my 7th great grandpa was
Johannes Henrich Gingerich and to date has the oldest
Kingery Will in the US. located in
Lancaster, PA born 1690-1766.His oldest son was
Abraham and he died in 1756. there were 7 children named in the will. It was said John Henry won his wife in some sort of contest involving a bet. Was a very well to do "
Gentleman" whom was able to pay his way to america.
John Henry's father was Michael
Gingrich, b. 1654. Michael's mother was Barbara Ruby. From what I have been able to gather it gets very scrambled and mixed before the 1654 Michael
Gingrich. I have found 15 variations of the name
Kingery Colby G. Kingery