My German ancestors/ by Clifford R. Canfield
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The Sprecher/Spraker, Reichert, Beck, Ringger and allied families of Switzerland and Germany and later in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia and elsewhere. The earliest known ancestor, Heinrich Sprecher, lived in Bonstetten, Canton Zurich, Switzerland in 1635. The immigrant ancestor, Christopher Sprecher aged 33, arrived in Philadelphia, Pa. on Oct. 11, 1732 on the ship Pleasant. He and his wife Ernestine and their two children live in or near Linn Twp. in Northampton (now Lehigh) Co., Pa. in 1756. Another immigrant ancestor, Jacob Reichert (d. 1796), came from Germany with his family landing in Philadelphia ca. 1748/50. This family lived in Rowan Co., N. C. Includes data on the Beck family of Sulzfeld, Germany.
Contents: volume 1. Brandstetter, Daude, Lambert, Messersmith and allied families -- volume 2. German (Swiss) ancestors : Neff, Kapp, Frey and allied families ; 400 years of history for a few families in the book, from the 1580 Zimmerman marriage through the Neffs to the present -- volume 3. Catron/Kettenring and allied families, Wenrich, Zimmer, Faul -- volume 4. German (Swiss) ancestors: Sprecher/Spraker and allied families, Reichert, Beck, Ringger -- volume 5. German (English/Irish) ancestors: Kincer, Kinser, etc. and allied families, Newman -- volume 6. German (Swiss/French?) ancestors: Phillippi, Eichelberger and allied families.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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