Individuals from Chrisman Pedigree, page 18

James Snodgrass

m: Elizabeth Snodgrass (ABT 1763-7 JUL 1854)

Children:

Notes:

Currently, children come from IGI. More research necessary.

"History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois 'Centenial Record'" by John Carroll Power, Springfield, Ill., Edwin A. Wilson & Co., 1876, says:

SNODGRASS, JAMES. The place of his birth is not known, but he was married in Cocke county, Tenn., to Elizabeth Snodgrass. They had eleven children in Tennessee, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving about 1820, in what is now Cotton Hill township. Of their children -- (listed)

James was appointed Ensign on 8 July 1800 in Cocke County, Tennessee. [E-mail from Jim Snodgrass Nov 1995]

Hints on Origins: Jim Snodgrass says they don't seem to be connected to the Snodgrasses of Washington Co., Virginia, but may be connected to the Snodgrasses of Botetourt Co., Virginia.

Elizabeth Snodgrass

m: James Snodgrass (ABT 1759-11 FEB 1836)

Children:

Notes:

!Census 1850: Sangamon Co., Illinois Roll 126, p. 132, adjacent to Robert Snodgrass:
Elizabeth Snodgrass, 85, F, Farmer, $1000, Virginia, can't read & write
Elizabeth Rape, 49, Tennessee, can't read & write
Cortes Snodgrass, 15, M, $200, Illinois, attended school
Catherine Crull, 10, F, Illinois, attended school

Johann Peter Reeb

m: Anna Margaretha Guth (-10 JAN 1730)

Children:

Notes:

The leading researcher on the Reeb/Rape/Rappe family is John V. Reeb. He is credited with id entifying much of the family roots, and continues to research all Reeb families, both ancestry and descendants. He is the author of the excellent book:

"Reeb Roots: In Europe and America", compiled by John V. Reeb, edited by Nell Taylor Norvell, Gateway Press Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1994.

John V. Reeb can be contacted (and would like to be contacted by Reeb descendants and researchers) at:
John V. Reeb
email: jvreeb@pacbell.net

If you use data from this website that comes from that source, please credit him in your own research or on your own website.
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He was an inn keeper from Pistorff [Burgert p.401] !Spouse: "Eighteen Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America" by Annette Kunselman Burgert, Picton Press, Camden Maine, 1992.

!Baptism: [John V. Reeb & Nell Taylor Norvell, "Reeb Roots in Europe and America", 1995, p. 16, 23; Bockenheim Lutheran Church Records]. In 1707, the lutheran pastor, Gustavus Herrenschmidt, copied the old baptismal record into his own churchbook: "Johann Peter Reeb, my beloved Godfather, was born at Pisdorf to Niclaus Reeb and Catharina, his wife. On 12 March 1654, Godparents were Peter Pfar of Domfessel, Johannes the servant of Governor de Brouze (de Broussey) and Elisabeth, Hieronimus Burgundisch's daughter". [ibid, p.23]

On 22 Mar 1668, Peter Reeb, age 14 years, was confirmed in the church at Pisdorf. [Reeb & Norvell, p. 23; Blockheim Lutheran Churchbook]

On 19 Dec 1673, "young Peter reeb from Pisdorf" was a godparent at the baptism of Christoph, son of Theobald and Kunigund Heckel. [ibid p.23; Wolfskirchen Church Book]

On 14 Feb 1678, "Peter Reeb" and his sister "Anna, the wife of Lorentz Krieger", were named in Wolfskirchen as witnesses to bap. of Peter, infant son of Niclass and Appolonia Lentz. [Reeb & Norvell p.24]

On 12 Nov 1684, "Peter Reeb from Pisdorf" was godfather to Anna Margaretha, dau. of Anstett Guth, Mayor of Domfessel, and his wife Anna Catharina Fleischer [Reed & Norvell, p. 26]. The father was Peter's brother-in-law.

1685: Louis XIV voided the Edict of Nantes.

1685-1698: At least two daughters were born to Peter and Margretha (Guth) Reeb during this time period. Catholic priests came to Pisdorf and attempted to convert the townspeople to Catholicism during this period, and baptismal records for these daughters were not recorded. It is unlikely that Peter and Margretha attended. [Reeb & Norvell, p. 25]

1697: Protestant ministers allowed to return to the region.

