Have tried to figure this out for years. My 3rd great-grandmother was Mary "Polly" Eshelman, daughter of a Peter Eshelman. She may have been born in Germany, but think there is a good chance that she was born in Pennsylvania in about 1798 as she married in Lancaster Co. in 1821 to John Stamen Croan (Krone- Krohn). They eventually went to Anderson, Madison Co. Indiana where she died in 1831.
All I know is that her father was Peter Eshelman, who was from Germany.
Any help solving this would be greatly appreciated.
Polly's children were: Julia (who married Noe?)
Stamen married Malinda Retherford
David Eshelman who married Rebecca Van Pelt
Margaret (never married) and Mary Jane who married Shainson (?)