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LeStrange/Strange/Strang/Stronge/Strong
DNA
Study Note #21:
Created
March 12, 2008;
Previously
Updated to October 13, 2009;
Updated
to November 13, 2009:
This DNA Note sets out
certain research conducted by Karen McKellar and Russell Strong, which tends to
show that the
[Note,
certain editorial changes have been made in the text below to enhance
readability; it is believed no substantive changes have been made. DBS]
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To:
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Sent:
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:37 AM
Subject:
[STRONG]
Introduction:
Several times earlier on this list
descendants of Samuel Strong of
Russell Strong and I have been
working on this for some time. Earlier this year, Russell made a
discovery that has given us some new leads that we have been following.
The following research paper may help us understand this connection a little
better. Now it is your turn to poke holes in it.
For many years, it has seemed likely that the connection to Samuel Strong's
ancestors would lead through
Goals of Search:
1.. To determine if the John Strong entry at
Family Search is the father of Samuel Strong the father of William Adelbert Strong and our Strong Family. (Known as the
2.. To prove marriage of this John Strong to Gertrud
Kaercher of
3.. Determine if the John Strong living in Bald Eagle
Township, Centre County in 1810 is the same John Strong as the one in Family
Search
4.. Determine if either of these are the son of James "Schrim" Strong of
5.. Determine where they lived
Review of Previously Posted Messages:
FamilySearch: Message posted by Russ Strong on
the JFStrong list. January 21, 2008:
“Hello Strong
Descendants,
I was trying to find out more on our Samuel STRONG and I think I may have found
a couple of IGI records for him 2 Male Birth entries for 16 Jul 1789 in Chanceford Twp., York, Pennsylvania each listing parents as
John Strong and Grete Kercher
1 Male Christening on 27 Oct 1789 in Chanceford Twp.,
York, Pennsylvania with same parents and the one I already had Male birth about
1791 of Berks, Pennsylvania married to Sarah Strunk, abt 1816
The first 3 are the important ones as they give the possible parentage and an
earlier birth date than we assumed but within 2 years of our dates.
The first entry does not have any dates on the father and mother, however the
2nd and 3rd entry has a birth date for John Strong of about 1757 of Chanceford Twp., York, Pennsylvania and the birth date for
Grete Kercher of about 1761 of Chanceford
Twp., York, Pennsylvania
I think this is almost the key to linking our Samuel to John Strong, the son
of, the immigrant ancestor, James Strong, AKA Schim Strang of York County, Pennsylvania!! The only discrepancy
is about a 5-8 year window as John's birth date is listed as between Nov 1763
and Apr 1765 with a baptism date of 25 Apr 1765
I have attached the webpage that I found at Family Search.org. If the page
doesn't come through then just go there and enter the criteria of Samuel Strong
and Pennsylvania
Your cousin,
Russell Strong”
2. Follow up research performed to date [March 12, 2008]:
1.. Searched for information on Kercher/Karcher/Kaercher
Family
2.. A search at Rootsweb
did not provide much information
3.. A general google
search provided the following:
http://www.kerchner.com/des5068.htm
Hans Michael KAERCHER (b.1692-Stuttgart,,,
|-2.
