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Re: elizabeth

Ida237 — 2009-09-10 02:37:39Z

Hello James
You did such a wonderful job for this Elizabeth I wondered if you had any information on a David Eckert b.1805 PA d.1883 PA m. Elizabeth Christman(cristman)?? b1810 d.1879
thanks
Ida

Re: Drollinger/Trollinger

austin0317 — 2009-05-26 23:45:42Z

Hi, my names Austin Floyd, and my mom's maiden name is Trullinger. Jacob was the son of Adam, one of 11 children. My ancestor, was Gabriel, one of the 11. We can date back the Drollingers to Melchoir Drollinger, born 1572 in Dietlingen, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany. He he had a son, Wendolin, born 1616 in Ellmendingen Baden. Wendolin, with Margaretha Drollinger, had a son, Michael, born in 1654, also born in Ellmendingen Baden, Germany. Michael, with Maria Funck, had Hans Micheal, born 1677. Hans Michael, with Eva Klemmer (or Clemmer) had the 11 children that we are descendants from. I hope that was of use.

Re: elizabeth

trinketman590 — 2009-05-23 21:28:23Z

hello i really appreciate this. i will tell you where i fit into this family.sarah jacobs 1772-1843 m jonas lovett1772-1853 son john lovett1810-1872 manna van buskirk 1819-1851 sonlloyd lovett 1837-1902 mlouisa howald1839-1912. so elmer lovettm susie ames 1864-1914. elmer and susie had my grandmother ruby 1890-1956.she married my grandfather david reed and my mother hazel was born 1916 ottawa ohio. the lovetts were from ohio and owosso mich and the reeds were from pennsylvania and coshocton ohio and ottawa. my last name is mangold. also no tie in but my dads grandma and grandpa were also from wurttenberg germany . thank you very much. jerry

Re: elizabeth

Gordon_D — 2009-05-23 15:53:08Z

perhaps this is of some help. Elizabeth was the 2nd known daughter of Gabriel Drollinger of Salem County NJ

Gabriel Drollinger, son of Hans Michael, born 25 Mar 1722, Ellmendingen, Grand Duchy of Baden, married 22 Apr 1743 Dietenhausen, Baden, emigrated 1743 to Philadelphia, settled Salem county NJ, attended Friesburg Emmanuel Lutheran and Swedish Lutheran at Pennsneck and Racoon, died Nov. 1805, probate record at Philadelphia as Trullender.
Records of Friesburg Emanuel Lutheran Church, Friesburg, Salem County, NJ 1749-1851 Translated by The Reverand Herman G.L. Drews for the Federal Historical Survey Project of the WPA, published by THE GLOUSTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Woodbury NJ 1984
The Records of the Swedish Lutheran Church at Racoon and Penns Neck, 1713-1786 Translated and Compiled by the Federal Writers Project of the WPA, Statye of NJ 1938.
Salem County NJ Genealogical Data, Records pertaining to persons residing in Salem County prior to 1800, compiled by H. Stanley Craig, vol I H. Stanly Craig Publisher Merchantville NJ reprinted 1980 by Glouster County Historical Society
Early Church Records of Salem County NJ, Charlotte D, Meldrum, Family Line Publications 1996

Anna Margaretha Lottholz, born 16 Mar 1721, wife of Gabriel, died a few days prior to her husband, Nov. 1805, daughter of Johann Martin Lottholz and Margaretha Fuess of Dietenhausen.

CHILDREN
Margaretha born 14 Sep 1744 Cohansey NJ, married 1) Philip Kelch who died 24 Jan 1771 2) 1773 Samuel Jackson, died 24 Jul. 1834 Allegany county MD (data on #2 from Irene Hobbs)

Elizabeth 16 Dec 1748 Cohansey

Gabriel born 25 Jan 1751, Cohansey, confirmed 28 June 1768 (some have this as a death date but it is a confirmation) married Philisare Reach of Piles Grove 14 Sep 1769, in E Pennsboro twp, Cumberland county PA 1780 - 81 on tax lists as Trollinger along with Jacob.

Frederick born 17 Jun. 1752, Cohansey, married Hannah Summers, served in Revolution, was allowed a pension at Cincinnati Ohio, died 3 Jun. 1841 at his son, Gabriel Droliner's in LaPorte county IN, left sons Gabriel and Joseph of NJ (pension file).

(supposedly a Peter and a John in the gap between Fred and Jacob)[I have found nothing to support this, John allegedly went to NC with uncle Adam, nothing to support this idea]

Jacob born about 1758, confirmed 28 May 1775 with sister Sarah (some give these as death dates, they are confirmations).

Sarah born 19 June 1760 Penns Neck NJ

Philip born 1 May 1762 (Alan Trullinger line see sheet on him and Hannah Kidd).

Michael born 3 Dec 1764 Penns Neck, NJ.

(supposedly a Samuel about 1767)

Daniel born 25 Jan 1769 Pennsneck, NJ, married an Elizabeth (?), migrated to Fountain county IN died 16 Sep 1833 (part of the Daniel puzzle)

"Emigrants from Baden and Württemberg in the Eighteenth Century"
by Brigitte Burkett p61
Notes: Hacker#1711: Gabriel Drollinger of Ellmendingen, will marry
Margretha Lottholzer, who has been manumitted, and go to Pennsylvania
1743.

Source: "Emigrants from Baden and Württemberg in the Eighteenth Century"
by Brigitte Burkett p62.
Notes: II: Gabriel, the son of Hans Michael Drollinger, married 23 April
1743 Margaretha, daughter of Martin Lottholtz [see #193]. No children
are recorded in Ellmendingen.

Estate probated Dec 1805 in Philadelphia by David Bowen, farmer Salem County NJ, as administrator for some unknown reason as Gabriel Trullender, grocer. One of the items charged the estate was to John Hoover executor of Simon Miller dec'd for a coffin for Mrs Trullender who died some few days before her husband. Distance between where he lived and Phila were about equal so perhaps that is a factor. Copy in possession of Gordon L. Drollinger, 247 Jacks Run Road, Pittsburgh PA 15214

WILLIAM JACOB(S), SR. (ABT 1743 - 1816)
&
ELIZABETH DROLLINGER (TROLLINGER) (1748 - 1833)

