My Family Line

AUDE OF FRANCIA was born about 735.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

Children were: THIERRY.

IREMGARD OF FRANCIA was born about 852.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ She died in 897.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: II , EMPEROR OF THE WEST LOUIS and ENGLEBERGE OF ALSACE .

Children were: WILLA VON SWABIA.

Esther Francisco was born in 1752.⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ She died on 16 Apr 1854 in Montgomery County, Virginia.⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: Johann Lodowick Francisco and Elizabeth Colley.

Children were: Lewis Price.

Johann Lodowick Francisco was born about 1719 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ He died before Apr 1799 in Botetourt County, Virginia.⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: Ludwig Christoper Franciscus and Anna Margareta Schwab .

He was married to Elizabeth Colley about 1747. Children were: Esther Francisco.

Ludwig Christoper Franciscus was born on 23 Dec 1680 in Grafschaft, Rohrbach, Germany.⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ He died on 27 Sep 1757 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Came to United States on the Ship Mary Hope in 1710 and settled inLancaster County, Pennsylva nia.

>From the research of .i.Melba Taylor Hargis; comes the following
information:
"Christopher Franciscus, immigrant, sailed from London, England, on
29 June 1710 on the Maria Hope, called the Mary Hope ship, with .i.John
Annis;, Master; arrived in September 1710 with a few German families
including Christopher Franciscus and several Mennonite families,
numbering 94 passengers in all according to the Reverend Chalkley's
Journal kept on the trip over. This diary described the meetings the
Mennonites had on board ship with the few Germans or Palatines, with one
person who understood both Swiss and German interpreting the meetings.
Mr. Chalkley describes the trip over and the many weeks at sea with all
passengers arriving at Philadelphia safe and well.
"In October 1710, these immigrant pioneers took up 6,400 acres of
land on both sides of Pequea Creek which was surveyed 23 October 1710
and divided the 27th of April 1711 - all of this can be found in Taylors
Papers in the Pennsylvania Archives. As the land was apportioned out,
Christophel Franciscus took 530 acres. An original of this tract can be
found on a map drawing (the original map) in the Office of Internal
Affairs at Harrisburg, PA. It is called the 'Plot of the Original Tract
of Old Rights in Lancaster County.' (Note: A section of this map also
appears in the first volume of this family history, A History of the
United States According to Franciscus and Related Families.)
"All appearances point to the fact that .i.Christopher Franciscus;
must have come to Pennsylvania from Germany by way of Switzerland, as he
accompanies the party of Mennonites. He has been mistakenly given in
previous publications as a Swiss Mennonite, but this is in error, as his
church affiliations and baptisms, marriages, and deaths in his family
are all to be found in the First Reformed Church of Christ and the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, both of which were
located in Lancaster, PA. Since the Rev. Chalkley speaks in his Journal
kept on the trip over from London, of the interpreter between the few
Germans and the Swiss, we can rest assured that Christopher was not one
of the Swiss. His early records were signed in German showing his
origin.
".i.Christopher Franciscus; and his second wife were buried in the
churchyard of the First Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ
located on Orange Street in Lancaster, PA. Their graves were marked
with gravestones and their deaths are entered in the church records of
this church which was organized at an early date and records are to be
found from the year 1736. In the year 1870 the churchyard at First
Reformed Church was abolished and the bodies were removed to the
Lancaster cemetery. The tombstones were removed only if the descendants
were willing to pay for this operation. After a certain length of time,
if these were not moved from the old churchyard, they were destroyed.
But at the time of the destruction of the old tombstones, a rough record
was made and kept in the records of the church. This is the record
which is included here which was obtained from the church records of
First Reformed Church of Lancaster, PA.
".i.Ludwig Christopher Franciscus; was born 23 December 1680 at
