Re: John & Mary Miller Trace
I can't say all of this is strictly confirmed, but this is what I have:
Hans Dress married Anna ? in Aich, Germany, abt. 1610. Aich is a town in southwest Germany, near Stuttgart. Pronounced "Ike." The German name Dress is pronounced as if spelled "Drace." In the records, the name was sometimes also given as Dres, Dreess, and Dreas. Their children:
1. George Dress, b. 1613 in Aich, Germany. Married (1) Agatha Bauer in 1639 and (2) Barbara in 1649. No children of these marriages were found. 2. Jacob Dress (see below)
[Note: I'm not sure about this first generation. I can't confirm them, and the dates seem suspiciously early to be connected to the next generation.]
Jacob Dress, b. 1620 [I can't confirm this date. There was a Jacob Dress b. 1640 as well.] in Aich, Wuerttemberg, Germany, d. 25 Sep 1680. He married Anna Doerner in 1660. She was b. in Aich in 1630, dau. of Adam Doerner and Catharina. [There is also a record of a Jacob Dress who m. Anna Maria in 1657. Don't know if it's the same one.] Their children:
1. Anna Maria Dress, b. 1660 in Aich 2. Hanss Georg Dress, b. 1662 (see below) 3. Barbara Dress, b. 1665 in Aich 4. Hans Jacob Dress, b. 1666 in Aich 5. Anna Catharina Dress, b. 1669 in Aich 6. Christoff Dress, b. 1670 in Aich 7. Margaretha Dress, b. 1674 in Aich 8. Agnes Dress, b. 1677 in Aich 9. male child Dress, b. 1678
Hanss Georg (Jerg) Dress, b. 1662 in Aich, Wuerttemburg, Germany, d. 1742 in Aich. He m. (1) Agatha Schelgin on 24 Nov 1685 and (2) Appolonia Luich [marriage recorded for Georg Dreess, so I'm not sure it's the same person--this marriage actually occurred earlier than the other one: 19 Apr 1681]. The following children are those of Hanss and Agatha. (No children were found for Hanss and Appolonia.)
1. Anna Dress, bapt. 11 May 1692 in Aich 2. Mathaeus Dress, bapt. 7 Dec 1693 in Aich 3. Johann (Hans) Georg (Jerg) Dress, bapt. 10 Jun 1696 (see below) [the name appears in several different forms--in the baptismal record it is simply Jerg Dress]
Johann Georg Dress, bapt. 10 Jun 1696 in Aich, d. 14 Dec 1741 in Aich, Wuerttemberg, Germany. He m. (1) Anna Mayer on 16 Jun 1711 [marriage record for J. Jerg Dress--this seems a little early, assuming Johann was born in the same year he was baptized, so may not be the same person] and (2) Agnes Finck on 12 Mar 1720. Agnes Finck was bapt. 26 Oct 1673 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Aich. She was the dau. of Johannes Finck and Agnes Springer (b. 1660 dau. of Michael Springer and Maria Eiselin. Michael Springer was b. 25 Apr 1625 son of Conrad Springer and Catharina).
Children of Hans and Anna: 1. Jacob Dres, bapt. 2 Jan 1715 in Aich [son of Hanss Jerg Dress] 2. Anna Catharina Dres, bapt. 22 Nov 1717 in Aich [dau. of Joh. Georg Dress] Children of Johann and Agnes: 1. Christophorus Adam Dress, bapt. 15 Mar 1722 in Aich 2. Johannes Dress, bapt. 18 Feb 1723 in Aich 3. Agnes Dress, bapt. 19 Mar 1725 in Aich, d. 17 Mar 1732 in Aich 4. Conrad Dress, bapt. 4 Mar 1728 in Aich (see below) 5. Michael Dress, bapt. 6 Feb 1730 in Aich, d. 17 Mar 1730 in Aich 6. Matthias Dress, bapt. 28 Feb 1731 in Aich 7. Anna Maria Dress, bapt. 12 May 1733 in Aich 8. Andreas Dress, bapt. 1 Dec 1736 in Aich
[All of the above data is from the Evangelical Church of Aich records, extracted at familysearch.org as IGI Records. I could not find the first generation in these records, as the extracted records apparently didn't go back that far.]
