Glenna (Faidley) Armentrout's Maternal Line
Progenitor: Martha Josephine Kessler
Summary: 127 of our ancestors came from the Kessler line, making their way to the Americas on 66 different voyages. Most came from England (55%) with the rest coming from Germany (22%), Ireland (19%), Switzerland (6%), and Wales (1%). The newcomers settled throughout the colonies with 34% choosing Pennsylvania, 28% Virginia, 23% Massachusetts, 6% New York, 4% Maryland, 2% each New Hampshire and Maine, and 1% Connecticut. One ancestor in the Kessler line settled in Tennessee.
Date Family Members Origination Destination
1608-09 Richard Pace and Saint Dunstan, Jamestown, Virginia
wife, Isabella Smythe Stepney, London,
England
1618 Rev Samuel Maycock and Yelvertoft, Jamestown, Virgina
wife, Mary (Pierce) Northamptonshire,
Cambridge, England
1608-20 Alexander Montgomery and Ballyleck, Oyster Bay, Nassau,
wife, Elizabeth (Coles) Monaghan, Ireland New York
1610-20 Thomas Doyne and wife, Carrickfergus, Ireland Maryland
(name not known)
1618-20 Thomas Broadnax & wife, Kent, England Henrico, Virginia
Elizabeth(Taylor)
1620-39 Francis King and and wife Chester, Cheshire, Stafford, Stafford,
Dorothy (Aston) England Virginia
1621 Francis Gabriel Holland St Martin in the Fields, Jamestown, Virginia
London, England via Berkley, Virginia
Sailed aboard the ship Supply
1621 Edmund Scarborough, wife Norfolk, England Accomack, Virginia
wife, Hannah(Butler)
son Edmund, along with
Hannah’s father, Robert, and
mother, Elizabeth (Chambers)
1622 John Sloman, wife London, Middlesex, Charles City, Virginia
Katherine(Epes) and England
daughter Mary Frances
1623 Edward Hilton Northwich, Cheshire, Exeter, Rockingham,
England New Hampshire
1626-29 John Townsend Raynham Hall, Long Island City,
Norfolk, England Queens, New York
Aft 1629 Andrew Sargent and Bristol, Gloucestershire, Gloucester, Essex County,
wife, Mary (Wathen) England Massachusetts
1631 John Perkins, wife Newent, Ipswich, Essex,
Judith (Gater) and Gloucestershire, Massachusetts
daughter Mary England
1631 John Elliot and wife Widford, Hertfordshire, Roxbury, Suffolk,
Hannah (Mumford) England Massachusetts
1631-32 Samuel Ironmonger and Donnington, York, Gloucester,
wife, Bridget (Cordray) Berkshire, England Virginia
1633 John Coggin and wife, Tiverton, Devon, Boston, Suffolk,
Ruth (Jourdaine) England Massachusetts
1634 Thomas Bradbury Wicken Bonhunt, Arrived in Maine and
Essex, England settled in Salisbury,
Essex, Massachusetts
1634 Henry Short Totnes, Devon, Ipswich,
England Massachusetts
1635 Capt. Thomas Powell Milden, Suffolk, St Christopher,
England a Carribean island, tnen
in New Haven,
Connecticut
1635 Sir Edward Bennett, and wife Sedgley, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Alice (Egington), Swansea, Bristol,
son Samuel and his wife, Staffordshire, England
Anna (Everdin)
1635 Anthony Stanyan London, Hampton,
London, England Rockingham,
New Hampshire
Bef 1636 Henry Haggett and Suffolk, England Ipswich, Essex,
wife, Ann Massachusetts
1636 Edmund Clark and wife, Gloucester, Gloucester, Essex
Agness (Tybott) Gloucestershire, Massachusetts
England
1638 Jose Glover, wife Sutton, Surrey, Newburry, Essex,
Elizabeth (Harris) and England Massachusetts
daughter Sarah
1638 Matthew Whipple, wife Bocking, Essex, Ipswich, Essex,
Anne (Hakins) and England Massachusetts
son John
1618-42 Joyce Bland London, England Charles City, Virginia
1639 Francis Poythress London, Charles City,
Middlesex, England Charles, Virginia,
1640 Edwin Conway and wife, Worcestershire, Bewdley, Lancaster,
Martha (Eltonhead) England Virginia
1642 Walter Tybott and Wales Gloucester,Essex,
wife, Mary Massachusetts
1623-42 Alexander Shapleigh and Devon, England Maine
daughter, Catherine
1620-50 Thomas Pasmere Carpenter Plymouth, Cherokee,
Devon, England Washington County,
Tennessee
1631-50 George Major Hulsey Manor, New Kent,
Hampshire, England New Kent, Virginia
1647 John Hardy Bedfordshire, Isle of Wight,
England Isle of Wight, Virginia,
1629-49 Richard Willets and wife West, Wiltshire, Hempstead,
Mary (Washburn) England Long Island, New York
1650 William Hurt Bristol, Staffordshire, King William,
England Virginia
1652 John Scribner Wem, Shropshire, Dover, Strafford,
England New Hampshire
1654 Philip Welch Northern, Ireland Ipswich, Essex,
Massachusetts
1657 John Ashley and wife Gloucestershire, Rappahannock,
Lady Jane (Cooper) England Lancaster, Virginia
1665 John Faulkner and wife, London, England Prince George
Elizabeth (Filmer) Maryland
1667 John Moore Belfast, Antrim, St. Pauls,
Ireland Kent, Maryland
1667 Garrett Sipple Dublin, Accomack, Virginia
Leinster, Ireland
Sailed aboard the prison ship Dove
1674 Phillip Nathaniel Pendleton Norwich, King Queen, Virginia
Norfolk, England
1675-76 William Stanard England Spotsylvania, Virginia
1683 Paulus Kuster and wife Kaldendirchen, Germantown,
Gertrude Theisson (Doors) Rheinland, Germany Pennsylvania
Sailed aboard the ship Concord.