Grafschaft, on the road to Rohrbach, Deutschland, and died 27 September
1757 in Lampeter Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. No record of his first
marriage has been found. We know, however, from his will that he had
one daughter, Johanna, by this marriage. He married a second time in
1718 to Anna Margaretha Schwaben or Schwab, in Pennsylvania. Anna
Margaretha was born 21 May 1690 at Sinscheim at Elseng, in the District
of Heidelberg, Province of Baden, Germany, and died 25 January 1773,
aged 82 years 8 months 7 days in Lancaster Co., PA. She was the mother
of the other 9 children in this family.
"Anna Margaretha (Schwab) Franciscus was the daughter of .i.Jost
Schwab; born 1656 in Sinscheim, Germany. Jost was the son of George
Schwab, baker and advisory burgomaster of Sinscheim, who died before
1689. Jost Schwab was also the father-in-law of .i.Eberhard Ream;
(Rheim) who founded Reamstown, PA. .i.Jost Schwab; was married on
Tuesday, May 27, 1681, to .i.Anna Katharina Wolfharten;, daughter of
.i.Hans Jorg Wolfharten;. Jost and Anna Katherina (Wolfharten) Schwab
were both natives of Sinscheim at the Elseng, in the District of
Heidelberg, Baden, Germany. .i.Anna Margaretha Schwab; was a twin
sister of .i.Anna Magdalena Schwab;. The name of Schwab is one of the
oldest family names in Germany, being derived from the name of a
powerful tribe, called by Julius Caesar, the "Sueri" - the ancient Duchy
of Swabia, according to Dennistons' history of the Ream family (p.
246). Jost and Anna Katharina (Wolfharten) Schwab were buried,
according to tradition, in a field or orchard on the original farm,
where 149 years later, they were disintered and reburied at Heller's
Reformed Church Cemetery in Lancaster County a few miles north east of
the city of Lancaster - their graves were finally located in Leacock, PA
where both Jost and Anna Katharina (Wolfharten) Schwab are buried in the
same grave. From Forest V. Ream of the Ream Family Association we learn
that Jost Schwab was a member of the First Reformed Church and his wife
was a Lutheran in religious belief.
"In Volume 4 of Statutes at Large of Province of Pennsylvania, you
will find the naturalization of Christophel Franciscus along with other
subjects of Switzerland and elsewhere, who took the 'Oath of Allegiance'
to become loyal subjects of His Majesty King George First, his
predecessors, Kings and Queens of England, the divers Protestants who
were subjects of the Emperor of Germany, who now in February 1729 were
to become loyal subjects of the Province of Pennsylvania.
"In covering records we find .i.Christopher Franciscus; continued to
function in the land transactions, tax lists, etc. - then in 1738, in
addition to his Pennsylvania transactions, we find he came down into old
Augusta County, VA, where he bought 3800 acres from .i.Jacob Stover;**
'including the mansion house', taking notes for several thousand
additional acres put up as collateral when he loaned Stover additional
money - this also came into his hands and we find some of his sons in
Virginia at an early date taking care of his land transactions there.
The first section bought in 1738 in the Mill Creek Valley of Virginia
and in later years this section became known as 'Bogata', much of which
was in present Rockingham County, VA. The second 5000 acres which he
obtained from Stover for several hundred pounds loaned to Stover and his
wife, with this land as security, was located along the Shenandoah River
between Elkton and Port Republic. We are indebted to Chalkley's
Abstracts and to Dr. John Wayland's 'Valley Germans' for a great deal of
valuable information on .i.Christopher Franciscus;, who is called 'Ole
Stophel' Franciscus/ Franciski/ Francisco; who is found active in
records of Virginia for many years, sometimes with his sons acting as
his agents with power of attorney for sales of land. As a result of his
extensive land holdings which required constant attention, at least two
of Christopher's sons and two of his daughters, with their husbands,
settled in that section of Virginia, where the name Franciscus was lost
immediately, and from that time to the present these sons and their
descendants were known as Francisco, the name by which their father was
most often called and shown in land conveyances and transactions. A
study of the early histories of Augusta County, Rockingham and various
other Virginia county histories of early settlements will reveal a great
many items of interest about the Franciscus or Francisco, family and
their various descendants."

