A Family Pedigree on some Blossers, Carpenters, Codwells, Knightlys, and Slonakers

About the Book

Compiled in the family pedigrees presented in the book is information that covers a period of time exceeding 1,165 years and ancestors who lived in countries like the American Colony, Belgium, England, France, Germany, and Switzerland. Some of those long ago descendant´s kin migrated to Looneyville, Roane County West Virginia the birthplace of the author. In additioin to the normal string of names in so many geneaology books, there are plenty of foot notes that help explain the listings. For example one such note: "As a French Knight William deMelun, aka William le´ Carpenter, aka Carpenter was at the siege of Antoich, Syria in 1098. During the siege, Knight William deMelun was apparently named Carpenter by his fellow warriors because of his might with the wide blade battleax. In thos long ago days the public was supposed to associate great strenth with the men in the carpenter trade. A sample listing of name(s) data; NICHOLAS (7)BLOSSER, MATHIAS (8) BLOSSER, MATHIAS (9) BLOSSER, MATHIAS (10) BLOSSER B Christined May 13, 1664, Trub, Langau, Bern, Sitzerland M Barbli Steiner, about 1690, Ritgebbacg, Bern, Switzerland, born 1690 D Pennsylvania C Children of Nicholas and Barbli (Stiner) Blosser: Cathrina Blosser, born 1697, Rothenback, Bern, Switzerland. Barbara Blosser, born 1699, Langnau, Bern, Switzerland. Christian Blosser, born before 1700, Bern, Switzerland, married: Anna Gertrude, died 1749, Maystown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Abraham Blosser, born about 1700, Rothbeck, Bern, Switzerland 1st (this compiler unable to find the name of his wife), 2nd Anna Eby, born between 1700 and 1703, Bern, Switzerland, daughter of Theodorus (Durs) Eby, died after Feburary 3, 1759. FT As far as the official records go, it appears that Nichloas (7) Blosser lived at Roothenback, Bern, Switzerland in 1705 when he was deemed an Anabaptist at the forced baptism of his two childlren, Abraham and Catherina. An anabapist is a member of a sect that denided the validity of infant baptism and practiced baptism of adults and the custom originated in Switzerland in 1522. March 17, 1710 found Nicholas living at Laupersul, Switzerlland when he was exiled to Pennsylvania. The exact location where Nicholas lived in Pennsylvania has yet to be determined. Most logical thinkers would probably claim this to be Lancaster County, Pennsylvania because of the connections with the Elby and Blosser families in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

About the Author

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Jake Miller holds a masters degree from Marshall University.  He is retired from the U. S. Navy, and also retired from the West Virginia State Board of Education.  Miller is a native of West Virginia and spent his childhood and early teen years in a rural Appalachian Mountain environment during the great depression of the 1920s and 1930s.  Miller was serving aboard a U. S. Navy ship in the Pacific war zone when he was still seventeen years of age.  He has traveled extensively, both as a military man and as a civilian, concentrating on the folklore and popular etymology of other cultures.  His travels have been in Africa, Canada, Europe, Greenland, Iceland, the Far East, Latin America, Mexico, the Middle East, and the United States.