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER

The birthplace of WILLIAM JACOB(S), SR. is not known at the present time. Some of his descendants believe he was born in the town of Eglwysilan in Glamorganshire in Wales and that his parents were William Jacob, who had been born there in 1717, and Elizabeth Thomas, The records indicated that their first son was William, christened on September 13, 1743. They also had two other sons, namely James christened on April 29, 1745, and Edward, christened on March 16, 1746. However, some others believe that he was born in Connecticut after his reported parents, William Jacob(s) and Elizabeth Thomas migrated to America and then moved on to New Jersey. A great-grandson, Albert G. Jacobs, wrote in 1927 that his great grandfather came to New York from Austria (date unknown) and worked in its shipyards for a while, and then moved to the "Juanty River" (probably the Juniata in central Pennsylvania) where he built small boats. Somewhat in support of this was a notice in the November 29, 1759, issue of the Maryland Gazette that reported as a runaway convict servant William Jacobs, a sailmaker of about age 30 who had been born in the West of England. He had been deported to the colonies to serve a seven-year sentence after been convicted of theft. Obviously, further research is needed to discover the true facts of WILLIAM SR.'S origin. While his birth year is believed to be about 1743, nothing is acurately known about his parents, the place and year of his birth or his activities during the years of his youth. During his early twenties, WILLIAM, SR. apparently spent some time exploring and living on the Southwestern Pennsylvania frontier. Records indicate that during 1761 he took possession of land there in Washington Township of Fayette County. It was situated on the east side of the Monongahela River at the mouth of Great Redstone Creek. This tract had previously been in the possession of the Ohio Land Company and it had built some supply storehouses upon it. However, when the company abandoned this 104-3/4 arce tract, WILLIAM, SR. took posssession and claimed it. He then proceeded to clear about 15 acres for cultivation. He also built a cabin and a corn crib there. But the Indians were a constant threat to him and, after numerous skirmishes with them, he was finally forced to retreat to a safer place sometime in 1762. Besides, just a year later the British government ordered all settlers out of the Ohio Valley and forbade settlements west of the Appalachian Mountiains. Also the Indian Chief Pontiac began to wage war on the frontier settlements. It was not until 1767 that frontiersman Daniel Boone made his first journey over the Appalachians into present-day Kentucky.That same year, the Mason and Dixon line was established as the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland. WILLIAM, SR. did not abandon his claim to this land. In fact, on April 24, 1769, he made Application No. 3156 for a warrant to have it surveyed. But before the survey was completed, he conveyed his rights to the land to Prior Theobald and Lawrence Hannifon on June 21, 1769. After Hannifon conveyed his rights to Theobald on July 10, 1769, the survey of the land was surveyed completed on July 19, 1770. Prior Theobald held the land until April 5, 1776, when he deeded it to Jesse Martin. He named it "Martin's Folly." A few days later, on May 22, 1776, Martin conveyed the land by deed to SAMUEL JACKSON, WILLIAM SR.'S brother-in-law. They had married MARGARETHA and ELIZABETH DROLLINGER, respectively, who were daughters of GABRIEL DROLLINGER and ANNA MARGARETHA LOTTHOLTZ. After JACKSON paid the Pennsylvania Receiver General's Office the sum of 18 pounds and 16 shillings, he was granted a patent to this land on February 7, 1789. Prior to this, in 1784, SAMUEL JACKSON had also made application to purchase 240 acres of land abutting WILLIAM SR.'S tract that became known as "Martin's Folly." On August 20, 1785, he received a patent to the tract which he called "Mill Dam." These tracts later became the site of Fort Redstone and then present-day Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, WILLIAM, SR. appeared in Salem County in the Colony of New Jersey. It is not yet clear whether he had family there, lived there for some time or happened to be passing through. However, it is known that he married ELIZABETH DROLLINGER (TROLLINGER) there in 1765 or 1766. She had been born in Mannington Township of Salem County, New Jersey, in 1748, and she was the daughter of GABRIEL DROLLINGER and ANNA MARGARETHA LOTTHOLTZ, who had been born in Ellmendingen in Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany.

After their marriage, WILLIAM, SR. and ELIZABETH settled in Maurice River Township of adjacent Cumberland County in the Colony of West Jersey, where they bought 150 acres of land and took up farming. However, no deeds have been located covering any land purchases by WILLIAM while living in New Jersey. Such deeds were not always recorded. Also, Cumberland County land deed records do not begin until 1785. While living there they were blessed with three children. The first, William, Jr., was born in 1768 or 1769 and he was followed by Sarah in 1772 or 1773 and by Henry in 1776. Colonial New Jersey Tax Rolls records show that WILLIAM, SR. paid property taxes on his 150 acres of land in Maurice River Township that were due in September 1773. At the time, the number of his horses and cattle totaled seven. Actually, at the time Maurice River Township had 13,270 acres, 726 cattle and horses, one single man who kept a horse, 34 other single men, 11-1/2 vessels, two merchants, two grist mills, seven sawmills, and 18 householders. None of the residents had servants or slaves. During these years, the relations between the American colonies and the British mother country gradually deteriorated. In 1765 the British parliament passed the Stamp Act levying taxes on the American colonists for the first time. It also passed the Quartering Act forcing the colonists to provide quarters and supplies for British troops. In retaliation, the colonists held a Stamp Act Congress in New York to protest the British's taxation without representation. The British were forced to repeal the Stamp Act when Americans refused to import taxed goods. After other such legal skirmishes, the British passed the Tea Act, which led to the "Sons of Liberty," dressed as Indians, dumping tea from East India Company ships into Boston Harbor. Then in 1774, the representatives of twelve colonies met at the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia to protest the British measures and they called for a boycott on the importing of all British goods. All of these difficulties caused great discension among the Americans colonists. Not everyone supported a break with the mother country. It has been said that before open hostilites began about one-third of them supported the cause of the separationists, about one-third supported the British cause and the rest were indifferent to the outcome. The "defectors" - those who supported Great Britain, were called "Tories" or "Loyalists" and they were prevalent throughout New Jersey. After the Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Congress adopted a resolution on October 9, 1775, to raise the first Continental troops of the "Jersey Line." It authorized two battalions of eight companies each. Each company was to be commanded by a captain and consist of a lieutenant, an ensign, four sergeants, four corporals and 64 privates. The privates were to enlist for one year, at $5 per month, and were to be allowed, instead of bounty, "a felt hat, a pair of yarn stockings, and a pair of shoes." But they were to furnish their own arms. These battalions were first designated the Eastern and Western, and then subsequently as the First and Second Battalions. A family legend says WILLIAM JACOBS, SR. served in the Revolutionary War. At the present time, evidence exists that a "WILLIAM JACOBS" enlisted from Maurice River Township of Cumberland County, New Jersey. It is presently believed that he served in one of these two initial New Jersey battalions. On November 10, 1775, six companies of these battalions all that were then full, were sent to do garrison duty in a fort "on the highlands of the Hudson." On November 27, of that same year, the balance of the two battalions went into barracks at New York.The battalions were officially mustered to active duty in December 1775. Then on January 10, 1776, three companies of the First Battalion were sent to Queens County, New York to help arrest Tories. The rest of the battalion was stationed at Perth Amboy and Elizabethtown, New Jersey, until they left to join an expedition to Canada. They participated in the operations before Quebec, and then went into barracks at Ticonderoga, where they remained until November 5, 1776, when they were sent home to New Jersey for discharge. Meanwhile, on January 8, 1776, the Second Battallion was ordered to Albany, New York, to report to General Schuyler. Later, a Third Battalion was authorized by Congress on January 10, 1776. Four of its companies were first stationed at Staten Island, and the other four at Perth Amboy. Then all eight proceeded on to New York City. When they were mustered in on May 2 by the muster-master-general, General George Washington pronounced them "the flower of all the North American forces." Soon afterwards, this battalion departed by sloops for Albany, New York. Jacobs family legends also says that WILLIAM JACOBS, SR. helped to provide for widows and orphans during the Revolutionary War. It is not yet clear how he did this, but it is believed that in his service with the "Jersey Line" would provide him an opportunity to help gather food and fuel to help meet their needs as the war spread. In fact, the British took New York City in 1776 and the fighting spread southward into New Jersey. During the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776, however, Washington successfully crossed the Delaware and caught the British and their Hessian soldiers by surprise.