Recently Robert Grover has joined our ranks as "cousin" and has
provided this additional information to us. Much of it comes from
"Swiss and German Settlers" by H. Frank Eshleman, printed in 1917.
"Christoffel Frantziscus was a member of the Mennonites, who as a
group fled from Switzerland in 1672. (This would appear to be the
father.) The cause was religious persecution. They had been in the
cantons of Zurich, Berne, and Schoffhausen. Frantziscus was from
Berne. They took refuge in the Alsace region of Germany, above
Strasburg on the Rhine River. They apparently lived under peaceful
conditions until 1707, when they were again subjected to persecution...
Political and religious turmoil in Germany now threatened the Mennonite
men with imprisonment... Men found refuge in England and Holland. The
women were not subject to imprisonment...and stayed behind. This
apparently had nothing to do with finances because the Mennonite men
were 'well off' financially. In England the men met with William Penn
and contracted for land in America. The group left London on June 29,
1710 on the ship Mary Hope.
It might be interesting at this point to look at the means by which
Jacob Stover obtained so much land. It may explain, too, why he was
willing to put so much of it up for sale or security. From Kercheval's
"History of the Valley", p. 46, comes the following story:
"On the application to the executive for his grant, he (Stover) was
refused unless he could give satisfactory assurance that he would have
the land settled with the requisite number of families within a given
time. Being unable to do this, he forthwith passed over to England,
petitioned the King to direct his grant to be issued, and in order to
insure success, had given human names to every horse, cow, hog, and dog
he owned, and which he represented as heads of families, ready to
migrate and settle the land. By this disingenious trick he succeeded in
obtaining directions from the King and Council for securing his grant;
on obtaining which he immediately sold out his land in small divisions,
at three pounds (equal to ten dollars) per hundred, and went off with
the money."

.i.Christopher Franciscus; was described variously as "an adventurous
Swiss" and "a giant of a man." We get a glimpse of the man that was
Christophel Franciscus from the bits and pieces of history which have
been found concerning him. We can begin by noting that "Olde Chris"
arrived here in 1710, and in less than 30 years had come into possession
of more the 9000 acres in Pennsylvania and Virginia.

From the Lancaster County Pennsylvania Quarter Sessions Abstracts
(1729-1742), Book 1, come several entries which add to the "personality"
of Christophel Franciscus:
Page 6, May 5, 1730, in the third year of George II: Persons who
asked to sell Rum, etc. by the quart include Jacob Bean, Francis Jones,
James Patterson, James Cook, Andrew Cornish, Erasmus Buckamire, Martin
Harnist, John Harris, John Postlethwaite, Christian Stoneman, Edward
Dougherty, John Stull, Christo. Franciscus, and others. (Author's
note: Selling "rum by the quart" is a request made by a tavern owner
and is the equivalent of today's liquor license.)
Page 20, May 1, 1733: .i.Christopher Franciscus ;for the appearance
of himself and his wife Margaret. Henry Carpenter to appear and
prosecute Christopher Franciscus and Margaret his wife. Joseph Hopkins
to appear and give evidence against Christopher Franciscus and Margaret
his wife. (returnable to next session)
Page 21, No date shown: .i.Christopher Franciscus;: Assault and
beating one Garrat Cofrand. Prosecutor: Joseph Growden. Jury: John
Ross, Samuel Smith, Robert Duning, John McNab, William Mitchel, Benjamin
Sterrat, Mathias Slavemaker, John Wilkin, Jon Feire Junr., James Moore,
Phillip Lefevre, John Steer, found "Christopher Franciscus is Guilty in
manner and form" and fined his twenty shillings and ordered him to find
sureties for his good behavior till the next court. Margret
Franciscus: assault and beating Garrat Coffrond. Fined one shilling.
Page 26, February 5, 1734: Jacob Berkley to appear and abide the
judgement of the court. Christopher Franciscus to appear and prosecute
said Berkly for assault and battery.
Page 29, May 7, 1734: .i.Stophel Franciscus; among those who
petitioned for a road from "the Great Spring on Conestoga Road by Gap by
most convenient way" to Emanuel Hares Mill on Pequea. He also signed
one for a road from Richard Beeson's land to Andrew Moors Mill on a
Branch of Octoraro in Chester County. Later Franciscus was removed as
he and another man had been obstructed in laying out road, others
appointed.
Page 57, February 1, 1736/7: John Tangler and Emanuel Carpenter that
Tangler appear and prosecute his traverse with effect and abide the
judgement of the court for assaulting and beating Christopher
Franciscus. .i.Christopher Franciscus; that said Christopher and his
son Lodwick appear and prosecute and give evidence against Tangler.

