner, Hunterdon County, Ireland, Jung, Kaes, Kase, Kuhl, Leinberg, Leinenberg, Linaberry, Linaburg, Lindaberrry, Linenberg, Mateer, Maxsain, McAteer, McTeer, Meteer, Native Americans, Neuwied, Neuwieder, New Jersey, Niklashausen, Northern Ireland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Price, Remer, research, Rhineland-Palatinate, Ruckerroth, Scotland, St. Magdalen di Pazzi Roman Catholic Church, Staats, Tuccamirgan, Werbach, Westerwald, Westerwaldkreis, Zurbach | 4 Comments

My Davis, Maxson, Crandall, Burdick, and related lines, in Wales, England, and Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

William Davis, My Welsh immigrant of 1684. The progenitor of many Davis families in New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia was the ever-controversial Rev. William Davis of Glamorganshire [Glamorgan], Wales [research has shown that his father was William Davies of … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged ancestors, Ancestry, Baptist, Brisley, Burdick, Clarke, Cocke, Cooper, Crandall, Davies, Davis, Ellis, England, family, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Genealogy, Hubbard, Kennedy, Keridge, Kerrich, Kerridge, Maxson, Murray, New Jersey, Ohio, Oxford, Pennsylvania, Quakers, research, Rhode Island, Seventh-Day Baptist, Tacy, Turner, Wales, Westerly, Yeomans | 6 Comments

My McGuire/Maguire Ancestors in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana in USA.

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The surname McGuire/Maguire is an Irish surname (also found in Scotland), with its roots to be found in County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). The surname McGuire is an Anglicized version of the Gaelic name Mag Uidhir, which means son of … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic, Christmas, Genealogy | Tagged ancestors, Ancestry, Barnes, Barrett, Battle of Blue Licks, blog, Blue Licks Battlefield, Catholic, Christmas, County Kerry, Daniel Boone, DNA, Doty, Doughty, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Fermanagh, Genealogist, Genealogy, Gooden, Goodin, Goodwin, History, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, JD Vance, Kentucky, Lamb, Maguire, Maxey, Mayflower Pilgrim, McElligott, McGuire, McNamara, North Carolina, Northern Ireland, O'Brien, Primitive Baptist, Quakers, Reagh, research, Scotland, Tralee, Ulster, Urquhart, Virginia, Watts, Whitlock, Writing | 10 Comments

My Lozier/Losure/Loser/Looser/Loeser Ancestors from Oberriexingen, Germany and St. Gallen, Switzerland (and related lines)

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Updated on 30 March 2026 with corrections and new information regarding the wives of Matthäus (Matthaeus) Looser/Loeser/Loser, and new information regarding the parentage and ancestry of Elias Looser. Updated on 21 August 2025 with new information regarding the maiden name … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Alertshausen, ancestors, Ancestry, Baden-Württemberg, Baden-Wuttemberg, Basel, blog, Daurich, Dautrich, Diedenshausen, DNA, Duerich, Dumbald, Dumbauld, family history, family stories, Family Tree, First Cousins intermarriage, Genealogy, German, Germany, Girkhausen, Hager, Harnester, History, Indiana, Kasebier, Keller, Kemper, Lang, Lörrach, Loeser, Loew, Loewe, Looser, Lorrach, Loser, Losure, Lozier, Lueckel, Merchant, Michaelis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Oberriexingen, Ohio, Pantaleon, Pantlen, Pantlion, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Rausch, research, Saint Pantaleon, Scheffhen, Schwenck, Siegen-Wittgenstein, St. Pantaleon, Stuttgart, Swiss, Switzerland, Tschudi, Womelsdorf | 4 Comments

My Kennedy, Graham, and Murray Ancestors from Ballintoy, Antrim, Northern Ireland

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The furthest I can take my Kennedy family line back is to my 6th great-grandparents John Kennedy and Anne Graham. John Kennedy (I) was born about 1700 in Antrim, Northern Ireland. Anne Graham was born about 1702 in Antrim, Northern … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged American Revolution, Antrim, Ayr, Ballintoy, Ballintoy Harbor, Ballycastle, Baptist, Burkhart, Bushmills, Butler County Pennsylvania, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Cary, Davis, Galloway, Game of Thrones, Giant's Causeway, Graham, HBO, Ireland, Irish, Irish Sea, Isle of Pyke, Kennedy, Knocksaughey Hill, LarryBane, Lordsport, Mateer, Maxville Perry County Ohio, Meteer, Mifflin County Pennsylvania, Miltia, Murray, Muskingum County, New Lexington Ohio, Northern Ireland, Old Bushmills Distillery, Outlaws, Palmer, Pennsylvania, Pike Township Perry County, Price, Protestant, Reivers, Scotland, Scots-Irish, Spatz, Spotts, Swartzlander, The Causeway Coast, The Outer Hebrides, White Park Bay, Williams, Wright, York County Pennsylvania | 13 Comments