Martin KERCHER (b.27 Mar 1718-Stuttgart,,,
|
|-3. Johan Martin KERCHER (b.22 Feb 1751-Hamburg,
| |-3. Gertraut
KERCHER (b.Abt 1753-Hamburg,
| |-3. Christian KERCHER (b.Abt 1755-Hamburg,
| |
|-4. Christian KERCHER (b.16 Dec 1779-near,Maxatawny
Twsp,
| | |-4. Margaret KERCHER (b.1 Jul
1782-near,Maxatawny Twsp,
| | |-4. Daniel KERCHER (b.7 Jul
1785-near,Maxatawny Twsp,
|
|-3. Maria Magdalena KERCHER (b.Abt
1756-Hamburg,
| |-3. Johannes KERCHER (b.29 Jan
1758-Hamburg,
| | |-4. John KERCHER (b.Abt 1781-Longswamp Twsp,
| | |-4. Maria Magdalena KERCHER (b.4 Jul 1786-Longswamp Twsp,Berks County,PA d.27 Dec 1862-near,L Macungie Twsp,Lehigh County,PA) | | | sp: George FEGELY (b.7 Sep 1786-near,L Macungie Twsp,Lehigh County,PA m.7 Mar 1809 d.7 Mar 1857-near,L Macungie Twsp,Lehigh County,PA)
| | |-4. Martin KERCHER (b.26 Feb
1791-Longswamp Twsp,
| | +-4. Samuel KERCHER (b.6 Jul
1794-Longswamp Twsp,
|
|-3. Daniel KERCHER (b.Abt 1759-Hamburg,
|
|-3. Maria Philipine KERCHER (b.Abt 1761-Hamburg,
| |-3. Philip FENSTERMACHER (b.10 Feb 1746-probably,Berks County,PA d.20 Dec 1807-probably,PA) | | sp: Maria Eva KNERR (b.Abt 1750-probably,PA m.Abt 1772)
|
|-3. Michael FENSTERMAKER (b.2 Jun 1749-Rockland Twsp,
| | |-4. Jacob FENSTERMAKER (b.14
Apr 1775-maybe,
| |
|-4. Barbara FENSTERMAKER (b.22 May 1778-maybe,
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4. Contacted the gentleman
posting this information about their DNA study. As I suspected the
DNA research they are doing is in the male line only and to implement a female
line study would necessitate our finding two female descendants of Gertrud Kaercher who descend through two different daughters of
hers or two lines from the mother. This would be impractical for us to
attempt at this time.
Alternative [Documentary]
Search:
1. Hans (Johannes) Michael Kaercher
with his wife and at least 3 children immigrated to
The son
Martin eventually settled in
He warranted
100 acres of land in
In 1757 he
was a witness to the will of Frederick Kieffer of Longswamp. The other witness was Peter Delangh (this is important).
KIEFFER, FREDERICK, Longswamp.
June 25, 1757 - January 6, 1759.
Provides for wife Mary Catharin.
To son Peter, all my improvement and Farming implements.
And pay to his bro. Barthol, sister Ann Elisabeth, sister Ann Mary and bro. Abraham £10 each and keep and
clothe Abraham until he is 18.
Exr: wife Catharin.
Wit: Peter DELANGH and Martin KARCHER.
Translation.
He is shown
on the Proprietary Tax Return for
1775-1776 He
served in the Revolutionary War. I have not yet determined whether he served in the active military or supplied
good to the troops. He is listed as a Rev.
War Veteran in the
1773 -
donates land for church
History of St. John's Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Hamburg, Pennsylvania
This history
appeared in Morton Montgomery's 1908 edition of The History of
Berks County, p. 1378.
Surnames:
KERCHER, KEARCHER, MISHLER, LEHMAN, KNOSKE,
ENGEL, STREIN, WALZ, KELLER, IAEGER, EBERMAN, KLINE, ZWEIZIG,
DRUMHELLER, MILLER, GABLE, KLINE
St. John's
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hamburg, Berks County, Pa. Since
June, 1901, the
In 1773, a
period when Hamburg was a wilderness and people worshiped in private
houses, a Martin Kercher,
or Kearcher, donated a piece of land to be
used by the Lutheran and Reformed people as a place of
worship. The first structure was built of logs
and was dedicated in 1790 the lower floor being used as a school
room and the upper as a place of worship. About a score of years later a larger building was erected, with a weather vane in the
shape of a fish, and its
pulpit fashioned like a
tulip, which served until 1857, when a more spacious one took its place, and
was burned to the ground in 1898. The present church was erected at
once and was ready for use early in 1899.
His will is dated 12 April 1785, proved 1 August 1787, he mentions being
67 years old.
Will of Martin Kaercher: KARCHER, MARTIN, Windsor.
April 12, 1785 - August 1, 1787.
Mentions being 67 years old.