When WILLIAM, SR. was mustered out, he and ELIZABETH decided to move to a safer place. She had become pregnant again and the Revolutionary War continued to rage around them. Finally they and her parents reluctantly pulled up stakes and moved to a safer area in East Pennsboro Township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, which lies between Carlisle and Harrisburg, and abuts the west bank of the Susquehanna River. There, WILLIAM and ELIZABETH again took up farming to support their growing family. In fact, seven more children were to be born to them there. They were: JACOB, born in 1779; GABRIEL, born in 1781; Elizabeth and her twin, Mary, born in 1783; Eli, born in 1785; Matthias, born in 1787; and Catherine, born in 1791. Records show WILLIAM paid taxes on his possessions in East Pennsboro Township of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1778. This was the first property tax imposed by Pennsylvania as a state after the war. In 1778, WILLIAM was listed as having no taxable land or slaves. But he was taxed 1 pound, 8 shillings and 3 pence for having two horses and one cattle. WILLIAM, SR. apparently moved westward to West Pennsboro Township of Cumberland County, for the records (see below) indicate that he had served there in the Cumberland County Militia in 1780. However tax records then indicate he moved back eastward to Middleton Township, near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. There In 1781, he had 1 horse and 2 cattle, but paid no taxes on them. Likewise, in 1782 he had 1 horse and 3 cows, but paid no taxes on them.

In fact, ELIZABETH'S parents, GABRIEL AND ANNA MARGARETHA DROLLINGER, (actually this is their son married to Philisare reach GLD) also moved to East Pensboro Township from New Jersey about this same time. In 1778, GABRIEL was taxed 21 pounds and 9 shillings on his 45 acres of land, 3 horses and 3 cows. He, too, had no slaves. During the early part of this period, Washington's Army was hard pressed as it wintered in 1777 at Valley Forge, outside of Philadelphia, about 70 miles to the east. It may have been during this period of time that the family legend of WILLIAM helping to provide for the widows and the children of the soldiers may have been based on fact.

My third cousin, Mark Jacobs, Jr., a retired college professor now from Santa Maria, California, spent many years tracing our Jacobs ancestory. In about 1980, he visited "Aunt" Flossie Jacobs Frye in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, who was a descendant of Matthias Jacobs, a son of WILLIAM JACOBS, SR.. Mark recalled that in his conversation with her she said that her father had told her, seventy years before, something like: "William Jacobs and his family left New Jersey about 1776 or 1777 and and moved to Pennsylvania. He was a civilian scout and forager for Washington's Army at Valley Forge and was almost captured a couple of times." So far nothing has been found to positively prove this hearsay evidence.
However, it is recorded on pages 183-185 of Volume VI, Fifth Series, of the Pennsylvania Archives that WILLIAM JACOBS had been enrolled in the 7th Class of the 1st Company of the Second Batallion of the Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia in 1780 under Captain William Moore. Interestingly, his township of residence was listed as West Pennsboro. However, the roll call of September 20. 1780, indicates that he had moved prior to this date (see above). Even so, this is the first positive indication that WILLIAM, SR. may have helped to supply the Continental Army at Valley Forge and it tends to prove the story of his service during the Revolutionary War that has spread along all of the various branches of his descendants.

WILLIAM, SR. may have returned to Southwestern Pennsylvania in search of land suitable for supporting his growing family. A WILLIAM JACOB, SR. is listed on the 1784 Assessment Roll of Cumberland Township of Washington County as a single freeman. Interestingly, a SAMUEL JACKSON is also listed because he owned taxable property there. This might be WILLIAM JACOBS, SR.'S brother-in-law. After farming in Pennsylvania for nearly 10 years, the families of WILLIAM JACOBS, SR. and GABRIEL DROLLINGER (TROLLINGER), SR. decided to move to take advantage of available low-cost state-owned lands in Western Maryland. In 1787 or 1788, they moved to George's Creek Hundred in Washington County, Maryland, which was west of Fort Cumberland and which was later separated into Allegany County in 1789. Fort Cumberland had been built in about 1746 by the Ohio Land Company on land that was then supposed to belong to Virginia. Then in 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U. S. Constitution. Even by 1750, this area was still virgin country, virtually untouched by civilization. It was the land of the Delaware Indians, and at the time a fierce struggle was going on for its possession between the whites and the aborinines. Perhaps the first white man to permanently penetrate the wilds of its mountains was an Englishman named Evart. He built a cabin atop a mountain about seven miles northwest of the present town of Cumberland, Maryland. At the time, the trail of the Indians from the Atlantic Ocean to western waters passed along the valley of the Potomac River and crossed Dan's Mountain some eight miles south of his cabin. There he lived like a hermit frontiersman for the rest of his life.

In 1762, the Maryland Gazette called attention to the great advantages that would come from making the Potomac River passible for small craft Fort Cumberland, at Will's Creek, to the Great Falls, which would facilitate the commerce of both Maryland and Virginia. The necessary money to do so was soon raised. At the close of the French and Indian War, settlement in this area rapidly increased until the Revolutionary War, when immigration practically ceased. But after peace came in 1783, new settlers flocked in from other Maryland counties, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Europe. To encourage the settlement of Western Maryland, in 1777 the Maryland General Assembly approved granting a bounty of 50 acres to every Maryland recruit who would serve three years or for the duration in the newly-formed Amercan army. By an 1781 act, these lands were selected to be west of Fort Cumberland. Then in 1787, Colonel Francis Deakins was appointed to survey these lands into so-called military lots. He later reported that 4,165 lots of 50 acres each had been laid out, that 323 heads of families had already settled on 636 of the lots and that they were already being improved upon and cultivated. However, not all of these heads of famililes were Maryland veterans. In J. Thomas Scarf's "History of Western Maryland," published in 1882,
he lists the following as among the "settlers located in 1788 upon the lands lying in Maryland west of Fort Cumberland." : AARON DUCKWORTH, WILLIAM JACOBS, SAMUEL JACKSON, and JACOB TRULLINGER (sic) (TROLLINGER), all forefathers of mine. By 1788, the State of Maryland gave these settlers the option to either prove their service with Maryland troops during the Revolutionary Was or purchase their lots for twelve and a half shillings per acre over a three-year period. WILLIAM, SR. apparently decided to purchase his lot on Dan's Mountain overlooking George's Creek Valley. The 1803 title to his land reads: "Mr. William Jacob his patent, 50 acres Lot No. 3795. The State of Maryland vz: Know ye That Whereas there was laid out and surveyed pursuiant to a resolution of the General Assembly passed at April session seventeen hundred and eighty seven amongst the Lots westward of Fort Cumberland in Allegany County one distinguished by the number 3795 and containing fifty acres, and Whereas the said lot was by the Commissioner appointed in virtue of an Act of the Assembly passed at November session seventeen hundred ninety one and sold to a certain William Jacob and it
appearing by a receipt of the Treasurer of the western shore that the purchase money for said lot hath been fully paid according to Law, The State of Maryland doth therefore hereby grant unto him the said William Jacob the said Lot No. 3795 lying in Allegany County aforesaid, Beginning at a bounded Linn marked 3839 standing forth forty three degrees east one hundred and four perches from the beginning of Lot 3793 and running north seventy four degrees west one hundred perches then south sixteen degees west fifty five perches south seventy four degrees east one hundred and twelve perches then by a straight line to the beginning containing fifty acres: according to the rec ord returned to and now remaining in the Land Office together with all rights, profits, benefits and privileges thereunto belonging To Have and To Hold the same unto him the said William Jacobs his heirs and assigns forever. Given under the Great Seal of the State of Maryland this fourteenth day of October eighteen hundred and three - Witness The Honorable Alexander Contee Hanfon Esquire, Chancellor. John F Mercer (The Great Seal) A. C. Hanfon, Chanc."

