Interesting. There is an alley in Rochester that is named "Iden Way". My grandfather's name was Charles; I think he married Edith Morrow. They had three sons: Foster, Glenn and Darwin who was my father. Foster later moved to Alliance, Ohio, married Gladys ? and they had 2 children - Nancy and David ; Glenn married Josephine Leatherberry lived on the old Iden farm in Alliance (the land was granted by Wm. Penn), they had 2 girls: Ruth and Margie.
Darwin married Mary Ellen Coene from New Brighton,PA, and had 2 children: Rachel and me (Gary). Rachel married 1) James Johnson with whom she had 2 children: Bobby (Robert who now lives in Marion, Ind.) and Amy who is married to Dan Thompson and lives in Raleigh, NC. Rachel divorced James and married Don Plassmeyer who died a few months ago. She now lives in Marion, Ind. Gary (me) married Sally Graham from Beaver, PA, and they have 2 children: Kristin who lives in Manassas, VA, and Matthew who lives in Alexandria, VA. Matthew is married with no children; Kristin is single.
Hope this helps. Sorry but we don't know John Iden. I will see if I can find any information from the "Iden Book" and get back to you. What is Hesse Cassel?
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