John Lichty or Light immigrated from the Palatinate to Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in 1738. The volume contains his descendants.

Abraham Herr was born in 1762 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Anna Reist (1767-1831). They had six children. He died in 1812 in Annville, Pennsylvania.

The Heilman families of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. John Peter Heilman (1712-1777) was born in or near Heilbronn in the Province of Württemburg. He died in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. He was the first Heilman to arrive in America. He came in 1732 landing at Philadelphia, Pa. He married in 1739 Salome Fry (b. ca. 1719), daughter of Andreas Fry (or Frey) and Catharina Barbara Ritter. They had thirteen children all born in Lebanon Twp. John Adam (Hans Adam) Heilman (1715-1770) was born in Zuzenhausen, in the Province of Baden, the eldest son of John Jacob and Maria Katharina Heilman. He married Maria Catharina Stager (1709-1787), daughter of John Barnhard Stager. John Adam came to America in 1738. Both died in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co. (now Lebanon Co.), Pa. William B. Heilman (1840-1901) was born in East Hanover Twp., Lebanon co., Pa., and died at Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa. He married 1861 at Annville, Pa. Elizabeth Leslie (1843-1905).

The sketches in this book, numbering approximately 2,250 and naming a total of 50,000 related persons, generally treat subjects who were born in the early nineteenth century, with reference to immediate forebears of the late eighteenth century. The sketches typically mention the date and place of birth and marriage of the principal subject, the place of birth of his parents and often grandparents, sometimes the name of the first ancestor in America, and details of religion, education, military service, occupation, home, and residence.

Pioneer Jacob Beiler, a native of Switzerland, emigrated to America on October 8, 1737. He was accompanied by his wife Veronica (or Feronica) and five children Barbara, Anna, Christopher, Maria and Elizabeth. They travelled on the ship "Charming Nancy" which sailed out of Rotterdam, Holland. They settled in Berks County, Pa. where they embraced the Amish way of life. His wife died soon after reaching America, 1737-1738. He then married Elizabeth Kallen, the daughter of Hans and Anna Kallen. They were the parents of Jacob, John (Johann), Sarah, Joseph, and David. This family did not live the Amish way of life. Pioneer Jacob died in 1771.

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