WILLIAM, SR. named this Lot "The King's Place." GABRIEL DROLLINGER obtained two nearby 50-acre parcels, Military Lots 3731 and 3791. These acres were on the northwestern slope of Dan's Mountain, a mile or two from the present villages of Lonaconing and Barton, Maryland. At the time, some 200 families were residing in George's Creek Hundred. The nearest town was Cumberland, Maryland, the county seat, some 14 odd miles to the northeast.

Dan's Mountain was named for Daniel Cresap, Sr. His father, Colonel Thomas Cresap, a pioneer trader and Indian translator and fighter, had been born in Skipton, England, in about 1702. He arrived in the province of Maryland in about 1717 and soon became one of the most prominent men on the Appalacian frontier. He married Hannah Johnson in about 1727. Called the "English Colonel," he was one of the first white settlers the area now occupied by Allegany County, Maryland. He was an organizing member and agent of the Ohio Land Company, which was promoting expansion westward of the Allegheny Mountains and selling land to those who ventured to do so. In 1734, he served as a captain in the Maryland militia. Soon after Fort Cumberland was built by the Ohio Land Company in 1749, he established a fort-like settlement to the west on the north fork of the Potomac River, which he called "Skipton." It was initially occupied by his and a few other pioneering families. Later it would become known as Oldtown. The settlement thrived despite the threat of the local Indians. By 1756, Fort Cumberland, also called "Mount Pleasant," had ten carriage-type cannons and a garrison of four hundred soldiers under the command of a Captain Dagworthy. After a raid by Delaware Indians on Oldtown, young Daniel Cresap pursued one of them along a trail on the side of a mountain. When they came to a clearing in the dense woods, the Indian whirled, raised his rifle and fired. At that same instant, Daniel fired at the Indian. The ball of the Indian's rifle went through Daniel's lungs, and his went through the Indian's abdomen. When Colonel Cresap rushed to the scene, the Indian begged to be killed, and the colonel obliged. Daniel died before he could be carried off the mountain. As a result, ever since it has been called "Dan's Mountain" in his honor.

Other names that would become commonplace in the life of WILLIAM JACOBS, SR. and his descendants were "George's Creek Hundred" and "George's Creek Valley." The "Hundred" had come from the English's division of a land area. The "George's Creek" was named after a Delaware Indian called "Indian George." His father, named Nemacolin, had left him as a boy with the Cresaps when the tribe moved westward. He spent the rest of his life with them. However, for years he had his own hunting camp in the valley between Dan's Mountain and Savage Mountain to the northwest. It was traversed by a stream that rose near present-day Frostburg and emptied into the Potomac River at Westernport, Maryland. After Indian George's death, it became known as "George's Creek" and its valley as "George's Creek Valley."

Before any farming could be undertaken on these virgin lands, they had to be cleared of oak and maple trees and srub brush. It was a slow, back-breaking task, as WILLIAM'S only source of power was an ox. But he was a hardworking and resourceful farmer by now and devoted to providing food and shelter for his family in this new frontier. Shelter was the first real necessity and WILLIAM began building a log cabin from the timber he cut from his land. Since there were no sawmills in the area, he had to hew the logs into shape with an axe. He also used stone gathered in the area to fashion a hearth and a chimney. Since glass was very expensive and virtually unavailable, he used oiled paper for windows. The floor of the cabin was of hand-hewn boards covered with area rugs made of deer hides and sheep pelts. The beds were hand-made with matresses stuffed with corn husks and covered with blankets that ELIZABETH had woven by hand. In addition, WILLIAM built a crude shelter for the farm animals. Meanwhile, Elizabeth cared for the children and made clothes for them. She also preserved fruits and meats by drying and smoking them and storing others in a root celler that WILLIAM had dug. Meanwhile, their tenth and last child, Catherine, was born to them in the cabin in 1791 with the aid of a neighbor midwife. WILLIAM was soon raising sheep, cattle and hogs on his farm, as well as corn, rye, wheat and hay to feed his animals during the winter months. He kept some of his corn to make his own whiskey. He took other corn into the village of Cumberland and exchanged it for staples, goods and other necessities of life. The making of one's own whiskey was common practice in those days. In fact, a bill of sale recorded in 1778 mentions that "Jonas Lorett sold his cows, sheep, horses and household goods, plus two 70-gallon copper stills, to WILLIAM for 60 pounds." Also in the records is the fact the WILLIAM paid taxes on Lot No. 3795 from 1804 through 1812. Religion played an important part in the lives of the members of the Jacobs and Trollinger families in George's Creek Hundred. They all attended the services of Methodist circuit-riding preacher William Shaw, who attended his flock of faithfuls throughout the George's Creek Valley area. Initially, there was no church building, so the services were held at the homes of various members. Reverend Shaw admonished them to obey the Ten Commandments and follow the teachings of Jesus. He sternly preached, with fire and brimstone, that the worst sins were debauchery, gambling and fighting. Sinners, he warned, would go to Hell. But those who believed in God would have everlasting life.

Reverend William Shaw officiated at the marriages of many of the Jacobs children, including that of William, Jr. to Sarah Chess in 1790; Sarah to Jonas Lorett in 1793; JACOB to MARY SPENCER in 1802; GABRIEL to MARGARET JACKSON in 1805; Mathias to Margaret Potter in 1809; and Catherine to John Miller in 1809; plus Susannah, the daughter of William, Jr., to Cavalier Poland in 1805.There were no schools in George's Creek Hundred when the Jacobs and Trollinger families arrived so none of their children were able to receive a formal education. Instead, they learned to read write and cipher at home under their parents' tutelege. It was not until 1810 that some of their grandchildren were able to attend a private school that Reverend William Shaw opened in his log Methodist Church. As the chilren of WILLIAM and ELIZABETH reached adulthood, they gradually married and left the family farm. Wiliam, Jr. and his wife, Sarah, moved northwestward to Green County, Pennsylvania. Henry and Eli went to Fayette County, Pennsylvania. By the time WILLIAM, Sr. died on his farm in George's Creek Hundred sometime before July 16, 1816, only his daughter, Elizabeth, remained at the homestead. In fact, after helping to care for her aging mother, she remained a spinster after ELIZABETH died on the farm in 1833.

