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From: "Robert Carpenter" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Houser town
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:33:25 -0400
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The Brillhardts were in Alsace and a family moved to Lincoln County, NC.

Robert C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lewis Ellingham" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [BRE] Houser town


>I think you are right about Werlie Anabaptism, and the flow of
> religious persuasions in the American migrations. You might pay
> special attention to any mention of the Brillhart family in North
> Carolina, a large presence in the Winston-Salem area, and a huge
> family in itself, especially with collaterals in much-mixed families
> into which they married.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you.
> -Lew Ellingham
> ----------------------
> On Jul 24, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Robert Carpenter wrote:
>
>> Dear Lewis,
>>
>> Thank you so much for the Houser information.
>>
>> As I read the information John and Anne Marie (Werly) Houser were the
>> parents of Peter, John and Henry Houser who moved to NC. Is that
>> correct?
>> I had always suspected that John and Peter were brothers and that
>> Henry was
>> another close kinsman.
>>
>> I will search out my Werly information from my Alsace research. I
>> doubt
>> that I can add any new information to all that you have but I hope
>> that I
>> might. As I recall (memory is good sometimes!), the Werly family
>> of Alsace
>> was identified as Anabaptist. I maybe mistaken but I think I
>> recall that.
>>
>> You stated that the Housers were Lutheran. The descendants of John
>> and
>> Peter Houser were Lutheran in NC but as I stated earlier their
>> migration in
>> the midst of the Brethren migration to this area caused me to
>> wonder about
>> whether they were also Brethren. Of course if the Werli family was
>> Mennonite, some of the Houser children could have been inclined in
>> that
>> religious persuasion.
>>
>> Again thanks for the information and I will get back with you soon.
>
>
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