On 4 May 1698, Peter Reeb, "Innkeeper", was a godparent for the baptism of Margaretha, dau. of Johann Jacob Quirin and Margaretha Schamber at Pisdorf. [Reeb & Norvell, p.27]

On 25 Feb 1699, godfather for Johann Heinrich, son of Pisdorf's pastor Gustavus Herrenschmidt, at Pisdorf. [ibid p.27]

On 17 Sep 1705, Peter Reeb was godparent to bap. of Anna Dorothea, dau. of Johann Nicolaus Eisenmann and Maria Magdalena Marx, Pisdorf [ibid. p.29]

!Marriage: Reeb & Norvell, p. 25: Johann Peter, younger son of Nickel Reeb to Anna Margaretha, a young daughter of Nickel Guth, Mayor at Rimsdorf, recorded in Lutheran churchbook at Wolfskirchen, 28 Jan 1679. On 7 Feb 1679, the marriage was entered into the churchbook at Bockenheim, which stated the marriage was performed by Rev. Johann August Hollar at Pisdorf.

!Death: Reeb & Novell, p.29, from Bockenheim Churchbook, 1708, translated as: "On 16 December 1708, Sunday evening at 6 o'clock, died in the Lord Jesus after suffering of a complicated illness for five days, the honorable and modest Johann Petri Reeb from Pisdorff, innkeeper and host, 54 years of age. May God show grace to this good and pious man."

Anna Margaretha Guth

m: Johann Peter Reeb (ABT 1647-16 DEC 1701)

Children:

Notes:

!Baptism: [Reeb & Norvell, p. 25]. Recorded in Lutheran Churchbook at Rimsdorf. Godparents : Thiebolt, son of Hans Klein, Anna Catharina, dau. of Nickel Jung, and Margaretha, daughter of Anstett Braun.

On 3 Jan 1718, Anna Margaretha Reeb, widow, was a godparent of Susanna Margaretha, dau. of Johann Jacob Quirin and Anna Maria Reeb, Pisdorf. [Reeb & Norvell, p. 29]

!Death: Reeb & Norvell, p. 29.

Johann Niclass Guth

m: Maria Mannel (-27 JAN 1674)

Children:

Notes:

He was Mayor of Rimsdorf [Reeb & Norvell, p. 25]
!Marriage-Father: Reeb & Norvell, pg. 25
!Death: Reeb & Norvell, p. 26, Bockenheim Lutheran Churchbook. (age 65, died of heart failure).

Maria Mannel

m: Johann Niclass Guth (ABT 1620-5 APR 1685)

Children:

Notes:

!Baptism-Parentage-Marriage: Reeb & Norvell, pg. 25.

!Death: Reeb & Norvell, p. 25, age 54, recorded Blockheim Lutheran Churchbook.

Anstett Guth

Children:

George Mannel

m: Anna Steyd

Children:

Anna Steyd

m: George Mannel

Children:

Johann Nicolaus Reeb

m: Catharina Wuerth (-22 FEB 1679)

Children:

Notes:

The leading researcher on the Reeb/Rape/Rappe family is John V. Reeb. He is credited with id entifying much of the family roots, and continues to research all Reeb families, both ancestry and descendants. He is the author of the excellent book:

"Reeb Roots: In Europe and America", compiled by John V. Reeb, edited by Nell Taylor Norvell, Gateway Press Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1994.

John V. Reeb can be contacted (and would like to be contacted by Reeb descendants and researchers) at:
John V. Reeb
email: jvreeb@pacbell.net

If you use data from this website that comes from that source, please credit him in your own research or on your own website.
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Excellent documentation on him appears in [John V. Reeb and Nell Taylor Norvell, "Reeb Roots in Europe and America, 1995, Chapter 1]. The following is taken from that source:

He was born at Keskastel in the Grafschaft (County) of Nassau-Saarwerden about 1620, although the exact dates of his birth and death are unknown. References to "Niclass Reeb" in churchbooks of Nassau-Saarwerden often state that he is otherwise known as "Nickel Stroh", leading some to conjecture that his mother's maiden name may have been Stroh. Both Dr. Gerhard Hein and Mrs. Trudy Schenk, two german born genealogists, have indicated the opinion that these records indicate he may have been born out of wedlock to Stroh woman, or at least for some other reason was connected to the Stroh family.

