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From: "Dwayne Wrightsman" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Brewbaker/Rummel
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 12:24:16 -0500
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Richard,

Yours is an interesting speculation.

Yes, John and Henry were probably brothers since they both married on the
same day women (neighbors Anna Meyer and Elizabeth Hunsicker) who were from
Bethel Township some distance northwest of Cocalico. They were also living
in Bethel as freemen the year before the marriage. I suspect that they were
actually married in Bethel rather than Cocalico even though they were from
Cocalico. Interestingly, they were married by Rev. Stoever who was neither
Mennonite nor Brethren, but they could have had their reasons for making the
marriages official.

According to Richard Warren Davis, the Peter Brubacher who married Maria
Lesher would have been a first cousin of John and Henry. Davis's research,
however, is known for being a continuous work-in-progress.

Dwayne


From: "Richard Brubaker" <>
> Dwayne,
>
> I have the John Brubakers/Anna Myers book written by Marwin Brubaker in
> Sacramento. It is quite vouminous. I know that John Brubaker and Henry
> Brubaker were both married on May 1, 1774 in Cocalico Twp., such that many
> assume they were brothers. Also, Peter Brubaker married Maria Lesher in
> Cocalico Twp. in 1776 so that indicates a family relationship there as
> well. Have you come up with any additional information as to these
> earliest links? My Jacob Brewbaker, found in the 1790 Washington County,
> MD census, was an early brethren born c1750 and I am speculating that he
> may have been your John Brubaker's brother.
>
> Richard


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