Reset my family tree
Due to a number of errors, I made my old family tree private and started a new one to share on Ancestry.com. I am being more methodical in my approach, using a vertical tree and going top-to-bottom on the current generation that I am working. I am typically not researching any siblings which show up, but I am not adding any from another tree unless they also appear in other records. I may eventually do that research as well, but for now I am concentrating on direct ancestors: parents, grandparents, great- grandparents, etc. I thought I would share a quick snapshot of where I am:
Tags: genealogy
Mathias paternal line
As promised, here is the paternal line from my mother's side:
- Ludwid (Louis) Metz (1476-????) France
- Georges Metz (1505-1570) France
- Johannes Wolfgang Mattias Metz (1550-1584 France
- George Metz Matthias (1575-1627) France
- William Claus Metz Mathias (1616-1685) France
- Abraham Claus Matheiss (1650-1701) France
- Johann Jacob Adam Mathias (1675-1774) France
- Johan Jacob Matthias (1704-1782) France - died in Slate Ridge, Frederick Co, MD, USA
- Johan Jacob Mathias III (1741-1842) Somerset, PA, USA - died in Hocking Co, OH, USA
- Peter Mathias (1785-1879) Penn Township, Berks Co, PA, USA - died in Good Hope Township, Hocking Co, OH, USA
- William Levi Mathias (1827-1877) Somerset, Perry Co, OH, USA - died in Payne, Paulding Co, OH, USA
- James Summers Mathias (1853-1918) Hocking Co, OH, USA - died in Fairfield Co, OH, USA
- John Riley Mathias (1879-1938) Hocking Co, OH, USA - died in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH, USA
- Herman Clinton Mathias (1921-1969) Vinton Co, OH, USA - died in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH, USA
- Sandra Kay Mathias (1949-2022) Sugar Grove, Fairfiled Co, OH, USA - died in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH, USA
And there we have the 15 generations prior to me from the Mathias side.
Tags: mathias, genealogy, paternal
Barnhart paternal line
I have been doing some genealogy research, and I've managed to trace both parent's paternal lines back pretty far. I am documenting the Barnhart line here:
UPDATE: I made a rookie mistake and copied a name from another tree without verification. Turns out I am unable to verify Georg's father, and many records were lost during the Thirty Years' War, so I am unlikey to be able to break through that brick wall.
- Georg Johann Bernhart (1642-1686) Germany
- Joann Mathesis Barnhart (1679-1733) Germany
- Johannes Mathias Bernhardt (1729-1794) Germany - died in East Buffalo, Union Co, PA, USA
- Mathias Barnhart (1770-1842) Union Co, PA, USA
- George Barnhart (1798-1844) Union Co, PA, USA - died in Green Township, Ross Co, OH, USA
- William Henry (William "The Younger") Barnhart (1825-1891) Green Township, Ross Co, OH, USA
- Franklin Barnhart (1863-1944) Ross Co, OH, USA - died in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH, USA
- Hugh Franklin Barnhart (1900-1982) Colerain Township, Ross Co, OH, USA - died in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH, USA
- Robert Delno Barnhart (1939-2025) Columbus, Franklin Co, OH, USA - died in Danielson, Windham Co, CT, USA
There you have it. The 14 generations of Barnharts before me. I will document the Mathias line in a separate post. Then I will likely begin working on the maternal lines of both parents.
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