My Weiss, Fried, Propheter, and Related Ancestors from Klingenmünster, Germany

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My Weiss, Fried, Propheter, and Related Ancestors from Klingenmünster, Germany Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Acker, Armstrong, Bad Bergzabern, Barbelroth, Barth, Bergzaberner, bohrer, Burg Landeck, Cincinnati, Columbia Township, Evangelical Reformed Lutheran, family history, Family Tree, Först, Fünfstocks, Fünfstuck, France, Fried, Fuerst, Funfstocks, Funfstuck, Funstercke, Funstrocks, Genealogy, Germany, Gleich, Gleiszellen, Grosshans, Hacker, Hamilton County, Häcker, Henrich, Heuchelheim-Klingen, Huddleston, Kapellen-Drusweiler, Klingenmünster, Klingenmunster, Le Beau, LeBeau, Muchmore, New Orleans, Nutick, Ohio, Ohl, Propheter, Rhineland-Palatinate, Sambach, Südliche Weinstraße, Scherer, Southwest Wine Route, Turner, Wegt, Weigt, Wein, Weinnmann, Weis, Weiss, Wendel, Willem, Ziegler, Zwipf | 9 Comments

My Quaker Lamb and Moore Ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina. Later Doty/Doughty Primitive Baptists in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The furthest I can take my Lamb ancestry back with certainty is to my Quaker 8th great-grandparents Henry Lamb and Elizabeth ____. Henry Lamb was born about 1697 in England. He was banished to Virginia from England, for utterances of … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Barnes, Chambers, Cold Mountain, Cumberland County Illinois, Doty, Doughty, Edgefield South Carolina, Edwards County Illinois, Featherstone, Gooden, Greensboro County North Carolina, Henly, I'm Going Home, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jasper County Illinois, Kentucky, Lamb, Manwaring, Mayflower Pilgrim, McGuire, Missouri, Moore, Nansemond County, New Guildford North Carolina, North Carolina, Perquimans North Carolina, Primitive Baptist, Quaker, Randolph County North Carolina, Religious Society of Friends, Rogers, Rowan County North Carolina, Sacred Harp, Shape-Note, Singing, South Carolina, Spartanburg South Carolina, Stafford, Virginia | 10 Comments

Daniel Streing / Strang, Sr. and Charlotte Marie Lemaistre – My first confirmed French Ancestors.

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Huguenot Cross Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Ancestry, Budd, Family Tree, France, French, French Huguenots, Genealogy, Gien, Huguenot, Inn, Lemaistre, Loire RIver, New York, Pub, Public House, Rye New York, Strang, Streing, Tavern, Westchester County New York | 8 Comments

Urquhart – Some of my Scottish Ancestors. And Related English Watts and Goodwin/Gooden Lines

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Aye, I have Scottish Urquhart ancestors❣️

My Watts, Gooden/Goodwin, and Urquhart lines.
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Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Ancestry, Australia, Barrett, Canada, Conisbrough, Crawford County Illinois, DNA, Doncaster, Doty, Doughty, England, Family Tree, Genealogy, Gooden, Goodin, Goodwin, Rogers, Scotland, South Yorkshire, Urquhart, USA, Virginia, Watts | 8 Comments

My Ancestor William Durkee – First Irish Catholic to settle in Massachusetts

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My more recent immigrant ancestors were from in and around Gort and Peterswell Parish in Galway, Ireland, and from Klingenmünster in the Südliche Weinstraße (Southwest Wine Route) district in Germany. I have to go back an additional eighty-five years to find … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Catholic, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Barbados, British America, British Colonies, Catholic, Colonial America, Essex County, Family Tree, Genealogy, George Martin, History, Ipswich, Irish, Irish Indentured Servants, Irish Slaves, Ispwich, Martha Cross, Massachusetts, Mercy Durkee, Puritians, Red Legs, Salem Witch Trials, Susannah Martin, Susannah North, West Indies, William Durkee | 13 Comments

Category Archives: Genealogy

My Ancestor Johann Philip Kaes (John Philip Case) of Anhausen, Germany, and New Jersey, and his Interesting Relationship with Chief Tuccamirgan of the Delaware Tribe.

My Davis, Maxson, Crandall, Burdick, and related lines, in Wales, England, and Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.

My McGuire/Maguire Ancestors in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana in USA.

My Lozier/Losure/Loser/Looser/Loeser Ancestors from Oberriexingen, Germany and St. Gallen, Switzerland (and related lines)

My Kennedy, Graham, and Murray Ancestors from Ballintoy, Antrim, Northern Ireland

My Weiss, Fried, Propheter, and Related Ancestors from Klingenmünster, Germany

My Quaker Lamb and Moore Ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina. Later Doty/Doughty Primitive Baptists in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

Daniel Streing / Strang, Sr. and Charlotte Marie Lemaistre – My first confirmed French Ancestors.

Urquhart – Some of my Scottish Ancestors. And Related English Watts and Goodwin/Gooden Lines

My Ancestor William Durkee – First Irish Catholic to settle in Massachusetts

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