Interested in history and geneology, I like deep research and investigation and fitting puzzles together.
Carpenter family were Reformers, aka 'non-conformists,' who came to the New World from England on the ship Beavis to escape religious persecution and landed at Weymouth, not too far from and not long after the Mayflower. They (William Carpenter 1631-1703) then helped found the town of Rehoboth, Mass. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehoboth_Carpenter_family)
Later Carpenters (Rev. Samuel & James Creighton) then found their way to Ohio and were early settlers in the Lorain County - Eaton/Elyria area.
My grandfather Carpenter married into the Schweinfurth family who hailed from Germany. The Schweinfurths of Sandusky, OH owned and operated Schweinfurth Brothers bakery and grocery store for many years.
http://sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Schweinfurth

On the maternal side, I have Wolffs and Clowsers (Clauser/Klauser), plus Griffiths, Stouts, Jacks, Kerrs, etc. The Wolffs came over from Germany as did the Clowsers.
The Wolffs (Wolfe) were early settlers in the Westmoreland, PA area. (Andrew Wolfe 1779-1857)
The Clowsers (Johann Heinrich Clauser 1721-1764) wound up settling Clowser Gap, VA, near Winchester. One male Clowser of the family, Henry II, survived an Indian massacre - "White's Fort" - in 1764 when he was 4, by hiding under the floor of a house, and was able to carry on the name. "The Clowser House" in Shawneeland, VA, still exists and is being restored as we speak. I believe this is George Washington Clowser's house.
http://clowser-foundation.org
http://frenchandindianwarfoundation.org/event/whites-fort-and-indian-attacks-near-it/
https://hackerscreek.com/norman/CLOWSER.htm
My line of Clowsers goes through George's brother, Andrew Jackson Clowser (1835-1903), who moved from Clowser Gap to Gilmer, WVa (then VA). Andrew's grandson, my great-grandfather, Albert Sidney Clowser, moved to the Smicksburg (Mahoning), PA area and farmed for many years, as did the Griffiths and Wolffs.
The Griffiths came from England and were early settlers in the Smicksburg, PA area. "Clowser Road," "Griffith Road" and "Wolff Road" are three roads in the area that still exist, and where the family farms were located right across from each other.

My grandfather Wolff and grandmother Clowser eventually moved to Elyria, OH for work, my mother and father then met at church, and the rest, they say, is my history.

I'd love to track down more about Andrew Jackson Clowser and his settlement in the Gilmer, WVa area.
Also would love more info about the Jacks of Braxton, WVa - Adam Lee Jack, Matilda Camden Jack, Lovie Dell Moyers Jack, etc.

Interested in history and geneology, I like deep research and investigation and fitting puzzles together.
Carpenter family were Reformers, aka 'non-conformists,' who came to the New World from England on the ship Beavis to escape religious persecution and landed at Weymouth, not too far from and not long after the Mayflower. They (William Carpenter 1631-1703) then helped found the town of Rehoboth, Mass. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehoboth_Carpenter_family)
Later Carpenters (Rev. Samuel & James Creighton) then found their way to Ohio and were early settlers in the Lorain County - Eaton/Elyria area.
My grandfather Carpenter married into the Schweinfurth family who hailed from Germany. The Schweinfurths of Sandusky, OH owned and operated Schweinfurth Brothers bakery and grocery store for many years.
http://sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Schweinfurth

On the maternal side, I have Wolffs and Clowsers (Clauser/Klauser), plus Griffiths, Stouts, Jacks, Kerrs, etc. The Wolffs came over from Germany as did the Clowsers.
The Wolffs (Wolfe) were early settlers in the Westmoreland, PA area. (Andrew Wolfe 1779-1857)
The Clowsers (Johann Heinrich Clauser 1721-1764) wound up settling Clowser Gap, VA, near Winchester. One male Clowser of the family, Henry II, survived an Indian massacre - "White's Fort" - in 1764 when he was 4, by hiding under the floor of a house, and was able to carry on the name. "The Clowser House" in Shawneeland, VA, still exists and is being restored as we speak. I believe this is George Washington Clowser's house.
http://clowser-foundation.org
http://frenchandindianwarfoundation.org/event/whites-fort-and-indian-attacks-near-it/
https://hackerscreek.com/norman/CLOWSER.htm
My line of Clowsers goes through George's brother, Andrew Jackson Clowser (1835-1903), who moved from Clowser Gap to Gilmer, WVa (then VA). Andrew's grandson, my great-grandfather, Albert Sidney Clowser, moved to the Smicksburg (Mahoning), PA area and farmed for many years, as did the Griffiths and Wolffs.
The Griffiths came from England and were early settlers in the Smicksburg, PA area. "Clowser Road," "Griffith Road" and "Wolff Road" are three roads in the area that still exist, and where the family farms were located right across from each other.

My grandfather Wolff and grandmother Clowser eventually moved to Elyria, OH for work, my mother and father then met at church, and the rest, they say, is my history.

I'd love to track down more about Andrew Jackson Clowser and his settlement in the Gilmer, WVa area.
Also would love more info about the Jacks of Braxton, WVa - Adam Lee Jack, Matilda Camden Jack, Lovie Dell Moyers Jack, etc.