1669-93 Arnold Kuster and wife, Kaldendirchen, Pennsylvania
Rebecca (Nuzam) Rheinland, Germany
1683 Pieter Keurlis, wife Waldniel, Germantown, Berks,
Elizabeth (Doors) and Rheinland-Pfalz, Pennsylvania
daughter Martha Germany
1685 Peter Cleaver and wife Frankfurt am Main, Germantown,
Gertrude (Schumacher) Hessen, Germany Pennsylvania
Sailed aboard the ship Francis and Dorothy.
@1686 John Henry Sprogell Wolfskrug, Berks,
Rendsburg-Eckernforde, Pennsylvania
Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany
1686 Louis Tacquett, wife England Cedar Run,
Mary (Spiller) with Mary’s Prince William,
mother Rachel Tacquett Virginia
1683-99 John Potts, wife Llangirrig, Germantown,
Elizabeth (McVeigh) Montgomeryshire, Pennsylvania
and son Thomas Wales
1698 John Hugh, wife Ofparish Yspytty, Exeter, Berks,
Martha (Caimot) Evan, Denbighshire, Pennsylvania,
and son Ellis Wales
Sailed aboard the ship Robert and Elizabeth (Martha died at sea)
1698 Edward Foulke, wife Eleanor Denbighshire, Wales Gwynedd,
and daughter Jane Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania
Sailed aboard the ship Robert and Elizabeth
1700 Rev. Bartholomew Yates Donnigton Parish, Christ Church Parish,
Shropshire, England Middlesex, Virginia
1702 John Waller Newport Pagnell, Newport,
Buckinghamshire, Spotsylvania, Virginia
England
1708 Pastor Hoppe Halbestadt, Germantown,
Sachsische Schweiz, Philadelphia,
Sachsen, Germany Pennsylvania
1709 Ludwig Christophel Franciscus Grafschaft, Lampeter, Lancaster,
with his wife Anna Rohrbach, Germany Pennsylvania
Margaretha (Schwab)
1709 Jost “Yost” Schwab and wife, Heidelberg, Leacock,
Anna Katharina (Wolfhardt) and Baden-Wurttenberg, Lancaster County,
daughter, Anna Margaretha Germany Pennsylvania
1710 John L. Young and wife, Ballygowan, Antrim, New York
Annie (Houston) Ulster, Ireland
1729 Jacob Boehme, wife Palatinate, Philadelphia,
Barbara (Kendig), with Rheinland-Pfalz, Pennsylvania
son Jacob Germany
1731 Johann Jacob Michel and wife Haddenhausen, York, York,
Anna Margaretha (Scherer ) Minden-Lubbecke, Pennsylvania
Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany
Sailed aboard the snow Lother.
1732 Matthias Jung , wife Anna Evangelisch, Hueffelsheim, Lancaster,
Margaret (Fey/Feyin) and Rheinland-Pfalz, Lancaster,
his father, Johannes Germany Pennsylvania
Sailed aboard the ship Loyal Judith.
1730-45 Margaret Cook and Scotland Pennsylvania
father John Cook
1740 Heinrich Jaeger, wife HunterArisdorf, Philadelphia,
Ursula (Wurtz), and Basel Land, Pennsylvania
son John Switzerland
Sailed aboard the ship Freedom.
1741 Hans Abraham Kessler and wife Heidelberg, Wiccacoa,
Maria Magdalena (Kohlman) Baden-Württemberg, Pennsylvania
Germany
Sailed aboard the ship Lydia.