He lived during the 30 years war (1628-1648) in region where many of its battles were waged. A heavy rainfall caused crops to rot in 1642 causing mass famine in the year he was married, and in that same year, Croatian soldiers plundered the region further. His marriage record in the Lutheran Church at Bockenheim records "Niclass Reeb, son of Heinrich Reeb deceased at Castel (Keskastel)" and "Catharina, daughter of Hans Wuerth from Bistorf [Pisdorf]" [Reeb & Norvell, p. 13].

On 2 Feb 1643, the Lutheran Churchbook of Bockenheim named "Nickel Reeb from Kastel" (Keskastel) as godfather for the baptism of Maria Magdalena, dau. of Anstett and Margaretha Mueller from Harskirchen. [Reeb & Norvell p.13] (Harskirchen is 4 kilometers west and slightly south of present day Sarre-Union (old Bockenheim)).

On 2 Mar 1645, "Niclass Reeb" witnessed the baptism of Niclass Klein from Zollingen at the Bockenheim Lutheran Church. [ibid p.13].

On 13 Feb 1648, Nickel Reeb was named godfather at baptism of son of Niclass Durhurt and wife Eva at "Pisdorff", recorded at Bockenheim [Reeb & Norvell, p. 14]. Same day his wife, Catherina, witnessed baptism of Catharina, infant dau. of Lorentz Fischer and wife Gertrud.

On 2 Apr 1648, "Nickel Reeb of Castel" named godfather at bap. of Hans Nickel, son of Peter Theibolt of Domfessel. [ibid, p. 15]

On 24 Oct 1648, the treaty of Westphalia ended the 30 years war. Families began returning to the region. By 1649, Johann Nicolaus Reeb's family resided in Catharina's native village of Pisdorf.

On 23 Jan 1650, the Lutheran Churchbook of Bockenheim named Niclass Reeb as the godparent at the baptism of Hans Nickel, son of Martin Schneider. [ibid, p.15] On 17 Feb 1650, Niclass Reeb was a witness to bap. of Hans Nickel, son of Georg Fischer, in Pisdorf.

On 25 Aug 1672, Niclass Reeb was godparent to Hans Niclass, son of Hans Philipp and Claudina Francisca Riesser, baptised at Pisdorf. [ibid, p. 19]

On 4 Apr 1676, Nickel Reeb from Bischdorf (Pisdorf) was named as godparent to Hans Peter, infant son of Hans Heinrich and Kunigund Reeb, baptized in Bockenheim. (The father of this infant had been baptized 28 years earlier and witnessed by Nicolaus's wife Catharina). [ibid, p. 20]

On 22 Feb 1679, the widow of Johann Nicolaus Reeb died in Pisdorf. Therefore, we have his death between 4 Apr 1676 and 22 Feb 1679. [ibid, p.20]

!Children: Listed in [Reeb & Norvell, Ch. 1]

Catharina Wuerth

m: Johann Nicolaus Reeb (ABT 1620-BEF 22 FEB 1679)

Children:

Notes:

On 24 Oct 1647, Catharine, wife of Nickel Reeb, witnessed the baptism of young Hans Heinric h Reeb, a son of Heinrich Reeb of Bissert (a small town 5 km from Bockenheim). [Reeb & Norvell, p. 14]

On 13 Feb 1648, Catharina, wife of Nickel Reeb, witnessed at "Pistorff" (recorded in church book of Bockenheim) the baptism of Catharine, dau. of Lorentz Fischer and wife Gertrud.

On 12 Nov 1671, Catharina, wife of Nickel Reeb, was witness to the baptism of Elisabetha, dau. of Theobald and Kunigund Heckel at Wolfskirchen (a neighboring village of Pisdorf where the Lutheran Minister, Johann August Holler, preached).

27 Mar 1676, Catharina, wife of Niclauss Reeb otherwise called Stroh, was godparent to a dau. of Christoph and Catharina Bauer in Pisdorf.

!Death: 22 Feb 1679, widow of Johann Nicolaus Reeb [ibid, p.20; Bockenheim Lutheran Churchbook]

Heinrich Reeb

Children:

Notes:

The leading researcher on the Reeb/Rape/Rappe family is John V. Reeb. He is credited with id entifying much of the family roots, and continues to research all Reeb families, both ancestry and descendants. He is the author of the excellent book:

"Reeb Roots: In Europe and America", compiled by John V. Reeb, edited by Nell Taylor Norvell, Gateway Press Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1994.