Both WILLIAM, SR. and ELIZABETH were apparently buried on the family farm, as was a common custom of the day in the frontier areas. Some descendants claim that they were buried there under a giant oak tree. But no trace of their graves have ever been found. WILLIAM, SR. died intestate, without leaving a will. As a result, his son, Jacob, made application to the Orphans Court of Allegany County on July 16, 1816, to be appointed administrator of his father's estate. In response, the court named him administrator of his father's goods, chattles and personal property on August 13, 1816. The court also named James Theiner, Sr. and Robert Ross as appraisers of the estate. In April 1817, they set its value at $130.34. Among the items of interest from a monetary viewpoint were a stack of hay and one of rye valued at $9.50; wheat in the barn at $3.50; one mare at $12; two hand saws at $1.25; six Delf china plates at $1.25; four Delf china bowls at $0.75, one cupboard at $4.00; and one bed and bedding at $10.00. Rather than sell the family farm, the heirs of WILLIAM, SR. decided to retain joint title to it. They selected their brother, Matthias, to manage it and distribute the profits from it among them. At the time, each child of WILLIAM, SR. was entitled to one-ninth of Lot No. 3795. This was because no one knew where his son, Henry, was. It is said that prior to his father's death, Henry had a severe disagreement with him and as a result left for "parts unknown." At the time of the death of WILLIAM, SR., it was assume that Henry was also deceased and the estate was divided among the remaining nine children. Quite a few years later, William, Jr. and his wife, Sarah assigned their one-ninth share in Lot No. 3795 to Matthias on March 22, 1837. Then Eli sold his one-ninth share in the lot to Matthias for $28.00 on February 12, 1842. Next, GABRIEL and his wife, MARGARET, sold their one-ninth share for $25.00 on February 1, 1843. Matthias also purchased the one-ninth rights of Catherine Jacobs and her husband, John Miller, on May 13, 1843. Finally, he purchased the rights of the following children of Sarah Jacobs Lorett, who had deceased: Jonas, John, Samuel, William, Sarah, and John Candeffs, the husband of deceased Susan Lorett. When Matthias finally sold the family farm to William Shaw, Jr., the son of Reverend William Shaw, for $252.00 on December 29, 1847, the deed contained the following interesting clause: "It is understood by the said parties hereto that as there is some doubts about or whether a small piece of the above Lot No. 3795 is enclosed by some other enclosure, and if so the said Matthias Jacobs is not nor to be accountable to said William Shaw for any of the land of said lot that may be lost or taken off by the same being enclosed twenty years." This provision of the deed probably refers to a burial plot on the farm that had been set aside by WILLIAM, SR. and ELIZABETH. However, in the fall of 1810 coal was discovered in George's Creek Valley. Up to that time, George's Creek had flowed peacefully between Dan's and Savage mountains and eventually emptied in the Potomac River at Westernport. While the creek had moderate floods almost every year, the one in November 1810 ravished the lowlands along it and stripped away most of the productive top soil. In the process, it lay bare a vein of fine quality coal on the Barton property, which could be easily removed with a mattox. But with the tillable top soil gone, many of the families in the lowlands began to move away, including some of the children of WILLIAM, SR. and ELIZABETH. This discovery of good coal led to the opening of the Eckert Mines on the land of William, Jr. Soon, eastern capitalists became interested in the area and the Lonaconing Iron Works was built on the homestead of William, Jr. As a result, these mining operations led to the founding of the village of Lonaconing a few miles from the the Jacobs farm in 1837. This also led to the building of a railroad to carry the coal from the mines to Cumberland and other cities farther east. A few years later, coal was discovered up on the slopes of Dan's Mountain near the old Jacobs farm. As a result, William Shaw, Jr. sold Lot No. 3795 to the Phoenix Big Vein Coal Company for a handsome profit in 1854. It is now believed that subsequent strip coal mining operations there probably destroyed the little-marked graves of WILLIAM, SR. and ELIZABETH.

The children of WILLIAM JACOBS, SR. and ELIZABETH TROLLINGER soon spread to many other parts of the frontier of the expanding nation. They and their offspring added their own contributions to help make it a land of hope, opportunity and plenty for those who came after them from other shores to seek its freedom and to enjoy its blessings.

MY PEDIGREE:

WILLIAM JACOBS, SR. m ELIZABETH DROLLINGER (TROLLINGER) > GABRIEL JACOBS
m MARGARET JACKSON > AHIMAAZ JACOBS m EMILY TROLLINGER > JULIUS CICERO
JACOBS m HANNAH MIRIAM JOHNSON > JAMES MADISON HARRIS JACOBS m RUTH ANN
VANTILBURG > JAMES WILBUR JACOBS m BETTY JEAN STAMBAUGH.

REFERENCES:

1. Ronald V. Jackson; "New Jersey Tax Lists, 1772-1822, Vol. 4".

2. "Ratables, Maurice River Township, Cumberland County (New Jersey),
September 1773"; State of New Jersey, Public Record Office.

3. "Enlistees from New Jersey in the Revolutionary War"; page 61.

4. "Transcript of Taxables, East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County
(Pennsylvania), 1778-1782".

5. Pennsylvania Archives; Fifth Series; Vol. V1; page 183-185;
"Muster Rolls Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of
Cumberland (a); Harrisburg Publishing Company; Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania; 1906.

6. "Assessment Roll, Cumberland Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania, For Year 1784".

7. Cumberland County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society. See 26 February
1994 letter to James W. Jacobs.

8. J. Thomas Scharf; "History of Western Maryland, Vol II", Louis H.
Everts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1882.

9. William Jacobs' Patent to Lot No. 3795; 14 October 1803; K#S, page
30; Maryland State Archives.

10. Register of Wills, Orphans Court Proceedings, William Jacobs; Book A,
Page 184, 1816; Maryland State Archives.

11. William Jacobs; Inventory of Estate, 15 October 1816 and 24 April
1817; MSA CR 39, 629; Maryland State Archives.

12. Margaret D, Culper, Historian, Allegany County Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution; Letter to Mark Jacobs, Jr. July 17, 1982.