If all of this is not enough to give you a feeling for Christopher
Franciscus, perhaps one last story will do the trick. From Daniel Rupp's
History of Lancaster County" originally published in 1844, page 85,
comes the following:
"Every new country, it is believed, has had its man of 'notoriety' -
Kentucky had a Boone - Pequea, a Franciscus. Christopher Franciscus was
an adventurous Swiss, and one of the first settlers in the county. It
is said the current of daring runs in the blood of the Franciscuses.
His sons, after him, and his son's sons, and grandson's sons have, since
the old man's day, been known as stout men. They made many a fellow cry
out, in the language of Terence, auribus teneo lupum, i.e. I know not
which way to turn, as said the wolf when Franciscus hugged him.
"Of Daniel Boone, the Kentucky adventurer, it is said, he slew a
bear; of Franciscus and his daughter, it is related, they eviscerated a
wolf, with a similar weapon, a butcher-knife.-- We give newspaper
account of this story. In 1729 the American Weekly wrote 'at Conestoga,
near the beginning of this month, a stout action was performed by
CHRISTOPHER FRANCISCUS. He had gone to bed and soon after heard a great
disturbance among his sheep, which made him suddenly rise and send out
his dog, and later hasten after to his sheep pen, where a large wolf was
alarmed and was leaping over the fence just as the careful husbandman
got there. The wolf being delayed by slipping one foot into a cranny of
the fence, the man had time, and resultion to take him in a strong grasp
by the neck with one hand, and by the hind leg with the other, and so
pulled him down; and shifting his hand from the wolf's leg to his ear,
and forcing his knee on the struggling animal's body, so held him
without being bitten though very hard to prevent, because the trusty dog
worrying at the wolf's hinder part, the more enraged him. Meanwhile the
man had not neglected to call for help. He was heard by a daughter of
his who had the courage and faithfulness to bring a knife and relieve
her father by letting out the entrails of the wolf.' (Author's note:
This was undoubtedly Johanna, since none of the other daughters would
have been old enough at the time of this incident.)
"The place where the wolf was slain, is marked by the head of a fine
spring, near Lampeter Square, where Daniel Zimmerman, who bought of
Franciscus, erected a substantial sandstone house in 1750. Daniel was
the son of Henry Zimmerman, or Carpenter, a Swiss patriot..."

Lest there still be any question in your mind about the strength of
will of "Olde Chris", we have his will as final proof:

WILL OF CHRISTOPHER FRANCISCUS

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I .i.Christopher Franciscus; of Lampiter
Township in the County of Lancaster and province of Pennsylvania Yeoman
being aged and infirm and not knowing how soon it may please God to take
me out of this World Do make Constitute and Ordain this my last Will and
Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) IMPRIMIS I
commend my Soul into the hand of Almighty God my Creator hoping thro'
his Mercy and the Merits and Intercession of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to
be eternally happy and as to my Worldly substance wherewith it hath
pleased God to bless me I Give devise and bequeath the same in manner
following (to wit) First It is my Will that all my just Debts and
Funerall Expences be paid and discharged with all Convenient speed after
my decease ITEM I give an Devise unto my Son .i.Lodowick Franciscus;,
my Daughters .i.Esther Franciscus;, .i.Catharine Franciscus;, my Son
.i.Stoffel Franciscus;, and unto such of the Children of my Son
.i.Christopher Franciscus; as shall be alive at the time of my Decease
as one Comon Representative of their Father the said .i.Christopher
Franciscus; all that my Tract of Land in the Colony of Virginia
containing Three Thousand Acres (be the same more or less) To hold to
them their Heirs and Assigns as Tenants in Common and not as joint
Tenants and to be equally divided among them in Quantity and Quality
share and share alike ITEM I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Hannah by
my first Wife the Sum of One Shilling Sterling and no more ITEM I give
and Devise to my Wife Margaret My House and Lot which I bought from John
Alterberger for and during the Term of her Natural life in case she
shall so long continue my Widow together with the Use of so much of my
Household Stuff as she shall think proper and after the Death or
Marriage of my said wife (which shall first happen) I Give and Devise
the said House and Lot to my Daughter Margaret and my Son John
.i.Michael Franciscus; their Heirs and Assigns to be equally divided
between them ITEM it is my Will that all my Personal Estate except so
much as shall then be in the Use and Occupation of my said Wife during
her Widdowhood and after the Death or Marriage then that part also shall
be sold by my Executors herein after named and the Moneys arising by the
Sale thereof to be put out to Interest by them or the survivor for the
Benefit of my four Younger Children (to wit) .i.Margaret Franciscus;,
John .i.Michael Franciscus;, John Franciscus, and John .i.George
Franciscus; for their Maintainence and Education during their respective
Minoritys and each to be paid one equal fourth part of the principal on
the attaining the Age of twenty one Years with respect to the Males and
to my Daughter Margaret on her attaining her Age of Eighteen Years or
the Day of her Marriage (which shall first happen) and in case any of my
four younger Children dye under Age and unmarryed It is my Will that the
Share or Shares of him her or them so Dying shall be equally divided
among the Survivors or them ITEM It is my Will that my Executors herein
after named shall first of all out of the produce of my personal Estate
pay to my said Wife during her Widowhood the Sum of Fifteen Pounds
yearly for her support and Maintenance in such manner as she shall think
proper and after her decease or Marriage which shall first happen the
same shall be equally Divided among my said four younger Children or
such of them as shall be then living. ITEM It is my Will that the Land
hereby intended to be given to my Daughter Esther shall immediately
after my decease be vested in my Executors hereafter named and the
Survivor of them and I do hereby Devise the same to them and the
Survivor of them and their Heirs In Trust for my said Daughter and her
Heirs that she may have receive & take the Rents Issues and Profits
thereof to her own Sole & seperate Use without any Comptroll or
Intermedling of her present Husband John Litchtner & for which her own
Receipt shall be from time to time a sufficient discharge immediately
after the Death of her said Husband convey the said Land to my said
Daughter Esther & her Heirs in due form of Law or to such person
Remainder of all & Singular my Estate real and personal nor herein
before Devised or bequeathed I Give Devise and bequeath the same unto
and between my said four younger Children last named their Heirs
Executors Admrs. and Assigns respectively to be equally divided among
them Share and Share alike. ITEM I do hereby Nominate Constitute and
appoint Casper Shaffner of the Borough of Lancaster Yeoman and Adam
Simon Kuhn of Lancaster Esquire to be Executors of this my Last Will and
Testament ITEM and Lastly I do hereby revoke disannull and make Void all
former and other Will and Wills by my heretofore made and declare this
only to be my last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS whereof I have
hereunder put my Hand and Seal the twelft Day of February in the Year of
our Lord One thousand seven Hundred and fifty four.
Christophel CF Franciscus (seal)
his mark

Signed Sealed published Announced & declared by the Testator within
named to be his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who have
subscribed our Names as Witnesses at his request and in his presence
John Miller William White David Stout.
LANCASTER CITY PS. October the 25th 1757. BEFORE me the Subscriber
came John Miller and David Stout two of the Witnesses to the foregoing
Will and the said John Miller on his solemn Affirmation and the said
David Stout on his Corporal Oath did declare and say that they were
present and saw & heard Christopher Franciscus the Testator above named
Sign Seal Publish Pronounce and declare the above writing as and for his
last Will and Testament and that at the doing thereof he was of sound
and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding to the best of their
knowledge Observation & Belief.
Edwd. Shippen D. Rr.
BE IT REMEMBERED that on the 25th Day of October 1757 The last Will
and Testament of .i.Christophel Franciscus; deceased was proved in due
form of Law

All in all, I think that we can safely say that our mutual ancestor
was a hard living, hard driving man who decided what he wanted and then
went after it!