1738-65 Anna Catherine Freyvogler Dietingen, Germany Reading,
Pennsylvania
1751 Johannes Leonhardt Kessler Switzerland Philadelphia,
wife, Cacilia and Pennsylvania
son Ulrich
Sailed aboard the ship Sandwich.
1804-21 Matthew Geary County Down, Ireland Osbornes Mills,
Roane,
West Virginia
1608-09 Richard Pace and Saint Dunstan, Jamestown, Virginia
wife, Isabella Smythe Stepney, London,
England
1618 Rev Samuel Maycock and Yelvertoft, Jamestown, Virgina
wife, Mary (Pierce) Northamptonshire,
Cambridge, England
1608-20 Alexander Montgomery and Ballyleck, Oyster Bay, Nassau,
wife, Elizabeth (Coles) Monaghan, Ireland New York
1610-20 Thomas Doyne and wife, Carrickfergus, Ireland Maryland
(name not known)
1618-20 Thomas Broadnax & wife, Kent, England Henrico, Virginia
Elizabeth(Taylor)
1620-39 Francis King and and wife Chester, Cheshire, Stafford, Stafford,
Dorothy (Aston) England Virginia
1621 Francis Gabriel Holland St Martin in the Fields, Jamestown, Virginia
London, England via Berkley, Virginia
Sailed aboard the ship Supply
1621 Edmund Scarborough, wife Norfolk, England Accomack, Virginia
wife, Hannah(Butler)
son Edmund, along with
Hannah’s father, Robert, and
mother, Elizabeth (Chambers)
1622 John Sloman, wife London, Middlesex, Charles City, Virginia
Katherine(Epes) and England
daughter Mary Frances
1623 Edward Hilton Northwich, Cheshire, Exeter, Rockingham,
England New Hampshire
1626-29 John Townsend Raynham Hall, Long Island City,
Norfolk, England Queens, New York
Aft 1629 Andrew Sargent and Bristol, Gloucestershire, Gloucester, Essex County,
wife, Mary (Wathen) England Massachusetts
1631 John Perkins, wife Newent, Ipswich, Essex,
Judith (Gater) and Gloucestershire, Massachusetts
daughter Mary England
1631 John Elliot and wife Widford, Hertfordshire, Roxbury, Suffolk,
Hannah (Mumford) England Massachusetts
1631-32 Samuel Ironmonger and Donnington, York, Gloucester,
wife, Bridget (Cordray) Berkshire, England Virginia
1633 John Coggin and wife, Tiverton, Devon, Boston, Suffolk,
Ruth (Jourdaine) England Massachusetts
1634 Thomas Bradbury Wicken Bonhunt, Arrived in Maine and
Essex, England settled in Salisbury,
Essex, Massachusetts
1634 Henry Short Totnes, Devon, Ipswich,
England Massachusetts
1635 Capt. Thomas Powell Milden, Suffolk, St Christopher,
England a Carribean island, tnen
in New Haven,
Connecticut
1635 Sir Edward Bennett, and wife Sedgley, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Alice (Egington), Swansea, Bristol,
son Samuel and his wife, Staffordshire, England
Anna (Everdin)
1635 Anthony Stanyan London, Hampton,
London, England Rockingham,
New Hampshire
Bef 1636 Henry Haggett and Suffolk, England Ipswich, Essex,
wife, Ann Massachusetts
1636 Edmund Clark and wife, Gloucester, Gloucester, Essex
Agness (Tybott) Gloucestershire, Massachusetts
England
1638 Jose Glover, wife Sutton, Surrey, Newburry, Essex,
Elizabeth (Harris) and England Massachusetts
daughter Sarah
1638 Matthew Whipple, wife Bocking, Essex, Ipswich, Essex,
Anne (Hakins) and England Massachusetts
son John
1618-42 Joyce Bland London, England Charles City, Virginia
1639 Francis Poythress London, Charles City,
Middlesex, England Charles, Virginia,
1640 Edwin Conway and wife, Worcestershire, Bewdley, Lancaster,
Martha (Eltonhead) England Virginia
1642 Walter Tybott and Wales Gloucester,Essex,
wife, Mary Massachusetts
1623-42 Alexander Shapleigh and Devon, England Maine
daughter, Catherine
1620-50 Thomas Pasmere Carpenter Plymouth, Cherokee,
Devon, England Washington County,
Tennessee
1631-50 George Major Hulsey Manor, New Kent,
Hampshire, England New Kent, Virginia
1647 John Hardy Bedfordshire, Isle of Wight,
England Isle of Wight, Virginia,
1629-49 Richard Willets and wife West, Wiltshire, Hempstead,
Mary (Washburn) England Long Island, New York
1650 William Hurt Bristol, Staffordshire, King William,
England Virginia
1652 John Scribner Wem, Shropshire, Dover, Strafford,
England New Hampshire
1654 Philip Welch Northern, Ireland Ipswich, Essex,
Massachusetts
1657 John Ashley and wife Gloucestershire, Rappahannock,
Lady Jane (Cooper) England Lancaster, Virginia
1665 John Faulkner and wife, London, England Prince George
Elizabeth (Filmer) Maryland
1667 John Moore Belfast, Antrim, St. Pauls,
Ireland Kent, Maryland
1667 Garrett Sipple Dublin, Accomack, Virginia
Leinster, Ireland
Sailed aboard the prison ship Dove
1674 Phillip Nathaniel Pendleton Norwich, King Queen, Virginia
Norfolk, England
1675-76 William Stanard England Spotsylvania, Virginia
1683 Paulus Kuster and wife Kaldendirchen, Germantown,
Gertrude Theisson (Doors) Rheinland, Germany Pennsylvania
Sailed aboard the ship Concord.