Provides for wife Elisabeth.
To youngest son Daniel my house and the land
belonging thereto.
To youngest dau. Sarah £39.
To dau. Phillipena £10.
To eldest son £5-1-0.
To the building of a school in
Remainder in equal shares among my 8 children, viz: Martin,
Christian, Johannes, Daniel, Gertraut, Maria Magdalena, Maria Phillipena
and Sara. Exrs: Wife Elisabeth and son Johannes.
Wits: Johannes MEYER and Abraham LANTZOR.
(Note: Martin KARCHER lived at what is now
A Modern day map shows a large park at
According to the above reference and several references at Ancestry.COM
son Johan Martin [Kaercher]
married Elizabeth Schufert and had a number of
children. The researchers at Ancestry.COM carry the
lines further back but I didn't pay too much attention to that
until we make a positive connection to this line.
2. Martin and Elizabeth [Kaercher]
had daughter Gertraut Kaercher
b. about 1753 according to the above document.
I would have thought that our ancestor would have been born after this and this
birth date is given as "about" so she could have been born as late as
1761. Several of Martin and
3. I could not find any further information on Gertraut except the reference Russell found linking her to
John Strong. I am taking a big leap of faith here and wondering if she
died fairly young, possibly when Samuel was born. I have found in the
past when a line is difficult to follow and multiple children are not found, this is often the case.
4. Connection to John Strong of Bald Eagle township,
The following is the chronology of
1772
1789
1798 Centre Township was formed from Bald Eagle Township
1811 Centre County was formed from Mifflin, the name Upper Bald Eagle
Township was restored.
1839 -
John Strong was enumerated in Bald Eagle township,
John Strong of
I wondered if it was possible to link John Strong to another family in
This link is through his grandmother's family. Mary Magdalena Emenheiser is the daughter of Adam Emenheiser
b. about 1723 in
Adam's son Johannes Emenheiser b.
about 1757 in
Son Christian married there in 1811.
Several of his children lived in
There is also a link to Martin Kaercher's old friend
Peter deLangh. A number of descendants of Peter
are living next to John Strong in 1810. There are some inter-marriages
with this family. I have not found one as close as that of the Emenheisers but there may be one there.
From all of this we can presume:
John Strong, son of James [Strong] and Mary Magdalena Emenheiser, married Gertraud Kaercher, a daughter of Johan Martin Kaercher of
They had son Samuel b. 1789 (baptism recorded at Chanceford,
From the early census we have eliminated essentially all
those that could have been related to our family:
[Census of] 1790
1. Jonathon Strong, Honeybrook.
2. John Strong,
3. Gregory Strong,
4. Matthew Strong,
5. Elizabeth Strong,
6. James Strong,
[Census of] 1800
1. John Strong,
2. John Strong,
3. Martin Strong,
4. Nathaniel Strong,
5. Francis Strong,
6. Matthew Strong,
7. James Strong, Chanceford
Twp,
8. Adam Strong,
9. James Strong,
[Census of] 1810
1. John Strong,
2. George Strong,
3. John Strong, Centre County, Bald Eagle
Township, Family consists of 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16 thru 25, 1 male over
45, 1 female 16-25, 1 male over 45. Presumed to be the
father of Samuel.
4. Christian Strong,
If anyone can add or confirm any of this information, we would love to
hear from you.
This family is also the family of most of the Strongs
who settled in
Karen
Strong McKellar
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UPDATE at 13 November 2009: The Y-DNA test results for Kit #164627tend to validate the research reported above by Karen Strong McKellar and Russell Strong. The participant in Kit #164627matches the results in Kits #17527 & #17528, as well as those in Kits #6680, #16001 & 23314. All of the participants appear to be descended from three different grandsons of James [Schim] Strang, eg., Samuel Strong [son of John Strong and Grete Kercher]; Michael Strong [son of James Strong, Jr. and Maria Catherine Hauer]; and Jacob Strong, [son of James Strong, Jr. and Maria Catherine Hauer]. DBS
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