End of Generation

**From the Virginia Historical Magazine, p. 120, comes the following
story of how Jacob Stover obtained the land which eventually came into
Olde Chriss possession:
Whereas Jacob Stover, a Native of Switzerland, hath by his Peticon*
made humble Suit to this Board for Leave to take up ten thousand acres
of Land on the West Side [of] the great Mountains, and on the Second
fork of Sherundo River, on both sides of the Branches thereof, for the
settlement of himself & divers Germans & Swiss Families, his Associates,
whom he proposes to bring thither to dwell in two years space...
*This Order introduces to history one of the most unique characters
connected with the early settlement of the Shenandoah Valley, and for
the first time the place of his nativity is disclosed. Jacob Stover
was, in one sense, an enterprising man, but his land transactions were
tainted with fraud, and as a consequence a problem has been left to
history concerning the place of the first actual settlement by the
whites in this section, which can only be solved by the closest
research.
The lands mentioned in this Order were actually granted to him by
two deeds hearing date December 15, 1733, each for 5,000 acres. This
fact is disclosed by the deeds themselves, which are recorded in the
land office at Richmond. One tract was situated on the Shenandoah about
four miles below the present site of Port Republic, and embraced the
fine estates owned in more recent years by the Weaver, Strayer, and
Lewis families. By deed dated June 25, 1740, Jacob Stover conveyed
3,100 acres of this land to Christopher Francisco, the elder, of
Lancaster county, PA, who was likewise a native of Switzerland. Deeds
from Francisco to Thomas Lewis and Gabriel Jones, recorded at Staunton,
VA, fix the location of the upper grant to Stover beyond dispute. The
location of the lower grant is still unknown, but the probabilities seem
to be that it was in the present county of Page, on Hawksbill creek,
near the present town of Luray.
The Indian name of this locality was Massanutton, and here, the
wright of evidence indicates, was made the first permanent white
settlement in the Valley of Virginia. The question is involved, but may
be stated as follows: The grants to Stover were finally made under the
head-right act, which gave fifty acres of land for each person imported
into the colony. This is evidenced by the fact that in each of the
grants to him the names of 100 persons are given, comprised in five
family names, which makes twenty persons in each family. With possibly
two exceptions, these names were fictitious, and Stover was clearly
guilty of fraud in this transaction. The persons named were not settled
upon the land, and it is related that he gave human names to his cows,
dogs and hogs, in order to comply with the law. (Kercheval, History of
the Valley, 2nd ed., 1850, pp. 41-42)
[Franc.FTW]

Came to United States on the Ship Mary Hope in 1710 and settled inLancaster County, Pennsylva nia.

>From the research of .i.Melba Taylor Hargis; comes the following
information:
"Christopher Franciscus, immigrant, sailed from London, England, on
29 June 1710 on the Maria Hope, called the Mary Hope ship, with .i.John
Annis;, Master; arrived in September 1710 with a few German families
including Christopher Franciscus and several Mennonite families,
numbering 94 passengers in all according to the Reverend Chalkley's
Journal kept on the trip over. This diary described the meetings the
Mennonites had on board ship with the few Germans or Palatines, with one
person who understood both Swiss and German interpreting the meetings.
Mr. Chalkley describes the trip over and the many weeks at sea with all
passengers arriving at Philadelphia safe and well.
"In October 1710, these immigrant pioneers took up 6,400 acres of
land on both sides of Pequea Creek which was surveyed 23 October 1710
and divided the 27th of April 1711 - all of this can be found in Taylors
Papers in the Pennsylvania Archives. As the land was apportioned out,
Christophel Franciscus took 530 acres. An original of this tract can be
found on a map drawing (the original map) in the Office of Internal
Affairs at Harrisburg, PA. It is called the 'Plot of the Original Tract
of Old Rights in Lancaster County.' (Note: A section of this map also
appears in the first volume of this family history, A History of the
United States According to Franciscus and Related Families.)
"All appearances point to the fact that .i.Christopher Franciscus;
must have come to Pennsylvania from Germany by way of Switzerland, as he
accompanies the party of Mennonites. He has been mistakenly given in
previous publications as a Swiss Mennonite, but this is in error, as his
church affiliations and baptisms, marriages, and deaths in his family
are all to be found in the First Reformed Church of Christ and the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, both of which were
located in Lancaster, PA. Since the Rev. Chalkley speaks in his Journal
kept on the trip over from London, of the interpreter between the few
Germans and the Swiss, we can rest assured that Christopher was not one
of the Swiss. His early records were signed in German showing his
origin.
".i.Christopher Franciscus; and his second wife were buried in the
churchyard of the First Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ
located on Orange Street in Lancaster, PA. Their graves were marked
with gravestones and their deaths are entered in the church records of
this church which was organized at an early date and records are to be
found from the year 1736. In the year 1870 the churchyard at First
Reformed Church was abolished and the bodies were removed to the
Lancaster cemetery. The tombstones were removed only if the descendants
were willing to pay for this operation. After a certain length of time,
if these were not moved from the old churchyard, they were destroyed.
But at the time of the destruction of the old tombstones, a rough record
was made and kept in the records of the church. This is the record
which is included here which was obtained from the church records of
First Reformed Church of Lancaster, PA.
".i.Ludwig Christopher Franciscus; was born 23 December 1680 at
Grafschaft, on the road to Rohrbach, Deutschland, and died 27 September
1757 in Lampeter Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. No record of his first
marriage has been found. We know, however, from his will that he had
one daughter, Johanna, by this marriage. He married a second time in
1718 to Anna Margaretha Schwaben or Schwab, in Pennsylvania. Anna
Margaretha was born 21 May 1690 at Sinscheim at Elseng, in the District
of Heidelberg, Province of Baden, Germany, and died 25 January 1773,
aged 82 years 8 months 7 days in Lancaster Co., PA. She was the mother
of the other 9 children in this family.
"Anna Margaretha (Schwab) Franciscus was the daughter of .i.Jost
Schwab; born 1656 in Sinscheim, Germany. Jost was the son of George
Schwab, baker and advisory burgomaster of Sinscheim, who died before
1689. Jost Schwab was also the father-in-law of .i.Eberhard Ream;
(Rheim) who founded Reamstown, PA. .i.Jost Schwab; was married on
Tuesday, May 27, 1681, to .i.Anna Katharina Wolfharten;, daughter of
.i.Hans Jorg Wolfharten;. Jost and Anna Katherina (Wolfharten) Schwab
were both natives of Sinscheim at the Elseng, in the District of
Heidelberg, Baden, Germany. .i.Anna Margaretha Schwab; was a twin
sister of .i.Anna Magdalena Schwab;. The name of Schwab is one of the
oldest family names in Germany, being derived from the name of a
powerful tribe, called by Julius Caesar, the "Sueri" - the ancient Duchy
of Swabia, according to Dennistons' history of the Ream family (p.
246). Jost and Anna Katharina (Wolfharten) Schwab were buried,
according to tradition, in a field or orchard on the original