1669-93 Arnold Kuster and wife, Kaldendirchen, Pennsylvania
Rebecca (Nuzam) Rheinland, Germany
1683 Pieter Keurlis, wife Waldniel, Germantown, Berks,
Elizabeth (Doors) and Rheinland-Pfalz, Pennsylvania
daughter Martha Germany
1685 Peter Cleaver and wife Frankfurt am Main, Germantown,
Gertrude (Schumacher) Hessen, Germany Pennsylvania
Sailed aboard the ship Francis and Dorothy.
@1686 John Henry Sprogell Wolfskrug, Berks,
Rendsburg-Eckernforde, Pennsylvania
Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany
1686 Louis Tacquett, wife England Cedar Run,
Mary (Spiller) with Mary’s Prince William,
mother Rachel Tacquett Virginia
1683-99 John Potts, wife Llangirrig, Germantown,
Elizabeth (McVeigh) Montgomeryshire, Pennsylvania
and son Thomas Wales
1698 John Hugh, wife Ofparish Yspytty, Exeter, Berks,
Martha (Caimot) Evan, Denbighshire, Pennsylvania,
and son Ellis Wales
Sailed aboard the ship Robert and Elizabeth (Martha died at sea)
1698 Edward Foulke, wife Eleanor Denbighshire, Wales Gwynedd,
and daughter Jane Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania
Sailed aboard the ship Robert and Elizabeth
1700 Rev. Bartholomew Yates Donnigton Parish, Christ Church Parish,
Shropshire, England Middlesex, Virginia
1702 John Waller Newport Pagnell, Newport,
Buckinghamshire, Spotsylvania, Virginia
England
1708 Pastor Hoppe Halbestadt, Germantown,
Sachsische Schweiz, Philadelphia,
Sachsen, Germany Pennsylvania
1709 Ludwig Christophel Franciscus Grafschaft, Lampeter, Lancaster,
with his wife Anna Rohrbach, Germany Pennsylvania
Margaretha (Schwab)
1709 Jost “Yost” Schwab and wife, Heidelberg, Leacock,
Anna Katharina (Wolfhardt) and Baden-Wurttenberg, Lancaster County,
daughter, Anna Margaretha Germany Pennsylvania
1710 John L. Young and wife, Ballygowan, Antrim, New York
Annie (Houston) Ulster, Ireland
1729 Jacob Boehme, wife Palatinate, Philadelphia,
Barbara (Kendig), with Rheinland-Pfalz, Pennsylvania
son Jacob Germany
1731 Johann Jacob Michel and wife Haddenhausen, York, York,
Anna Margaretha (Scherer ) Minden-Lubbecke, Pennsylvania
Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany
Sailed aboard the snow Lother.
1732 Matthias Jung , wife Anna Evangelisch, Hueffelsheim, Lancaster,
Margaret (Fey/Feyin) and Rheinland-Pfalz, Lancaster,
his father, Johannes Germany Pennsylvania
Sailed aboard the ship Loyal Judith.
1730-45 Margaret Cook and Scotland Pennsylvania
father John Cook
1740 Heinrich Jaeger, wife HunterArisdorf, Philadelphia,
Ursula (Wurtz), and Basel Land, Pennsylvania
son John Switzerland
Sailed aboard the ship Freedom.
1741 Hans Abraham Kessler and wife Heidelberg, Wiccacoa,
Maria Magdalena (Kohlman) Baden-Württemberg, Pennsylvania
Germany
Sailed aboard the ship Lydia.
1738-65 Anna Catherine Freyvogler Dietingen, Germany Reading,
Pennsylvania
1751 Johannes Leonhardt Kessler Switzerland Philadelphia,
wife, Cacilia and Pennsylvania
son Ulrich
Sailed aboard the ship Sandwich.
1804-21 Matthew Geary County Down, Ireland Osbornes Mills,
Roane,
West Virginia