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From: "john" <>
Subject: PML Search: John Frederick SIVERT/SEYBERT/SEIBERT.
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:39:54 -0400
References: <200510171714.j9HHE5Dr029822@pml.rootsweb.com>


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(There is one Frederick Sievers in S$147)

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> Source:
> Subject: SEIBERT/Sivert-from Ger., to Pa., VA., WV
>
> Hello Listers!!
>
> I'm new to the list & have been combing the archives for a tidbit.
> I am looking for some history of my German ancestor after he
> came to America in the 1700's. Although I could be way off target,
> the area around Berks County, PA seems to be a logical place to
> look.
>
> The given names of the children seems to match other Seiberts/
> Seyberts in that area. Please look.
>
> Here is my ancestor:
>
> John Frederick Sivert (also spelled Seybert, Seibert, Siebert, ect. in
> many documents):
> Born: 1758 Hesse Cassel, Germany
> Fought in Rev. War in Berks County, PA Militia
> .....Note: May have been a converted Hessian Soldier, but no proof of
> that. Was a proven Patriot though.
> Married: Elizabeth "Martha" Curtis or Coffinberry
> .....Note: Nothing proven regarding her maiden name.
> Settled: May have been in Botetoute Co., VA in the 1790's.
> .....Note: Some documentation that could be the same person in Botetoute.
> Settled: Ohio County, VA, which is now Marshall County, WV, in about 1797.
> Lived in an area called Sand Hill. This area is the NW panhandle of WV
> between OH and PA.
> .....Note: There is a Rev. War monument in his honor there.
> Died: After 1830.
> Children:
> 1. Katherine: b. 6/27/1784; d. 9/5/1831
> 2. George: b. 9/19/1786; d. 4/1/1877; m. 3/9/1822 to Sarah Jones
> 3. Jacob : b. 12/13/1789; d. 9/6/1877; m. Nancy Ann Groves
> 4. Mary "Polly": b. 9/26/1791; d. 1/18/1881; m. 1818 to David Lutes (my
> branch)
> 5. Sarah "Sally": b. 3/27/1796; m. 8/15/1821 to Henry Ewing
> 6. Elizabeth: b. 3/37/1795
> 7. Susannah: b. 11/3/1801; m. unknown Burges
>
> By the time he settled the panhandle, the spelling of the surname almost
> always was Sivert.
>
> Please respond if you have any information on this family or if you have
> ideas on where I should look.
>
> Sincerely, Donna Criswell Mollaun

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