Conrad Dress, bapt. 4 Mar 1728 in Aich, Wuerttemberg, Germany, d. betw. 29 May and 14 Jun 1790 in Berks Co., PA. He arrived in Philadelphia on 27 Sep 1746 aboard the ship Ann Galley, which sailed from Rotterdam via the Orkney Islands. He m. Catharina Schuester on 23 Apr 1750 in St. Michaelis Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, PA. Conrad was a tailor by trade. Their children:
1. Dewalt (or Theobald or Deobald) Dress, b. abt. 1750 in Berks Co., PA (see below) 2. John Dress, b. abt. 1756 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA 3. Matthias Dress, b. abt. 1759 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA 4. George Dress, b. abt. 1759 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA 5. Elisabeth Dress, b. abt. 1761 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA 6. Michael Dress, b. 18 Feb 1762 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA
Dewalt (or Theobald or Deobald) Dress, b. abt. 1750 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA, m. Elizabeth (Elisabetha) Carl abt. 1774. She was b. 1752 in Longswamp Twp., bapt. 20 Oct 1752 at the Longswamp Reformed Chruch, and d. aft. 1800 in Berks Co. They were members of the Dutch Reformed Church. After Dewalt's death, his children John, Jacob, Catherine, and George, along with Catherine's husband Peter Brown and members of his family, decided to migrate westward to Crawford Co., PA. This took place between 1803 and 1805. Their sister Elisabeth Dress Maier and brother Abraham Dress stayed in Berks Co. where Abraham took over the family farm. Their children:
1. Catherine (Catharina) Dress, b. 29 Jan 1775 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA, bapt. 19 Mar 1775 at the Longswamp Reformed Chruch, d.1845 in Crawford Co., PA. She m. Peter Brown.
2. George Dress (Trace), b. 29 Sep 1776 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA, bapt. 17 Nov 1776 in Longswamp Twp., d. 25 Nov 1824 in Crawford Co., PA. He m. Dorothy Sherria on 20 Feb 1798. She d. Feb 1865 in Crawford Co., PA. George and his family migrated over the mountains in covered wagons from Berks to Crawford Co. in May 1804. They were accompanied by eight other families (about 40 family members and friends in all). George's wife "Dolly" was the only one of the party who could speak English, and she had to do the talking and purchasing for the group. Their children: a. Michael Trace b. Daniel Trace c. Sophia Trace, m. Joel Bailey on 11 Dec 1828 in Crawford Co., PA d. perhaps Nancy Trace, who m. Stewart Smith abt. 5 Dec 1837 in Crawford Co., and who d. 12 Jul 1886 in Union Twp., Crawford Co., PA [this is probably not correct--if Nancy was still living in 1885, she would have been mentioned in the bio] e. perhaps John T. Trace, b. 18 Feb 1803, d. 19 Sep 1844 in Vernon Twp., Crawford Co., PA. He m. Mary Ann Benedict, b. 14 Dec 1808, d. 5 Apr 1876 in Crawford Co. f. Rachael Trace, b. 18 Jul 1808, d. 6 Aug 1884. She m. John Cole on 6 Jul 1826 in Sadsbury Twp., Crawford Co. He was b. 22 May 1806 in Crawford Co. and d. 3 Aug 1880. Note: their dau. Lydia Cole m. William Brown. g. George Trace, b. 4 Oct 1812 in Vernon Twp., Crawford Co., PA, m. Mary Ann Jones on 25 Nov 1835 in Butler Co., OH. h. Samuel Trace, b. 12 Apr 1814, d. 9 Mar 1902 at his son's home in Erie, PA. Frederick Brown was appointed his guardian by Orphan's Court at Meadville after Samuel's petition submitted and read 25 Nov 1831. He m. Mary Ann Peelman on 3 Jun 1847. She was b. 8 Dec 1822 and d. 11 May 1901 in Erie.
3. Elizabeth Dress, b. abt. 1780, bapt. 18 Jul 1784 at the Longswamp Reformed Church, m. Daniel Maier on 10 Jun 1806 in Longswamp Twp.
