PVT Matthias Hinterleiter Sr., who traces back to Hofreith, Grieskirchen District, Upper Austria, Austria is an ancestor on my mother’s side.
PVT Matthias Hinterleiter Sr. was from Pennsylvania and in the American Revolution.
The image above is of Upper Austria.
In 1710, Robert Livingston sold 6,000 acres of his property to Anne, Queen of Great Britain, for use as work camps and resettlement of Palatine German refugees. Some 1,200 persons were settled at work camps to manufacture naval stores and pay off their passage as indentured labor.
Johann “Joseph” Finkle, an ancestor on my father’s side, was born there.
An ancestor on my father’s side is Frederick Reinhardt. He was born in 1825 in the Province of Saxony, Prussia (now Germany). I always thought Prussia was a pretty word.
The image above is the Saxony Mountains.
If you notice, I have a lot more to post on my mother’s side then my fathers. I’m hitting a lot of brick walls. I’m hoping this will change. ❤
I’ve been interested in early America 1600s and 1700s and where in Europe my ancestors are from. Once you go back that far there are so many ancestors to go through on my mother’s side and not as many on my fathers.
John Thomas Schley (1712 – 1790), an ancestor on my mother’s side, was the founder of Frederick, Maryland.
Major Stephen Cromwell served with Gunpowder Battalion, Baltimore County Militia, Maryland Militia during the American Revolution. He is an ancestor on my mother’s side.