He was married to Anna Margareta Schwab about 1718 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.⁽¹⁰⁾ Children were: Johann Lodowick Francisco.

KING OF THE FRANKS FRANCUS died in 11 BC.⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: LAST KING OF SICAMBRI ANTHARIUS.

Children were: II , KING OF THE FRANKS CLODIUS.

KING OF TROY FRANEUS. Parents: KING OF TROY GENGER .

Children were: KING OF TROY ESDRON.

Mary Barbara Frazier.

Children were: Carl Frazier McDonald.

FREAWINE was born about 327.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: FRITHOGAR.

Children were: WIG.

Fredemundus . Parents: KING OF THE FRANKS PHARAMOND and QUEEN OF THE FRANKS ARGOTTA.

Children were: I Nascien .

FREOTHALAF was born in Asgard, East Europe.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: FINN.

Children were: FRITHUWALD.

FRODI FRIDLEIFSSON was born about 281 in Hleithra, Denmark.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: FRIDLEIF SKJOLDSSON.

Children were: FRIDLEIF FRODASSON.

FRODI , THE VALIENT, KING OF DENMARK FRIDLEIFSSON was born about 479 in Denmark.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Parents: FRIDLEIF FRODASSON.

He was married about 500 in Denmark. Children were: HALFDAN FRODASSON.

HAVER , THE STRONGHAND FRIDLEIFSSON was born about 325 in Denmark.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: FRIDLEIF FRODASSON.

Children were: FRODI HAVARSSON.

FRIEGE was born about 219 in Asgard, East Europe.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: CADWALLADR.

Children were: KING OF THE DANES SKJOLD, BELDEG.

Catherine Fries died on 24 Dec 1841 in Iredell County, North Carolina.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

She was married to Henry Gouger in Apr 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Children were: Mary Gouger.

FRITHOGAR was born about 299.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: BRAND.

Children were: FREAWINE.

FRITHUWALD was born about 190 in Asgard, East Europe.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: FREOTHALAF.

Children were: ODIN.

JUDITH OF FRIULI was born about 835.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: COUNT OF BURGUNDY EBERHARD and GISELA.

Children were: BURKHARD, III ADALBERT.

FRIDLEIF FRODASSON was born about 456 in Denmark.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: FRODI , THE PEACEFUL, KING OF DENMARK DANSSON.