4. John Trace, b. abt. 5 Feb 1781 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA, d. 1837 in Crawford Co., PA, willed proved and filed 6 May 1837, executors John and David Trace. He m. Magdalena (Mary) Miller on 8 Jan 1804 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co. She was b. 1783 and d. 1858. Their children: a. Reuben Trace, b. 1804 in Crawford Co. b. Uta (Judah) Trace, b. 1806 in Crawford Co., m. David Rallya on 4 Oct 1827 in Crawford Co. c. Anna Trace, b. 5 Nov 1807, d. 1882, m. John Sutton. d. Catherine Trace, b. 1810, m. Sinclair Smith on 18 Mar 1830 in Crawford Co. e. John Trace, b. 24 Feb 1812 in Vernon Twp., Crawford Co., d. 19 Dec 1908 in Vernon Twp. He m. Anna Brown in Nov 1833. She was b. 1813, d. 1893 in Vernon Twp. They are both bur. in Greendale Cem., Meadville. f. Walter D. Trace, b. 12 Sep 1813 in Vernon Twp., d. 17 Dec 1893 in Vernon Twp., m. Harriet V. Lindsey on 7 Jan 1841. She was b. abt. 1820, d. 13 Jul 1911 in Kerrtown, Crawford Co., bur. 21 Jul 1911 in Watson Run Cem. g. Sarrah Trace, b. 1815, d. 1838 in Crawford Co. h. Elisabeth Trace, b. 12 Sep 1817, m. Watson David Clark in 1837. i. Mary Trace, b. 1819 j. Jacob Trace, b. 28 Apr 1821 in Vernon Twp. (now Union Twp.), Crawford Co., 12 Dec 1903 in Meadville, bur. 14 Dec 1903 in Greendale Cem., Meadville, m. Sarah Deichman on 14 Mar 1844. She was b.18 May 1825 in Lehigh Co., PA, bapt. 2 Jun 1825, d. 22 Oct 1880 in Crawford Co., bur. 28 Oct 1880 in Greendale Cem. [She may have been Rebecca Trace's sister, recorded as Salome.] k. Amos Trace, b. 22 Feb 1824 in Vernon Twp., Crawford Co., PA, d. 15 Nov 1911 in Vernon Twp., bur. 17 Nov 1911 in Greendale Cem. (??). He m. Rebecca Deichman on 5 Sep 1844 in Crawford Co. She was b. abt. 27 Sep 1823 and d. abt. 23 Apr 1894 in Crawford Co., bur. Greendale Cem. l. Lydia Trace, b. 1826 in Vernon Twp., d. abt. 1922, m. John Nicholson, liv. in Clay Co., Iowa c. 1885.
5. Abraham Dress, b. 11 Jun 1785 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA, d. 7 Mar 1835, bur. St. Michael's Lutheran Cem. in Germantown Twp.
6. Jacob Trace, b. 24 Jul 1788 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA, d. 12 May 1868 in Crawford Co., PA, bur. with his first wife in Faust Cem. He came to Crawford Co. in 1805 and took up farming but later kept an inn in Espyville. He m. (1) Catherine Faust, b. 23 Jun 1793 in Berks Co., d. 26 Jan 1838, bur. in Faust Cem., (2) Mary Gilliland McKay, dau. of Hugh Gilliland of Conneaut Twp., on 12 Jun 1838, and (3) Ruth, widow of Levi Cox. He is said to have had the following children by these marriages. a. John Trace b. W. D. Trace c. Betsy Trace, m. Benjamin Brown d. Ann Trace, m. Samuel Dickey e. Louisa Trace, m. John Gaugh f. Sarah Trace, b. 1812 in Sadsbury Twp., Crawford Co., d. abt. 8 Dec 1835 in Sadsbury Twp., m. Francis Mitchum g. Ferdinand Trace, b. 26 Jul 1819 in Sadsbury (now Vernon) Twp., d. 7 Sep 1890. h. Dressilla (Ducilla) Trace, b. 1828 i. Lorenda Trace, b. 1830, m. Thomas Wilson j. Dennis Trace, b. 1844.
(Formating went wrong when I pasted that but I think you can follow it. If not give me a yell. --Bill)
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