The agonizing part of surname research is that there were numerous spelling variations of so many surname. My own suffers that curse: Prall, Praul, Prawl, Prale, Praall and Praal just to name a handful. Some family members keep one spelling, others a different one.
Such is the case with Hostetler. Hostetler, Hostetter, Hochsetter, Hochstatter, Hochstadter and Hochstetler.
My Nicholas Hostetler arrived in Philadelphia in 1749 and settled in York Co., PA. He may have had two brothers, Christian and Ulrich. That's open to debate. Also open to debate, as I've mentioned before, is the identity of Nicholas' wife. Was she Mary, Anna, Magdalena or Anna Ulrich?
Mary is the wife named in Nicholas' will. There's a Magdalena buried on the family farm. Anna or Anna Ulrich is the wife of choice on most family trees. Most of those trees have "bonus children" not named in Nicholas' will. This suggests an error - probably uniting two Nicholas' into one. Anna is likely the wife of the "other Nicholas."
I've been sharing info with another Hostetlet-Miller researcher and she uncovered some intriguing records in York Co.
(1) Nicolas Hochstatter married Magdalena Euler on 27 May 1754.
(2) Joh. Niclaus Hochstatter son of Niclaus and Magdalena, bp. Jan 1760; Frantz and Frantzina Hochstatter, sponsors.
and I turned up
(3) Maria Magdalena Ohler daughter of George and Maria Magdalena Jacobia, bp. 12 Dec 1730 in Baden, Germany
We have supporting, albeit circumstantial, evidence for Mrs. Hostetler - Maria Magdalena Ohler/Euler [there's that surname thing again]. Nicholas gave his wife's name as Mary [Maria] and the Magdalena buried on the farm died in 1801 at age 70 [born 1730].
Question: Where do Frantz and Frantzina fit into the picture with Nicholas?
There were other Ohler/Euler/Oiler families in York Co. , Valentin and Conrad. Were they related to Maria Magdalen?
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