13. Cecil Montgomery; "William and Elizabeth (Trollinger) Jacobs";
unpublished manuscript; November 1968.

14. Mark Jacobs, Jr.; "Lineage of the Jacobs Family"; unpublished
manuscript; circa 1990.

15. Mark Jacobs, Jr.; " My G G G Grandfather"; unpublished manuscript;
circa 1990.

16. Mark Jacobs, Jr.; "The Ten Children of William Jacobs, Sr.";
unpublished manuscript; circa 1990.

17. Allegany County, Maryland, Deed Index To Deeds "J", pages 232-235.

18. Allegany County, Maryland, tax Records; Vol II, page 88.

James Wilbur Jacobs

elizabeth

trinketman590 — 2009-05-23 02:30:54Z

i need info on elizabeth drollinger born 1748 died 1833. she was married to a william jacobs from wales born 1743 died 1816 thank you

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

Gordon_D — 2008-04-06 15:39:37Z

It is a bit hard to correspond with not address to reply to. I am interested in Drollinger lines. My email is gdrollinger@aol.com and would like some more data. will exchange.
Gordon

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

nuge1_1 — 2008-04-05 02:22:43Z

Hi, newfound cousin...I have a book on the Drollinger-Kirby connection that goes waaaaay back to approximately 1780, if you are interested in anymore info. JSM please email.

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

booedavis — 2008-04-05 00:35:03Z

We are distant relatives. If I've figured this right your great great grandfather Milton Keeling is also my great great grandfather. I descend from his second marriage. I would be very interested in sharing information.

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

nuge1_1 — 2008-04-04 14:03:33Z

Hi. I just ran across this site and saw your question. Francis Drollinger Kirby was my grandmother. She married George Washington Kirby. Mabel, Maude and Nina were her sisters. She moved to Howell, Michigan and is bursied in the Sanford Cemetery. Maude, Nina Goldie, Jasper and Mabel lived in Gas City, Indiana. If you need any more info, please feel free to correspond and I will try to help.

Drollinger, David F. (OBIT PA 11-19-2007)

obituary33b — 2008-01-08 22:23:32Z

source: The Hanover, PA - Evening Sun 11-19-2007
Deceased: Drollinger, David F. (OBIT PA 11-19-2007)
son of George W. and Bessie E. Hanson Drollinger
Age of Deceased: 66
Death date: 11-17-2007
Last Address: Orrtanna, PA
Date of Birth: 4-24-1941
Place of Birth: Danville, IL

No relation to the deceased
For a FREE copy of full obit send email to: Bob
obituary@crosskeysvillage.net

Re: To: Carol inquiring about Laural Guy Drollinger

mmkrockaway — 2007-08-05 01:10:07Z

Seeking information on Bert Drollinger and Mary Walton. Mary is the sister of my grandfather Michael Syman Kenney (Walton). Mary was actually Mary Kenny, daughter of Martin Kenny and Patience Elizabeth Carnes. Martin took a lifelong alias of John C. Walton when he enlisted in the Civil War underage. If anyone on this thread is interested, I'd like to correspond further. I have pictures of Eldon Barker, John Samuel Drollinger with my father Edward Kenney & his older brother Owen Kenney as children playing, and other details that might be nice to share.

Mark Kenney
mmkrockaway@msn.com

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

mrspruce — 2007-04-16 22:36:54Z

Hello Alzina,
Thanks for the reply. I was wanting to see if you had some more precise information on John and his father Adam. I was trying to verify if he was from Guilford, N.C.. If you have any dates of his birth, death and Polly's information also that would help me out a bunch. I think Adam's father was John. Also I have that John was married to Sarah Ann.

Thanks
Patrick

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

vemecum — 2007-04-16 17:04:46Z

Hi Patrick

John's Father was Adam Drollinger, his Mother was Polly Paugh.
John is buried in the Hendrix or Graham Creek cemetery in Fountain Co. Indiana.

Alzina

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

mrspruce — 2007-04-15 20:57:20Z

Dear Sir,
I've been trying to locate a John Drollinger , who was married to Sarah Ann Hendrix.He was born around 1818. If you have any iformation please reply. My email is mrspruce @msn.com.
Thank-You!
Patrick Drollinger

Re: Hannah E. Drollinger b. July 16, 1827 Fountain Co., IN

Gordon_D — 2007-02-15 08:17:07Z

Try http://www.familyorigins.com/users/b/o/o/Ron--Booe/FAMO1-000...
Gordon L. Drollinger

Hannah E. Drollinger b. July 16, 1827 Fountain Co., IN

booedavis — 2007-02-14 15:31:48Z

I am looking for any information on the ancestors or descendants of Hannah E. Drollinger/Trullinger. She was born July 16, 1827 in Fountain County, Indiana and died July 16, 1910. She was married to John C. Booe June 14, 1848 in Fountain County, Indiana. Her parents were Adam Drollinger and Hannah Isley. Hannah and John Booe had 6 children: Hannah Jane b. 1849, Levina b. abt 1851, Philip b. August 17 1853, Noah b. abt. 1856, Daniel V. b. 1858, Solomon Islie b. October 29, 1860.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Drollinger in kansas

cd0103 — 2006-08-03 17:57:38Z

I am looking for relatives of Ora Allen Drollinger. His parents were Allen Valentine and Ella Cullerson(?). He died very young and we know very little about his ancestors. He lived in Kansas, but I think they came from Indiana or Illinois.

Please ask Possible Drollingers in Kansas

cd0103 — 2006-08-03 17:57:38Z

I have lots more info now, but would love for you to ask your Father.
Thanks/

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

2006-07-03 10:26:21Z

I descend from Phillip and Hannah (Kidd) Drollinger through their son Abraham Kidd Drollinger, who used the Trullinger spelling sometimes. I visited Nauvoo to find Hannah's grave. I was given info years ago that she was buried in the "Cook Family Cemetery six miles south of Nauvoo , Hamilton area." Hannah's parents were Isaac & Lydia (Cook) Kidd. I drove there and could find no record of a cemetery of that name or her burial, in the library, and a search in the County courthouse and consulting with the genealogical society, came up empty. A few years earlier I located the graves of Abraham Kidd Trullinger and his wife Margaret (they were first cousins), in the Drakesville Cemetery, Davis Co. One grave stone was broken and one was missing. We arranged for a new granite marker.

Re: Drollingers in Music

2006-06-05 06:54:32Z

Well, I've always been a singer and I can play the guitar. I am starting to learn the fiddle with my 4 year old son although I have a long way to go. Some of my best memories are of my great grandfather playing me fiddle tunes and I've got some cousins who are already experts! My uncles's not bad either and my grandfather played a mean trumpet. My ten year old daughter is already a fine clarinet player and who knows what the future holds?

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

2006-04-12 05:33:30Z

Have you found any information on Hannah Kidd Drollinger? I am descended from her through her son, Henry Drollinger, b. <1796>.

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

2006-02-22 16:25:39Z

Adam III is on my line. Him and Hannah Isley had a son and I'm sure they had many children, but the one on my line is Tilgham Adam Howard Drollinger (all 1 name). He was born August 12, 1839 in Fountain, Indiana. He married Sarah E. Hershberger on July 26, 1860 in Fountain, Indiana. He died October 7, 1879. They had many children also, but the one on my line is Webster Isley Drollinger born August 2, 1862 in Fountain, Indiana. He married Caroline (carrie) Lynn Caldwell. He died May 7, 1930. Hes at the Bonebrake cemetary in Fountain, Indiana. They had 10 children. I have their names if you like. One on their children was Cade Drollinger, born July 5, 1885. He married Sadie Hutchins November 26, 1907 in Fountain, Indiana. He passed away on Febuary 10, 19? If you like anymore information on this line let me know.

