I'm going back to very early Pennsylvania with this inquiry.

Here's what I have so far:
a) a fraktur which states that Nicholas Bachert and Susannah Bock were the parents of a 3rd Great Aunt of mine

b) The Aunt's brother who is my 3rd Great Grandfather is Anthony Bachert.

c) The earliest I find Nicholas Bachert is the 1790 census in Penn Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It also is likely him on the 1788 Tax Rolls there.

d) Anthony is not a common given name on the Bachert side of things. And yet, according to probate records, Anthony was Nicholas Bachert's eldest son.

e) which leads me to believe that Anthony very likely was Susannah (Bock) Backert's father's given name.

f) there is an Anthony Bock in the 1800 Census for Heydelberg Township, Northampton County, but if connected, likely would be a brother to Susannah, not her father.

g) other surnames on this census listing are common to the Bachert scene in Penn Township (Andreas, Balliet etc.).

What I'm not finding are gedcoms which deal with an Anthony Bock of this era at all.

Any ideas?

Joe Hittle
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