Hi Carol,
No, I cannot come up with parents as of yet. Supposedly John Mahn/Main/Maine was of DUTCH descent.
Now that could have been English who went to Holland in religious persecution times from England, or he might have been of German descent who went to Holland in the religious repercussions from Luther, or he may have been genuinely Dutch!
Since Philip of 1747 in Gloucester NJ, was from the area which was at one time Philadelphia County PA, and my family notes mention Philadelphia, I am of a mind to associate the two as Brothers...in view of geographic proximity, time line, and naming schemes [John and Philip had very similar naming patterns for their children].
I have loooked at other Main family naming patterns , Ezekial etc. and found little likelihood of a connection although Anything is possible!!!!
The John I found would have been born about 1750. Now the most likely candidate for Philip and John's parents would have been JOHANNES GEORG MAHN/MEIN/MAIN who came into the USA on board the Harle, Sept 1, 1731 into Philadelphia and who went on to live in Sussex co. NJ [if I remember it all correctly] Johannes was born in abt 1715 as his age on The Harle was listed as 16. Some other researcher mentioned that there was a very large number of people in the Netherlands named Mahn.
So, I am trying to track down a set of parents with the multitude of Mahn/Main/Mein spellings in that NJ PA area.
I am at
harthaus@athenet.net if you would like to continue this privately.
Reegards,
Jan