Re: Drollinger Hardware in Cresco, Iowa and European origin

2005-02-17 23:14:36Z

Hi Gordon,

Good to hear from you again. I have a friend here in Cedar Falls whose ancestors were in South Tyrol. That Austrian region was given to Italy form helping Prussia defeat Austria in the German "civil war" of 1865-66. Suppose you may know of Andreas Hoffer, the Tyrolean who led the resistance against Napoleon when it was occupied by the French Empire.

Re: Drollingers in Music

2004-08-05 15:35:24Z

I have quit a musical family. My dad is in a band, they play aound the local scene mostly. My 16 yr old brother plays guitar, percussion, banjo, and he learning to play the mouth harp. My dad's brother sings, plays guitar & writes some of his own(he sometimes plays with my dad). I play piano & sing. I could go on & on, a lot of the Drollinger side of my family is very musical.

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

2004-08-05 15:27:48Z

I live in Fountain County, IN. Most of my family lives around here. If you need some information about the Drollinger's from this area, my grandfather knows quit a bit. I have found 19 small cemetaries close to me with Drollinger tombstones in them. Most of the places that I go looking are the small, old cemetaries that few people know about enless they live around here.

Re: Drollinger Hardware in Cresco, Iowa and European origin

2004-06-04 18:35:16Z

Drollinger Hardware in Cresco, Iowa and European origin

2004-06-04 17:34:37Z

When I was a boy, in the 1930s and 1940s, living near Cresco, Iowa, there was a Drollinger Hardware store there. Today, in the (Oxford) Dictionary of American Family Names, I read that the name "Drollinger" came from its origin in the "Tyrol" of Austria.
Alfons Helfrich, a distant relative of mine in Germany, once published a history of the town of Fehrbach, south of Kaiserslautern. It was depopulated by the 30-Years War, (1618-48), and repopulated by people from the Tyrol and from the area of Amiens, in the French Province of Picardy. I wonder if some or even all of the Drollingers in the US come from that Fehrbach community.
The above mentioned Dictionary is also helpful for some French ancestors of mine, namely the Raquet Family. It says that "Raquet" is probably a diminutive of "Raque," a word that, in Old Picard, means a "marsh," "slough" or "fen." My Raquet ancestors must have lived near a small wetland area near Amiens. However, it may not exist today, because many of these have been drained.

Drollinger's of Colorado

2004-02-16 16:40:39Z

I am seeking any information regarding the marriage of my mother, Jo Ann Drollinger (born 1933) to Donald Bogard, also of Denver. It is my understanding that there were 2 children from this marriage and I am interested in finding my half-siblings if they are out there.
My mother's parents were Bruce and Ruth (Goodsell) Drollinger.
Bruce was the son of Aaron and Irene (Thompason) Drollinger from Wabash Co, IN.
Any information pertaining to my mother, be it about her marriage to Don Bogard, or possible relations would be greatly appreciated.
Respond to MrsBrad61@Yahoo.com

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

2005-01-01 15:29:19Z

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/r/o/Gordon-L-Dr...

This is what I have on them.

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

2005-01-01 15:02:30Z

Here is a list of the main Drollinger's I'm interested in. Any informatioin would be greatly appreciated.

Drollinger/Trullinger, Hannah b. 16 Jul 1827 d. 16 Jul 1910 m. Booe, John C.
DROLLINGER, Adam III b. 18 Jul 1792 d. 27 Dec 1852 m. Isley, Hannah
DROLLINGER, Alonso Goldsmith b. 1868 d. 06 May 1912 m. Keeling, Sarah Liticia (Thersie)
DROLLINGER, Marguerite Kathenne b. 18 Dec 1907
DROLLINGER, Ruby b. 30 Sep 1903 d. 1937
DROLLINGER, William Jasper b. 04 Aug 1910 d. 06 May 1989 m. Parks, Josephine
HEWITT, Goldie Drollinger m. Hewitt, Oren
KIRBY, Frances Drollinger b. 27 Feb 1894 d. 14 Jul 1966 m. Kirby, George
KIRBY, Mabel Drollinger b. 18 May 1901 m. Kirby, Fred
KIRBY, Nina Drollinger b. 31 Jul 1892 d. 1957 m. Kirby, Lewis H.
MILLS, Maud Drollinger b. 18 Mar 1898 m. Mills, Ed

Drollinger Family in Montana

2004-09-24 23:30:58Z

After a query on Flathead County MTGenWeb regarding Drollinger, I thought it best to add information on the Drollinger message board. The following information comes from the Montana State Death Index 1907-2003 and indexes from Flathead County MTGenWeb.

Name: LURA O DROLLINGER Gender: F Age: 58 Death Date: 12-Jun-1912

Name: BENJAMINE C DROLLINGER Death Date: 14 -12 -1957 Age: 78 Death County: POWELL Residence: MONTANA , POWELL Marital Status: MARRIED OR SEPARATED [my note: C stands for Clyde]

Name: WESLEY B DROLLINGER Death Date: 13 -11 -1973 Age: 42 Death County: FLATHEAD Residence: MONTANA , FLATHEAD Marital Status: MARRIED OR SEPARATED

Name: WADE DROLLINGER Death Date: 22 -11 -1973 Age: 19 Death County: FLATHEAD Residence: MONTANA , FLATHEAD Marital Status: SINGLE--NEVER MARRIED

Name: BURL W DROLLINGER Death Date: 21 -04 -1981 Age: 78 Death County: FLATHEAD Residence: MONTANA , FLATHEAD Marital Status: MARRIED OR SEPARATED

Name: RAGNA J DROLLINGER Death Date: 05 -03 -1983 Age: 76 Death County: FLATHEAD Residence: MONTANA , FLATHEAD Marital Status: WIDOWED

Buried in C. E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery; Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana prior to 1981 (dates given are death dates)

Drollinger Benjamin C 14-Dec-57
Drollinger Bill C 17-Mar-44
Drollinger Burl P 25-Mar-41
Drollinger Clella 27-Apr-29
Drollinger L O 12-Jun-12
Drollinger Wade 22-Nov-73
Drollinger Wesley 13-Nov-73

For more assistance, please visit Flathead County MTGenWeb at:
http://www.digisys.net/users/gcollins/Mainpage.htm

Re: DROLLINGER, Alan V.

2003-08-06 20:03:31Z

Sarah Hendrix's rings a bell. I recall my mother mentioning the Hendrix name. I too am trying to link the Native American Heritage. There is a Roper linkage I am unable to find.

Re: DROLLINGER, Alan V.

2003-07-25 20:17:22Z

I am looking for information about Josephine Beatrice McBride; her mother was Mary Mcbride daughter of Julia Ann Drollinger.

Re: julia ann drollinger

2003-07-25 20:03:51Z

Yes, she was known as "little Margie". I've been unable to contact anyone via email, but have been watching the boards and have wanted to reply. I am told the indian in the family comes from the strickland/drollinger blood.

