The family of Theobald Crisler and Rosina Gaar was left in doubt in the last note. Consulting the will of Thebald Christler, which was written 20 Feb 1776, we find that he names a wife Rosanna, and sons Henry, George, Adam, Michael, Leonard, and David. He did not name Andrew, perhaps because of an earlier death. He named daughters Catherine Christler, Dorothy Broyles, Mary Carpenter, Elizabeth Wilhoit, and Margaret Clore. The will was witnessed by Michael Souther, Jacob Souther, and Adam Garr. Adam was probably his brother-in-law. Whether the Southers were chosen for any reason other than their convenience is unknown.
So, the Garr Genealogy errs by omitting the daughter Dorothy. Andrew is in limbo. No claim of children for Andrew is made, either, by Garr or by mention in the will. Dorothy will be assigned number 23 in the numbering scheme here. There is some question about the husband of Margaret Clore, but that will be deferred for the present.
Going back to Andreas Gar and his wife Eva Seidelmann, their second son to survive was Lorenz, b. 29 Nov 1716. He married in Virginia, Dorothea Blankenbaker, the daughter of John Nicholas Blankenbühler and his wife Apollonia Kaifer. Four children of Lorenz (Lawrence) and Dorothy are given by Garr, but information beyond the name is given only for two of them. The four were
The births and baptisms of these third generation children are not recorded in the German Lutheran (later known as Hebron) Church Register, where entries start for a family only if their first child was born after 1750. (Barbara Claxton and Joyce Libes were contributors to this note.)
[The tour season for the Hans Herr House has started and tomorrow I will be a guide there; therefore, I am sending this note early, as I will not have time in the morning.]
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