John V. Reeb can be contacted (and would like to be contacted by Reeb descendants and researchers) at:
John V. Reeb
email: jvreeb@pacbell.net

If you use data from this website that comes from that source, please credit him in your own research or on your own website.
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Some Sources:
1. In May 1993, Nellie (Fisher) Karr sent me a 39 page descendancy listing for
Heinrich Reeb. In her letter, she named two heavily used sources: ["The
Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois"], and ["The Rape Family of
Illinois"], both found through the Mormon Church. She also cited ["The
Cemeteries of Cotton Hill Township"] and ["Marriage Records from Sangamon
County, Illinois"]. The software she used to make the descendancy listing
showed only a name, birth year and death year for each individual. It
appears that modifiers like "before" or "about" might have also been omitted
from the printout. I attempted to correspond with her further in 1993,
but didn't hear back from her. (I have since rented the History of Sangamon
County and included all info from there).
2. Most (if not all) of the original research on the Europe side has apparently
been done by John V. Reeb, 927-B Taraval Street, San Francisco, CA 94116
(415) 665-0488. He sent me a copy of his book, ["Reeb Roots: In Europe and
America", 1995] in March 1996. The data from that book has not yet been
entered into this database.
3. Further sources for individuals are indicated in the individual notes for
descendants.

Some early records in the 1500s pertaining to the name Reeb in the Alsace region are discussed in [Reed & Norvell, "Reeb Roots in Europe and America", Introduction]. The marriage record of Johann Nicolaus Reeb, dated 6 Dec 1642 in the church at Bockenheim (now Sarre-Union) names the groom as "Niclass Reeb, son of Heinrich Reeb deceased at Castel" (Keskastel) [ibid, p.13]. This might or might not be the same "Hans' Reeb's children, Lorentz, Georg, and Christmann", that appear in a 1620 tax list for towns of Lorentzen, Herbitzheim and saar-Bockenheim, along with a "Peter Reeb" [ibid, p.7]. It appears likely that a Heinrich Reeb of Kescastle was a brother to Niclaus Reeb (and thus a son of this Heinrich Reeb). This Heinrich Reeb and his wife Margaretha appear as a witnesses for children of Niclaus (and vise versa) several times.

Hans Wuerth

Children:

Johann Jost Stroh

m: Rosina Klein (-10 JUL 1719)

Children:

Notes:

Burgert p.399 says: "Anna Margretha Stroh, daughter of Herr Jost Stroh, now Landmeyer in th e Graffschafft Saarwerden." (I think Herr is probably a title or occupational title in German -- I'm not sure).

Rosina Klein

m: Johann Jost Stroh (27 MAR 1659-26 NOV 1739)

Children:

Peter Klein

m: Agnes [---]

Children:

Agnes

m: Peter Klein

Children:

Johann Theobald Stroh

m: Agnes Juncker (1615-15 SEP 1705)

Children:

Agnes Juncker

m: Johann Theobald Stroh (ABT 1612-13 FEB 1669)

Children:

Michael Stroh

Children:

Amanda Rape

m: James Preston Haines (ABT 1827/1830-14 FEB 1863)

Children:

m: William Thomas Williams (APR 1840-)

Children:

Notes:

Possible first marriage to Williams (son or husband named Martin L. Williams).

She remarried. Viola(Haines)(Wilson)Glover thinks the surname of second husband was WILLIAMS. This was confirmed by History of Sangamon Co., Illinois p. 594.

!Census (1870): Cottonhill Twp., Sangamon Co., IL, enum 3 Aug 1876, roll 281 p. 115B, household 52:
Haines, Amanda, 35, b. IL, keeps house, $1200/$200
--, Nancy, 15 IL
--, John W., 13 IL
--, Amelia 10 IL

Living (1876) Cotton Hill Twp., Sangamon Co., Ill.

!Census (1880): Cotton Hill Twp., Sangamon Co., IL, T9-0248 p.290B
Thomas Williams, age 40 b. KY, (no occupation listed), parents b. KY/KY
Amanda Williams, wife, 44 IL, keeping house, par b. NC/TN
Albert L. Williams, son, single, 16 IN, labor, KY/IL
Thodore L. Williams, son, single, 14 IN, works on farm, KY/IL
Martin L. Williams, son, 8 IL, par b. KY/IL
Maud Williams, dau., 2 IL, par b. KY/IL
Charles H. Williams, son, 1 IL, par b. KY/IL

!Marriage(2): Illinois State Marriage Index: Amanda Haines and William F. Williams", 14 June 1871, Sangamon Co., Vol. 4, p. 465.

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