Re: Drollingers in Music

2003-04-11 17:31:57Z

For Incredible Honest Emotional Rock Listen to this:
"Enter the Race"
http://www.mp3.com/entertherace

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Re: Drollingers in Music

2003-03-22 00:42:48Z

i play the guitar, mostly into metal and blues my sister diane plays the harmonica alittle

Drollingers in Kansas

cd0103 — 2006-08-03 17:57:38Z

Gordon,
You sent your research to me a few months ago.
I cannot tell you how helpful it was. My boyfriend
knew nothing about the Drollingers because his grandfather died
when his father was 3.
Thanks for all the help.

Drollinger family in Bronx, N.Y., 1900s

slay — 2005-02-02 19:17:17Z

I am interested in hearing from anyone familiar with the Drollinger family in the Bronx circa 1900. The father, William Drollinger, appears to have died between 1920 and 1930. His wife was Margaret or Margaretha. They had at least one son, Edward John Drollinger, who appears in the 1930 census for the Bronx as John Drollinger. There are daughters Mary, Lillian and Wilma listed in the 1900 census.

Re: Drollinger Hardware in Cresco, Iowa and European origin

Gordon_D — 2005-02-16 20:26:34Z

The name is spelled with a D in the German church books back to 1600, Ellmendingen and Dietlingen Baden. The confusion arises from the use of the D and T as interchangable. Plus in the German script the capital D looks like a broken T laid over on its side. I have seen it spelled both ways on the same deed, D and T, in North Carolina. Interestingly some of that same line migrated to Ohio and then into Indiana reverting back to the D spelling. What adds to the confusion is the wine grape known as Trollinger.

Gordon L. Drollinger
247 Jacks Run Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15214

Re: Drollingers in Music

Gordon_D — 2003-03-21 22:15:46Z

My grandfather Charles was a piano tuner by occupation and played the violin. Email gdrollinger@aol.com Gordon L. Drollinger

Mary Drollinger

2004-01-18 04:40:00Z

Attempting to obtain any further information regarding my g g grandmother, Mary Drollinger, b. 10/26/1804 in North Carolina, d. 1880, Lawrence, Illinois. She was married to George Washington Clark, b. abt. 1807 in Ky., d. 3/5/1881, in Lawrence, Illinois. Any information is greatly appreciated.

Darlene English Stirm

drollinger

cherylescott57 — 2003-10-04 21:08:55Z

I am waiting for more info concerning Sophronia White. Have you found anything? I have difficulty maneurving around the web...by the time I have found a message board my library time expires. My internet @ work has been block due to virus'.

Drollinger/Jennie Raven connection

WKappe — 2003-10-14 14:35:51Z

Hi Connie.

Do you have Drollinger,s in your files who lived in the GrandRapids area Mi- don,t you.
Iam looking for G Drollinger--Jenie Raven family. They divorced I guess.
please contact me by email: lkappe@rdnet.nl

Drollinger/Raven connections Michigan

WKappe — 2003-10-14 14:35:51Z

Hi Micky,

thank you for your help I hope you are able to find a track of Jennie Achter and mr Drollinger.
willem and anneke kappe

Jennie Drollinger

WKappe — 2003-10-14 14:35:51Z

we are on the right track Micky.
please send an email message to me.

email: lkappe@rdnet.nl

Iam cery glad with this contact.

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

@@buss@zianet.com — 2003-08-21 01:30:45Z

Hi, I have an ancestor from Fountain county, IN. His name was Philipp Drolloinger born 14 May 1762 in Pennsneck, Salem Co., NJ died 15 June 1832 in Fountain Co., IN.

He married Hannah Kidd 19 May 1784 in Salem, Salem Co., NJ. She was born 20 August 1765 in Salem, Salem Co., NJ and died 4 November 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Co., IL.

After Philipp Drollinger died she married Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the LDS Church. We have been told she was buried at Pioneer Saints Cemetery, Navoo, Hancock, Co., IL.
We visited Navoo, IL but could find no documentation that she died there and is buried in the Pioneer Saints Cemetery.

Does anyone have any information about Hannah Kidd Drollinger Smith? We would appreciate any information.

Philipp and Hannah Drollinger's daughter, Elizabeth Drollinger married Andrew Round between 1804-and 1810. She died in Hardin Co., IA. Elizabeth Drollinger and Andrew Round/Rouwd/Rowen are my direct line ancestors.

Thanks

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

clarkfam11 — 2003-04-05 23:18:47Z

I was raised in LaPorte County, IN (northwest IN). There were Drollingers there as early as 1833 I believe. Could you tell me where your county is located and maybe we could see if both Drollinger families are directly related.

Re: Indiana Drollinger's

clarkfam11 — 2003-04-05 23:18:47Z

Thank you for your post John. I can tell you that Gabriel Drollinger came to LaPorte in the early 1830's as an original pioneer. I have seen his name in the 1840 census. It also showed his father Frederick Drollinger as still living. The important note for this is that Frederick was a Revolutionary War vet collecting a bounty. He served in New Jersey.

I have been at Sauktown Cemetery a number of times. I have taken pictures of some Drollinger tombstones (however the film has not been processed). I know a little of the land in the township that the Drollingers and Hostetlers owned. They owned most of Wills Township.

I am a Great-Great-Great-Great Grandson of Frederick Drollinger through his son Gabriel. I have seen a picture on the web of Frederick's tombstone. Please contact me at clarkfam1@attbi.com if you wish the link. It would be a pleasure to talk with you.

Drollinger/Trollinger

emilybearden1 — 2005-09-06 23:39:24Z

Jacob Heinrich Drollinger was born 8-3-1778 in Germany and died in Montgomery, VA August of 1798. He was married to a woman named Barbara. His father was Adam Drollinger, born 4-4-1708 in Germany and died 1776 in Haw River, NC. Adam was married to Margaretha Beck. Adam's father was Hans Michael Drollinger and his father was Wendelin Drollinger. Eventually, they changed their name to Trollinger. Does anyone have any information on any of these people or their families? email emilybearden@yahoo.com

Drollinger/Bonebrake family

BrendaBonebrake49 — 2004-08-11 17:58:04Z

Cheri,
I'm searching for information on the Drollinger family. My husband's connected to the daughter(Levina)of Henry and Catherine Drollinger.
Information I got from my husband's family, Levina: She was born on February 15, 1815 in Iowa. Died Oct 11, 1879 in Coos Bay, Oregon. Levina married Jacob Bonebrake on Nov. 14, 1833 in Fountain County, Indiana. Jacob was born May 12, 1812 in Preble County, Ohio. He died Dec. 16, 1892 in Coos Bay, Oregon.
I know Levina's parents were Henry Drollinger and Catherine (?). Her brothers were Henry, Daniel, and John H. Drollinger. Do you have any information on her? I have not been able to find anything on her family. Do you know if Levina is connected to Adadm Drollinger? Any information would be most welcomed. Please make connect with me. Thank you.

Brenda