He was married about 476 in Denmark. Children were: FRODI , THE VALIENT, KING OF DENMARK FRIDLEIFSSON.

FRIDLEIF FRODASSON was born about 303 in Hleithra, Denmark.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: FRODI FRIDLEIFSSON.

Children were: HAVER , THE STRONGHAND FRIDLEIFSSON.

HALFDAN FRODASSON was born about 503 in Denmark.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: FRODI , THE VALIENT, KING OF DENMARK FRIDLEIFSSON.

He was married to SIGRIS about 523 in Denmark. Children were: HROAR HALFDANSSON , HELGI , KING OF LEIDRE HALFDANSSON.

VERMUND , THE WISE FRODASSON was born about 369 in Denmark.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: FRODI HAVARSSON.

Children were: OLAF , THE HUMBLE VERMUNDSSON.

SKJALF FROSTASDOTTIR was born about 428 in Finland.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: FROSTE.

Children were: ALREK AGNASSSON.

FROSTE was born in 402.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

Children were: SKJALF FROSTASDOTTIR.

KING OF DENMARK FROTHO died in 875.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: HORDA , KING OF DENMARK KNUT.

Children were: GORM ENSKE.

26TH MONARCH OF IRELAND FUALDERGOID died in 1317 BC.⁽³⁾ Parents: 25TH MONARCH OF IRELAND MUNMOIN .

Children were: CAS CEDCHAINGNIGH.

FULCOALD was born about 680.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: CHILDEBERT.

Children were: I CHILDEBRAND.

??? Funk.

Children were: Jacob Smith.

KING OF DALRIADA GABHRAN died in 559.⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: KING OF DALRIADA DONANGART and FEIDELM FOLTCHAIN.

Children were: KING OF DALRIADA AIDAN.

COUNT OF SENS GAINFROI. Parents: COUNT OF SENS & DUKE OF AUSTRIA MAINIER.

Children were: THEIDLINDIS .

GALLA . Parents: I VALENTINIAN and JUSTINA.

Children were: GALLA PLACIDIA.

James Gammons.

Children were: Ivy Marie McDonald .

ALFHILD GANDOLFSDOTTIR was born about 710.⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

Children were: RAGNAR "LODBROK" SIGURDSSON .

EOCHAIDH GARBH. Parents: DUACH DALLADH , 91ST MONARCH OF IRELAND DEADHA.

Children were: MUIREADACH MUCHNA.

I GARIBALDO . Parents: TASSILO.

Children were: III THEODON.

SEIGNEUR DE LOCHES GARNIER was born about 844.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

Children were: ROSCILLE DE LOCHES.

COUNTESS OF TOULOUSE GARSINDE was born about 926 in France.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

She was married to III , COUNT OF TOULOUSE RAIMOND about 946 in France. Children were: III , COUNT OF TOULOUSE TAILLEFER.

GAUT

Children were: THE MILD GAUTREK.

THE MILD GAUTREK. Parents: GAUT.

Children were: ALGAUT GAUTREKSSON.

ALGAUT GAUTREKSSON was born about 639.⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: THE MILD GAUTREK.

Children were: GAUTHILD ALGAUTSSON.

CORMAC GEALTACH. Parents: NIADH CORB.

Children were: FELIM FIORURGLAS.

GEATA . Parents: TECTI.

Children were: GODWULF.

GEFION was born about 241 in Hleithra, Denmark.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

Children were: FRIDLEIF SKJOLDSSON.

GELIMER . Parents: GUNDERIC and ELISA OF GRANADA.

Children were: KING OF THE VANDALS THRASAMUND.

DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS GENEBALD was born about 262 in Germany.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ He died in 358.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS DAGOBERT.

He was married in 299. Children were: DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS DAGOBERT.

DUKE OF THE FRANKS GENEBALD was born about 354.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ He died in 419.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: Dagobert.

Children were: QUEEN OF THE FRANKS ARGOTTA .

KING OF TROY GENGER. Parents: KING OF EPIRUS HELENUS .

Children were: KING OF TROY FRANEUS.

KING OF VANDALS GENSERIC was born about 400.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ He died in 477.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ Parents: GODIGISELUS and FLORA.

Children were: KING OF VANDALS HUNNERIC.

I , VISOMTE OF ORLEANS GEOFFREY.

Children were: GERBERGE DU MAINE.

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