Hello Pam;
I don't have a lot of information about Rachael
and what I have may have errors since it is so
sketchy. My information is not in computer format
and I don't know how to put it in that format yet.
Great grandparents of Rachael:
Hans Jakob BLICKENSDöERFER Katharina________?
Switzerland, Canton Zug. They fled CH to
Germany to escape religious persecution, c. 1715.
In Germany, families were allowed only one
male heir per family and four of five sons
had to leave. They came to America, 1749-1753.
Here is where I want to begin my personal
search going back in time.
One son was:
Johannes BLICKENSDöERFER, Rachael's grandfather.
Johannes was married but I don't know her name.
He died after 1800 in Washington Co. TN
They had two children John and Catharina.
Catharina used PLICKENSTOLPHER for a surname.
John used PLEAKANSTALVER or just PLEAK.
John (you have Johann) was born c. 1755 near
Boonesboro, KY and died c. 1816/1817
John m. Ester WADE daughter of Dawson WADE
Siblings for Rachael were:
Susan PLEAK who was married by 1816 to____WASSON
Elizabeth PLEAK was married by 1816 to____SNYDER
John W. PLEAK m. Nancy HARDY 2 Dec 1834
and lived in Bartholomew Co. IN
Fielding (Lewis) PLEAK b. 24 Dec 1790 d.24 Dec 1835
married Sabrina VIRT b. Pittsburgh PA and
died 24 Dec 1975 in Decatur Co. IN
All I have on Rachael is:
She was married to _________SNYDER
or SNIDER by 1816.
If my data is correct, William
CANTWELL must have been her second
husband.
This information appears on page
152 of over 400 pages I purchased
from three ladies who spent over
30 years collecting data on the
Hans Jakob and Katharina
BLICKENSDöERFER mentioned above.
I'm sure the ladies from whom I
obtained this informaiton would
love to have your information
because this "branch" of the
"family tree" has very little
information. If you would like
to contanct one of these ladies with
your information,I will send you her
postal address in e-mail.
A summary of the data I obtained
from her can be seen at:
If you contact me again, please use my
e-mail address because this FamilyHistoryList
is mostly for "contacts" not long lists
of data. I do not read the posts on this web site
very often because my interests go too far
back in time. I've not had useful information
in over 2 years.
I hope the above information is correct. If
any of it is not, I apologize for the ladies
who worked so hard to find what is so scarce.
Take care and God bless.
Marvin
Please contact me at my e-mail address
with any response --
marblic@erols.comamd "happy searching"